1856-7

VICTORIA

PENA-L DEPARfMENT

REPORT

Oll THE

INSPECTOR GI~NERAL

UPON

THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PENAL DEPARTMENT AIgtTD OF HIS VIEWS

AS TO ITS 1UTT1RE MANAGEMENT -

PRE$ENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY IDS EXCELLENCYS COlThiAND

iSIltut~tJrify JOHN FERREs OQYERNMENT PRINTER MELBOURNE bull

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SIR

Inspector Generals Office Melhourne27th June 1857

]IaVing assumed as rtported in my letter of the 3rd instant the charge of the Pemil Department of this Colony I think it _prqper to submit as eary as possible for the information of the Government a short report of the state in which I found the various establishments on ~y arrival and of the views which I entertain in reference to the measures to be ad()pted in order-

First_Toprotect the interests of socie~y gy ensuring the safe custody of convicted offenders and lY su~jecting them to such -an amount of coercion and punishment as may deter them from a repetition of theircrimes and operate as a warning to other evilaoers

Secona--To effect if _possible if not an entire at least a partial reformation of the conVict

Thira--To reduce the expenditure within the closest limits consistent with the attainment of the objects -I have just indicated and

FourthBut sugtject also to the same primary considerations to render the lahor of the convicts to the utmost extent rtproductive to the State which is burthened with their maintenance

2 My remarks on this oceasion will necessarily be brief and ofa general charaeter as from the short_period which has elapsed since my assumption of office it is obviously impossible that I can be sufficiently acquainted with the internal economy of the depyentment in its various branches to enable me to arrive at aything like a confident opinion respecting the efficienyy of its minor arrangements but I have seen quite enough to satisfy me that it is my duty to middotlose -no time in urging on the immediate attention of the Government the absolute necessity of sanctioning at once the erection of buildings without which it is middotutterly hopeless to expect that the convicts can be even properly secured much less that they can be subjected to a -systematic course of penal and reformatory discpline

3 The general notoriety of recent events and the information which the Government and the _public already possess respecting the c~uses of those eventsmiddot and the existing state of the penal establishments render it I presume quite unnecessary that I should state any circumstances or adduce any arguments to _prove thatimmediate action is imperatively called for and I need orily request attention to thefact that with nearly twelve llundred I200convicts

convicts under ~y control _I have not atmy di~posal even one cellin which a prisoner can

4

be placed in solitary confinement or prevented from communicating with l1is fellovv1l to render it sufficiently obvious that those indispensable requisites the means of classification

bull of separation and of inflicting effective punishment when called for are equally wanting 4 In saying this I desire to be distinctly understood as attributing no blame or

neglect even by implication to any one on the contrary I have much p_leasure in expressing my belief as far as my knowledge permits me to do so that on the whole the existing arrangements are nearly as perfect as they could be under existing circumstances and that middotno effort has been spared by my predecessor to supply every deficiency and to protect to the uttermost of his ability the social and financial interests opound bull h

v t e commumty

5 The unexpected and extraordinary increase of the population of the Colony during the last five years the sudden influx of loose and disorderly characters from all parts of the world and the consequent rapid increase of the number of comricted criminals precluded the possibility of at once providing proper means for their confinement and coercion and it is only from the force of circumstances beyond the control of the local Government that the buildings and accommodation at the disposal of the penal department are altogether inadequate for the accomplishment of the objects which it is s~ essential for the public safety to attain

Iteturn No 1 6 Vithout further preface I shall now ref~rrjng to the annexed return (No 1) for details shortly state the manner in which the convicts under my charge are distributed

employed lodged and retiined in safe custody and the expense of their supervision T shall then offer for the consideration of the Government a general outline of the plan by which

if it should meet with approval I hope at no very distant period tomiddot bring about as far as may be practicable results which I have already described as forming in my judgment the only legitimate end and aim of prison disciplineto reduce materially the expensemiddot of the penai department arid to place it altogether on a footing which ~ill reflect credit alike on those who are entrusted middotwith its ch~trge and on the general government of the Colony

29 convicts 7 The number of comricts middotwhich had gradually incr~ased from in 11

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741 conv~ctts 1852 to thirteen hundred and seventy-four in 1856 is now twelve hundred and twenty-one

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29 refractory inCluding refractory seamen who are employed in the boats and as cooks ampc seamen h middot h lk d middot 1 d al middot middot middot l f h l 59 1nen at t e vanous u s ~m me u mg so fifty-mne men awrutmg remova rom t e gao at

361 Melbourne They are distributed as follows viz three hundred and sixty-one at the

293bull main depot at Pentridge twomiddot hundred and ninety-three at the Colling_wood stockade

73bull sev_enty-three on board the hulk President one hundred and nineteen on board the hulk ~~~middot Success one hundred and twenty-three on board the hulk Scwramento and one hundred

193 and ninety-three on board the hulk Lysandm This distribution I may as well here 6 observe involves a for mainktining six distinct establishments of officers at an pound 45252 annual expense of forty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds at least two-thirds ~ of which may be avoided by the erection of proper buildings and the employment of the

men at one place and one-half may be saved if two stations should be required

1 room 12 rooms

middot 8 At Pentridge men are employed in the manufacture of various articles for the p~blic service such as shoes clothing movable buildings blacksmiths and wheelwrights work cooperage ampc and also in themiddot erection of buildings onmiddot the station They are lodged a~ night in one stone an~ twelve wooden rooms (8ix of the latter movable)Jimited in space badly ventilated and insecure and the sleeping berths are so constructed as to defy all supershyvision during the night except by keeping an officer in each room an arrangement which would be attended with considerable additional expensemiddot and be objectionable ilri middot oth~r grounds

4

for which reasons I presume ithas neVBr b~en adopted 1 am ~ware that my~ predecessor entertained opinion that a certain nameless offence was not prevalent andmiddotmiddot indeed did not exist among middot~he convicts under his charge middotlfut regret to be obliged to say that circumstances have come to my knowledge Which preventn1e from confirm~ng that

1 separate opinion There are but seven separate cells the inmates ~f ~hlc~ can communicate with middot cells

SIR

Inspector Generals Office Melhourne27th June 1857

]IaVing assumed as rtported in my letter of the 3rd instant the charge of the Pemil Department of this Colony I think it _prqper to submit as eary as possible for the information of the Government a short report of the state in which I found the various establishments on ~y arrival and of the views which I entertain in reference to the measures to be ad()pted in order-

First_Toprotect the interests of socie~y gy ensuring the safe custody of convicted offenders and lY su~jecting them to such -an amount of coercion and punishment as may deter them from a repetition of theircrimes and operate as a warning to other evilaoers

Secona--To effect if _possible if not an entire at least a partial reformation of the conVict

Thira--To reduce the expenditure within the closest limits consistent with the attainment of the objects -I have just indicated and

FourthBut sugtject also to the same primary considerations to render the lahor of the convicts to the utmost extent rtproductive to the State which is burthened with their maintenance

2 My remarks on this oceasion will necessarily be brief and ofa general charaeter as from the short_period which has elapsed since my assumption of office it is obviously impossible that I can be sufficiently acquainted with the internal economy of the depyentment in its various branches to enable me to arrive at aything like a confident opinion respecting the efficienyy of its minor arrangements but I have seen quite enough to satisfy me that it is my duty to middotlose -no time in urging on the immediate attention of the Government the absolute necessity of sanctioning at once the erection of buildings without which it is middotutterly hopeless to expect that the convicts can be even properly secured much less that they can be subjected to a -systematic course of penal and reformatory discpline

3 The general notoriety of recent events and the information which the Government and the _public already possess respecting the c~uses of those eventsmiddot and the existing state of the penal establishments render it I presume quite unnecessary that I should state any circumstances or adduce any arguments to _prove thatimmediate action is imperatively called for and I need orily request attention to thefact that with nearly twelve llundred I200convicts

convicts under ~y control _I have not atmy di~posal even one cellin which a prisoner can

