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128. The use of tobacco or spirits is prohibited
     within the prison.
129. 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
     unreported, his neglect will be brought under the
     notice of a Visiting Justice.
130. 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.
131. All applications or representations made to
     His Honor the Superintendent must be forwarded
     through the Gaoler, who will accompany them with
     such observations as may be necessary.
132. The officers will keep watch at night, reliev-
     ing 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.
133. An Officers' Visiting Book will be kept, in
     which they will enter the hours at which they visited
     the different parts of the establishment.
134. A servant will be allowed to the Gaoler, and
     one or more to 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.
135. Harsh or irritating language must not be
     used by any person in authority, for calmness and
     firmness will be found best calculated to insure
     obedience. No communication is to be held with the
     prisoners except such as is indispensable, and on such
     occasions officers should not so demean themselves
     as in any way to irritate or annoy.
136. 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 Officers.

Scale of Rations.

137. All rations to be according to the following
     scale :-
     No. 1.-For Convicts and all Prisoners at Hard
     Labour.
     Oaten meal or maize 8 oz. 6 oz.
     Bread... ... ... ... 24 ,, 16 ,,
     Meat with its own liquor 16 ,, 8 ,,
     With 4 oz. mixed vegetables,
     1 lb. 8 oz. flour, ¼ oz. pepper,
     per 100 rations
     Potatoes ... ... ... ... 16 ,, 12 ,,
     Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 1 ,, 1 ,,
     Soap ... ... ... ... ... 1/3 ,, 1/3 ,,
     Salt ... ... ... ... ... 1/3 ,, 1/3 ,,

No. 2.-For Prisoners not at Hard Labour, and for
Children of Female Prisoners over eight years of
age.
Males. Females.
Oaten meal or maize 8 oz. 6 oz.
Bread ... ... ... ... 16 ,, 12 ,,
Meat ... ... ... ... 6 ,, 6 ,,
Potatoes ... ... ... ... 8 ,, 8 ,,
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 1 ,, 1 ,,
Soap ... ... ... ... ... 1/2 ,, 1/2 ,,
Salt ... ... ... ... ... 1/3 ,, 1/3 ,,

No. 3.-Prisoners in Solitary Confinement.
Bread ... ... ... ... ... 24 oz.

No. 4.-Children of Female Prisoners under two
years of age.
Milk ... ... ... ... ... 1 pint.
Bread ... ... ... ... ... 6 oz.
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 1 ,,

No. 5.-Children above two years and under eight.
Milk ... ... ... ... ... 1 pint.
Bread ... ... ... ... ... 8 oz.
Meat ... ... ... ... ... 4 ,,
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 1 ,,

Proclamation constituting Dunedin District Court.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The District Courts Act, 1858,"
it is enacted that there shall be within the
Colony of New Zealand Courts of Record, possessing
Civil and Criminal jurisdiction, to be called District
Courts, and the Governor is empowered from time
to time, as he shall think fit, by Proclamation in the
New Zealand Gazette, to constitute throughout the
Colony, or in any part thereof, districts within which
such Courts shall be respectively held, and such
districts to abolish, and the boundaries thereof to
define or alter, and also to declare by what local
name such Courts shall be designated:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance and
exercise of the aforesaid power and authority, do
hereby constitute and proclaim the district of the
said Colony hereinafter described or referred to, to be
a district within which a District Court shall be held
under the said Act and under "The District Courts
Act Amendment Act, 1865:"

And in further pursuance and exercise of the
authority aforesaid, I do hereby declare that the said
Court shall be designated by the name hereunder
specified, that is to say,-

Designation of Court:
"The Dunedin District Court."

Description of District:
The "Dunedin District" shall comprise all that
portion of the Province of Otago bounded towards
the North by the Timaru and Oamaru District,
under "The District Courts Act, 1858," being a line
along the summit of the Horse Range to the ocean,
near the mouth of the Shag River; on the East
by the ocean; on the South by the southern bank of
the Taieri River and branch to the Waipori Lake;
thence by the Waipori Lake and the Meggat Burn
until it meets the boundary of the Otago Gold
Fields District, under the said "District Courts
Act, 1858;" and on the West by the said Otago
Gold Fields District, under the said Act.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 under the Seal of
the said Colony, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclamation extending Civil Jurisdiction of Dunedin
District Court.

(L.S.) JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District