THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
11. Each prisoner to be furnished with a
Bible and prayer book and after supper such
prisoners as are well conducted shall be allowed
to read such books as may be approved of by the
visiting Justices for the space of one hour after
which prayers are to be read as in the morning
and the prisoners are to be locked into their
appointed cells for the night.
12. All the cells to be thoroughly searched
before the prisoners are locked up for the night
the prisoners to be thoroughly searched before
they are locked into the cells and at any other
time that the Gaoler may consider advisable.
13. Every prisoner is to receive notice from
the Gaoler the morning before his discharge
and every prisoner before leaving is to deliver
to the Gaoler the two suits of clothing received
on entry in a clean and neat state to be strictly
searched by the Gaoler and to be put in pos-
session of all effects taken from him on committal
and if not taken away by him the same may be
disposed of in such manner as the Visiting
Justices may direct.

Labour.

14. From 1st day of October to the 1st
    day of April the hours for labour shall be from
    half past seven a.m. to six p.m. From the 1st
    day of April to 1st day of October from eight
    a.m. to five p.m. One hour's cessation for
    dinner.
15. On Saturdays the day's labour shall
    cease at noon the afternoon of that day shall be
    spent by the prisoners in washing and mending
    their clothes and cleaning the prison.
16. During wet weather the hard labour
    men to be employed inside the Gaol.
17. On Sundays every prisoner shall attend
    at the services held by clergymen visiting the
    prison or if there be no visiting clergyman at
    services held by any person appointed by the
    Superintendent for that purpose.

Clothing.

18. Every prisoner on entering the Gaol to
    be supplied with the following articles of clo-
    thing—1 blue serge shirt or jacket, 2 pairs
    trousers, 2 cotton shirts, 1 pair boots, 1 rug,
    1 pair blankets, 1 hat or cap, the whole of
    which shal be numbered with the prisoner's
    number and marked (the outside clothing in a
    conspicious manner) with the Government
    brand and the letters S.J.
19. If a prisoner shall be found to be wearing
    under clothing when brought to the gaol he
    shall be supplied with two flannel waistcoats in
    addition to the clothing above enumerated and
    the same shall be done in any other case on the
    recommendation of the medical officer attending
    the gaol.

Punishment Regulations.

20. Any prisoner,
    I. Being insolent or threatening violence
    to any person whatsoever.
    II. Injuring or destroying the property of
    the Government.
    III. Or being guilty of any misconduct
    not provided against in these rules sub-
    versive of the peace, order, or good
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    management of the gaol, shall be pun-
    ishable by being placed in solitary con-
    finement for any period not exceeding
    seven days, with in addition thereto (at
    the option of the acting Visiting Justice)
    a diminution of his rations, and in ad-
    dition in case of any injury to or des-
    truction of any property belonging to
    the Government or to any one else by
    a prisoner who shall have money or
    property in the hands of the gaoler
    such property may be wholly or partially
    forfeited by order of a Visiting Justice
    to repay such injury or destruction.
21. Any prisoner who shall be guilty of a
    repetition of any of the offences above men-
    tioned, or who shall be guilty of any of the
    offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to
    say:-
    I. Attempting to escape.
    II. Conniving at or concealing another
    prisoner attempting to escape.
    III. Or assaulting any officer of the gaol
    shall in addition to any other punish-
    ment to which he may by law otherwise
    be sentenced be punishable by close
    confinement for any period not exceed-
    ing fourteen days and by diminished
    rations. Provided that if such con-
    finement be solitary the terms and
    periods of such confinement shall not
    be longer nor at shorter intervals than
    those authorized by section x. of the
    "Secondary Punishment Act, 1854."
22. Any prisoner who shall be guilty of a
    repetition of any of the offences immediately
    before mentioned, or who shall be guilty of any
    of the offences immediately hereinafter men-
    tioned, that is to say:-
    I. Mutiny or outbreak.
    II. Assaulting an officer of the gaol with
    intent to do grievous bodily harm.
    III. Setting on fire or attempting to set on
    fire the gaol buildings or other property,
    shall in addition to any punishment to
    which he may by law be otherwise
    sentenced be punishable by close
    confinement for any period not exceeding
    one calendar month and by diminished
    rations.
23. 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 of the Visiting Justices.
24. Every sentence of punishment, with the
    nature of the offence, shall be entered int he
    defaulters' book, and signed by the Visiting
    Justice.

Attempts to Escape.

25. Every prisoner leaving his allotted
    place while at work with intent to escape, or
    otherwise making any attempt to escape, will
    render himself liable to be shot by the guard,
    or other person in whose charge he may be,
    and every prisoner is hereby cautioned that if
    he makes any such attempt he does so at his
    own risk and peril.
26. Any prisoner attempting to escape, or
    threatening to escape, or who, having escaped,