3 oo ST. HELENA 



control it> is well managed and a good supply of periodicals and 

 literature kept up. It is, however, very badly supported by the 

 inhabitants, of whom only ten are yearly subscribers. 



There is also a good lending library and reading rooms in con- 

 nexion with the Pharmacy, Main Street. 



HOSPITALS.— ONE CIVIL, ONE MILITARY. 



The Jamestown Civil Hospital is supported by Government, 

 and by a fund placed in charge of trustees by Major Prenderville, 

 late St. Helena Regiment. In 1869 the sum of £325 was paid 

 by the above trustees to the Colonial Government for enlarging 

 the female wards of the Hospital, on condition that patients could 

 be admitted by them to the Hospital free of all charge to the extent 

 of 650 diets annually. 



Rates of Admission. 



Labourers . . . . • 1/- per day. 



Paupers . . . . . gd. per day. 



Seamen . . . . .1/- per day. 



Prenderville Patients . . . Free. 



Master mariners and private patients, 

 exclusive of wines and spirits . 10/- per day. 



Present Hospital Staff. 



Miss Williams . . Lady Superintendent. 



Miss Dando . . . Nurse. 



Miss F. Lindon Saunders „ 



Miss Wrigley . . . „ 



In 1 901 the numbers admitted were : — Males, 60 ; females, 54. 



MILITARY TELEGRAPHS. 



Jamestown, Munden's Point, Solomon & Co. Office, 



Ladder Hill, Station Hospital, Deadwood, 



High KnoU, White Gate, Longwood, 



Prosperous Bay, Munden's Hill, Princes Lodge, 



Woodlands, R.E. Office, Jamestown Barracks, 



S. W. Point, R.G.A. Office, . . 



Constructed by the Imperial Government with a contribution 

 of £400 from the Colonial Government, and worked by the Royal 

 Engineer Department. Sixty-four miles of line, military included. 



COMMON GAOL. 



In 1901. Committed sixty-four, viz. Men, twenty-two. Women, 

 thirty-four. Juveniles, eight. 



In this goal the sexes are kept separate, and persons placed m 

 separate cells, when practicable. There are three wards, mto 

 which open eight cells, all secured. The labour given is, for males, 

 on the Public Works, such as cleaning streets, and sanitary work 

 under Colonial Engineer ; for females, cooking, cleaning, washing 

 etc., etc. The profit of their labour is paid into the Colonial Trea- 

 sury. 



