106 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

prevent prisoners from assaulting each other or
any other person but not in using any unneces-
sary violence.
The Guards of each gang are to receive
from the overseer in charge the number of the
gang. They are to count the same at least
every half hour. They are to report to the
overseer any irregularity in the conduct of
prisoners.

Traffic.
No Guard, or any other Officer is to be
allowed to buy from, or to sell anything, to
any prisoner.

Labour.
Hours of labour in summer from half past
seven a.m. to six p.m., with one hour's ces-
sation for dinner. In winter, from eight
a.m. to five p.m., with one hour's cessation for
dinner. Except on Saturdays when the day's
labour shall cease at noon, to enable the
prisoners to wash their clothes, as hereinafter
provided.

Prisoners are invariably to be called and
made to rise at daylight, and to be locked up
before dark.
The Bell for silence to be rung at nine
o'clock p.m.

Correspondence.
All letters and communications (excepting
as hereinafter specified) intended for any
prisoner must be addressed to the care of, and
sent through the hands of the Warden, who is
at liberty, if he think fit, to open such letters
or communications.
All letters and communications from the
legal adviser of any prisoner will be received
and delivered sealed, provided such letter or
communication is signed on the outside by
such legal adviser.

Divine Service and Instruction.
Every prisoner shall be provided with a Bi-
ble.
Ministers of Religion may have access to pri-
soners separately in their cells, without the pre-
sence of third parties, if voluntarily desired by
such prisoners.
Generally, Ministers of Religion may visit
the Gaol at such times and conduct such ser-
vices therein, as the Warden may think con-
venient, he being particularly careful to see
that such visits and services are made and con-
ducted at such hours as shall not interfere with
the meals or rest of the prisoners, nor so
late in the day as to entail unnecessary trouble
on the officers of the Prison. In case of any
complaint arising in reference to this rule the
same to be referred to the Visiting Justices,
whose decision on the matter shall be final.

Female Prisoners.
Female convicts, sentenced to penal servi-
tude, shall be kept in the Gaol apart from
male prisoners, and employed in some suitable
labour therein.

Attempt to Escape.
Any prisoner leaving his allotted place while
at work with intent to escape or otherwise

making any attempt to escape will render him-
self liable to be shot by the Guard or other person
in whose charge he may be and each prisoner is
hereby cautioned that if he infringes this rule
he does so at his own risk and peril.

Clothing.
Every prisoner will be supplied with the fol-
lowing articles of clothing, viz., two cotton
shirts, two pairs of trowsers, one serge shirt,
one pair of boots, one hat or cap, one rug and
two blankets, the whole of which will be marked
and numbered, with the prisoners' number, the
Government's broad arrow (\u03c0) brand; and
the letters W. G.
No prisoner will be allowed to wear any pri-
vate clothing whatever except under clothing
by order of the Medical Officer. The same to
be marked as above.
Each pair of trowsers and boots and each cot-
ton shirt must last six months. Each serge
shirt and hat or cap twelve months.

Washing.
Each prisoner to have one clean shirt twice
a-week. Trowsers to be washed once every
month. Blankets and rugs every three months.
Prisoners to have their hair cut close once a
month and to be close shaved twice a-week.

Rations.
Each prisoner will be entitled to the follow-
ing scale of Rations daily.

No. 1 Class.
1 lb. fresh meat, 1 lb. potatoes, 1 lb. bread,
1/2 oz. soap, 1/2 oz. tea, 1/2 oz. salt, and 2 oz. sugar.

No. 2 Class.
1/2 lb. bread, 1/2 lb. potatoes, 1/4 lb. fresh meat,
1/2 oz. soap, 1/2 oz. salt.
Prisoners in solitary confinement 1 1/2 lb. bread,
water ad libitum.

As witness under my hand this thirty-
first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 30th May, 1859.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs the
publication of the following Despatch
from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Colonies, respecting "The Waste Lands Act,
1858."

HENRY JOHN TANCRED,
(For the Colonial Secretary).

Downing street,
23rd February, 1859.

SIR, — Her Majesty's Government have had
under their attentive consideration the Bill of
the New Zealand Legislature, entitled No. 75,
"Waste Lands Act, 1858," reserved for the
assent of Her Majesty, and transmitted with
your despatch No. 72 of the 26th August last.
They have also considered the minutes of your