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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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; and issued under the Seal
of the said Colony, this tenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Colony of New Zealand, intituled "An Ordinance
for the Regulation of Prisons," Sess. VII., No. 7, the
Governor is empowered from time to time to make
such rules and regulations as to him may seem fit,
touching the duties of the officers of any public gaol,
the classification, diet, instruction, treatment and
correction of the prisoners therein, and generally to
prescribe all such rules as may be necessary for the
good discipline of any public gaol and the safe
custody of the prisoners therein:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under and
by virtue of the provisions of the said Ordinance
contained, do hereby make the following regulations
for the purposes hereinbefore recited, and do publish
the same to be in force within the Chatham Islands.

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; and issued at
Wellington, this tenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine.
E. W. STAFFORD.

PRISON REGULATIONS FOR WAITANGI GAOL,
CHATHAM ISLANDS.

OFFICER'S REGULATIONS.
Gaoler.

1. The Gaoler will reside in the establishment,
   from which he will not absent himself for a longer
   period than six hours without the written authority
   of the Resident Magistrate; 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
   generally.

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.

3. He will be at all times ready to receive any com-
   plaint or application made by any of the prisoners,
   and report the same to the Resident Magistrate
   or a Visiting Justice.

4. He will use all precautionary measures to pre-
   vent 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 the twenty-four
   hours.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. He will not permit any strangers to sleep in any
   of the apartments of the gaol without written per-
   mission from the Resident Magistrate, nor suffer any
   person to have intercourse with the prisoners without
   like written authority, and then only in the presence
   of an officer.

8. 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.

9. He will specially report to the Resident Magis-
   trate, and call in a medical practitioner in the case
   of any prisoner whose condition, mental or bodily,
   requires particular attention.

10. He will immediately report the death of any
    prisoner to the Resident Magistrate or some other
    Visiting Justice of the Peace.

11. In visiting a female prisoner he will be attended
    by the matron or some female officer for the time
    being.

12. He will visit the various messes at meal-times,
    and see that their food is of a proper quality, and
    properly cooked.

13. He will at all times have the keys of the gaol
    in his possession. The cells will be opened at 6 a.m.
    and closed for the night at 6 p.m. during the summer
    months, and opened and closed at sunrise and sunset
    during the winter months. He will not allow ingress
    or egress during the night, except on special occasions
    which he will note in his journal.

14. He will as soon as possible after a prisoner
    has been received into 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.

15. He will be held responsible for all stores,
    clothing, bedding, fuel, oil, utensils, &c., delivered
    into his charge, and for the correct issue of the same.
    He will be particular that no stores are issued with-
    out being properly marked, and that every article
    that can be repaired is repaired, and he must pay the
    strictest attention to economy in their issue. The
    men's clothing and bedding are to be numbered.

16. Should the Gaoler at any time receive an
    inferior description of ration from a contractor, he is
    at once to have them inspected by a medical prac-
    titioner; and should the contractor fail to supply a
    better quality, the Gaoler will obtain the articles
    elsewhere at the contractor's risk.

17. He will make a yearly report on the state of
    the establishment, and the conduct of the prisoners
    under his charge.

18. He will cause the rules of the establishment
    to be read to the prisoners on entry, and as often
    thereafter as occasion may require.

19. 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 he may place
    any refractory prisoner in irons, immediately report-
    ing such cases to the Resident Magistrate or any
    other Visiting Justice.

20. He will keep such registers, books, &c., and
    shall furnish such returns, as shall be directed by the
    Resident Magistrate.