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Excerpt: "When this old Singapore jail was put an end to in 1873, some six years after the transfer of the Straits Settlements to the Crown, the convicts then under confinement were removed to the Andaman Islands, at that time not long established as a penal settlement for India; while those on a ticket-of-leave were permitted to merge into the population, continuing to earn their livelihood as artisans, cow keepers, cart drivers, and the like. Those who were old and infirm were retained at Singapore at the expense of the Indian Government, and a certain number of convicts from Hongkong were returned to that colony to complete their sentences. There remained, therefore, only the local prisoners to be dealt with, and for these, under the subsequent orders of the Colonial Government, was planned and constructed by our Department, and under our supervision, a spacious prison on the cellular system, and situated on a more healthy site than the old convict jail, which had become surrounded by the buildings of the town."
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GenreHistory
Length4 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 14, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
9Chapter VII SINGAPORE (Continued)
2List of Illustrations and Plates
10Chapter VIII DIVISION INTO CLASSES, TRADES, FOOD, AND CLOTHING
3Chapter I EARLY RECORDS OF BENCOOLEN AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CONVICTS
11Chapter IX PUBLIC WORKS AND INDUSTRIES
4Chapter II A SLIGHT SKETCH OF PENANG AND THE TREATMENT OF THE CONVICTS THERE
12Chapter X STORIES ABOUT INDIAN CONVICTS AND EUROPEAN LOCAL PRISONERS
5Chapter III OLD MALACCA AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CONVICTS THERE
13Chapter XI ABOLITION OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE CONVICTS
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6Chapter IV A RUNNING HISTORY OF SINGAPORE: ITS JAIL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION
14Chapter XII DISEASES AND MALINGERING
7Chapter V SINGAPORE (Continued)
15Chapter XIII CONCLUSION
8Chapter VI SINGAPORE (Continued)
16APPENDICES