Major J F A McNair, Prisoners their own Warders, a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797, 1899. T39049 - Chapters from book
01/01/1899 - 31/12/1899
records on Indian convicts. Chapter 1 on eaerly records of Bencoolen and observations about convicts; Chap 2 on slight sketch of Penang and the treatment of convicts there; Chap 3 on old Malacca and the first introduction of convicts there; Chap 4 -7 on Singapore, its jail system and administration; Chap 8 on division into classes, trades, food and clothing; Chap 9 on Public works and industries; Chap 10 on stories about Indian convicts and European local prisoners; Chap 11 on the abolition of the convict department and disposal of the convicts; Chap 12 on diseases and malingering; Chap 13 concludes
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