Among the many interesting features presented by the activities on the Yangkingpang is the one relating to the uses which the French authorities are making of their prison labour. A few d mentioned that the pipes which are being laid down were made by the prisoners at Lokawei, and one of our representatives spent an inter esting hour or so on Wednesday seeing the work being done.
The employment of prisoners in the making of material for the French Public Works Department was begun about three years ai and was at once a complete succous. A large plot of ground near the gaol is naw reserved for them, and various kinds of labour are in progress, The most extensive work just now is that of making the huge pipes for use in the Yanekingpang. and about eighty men out of the 400 or so prisoners are constantly en zed. Everything is done by hand, there being none of the large' plant or machinery which one would naturally expect to see, and the work seynently made easy enough for any of the men to grasp.
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