The following list was contributed by J. A. Longbottom.
From General Index of House of Commons Papers 1832-1844
From General Index of House of Commons Papers 1845-1850
Commissioners Reports - See Under
Bankruptcy England II
Debt & Debtors II
Juvenile Offenders II
Newgate Gaol I
Northleach House of Correction
Pentonville Prison II
Prisons England II 2
Prisons West Indies II
Gaols Great Britain
I - Bills
1 - District Prisons
Bill to encourage estab of District Prisons 1839 IV 545
Bill to encourage estab Dist Courts & Prisons 1842 II 65
Bill to extend Powers of earlier Acts 1844 I 721
Bill to authorize justices to commit assize prisoners to
Borough Gaols - 1850 I 223
2 - Government of Prisons
Bill effecting uniformity of practice in govt prisons 1835 IV 37
Bill for extending above & appointing Inspectors 1837 IV 1
Bill for better ordering of prisons 1837-8 V - 455 469 485
Further Clauses 1837-8 V 501
Further Clauses 1837-8 V 505
Bill for better ordering of prisons 1839 IV 503 515 527
Further Clauses 1839 IV 543
Bill to amend the above 1840 III 389 393 395
Bill to amend laws concerning prisons 1842 III 491 503
3 - Juvenile Offenders
Bill for establishing prisons for Juv Offenders 1837-8 V 509
4 - Prison Discipline
Bill for Improvement of Prison Discipline 1843 III 519
Bill to Amend the above 1844 I 443
Bill to facilitate raising of money to build prisons 1847-8 V 171
County Prisons
Bill to empower Corporate Bodies to raise money 1850 I 487
Convict Prisons
An Act for better government of Convict Prisons 1850 I 411
II - Reports
1 - Committees
1st Report of Lord's Committee on Gaols etc 1835 XI 1
2nd Report of Lord's Committee on Gaols etc 1835 XI 495
3rd Report of Lord's Committee on Gaols etc 1835 XII 1
4th & 5th Reports of the above 1835 XII 157
Report of Select Committee - + Appendix 1836 XXI 301
Report from Select Committee on Prison Discipline 1850 XVI 1
2 - Inspectors of Prisons in 5 parts
i - Prison Discipline - Report by Inspectors 1843 XXV 1 + XXVI 1
ii - Home Districts
1st Report of Inspectors 1836 XXXV 1
2nd Report of Inspectors 1837 XXXII 1
3rd Report of Inspectors 1837-8 XXX 1
4th Report of Inspectors 1839 XXI 1
5th Report of Inspectors 1840 XXV 1
6th Report of Inspectors 1841 (2) IV 1
7th Report of Inspectors 1842 XX 1
8th Report of Inspectors 1843 XXV + XXVI 31
9th Report of Inspectors 1844 XXIX 1
10th Report of Inspectors 1845 XXIII 1
10th Report Supplement 1846 XX 357
11th Report of Inspectors 1846 XXI 1
12th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXIV 373
13th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXV 461
14th Report of Inspectors 1850 XXVIII 1
iii - Northern and Eastern
1st Report of Inspectors 1836 XXXV 161
2nd Report of Inspectors 1837 XXXII 499
3rd Report of Inspectors 1837-8 XXXI 1
4th Report of Inspectors 1839 XXII 1
5th Report of Inspectors 1840 XXV 565
6th Report of Inspectors 1841 (2) V 1
7th Report of Inspectors 1842 XXI 1
8th Report of Inspectors 1843 XXV + XXVI 249
9th Report of Inspectors 1844 (595) XXIX 1
10th Report of Inspectors 1845 XXIV 1
11th Report of Inspectors 1846 XXI 483
12th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXVI 167
13th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXVI 361
14th Report of Inspectors 1849 XXVI 167
15th Report of Inspectors 1850 XXVIII 291
iv - Southern & Western
1st Report of Inspectors 1836 XXXV 269
2nd Report of Inspectors 1837 XXXII 659
3rd Report of Inspectors 1837-8 XXXI 177
4th Report of Inspectors 1839 XXII 215
5th Report of Inspectors 1840 XXV 721
6th Report of Inspectors 1841 (2 V 177
7th Report of Inspectors 1842 XXI 193
8th Report of Inspectors 1843 XXV + XXVI ???