4

be placed in solitary confinement or prevented from communicating with l1is fellovv1l to render it sufficiently obvious that those indispensable requisites the means of classification

bull of separation and of inflicting effective punishment when called for are equally wanting 4 In saying this I desire to be distinctly understood as attributing no blame or

neglect even by implication to any one on the contrary I have much p_leasure in expressing my belief as far as my knowledge permits me to do so that on the whole the existing arrangements are nearly as perfect as they could be under existing circumstances and that middotno effort has been spared by my predecessor to supply every deficiency and to protect to the uttermost of his ability the social and financial interests opound bull h

v t e commumty

5 The unexpected and extraordinary increase of the population of the Colony during the last five years the sudden influx of loose and disorderly characters from all parts of the world and the consequent rapid increase of the number of comricted criminals precluded the possibility of at once providing proper means for their confinement and coercion and it is only from the force of circumstances beyond the control of the local Government that the buildings and accommodation at the disposal of the penal department are altogether inadequate for the accomplishment of the objects which it is s~ essential for the public safety to attain

Iteturn No 1 6 Vithout further preface I shall now ref~rrjng to the annexed return (No 1) for details shortly state the manner in which the convicts under my charge are distributed

employed lodged and retiined in safe custody and the expense of their supervision T shall then offer for the consideration of the Government a general outline of the plan by which

if it should meet with approval I hope at no very distant period tomiddot bring about as far as may be practicable results which I have already described as forming in my judgment the only legitimate end and aim of prison disciplineto reduce materially the expensemiddot of the penai department arid to place it altogether on a footing which ~ill reflect credit alike on those who are entrusted middotwith its ch~trge and on the general government of the Colony

29 convicts 7 The number of comricts middotwhich had gradually incr~ased from in 11

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741 conv~ctts 1852 to thirteen hundred and seventy-four in 1856 is now twelve hundred and twenty-one

COllVlC S bull

29 refractory inCluding refractory seamen who are employed in the boats and as cooks ampc seamen h middot h lk d middot 1 d al middot middot middot l f h l 59 1nen at t e vanous u s ~m me u mg so fifty-mne men awrutmg remova rom t e gao at

361 Melbourne They are distributed as follows viz three hundred and sixty-one at the

293bull main depot at Pentridge twomiddot hundred and ninety-three at the Colling_wood stockade

73bull sev_enty-three on board the hulk President one hundred and nineteen on board the hulk ~~~middot Success one hundred and twenty-three on board the hulk Scwramento and one hundred

193 and ninety-three on board the hulk Lysandm This distribution I may as well here 6 observe involves a for mainktining six distinct establishments of officers at an pound 45252 annual expense of forty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds at least two-thirds ~ of which may be avoided by the erection of proper buildings and the employment of the

men at one place and one-half may be saved if two stations should be required

1 room 12 rooms

middot 8 At Pentridge men are employed in the manufacture of various articles for the p~blic service such as shoes clothing movable buildings blacksmiths and wheelwrights work cooperage ampc and also in themiddot erection of buildings onmiddot the station They are lodged a~ night in one stone an~ twelve wooden rooms (8ix of the latter movable)Jimited in space badly ventilated and insecure and the sleeping berths are so constructed as to defy all supershyvision during the night except by keeping an officer in each room an arrangement which would be attended with considerable additional expensemiddot and be objectionable ilri middot oth~r grounds

4

for which reasons I presume ithas neVBr b~en adopted 1 am ~ware that my~ predecessor entertained opinion that a certain nameless offence was not prevalent andmiddotmiddot indeed did not exist among middot~he convicts under his charge middotlfut regret to be obliged to say that circumstances have come to my knowledge Which preventn1e from confirm~ng that

1 separate opinion There are but seven separate cells the inmates ~f ~hlc~ can communicate with middot cells

4

be placed in solitary confinement or prevented from communicating with l1is fellovv1l to render it sufficiently obvious that those indispensable requisites the means of classification

bull of separation and of inflicting effective punishment when called for are equally wanting 4 In saying this I desire to be distinctly understood as attributing no blame or

neglect even by implication to any one on the contrary I have much p_leasure in expressing my belief as far as my knowledge permits me to do so that on the whole the existing arrangements are nearly as perfect as they could be under existing circumstances and that middotno effort has been spared by my predecessor to supply every deficiency and to protect to the uttermost of his ability the social and financial interests opound bull h

v t e commumty

5 The unexpected and extraordinary increase of the population of the Colony during the last five years the sudden influx of loose and disorderly characters from all parts of the world and the consequent rapid increase of the number of comricted criminals precluded the possibility of at once providing proper means for their confinement and coercion and it is only from the force of circumstances beyond the control of the local Government that the buildings and accommodation at the disposal of the penal department are altogether inadequate for the accomplishment of the objects which it is s~ essential for the public safety to attain

Iteturn No 1 6 Vithout further preface I shall now ref~rrjng to the annexed return (No 1) for details shortly state the manner in which the convicts under my charge are distributed

employed lodged and retiined in safe custody and the expense of their supervision T shall then offer for the consideration of the Government a general outline of the plan by which

if it should meet with approval I hope at no very distant period tomiddot bring about as far as may be practicable results which I have already described as forming in my judgment the only legitimate end and aim of prison disciplineto reduce materially the expensemiddot of the penai department arid to place it altogether on a footing which ~ill reflect credit alike on those who are entrusted middotwith its ch~trge and on the general government of the Colony

29 convicts 7 The number of comricts middotwhich had gradually incr~ased from in 11

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741 conv~ctts 1852 to thirteen hundred and seventy-four in 1856 is now twelve hundred and twenty-one

COllVlC S bull

29 refractory inCluding refractory seamen who are employed in the boats and as cooks ampc seamen h middot h lk d middot 1 d al middot middot middot l f h l 59 1nen at t e vanous u s ~m me u mg so fifty-mne men awrutmg remova rom t e gao at

361 Melbourne They are distributed as follows viz three hundred and sixty-one at the

293bull main depot at Pentridge twomiddot hundred and ninety-three at the Colling_wood stockade

73bull sev_enty-three on board the hulk President one hundred and nineteen on board the hulk ~~~middot Success one hundred and twenty-three on board the hulk Scwramento and one hundred

193 and ninety-three on board the hulk Lysandm This distribution I may as well here 6 observe involves a for mainktining six distinct establishments of officers at an pound 45252 annual expense of forty-five thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds at least two-thirds ~ of which may be avoided by the erection of proper buildings and the employment of the

men at one place and one-half may be saved if two stations should be required

1 room 12 rooms

middot 8 At Pentridge men are employed in the manufacture of various articles for the p~blic service such as shoes clothing movable buildings blacksmiths and wheelwrights work cooperage ampc and also in themiddot erection of buildings onmiddot the station They are lodged a~ night in one stone an~ twelve wooden rooms (8ix of the latter movable)Jimited in space badly ventilated and insecure and the sleeping berths are so constructed as to defy all supershyvision during the night except by keeping an officer in each room an arrangement which would be attended with considerable additional expensemiddot and be objectionable ilri middot oth~r grounds

4

for which reasons I presume ithas neVBr b~en adopted 1 am ~ware that my~ predecessor entertained opinion that a certain nameless offence was not prevalent andmiddotmiddot indeed did not exist among middot~he convicts under his charge middotlfut regret to be obliged to say that circumstances have come to my knowledge Which preventn1e from confirm~ng that

1 separate opinion There are but seven separate cells the inmates ~f ~hlc~ can communicate with middot cells

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each other and there is neither hospital chapel nor school-room The sick occupy a sleeping ward similar to those before described Divine service is perfonned tVv-ice every Sunday in the mess-room-in the morning by a clergyman of the Church of England and in the aftershynoon Presbyterian and Wesleyan middotministers officiate alternately the latter alsomiddot visits the sick once during the week The Roman Catholic prisoners attend worship on three Sundays in each month but the priest rarely visits at any other time Such of the men as may choose to do so attend school in the mess-room for two hours on Saturday and for the same time on Sunday an officer presiding about seventy generally avail themselves of the 70 bull

permission There is no other secular instructionmiddot lhe number of officers and warders employed at the station is seventy-one and the aggregate amount of their salaries is four- 7t

pound14520 13S teen thousand five hundred and twenty pounds thirteen shillings per annum middot

