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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1]

Ration Scales.

Ration Scale No. 1.—For Prisoners able to do and doing Hard Labour.

Ration Scale No. 2.—For Prisoners unable to do or not doing Hard Labour.

Ration Scale No. 3.—For Prisoners under Punishment.

In scales 1 and 2 the following substitutes may be made at the discretion of the Surgeon, viz.: In lieu of 7 oz. of meal, 4 oz. bread, ½ oz. tea, ½ oz. sugar; and in lieu of 16 oz. of potatoes, 8 oz. bread.

Routine of Duties.

Summer hours: From 1st October to 31st March. Winter hours: From 1st April to 30th September.

WEEK-DAYS.

6.45 a.m. Rising-bell rings Prisoners rise, wash, dress, make up hammocks, and tidy cells.

7 a.m. First unlock .. Night lock-up report examined by the Manager or senior officer, keys checked, and taken over from the night orderly; officers parade; keys issued; muster taken. Slops collected. Breakfast served in cells; prisoners locked up. Officers parade; muster given in, and keys collected.

7.30 a.m. Second unlock Will take place at such an hour as will enable prisoners to commence labour at 8 a.m. Names taken to see Manager, Gaol Surgeon, and prison officials.

7.55 a.m. General parade Prisoners absent from parade visited by a principal warder, and certified correct. All prisoners then searched, and marched to labour; those in shops exercise half an hour.

12 noon .. .. Dinners served.

12.55 p.m. Officers parade Prisoners unlocked, searched, and smoking.

1.20 p.m. .. .. Marched to labour.

4.30 p.m. .. .. Prisoners in shops cease work and exercise half an hour.

5 p.m. Bell rings .. Recall from labour; prisoners mustered and searched.

5.30 p.m. Lock up .. Teas served; lock-up report signed; keys collected; and night-watch officers parade.

7.30 p.m. Muster .. Night-watch officers posted.

7.45 p.m. .. .. Silence-bell, and cell-lights out.

10 p.m. .. .. All single officers in quarters unless on leave.

From the 1st April to 30th September the last lock-up one hour earlier. Cease labour at 4 p.m.

SATURDAYS.

(Throughout the Year.)

Duties up to 12 noon: Same as other week-days.

On return of prisoners from labour after 12 noon, when prisoners are mustered and searched.

Officers on Short-duty Leave for the Day.

2 p.m. Smoking .. Officers parade; prisoners unlocked.

2.20 p.m. .. .. Baths, hair and beard cut close, cells, &c., cleaned, and clean clothes issued; blankets shaken in open air; and exercise.

4 p.m. .. .. Prisoners parade; muster taken. Prisoners absent from parade visited by a principal warder and certified correct.

Lock-up, tea served, lock-up report signed by officers, and the remaining duties same as on other week-days.

SUNDAYS.

(Throughout the Year.)

7.40 a.m. .. .. Rising-bell rings.

8 a.m. .. .. Same routine as at 7 a.m. on week-days.

9 a.m. Second unlock.. Prisoners unlocked for exercise. Names taken to see the Manager and prison officials.

9 till 11.55 p.m. .. .. Divine service, and exercise.

12 noon .. .. Prisoners’ dinner served.

1.55 p.m. .. .. Officers parade, keys issued, and prisoners unlocked.

2 p.m. Smoking .. Names taken for writing, and Divine service, exercise, &c.

4 p.m. Lock up .. Tea served. Lock-up report signed by officers, and the remaining duties same as on other days.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations made under “The Tobacco Act Amendment Act, 1896.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-eighth day of January then instant, certain regulations were made under “The Tobacco Act Amendment Act, 1896” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), imposing, among other matters, a scale of fees to be paid for warrants to make cigarettes by hand, under subsection one, (b), of section eight of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to alter Regulation 5, which prescribes the amount to be paid by way of fees:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke