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PRISON STATISTICS.
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may serve to shew how inefficient is the working of the present system; and how imperatively the condition of the lower classes throughout the country demands attention and amelioration.

Men. Women. Total.
Robbery 1,800 590 2,390
Quarrelling and wounding 2,937 1,805 4,742
Bigamy, &c. 421 203 624
Homicide 180 42 222
Incontinence, &c. 75 37 112
Forgery. 11 3 14
Throwing vitriol. 41 17 58
Lesser crimes. 734 341 1,075
Prisoners for one year in a population little over 130,000; 9,237

The sum disbursed in salaries of officers of the Accordada amounts to nearly 5,000 dollars; while 35,000 dollars are annually expended for the maintenance of prisoners.

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