9 At Collingwood the men are employed principally in quarrying and breaking stone for sale and some few in cutting stone for the buildings at Pentridge The buildings middotoccupied by the convicts though only of a temporary character are somewhatsuperior to those at Pentridge there are twelve sepa1qte cells and twelve wards the number of i~ bertb in which varies from ten to fifty-four Divine service is performed by a clergyman 10 to M

of the Church of Eugland every alternate Sunday and the same reverend gentleman generally middotvisits the station every Tuesday Service according to the Roman Catholic form is never celebrated and a priest has only visited the station three times in about 3 times

twelve months There is a school under the chief warder every Sunday for three or four 12 months

hours but few of the men attend The number of officers and warders is forty-one and 41

their salaries amount to eight thousand three hU)ldred and sixty-five pounds seventeen pound836517s 6d

shillings and sixpence 10 The men on board the President are of such a character that it is not

considered safe to allow them to go on shore to work and they have no employment on boar~ They are confined each in a separate cabin being let out for one hour every day for exercise on the deck but communication between them cannot be prevented as any one by raising his voice can be heard by all the others The number of officers is twenty and their pay is four thousand one hundred and six pounds per annum ~106

11 On board the Success hulk sixty-seven men are treated in the same manner as G7

those on board the P1middotesident and for the same reason The remainder are landed daily and are employed in constructing a wharf and othen-ise in in1proving the harbor at Williamstown The expense of supervision is for twenty-seven officers five thousand six 27

pound5683 IOs hundred and eighty-three pounds ten shillings

12 In the Scwramento twenty-three men are also confined as in the P1middotesident 23 bull

and Success and the remainder are employed on the harbor improvements There are twenty-six officers whose pay is five thousand five hundred and one pound per annum ~~ool

13 The convicts lodged in the Lysander are all allowed to work on shore at the middot wharf ampc The annual expense for thirty-mic officers is six thousand eight hundred and 31 h d fi hill pound6868 5a SIXty-mg t poun s ve s mgs

l 4 On board all the hulks the convicts are lodged in cabins between the decks Of these cabins one hundred and fifty-one contain only one man each and the remainder 151

twogt three four and from that to twenty-two men each A religious instru9tor of the Church of England is appointed to visit the hulks and does so twice weekly attending the prisoners in their respective cabins he also performs divine service every Sunday on board the Saaramento and Suooess ) and a W esleyan minister visits the Sacramenta every Sunday for the same purpose No other clergyman attends any of the hulks The prisoners are supplied with bibles and prayer-books and also with school books slates ampc but no secular instruction is afforded them

15 I have before stated that communication between the inmates of the hulks cannot be prevented and recently on board the President ~s is already well known unremitting conversationmiddot between the whale of the men accompanied by offensive and

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obsc~ne -lalguage to the officers slngillg shouting yelling and noises of every descimiddotiption was kept up for many days 1 need hardly say that gtvheremen so situated are deter~ mined to be insubordinate and noisy any attempt on the part of the officers to niaintain order and quiet inust be futile ullless they possess the means of effectl1ally sejJarating the middotoffenders from each other The middotmost turbulent it is true m1ght be selected and ~subjected to corporal punishment but I am no advocate for corporal punishment where any other can be effectually substituted considering its tendency to be brutalizing and it3 middoteffects uncertain as depending entirely on the character and disposition of the individual middoton whom it ismiddot iilflicted In the case of the Pmiddotre8ident it is certainly possible that the experiment might have proved successful but it is quite as likely that it would only have had the effect of increasing the evil each inan so punished would consider himself and would be looked upon by middottlie others as a hero and a martyr in the common cause and it would be as it were a pointmiddot of honor withmiddot him to sustain that character and brave middotevery result rather than middotgive in while remaining undermiddot the observations of his fellows place him however in a solitary cell and remove him from the possibility of being seen or heard by his companions and not only does the influence of his bad example cease to operate on them but the main incentive to open insubordination on his OgtVl part is at once taken from him no longer encouraged and supported by the approbation and sympat4y of others he feels as it were that his glory has faded away and that the olliy consequence of continued misconduct is increased restraint and an indefinite postponement of the period of his restoration to liberty The natural result of such a feeling is that after sulking perhaps for a certain period varying according tO circumstances he gradmiJly gives way to necessity supmits quietly to that which he finds he cannot middotavoid and middoteventually endeavors by every means in his power to secure the good opinion of those on whose favorable report his ret~ to freedom depends 16 The work of (at lelst temporary) reformationmaythen be said tohave fairly 9ommepced and though I by no means s~y or believe that it will in all or even in many eases be completed yet I do think that something is accomplished when a ha~dened and perhaps desperate ruffian is completely subdued and is made to middotfeel umriistakably that middotan ~rksome and tedious punishment has at last overtaken him Detain him thenmiddot insilence and in solitude until he is thoroughly wearied of sheer idleness and want of middotcompanionsrip and he becomes desirous of employment as the olliy means of relie~g-the monotony middot of his existence he is eager to be supplied with vork and henceforth looks up6n labor as a boon a very different light in all prob3)bility from that in which he hail ever regarded it before

17 Thus I conceive a further advance towards imiddoteformation middothas been middot effeCted Do11btless in many instances the prisoner on emerging from p~nishinent will middotrelapse i)tto

his fonner h~bits hut it is not always so he h~~s learned thLt labor is sometimes at least preferable to idleness and exPerience has shown t~at under favorable circumstances he turns to ~ beneficial account the knowledge that he has 11cquired of a trade or occupation whereby he may earn a sub~istence without fear of again entailing on hllilself the disagreeable consequences which re~ulted from his formlr mode of life

18 Be this howeyer as it may all I presume gtcill admit that it is the duty of a humane govErnment to Qndeavqr if possible to combine reformation with effective punishshy

mept whilemiddot I apprehend thatno one will venture ~o say that either of thesemiddot objects can be acc~mpJishedund1r existing circumst~mces as I have before described them or to dispute that the -bestmiddot means of securing them tre~the classification of the various graqes of offenders ampnd a complete separation ofthQ ~vii from the better disposed the appointneut

of religious instructors whose duty it should b13 not only to address the men collectively

but to~admnister COlsolation trth sick in hospital and to visit the cells advising and r~~sltgtmng w1tli each ocltupant ~tndlVJdually and _the establishment of schools tomiddot afford at least to those wh~ are dilposid to learn the opportunity of doing so

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19 Obviously for these purposes suitable buildings are required and the first question which arises is as to their site ~especting which opinions are I believe-divided It has been suggested that a penal settlement should be established on some island in Basss Straits or in a distant part of the Colony but I know of no advantages attendant on such a plan which cannot be equally secu~ed by the erection of pimiddotoper buildings in the immediate vicinity of Melbourne while the objections to it are numerous the principal being the constantly recurring expense of middot the removal to and fro of officers and prisoners and of the transport of supplies the difficulty of maintaining a proper supershyvision on the part of the Government over an eStablishment situate at such a distance and bullthirdly the lengthened period which must elapse and the enormous expense which middotmust be incurred before the necessary accommodation cim be provided in any remote locality

20 There is another col-sideration also of some importance which should not be lost sight of in dealing with this question viz that a considerable body of men can always be profitably employed in making articles such as are now supplied from Pentridge for the various branches of the public middotservice and that the establishment for such a manushyfacture could not be so conveniently placed anywhere as close to the seat of Government At Pentridge the Govermnent possesses the requisite area of land on which is an inexhaustible supply of excellent stone there are also buildings which can be made to altcommodate an increased nm11ber of convicts and there are worJshops and various other facilitles for proceeding at once to the construction of the proposed works by convict labor Pentridge on these accounts therefore presents advantages which are not to be found in any other spot and as I am not aware th~t it is for any reason objectionable I am of opinion that it affords the best site and that it should be chosen accordingly

