Changes in system due to reduction of convicts. Less Public Works
labour. Competition with free labour. Contract system unknown in
English Prisons. Character of present work in Convict Prisons.
Medical census of convicts' fitness for work. The last Public Works,
Dover Harbour. Character of Convict Prison labour approximating
more to that of Local Prisons. Inquiry of 1863, and labour in Local
Prisons. 'Hard Labour' of two classes. The Prison Act, 1877.
Abolition of unproductive labour, and inquiry of 1894. Revision of
Labour Statistics. Improvement in output of manufacture since 1896.
Unskilled labour. Reorganization of female labour, 1911. Work for
Government Departments. Work during the War. The work of
Juvenile-Adult prisoners.