[227] 16 and 17 Vict. c. 99.
[228] Select Committee on Transportation 1856, Para. 1824.
[229] In the case of women convicts remission to the extent of one-third or thereabouts can be earned.
[230] 50,000 is nearer the mark. There were 43,000 in Australasia alone.
[231] Speech by Sir H. Fowler, The Times, Jan. 15, 1901.
[232] See the article on Reformatories by Sir E. Du Cane in "Chambers' Encyclopædia."
[233] 17 & 18 Vict. c. 86.
[234] 18 & 19 Vict. c. 87, and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 109.
[235] 20 & 21 Vict. c. 48.
[236] 24 & 25 Vict. c. 113.