THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 153

Acts respectively contained, do hereby make the fol-
lowing regulations for the purposes hereinbefore
recited, and do publish the same to be in force
within and with respect to the public gaol at
Hokitika, in the County of Westland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight.

J. C. RICHMOND.

PRISON REGULATIONS FOR HOKITIKA GAOL.

OFFICERS' REGULATIONS.

Gaoler.

1. The gaoler will reside in the establishment,
   from which he will not absent himself for a longer
   period than twelve hours without the written autho-
   rity of one of the Visiting Justices, and will be
   responsible for the discipline, management, and safe
   custody of the prisoners, the impartial enforcement
   of penal discipline, the introduction and maintenance
   of habits of industry, cleanliness, order, and obedience
   among the prisoners and in the establishment gene-
   rally.

2. It will be an important part of his duty to
   ascertain that the prisoners are correctly instructed
   in labour, and so placed as to preclude their carrying
   on improper conversation, unheard by the officer in
   charge. He will therefore frequently, and at uncer-
   tain 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 prison-
   ers, and report the same to a Visiting Justice.

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 fre-
   quently during the day as well as the night, and will
   see every prisoner once, at least, in twenty-four
   hours.

6. He will see that the utmost economy is observed
   throughout the establishment, and that the labour 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 per-
   mission, nor suffer any person to have intercourse
   with the prisoners without authority 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 establishment; and 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 under-
    going separate treatment, or are in solitary confine-
    ment for punishment.

12. He will immediately report the death of any
    prisoner to one of the Visiting Justices and to the
    Coroner, unless such Coroner shall be the Medical
    Attendant of the gaol, in which case the notice
    shall be given to some Justice of the Peace.

13. In case of misconduct on the part of any of
    the officers, he may suspend such officer, (who is not
    to leave the establishment), and report on the
    subject, or should the urgency of the case demand it,
    is to apply to the Visiting Justices, or to one of
    them, 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 meal-times,
    and see that the food is of a proper quality and
    properly cooked.

17. He will have the keys of the outer gate
    delivered to him at ten p.m. in summer and at nine
    p.m. at other seasons, and will ascertain that the
    officers are all present. He will keep the keys until
    six a.m. in summer, and until sunrise at other seasons,
    and will not allow ingress or egress during the night
    except on special occasions which he will note 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, sentence, personal description, and any
    particulars he may discover as to his previous history,
    and every offence the prisoner may commit 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, apply
    to 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 the co-operation of all the officers of the
    gaol, 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
    to the Chairman of the County Council on the state
    of the establishment, and the conduct of the
    prisoners under his charge. A copy of this report
    must be sent to the Visiting Justices.

23. He will cause the rules of the establishment
    to be read to the prisoners on their being admitted
    into gaol, and as often thereafter as occasion may
    require.

24. He may inflict summary punishment on any
    prisoner for minor breaches of discipline, by solitary
    confinement on bread and water for any period not
    exceeding three days, and if necessary may place
    any refractory prisoner in irons, immediately report-
    ing the case to one of the Visiting Justices.

25. He will cause to be kept such registers, books,
    &c., and shall furnish such returns as shall be
    directed by the Chairman of the County Council.

Chief Warder.

26. This officer is next in rank to the gaoler,
    in whose absence he will assume charge of the
    establishment.