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4 oz. soap.
4 oz. flour.
17. But such prisoners as shall have merit-
ed may on instructions from the Sheriff be
allowed instead thereof
1½ lbs. bread.
12 ozs. meat.
1 lb. potatoes.
3 oz salt.
4 oz. soap.
4 ozs. flour.

18. Prisoners sentenced to solitary confine-
    ment shall during such sentence only be al-
    lowed
    1½ bread.
    Water, ad libitum.

19. No prisoner shall be allowed to receive
    provision of any kind from his friends, but
    is to live exclusively on the Gaol allowance.

20. Every prisoner shall take his meals in
    the mess room—on no account shall he be
    permitted to eat them in his cell.

21. No prisoner in receipt of a superior
    ration or medical comfort shall supply another
    prisoner with any portion thereof on penalty
    of being reduced to an inferior ration in
    addition to such punishment as he may be
    liable to for so doing.

DIVINE SERVICE.

22. On Sundays every prisoner (unless
    specially excused) shall attend at the service
    performed within the Prison by the clergy-
    man of the denomination to which prisoner
    belongs.

23. Prisoners unattended by clergymen
    shall assemble according to their respective
    denominations; and prayers shall be read to
    each denomination by some person appointed
    by the Sheriff for that purpose.

CLEANLINESS.

24. Each prisoner to have one clean shirt
    twice a week; trousers to be washed once a
    week; blankets and rugs to be washed every
    two months.

25. Each prisoner to have his hair cut close
    once a month, and to be close shaved twice a
    week.

26. At every meal prisoners shall appear
    with clean hands and face.

27. They shall also wash themselves before
    being locked up for the night.

28. The prison shall be washed out every
    week, and every cell is to be washed out at
    least every other day.

29. The greatest cleanliness is to be en-
    forced throughout the Gaol buildings and
    yards, and with respect to the prisoners bed-
    ding and clothes.

CLOTHING.

30. Every prisoner will be supplied with
    the following articles of clothing.
    2 pairs trousers
    2 cotton shirts
    1 blue serge shirt
    1 pair boots
    1 rug
    2 blankets
    1 hat or cap

the whole of which shall be marked and
numbered with the prisoner\'s number, the
Government brand, and the letters M.E.G.

31. No prisoner will be allowed to wear
    any private clothing whatever except under
    clothing, by order of the medical officer.

32. Each pair boots and trousers, and each
    cotton shirt, must last six months. Each
    serge shirt and hat or cap twelve months.

PUNISHMENT REGULATIONS.

33. Any prisoner
    I. Being insolent or threatening violence
    to any person whomsoever other than
    an officer of the Gaol.
    II. Injuring or destroying the property
    of the Government.
    III. Or being guilty of any other mis-
    conduct not provided against in these
    rules, subversive of the peace, order,
    or good government of the Gaol,
    shall be punishable by being placed in soli-
    tary confinement for any period not exceed-
    ing (7) seven days, and in addition thereto
    (at the option of a visiting Justice), a diminu-
    tion of his rations, and in addition, in case of
    destruction or injury to any property of
    Government by a prisoner who shall have
    money or property in the hands of the Gaoler,
    such money or property may be wholly or
    partially forfeited by order of a visiting Jus-
    tice, to repay such destruction or injury.

34. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of
    any of the offences next hereinafter mentioned
    that is to say
    I. Attempting to escape.
    II. Conniving at and concealing a
    prisoner or prisoners, attempting to
    escape.
    III. Assaulting any officer of the Gaol,
    shall, in addition to any punishment to which
    he may be law otherwise be sentenced, be
    punishable by close confinement for any
    period not exceeding (14) fourteen days, and
    by diminished rations.

35. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of
    any of the offences next hereinafter mentioned,
    that is to say
    I. Mutiny or outbreak.
    II. Assaulting an officer with intent to
    do grievous bodily harm.
    III. Setting on fire, or attempting to set
    on fire, the Gaol building or other
    property,
    shall, in addition to any punishment to which
    he may be law otherwise be sentenced, be
    punishable by close confinement for any
    period not exceeding (1) one calendar month,
    and by diminished rations.

36. Complaints touching the above, and
    all other offences committed by prisoners shall
    be heard and determined upon due proof
    upon oath by one or more visiting Justice
    or Justices.

37. Every sentence of punishment with the
    nature of the offence shall be entered in the
    defaulter\'s book, and signed by the visiting
    Justice.

ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

38. Any prisoner leaving his allotted place