Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... monthly allowance money . This however could only be done when they were employed under the civil authorities , for when transferred to the military , for work on the Grand Trunk Road , they were much more strictly kept and watched over ...
... monthly allowance money . This however could only be done when they were employed under the civil authorities , for when transferred to the military , for work on the Grand Trunk Road , they were much more strictly kept and watched over ...
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... months , at the rate of 34.25 per cent . per annum . In one month , the ' deaths in that gang were ten per cent . " † This mortality does not appear to have arisen in any way from defective clothing , or bad or insufficient food . They ...
... months , at the rate of 34.25 per cent . per annum . In one month , the ' deaths in that gang were ten per cent . " † This mortality does not appear to have arisen in any way from defective clothing , or bad or insufficient food . They ...
Page 21
... month , whilst the value of their labor was put down at Rs . 5-8.9 . At Penang , the monthly cost was from Rs . 2-12 to Rs . 4 , and the produce of their labor was said to be Rs . 2-8 to Rs . 3. At Malacca , the keep of the convicts ...
... month , whilst the value of their labor was put down at Rs . 5-8.9 . At Penang , the monthly cost was from Rs . 2-12 to Rs . 4 , and the produce of their labor was said to be Rs . 2-8 to Rs . 3. At Malacca , the keep of the convicts ...
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... monthly averages could be arrived at . He cordially agrees with our suggestion where the report says : " there is no mention in the enumeration of the number of recommitments , nor is any information fur- nished as to the causes of ...
... monthly averages could be arrived at . He cordially agrees with our suggestion where the report says : " there is no mention in the enumeration of the number of recommitments , nor is any information fur- nished as to the causes of ...
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... monthly records furnished to a single central office , ' and these collated with the extreme care and attention neces- sary , to render criminal statistics of any value . " " Without some well devised and honestly worked plan of ...
... monthly records furnished to a single central office , ' and these collated with the extreme care and attention neces- sary , to render criminal statistics of any value . " " Without some well devised and honestly worked plan of ...
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