(13.) The Board of Visitors appointed by the Secretary of State under Section 13 (4) of the Prevention of Crime Act, 1908, shall hold office for three years. Their powers shall not be affected by vacancies. The Secretary of State shall, as soon as possible, fill any vacancy by making a new appointment. At their first meeting they shall appoint a Chairman. One or more of them shall visit the Prison once a month, and they shall meet as a Board as often as possible. They shall hear and adjudicate on such offences on the part of prisoners as may be referred to them by the Directors, and they shall investigate any complaint which a prisoner may desire to make to them, and, if necessary, report the same to the Directors with their opinion. They shall have free access to every part of the Prison and may see any prisoner in private, inspect the diets and examine any of the books. They shall bring any abuses to the immediate notice of the Directors, and in cases of urgency they may make recommendations in writing which the Governor shall carry out pending the decision of the Directors. They shall keep minutes of their proceedings, and make an annual report to the Secretary of State at the beginning of each year. (14.) The Committee appointed under Section 14 (4) of the said Act shall meet once a quarter, and shall forward to the Directors such reports as may be required for their assistance in advising the Secretary of State as to the prospects and probable behaviour of prisoners after discharge. (15.) Any person whose licence has been revoked or forfeited may on his return to Prison be placed and kept in the Disciplinary Grade for such length of time as the Board of Visitors shall think necessary. THE ENGLISH PRISON SYSTEM. INDEX TO CHAPTERS Aged convicts, 41 Ages of prisoners received on conviction, 221 Aid-on-discharge (see 'Borstal,' and 'Central' Associations and Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies), 164 Alcoholism and crime, 160, 211 America, visits to, 25, 62, 64, 91 Appeal, Court of Criminal, 21 Auburn and Philadelphian Systems, 24, 63 Australia, Transportation to, 27, 31 Aylesbury Borstal Institution, 118 Baker, Dr., Inquiry at Pentonville as to young offenders, 86 Bedford, Adeline, Duchess of, 117 Bermuda, convicts at, 27 Birmingham, Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, 166 Birmingham Juvenile Court, 102 Board, Prison--Constitution of, 18, 46 Borstal Association, 92, 95, 118, 182 Borstal Committees at Local Prisons, 96 Borstal System, 11, 85, 194, 214 " " and age of criminal majority, 87 " " its aims, 11, 83, 98 " " origin of name, 85, 92 " " early stages, 91 " " statutory effect given to, 94 " " since the Act of 1908, 94 " " and the Act of 1914, 100, 121 " " the "Modified", 96, 119, 127 " " for young women, 118 " " for young convicts, 41, 97, 118