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of female prisoners on their admission; also, when
they leave the gaol, and at all inspections by whom-
soever made.
59. The matron, or a female warder, shall attend
Divine Service with the female prisoners.

General Instructions.

60. No officer will be allowed to absent himself
    from the prison without the authority of the gaoler.
    Any lengthened absence must be applied for specially
    to the Superintendent of Auckland, and the appli-
    cation forwarded through the gaoler. Should, how-
    ever, the necessity for leave be urgent, he or she may
    leave at once, but the fact shall be immediately
    reported for approval, with statement of the cir-
    cumstances which rendered it necessary; and in case
    of delayed reply, and continued urgent necessity for
    absence, such statement and application shall be
    renewed daily, in person, if possible, if not, by
    deputy.
61. Officers going on leave of absence shall state
    the time at which they leave the prison, and when
    they return to duty shall report themselves to the
    officer in authority immediately over them.
62. All officers shall be sworn in as constables on
    appointment, and shall be subject to such penalties
    and punishments, by stoppage of pay and allowances
    for any dereliction of duty or misconduct, as the
    Superintendent, the Visiting Justice, or Justices
    may direct.
63. All officers and warders must attend Divine
    Service with the prisoners, or when prayers are read.
    They will also be required to attend school with the
    prisoners in turn.
64. The use of tobacco or spirits is prohibited
    within the prison.
65. In every case of emergency the officers of the
    establishment will promptly report the circumstances
    to the gaoler, and in the event of its appearing that
    any officer has allowed any irregularities to pass un-
    reported, his neglect will be brought under the notice
    of a Visiting Justice.
66. No male officer will be permitted to enter
    the female division of the gaol except on duty, and
    in all cases he must be attended by the matron or a
    female officer.
67. All applications or representations made to
    the Superintendent must be forwarded through the
    gaoler, who will accompany them with such obser-
    vations as may be necessary.
68. The officers will keep watch at night, relieving
    each other as may be directed by the gaoler. This is
    a most important duty, requiring unceasing vigilance,
    and they should, by visits at irregular hours, observe
    that order is maintained by the prisoners, and that
    the warders are alert on their posts.
69. An officers' visiting book will be kept, in which
    they will enter the hours at which they visited the
    different parts of the establishment.
70. A servant will be allowed to the gaoler, and
    one or more for 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.
71. Harsh or irritating language must not be used
    by any person in authority, for calmness and firm-
    ness 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 so demean themselves as in no way to
    irritate or annoy.
72. 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.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1868.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867," the following
Petition from inhabitant householders of Greymouth,
for the Town of Greymouth to be constituted a
Borough, and letter of assent from the Honorable
John Hall, delegate under "The County of West-
land Act, 1867," are published for general informa-
tion, and it is hereby notified that His Excellency
the Governor will consider this Petition on the 15th
of July next.

E. W. STAFFORD.

To 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.

The humble Petition of the inhabitants of the
Town of Greymouth, in the County of West-
land and Colony of New Zealand,

SHEWETH-

That your Petitioners are inhabitant householders,
resident within the Town of Greymouth and the
district comprised within the following boundaries,
that is to say, all that piece or parcel of land situate
and being in the County of Westland aforesaid, and
bounded on the West by a line of one hundred and
sixty chains and eighty links extending from the
South Spit along the beach; thence along the South
Town Belt one hundred and fifteen chains and fifty
links; thence along the East Town Belt one hundred
and twenty chains and ninety links; thence along the
Native Reserve, No. 3, forty-one chains thirty links
to the River Grey; and thence along the River Grey
to the point of commencement (which piece of land
is more particularly delineated in the plan drawn
under this Petition, and therein surrounded by red
lines), and comprising within such boundaries Blocks
31 and 32 of the Native Reserve.

That the district above described does not exceed
in area, nine square miles, and no one point in such
area is distant six miles from any other therein, and
that such district contains a population of not less
than two hundred and fifty householders.

That your Petitioners are desirous of constituting
the district above described under the provisions of
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your
Excellency will be pleased to constitute the district
above described a Borough under the provisions of
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

And your Petitioners will ever pray.

John Arnott,
James Kerr,
John Keogh,
Robert P. Bain,
W. G. Murray,
James Laing,
Allan F. Stark,
James Davies,
Gerald Perotti,
William Perkins,
J. W. Hindmarsh,
Frank Jennings,
James Black,
William Dale,
Robert Reay,
John Heron,