THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 125

General Instructions.

21. The Gaoler may employ prisoners who are
    mechanics, for his own purposes, on payment to the
    Government of an amount per diem to be fixed by
    the Resident Magistrate; but they must not be
    employed for any purpose whatever after the ordinary
    hours of labour are over.
22. The Gaoler will be allowed a servant to be
    selected from the well-conducted prisoners serving
    short sentences.
23. Harsh or irritating language must not be used
    towards prisoners; and no communication is to be
    held with them, except such as is indispensably
    necessary.
24. A monthly inspection of the prisoners, prison
    buildings, bedding, stores &c., will be held by the
    Resident Magistrate, or some other Visiting Justice.
25. Clergymen of all denominations will be allowed
    to visit the prisoners at such hours as, after conference
    with the Gaoler, may be found convenient, so as not
    unnecessarily to interfere with the hours of labour.
    They may if they wish see in private any prisoner of
    the same religious denomination as that to which
    they belong.
26. In case of sickness the Gaoler is to call in the
    best medical attendance he can procure, taking care
    that the advice and instructions of such medical man,
    with the concurrence of the Resident Magistrate, be
    strictly carried out.

PRISONERS.
General.

27. One uniform system of discipline will prevail.
    Prisoners of inferior capacity will not on that account
    be more rigorously dealt with than those of superior
    attainments; 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 it is possible to do so.
28. Prisoners on entering the gaol shall be searched
    in presence of an officer, and all articles taken from
    them.
29. They will then be required to thoroughly wash
    themselves before they put on the prison clothing;
    their hair will be cut short, and their whiskers and
    beard shaved.
30. A list of their clothes, with all money and
    other property taken from them, will be entered in a
    book kept for the purpose, with the signature of the
    officer who has charge of such property, &c., and of
    the prisoner from whom it is received.
31. 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 completed 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, &c.
32. 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.
33. They are at all times and in all places to con-
    duct themselves with order and regularity, and
    silence must be strictly observed when marching to
    and from their places of labour; at no time is an
    conversation to be allowed beyond what is necessary.
34. 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 Resident Magistrate, but they
    should remember that for making idle or frivolous
    complaints they will render themselves liable to
    punishment.
35. They must appear on all occasions clean in
    person and in dress. Their clothing and bedding will
    be marked with a number, and should any of these
    articles be wilfully damaged, or lost through care-
    lessness, they will be severely punished.
36. They shall attend Divine Service of the
    denomination to which they belong at the appointed
    times, and shall behave themselves with the greatest
    propriety.
37. The religious denomination of each prisoner
    is to be determined by his voluntary 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 the immediate
    prospect of death, &c.
38. Sunday must be kept holy, and as a day of
    rest; and whenever a clergyman or other minister of
    religion does not attend the prison on that day,
    prayers will be read by an officer of the gaol.
39. Any prisoner who is a Jew is not to be com-
    pelled to labour on his Sabbath, but may be employed
    on any necessary duty on Sunday.
40. Each prisoner will be provided with a Bible
    and a Prayer Book approved of by the religious
    denomination to which he belongs, and books of a
    secular character will also be provided for their
    instruction. Such books shall not be defaced or
    damaged; and any wilful defacing or damaging of
    such books shall be deemed a breach of this regu-
    lation, and punished accordingly.
41. Prisoners behaving in a refractory manner will
    be brought before the Resident Magistrate or a Visit-
    ing 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.
42. Prisoners 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 for the time being or Gaoler; all
    articles of luxury, such as tobacco, are strictly pro-
    hibited.
43. Gaming, dancing, swearing, and immoral songs
    are strictly prohibited.
44. Prisoners must not leave their place of work
    without authority.
45. Any prisoner sleeping out of his own berth
    will be punished for misconduct.
46. Prisoners are not to be allowed to send or
    receive any letters oftener than once in three months,
    except through the Gaoler, who will inspect them and
    exercise his own discretion as to their delivery, and
    they must not hold any communication whatever
    with any person without his authority. They may,
    however, if well conducted, be permitted to see their
    friends on the first Thursday in each Quarter.
47. Any prisoner conniving at a breach of the
    regulations will be considered as an accessory, and
    be punished for misconduct.
48. The regulations will be read to the prisoners,
    or, if necessary, explained to them once a month, and
    a copy thereof will be suspended in each ward.
49. There will 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.
50. Prisoners are to be shaved on Tuesdays and
    Saturdays, to wash their feet on the latter day, and to
    put on clean shirts on Wednesdays and Sundays.
51. Prisoners about to be discharged will be
    allowed to let their hair grow for a month previous;
    and on the day of discharge 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.
52. Every prisoner not employed at hard labour