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97. No officer of the gaol shall receive, directly or
    indirectly, any fee or gratuity, either from con-
    tractors for the establishment, or from any prisoner,
    or from any person visiting the gaol.
98. No officer shall receive visitors inside the
    prison, neither shall he use tobacco or spirits within
    the gaol. Any officer of the gaol found in the least
    degree intoxicated or seen gambling will be instantly
    dismissed.
99. No officer will be allowed to absent himself
    from the gaol without the authority of the Gaoler.
    Any lengthened absence must be applied for specially
    to the Superintendent, and the application forwarded
    through the Gaoler. Should, however, the necessity
    for leave be urgent, he may leave at once, but the
    fact shall be immediately reported for approval by the
    Gaoler, together with the circumstances which ren-
    dered it necessary.
100. Officers on leave of absence shall report to the
     Gaoler the time at which they leave duty and the
     time they return to their duties.
101. 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 may direct.
102. Officers must attend Divine Service with the
     prisoners, or when prayers are read.
103. No male officer will be permitted to enter the
     portion of the gaol premises set apart for female
     prisoners, except on duty.
104. When required, officers will keep watch dur-
     ing the night, relieving each other as may be directed
     by the Gaoler.
105. Harsh or irritating language must not be used
     by any person in authority: calmness and firmness
     are best calculated to insure obedience. No commu-
     nication is to be held with the prisoners, except such
     as may be found absolutely necessary.

Visiting Justices.
106. It will be the duty of the Visiting Justices to
visit the gaol (weekly, if possible); at each visit they
should inspect the different classes of offenders, the
yards, cells, and every other division or department
of the gaol. The Gaoler will report to them all
offences against the rules and regulations of the
gaol; and when any charge may be made against any
of the prisoners or officers of the gaol for any breach
of the regulations, or for any offence named in said
regulations, they shall hear and determine the charge
according to the rules laid down for their guidance.
They shall cause a correct report of each trial,
together with the punishment awarded to offenders
brought before them, to be kept. Should they
consider that sufficient attention is not paid to
the cleanliness, ventilation, or order of the prison,
or should any matter of importance arise, they should
report accordingly to the Superintendent of the
Province.
107. They should make a half-yearly report to the
Superintendent on the state of the establishment as
it falls under their observation, together with any
suggestions they may have to offer concerning the
discipline enforced therein.

Ministers of Religion.
108. Clergymen of all denominations will be allowed
to visit the prisoners at such hours as, after confer-
ence with the Gaoler, may be found convenient. These
visits must not unnecessarily interfere with the hours
of labour, or the meals of the prisoners; and such
visits, except in cases of emergency, must not be made
before the hour of 8 o'clock a.m., or after the hour of
6 o'clock p.m. In case of any complaint arising in
reference to this rule, the same must be referred to

the Visiting Justices, whose decision on the matter
must be final.

Medical Officer.
109. He will visit the establishment as often as may
be required. At these visits he will report to the
Gaoler the case of any prisoner requiring an altera-
tion of diet. He will also, when necessary, direct in
writing their removal to any portion of the gaol that
may be set apart as a hospital ward.
110. He will on these visits specially inspect the
prisoners in separate or solitary confinement.
111. He should once during each month, in com-
pany with one or more of the Visiting Justices and the
Gaoler, inspect the whole of the establishment and
report thereon to the Superintendent. He will
generally superintend the cases of all prisoners under
medical treatment. He will direct in writing their
scale of diet, and no medicines or medical comforts
are to be issued without his written authority or
order. He will give directions in writing for
secluding such as have infectious diseases, or are
suspected thereof; for cleansing, disinfecting, and
whitewashing any apartment occupied by such
prisoner; and for washing, disinfecting, or destroying,
as he may think necessary, their apparel and bedding.
112. He will, when necessary, examine all prisoners
about to be removed to any other establishment, and
certify to their being in a fit state for removal.
113. He will enter, in the English language, in a
register to be kept for that purpose, an account of
the state of the sick, the names of their diseases, the
description of medicines and diet supplied, and any
treatment he may order in such case. Upon the
death of any prisoner he will insert in the register a
report of the circumstances attending the illness of
such prisoner, his opinion given at inquest, and the
verdict of the jury.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent, dated 10th October, 1870,
under "The Patents Act, 1860," in favour of
ALEXANDER FANNING MCKAY,
of the City of Auckland, Engineer, for an Invention
of a Machine called "McKay's Roller Pan," for the
reduction and amalgamation of Gold and Silver
Ores.
W. GISBORNE.

Native Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
JOSEPH JOHN FREETH,
of Wairarapa, to act as Interpreter under "The
Native Lands Act, 1865," and "The Native Lands
Act, 1867;" his certificate to bear date the first day
of August, 1870.
DONALD MCLEAN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1870.
THE following Notices, received from the General
Post Office, Brisbane, are published for general
information.
By order.
W. GRAY
(for Secretary).

Queensland, Money Order Office,
Brisbane, 19th September, 1870.
SIR, I have to request that you will cause the