Oct. 11.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1477

Regulations to be observed in Lock Hospital, Auckland.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred by "The Contagious Diseases Act, 1869," His
Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby make
the following provisions for the moral and religious training
and instruction of the persons detained in the female re-
formatory at Auckland known as "Lock Hospital," and for
the management and government of the said reformatory,
namely:-

1. The Lock Hospital, Auckland, is hereinafter referred to
   as "the said reformatory."
2. "The said Act" means "The Contagious Diseases Act,
   1869." All persons committed to the said reformatory under
   the provisions of the said Act shall be under the direction
   and control of the matron, and shall be placed on such diet
   as shall be prescribed by the Visiting Surgeon to such re-
   formatory.
3. Medical examinations under the said Act shall be
   conducted by the Visiting Surgeon, on the first and third
   Mondays in each month, at the said reformatory, at 10 a.m.
4. Women detained in the said reformatory shall attend
   Divine service therein, in accordance with the tenets of their
   respective denominations; and ministers of all denominations
   shall have an opportunity afforded to them of conducting a
   religious service within the said reformatory.
5. A separate register shall be kept, in a book specially
   appropriated to the purpose, in which the names of all
   women detained in the said reformatory shall be entered,
   with the religious persuasion to which they shall declare
   themselves to belong, and this register shall be open for
   inspection to all persons visiting the soad reformatory.
6. A book shall be kept in which the date of all visits
   made by ministers of religion shall be entered by them, with
   any remarks which may appear to such ministers to be
   appropriate.
7. Stated days and hours shall be appointed, subject to
   the approval of the Mayor of Auckland, at which ministers
   of religion may visit women of their own persuasion detained
   in the said reformatory. The time of such visits to be so
   arranged as not to interfere with any period of relaxation.
8. In cases of dangerous illness permission may be ac-
   corded to ministers of religion to visit women detained in
   the said reformatory at other times than those regularly
   stated.
9. No woman detained in the said reformatory shall be
   required or invited to attend any religious service, or to join
   in any religious exercise whatever, conducted by a minister
   or other person of a different denomination from that to
   which such woman belongs: Provided always that any
   woman so detained may be permitted so to attend on making
   a request in writing, or orally before witnesses, to the matron.
10. Ministers of religion and visitors are prohibited from
    any conversation on religious or controversial subjects with
    inmates of the said reformatory not registered as of their
    own denomination, unless at the special request of the
    inmates themselves, conveyed through the matron, in the
    manner provided for in the preceding rule.
11. All patients shall rise from and retire to bed, and shall
    observe such hours for meals, as may from time to time be
    appointed by the medical officer.
12. All lights used by patients shall be extinguished at
    8 p.m. each evening.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
    this eleventh day of October, one thousand eight
    hundred and eighty-three.
    WM. ROLLESTON,
    (in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
    Registrar of Electors, Napier, Hawke's Bay, and Waipawa,
    appointed.
    Colonial Secretary's Office,
    Wellington, 8th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
    point
    WILLIAM LAING
    to be Registrar of Electors under "The Registration of
    Electors Act, 1879," for the Electoral Districts of Napier,
    Hawke's Bay, and Waipawa, vice W. Parker, Esq., Jun.,
    absent on leave.
    EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
    (in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
    Additional Public Vaccinator, Drury District, appointed.
    Colonial Secretary's Office,
    Wellington, 8th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
    CHARLES ROWLEY, Esq., M.R.C.S., E.,
    to be an additional Public Vaccinator under "The Public
    Health Act, 1876," for the Drury District.
    EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
    (in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
    Prison Officers appointed.
    Prisons Department,
    Wellington, 4th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
    make the following appointments :--
    ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon of H.M.
    Prison, Mount Cook, Wellington;
    Miss LEILA H. LANGFORD to be Matron of H.M. Prison,
    Auckland;
    Mrs. FANNY MAHER to be an Assistant-Matron;
    SAMUEL MC WILLIAMS, C. L. O'BRIEN, ALEXANDER
    MCDONALD, THOMAS MCNULTY, WILLIAM STUART,
    WILLIAM RIDDICK, and JAMES DURKIN to be Assistant-
    Warders.
    EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
    Member of Wellington Harbour Board appointed.
    Marine Department,
    Wellington, 9th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the
    provisions of section forty "The Harbours Act,
    1878," been pleased to appoint
    WILLIAM FOX WHEELER
    to be a Member of the Wellington Harbour Board, vice
    William Hort Levin, resigned.
    WM. ROLLESTON,
    (for the Minister having charge of the
    Marine Department.)
    Assistant Draughtsman, Survey Department, appointed.
    General Survey Office,
    Wellington, 9th October, 1883.
    JOHANN EGIDIUS PFEIFER
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
    point
    to be an Assistant Draughtsman in the Survey Department of
    New Zealand, the appointment dating from 1st June, 1883.
    WM. ROLLESTON,
    Minister of Lands.
    Resignation of Native Interpreter accepted.
    Native Office,
    Wellington, 5th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
    accept the resignation of
    FRANCIS EDWARDS HAMLIN
    as Interpreter of the Native Land Court, from the 25th Sep-
    tember, 1883.
    WM. ROLLESTON,
    (for the Native Minister.)
    Volunteer Officer promoted.
    Defence Office,
    Wellington, 10th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
    the under-mentioned promotion:-
    Wanganui City Rifle Volunteers.
    Sub-Lieutenant George Flyger to be Lieutenant. Date of
    commission, 1st January, 1883.
    JOHN BRYCE.
    Volunteer Corps disbanded.
    Defence Office,
    Wellington, 10th October, 1883.
    HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
    disband the
    Hauraki Rifle Volunteers.
    The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be
    officers in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having
    lapsed under "The Volunteer Act, 1881 :"-
    James Stormont Small, late Captain;
    Daniel Ennis O'Sullivan, late Lieutenant;
    William Henry Lucas, late Sub-Lieutenant;
    Martin Henry Payne, late Honorary Surgeon.
    JOHN BRYCE.