20a The next point to be considered is the extent of accommodation required I have already stated that the number of 1~ale prisoners is one thowand two hundred middotand 1221

twenty-one or without the sailors one thousand one hundred and ninety-two I have 1192

heard it said that this number may be expected to middotincrease greatly in the course of a few years but I am not of that op_inion out of the one thousand one hundred and ninety-two 1192

I find that five hundred and eighteen are known to have been transported to Nev South 518

Wales or Van Diemens L~md (nearly_ all to the latter colony) and it is probable that there are many more of this class arriong those whose former history is unknmvn It follows therefore that but for the existence in our neighborhood of those penal settleshyments the number of our convicts would not in all probability have much exceeded six 600

hundred or less than one-sixth per cent m the population of the Colony Transportation to New South Wales and Tasmania has for some time been abolished and the supply from that quarter may be saidmiddot to have ceased or very so while the character of our immigration ge~erally I conceive superior to that which immediately followed the discovery of gold and is likely to eon~inue so I think that until the population of the Colony is nearly doubled the number of its convicts will not greatly exceed that which now exists apd it will not be necessary at present to contemplate making ]nmiddotovision for a much number

21 Vhat is most wanted is a prison for men of insubordinate and dangerous character such as are now eonfined on board the hulks and in which every convict under sentence for a heinous crime could be made to undergo a primary probation proportionate to his offence and kno~vn character The number of men now on board the hulks whom it is considered 1msafe to allow t work on shore and who are therefore kept constantly locked up is one hlmdred and sixty-three b~tof theRe many are well-disposed men who 163

might be middotlet out to work if employmept c1ud be found for them without affording them facilities for escaping and I think therefore that it will be sufficient to provide at preeyerit the means of treating on the separate and silept system about one hUndred men 10

1_ 22_ For this purpose I propose to commence atampnce at Pentridge the erection of a Panopticon a prison on the radiating plan cont~ining aboutmiddot one htindred separate 190

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400

200

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apartments Then from what I have been able to learn on the subject I believe that profitable employment middotin the manufacture of articles for the public service and in the cultivation of land for supplying a portion of their own rations can be found for about four hundred men more allowance being made for billet men and the usual casualties and I propose that in addition to the prison furth~r accommodation should be provided fo~middot two-hundred men to be placed in separate confinement when not at work and for two

200 or soo or three hundred more to occupy large sleeping wards and to be permitted to associate throughout the day this provision will afford the means of classification and separation toshy

500 or 600 the extent req~isite for five or six hundred men and with the addition of a cook-house hospital mess-room and school-room (which can also be used as a chapel) and such workshyshops as may be found necessary bullvill form a complete establishment for the number

stated and if the buildings be arranged with a view to extension hereafter such extension can be effected either gradually or at once as circumstances may render expedient

23 To this establishment I propose that as a general rule every prisoner~-should be removed immediately after conviction and that he should there undergo a portion of his sentence his punishment gradually relaxingmiddot in severity as he advances towards freedom ancl in proportion as his conduct shows him to be deserving of indulgence he would be placed at first in the separate prison thence he would emerge to the next class middotbeing allowed to work in a gang but when not at 1-~ork confined to his own cell and thirdly he would be removed to the associated wards where he would enjoy the society of his fellows at all times Mter a further period he might be permitted to leave)he-prison and be employed tmtil he becomes eligibie for a ticket-of-leave or other)emission of senten~e on some public work such as that now in progress at WilliamstOltll or ori the roads being allowed while so employed indulgences strictly withheld from him before as for instance the use oftobacco On such works too men under sentences for minor offences

6or 12months not exceeding six or twelve months might also be employed temporary building( being erected for them in the neighborhood of the works Under this arrangement about one-half of the whole number of conyicts would be confined at the central depot at Pentridge and the remainder employed elsewhere while in the latter case the men having but short periods

2 years 3 years

4 wards

to serve and every inducement to good conduct the buildings necessary for their accommodation would be of a simple and inexpensive character and the officers required 1

to take charge of them would be few inmiddot number as compared with those employed at present the larger portion of whom merely do duty as sentries to-prevent the men from running away But it is unnecessary to dwell further at present_ on this part of the questioq No radical change iJ1 the present system can possibly be effected till proper buildings are provided and in the interim ample time and opportunity will be afforded for considering the subject of future employment

24 By concentrating at Pentridge as rapidly as poltsible the whole of -the mechanical strength of the department and by its energetic application to the work I am given to understand that if no delay takes place in themiddot supply of such materials as cannot be provided by convict labor the separate prison may be expected to be finished in two years and tLat the whole of the buildings will be completed in about three In the meantime as each separate portion will form a prison by itself it may be occupied as soon as completed and the men being thu_s gradually gtvithdrawnmiddot from other stations the latter ea~ be broken up and a proportionate reduction in the general annual expenditure of the department effected

25 In a former paragraph (No 20) I have alluded to the possibility of providing at once or shortly accommodation at Pent ridge for an additional number of men tomiddot be employed in the erection of the new buildings and I may now state how this is proposed to be effected A large building designed for an hospital has b~en commenced and nearly completed _ it contains four large wards and was intended to hold beds for one hundred

100 patients patients but will certainly not be required for that purpose for some time to come Three

9

of these wards I purpose to fit up with hammock rails or with sleeping berths separated from each other by iron or wooden trellis-work and thus two hundred and seventy menmiddot can be 270

conveniently lodged at night and subjected to proper supervision while the fourth r

remaining ward can be used as a mess-room by day and as a school-room in the evening The whole can be finished in about three months if the weather be favorable The station

at Collingwood or two of the hulks can then be vacated as may be considered most

expedient and a large diminution in the expenditure for salaries will immediately take place If Collingwood stockade be broken up the saving will amount to nearly six pound6000

thousand pounds per annum if two of the hulks be abandoned it will be nearly ten pound1oooo

thousand pounds In the latter case however the works at Williamstown must be given

up and whether or not this would be desirable I am not in a position to say as it would

depend entirely on the views entertained by the Government in reference to the carrying

on of those works by convict labor with these views I am unacquainted but I am

inclined to think that when the railway which is being constructed close by is opened and

an extensive traffic commences which I understand will shortly be the case it will not be

practicable to employ any convicts there except under some such arrangement as that I

have before indicated

26 In estimating the period at which the works I propose to commence at Pentridge

will be completed I have assumed that the buildings already erecteurod will be included

within the limits of the station and will form i portion of it hereafter but as the position

of many of these buildings will interfere greatly with the adoption of a proper and comshymodious plan and as moreover the only availJble ground of the necessary exteuront adjoining

the existing buildings is low and unsuitable being partly flooded in wet weather and

requires extensive draining I think it would be much better to commence anew on a more eleyated and more eligible site which is to be found at a distance of about one hundred 150 yards

and fifty yards further towards the north Should this be sanctioned the time occupied in concluding the works would extend over four instead of three years

27 It may be objected that the labor expended on the present station will thus be lost and the buildings rendered useless but I believe that an establishment for female prisoners is much required there being at present one hundred and twenty-seven convict 127

women in the gaol at Melbourne who cannot be employed in any useful manner and whom

it would for many reasons be desirable to remove elsewhere

28 The present station at Pentridge when vacated by the men would with some

additions make an admirable prison for female offenders affordiJg every requisite accomshy

modation for at least two hundred and could be made available for their reception in a few

months

29 There are no doubt various other purposes to which these buildings may be

applied but should I be mist1ken in this respect the materials composing them will be of

use in the completion of some portion of the new station and but little loss will eventually accrue beyond that of the convict labor expended in their erection and demolition and of the cost of the lime used in the masonry

30 The expense of the materials (exclusive of those produced by the convicts)

required for the proposed works at Pentridge may I am informed be roughly estimated at from twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds while the annual saving in the future pound2oooo to

expenditure for the maintenance of the station may be taken at not less than four thousand pound4~52o5o~00 five hundred pounds

