Note 2 — Chapter XXXVI · THE PENAL COLONY OF KARA.
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The colonel had not quite all the statistics to hand for 1879. Their number, therefore, at the time of my visit, was given me as 2,144, classified, according to their crimes, as follows:—
Men. Women. Total.
Murderers 668 125 793
Robbers with violence 404 5 409
Incendiaries 29 9 38
For rape 22 22
Forgers 45 1 46
Offenders against discipline, and defaulters in public service 86 86
Vagabonds 665 12 677
Various 71 2 73
1,990 154 2,144