✨ Land Proclamations and Prison Rules




350
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the East by the Mataura from its intersection
by South boundary of the junction of Otu
stream, on the North by the said Otu stream,
and by a line running due East from the North
East corner of Block 66 of the 2000 acre
Block, on the West by a line commencing at
the said North East corner of Block 66, and
running 187Β° 48' to the Oteramika stream
until it meets the South boundary line.

Aparima Hundred

Comprises all that area estimated to contain
46,000 acres. Bounded on the South by
Jacob's River Hundred and by a line running
West (true) in continuation of the Northern
boundary thereof, on the West by a meridional
line running through the summit of Ferndun-
law Hills, on the North by a line running West
(true) in continuation of the North boundary
of the Block under the Land Sales and Leases
Ordinance, on the East by the Aparima River.

Given under my hand at the Go-
vernment House, at Auckland,
and issued under the Seal of
the Colony of New Zealand, this
twentieth day of August, in the
year of our Lord, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-
three.

By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

G. GREY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE
GREY, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same,
&c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come
Greeting:

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the Lieu-
tenant Governor and Commander in
Chief of the Colony of New Zealand intituled
"An ordinance for the Regulation of Prisons,"
Session 7, No, 7, the Governor is empowered
from time to time to make such Rules and
Regulations as to him shall seem fit touching
the duties of the officers of any public Gaol,
the classification, diet, instruction, treatment,
and correction of the prisoners therein and ge-
nerally to prescribe all such rules as may be
necessary for the good discipline of any public
Gaol and the safe custody of the prisoners
herein:

And whereas by an Act of the General
Assembly of the said Colony intituled "The
Secondary Punishment Act, 1854," it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor from
time to time to make such rules and regulations
as to him shall seem meet, for the employment,
safe custody, management and discipline of the
convicts under sentence of penal servitude and
to enforce the observance of such rules and re-
gulations by solitary confinement as in the said
Act provided, and by such other prison disci-
pline as may be prescribed in that behalf :
Provided always that no rule or regulation
awarding any such punishment as aforesaid
shall come into operation until a copy thereof
shall have been first published in the Govern-
ment Gazette :

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Go-
vernor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
under and by virtue of the provisions in the
said Ordinance and, Act respectively contained
do hereby make the following regulations for
the purposes hereinbefore recited and do publish
the same to be in force within the Province of
Southland.

As witness my hand, this seven-
teenth day of August, One
thousand eight hundred and
sixty three.

G. GREY.

By his Excellency's Command,
ALFRED DOMETT.

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
GAOL AT INVERCARGILL.

  1. Every person entering the Gaol as pri-
    soner is to be sear. hed in the presence of the
    Gaoler and of the officer in whose charge he is
    brought into the Gaol. His name aga religion
    country height and general description and
    whether he can read and write are to be entered
    into a book kept for the purpose.

  2. All money property and effects are to be
    taken from the prisoner on entering the Gaol a
    true list specifying the particulars and certified
    by the Gaoler shall be entered in a book kept for
    the purpose and such property shall be kept in
    charge of the Gavler until the discharge of the
    prisoner unless other disposition thereof shall
    be ordered or permitted by competent au-
    thority.

  3. All persons entering the Gaol as prisoners
    shall be obliged to wash themselves thoroughly
    and shall have their hair cut close if sentenced
    for a longer period than one week.

  4. Prisoners sentenced for a shorter period
    than one week shall have their hair cut close if
    it shall be found necessary for the purposes of
    cleanliness.

  5. Every cell to be opened at 6 a.m. from
    the 1st day of September to 1st day of April
    and at daylight during the remainder of the
    year.

  6. Prisoners on rising to wash and dress
    themselves and fold up their bedding.

  7. Prisoners weather permitting to suspend
    their bedding in the airing yard at least twice
    a week.

  8. Fifteen minutes to be allowed for dressing.

  9. Prisoners having washed and dressed
    themselves and the roll having been called
    prayers are to be read to them by the Gaoler
    or by such other person as the Superintendent
    may appoint.

  10. After prayers breakfast, at noon dinner,
    and at a quarter past five supper, at which meals
    each prisoner shall appear with clean hands and
    face.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1863, No 42





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

πŸ›οΈ Continuation of Hundred boundary definitions, including Aparima Hundred (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
20 August 1863
Land division, Hundred definition, Aparima Hundred, boundary description, Southland
  • ALFRED DOMETT
  • G. GREY

βš–οΈ Rules and Regulations for the Gaol at Invercargill

βš–οΈ Justice & Law Enforcement
17 August 1863
Prison rules, Gaol management, Invercargill, prisoner discipline, Secondary Punishment Act
  • Sir George GREY, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
  • ALFRED DOMETT