Gardens.

The grounds under cultivation have produced all the vegetables used in the institution, by both the officers and the prisoners, with the single exception of potatoes. The following is a statement of the principal products harvested, viz. :

The general health of the institution has been about equal to the average. There has been no epidemic. Consumption, as usual, has had the largest number of victims, and in the great majority of cases, the seeds of the disease have been in the system, and in some cases the disease itself has made considerable progress, before they became inmates of the institution. The deaths have been as follows:

Archelaus Hoyt, died May 9, 1871, of pneumonia.
John Kelley, alias Tacey, died June 6, 1871, of pyæmia.
John Scott, died July 6, 1871, of consumption.
Samuel C. Sparks, died July 6, 1871, of congestion of the
brain.

John Corcoran, died July 22, 1871, of consumption.
Gad Minot, died July 23, 1871, of disease of the heart.
James Kelley, died August 2, 1871, of consumption.
Michael Maloney, died August 5, 1871, of consumption.

Sandy Earle, died January 5, 1872, of pneumonia.
Peter Ferround, died March 6, 1872, of peritonitis.
William Jones, died March 11, 1872, of consumption.
Daniel Blue, died April 17, 1872, of consumption.

Religious Services.

We are still suffering great inconvenience from the want of a chapel. Through the whole winter, with the exception of Christmas day, no religious services were held for the male prisoners. They spent the whole of Sunday in their cells, and all that the chaplain could do was to spend a portion of each Sabbath in the prison, conversing with the inmates from cell to cell.

On Christmas day, by strenuous efforts, seats were extemporized in the upper shoe-shop, out of packing cases and 'planks, so as to furnish seats for all the men.

Services have been held uninterruptedly in the women's shop, since the burning of the chapel; and since the 10th of March last (a supply of settees having been procured) public worship has been celebrated alternately between the male and female portions of the prison.

The shoe-shop, however, is but a poor substitute for a chapel, and no slight amount of labor is involved, in taking sixty long settees into the shop from the receiving-room, and carrying them back again, and having the shop put into complete order for the Monday's work.

Roman Catholic priests have been admitted whenever their presence has been desired by the sick in the hospital, and they have been allowed to attend to their spiritual wants.

Steam.

There has been no change in heating the prison. Stoves have been used, as heretofore, which mode of warming is not so economical, nor so effectual, as steam. I would

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therefore earnestly recommend that measures be taken to substitute steam heat for stoves in warming the prison.

Economy.

In all departments, the strictest economy consistent with the health and comfort of the prisoners, and the advantageous working of the institution, has been aimed at and carried out.

Conclusion.

I would say, in concluding this report, that the respective duties of the employees of this institution have been well and faithfully performed. I would respectfully tender my thanks to the Board, to the President especially, for the uniform courtesy and kindness that I have received at their hands.

Respectfully submitted,

CHARLES H. DAVIS,

Master House of Correction.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FROM ITS

ORGANIZATION.

First Board elected October 12, 1857.

Organized October 16, 1857.

The members of the Board of Directors, since the organization of the Board, and their several terms of service, have been as follows:

ORIGINAL BOARD, 1857.

Seth Adams, Ezra H. Baker, Timothy C. Kendall, Thacher Beal, John Flint, Stephen Tilton, Moses Kimball, Otis Kimball, Samuel P. Oliver, Pelham Bonney, Joseph Smith, James H. Beal. THACHER BEAL, President. SAMUEL P. OLIVER, Clerk.

BOARD OF 1858.

Seth Adams, Ezra H. Baker, Timothy C. Kendall, Thacher Beal,* John Flint, Stephen Tilton, Moses Kimball, Otis Kimball, Samuel P. Oliver, George A. Curtis, Pelham Bonney, James H. Beal.

MOSES KIMBALL, President.

THACHER BEAL, Clerk:

BOARD OF 1859.

Moses Kimball, Otis Kimball, Samuel P. Oliver, Seth Adams, Ezra H. Baker, Timothy C. Kendall, Osmyn Brewster, Pelham Bonney, Joseph Smith, George A. Curtis, Francis E. Faxon, William Parkman.

MOSES KIMBALL, President. THACHER BEAL, Clerk.

* Resigned July, 1858, and Joseph Smith chosen for the balance of the term.

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BOARD OF 1860.

Seth Adams, Ezra H. Baker, Timothy C. Kendall,* Pelham Bonney, Osmyn Brewster, Joseph Smith, Moses Kimball, George A. Curtis, Otis Kimball, Francis E. Faxon, Joseph Robbins, Wm. W. Clapp, Jr.

JOSEPH SMITH, President. THACHER BEAL, Clerk.

BOARD OF 1861.

Pelham Bonney,† Osmyn Brewster, Joseph Smith, Moses Kimball, George A. Curtis, Otis Kimball, J. P. Bradlee, William Eaton, Wm. M. Flanders, George W. Parmenter, Justin Jones, James Riley.

JOSEPH SMITH, President. THACHER BEAL, Clerk.

BOARD OF 1862.

Moses Kimball, Otis Kimball, George A. Curtis, J. P. Bradlee, William Eaton, Wm. Flanders, F. W. Lincoln, Jr., Justin Jones, Jonas Fitch, George W. Parmenter, James Riley, Seldon Crockett. MOSES KIMBALL, President. THACHER BEAL, Clerk.

BOARD OF 1863.

William Eaton, J. Putnam Bradlee, W. M. Flanders, Justin Jones, Jonas Fitch, Amos A. Dunnels,‡ Moses Kimball, James Riley,§ Joseph T. Bailey, Joseph L. Henshaw, George W. Sprague, Granville Mears.

MOSES KIMBALL, President. THACHER BEAL, Clerk.

*Deceased December 11, 1860.

† Deceased April 29, 1861. Ezra H. Baker elected for the residue of the term.
In place of F. W. Lincoln, Jr., resigned.

§ Deceased June 6, 1864. Wm. Fox Richardson elected for the residue of term.