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Prisoners their own warders

Subtitle: 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

John Frederick Adolphus McNair and W. D. Bayliss

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PRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS Preface

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V APPENDIX VI APPENDIX VII APPENDIX VIII APPENDIX IX Index

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1. Front matter 2. PRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS 3. Preface 4. Chapter I EARLY RECORDS OF BENCOOLEN AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CONVICTS 5. Chapter II A SLIGHT SKETCH OF PENANG AND THE TREATMENT OF THE CONVICTS THERE 6. Chapter III OLD MALACCA AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CONVICTS THERE 7. Chapter IV A RUNNING HISTORY OF SINGAPORE: ITS JAIL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION 8. Chapter V SINGAPORE (Continued)9. Chapter VI SINGAPORE (Continued)10. Chapter VII SINGAPORE (Continued)11. Chapter VIII DIVISION INTO CLASSES, TRADES, FOOD, AND CLOTHING 12. Chapter IX PUBLIC WORKS AND INDUSTRIES 13. Chapter X STORIES ABOUT INDIAN CONVICTS AND EUROPEAN LOCAL PRISONERS 14. Chapter XI ABOLITION OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE CONVICTS 15. Chapter XII DISEASES AND MALINGERING 16. Chapter XIII CONCLUSION 17. APPENDIX I 18. APPENDIX II 19. APPENDIX III 20. APPENDIX IV 21. APPENDIX V 22. APPENDIX VI 23. APPENDIX VII 24. APPENDIX VIII 25. APPENDIX IX 26. Index

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