31 I append comparative returns (Nos 2 3 4) showing the various reductions in RetlllIls Nos

tl1e expenditure on account of salaries alone which will be effected by the changes I 2

3

4

propose to make in addition to which there will be a very considerable saving in transport

stores boats ampc and in the labor of convicts who are now employed as cooks wardsmen officers servants ampc

No 66-c

pound60000 pound22000

10

82 In conclJSi I think it may be said with safety that vith the present number of convicts in suitable buildings and under proper arrangements the penal department may be maintained in a state of thorough efficiency at an annual expense of not more than _sixty thousand pounds or twenty-two thousand less than it costs at present and I have as little hesitation in expressing my belief that while labor comm~ds in the Colony its present

market price or even a much lower rate the value of the work performed by the departshyment maybe made nearly if not altogether to cover its reduced expenditure

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W CHAMP

The Honorable Inspector General of P~nal Establishments

The Chief Secretary

No 1 RETURN of the NuMBER of OFFICERS the PRISON AccoMMODATION and the NuMBER and MoDE of ElliPLOYMENT of PRISONERS at the PENAL EsrABUSHlIENTS in the Colony of Victoria on

th(l 27th day of June 1857

OFFICERS and WARDERS

Rank middotmiddotmiddot~middotmiddot- middotmiddot-

~ Total STATIONs

1

it

9 ~ Amount ~

I

~

~ 1 il ci El of middot~ I Ot 2

] ~ f) fl5 g j 2

-5 ~ B~ ~ Emiddot I d~ 1 J ~ 1jg 0 SE sect

~ Salaries

middotJffi 0 middot ~ e- ----1 a ~~ aoo ~ ~ middota~ 0 oil 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 -pound s d

Pentridge Stockades I I 1 I 7 3 I 4 48 2 I I I 71 I4520 13 0 Collingwood Stockade bullbull I I I 3 2 I 32 41 8365 i7 0 H M Hnlk Lysander 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 I6 2 3I 6868 5 0

Do Success 1 I I 1 2 1 2 16 2 27 5683 IO 0 2 Do Sacraniento 1 I 1 1 2 1 2 17 26 5501 0 0 Do Pre~ident 1 1 I 2 12 2 19 4I06 0 0

1-Total --I 1 4 2 6 4 18 IO 13 141 6 2 I 1 I 215 45045 50 2

~

NulllBER and MODE of EaiPLOYMENT of PRISONERS

At Hard Labor Station Duties --middot-

~ STATIONS

~ ~ ci 1l cl

~ ci ~ li E

~ e ~

~ = e ~ 0 s s fli 0

~ i 1 E 1l zj 2 I ~

zi ~ lt s 0

~ e 0 ll ~ ~ sect rl i 0 d 0 0 0

~ 0

~ 0 8i~ 1J 1ii Elt

0 ~ 0 iil 11 0 gtl Elt rn 0 0 I

r 1s - middot-i-

Pentridge Stockades 25 I 2 2 2 1 2 26 24 25 21I55 283 I2 611 8 1 2 ll 3 3 2 Collingtvood Stockade I a 6 4 4 3 1 bullbullbull bullbullbull I 31 5 20I 246 2 5 6 I 2 li M Hu1k Lysander 2 4 1 4 I33 139 I 5 9 6 6 I 2 I

Do Succesbull 2 1 i I 1 30 35 2 3 4 1 I 1 Do Sacramento 1 IO 73 84 5 2 4 1 r i Do lresiden t ~middot

35_1 2 --

Total 31 I 22 2 6 3 2 2 129 65 592 787 27 I2 5 24 I 2 30 i I7 7 7

The Jews are oot at work ths day belng tller Sabbath t These prisoners nre shown on Separaro Treatment not being allowed to go on shore to work gt To this Total should be added ~9 men awaiting removal from the gaol and not ehown In thii Return

~ E =i

~ ci B

i ~ gtl

I 2 I I

I

2 3

PmsoN AccoM3IODATION

Wards each to contain Cells I ci

0

cacll to 1 0

I ci

containmiddot d 0 0 s I 3 4 10 I2 I4 I8 20 22 31 32 54 6 1 E- sect

ltl I - -------I

I 6 1 I 5 7 453 1 6 middotmiddotmiddotmiddot 5 12 364 2 2 4 300 I6 I2 I 42 142 j 36 bull I 25 133

I 80 80 1-1---i--

52 I2 I G 8 6 i 6 2 I l 15 5 170 1472

Not Employed

~ lti I Grand ~ ~ rut l

amp ~ Total pound a E ~ -j sect 3 03 ~ ~ 0

~ E Cl ~ 10 0 1il lt1 ~ I

00

T 361 2 53 I7 3 25 1 16 293 1 3I 9 1

I 31 8 I I I

ti1 I 6 18 I93

I2 5 I 72

I 119

I3 3 26 123 1 73 73

-middot I 1 1162t 4 140 38 9 2 I I I I62 1 6 230

W CHAMP

No 2

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the Eltpense of the eristing Establishment of Officers at Pentrilge for 453 Men and that of the future Establishment fonioo Men when Building~ are completed _

EXISTING BSTABIISH~OltNT ESTABLISHMENi WHEN BUILDINGS ARE COMPIETED

-----I

No Rank PcrDicm Per Annum Total No Rank Per Diem Pet Annum Total

s d pound s d pound s d s d pound s d pound s d

1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0 1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

1 Assistant Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Deputy Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

1 Clerk 275 0 0 275 0 0 2 Assistant Superintendents 250 0 0 500 0 0

2 Trade Overseers 300 0 0 600 0 0 1 Clerk 275 (l 0 275 0 0

5 Labor Overseers 15 0 273 15 0 1368 15 0 1 Storekeeper 250 0 0 250 0 0

1 Senior Chief Warder 350 0 0 350 0 0 2 Thade Overseers 16 0 292 0 0 584 0 0

l Assistant Warder ~ 250 0 0 250 0 0 middotl Senior Labor Overseer 14 0 257 10 0 257 10 0 2 Assistant W1ltrders 12 0 219 0 0 438 0 0 3 Labor Overseers 13 0 237 5 0 711 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0 1 Senior Chief Warder ~middot 350 0 0 350 0 0

53 Warders 10 0 182 10 0 9672 10 0 1 Sergeant 12 0 219 0 () 219 0 0

l Senior Corporal 11 0 200 15 0 200 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0

30 Warders r

10 0 182 10 0 5475 0 0

-I

71 pound14520 13 0 49

pound10389 8 0 ---

I Annual Saving pound4131 5 0

W CHAMP

13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

W CHAMP

No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

W CRAMP

No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

9

of these wards I purpose to fit up with hammock rails or with sleeping berths separated from each other by iron or wooden trellis-work and thus two hundred and seventy menmiddot can be 270

conveniently lodged at night and subjected to proper supervision while the fourth r

remaining ward can be used as a mess-room by day and as a school-room in the evening The whole can be finished in about three months if the weather be favorable The station

at Collingwood or two of the hulks can then be vacated as may be considered most

expedient and a large diminution in the expenditure for salaries will immediately take place If Collingwood stockade be broken up the saving will amount to nearly six pound6000

thousand pounds per annum if two of the hulks be abandoned it will be nearly ten pound1oooo

thousand pounds In the latter case however the works at Williamstown must be given

up and whether or not this would be desirable I am not in a position to say as it would

depend entirely on the views entertained by the Government in reference to the carrying

on of those works by convict labor with these views I am unacquainted but I am

inclined to think that when the railway which is being constructed close by is opened and

an extensive traffic commences which I understand will shortly be the case it will not be

practicable to employ any convicts there except under some such arrangement as that I

have before indicated

26 In estimating the period at which the works I propose to commence at Pentridge

will be completed I have assumed that the buildings already erecteurod will be included

within the limits of the station and will form i portion of it hereafter but as the position

of many of these buildings will interfere greatly with the adoption of a proper and comshymodious plan and as moreover the only availJble ground of the necessary exteuront adjoining

the existing buildings is low and unsuitable being partly flooded in wet weather and

requires extensive draining I think it would be much better to commence anew on a more eleyated and more eligible site which is to be found at a distance of about one hundred 150 yards

and fifty yards further towards the north Should this be sanctioned the time occupied in concluding the works would extend over four instead of three years

