THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Cross of the Most Distinguished Order | (who will not, however, be allowed to leave the
of Saint Michael and Saint George, establishment,) and will immediately make a report
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in on the subject, or should the urgency of the case
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New demand such a course, he may apply to the Visiting
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice- Justice for advice and assistance.
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House at Auckland, this twenty-fifth
day of March, in the year of our it
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

DONALD MCLEAN.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Gaoler.

1. The Gaoler will reside in the establishment,
   from which he will not absent himself for a longer
   period than twelve hours, without the written autho-
   rity of the Superintendent of the Province, and
   will be responsible for the discipline, management,
   and safe custody of the prisoners, the impartial
   enforcement of penal discipline, and the introduction
   and maintenance of habits of industry, cleanliness,
   order, and obedience among them, 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. He will therefore frequently, and at un-
   certain hours, visit the working parties.

3. He is to see that all the officers under his
   charge perform their duties in strict accordance with
   the Regulations issued for their guidance.

4. He will be at all times ready to receive any
   complaint or application made by any of the
   prisoners, and report the same to the Visiting Justice
   or Justices.

5. 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, daily and nightly, and will see every
   prisoner once at least in twenty-four hours.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. He will not permit any strangers to sleep in the
   apartments of the officers without written permission,
   nor such or any person to have intercourse with the
   prisoners without authority also in writing, and then
   only in the presence of an officer.

9. 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.

10. He will specially report to the Chaplain and
    Medical Officer the case of any prisoner whose con-
    dition, mental or bodily, requires particular attention.

11. He will furnish the Chaplain and Medical
    Officer with a list of all prisoners who may be
    undergoing separate treatment, or are in solitary
    confinement for punishment.

12. He will immediately report the death of any
    prisoner to the Visiting Justice on duty, and to the
    Coroner.

13. In case of misconduct on the part of any of
    the officers, he is empowered to suspend such officer,

14. He will keep an order book, in which he will
    enter such orders as he may from time to time find
    it necessary to issue.

15. In visiting the female division of the gaol, he
    will be attended by the Matron or some female
    officer.

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

17. He will have the keys of the outer gate
    delivered to him at 10 p.m. in summer and at 9 p.m.
    at other seasons, and will ascertain that the officers
    are all present. He will keep them until 6 a.m.
    in summer, and until sunrise at other seasons, and
    will not allow egress or ingress during the night
    except on special occasions to be noted in his journal.

18. He will as soon as possible after a prisoner is
    received into the establishment, cause to be entered
    in the Prison Register, the name of the prisoner,
    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.

19. He will be responsible for the correct issue of
    the stores and provisions, and that no improper
    appropriation of them by the Storekeeper or any
    other officer is permitted.

20. Should the Storekeeper at any time report the
    receipt of an inferior description of rations, the Gaoler
    will, after due warning to the contractor, call upon
    the medical officer to inspect them; and should the
    contractor fail to supply a better quality, the Gaoler
    will obtain the articles required elsewhere at the
    contractor's risk.

21. He will use his best endeavours on all occasions
    to secure co-operation of the Visiting Justice, the
    Medical Officer, Chaplain and of all the subordinate
    officers in the execution of the duties intrusted to
    them, in order that by their united exertions the
    service may be performed in the most efficient
    manner possible.

22. He will make a monthly and half-yearly
    report of the state of the establishment, and of the
    conduct of the prisoners under his charge.

23. He will cause the rules of the establishment
    to be read to the prisoners on entry and as occasion
    may require.

24. He may inflict summary punishment on any
    prisoner under penal servitude for minor breaches of
    discipline, by solitary confinement on bread and
    water for any period not exceeding three days; and
    if necessary may place any refractory prisoner,
    whether under penal servitude or not, in irons,
    reporting the case immediately to the Visiting
    Justice.

25. He will cause to be kept such registers, books,
    &c., and shall furnish such returns as shall be directed
    by the Superintendent of the Province.

Chief Warder.

26. The Chief Warder is next in rank to the
    Gaoler, in whose absence he will assume charge of
    the establishment.

27. He will see the provisions issued daily from
    the store, and take care that they are of a good
    and wholesome kind, and according to the contract
    quality. He will be present at every meal.

28. He will minutely inspect the wards, separate
    apartment cells, and the establishment generally,
    daily, frequently at irregular hours, and will pay
    great attention to ventilation and cleanliness.