Show ALLOWED TO CHOOSE MATES privilege that Is accorded to french female convicts french female fe male c convicts on V 1 have one evi acts privilege that fema female le c convicts 0 n of other coun count tiles lea do not enjoy they are al lowed to get married but the hus hua bands must also be convicts every six months a notice Is circulated in the female penitentiaries aries calling upon all women omen who feel minded to go out to new caledonia in the south pacific and be married mared to make application to that effect through the governor elderly women are said to be prompt in making such aal locations licati ons but they aie not as the candidates must be young and exempt from physical infirmities the selected can dilates have to sign engagements promising to marry convicts and set tie in new caledonia for the remain der of their lives on these conditions the government transports them and gives them an outfit and a ticket of leave worn they land at niumea their mari manla gea are arranged for them by the governor of the colony who has a selection of well weli behaved convicts for them to choose from and each girl may consult her own fancy within certain limits for the proportion of marriageable men to worn wom en an Is about three to one sometimes wardens or tree free settlers have bavo wooed a pretty female convict but before being permitted to marry her T us place themselves in the position n of a ticket of leave man and under undertake tak never to leave the colony the pathfinder |