27 It may be objected that the labor expended on the present station will thus be lost and the buildings rendered useless but I believe that an establishment for female prisoners is much required there being at present one hundred and twenty-seven convict 127

women in the gaol at Melbourne who cannot be employed in any useful manner and whom

it would for many reasons be desirable to remove elsewhere

28 The present station at Pentridge when vacated by the men would with some

additions make an admirable prison for female offenders affordiJg every requisite accomshy

modation for at least two hundred and could be made available for their reception in a few

months

29 There are no doubt various other purposes to which these buildings may be

applied but should I be mist1ken in this respect the materials composing them will be of

use in the completion of some portion of the new station and but little loss will eventually accrue beyond that of the convict labor expended in their erection and demolition and of the cost of the lime used in the masonry

30 The expense of the materials (exclusive of those produced by the convicts)

required for the proposed works at Pentridge may I am informed be roughly estimated at from twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds while the annual saving in the future pound2oooo to

expenditure for the maintenance of the station may be taken at not less than four thousand pound4~52o5o~00 five hundred pounds

31 I append comparative returns (Nos 2 3 4) showing the various reductions in RetlllIls Nos

tl1e expenditure on account of salaries alone which will be effected by the changes I 2

3

4

propose to make in addition to which there will be a very considerable saving in transport

stores boats ampc and in the labor of convicts who are now employed as cooks wardsmen officers servants ampc

No 66-c

pound60000 pound22000

10

82 In conclJSi I think it may be said with safety that vith the present number of convicts in suitable buildings and under proper arrangements the penal department may be maintained in a state of thorough efficiency at an annual expense of not more than _sixty thousand pounds or twenty-two thousand less than it costs at present and I have as little hesitation in expressing my belief that while labor comm~ds in the Colony its present

market price or even a much lower rate the value of the work performed by the departshyment maybe made nearly if not altogether to cover its reduced expenditure

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W CHAMP

The Honorable Inspector General of P~nal Establishments

The Chief Secretary

No 1 RETURN of the NuMBER of OFFICERS the PRISON AccoMMODATION and the NuMBER and MoDE of ElliPLOYMENT of PRISONERS at the PENAL EsrABUSHlIENTS in the Colony of Victoria on

th(l 27th day of June 1857

OFFICERS and WARDERS

Rank middotmiddotmiddot~middotmiddot- middotmiddot-

~ Total STATIONs

1

it

9 ~ Amount ~

I

~

~ 1 il ci El of middot~ I Ot 2

] ~ f) fl5 g j 2

-5 ~ B~ ~ Emiddot I d~ 1 J ~ 1jg 0 SE sect

~ Salaries

middotJffi 0 middot ~ e- ----1 a ~~ aoo ~ ~ middota~ 0 oil 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 -pound s d

Pentridge Stockades I I 1 I 7 3 I 4 48 2 I I I 71 I4520 13 0 Collingwood Stockade bullbull I I I 3 2 I 32 41 8365 i7 0 H M Hnlk Lysander 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 I6 2 3I 6868 5 0

Do Success 1 I I 1 2 1 2 16 2 27 5683 IO 0 2 Do Sacraniento 1 I 1 1 2 1 2 17 26 5501 0 0 Do Pre~ident 1 1 I 2 12 2 19 4I06 0 0

1-Total --I 1 4 2 6 4 18 IO 13 141 6 2 I 1 I 215 45045 50 2

~

NulllBER and MODE of EaiPLOYMENT of PRISONERS

At Hard Labor Station Duties --middot-

~ STATIONS

~ ~ ci 1l cl

~ ci ~ li E

~ e ~

~ = e ~ 0 s s fli 0

~ i 1 E 1l zj 2 I ~

zi ~ lt s 0

~ e 0 ll ~ ~ sect rl i 0 d 0 0 0

~ 0

~ 0 8i~ 1J 1ii Elt

0 ~ 0 iil 11 0 gtl Elt rn 0 0 I

r 1s - middot-i-

Pentridge Stockades 25 I 2 2 2 1 2 26 24 25 21I55 283 I2 611 8 1 2 ll 3 3 2 Collingtvood Stockade I a 6 4 4 3 1 bullbullbull bullbullbull I 31 5 20I 246 2 5 6 I 2 li M Hu1k Lysander 2 4 1 4 I33 139 I 5 9 6 6 I 2 I

Do Succesbull 2 1 i I 1 30 35 2 3 4 1 I 1 Do Sacramento 1 IO 73 84 5 2 4 1 r i Do lresiden t ~middot

35_1 2 --

Total 31 I 22 2 6 3 2 2 129 65 592 787 27 I2 5 24 I 2 30 i I7 7 7

The Jews are oot at work ths day belng tller Sabbath t These prisoners nre shown on Separaro Treatment not being allowed to go on shore to work gt To this Total should be added ~9 men awaiting removal from the gaol and not ehown In thii Return

~ E =i

~ ci B

i ~ gtl

I 2 I I

I

2 3

PmsoN AccoM3IODATION

Wards each to contain Cells I ci

0

cacll to 1 0

I ci

containmiddot d 0 0 s I 3 4 10 I2 I4 I8 20 22 31 32 54 6 1 E- sect

ltl I - -------I

I 6 1 I 5 7 453 1 6 middotmiddotmiddotmiddot 5 12 364 2 2 4 300 I6 I2 I 42 142 j 36 bull I 25 133

I 80 80 1-1---i--

52 I2 I G 8 6 i 6 2 I l 15 5 170 1472

Not Employed

~ lti I Grand ~ ~ rut l

amp ~ Total pound a E ~ -j sect 3 03 ~ ~ 0

~ E Cl ~ 10 0 1il lt1 ~ I

00

T 361 2 53 I7 3 25 1 16 293 1 3I 9 1

I 31 8 I I I

ti1 I 6 18 I93

I2 5 I 72

I 119

I3 3 26 123 1 73 73

-middot I 1 1162t 4 140 38 9 2 I I I I62 1 6 230

W CHAMP

No 2

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the Eltpense of the eristing Establishment of Officers at Pentrilge for 453 Men and that of the future Establishment fonioo Men when Building~ are completed _

EXISTING BSTABIISH~OltNT ESTABLISHMENi WHEN BUILDINGS ARE COMPIETED

-----I

No Rank PcrDicm Per Annum Total No Rank Per Diem Pet Annum Total

s d pound s d pound s d s d pound s d pound s d

1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0 1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

1 Assistant Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Deputy Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

1 Clerk 275 0 0 275 0 0 2 Assistant Superintendents 250 0 0 500 0 0

2 Trade Overseers 300 0 0 600 0 0 1 Clerk 275 (l 0 275 0 0

5 Labor Overseers 15 0 273 15 0 1368 15 0 1 Storekeeper 250 0 0 250 0 0

1 Senior Chief Warder 350 0 0 350 0 0 2 Thade Overseers 16 0 292 0 0 584 0 0

l Assistant Warder ~ 250 0 0 250 0 0 middotl Senior Labor Overseer 14 0 257 10 0 257 10 0 2 Assistant W1ltrders 12 0 219 0 0 438 0 0 3 Labor Overseers 13 0 237 5 0 711 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0 1 Senior Chief Warder ~middot 350 0 0 350 0 0

53 Warders 10 0 182 10 0 9672 10 0 1 Sergeant 12 0 219 0 () 219 0 0

l Senior Corporal 11 0 200 15 0 200 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0

