THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 547

to ascertain that the prisoners are correctly
instructed in labor, and so placed as to
preclude their carrying on improper conver-
sation, unheard by the officer in charge. He
will, therefore, frequently, and at uncertain
hours, visit the working parties.
3. He is to see that all the officers under
his charge perform their duties in strict
accordance with the Regulations issued for
their guidance.
4. He will be at all times ready to receive
any complaint or application made by any of
the prisoners, and report the same to the
visiting Justice when appointed.
5. He will use all precautionary measures
to prevent the escape of prisoners, and with
that view will visit and inspect the wards,
separate apartments, cells, and every division
of the establishment frequently daily and
nightly, and will see every prisoner once, at
least, in 24 hours.
6. He will see that the utmost economy is
observed throughout the establishment, and
that the labor of the prisoners is made as
productive as possible.
7. He will not allow prisoners, under
any pretence whatever, to be employed either
singly or in detached parties, without being
under the charge and personal observation of
an officer.
8. He will not permit any strangers to
sleep in the apartments of the officers without
written permission, nor such or any person
to have intercourse with the prisoners without
authority also in writing, and then only in
the presence of an officer.
9. He will keep a journal, in which he will
enter every extraordinary occurrence, and
remark upon any irregularities which may
take place in the discipline of the establish-
ment; as also upon all matters of importance
connected with the health, discipline, and
employment of the prisoners.
10. He will specially report to the Chaplain
and Medical Officer the case of any prisoner
whose condition, mental or bodily, requires
particular attention.
11. He will furnish the Chaplain and
Medical Officer with a list of all prisoners
who may be undergoing separate treatment,
or are in solitary confinement for punishment.
12. He will immediately report the death
of any prisoner to the visiting Justice on
duty, and Coroner of the District.
13. In case of misconduct on the part of
any of the officers, he is empowered to sus-
pend such officer, who will not however be
allowed to leave the Establishment, and he
will immediately make a report on the subject
or should the urgency of the case demand such
a course, he may apply to the Visiting Jus-
tice for advice and assistance.
14. He will keep an order book, in which
he will enter such orders as he may from
time to time find it necessary to issue.
15. In visiting the female division of the
gaol he will be attended by the matron or
some female officer.

16. He will visit the various messes at their
    meals and see that their food is of a proper
    quality and properly cooked.
17. He will have the keys of the outer
    Gate delivered to him at 10. p.m. in summer
    and at nine at other seasons and he will as-
    certain that the officers are all present. He
    will keep them until 6 a.m. in summer and
    sunrise at other seasons, and he will not
    allow egress or ingress during the night
    except on special occasions to be noted in his
    journal.
18. He will as soon as possible after
    a prisoner is received into the Establishment,
    cause to be entered in the Prison Register, the
    name of the prisoner with his offence, sen-
    tence, personal descriptions, and any particu-
    lars he may discover as to his previous his-
    tory, and every offence the prisoner may com-
    mit whilst in custody must also be entered
    therein.
19. He will be responsible for the correct
    issue of the stores and provisions, and that
    no improper appropriation of them by the
    Storekeeper or any other officer is permitted.
20. Should the Storekeeper at any time
    report the receipt of an inferior description of
    rations, the gaoler will, after due warning to
    the Contractor, call upon the medical officer
    to inspect them, and should the Contractor
    fail to supply a better quality the gaoler will
    obtain the articles required elsewhere at the
    Contractor's risk.
21. He will use his best endeavours on all
    occasions to secure co-operation of the Visit-
    ing Justice, the Medical Officer, Chaplain, and
    of all the Subordinate officers in the execution
    of the duties entrusted to them, in order that
    by their united exertions, the service may be
    performed in the most efficient manner
    possible.
22. He will make a monthly and half-
    yearly report on the state of the Establish-
    ment, and the conduct of the prisoners under
    his charge.
23. He will cause the Rules of the Estab-
    lishment to be read to the Prisoners on entry
    and as occasion may require.
24. He may inflict summary punishment
    on any prisoner for minor breaches of discip-
    line by Solitary Confinement on bread and
    water for any period not exceeding three days,
    and if necessary he may place any refractory
    Prisoner in irons, immediately reporting the
    case to the Visiting Justice.
25. He will cause to be kept such Regis-
    ters, Books, &c., and shall furnish such Returns
    as shall be directed by the Superintendent.

CHIEF WARDEN.
26. This officer is next in rank to the
gaoler, in whose absence he will assume charge
of the Establishment.
27. He will see the provisions issued daily
from the store and must take care that they
are of a good and wholesome kind and ac-
cording to the contract quality. He will be
present at every meal.
28. He will minutely inspect the Wards