1682

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

as to him shall seem fit touching the duties of the officers
of prisons, the construction and description of cells for
separate confinement or punishment of persons confined
in prisons, and the certifying the same as fit for the pur-
pose; the safe custody, the classification, hours of labour,
mode of employment, separation, diet, instruction, treat-
ment, and correction of the prisoners confined in prisons;
for regulating what labour or employment shall be deemed
hard labour, and for classifying such labour; and generally
to prescribe all such rules as may be necessary for the good
management and government of such prisons, and the
discipline and safe custody of the prisoners therein, and not
only while therein but also while employed at labour beyond
the limits of the prison; and such rules may be made to
apply generally to all prisons, or to any one or more prisons
specified in any such Proclamation as the Governor may
think fit; and the Governor may from time to time alter or
revoke any such rules as aforesaid, or any rules, regulations,
orders, or directions in force in any prison at the commence-
ment of the said Act:
*And whereas it is further provided by the said Act that the
Governor may, in addition to any regulations made there-
under, from time to time make any such rules as to him
shall seem fit, specially applying to prisoners under sentence
of penal servitude, touching the employment, safe custody,
management, and discipline of prisoners under sentence
of penal servitude:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority in me vested in this
behalf as aforesaid, do hereby make the following regulations
for the purposes hereinbefore recited, and do publish the
same to be in force within the public prisons of the colony
from the first day of January next; and all former rules and
regulations are hereby repealed from the said first day of
January.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, 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 the Government House, at Wellington,
this twenty-seventh day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

General.

1. The prison shall be kept in a cleanly state, and the
   walls and ceilings of the wards, cells, rooms, and passages
   used by the prisoners, throughout every prison, shall either
   be painted with oil or be lime-washed, or partly painted and
   partly lime-washed. Disinfectants will be freely used for
   keeping the drains, sinks, &c., sweet and clean.
   Where painted with oil the painting shall be washed with
   hot water, soap, and soda at least once in every six months,
   and where lime-washed the washing shall be renewed once
   in every six months, or oftener if necessary.
2. Nothing shall be allowed to grow against the outer walls
   of the prison, or is any rubbish or other articles to be laid
   against them; nor shall any tools or implements of any kind
   likely to facilitate escape be left unnecessarily exposed, and
   all ladders in or about the prison shall be chained and locked
   every evening.
3. Thermometers shall be placed in different parts of the
   prisons,
4. No person shall be permitted to sleep in the quarters of
   any subordinate officer of the prison without permission, in
   writing, from the Gaoler; such permission to be noted in the
   journal and reported to the Visiting Justices at their next
   visit.
5. A report shall be made to the Gaoler at 10 o'clock each
   night as to whether the officers résident in the prison are all
   present. No prisoners will be received from the police after
   8 o'clock p.m., and no ingress or egress shall be allowed into
   or out of the prison between the hours of 10 o'clock p.m.
   and 5 o'clock a.m., except to the Gaoler and his family, the
   Surgeon, or in such special cases as shall be entered in the
   Gaoler's journal.

Prisoners.-General.

6. One uniform system of discipline will prevail. Criminal
   prisoners of inferior mental capacity will not be more
   rigorously dealt with than those of superior attainments, but
   those of a restless disposition will be placed at such descrip-
   tion of labour as requires the closest and most unvarying
   attention from the officers.

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Criminal prisoners shall be prevented, as far as possible,
from holding any communication with each other by every
prisoner being provided with a separate cell, and when at
labour or exercise being subjected to such supervision as will
prevent his communicating with other prisoners.
7. Prisoners are to pay implicit obedience to all lawful
commands they may receive, and they are at all times to pay
proper respect to all persons placed in authority over them.
8. Prisoners are at all times and in all places to conduct
themselves with propriety, and silence must be observed by
them when marching to and from their places of labour and
when at work.
9. Prisoners having any matter to represent or complain of
must address themselves in the first instance to the Gaoler,
whose duty it will be to see justice done to them. They are
not, however, precluded from addressing themselves to the
Visiting Justices, the Official Visitors, or the Inspector; and
the Gaoler will accordingly note the prisoner's name for such
of these officials as he may desire to interview. Prisoners
must, however, remember that for making idle or frivolous
complaints they will render themselves liable to punishment.
10. Prisoners shall attend Divine service of the denomina-
tion to which they belong at the appointed times, and shall
behave themselves with the greatest propriety.
11. The religious denominations recognized in prison are
Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jew. The denomination
of each prisoner is to be determined by his voluntary state-
ment upon his receipt into the prison; and no prisoner is to
be allowed to hold intercourse with a clergyman of a dif-
ferent denomination unless extraordinary circumstances
should require it, such as the immediate prospect of death,
&c.
12. Sunday must be kept as a day of rest as far as possible,
and, in the event of a clergyman or other minister of religion,
or authorized lay-reader, not attending, prayers shall be read
by an officer of the prison.
13. Any prisoner who is a Jew may be employed on any
necessary duty on a Sunday, but he is not to be compelled to
labour on his Sabbath or on any of the following sacred
festivals, viz., the New Year Festival, two days; Day of
Atonement, one day; Festival of Tabernacles, four days;
Passover, four days; Pentecost, two days. As the dates of
these festivals vary, they will be communicated annually to
those Gaolers who intimate to the Inspector that they have
Jewish prisoners in custody.
14. Each prisoner who can read shall be furnished with a
Bible, and prayer-book for the denomination to which he
belongs; and a library shall be provided in each prison, con-
sisting of such books as may be sanctioned by the Minister
of Justice, which may be furnished to the prisoners for their
instruction; but no newspaper or books other than those
supplied to the prison library shall be permitted for the use
of prisoners. Such books are not to be defaced or damaged,
and any wilful damaging or defacing will be deemed a breach
of the regulations and punished accordingly.
15. Prisoners behaving in a refractory manner shall be
brought before a Visiting Justice with as little delay as
possible, who will deal with the case as provided for in "The
Prisons Act, 1883;" and all such prisoners may be kept
separate, and if necessary placed in irons, pending the
arrival of a Visiting Justice, but in no case for longer than
twenty-four hours.
16. Gaming, dancing, swearing, and singing are strictly
prohibited.
17. Every prisoner may, if required for purposes of justice,
be photographed on reception or subsequently, but no copy
of such photograph shall be given to any persons except
those officially authorized to receive it for the purposes of
identification.
18. Any prisoner conniving at a breach of the regulations
shall be considered as an accessory and punished accordingly.
19. There shall be suspended in each ward a list of the
names of all prisoners belonging to it, in which will be noted
the offence, sentence, date of reception into the establish-
ment, and a record of conduct whilst therein. A return of
the marks earned towards remission and the amount of
gratuity due to each prisoner will also be placed in a con-
spicuous place in the ward.
20. Every prisoner not employed at hard labour shall
exercise two hours every forenoon and two hours every after-
noon (weather permitting), or for a longer or shorter time, as
the medical officer may deem necessary for his health.

Admission and Discharge of Prisoners.

21. Prisoners on admission shall be searched, and all pro-
    hibited articles taken from them; they will also be searched
    daily before proceeding to, and after returning from, labour,
    and from time to time as may be deemed necessary.
22. No prisoner shall be stripped to be searched in the
    presence of any other prisoner.
23. All money or other effects brought into prison by any
    prisoner, or sent to the prison for his use, which he is not
    allowed to retain, shall be placed in the custody of the