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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

their calling may be. They are exhorted to believe
that those who have charge of them have this double
object in view, and they are reminded that obedience,
industry, and orderly and regular conduct, are the
only evidence they can give of repentance for past
evil, and of more worthy resolves for the future.
Obedience will at any rate be exacted and enforced;
but they are exhorted for their own sakes to let that
obedience be willing. Every encouragement will be
afforded them in so doing, as well as to improve the
opportunity they have of casting behind them the
evil of the past, and of acquiring for the future
habits more worthy of them as citizens and as men.

2. One uniform system of discipline will prevail.
   Prisoners of less than average intellect will not on
   that account be more rigorously dealt with than
   others, but men of a restless disposition will be placed
   at such description of labour as requires the closest
   and most unvarying attention, and will be kept apart
   in the prison when possible.

3. All prisoners on entering the gaol shall be
   searched in presence of an officer, and all money and
   other articles of property taken from them, a list of
   which and their clothes will be entered in a book kept
   for that purpose, and certified by the signature of
   the officer, into whose charge they are given, and of
   the prisoner from whom they are received.

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. Every prisoner is to be kept steadily and con-
   stantly at labour. No relaxation of such labour
   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.

6. 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.

7. They are at all times to conduct themselves
   with order and regularity. Silence must be strictly
   observed when marching to and from their place of
   labour; and neither at labour nor at any time is any
   conversation to be permitted beyond what is abso-
   lutely necessary.

8. 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 com-
   plaints they will render themselves liable to punish-
   ment.

9. 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.

10. They shall attend Divine Service of the
    denomination to which they belong at the appointed
    times, and shall behave themselves with due propriety.

11. 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.

12. 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, or by some officer to be selected by the gaoler
    for that purpose.

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

14. Each prisoner will be provided with a Bible
    and Prayer Book approved by the religious denomina-
    tion to which the prisoner belongs, and books of a
    secular character will also be provided for instruction.
    The wilful defacing or damaging of any of these
    books will be visited with severe punishment.

15. Prisoners behaving in a refractory manner (viz.,
    those who have committed any of the offences
    enumerated in clause 55, Punishment Regulations,
    Rules Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, as far as the word
    "language" inclusively; in clause 56, Punishment
    Regulations, Rules Nos. 1, 2, 3; and in clause No.
    57, Punishment Regulations, Rules 1, 2, and 3,) 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.

16. 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.

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

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

19. Any prisoner sleeping out of his own berth
    will be punished for misconduct.

20. Prisoners undergoing a hard labour sentence
    may be permitted to write and receive one letter
    monthly through the gaoler, and if well conducted
    will be permitted to see their friends on the first
    Saturday in each month. Prisoners detained for
    imprisonment in default of bail, or in default of
    payment of fine, may be permitted to write and
    receive letters daily in connection with their cases,
    subject to the inspection of the gaoler, and may also
    see and speak with their friends daily on the subject
    of their detention.

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

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

23. 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.

24. Each prisoner to have his hair kept close cut,
    to be shaved on Tuesdays and Saturdays, thoroughly
    wash his body and feet twice a week, and to put on a
    clean shirt on Sundays.

25. Prisoners about to be discharged whose hair
    has been cut, in accordance with rule 4, will be
    allowed, if their conduct has been good, to let their
    hair grow for not more than one month previous to
    their discharge. 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.

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

Prisoners in Solitary or Separate Confinement.

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

28. 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.