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146. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of any of
the offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to
say-
(1.) Attempting to escape;
(2.) Conniving at and concealing a prisoner or
prisoners attempting to escape;
(3.) Assaulting any officer of the gaol;
shall, in addition to any punishment to which he may by
law otherwise be sentenced, be punishable by
solitary confinement for any period not exceeding
one month, by diminished rations, and by being
placed in irons.

147. Every prisoner who shall be guilty of any of
     the offences next hereinafter mentioned, that is to
     say-
     (1.) Mutiny or outbreak;
     (2.) Assaulting an officer, with intent to do
     grievous bodily harm;
     (3.) Setting on fire, or attempting to set on fire,
     the gaol buildings or other property,
     shall, in addition to any punishment to which he may by
     law or otherwise be sentenced, be punishable by solitary
     confinement for any period not exceeding one month
     at any one time, or for three months in periods of
     one calendar month at intervals of at least one
     calendar month, by being placed in irons, by being
     whipped (not exceeding fifty lashes at one time),
     and by diminished rations.

148. Complaints touching the above, and all other
     offences committed by prisoners, shall be heard and
     determined upon due proof upon oath by two or
     more Visiting Justices.

149. Females guilty of repeated breaches of gaol
     regulations, shall be liable to have their hair cut
     close, in addition to any other punishment to which
     they may be subject.

150. In all cases where the punishment of
     whipping shall be inflicted under these regulations
     the surgeon or medical officer of the gaol, or if there
     be none, then some legally qualified medical practi-
     tioner shall be present when the punishment is about
     to be inflicted, and such surgeon, medical officer, or
     medical practitioner, if he be of opinion that the
     prisoner is not at the time able to bear the whole or
     any part of the said punishment, shall certify the
     same in writing to the Visiting Justices, or to any
     two of them, and in such case the infliction of the
     whole or of such part of the said punishment as he
     shall certify the prisoner is unable to bear shall be
     altogether forborne, or shall be postponed for such
     time as the Visiting Justices, or any two of them,
     shall think fit.

RATION SCALE.

No. 1.
For prisoners employed at hard labour.
Oaten meal ... ... ... 8 ounces 6 ounces
Bread ... ... ... 20 " 12 "
Meat ... ... ... 12 " 8 "
Potatoes ... ... ... 16 " 12 "
Sugar ... ... ... 1 " 1 "
Soap ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "

No. 2.
For prisoners not employed at hard labour.
Oaten meal ... ... ... 8 ounces 6 ounces
Bread ... ... ... 16 " 12 "
Meat ... ... ... 6 " 6 "
Potatoes ... ... ... 8 " 8 "
Sugar ... ... ... 1 " 1 "
Soap ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... 1/2 " 1/2 "

No. 3.
For prisoners in solitary confinement.
Bread ... ... ... 24 ounces

No. 4.
For children of female prisoners under two years of age..
Milk ... ... ... 1 pint
Bread ... ... ... 4 ounces
Sugar ... ... ... 1 "

No. 5.
For children of female prisoners above two years of age..
Bread ... ... ... 8 ounces
Meat ... ... ... 4 "
Milk ... ... ... 1 pint
Sugar ... ... ... 1 ounce

In scales 1 and 2 the following substitutes may be
made at the discretion of the Visiting Justices,
viz.:-In lieu of 8 oz. of meal: 6 oz. of bread, ½ oz.
tea, ½ oz. sugar; in lieu of 6 oz. of meal: 4 oz. of
bread, ½ oz. tea, ½ oz. sugar.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has in Her Majesty's
name summoned

The Hon. WILLIAM SPENCE PETER,
of Ashburton, in the Province of Canterbury, to the
Legislative Council of New Zealand, by Writ of
Summons under the seal of the Colony.

J. C. RICHMOND,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1868.

THE following Bills passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Auckland, intituled
"The Education Act, 1868;"
"The Education Act Repeal Act, 1868;"
"The Hospital Endowment Empowering Act,
1868;" and
"The Auckland Saltwater Bath Company Lease
Act, 1868;"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect of them.

J. C. RICHMOND,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Canterbury, intituled-

"The Limitation of Patronage Ordinance Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1868,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of it.

J. C. RICHMOND,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS ARTHUR CLOWES, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Returning Officer for the election
of Members of the Provincial Council for the
Electoral District of Mount Cook, in the Province
of Canterbury.

J. C. RICHMOND,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by