July 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2121

30. After six months’ full marks have been continuously earned with exemplary conduct, prisoners in this grade will be eligible to be recommended to be placed on the Special List.

Special List.

31. Prisoners on the Special List will, as far as practicable, be kept apart from other prisoners.
32. They shall enjoy all the privileges of the Higher Grade, and, in addition, they may be granted extended privileges in regard to association and recreation in the discretion of the Inspector.
33. They shall be allowed to change their library books as often as they wish, but must not have more than one book and one magazine at any one time, except with the approval of the Inspector.
34. They shall be permitted to receive and despatch one letter weekly, and to receive visits at weekly intervals from friends and relations likely to take a benevolent interest in them on liberation and to be of use to them in finding employment or otherwise.
35. They shall wear coats of a different colour and cut from those worn in the Higher Grade.

PROMOTIONS IN GRADE.

36. Promotions in grade shall be made by the Inspector of Prisons.

EMPLOYMENT MARKS.

37. Every prisoner shall be required to perform some fixed task daily, suited to his capacity and physical condition.
38. The work should be of a reproductive and reformative character, and, whenever practicable and not inconsistent with disciplinary requirements, a prisoner should be employed at the trade at which he is most proficient and which is the most likely to fit him for honest self-support when at liberty.
39. Each prisoner may earn marks according to the following scale, and the value of the marks shall be as set out in the scale:—
    For a full day’s work with exemplary conduct, 8 marks, value 3s.
    For a fair day’s work with good conduct, 7 marks, value 2s. 9d.
    For an indifferent day’s work or bad conduct, 6 marks, value 2s. 6d.
40. Seven marks per diem may be granted for exemplary conduct on Sundays and holidays.
41. After deducting six marks per diem, or 2s. 6d., for the prisoner’s maintenance, the remainder shall be placed to his credit in the account to be kept by the Gaoler, and the amount standing to his credit may be applied wholly or in part towards the maintenance of his wife and children (if any) during the period of his imprisonment, or be paid to the prisoner on his release or discharge, as may be directed by the Minister.
42. An account shall be kept in each prisoner’s name showing the various payments and deductions. The accounts shall be audited by the Inspector of Prisons on each occasion when he inspects the prison.
43. Prisoners shall, on inquiry, at any time be informed of the state of their accounts.
44. Prisoners who only earn six marks per diem are liable to be punished unless some good cause can be shown for their failure to earn the higher number of marks.
45. Prisoners while exempt from work by reason of illness shall be credited with six marks per diem, but these may be increased at the discretion of the Inspector of Prisons.

GENERAL.

46. Any person who violates the conditions of his probation and is returned to prison, and any person who, having once been released on probation, is again convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, shall on again entering upon his habitual sentence be placed in the Lower Grade. Except under special circumstances he shall not be eligible for promotion to the Intermediate Grade until he has maintained a good-conduct record for at least six months, and he shall be required to serve at least twelve months with a continuous good-conduct record in the Intermediate Grade before being eligible for promotion to the Higher Grade.
47. In determining promotion in grade special consideration will be given to good conduct, including cheerful and prompt obedience to all rules and regulations, loyalty to the government of the prison, faithful and diligent performance of work, and efforts made to acquire skill and rapidity at work.
48. In determining a prisoner’s eligibility for promotion to the Special List, in addition to consideration of his conduct regard shall be had to his habits and disposition, his powers of self-control and potentiality of reform, and the probability of his remaining at liberty without violating the law in the event of his release on probation being approved.

SEPARATE CELLS.

49. Every prisoner shall have a separate cell, in which he shall sleep, have his meals, and keep such of his belongings as may be sanctioned by the Inspector of Prisons.

INDULGENCES.

50. No prisoner shall, except as hereinbefore provided, take indulgences or extra articles of food outside his cell, nor shall he share them with others. Every prisoner offending against this regulation shall be liable to punishment, and such punishment shall include forfeiture of marks and privileges.