Excerpt from Report of the Select Committee on Stock Thefts That in administering the law, adequate deterrent punishments be inflicted. Merely to give imprisonment to Natives is prae tically an encouragement to crime. The infliction of lashes, fines, spare diet solitary confinement, and, in the case of old offenders, deportation from the Colony are necessary. Arrangements could easily be made with the government of the Colony of St. Helena for the transportation of convicts. In all cases, where possible, double at least of the value of the stock stolen should be required from the thief. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.