Prisoners their own warders - John Frederick Adolphus McNair; W. D. Bayliss

Heads of Expenditure.		1,964 Prisoners in 1862-63.
		1,995 Prisoners in 1863-64.
		1862-63.			1863-64.
Rations		67,803	9	10	62,901	0	10
Money Allowance		20,938	13	8	19,369	14	3
Total		88,742	7	6	82,270	15	1
Cost per Prisoner		45	2	11	41	3	10
Fixed Establishment		16,094	1	0	11,173	1	5
Cost per Prisoner		8	3	1	5	9	7
Extra Establishment		nil.			nil.
Cost per Prisoner		"			"
Total		16,094	1	0	11,173	1	5
Cost per Prisoner		8	3	1	5	9	7
Hospital Charges
European Medicines
Bazaar ditto	–	472	13	0	454	10	4
Sick Diet
Total		472	13	0	454	10	4
Cost per Prisoner		0	3	10	0	3	7½
Clothing, including Blanketsand Bedding		8,699	14	6	8,250	14	4
Cost per Prisoner		4	6	11	4	2	2
Contingencies		3,235	3	1	4,407	5	3
Cost per Prisoner		1	10	4	2	3	4½
Additions, Alterations, andRepairs		100	12	2	51	8	8
Cost per Prisoner		0	0	10	0	0	5
Gross Cost of Maintenance		117,345	3	3	106,608	7	1
Gross Cost per Prisoner		59	11	11	53	7	0

The above table gives a fair average of the annual cost of maintenance of each prisoner as taken from the records of the jail.

APPENDIX II

Return of the Hospital Department of prisoners in jails in Singapore, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Malacca, from 1st May, 1863, to 30th April, 1864, exhibiting the average strength, number of admissions of sick, number of deaths, etc., in each jail during the year, and the rate per cent.:—

Stations	Singapore.	Penang and Province Wellesley.	Malacca.	Total.
Average strength during the Year	2,400	1,150	661	4,211
Admissions during the Year
Fevers	222	260	292	774
Eruptive Fevers	25	2	26	53
Diseases of the
Lungs	30	55	63	148
Liver	9	—	1	10
Stomach and Bowels	81	216	93	390
Brain	12	19	41	72
Generative and Urinary Organs	51	23	24	98
Eyes	50	27	9	86
Skin	50	20	37	107
Cholera	3	—	—	3
Dropsies	13	27	6	46
Rheumatic Affections	58	107	31	196
Abscesses and Ulcers	204	198	84	486
Wounds and Injuries	58	93	42	193
Other Diseases	181	47	32	260
Total	1,047	1,094	781	2,922
Deaths during the Year
Fevers	—	—	7	7
Eruptive Fevers	7	1	3	11
Diseases of the
Lungs	4	2	2	8
Liver	1	—	—	1
Stomach and Bowels	6	9	4	19
Brain	—	2	—	2
Generative and Urinary Organs	—	—	—	—
Eyes	—	—	—	—
Skin	3	—	—	3
Cholera	2	—	—	2
Dropsies	3	8	1	12
Rheumatic Affections	1	—	1	2
Abscesses and Ulcers	1	—	—	1
Wounds and Injuries	2	1	—	3
Other Diseases	25	21	3	49
Total	55	44	21	120
Discharged during the Year	943	1,012	742	2,697
Transfer during the Year	—	—	—	—
Liberated during the Year	—	—	—	—
Remaining	49	38	18	105
Rate per cent.
Sick to Strength	43.62	95.1	118.45	69.43
Death by ordinary diseases to strength	2.20	3.82	3.17	2.802
Death by Cholera to strength	00.8	—	—	004.74
Total Deaths to Strength	2.29	3.82	3.17	2.84

The rate per cent. of the total deaths to strength at the three settlements may appear high, but it is accounted for by the number of old convicts dying off.