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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

return shall be objected to, within such
period of twenty-one days as aforesaid.
Within ten days after any such petition shall
have been received by the Governor, he shall
cause the same to be referred to the Board
of Trustees, and the validity of the return
so complained of shall be decided by such
board.

Given under my hand, and issued under
the Seal of the Colony of New
Zealand, this twelfth day of February,
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
four.

G. GREY,
Governor.

By His Excellency's command,
WILLIAM Fox.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

WARRANT.

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.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL
COME, GREETING:--

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the
Lieut.-Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Colony of New Zealand,
intituled "An Ordinance for the Regulation of Pri-
sons," Sess. VII., 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, instruc-
tion, treatment, and correction of the pri-
soners therein, and generally to prescribe all
such rules as may be necessary for the good
discipline of any public Gaol, and the safe
custody of the prisoners therein.

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 Gover-
nor from time to time to make such rules
and regulations as to him shall seem meet
for the employment, safe custody, manage-
ment, and discipline of the convicts under
sentence of penal servitude, and to enforce
the observance of such rules and regulations
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.

And whereas by an Act of the General
Assembly of the said Colony, intituled "The
Secondary Punishment Act Amendment Act
1863," 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 convicts under
sentence of penal servitude, and to enforce
the observance of such rules and regulations
by solitary confinement for any period not
exceeding one month at any one time, or
for three months in periods of one month at
intervals of at least one month each, by
placing in irons, whipping, not exceeding 50
lashes at one time, by imprisonment not
exceeding 12 months in addition to the ori-
ginal sentence; and by such other prison
discipline 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 New
Zealand Government Gazette.

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
under and by virtue of the provisions in the
said Ordinance and Acts respectively con-
tained, do hereby make the following regu-
lations for the purposes hereinbefore recited,
and do publish the same to be in force within
the Province of New Plymouth.

As witness my hand this twelfth day of
February, 1864.

G. GREY.
By His Excellency's command,
FRED. WHITAKER.

Proposed Rules and Regulations for the Gaol
at New Plymouth.

1. Every person entering the Gaol as
   prisoner is to be searched in the presence of
   the Gaoler and of the officer in whose charge
   he is brought into the Gaol. His name, age,
   religion, country, height, and general des-
   cription, 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
   Gaoler until the discharge of the prisoner,
   unless other disposition thereof shall be
   ordered or permitted by competent authority.

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

4. Every cell to be opened at 6 a.m. from
   the first day of September to first day of
   April, and at daylight during the remainder
   of the year.

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