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Prisoners their own warders : $b a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797
by John Frederick Adolphus McNair, W. D. Bayliss
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27 totalPRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS
Preface
List of Illustrations and Plates
Chapter I EARLY RECORDS OF BENCOOLEN AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CONVICTS
Chapter II A SLIGHT SKETCH OF PENANG AND THE TREATMENT OF THE CONVICTS THERE
Chapter III OLD MALACCA AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CONVICTS THERE
Chapter IV A RUNNING HISTORY OF SINGAPORE: ITS JAIL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION
Chapter V SINGAPORE (Continued)
Chapter VI SINGAPORE (Continued)
Chapter VII SINGAPORE (Continued)
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Prisoners their own warders : $b a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797 A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825
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en
Duration
~4 hours (253K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Ronald Lee
Release date
2008-10-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the authors
John Frederick Adolphus McNair
1828–1910
A British engineer, colonial official, and writer, he helped shape early Singapore and later wrote vivid firsthand accounts of life in the Straits Settlements and on the Andaman Islands. His career joined practical public works with close observation of the places and people around him.
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W. D. Bayliss
A pioneering British physiologist, he helped transform how scientists understand digestion and chemical signaling in the body. His work with Ernest Starling led to the discovery of secretin, one of the first substances recognized as a hormone.
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