the men for breach of faith. August 4. 1851; No. 156.
The discovery of gold has altered the prospects of laborers. The
amazing productiveness of the gold fields has withdrawn almost all
good free labor from the colony. The active convict has the means
of earning large wages, or of reaching the gold fields at an
expense estimated at L5, including hush money. Thus the _Gazette_,
from January 6, to March 30, 1852, shows the absconding of 492, and
the arrest of 254. Yet many are not reported, and are therefore not
included in these lists.
The incessant agitation of the colonies has produced considerable
activity in the department, and external decency is respected. The
more prominent establishments--both male and female, are creditably
kept, and probably the internal evils are abated; and yet what can
be hoped for men who, on their discharge from detention, recognise
everywhere the associations and the haunts of convictism?
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