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gency, or in order to expedite the work of the institution, any subordinate officer renders assistance wheresoever called. All officers sympathetically study and apply the principles of modern penology, and work hopefully. Food. The food is plain and well cooked. Each day in the week provides for some change in the bill of fare, the weekly bill of fare being changed every three months. The food improves according to grade. Prisoners in the punishment grade dine in their cells. Those in the intermediate grades dine at long narrow benches, all facing the one way. Strict silence is insisted upon at meals. Men in the " honour " grade dine six at a rectangular table, and are allowed to converse. Smoking. No smoking is allowed in the punishment grade. In other grades men are allowed to smoke from 6.40 p.m. to 7 p.m., sitting on their stools immediately outside the doors of their cells. They are, during this time, allowed to converse with the prisoners on either side of them, but not to change their position. Loud talking is not permitted. Release. When a prisoner having served any determinate sentence imposed on him has made such progress that he is deemed to be no longer a menace to the peace and order of society and his record is shown to be satisfactory, and he has incurred no debit for a prescribed period, and he can show that he is able to provide for his own support, he is granted his release upon parole. The question, date, and conditions of release are determined by the tribunal previously referred to, to whom are submitted full reports of each prisoner's progress every three months from the date of the expiry of such prisoner's probation. CAMPS. The object of the camp system is to aid in the classification of prisons; reduce the population of town prisons; afford useful, remunerative, and healthful occupations for the prisoners; and provide an opportunity for their reform. The camps are graded so that greater privileges may be awarded to the men who are bestconducted. Provision is made for the transference of disorderly men to a camp where lite and work are less congenial and where privileges are fewer. If insubordinate, they are transferred to the penitentiary, from which they cannot return to a camp until they have secured a good-conduct record for twelve months, and their transfer be otherwise approved of by the authorities. In tree-planting camps the arrangements being now carried out are not disturbed. In other camps the buildings are constructed of wood or iron as determined most suitable. The cells are furnished as in penitentiaries'. The cell-houses may be built so as to allow of extension by units, the walls, floors, and roof being in separate pieces and bolted together. The cell-houses are arranged'to form a hollow square, all windows and doors facing towards the inside of the square. The spaces between each cell-house are walled up, making with the back walls of the cell-houses a continuous wall round the camp. The windows are barred. Industries suggested, — Stone-quarrying, Cement-manufacture, Brickmaking, Swamp-draining, Tree-planting, Other public works. The camps for quarrying building-stone, manufacturing cement, and making bricks, are situated in such parts of the Dominion as will enable their products to be easily loaded in scows and readily distributed to the principal centres. DRUNKARDS. Drunkards are classified as, — Casuals, Occasionals, Habituals, Incorrigible. Casuals are men who get drunk at but rare intervals. Occasionals are men who from time to time indulge in drinking-habits bad enough to cause them loss of employment. ;--,". , ~,... •__ xi Habituals are described by their name. They are mostly loafers, and work but intermittently. spending what wages they earn on drink. Incorrigibles, besides being habitual drunkards, combine minor offences with their original offence. . . , ... Casuals are dealt with by fining. The amount of the fine is determined according to ability to pay.