Nov. 29.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1687

CLASSIFICATION.
Prisoners sentenced to penal servitude will be required to
pass through the following classes :-

FOR PENAL SERVITUDE.
Minimum Period with Good Conduct and Industry.
121. Probation Class: One year, during which they must
earn 2,192 marks, none being credited for the first three
months.
Third Class: One year, during which they must earn 2,920
marks.
Second Class: One year, during which they must earn
2,920 marks.
After which they will be eligible for promotion to the first
class.

122. Every prisoner is thus required to remain in the pro-
     bation class for a minimum period of one year reckoned from
     the date of conviction, of which three months will be passed
     without any remission being granted. No gratuity will be
     given in this class.
     If his conduct and industry are good he will then be pro-
     moted to the third class, and so on to the second, remaining
     in each a minimum period of one year.
     The remainder of the term of his imprisonment will be spent
     in the first class, unless he is promoted to the special class,
     or degraded to any lower class.
     These classes will, as far as practicable, be kept quite
     separate from each other in prisons.

123. Prisoners sentenced to penal servitude for a less period
     than five years will serve one-fourth of their whole sentence
     in each class, instead of one year, and earn marks accordingly.

124. Prisoners in probation, third, or second classes may,
     for misconduct, be subjected to serve an additional period in
     the class in which they may then be serving; and, if in third,
     second, or first class, may be degraded to any lower for any
     stated period, and, when so degraded, they must remain
     therein until they have earned the full number of marks
     allotted to such period, viz., the whole number of days
     multiplied by eight. Such number of marks is not, however,
     to be added to the original number the prisoner has to earn
     for remission, but it represents the number of marks he must
     earn before he can return to his original class.

125. Prisoners undergoing cumulative sentences will be
     treated as if sentenced to one term equal to the total award,
     except that they will serve a probation of three months with-
     out remission for each sentence, the probations to be conse-
     cutive at the commencement of the penal servitude.

Probation Class.

126. Prisoners in the probation class will wear the ordinary
     prison-dress, without any facings. They will be allowed to
     receive a visit within the first month of their conviction, pro-
     vided their conduct is good, and again after they have served
     eight months, their conduct being good for the three previous
     consecutive months; and, under the same conditions, they
     will be allowed to write and receive a letter within the first
     month of their conviction, and again after they have served
     eight months; the visits to be of twenty minutes' duration.
     They will be allowed one period of exercise on Sundays.

Third Class.

127. Prisoners in this class to wear the prison-dress, with
     black facings To receive a visit of twenty minutes' duration,
     and to write and receive a letter once in four months, pro-
     vided conduct has been good at least two previous con-
     secutive months. To receive a gratuity of twelve shillings,
     being at the rate of one shilling per month for the time
     passed in this class, to be earned by marks. To be allowed
     one period of exercise on Sundays.

Second Class.

128. Prisoners in the second class will wear the prison-
     dress, with yellow facings. They will be allowed to receive
     a visit of twenty minutes' duration, and to receive and write
     a letter once in three months, provided their conduct has
     been good for at least two consecutive months. To receive a
     gratuity of eighteen shillings, calculated at the rate of one
     shilling and sixpence per month for twelve months, to be
     earned by marks in this class. To have two periods of
     exercise on Sundays.

First Class.

129. Prisoners in the first class will wear the prison-dress,
     with red facings. They will be allowed to receive a visit of
     thirty minutes' duration, and to write and receive a letter
     once in two months, provided conduct has been good for one
     month previous. To receive a gratuity of thirty shillings,
     being at the rate of two shillings and sixpence per month for
     twelve months, to be earned by marks, until they have
     earned three pounds altogether. To be allowed three periods
     of exercise on Sundays. No prisoner to be promoted to the
     first class unless he can read and write, or has done his best
     to learn to do so.

Special Class. (A Reward for Industry and Good Conduct.)

