and reformers in
India."

Perhaps the last addition to the jail buildings was the erection by the
convict bricklayers and plasterers of a stand to hold the prison bell,
and from whence to call the roll at general musters. It was built in the
form of a "monopteron," a sort of structure without walls, and composed
of columns arranged in a circle, and supporting a covered cupola.

Chapter VIII

DIVISION INTO CLASSES, TRADES, FOOD, AND CLOTHING

We now come to deal with perhaps not a very inviting part of our
subject, viz. the division of the convicts into classes, their
supervision, artificer trades, hours of work, food, and clothing, but it
must be told in brief in order to make the narrative of this jail
complete.

They were divided into six classes, but since the year 1857, when Major
McNair took charge, sec. A of the third class, and sec. A of the fifth
class were added to the classification.

The _First Class_ consisted of trustworthy convicts allowed out
on ticket of leave.

_Second Class_ consisted of convict petty officers, male and
female, and those employed in hospitals and public offices.

_Third Class_ were convicts employed on roads and public works,
having passed through their probationary course.

_Fourth Class_ were convicts newly arrived, and those degraded
from other classes or promoted from the fifth class. They
worked in light irons.

_Fifth Class_ were convicts degraded from the higher classes,
and such as required more than ordinary vigilance to prevent
escape, or regarding whom special instructions had been
received from India. They worked in heavy irons.

_Sixth Class_ were invalids and superannuated convicts.

Youths were transferred to a special gang for "boys."

[Illustration: DUFFADAR RAM SINGH, SENIOR PETTY OFFICER OF THE JAIL.

_McNair._

_Plate XII._]

Convicts, if for life, were admitted to the first class after having
been sixteen years in transportation; if for seventeen years, after
twelve years; and if for seven years, after having been six years in
transportation. Females, for whatever period, from three to five years.
Before a ticket of leave could be granted, the convict had to provide
personal security for his good behaviour and continued presence in the
settlement; and any misdemeanour on his part involved a revoking of his
ticket of leave, and his return to confinement in the prison and
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