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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

cells, shall be permitted to take such exercise in
the open air as the Surgeon may deem necessary
for their health.
55. The names of the prisoners who desire to see
the Surgeon, or appear out of health, shall be reported
by the officer attending them to the Gaoler, and by
him without delay to the Surgeon.
56. All directions given by the Surgeon in relation
to any prisoner, with the exception of orders for the
supply of medicines or directions in relation to such
matters as are carried into effect by the Surgeon
or under his superintendence, shall be entered day by
day in his journal, which shall have a separate column
in which entries are to be made by the Gaoler,
stating in respect of each direction the fact of its
having been or not having been complied with, accom-
panied by such observations, if any, as the Gaoler
may think fit to make, and the date of the entry.
57. In every prison, an infirmary or proper place
for the reception of sick prisoners shall be provided.

Religious Instruction.

58. Ministers of the several religious denomina-
    tions shall be allowed to attend any prison, to
    hold Divine Service and to visit prisoners who may
    be members of their respective denominations, at
    such convenient times and under such rules as may
    be approved of or made by the Visiting Justices.
    Each minister shall be required to enter the days
    and hours of his visit, and the number of prisoners
    attending his ministrations, in a journal to be kept
    for that purpose, and shall communicate to the Gaoler
    any abuse or impropriety in the prison which may
    come to his knowledge, and shall enter the same in
    his journal.

Instruction.

59. Provision shall be made in every prison for the
    instruction of prisoners in reading, writing, and
    arithmetic, during such hours and to such extent as
    to the Visiting Justices may seem expedient: Pro-
    vided that such hours shall not be deducted from the
    hours prescribed for labour under sentence of penal
    servitude or hard labour.

Visits to and Communications with Prisoners.

60. Due provision shall be made by the Gaoler for
    the admission, at proper times and under proper re-
    strictions, of persons with whom prisoners before trial
    may desire to communicate, care being taken that, so
    far as is consistent with the interests of justice, such
    prisoners shall see their legal advisers alone. Such
    rules also shall be made by the Visiting Justices for
    the admission of the friends of convicted prisoners as
    they may deem expedient. The Visiting Justices
    shall also impose such restrictions upon the com-
    munication and correspondence of prisoners with
    their friends as they may judge necessary for the
    maintenance of good order and discipline in the
    prison.

61. The Gaoler shall demand the name and address
    of any visitor to a prisoner; and when he has any
    ground for suspicion, may search or cause to be
    searched male visitors, and may direct the Matron
    or some other female officer to search female visitors,
    such search not to be in the presence of any prisoner
    or of another visitor; and in case of any visitor
    refusing to be searched before seeing a prisoner, the
    Gaoler may refuse him or her access to such
    prisoner. A memorandum of such proceeding, with
    the particulars thereof, shall be entered in the
    Gaoler's journal.

Prison Offences.

62. The acts following, if committed by any pri-
    soner, are hereby declared to be breaches of and
    offences against Regulations made under the 15th
    section of "The Prisons Act, 1873," and to be
    offences which may be dealt with under the provi-
    sions of the 22nd and 23rd sections of the said Act:—
    (1.) Disobedience of the regulations of the
    prison.
    (2.) Common assaults by one prisoner on
    another.
    (3.) Profane cursing and swearing.
    (4.) Indecent behaviour.
    (5.) Irreverent behaviour at Divine Service.
    (6.) Insulting or threatening language.
    (7.) Absence from Divine Service without leave.
    (8.) Idleness or negligence at work.
    (9.) Wilful mismanagement of work.
    (10.) Obstructing any officer of the prison in
    the execution of his duty.
    (11.) Disobedience to the lawful orders of any
    officer of the prison.
    (12.) Breach of silence at any time without
    leave.
    (13.) Giving provisions to or exchanging them
    with another prisoner.
    (14.) Communicating with any other prisoner
    without leave, or making signs.
    (15.) Disrespectful conduct to any officer or
    other person in the prison.
    (16.) Committing any nuisance.
    (17.) Marking, defacing, or damaging any part
    of the prison, or any of the Government
    property.
    (18.) Singing, whistling, or making any un-
    necessary noise.
    (19.) Secreting or purloining anything.
    (20.) Making or attempting to make any wound
    or sore.
    (21.) Pretending illness.
    (22.) Frivolous complaints against officers of the
    gaol, insolence to Visiting Justices, or any
    other misconduct not provided against in
    these rules, but subversive of the peace,
    order, or good government of the gaol.

Attempt to Escape.

63. Any prisoner attempting to escape will render
    himself liable to be shot by any officer of the gaol,
    after being called on to stand.

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement or under
Separate Treatment.

64. Every prisoner, before being placed in a cell,
    must be strictly searched.
65. He shall then be shown the cell and caused to
    examine it carefully, in order that any marking or
    defacing thereafter may be at once detected.
66. Prisoners undergoing separate treatment are
    not to be released without the special authority of a
    Visiting Justice.
67. They are not upon any pretence whatever to
    communicate, either by words or signs, with each
    other, or the men employed in cleaning their cells;
    nor are they to sing, whistle, dance, or make any
    noise whatever, during their confinement. They
    must not stop any of the ventilating apparatus, nor
    deface the walls of their cells.
68. Should any prisoner wish to see a Visiting
    Justice, Minister of Religion, Medical Officer, or the
    Gaoler, he is to inform the Warder on duty accord-
    ingly, but all further communication is strictly
    prohibited.
69. Weather permitting, prisoners in solitary
    confinement are to be taken out to exercise on the
    fourth day after their admission, are to be kept
    marching in line five yards apart and facing in the
    same direction, and to exercise for two hours daily.
70. Every prisoner in solitary confinement may