130. Prisoners under sentence of five years or shorter terms
     of penal servitude may obtain the advantages of the special
     class on release, providing their conduct has been exemplary
     whilst in the first class.
     No other prisoner is to be promoted to the special class till
     he is within twelve months of becoming due for release, and
     having passed through the first class with exemplary conduct.
     Prisoners in the special class will wear a blue dress.
     They will be allowed to be recommended for an extra
     remission not exceeding one month; to be recommended for
     an extra gratuity on discharge not exceeding two pounds; to
     receive a visit of thirty minutes, and to receive and write a
     letter, once a month; to have baked instead of boiled meat
     twice a week, or dinner prepared in such other way as the
     circumstances will admit.
     One punishment for misconduct in special class forfeits
     the privileges of this class, which cannot be restored.

131. For practical purposes in granting the gratuities the
     following scale will be adopted :-
     In third class, 20 marks are equal to 1d.
     In second 20 " 1\u00bdd.
     In first 20 " 2d.

132. The case of a convict whose conduct has been bad,
     and who has earned no gratuity, is to be submitted to the
     Minister of Justice one month before his discharge is due.

133. Prisoners sentenced to parti-coloured dress, cross-
     irons, or any other special treatment shall be placed in the
     probation class whilst under such treatment, but on release
     therefrom will return to the class from which they were
     degraded, unless their sentence for the misconduct specifies
     the contrary.

FOR PRISONERS SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD
LABOUR.

134. The time which every prisoner must pass in prison
     shall be represented by a certain number of marks, which he
     must earn by actual labour performed to entitle him to any
     remission of sentence.

135. No remission will be granted for conduct except on
     Sundays. It is only on condition of good conduct and strict
     obedience that prisoners will be allowed to earn by their
     industry a remission of a portion of their sentences.

136. If, therefore, their conduct is indifferent or bad, they
     will be liable to be fined a certain number of marks, accord-
     ing to the nature and degree of the offence, and will thus
     forfeit by misconduct the remission they may have gained by
     their industry.

137. The scale of marks shall be Eight marks per diem
     for steady hard labour and full performance of the allotted
     task; seven marks per diem for a less degree of industry; six
     marks per diem for a fair but moderate day's work.

138. No remission will be granted for the first three
     months of a sentence, which shall be looked upon as a period
     of probation a prisoner's marks are therefore to be cal-
     culated at the rate of six per diem as commencing three
     months from the date of conviction: Provided that no
     prisoner whose conduct has not been good and industrious
     during the first three months of his imprisonment shall be
     entitled to marks until he has passed a further period of
     three months' probation. Should his conduct during this
     second period of probation be good and industrious, his
     marks shall be calculated as commencing six months from
     the date of conviction; but, if not, the prisoner shall not be
     entitled to marks until his conduct has been reported good
     and industrious for a period of three months prior to the
     date from which they are calculated.

139. If by his industry the prisoner gains eight marks per
     diem, and does not forfeit any for misconduct, he will earn
     the full remission of one-fourth of the time for which his
     marks were calculated.

140. When a prisoner is sentenced to forfeiture of time, a
     number of marks equal to the number of days forfeited
     multiplied by six is to be added to the whole number of
     marks he has to earn. As he can by his industry earn eight,
     he may thereby gain a remission of one-fourth of such
     forfeiture.

141. Prisoners sentenced to separate confinement shall be
     credited only with six points per diem during that period.

142. Prisoners in hospital shall be credited with only six
     marks per diem, which may be increased by special recom-
     mendation of the Gaoler to the Visiting Justices.

143. A prisoner during his term of imprisonment will be
     required to pass through the following classes, viz. :-
     Probation Class: One-fourth of his whole sentence, on
     the first three months of which he will be granted no
     remission;
     Third Class: One-fourth of his whole sentence;
     Second Class: One-fourth of his whole sentence; after
     which he will be eligible for promotion to the first
     class.

144. Every prisoner is thus required to remain in the pro-
     bation class for one-fourth of his whole sentence, during