RECIDIVISTES FOR NEW CALEDONIA.
Speaking of the first convoy of reoidivlstas thortly expected to arrive at Noumea, the JVeo Caledonien of the 3rd inst observes that it w.ll ooat France £56, t00 and that tbe deporcation of the entire 1200' onfe-fourih of whom are on the vrp-y — will involve an expenditure ofm q !art r of a m-llion sterling... Some of these convicts have boan seufaaoed as many as 72, and uono of thfm less <h»n 11, tim-s. Sltoh of these inveterate rimmala costs the nation 4600 frandr, r £184 per :*imam, anl, as the earnings of vhe French psop c averag;;) only £25 14a par head pjt annum, it follovß that it r<:qii'r«s the yearly labor of upwards of S'-Vdu parsons to support each member of i the ' • devil s legtmeut" m New Caledonia. '.'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 2
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135RECIDIVISTES FOR NEW CALEDONIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 2
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