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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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.

57. 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 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 each, by placing in irons, whipping,
    not exceeding fifty lashes at one time, by im-
    prisonment, not exceeding twelve calendar months,
    and by diminished rations, in addition to the original
    sentence.

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

59. 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.

60. Every sentence of punishment, with the nature
    of the offence, shall be entered in the Defaulters'
    Book, and signed by the Visiting Justice.

Attempt to Escape.

61. Any prisoner leaving his allotted place while
    at work, with intent to escape, or otherwise making
    any attempt to escape, will render himself liable to
    be shot by the guard or other person in whose charge
    he may be; and each prisoner is hereby cautioned,
    that if he makes any such attempt, he does so at his
    own risk and peril.

62. Any prisoner attempting to escape, or who,
    having escaped, shall be recaptured, shall be put in
    irons for such term as a Visiting Justice shall direct.

Classification of Prisoners with their Dietary Scale.

Convicts, or prisoners sentenced to penal servi-
tude, will be divided into two classes, viz., first and
second.

The convict, upon entering the gaol, will be placed
in the second (or probationary) class, for six months
at least, and on No. 2 convict ration; he will then
(should he be habitually industrious at labour, and
his conduct good) be placed on No. 1 convict ration.

For any misconduct, convicts of the first class will
be subject to reduction to the second class, at the
discretion of the Visiting Justice.

Convicted felons and misdemeanants sentenced to
hard labour will be divided into three (3) classes.

The third class will consist of prisoners sentenced
to hard labour for any term not exceeding one month.
They will receive No. 3 hard labour rations.

The second class will consist of prisoners sen-
tenced to hard labour for more than one month and
not less than four months. It will also be a proba-
tionary class for the space of four months for all
prisoners sentenced to hard labour for a longer period
than four months. Prisoners of this class will
receive No. 2 hard labour rations.

Prisoners of good conduct and industrious habits,
while passing through the second (or probationary)
class, will be promoted to the first class, and prisoners
of this class will receive first class hard labour
rations.

Hard labour prisoners of the first and second class
will be subject to reduction to the second and third
class respectively for misconduct, at the discretion of
the Visiting Justice.

Prisoners under committal for trial shall receive
rations in accordance with clause 50, Gaol Regu-
lations, and prisoners not sentenced to hard labour
shall receive the same scale of rations as second class
hard labour prisoners; but if, by voluntary industry,
accompanied by good conduct, they acquire a claim to
indulgence, they may, at the discretion of the
Visiting Justice, on the recommendation of the
gaoler, be promoted to first class hard labour rations.

Male prisoners under sixteen years of age, and
adult female prisoners whose sentences exceed one
month, will receive the same scale of rations as
second class hard labour prisoners, subject to reduc-
tion, at the discretion of the Visiting Justice, to the
third class hard labour rations.

Male prisoners under sixteen years of age, and
adult female prisoners, sentenced to one month and
under, will receive the same scale of rations as third
class hard labour prisoners.

Children of female prisoners under two years of
age will receive No. 4 scale of rations.

Children of female prisoners over two years of
age and under eight years of age will receive No. 5
scale of rations.

Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement for
three days and under will receive No. 6 scale of
rations.

Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement for
four days, and not exceeding seven days, will receive
No. 7 scale of rations.

Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement for
eight days, and not exceeding twenty-eight days, will
receive No. 8 scale of rations.

SCALE OF RATIONS.

No. 1 Convict.

Oatmeal, or
Maize Meal ... ... ... ... 6 ozs.
Meat, with its liquor flavored with 16lbs. 8 "
mixed vegetables, 1lb.; 8 ozs. flour,
and oz. pepper,-per 100 rations 12
Bread ... ... ... ... ... 24 "
Potatoes ... ... ... ... 16 "
Sugar ... ... ... ... 1 oz.
Soap ... ... ... ... 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... ... 1/2 "

No. 2 Convict.

Oatmeal, or
Maize Meal ... ... ... ... 6 ozs.
Meat, with its own liquor flavored with 8 "
16lbs. mixed vegetables, 1lb.; 8 ozs.
flour, and oz. pepper-per 100 rations 10
Bread ... ... ... ... ... 20 "
Potatoes ... ... ... ... 16 "
Sugar ... ... ... ... 1 oz.
Soap ... ... ... ... 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... ... 1/2 "

No. 1 Hard Labour.

Oatmeal, or
Maize Meal ... ... ... ... 6 ozs.
Meat, with its own liquor flavored with 8 "
16lbs. mixed vegetables, 1lb.; 8 ozs.
flour, and oz. pepper-per 100 rations 12
Bread. ... ... ... ... ... 24 "
Potatoes ... ... ... ... 16 "
Sugar ... ... ... ... 1 oz.
Soap ... ... ... ... 1/2 "
Salt ... ... ... ... 1/2 "