Show ALLOWED TO CHOOSE MATES privilege that Is accorded to french female convicts french female convicts have on privilege that female convicts ot other countries do not enjoy they are al lowed to get married dut the bus bands must also be convicts every six months a notice Is circulated in the female penitentiaries aries calling upon all women who feel minded to go out to new caledonia in the south pacific and be married to make application to that effect through the governor elderly women are said to be prompt in making such applications but they are not entertained as the candidates must be young and exempt from physical infirmities the selected can have to sign engagements promising to marry convicts and set tie in new caledonia tor the remain der of their lives on these conditions the government transports them and gives them an outfit and a ticket ol 01 leave when they land at niumea their marriages are arranged for them by the governor of the colony who has a selection of well behaved convicts for them to choose from and each girl may consult her own fancy within certain limits tor the proportion of marriageable men to worn en Is about three to one sometimes wardens artree settlers have wooed a pretty female convict but before being permitted to marry her must place themselves in the position of a leave man and undertake never to leave the colony the pathfinder |