9th Report of Inspectors 1844 (542) XXIX
10th Report of Inspectors 1845 XXIV 207
11th Report of Inspectors 1846 XXI 565
12th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXV 1
13th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXVI 361
14th Report of Inspectors 1849 XXVI 93
15th Report of Inspectors 1850 XXVIII 579
v - Scotland, Northumberland and Durham
1st Report of Inspectors 1836 XXXV 367
2nd Report of Inspectors 1837 XXXII 759
3rd Report of Inspectors 1837-8 XXXI 299
4th Report of Inspectors 1839 XXII 447
5th Report of Inspectors 1840 XXVI 1
6th Report of Inspectors 1841 (2) V 413
7th Report of Inspectors 1842 XXI 369
8th Report of Inspectors 1843 XXV + XXVI 441
9th Report of Inspectors 1844 (593) XXIX
10th Report of Inspectors 1845 XXIV 399
11th Report of Inspectors 1846 XX 461
12th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXIX 381
13th Report of Inspectors 1847-8 XXXVI 511
14th Report of Inspectors 1849 XXVI 263
15th Report of Inspectors 1850 XXVIII 793
From General Index of House of Commons Papers 1832-1844
From General Index of House of Commons Papers 1845-1850
Part 2
2nd Report of the Surveyor General of Prisons 1847 XXIX 1
III - Accounts and Papers
Under 15 Headings
1 Generally
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1831-2 XXXIII 197
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1833 XXVIII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1834 XLVI 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1835 XLIV 225
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1836 XLII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1837 XLV 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1837-8 XLIII 227
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1839 XXXVIII 17
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1840 XXXVIII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1841 XVIII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1842 XXXII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1843 XLIII 1
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1844 XXXIX 403
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1845 XXXVII 417
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1846 XXXIV 187
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1847 XLVII 297
Copies of all Reports and Schedules B - 1847-8 LII 465
Places of Confinement which do not come under the Gaol Acts
1833 XXVIII 425
Number in England & Wales and number confined
1833 XXVIII 549
Answers of Governors as to number of prisoners 1835 XI 612
Re Peterborough 1835 XII 45
Returns relative to gaols, bridewells Ho Corr 1835 XII 389
Returns from Prisons reqd by Statute 1835 XII 430
Answers of Governors to Lord's Committee 1835 XI 321
Questions to gaolers 1835 XI 456 and XII 45
Remarks on state of gaols by Geo Thomas Bullar 1835 XI 466
Places of confinement for felony 1836 XLII 297
Abstract of returns by keepers 1843 XLIV 379
2 Classification of Prisoners
Number of classes of prisoners in Msx Sur Ldn 1835 XLV 165
3 Employment of Prisoners
Obs on advantages of employing - hemp & flax 1835 XII 433
4 Estimates
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1836 XXXVIII 387
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1837 XL 336
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1837-8 XXXVII 349
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1839 XXXI 646
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1840 XXX 813
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1841 XIV 435
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1841 (2) II 107
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1842 XXVII 481
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1843 XXXI 424
Estimates to defray salaries of inspectors 1844 XXXIII 531
5 Expenses of Gaols
Return of expense of every prison in E & W 1833 XXVIII 615
Amount Expended in Msx Sur Ess since 1815 1836 XLII 293
Amount expended from County Rates 1836-8 1839 XXXVIII 363
Abstract Returns officers and servants 1840 XXXVIII 241
6 Government of Gaols
Rules and Regulations for Govt of Gaols SUR Wkfd 1835 XI 384-9
Rules and Regulations for Aylesbury 1835 XI 642
7 Hard Labour
Amount of actual labour on treadwheel 1831-2 VII 691
8 Officers and Servants
Officers and Servants at Gaols salaries etc 1833 XXVIII 391
Officers and Servants at Gaols salaries etc 1835 XII 435
9 Prison Discipline
Questions re Prison Discipline - Wakefield 1835 XI 321-384
Questions to Prison Discipline Socy 1835 XI 393 + 643
Mr Chesterton's Remarks 1835 XI 661
Extracts re Gaols - Municipal Corpns 1835 XI 471
1835 XI 591
1835 XII 290
10 Rent of Rooms
Fees demanded from Prisoners for private apts 1833 XXVIII 629
11 Salaries of Officers
Salaries paid to Governors or keepers 1843 XLIII 257
12 Silent System
Answer to Chair of Q/Sess Sur 1835 XI 640
Remarks re Solitary Confinement 1835 XI 437-444
13 Solitary Confinement
Remarks & Obs of gaolers 1835 XI 436
Abstract of Returns 1835 XI 445
In Surrey 1835 XI 640
14 Sussex County
15 Treatment of Prisoners
1840 XXXVIII 631
Abstract of numbers who died 1840-41 1842 XXXII 515
Convicts 1845-50
Bill for abolishing office of superintendent of Convicts
under sentence of transportation 1846 IV 399
Report of John Henry Capper Superintendent of ships and vessels
employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of
transportation 1845 XXXVII 315
Further Report - 1846 XXXIV 491
Further Report - 1847 XLVIII 1
Copy of Report re treatment of convicts in hulks at Woolwich
1847 XLVIII 63
Report of manager of Convict Hulk Establishment 1850 XXIX 1
Report of manager of Convict Hulk Establishment 1850 XXIX 13
Convict Discipline and Transportation
Correspondence 1847 XLVIII 93
Correspondence 1847 XLVIII 297
Correspondence 1847 XLVIII 313
Correspondence 1847-8 LII 7
Correspondence 1849 XLIII 63
Correspondence 1849 XLIII 351
Correspondence 1850 XLV 11
Correspondence 1850 XLV 155
Corporal Punishment in Hulks at Woolwich
Return 1843-1847 1847 XLVIII 465
Corporal Punishment in Hulks at Portsmouth & Gosport
Return 1843-1847 1847 XLVIII 461
Despatches re Convicts at Cape of Good Hope 1843-4 1847 XLVIII 359
Correspondence re Transportation to Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon
1849 XLIII 1
Rothwell Gaol
Bill to render it unnecessary to keep up Rothwell Gaol in the
Honour of Pontefract 1845 V 285
Wakefield House of Correction 1835 XI 321