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Contents

[Chapter I]
PAGE
EARLY RECORDS OF BENCOOLEN AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CONVICTS[1]
[Chapter II]
A SLIGHT SKETCH OF PENANG AND THE TREATMENT OF THE CONVICTS THERE[14]
[Chapter III]
OLD MALACCA, AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CONVICTS THERE[25]
[Chapter IV]
A RUNNING HISTORY OF SINGAPORE: ITS JAIL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION[31]
[Chapter V]
SINGAPORE (CONTINUED)[47]
[Chapter VI]
SINGAPORE (CONTINUED)[59]
[Chapter VII]
SINGAPORE (CONTINUED)[75]
[Chapter VIII]
DIVISION INTO CLASSES, TRADERS, FOOD AND CLOTHING[84]
[Chapter IX]
PUBLIC WORKS AND INDUSTRIES[96]
[Chapter X]
STORIES ABOUT INDIAN CONVICTS AND EUROPEAN LOCAL PRISONERS[113]
[Chapter XI]
ABOLITION OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE CONVICTS[143]
[Chapter XII]
DISEASES AND MALINGERING[147]
[Chapter XIII]
CONCLUSION[156]
APPENDICES[169]

List of Illustrations and Plates

GENERAL MONTHLY MUSTER OF THE CONVICTS, SINGAPORE JAIL[Frontispiece]
TO FACE PAGE
DUFFADAR ARJOON[v]
[Plate I]
OLD MAP SHOWING PENAL SETTLEMENTS[1]
[Plate II]
FORT CORNWALLIS, PENANG[14]
[Plate III]
BOUNDARIES OF MALACCA, PORTUGUESE PERIOD[25]
[Plate IV]
OLD MALACCA[26]
[Plate V]
ALBUQUERQUE[26]
[Plate VI]
MALACCA RIVER[28]
[Plate VII]
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER[28]
[Plate VIII]
TOWN AND ENVIRONS OF SINGAPORE[31]
[Plate IX]
ORIGINAL HUTS FOR CONVICTS, SINGAPORE[39]
[Plate X]
DISTRIBUTION OF JAIL BUILDINGS, SINGAPORE[77]
[Plate XI]
MAIN GATE OF SINGAPORE JAIL[78]
[Plate XII]
DUFFADAR RAM SINGH[84]
[Plate XIII]
HEAD TINDAL MAISTRI[86]
[Plate XIV]
CONVICT OF SECOND CLASS AND MUNSHI[88]
[Plate XV]
CONVICTS OF FIFTH CLASS, AND FIFTH CLASS SECTION A[90]
[Plate XVA]
CHETOO—CONVICT OF FIFTH CLASS[92]
[Plate XVI]
CATHEDRAL, SINGAPORE[97]
[Plate XVII]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, GARDEN, AND MORTAR MILL[101]
[Plate XVIII]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SINGAPORE, APPROACHING COMPLETION[102]
[Plate XIX]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SINGAPORE, COMPLETED[104]
[Plate XX]
CONVICTS STONE-QUARRYING[111]