Penal Settlement
The settlement was quite primitive and Logan embarked on a building program, and on planting maize. During his time as Commandant, the convict population there increased from 77 to over 1,000.
He designed and oversaw the construction of a hospital, a jail and a windmill. He administered crops of wheat and maize at various locations. He believed that the settlement was a place to punish the convicts, forcing them to work by hand from sunrise to sunset.
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