Pawning -- -- 1 Suspected of Thieving -- -- 2 Losing Cloths -- -- 4 Leaving his Watch -- -- 6 Committed by the Police -- -- 9 Attempting to Commit Suicide -- -- 1 Marrying without Permission -- -- 1 Carrying Letters for Local Prisoners -- -- 3 Disrespect to Superiors -- -- 2 Obtaining Money under False Pretences -- -- 1 Receiving Bribes -- -- 1 Impertinence -- -- 2 Malingering -- -- 2 Suspected of being Concerned in a Murder -- -- 2 Assaulting a Free Man -- -- 4 -------------------------------------------------------- Total 30 132 172 -------------------------------------------------------- This table gives the number and nature of the defaults committed by the Indian convicts for the years 1846, 1856 and 1866, but it is doubtful whether the list for 1846 is complete, as the prison records do not appear to have been fully kept up; anyhow they are not to be found, and at that time the inquiry room had not been established. The number of convicts under discipline and on ticket of leave during the twenty years was between 1,900 and 2,500, which shows a small percentage of defaulters, and they are all, with few exceptions, of a petty nature. APPENDIX VI Extracts from letters from T. Church, Esq., Resident Councillor, Singapore, addressed to the Honourable the Governor of the Straits. 15th September, 1849. Transmits copy of letter from Captain Man, dated August, 1849, forwarding account of value of labour of the convicts for the year ending 30th April last.