30 Warders r

10 0 182 10 0 5475 0 0

-I

71 pound14520 13 0 49

pound10389 8 0 ---

I Annual Saving pound4131 5 0

W CHAMP

13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

W CHAMP

No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

W CRAMP

No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

pound60000 pound22000

10

82 In conclJSi I think it may be said with safety that vith the present number of convicts in suitable buildings and under proper arrangements the penal department may be maintained in a state of thorough efficiency at an annual expense of not more than _sixty thousand pounds or twenty-two thousand less than it costs at present and I have as little hesitation in expressing my belief that while labor comm~ds in the Colony its present

market price or even a much lower rate the value of the work performed by the departshyment maybe made nearly if not altogether to cover its reduced expenditure

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient servant

W CHAMP

The Honorable Inspector General of P~nal Establishments

The Chief Secretary

No 1 RETURN of the NuMBER of OFFICERS the PRISON AccoMMODATION and the NuMBER and MoDE of ElliPLOYMENT of PRISONERS at the PENAL EsrABUSHlIENTS in the Colony of Victoria on

th(l 27th day of June 1857

OFFICERS and WARDERS

Rank middotmiddotmiddot~middotmiddot- middotmiddot-

~ Total STATIONs

1

it

9 ~ Amount ~

I

~

~ 1 il ci El of middot~ I Ot 2

] ~ f) fl5 g j 2

-5 ~ B~ ~ Emiddot I d~ 1 J ~ 1jg 0 SE sect

~ Salaries

middotJffi 0 middot ~ e- ----1 a ~~ aoo ~ ~ middota~ 0 oil 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 -pound s d

Pentridge Stockades I I 1 I 7 3 I 4 48 2 I I I 71 I4520 13 0 Collingwood Stockade bullbull I I I 3 2 I 32 41 8365 i7 0 H M Hnlk Lysander 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 I6 2 3I 6868 5 0

Do Success 1 I I 1 2 1 2 16 2 27 5683 IO 0 2 Do Sacraniento 1 I 1 1 2 1 2 17 26 5501 0 0 Do Pre~ident 1 1 I 2 12 2 19 4I06 0 0

1-Total --I 1 4 2 6 4 18 IO 13 141 6 2 I 1 I 215 45045 50 2

~

NulllBER and MODE of EaiPLOYMENT of PRISONERS

At Hard Labor Station Duties --middot-

~ STATIONS

~ ~ ci 1l cl

~ ci ~ li E

~ e ~

~ = e ~ 0 s s fli 0

~ i 1 E 1l zj 2 I ~

zi ~ lt s 0

~ e 0 ll ~ ~ sect rl i 0 d 0 0 0

~ 0

~ 0 8i~ 1J 1ii Elt

0 ~ 0 iil 11 0 gtl Elt rn 0 0 I

r 1s - middot-i-

Pentridge Stockades 25 I 2 2 2 1 2 26 24 25 21I55 283 I2 611 8 1 2 ll 3 3 2 Collingtvood Stockade I a 6 4 4 3 1 bullbullbull bullbullbull I 31 5 20I 246 2 5 6 I 2 li M Hu1k Lysander 2 4 1 4 I33 139 I 5 9 6 6 I 2 I

Do Succesbull 2 1 i I 1 30 35 2 3 4 1 I 1 Do Sacramento 1 IO 73 84 5 2 4 1 r i Do lresiden t ~middot

35_1 2 --

Total 31 I 22 2 6 3 2 2 129 65 592 787 27 I2 5 24 I 2 30 i I7 7 7

The Jews are oot at work ths day belng tller Sabbath t These prisoners nre shown on Separaro Treatment not being allowed to go on shore to work gt To this Total should be added ~9 men awaiting removal from the gaol and not ehown In thii Return

~ E =i

~ ci B

i ~ gtl

I 2 I I

I

2 3

PmsoN AccoM3IODATION

Wards each to contain Cells I ci

0

cacll to 1 0

I ci

containmiddot d 0 0 s I 3 4 10 I2 I4 I8 20 22 31 32 54 6 1 E- sect

ltl I - -------I

I 6 1 I 5 7 453 1 6 middotmiddotmiddotmiddot 5 12 364 2 2 4 300 I6 I2 I 42 142 j 36 bull I 25 133

I 80 80 1-1---i--

52 I2 I G 8 6 i 6 2 I l 15 5 170 1472

Not Employed

~ lti I Grand ~ ~ rut l

amp ~ Total pound a E ~ -j sect 3 03 ~ ~ 0

~ E Cl ~ 10 0 1il lt1 ~ I

00

T 361 2 53 I7 3 25 1 16 293 1 3I 9 1

I 31 8 I I I

ti1 I 6 18 I93

I2 5 I 72

I 119

I3 3 26 123 1 73 73

-middot I 1 1162t 4 140 38 9 2 I I I I62 1 6 230

W CHAMP

No 2

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the Eltpense of the eristing Establishment of Officers at Pentrilge for 453 Men and that of the future Establishment fonioo Men when Building~ are completed _

EXISTING BSTABIISH~OltNT ESTABLISHMENi WHEN BUILDINGS ARE COMPIETED

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No Rank PcrDicm Per Annum Total No Rank Per Diem Pet Annum Total

s d pound s d pound s d s d pound s d pound s d

1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0 1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

1 Assistant Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Deputy Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

1 Clerk 275 0 0 275 0 0 2 Assistant Superintendents 250 0 0 500 0 0

2 Trade Overseers 300 0 0 600 0 0 1 Clerk 275 (l 0 275 0 0

5 Labor Overseers 15 0 273 15 0 1368 15 0 1 Storekeeper 250 0 0 250 0 0

1 Senior Chief Warder 350 0 0 350 0 0 2 Thade Overseers 16 0 292 0 0 584 0 0

l Assistant Warder ~ 250 0 0 250 0 0 middotl Senior Labor Overseer 14 0 257 10 0 257 10 0 2 Assistant W1ltrders 12 0 219 0 0 438 0 0 3 Labor Overseers 13 0 237 5 0 711 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0 1 Senior Chief Warder ~middot 350 0 0 350 0 0

53 Warders 10 0 182 10 0 9672 10 0 1 Sergeant 12 0 219 0 () 219 0 0

l Senior Corporal 11 0 200 15 0 200 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0

30 Warders r

10 0 182 10 0 5475 0 0

-I

71 pound14520 13 0 49

pound10389 8 0 ---

I Annual Saving pound4131 5 0

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13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

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No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

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No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

No 1 RETURN of the NuMBER of OFFICERS the PRISON AccoMMODATION and the NuMBER and MoDE of ElliPLOYMENT of PRISONERS at the PENAL EsrABUSHlIENTS in the Colony of Victoria on

th(l 27th day of June 1857

OFFICERS and WARDERS

Rank middotmiddotmiddot~middotmiddot- middotmiddot-

~ Total STATIONs

1

it

9 ~ Amount ~

I

~

~ 1 il ci El of middot~ I Ot 2

] ~ f) fl5 g j 2

-5 ~ B~ ~ Emiddot I d~ 1 J ~ 1jg 0 SE sect

~ Salaries

middotJffi 0 middot ~ e- ----1 a ~~ aoo ~ ~ middota~ 0 oil 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 -pound s d

Pentridge Stockades I I 1 I 7 3 I 4 48 2 I I I 71 I4520 13 0 Collingwood Stockade bullbull I I I 3 2 I 32 41 8365 i7 0 H M Hnlk Lysander 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 I6 2 3I 6868 5 0

Do Success 1 I I 1 2 1 2 16 2 27 5683 IO 0 2 Do Sacraniento 1 I 1 1 2 1 2 17 26 5501 0 0 Do Pre~ident 1 1 I 2 12 2 19 4I06 0 0

