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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

most unvarying attention, and will be kept apart in
the prison when possible.

3. All prisoners on entering the gaol shall be
   searched in the presence of an officer, and all articles
   taken from them.

4. They will then be required to thoroughly wash
   themselves before they put on the prison clothing,
   &c.; and if sentenced for a longer period than one
   week, their hair will be cut short, and their whiskers
   and beard shaved.

5. A list of their clothes, with all money and other
   property taken from them, will be entered in a book
   kept for the purpose, with the signatures of the
   officer who has charge of them, and of the prisoner
   from whom they are received.

6. Every prisoner is to be kept steadily and
   constantly at labor. No relaxation of such labor
   will be permitted until the prisoner shall have com-
   pleted at least one-third of his sentence with good
   conduct, when any of them may be selected by the
   gaoler to act as wardsmen, cooks, or in other such
   office.

7. They are to pay implicit obedience to all lawful
   commands they may receive, and they are, on all
   occasions, to pay proper respect to all persons placed
   in authority over them.

8. They are at all times and in all places, to con-
   duct themselves with order and regularity, and silence
   must be strictly observed when marching to and from
   their place of labor. At no time is any conversation
   to be permitted beyond what is absolutely necessary.

9. Prisoners having any matter to represent or
   complain of, must address themselves to the gaoler,
   whose duty it will be to see justice done to them.
   They are not, however, precluded from addressing
   themselves to the visiting Justices; but they should
   remember that for making idle or frivolous complaints
   they will render themselves liable to punishment.

10. They must appear on all occasions clean in
    person and in dress. Clothing and bedding will be
    marked with a number, and the wilful loss or damage
    of any of these articles will be visited with severe
    punishment.

11. They shall attend Divine service of the denomi-
    nation to which they belong at the appointed times,
    and shall behave themselves with due propriety.

12. The religious denomination of each prisoner is
    to be determined by his own statement upon his
    reception into the prison; and no prisoner is to be
    allowed to hold intercourse with a clergyman of a
    different denomination, unless extraordinary circum-
    stances should require it, such as immediate prospect
    of death:

13. The Sunday shall be kept holy, and as a day of
    rest. Whenever a clergyman does not attend the
    prison on that day, prayers will be read by the
    gaoler.

14. Prisoners of the Jewish denomination will not
    be compelled to labor on their Sabbath, but may be
    employed on any necessary duty on a Sunday.

15. Each prisoner will be provided with a Bible
    and Prayer Book, and books of a secular character
    will also be provided for instruction. The defacing
    or damaging of any book will be visited with severe
    punishment.

16. Prisoners behaving in a refractory manner will
    be brought before a visiting Justice, who will inflict
    such lawful punishment as the case may demand.
    They will on all such occasions be placed in separate
    confinement to await trial, and, if necessary, in irons.

17. They are not to have in their possession any
    article of food, clothing, &c., except such as shall
    have been issued to them, and sanctioned by the
    medical officer or gaoler. All articles of luxury,
    such as tobacco, are strictly prohibited.

18. Gaming, dancing, swearing, fighting, singing,
    and loud conversation, are strictly prohibited.

19. Prisoners must not leave their place of work
    without authority.

20. Any person sleeping out of his own berth will
    be punished for misconduct.

21. Prisoners may upon reception write one letter.
    Afterwards they will not be allowed to send or
    receive any letters oftener than once in three months,
    except through the gaoler, who will inspect them,
    and exercise his own discretion as to their delivery;
    and they must not hold any communication whatever
    with any person, without his authority. They may
    however, if well conducted; be permitted to see their
    friends on the first Saturday in each quarter.

22. Any prisoner conniving at a breach of the
    regulations will be considered as an accessory, and
    punished for misconduct.

23. A copy of the regulations shall be suspended
    in each ward, and shall be read to the prisoners, or
    explained to them once a month.

24. There shall also be suspended in each ward a
    list of the names of all prisoners belonging to it, in
    which will be noted the offence, sentence, and date
    of reception into the establishment, and a record of
    conduct whilst therein.

25. Each prisoner to have his hair kept close cut;
    to be shaved on Tuesdays and Saturdays; to wash
    his feet on the latter day; and to put on a clean
    shirt on Sunday.

26. Prisoners about to be discharged will be allowed
    to let their hair grow for a month previously. On
    the day of discharge they shall deliver to the gaoler
    the prison clothing in their possession in a clean and
    neat state, and will be placed in possession of all
    effects taken from them on committal.

27. Every prisoner not employed at hard labor
    shall take exercise for two hours every morning, and
    for two hours every afternoon, weather permitting.

Prisoners in Solitary or Separate Confinement.

28. Every prisoner, before being placed in a cell,
    shall be strictly searched.

29. He shall then be shown the cell, and caused to
    examine it carefully, in order that any marking or
    defacing may be at once thereafter detected.

30. Prisoners undergoing separate treatment are
    not to be released without the special authority of a
    visiting Justice.

31. Prisoners shall not, upon any pretence what-
    ever, communicate, either by words or signs, with
    each other, or with the men employed in cleaning
    their cells, nor sing, whistle, dance, or make any
    noise whatever during their confinement. They are
    forbidden to stop any of the ventilating apparatus, or
    to deface the walls of their cells.

32. Should any prisoner wish to see a visiting
    Justice, chaplain, medical officer, or the gaoler, he
    is to inform the visiting officer; but all further com-
    munication is strictly prohibited.

33. When prisoners are taken out to exercise,
    which will not be until the third day after their
    admission, they are to be kept marching in line, five
    yards apart, and facing in the same direction.

Cooks.

34. The Cooks shall be in such proportion as may
    from time to time be directed, and shall be selected
    from the best conducted men among those who shall
    have completed one-third of their sentence.

35. They will be held responsible that the prisoners"
    rations are properly cooked, and distributed according
    to the directions of the gaoler.

36. They will be required to have the cook-house,
    cooking utensils, tables, mess-kits, pails, &c., at all