Statement of the expenses of the convict jail in Singapore for the years 1862-63 and 1863-64, showing the average cost per prisoner:— | Heads of Expenditure. | 1,964 Prisoners in 1862-63. | | 1,995 Prisoners in 1863-64. | | 1862-63. | 1863-64. | | Rations | 67,803 | 9 | 10 | 62,901 | 0 | 10 | | Money Allowance | 20,938 | 13 | 8 | 19,369 | 14 | 3 | | Total | 88,742 | 7 | 6 | 82,270 | 15 | 1 | | Cost per Prisoner | 45 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 10 | | Fixed Establishment | 16,094 | 1 | 0 | 11,173 | 1 | 5 | | Cost per Prisoner | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | | Extra Establishment | nil. | nil. | | Cost per Prisoner | " | " | | Total | 16,094 | 1 | 0 | 11,173 | 1 | 5 | | Cost per Prisoner | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | | Hospital Charges | | | European Medicines | | | | | Bazaarditto | | – | 472 | 13 | 0 | 454 | 10 | 4 | | Sick Diet | | | | | | Total | 472 | 13 | 0 | 454 | 10 | 4 | | Cost per Prisoner | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7½ | | Clothing, including Blankets and Bedding | 8,699 | 14 | 6 | 8,250 | 14 | 4 | | Cost per Prisoner | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | Contingencies | 3,235 | 3 | 1 | 4,407 | 5 | 3 | | Cost per Prisoner | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4½ | | Additions, Alterations, and Repairs | 100 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 8 | 8 | | Cost per Prisoner | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | | Gross Cost of Maintenance | 117,345 | 3 | 3 | 106,608 | 7 | 1 | | Gross Cost per Prisoner | 59 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 7 | 0 | The above table gives a fair average of the annual cost of maintenance of each prisoner as taken from the records of the jail.
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