1-Total --I 1 4 2 6 4 18 IO 13 141 6 2 I 1 I 215 45045 50 2

~

NulllBER and MODE of EaiPLOYMENT of PRISONERS

At Hard Labor Station Duties --middot-

~ STATIONS

~ ~ ci 1l cl

~ ci ~ li E

~ e ~

~ = e ~ 0 s s fli 0

~ i 1 E 1l zj 2 I ~

zi ~ lt s 0

~ e 0 ll ~ ~ sect rl i 0 d 0 0 0

~ 0

~ 0 8i~ 1J 1ii Elt

0 ~ 0 iil 11 0 gtl Elt rn 0 0 I

r 1s - middot-i-

Pentridge Stockades 25 I 2 2 2 1 2 26 24 25 21I55 283 I2 611 8 1 2 ll 3 3 2 Collingtvood Stockade I a 6 4 4 3 1 bullbullbull bullbullbull I 31 5 20I 246 2 5 6 I 2 li M Hu1k Lysander 2 4 1 4 I33 139 I 5 9 6 6 I 2 I

Do Succesbull 2 1 i I 1 30 35 2 3 4 1 I 1 Do Sacramento 1 IO 73 84 5 2 4 1 r i Do lresiden t ~middot

35_1 2 --

Total 31 I 22 2 6 3 2 2 129 65 592 787 27 I2 5 24 I 2 30 i I7 7 7

The Jews are oot at work ths day belng tller Sabbath t These prisoners nre shown on Separaro Treatment not being allowed to go on shore to work gt To this Total should be added ~9 men awaiting removal from the gaol and not ehown In thii Return

~ E =i

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I 2 I I

I

2 3

PmsoN AccoM3IODATION

Wards each to contain Cells I ci

0

cacll to 1 0

I ci

containmiddot d 0 0 s I 3 4 10 I2 I4 I8 20 22 31 32 54 6 1 E- sect

ltl I - -------I

I 6 1 I 5 7 453 1 6 middotmiddotmiddotmiddot 5 12 364 2 2 4 300 I6 I2 I 42 142 j 36 bull I 25 133

I 80 80 1-1---i--

52 I2 I G 8 6 i 6 2 I l 15 5 170 1472

Not Employed

~ lti I Grand ~ ~ rut l

amp ~ Total pound a E ~ -j sect 3 03 ~ ~ 0

~ E Cl ~ 10 0 1il lt1 ~ I

00

T 361 2 53 I7 3 25 1 16 293 1 3I 9 1

I 31 8 I I I

ti1 I 6 18 I93

I2 5 I 72

I 119

I3 3 26 123 1 73 73

-middot I 1 1162t 4 140 38 9 2 I I I I62 1 6 230

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No 2

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the Eltpense of the eristing Establishment of Officers at Pentrilge for 453 Men and that of the future Establishment fonioo Men when Building~ are completed _

EXISTING BSTABIISH~OltNT ESTABLISHMENi WHEN BUILDINGS ARE COMPIETED

-----I

No Rank PcrDicm Per Annum Total No Rank Per Diem Pet Annum Total

s d pound s d pound s d s d pound s d pound s d

1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0 1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

1 Assistant Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Deputy Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

1 Clerk 275 0 0 275 0 0 2 Assistant Superintendents 250 0 0 500 0 0

2 Trade Overseers 300 0 0 600 0 0 1 Clerk 275 (l 0 275 0 0

5 Labor Overseers 15 0 273 15 0 1368 15 0 1 Storekeeper 250 0 0 250 0 0

1 Senior Chief Warder 350 0 0 350 0 0 2 Thade Overseers 16 0 292 0 0 584 0 0

l Assistant Warder ~ 250 0 0 250 0 0 middotl Senior Labor Overseer 14 0 257 10 0 257 10 0 2 Assistant W1ltrders 12 0 219 0 0 438 0 0 3 Labor Overseers 13 0 237 5 0 711 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0 1 Senior Chief Warder ~middot 350 0 0 350 0 0

53 Warders 10 0 182 10 0 9672 10 0 1 Sergeant 12 0 219 0 () 219 0 0

l Senior Corporal 11 0 200 15 0 200 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0

30 Warders r

10 0 182 10 0 5475 0 0

-I

71 pound14520 13 0 49

pound10389 8 0 ---

I Annual Saving pound4131 5 0

W CHAMP

13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

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No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

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No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

No 2

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the Eltpense of the eristing Establishment of Officers at Pentrilge for 453 Men and that of the future Establishment fonioo Men when Building~ are completed _

EXISTING BSTABIISH~OltNT ESTABLISHMENi WHEN BUILDINGS ARE COMPIETED

-----I

No Rank PcrDicm Per Annum Total No Rank Per Diem Pet Annum Total

s d pound s d pound s d s d pound s d pound s d

1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0 1 Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

1 Assistant Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Deputy Superintendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

1 Clerk 275 0 0 275 0 0 2 Assistant Superintendents 250 0 0 500 0 0

2 Trade Overseers 300 0 0 600 0 0 1 Clerk 275 (l 0 275 0 0

5 Labor Overseers 15 0 273 15 0 1368 15 0 1 Storekeeper 250 0 0 250 0 0

1 Senior Chief Warder 350 0 0 350 0 0 2 Thade Overseers 16 0 292 0 0 584 0 0

l Assistant Warder ~ 250 0 0 250 0 0 middotl Senior Labor Overseer 14 0 257 10 0 257 10 0 2 Assistant W1ltrders 12 0 219 0 0 438 0 0 3 Labor Overseers 13 0 237 5 0 711 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0 1 Senior Chief Warder ~middot 350 0 0 350 0 0

53 Warders 10 0 182 10 0 9672 10 0 1 Sergeant 12 0 219 0 () 219 0 0

l Senior Corporal 11 0 200 15 0 200 15 0

4 Corporals 10 6 191 12 0 766 8 0

30 Warders r

10 0 182 10 0 5475 0 0

-I

71 pound14520 13 0 49

pound10389 8 0 ---

I Annual Saving pound4131 5 0

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13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

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No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

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No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne

13

No 3

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as compared with the present expense of the Collingwood Stockade

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUIRED AT PE~TRIDGE 11 EXISTING ESTAliLISHMEr-T AT COLLINGWOOD bull

i --middot

I No Rank Per AUlUmiddot Total No Rank Per AUlul Total

pound s d pound $ d pound s d pound s d I Clerk and Store- I Superintendent 500 0 0 500 0 0

keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 I Chief Warder 300 0 0 300 0 0 1 Overseer 273 I5 0 273 15 0 1 Storekeeper 275 0 0 275 0 0

10 wmiddotarders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 3 Overseers 273 15 0 82I 5 0 2 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 438 0 0 I Corporal 191 12 0 191 12 0

32 Warders 182 10 0 5840 0 0

- ---

12 1pound2373 15 Oi 41 I pound8865 17 0

middot--~--

Annual SaYing pound5992 2 0

W CHAMP

No 4

STATEMENT showing the increased Establishment required at Pentridge for 250 additional Men as middot middot compared with the present expense of the Lysander and Sacrarrumto Hulks

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUmED AT PENTRIDGE EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AT HUUU

Per AUlum I No Rank Totru No I Rank bull Per AUlum TotiJJ

i-

pound s d pound s d pound s d pound s d 1 Clerk and Store- 2 Superinten- 1 500 0 0 900 0 0 keeper 275 0 0 275 0 0 dents 1 400 0 0 1 Labor 0Yerseer 273 15 0 273 15 0 2 Chief Warders 300 0 0 600 0 0

10 Warders 182 10 0 1825 0 0 1 Assistant Super-intendent 300 0 0 300 0 0

2 Ship Keepers 273 15 0 547 10 0 2 Storekeepers 275 0 0 550 0 0 1 Overseer 16s per

diem 292 0 0 292 0 0

I 4 Ditto 15s per do 273 15 0 1095 0 0 4 Assistant Warders 219 0 0 876 0 0 5 Corporals 191 12 0 958 0 0 4 Boatmen 182 10 0 730 0 0

34 Varders 182 10 0 6205 0 0

middot--12 [pound2373 15 0 63 pound13053 10 0

Annual Saving pound10679 15 0

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No 66-d middot By Authority JOHN FERRES Government Printer Melbourne