AJMER CENTRAL JAIL.                                          15

                                    APPENDIX A.

                  REVIEW ON THE JAIL REPORT FOR 1911.

The charge of the office of the Superintendent, Central Jail, was held throughout the
year by Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Woolbert, I.M.S.

† Include 49 received from other jails.

2. At the commencement of the year there were 264* prisoners including convicts,
civil prisoners and undertrials. The number †
of prisoners admitted to the jail during the
year was 1,295 against 1,065 in 1910 of whom
669 were convicts, 609 undertrials and 17 civil
prisoners.

The number of prisoners discharged during the year under review from all causes as
compared with the previous year is as under :—

The number of prisoners remaining at the close of the year was 292 against 264 in
1910:—

The daily average number of prisoners was 319.13, i.e.—

Disposal of convicts.

3. The following table compares the disposal of convicts (655) during the year under
review with that of the preceding year—

‡ 7 were transferred for transportation beyond seas.

Classification of convicts.

4. Excluding the 49 convicts received from other jails the remaining 620 convicts
admitted in the jail are classified as follows :—

Nature of sentence.

According to age classification 20 were under 16 years, 520 between 16 and 40, 68
between 40 and 60 and 12 above 60 years of
age. According to sex, 576 were males and 44
females. Of the 576 male convicts the majority
were agriculturists and labourers as will be
seen by the details in the margin.

5. Of the 620 convicts admitted in the
jail—