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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 4

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.)

7.30 a.m. .. .. .. Rising-bell rings.
7.50 a.m. .. First unlock .. Same routine as at 6.50 a.m. on week-days.
9 a.m. .. Second unlock .. Prisoners unlocked for exercise. Names taken of prisoners desiring to see the Gaoler, Medical Officer, or other 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.

GENERAL RULES AS TO THE TREATMENT AND CONDUCT OF PRISONERS.
Admission and Discharge.

165. No prisoner shall be received or discharged after 8 p.m. unless under special circumstances.
166. Prisoners upon admission shall be duly searched and all property taken from them and placed in the charge of the Gaoler, who shall cause an inventory of it to be made specifying in detail every article. Such inventory must be entered in the prisoners’ property-book and be signed by the prisoner. When the property is returned to the prisoner he must sign the book as a receipt.
167. When prisoners are transferred from one prison to another their property shall be forwarded to the Gaoler of the prison to which they are so transferred, together with a complete list of it. This list shall be a certified copy of the original inventory. If there is no property, a “nil” list shall be forwarded.
168. Female prisoners shall be searched by female officers, and shall at all times be in charge of female officers. In other respects the same course shall be pursued in reference to the admission, removal, or discharge of a female prisoner as in the case of a male, the matron or principal female officer performing the duties imposed on the Gaoler in the case of a male prisoner.
169. The name, age, height, weight, features, peculiar marks, and general appearance, and the religion and alleged occupation of a prisoner shall, upon his admission, be noted in a nominal record of prisoners to be kept by the Gaoler.
170. All clothing shall be washed and disinfected before being stored. If filthy or infected it shall be destroyed upon the direction of the Medical Officer, and a memorandum of the fact shall be entered in the prisoners’ property-book.
171. Prisoners may see and inspect their property one month before the date upon which they are due for discharge. They may be allowed to check it with the original inventory or a certified copy of it.
172. Every prisoner shall, as soon after admission as possible, be examined by the Medical Officer, who shall enter in his journal the name of the prisoner examined, a record of his state of health, what labour he is fit for, and any remarks that he may deem it expedient to add.
173. All prisoners shall be thoroughly washed and cleansed before being placed among the other prisoners.
174. A prisoner shall be exposed to public view as little as possible while being removed to or from prison. In order to avoid exposure while passing through the public streets, he shall, if necessary, be conveyed in a cab or closed vehicle.
175. Every prisoner shall, wherever possible, be given a separate cell, and shall be supplied with a stool, table, bed, shelf, small mirror, tooth-brush, hair-brush and comb, drinking-vessel, and night-pan.
176. Any female prisoner having a child at breast may take the child into the prison with her, to be kept at the public expense until the child is twelve months old. Before the discharge of any such child the Gaoler shall make inquiry as to whether the relatives or friends of the mother are able and willing to receive her child, and if they are both able and willing he shall commit the child to their care; in any other case he shall report the case to the Inspector.
177. Prisoners’ gratuities shall be paid according to the directions of the Under-Secretary in each case.
178. No prisoner shall be discharged from prison while suffering from an acute or dangerous illness unless or until in the opinion of the Medical Officer such discharge can be made without risk to the prisoner, or unless such prisoner requests to be discharged.
179. Any prisoner whose sentence expires on any Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday shall be discharged on the day next preceding such Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday.

Haircutting.

180. All male prisoners whose sentences exceed one month shall on admission have their hair cut, and it shall thereafter be kept reasonably short, but not so as to disfigure them. Such prisoners shall also