Prison Rules, Appointments, Customs Orders




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
which they will enter the hours at which they visited
the different parts of the establishment.
134. A servant will be allowed to the gaoler, and
one or more to the officers, as may be required for
the purpose of cooking, and cleaning their apart-
ments, such servants to be employed only with the
sanction of a visiting Justice, and to be selected from
the well conducted prisoners serving short sentences.
135. Harsh or irritating language must not be
used by any person in authority, for calmness and
firmness will be found best calculated to ensure
obedience. No communication is to be held with the
prisoners except such as is indispensable, and on such
occasions officers should not so demean themselves as
in any way to irritate or annoy.
136. A monthly inspection of the prisoners, prison
buildings, bedding, and stores, for which the officers
of the establishment shall have everything in readi-
ness, will be held by the visiting Justices and the
medical officer.

Scale of Rations.
137. All rations to be according to the following
scale :-
No. 1. For Convicts and all Prisoners at Hard
Labor.
Males. Females.
Oaten meal or maize ... ... 8 oz. 6 oz.
Bread ... ... ... 24 " 16 "
Meat with its own liquor, with 16 " 8 "
4 oz. mixed vegetables, 1 lb
8 oz. flour, oz. pepper, per
100 rations
Potatoes ... ... ... ... 16 " 12 "
Sugar ... ... ... 1 " 1 "
Soap ... ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "

No. 2. For Prisoners not at Hard Labor and for
Children of Female Prisoners over eight years of
age.
Oaten meal or maize ... ... 8 oz. 6 oz.
Bread ... ... ... 16 " 12 "
Meat ... ... ... 6 " 6 "
Potatoes ... ... ... 8 " 8 "
Sugar ... ... ... 1 " 1 "
Soap ... ... ... 1/3 " 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "

No. 3. Prisoners in Solitary Confinement.
Bread ... ... ... 24 oz.

No. 4. Children of Female Prisoners under two
years of age.
Milk ... ... ... ... 1 pint.
Bread ... ... ... 6 oz.
Sugar ... ... ... 1 "

No. 5. Children above two years and under eight.
Milk ... ... ... ... 1 pint.
Bread ... ... ... 8 oz.
Meat ... ... ... 4 "
Sugar ... ... ... 1 "

G. GREY, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:

W HEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, by warrant under his hand, from time
to time to appoint polling places for each electoral
district within or without the limits thereof, and to
appoint any one of such places to be the principal
polling place for the district, and all or any of such
places at any time to abolish, and to appoint other
polling places in lieu thereof:

Now know ye, that I, the Governor of New
Zealand in pursuance of the power and authority in
me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the
following place to be a Polling Place for the
Electoral District hereinafter specified, for the
election of Members of the House of Representatives,
namely-

For the District of Manuherikia, -The Police
Station, Black's No. 1.

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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, this ninth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

G. GREY, Governor.

Governor's Order No. 78.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that on and from
the day of the date hereof, there shall be within the
Province of Nelson a Port at the entrance of Fox's
River, to be called "The Port of Brighton," the
limits whereof shall be as follows:-An arc of a
circle drawn with a radius of one mile on land and
another arc drawn with a radius of one mile and a
half on sea, the cave known as the Cave of Adullam
being centre of both arcs.

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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 dated
at Wellington, this fifth day of April,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

G. GREY, Governor.

Governor's Order No. 79.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint that on and from
the day of the date hereof: 1st. Either bank of the
Fox's River for the distance of half a mile from the
Cave of Adullam; 2nd. The sea beach in Woodpecker
Bay for a length of one quarter of a mile, shall be
deemed and taken to be legal landing places for the
lading and unlading of goods at the Port of Brighton
under "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858."

Given under the hand of His Excellency 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
dated at Wellington, this fifth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

G. GREY, Governor.

IN exercise of the power vested in me by "The
Savings Bank Act, 1858," I, Sir George Grey,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby nominate and appoint the persons hereinafter
named to be Trustees of the Invercargill Savings
Bank, namely:-



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⚖️ Continuation of Gaol Regulations: Staff duties and prisoner rations scale. (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
9 April 1867
Gaol staff, prisoner rations, hard labor, solitary confinement, visiting Justices, prison discipline
  • G. Grey, Governor

🏘️ Appointment of a Polling Place for the Manuherikia Electoral District.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
9 March 1867
Regulation of Elections Act, Polling place, Electoral District, Manuherikia, Police Station
  • 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
  • J. L. C. Richardson, (for the Colonial Secretary.)

🏭 Establishment of 'The Port of Brighton' at Fox's River entrance, Nelson Province.

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
5 April 1867
Customs Regulation Act, Port establishment, Fox's River, Nelson Province, Port of Brighton
  • 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
  • William Fitzherbert

🏭 Defining legal landing places for goods at the Port of Brighton.

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
5 April 1867
Customs Regulation Act, Legal landing places, Fox's River, Woodpecker Bay, Port of Brighton
  • 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
  • William Fitzherbert

💰 Nomination of Trustees for the Invercargill Savings Bank.

💰 Finance & Revenue
Savings Bank Act, Trustees appointment, Invercargill
  • 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