SEPT. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3357

Amended Regulations made under the Prisons Act, 1908.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section eight of the Prisons Act, 1908, that the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, make regulations prescribing the matters set out in the said section eight:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the said section, and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke regulations numbers one hundred and six and one hundred and thirty-seven to one hundred and forty-six of the regulations made under the Prisons Act, 1908, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and do make in lieu thereof the regulations hereinafter set forth; and do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

REGULATIONS.

WARDER INSTRUCTORS.

106. WARDER Instructors shall be selected as vacancies occur from applicants for employment in the Prison service who are skilled in professions, trades, industries, or occupations.

They shall be exempt from the requirements of regulation 137 in regard to age and height, and of regulation 142 in regard to the passing of an examination before being appointed to the permanent staff.

They shall carry out such duties in connection with the general routine of the prisons as are required by the General Orders.

Officers appointed as Warder Instructors shall not be eligible for appointment as Warders or for promotion beyond their original rank unless they conform in every respect to the requirements of regulations 137, 142, 144, and 145, and are specially recommended for transfer to the general staff.

GENERAL RULES FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS.

137. Candidates for employment in the Prison service must produce satisfactory references as to character, and must fulfil the following conditions—viz., age not less than twenty-one years nor more than thirty-six years (forty years for ex-officers); minimum height without boots, 5 ft. 8 in.; with good chest-development. They must furnish evidence of having passed at least the Fourth Standard of education or some equivalent examination. If selected for employment they must pass a medical examination as to mental and bodily fitness for the service before their appointment is confirmed.

137A. Men who have previously been employed for more than twelve months in the Prisons Department and who have passed the Probationary Warders’ examination during their period of service shall be eligible for reappointment to Warder’s rank without being required to pass the examination again.

Forty years is the maximum age at which former officers of the Prison service who have been employed on active Warder’s duty for not less than two years may be permanently reappointed to the ordinary staff.

137B. Candidates whose age does not exceed fifty years may be selected for appointment as probationary Night-watch Warders. After twelve months’ service they may, upon receiving a favourable report from the Gaoler or Officer in Charge, be appointed as permanent Night-watch or permanent Night Orderly Officers without passing the Probationary Warders’ examination.

138. Applications for appointment must be made by candidates on the forms prescribed.

139. All candidates after selection shall first be appointed as Probationary Warders. They shall serve twelve months in that capacity before being eligible for permanent appointment as Warders.

140. Probationary Warders shall not be allowed leave of absence during the first twelve months of their employment.

141. They must render implicit obedience to all regulations, rules, and general orders, and must conform in all respects to the discipline of the prison or institution to which they have been appointed.

142. They must during the probationary period and before their appointment is confirmed pass an examination to the satisfaction of the Permanent Head of the Prisons Department in the following subjects:—

(a.) Duties of a Warder, Prisons Acts, Rules and Regulations, General Orders.

(b.) Such school subjects as may be prescribed from time to time by the Permanent Head, provided that a Fifth Standard examination certificate or its equivalent may be accepted in lieu of a set examination in such subjects.

143. Before being granted a full pass in their examination they must receive a satisfactory report as to conduct, character, and general fitness for the Prison service from the Gaoler or Officer in Charge of the prison or institution to which they are attached.

144. Before promotion to the rank of Principal Warder all Warders must pass an examination in the following subjects, viz.:—

(a.) Criminology and Penology.

(b.) Prison book-keeping, writing of reports, the Prisons Acts and Regulations, and all other Acts and regulations bearing upon the treatment of prisoners while in confinement or after release on probation; the General Orders, duties of posts, military and physical drill (if deemed necessary).

(c.) Such other subjects as may be prescribed by the Permanent Head from time to time; provided that a Fifth Standard certificate may be accepted as a satisfactory equivalent for any examination that may be set in school subjects.

145. Unless with the special authority of the Permanent Head no Warder of less than four years’ service shall be permitted to sit for the Principal Warders’ examination, and no officer shall be eligible for promotion to Principal Warder’s rank unless he has a good record for conduct and has satisfied the Permanent Head as to his fitness for higher rank in the Prison service.

146. Only Principal Warders who show conspicuous ability in the management of prisons, in the enforcement of discipline among officers and prisoners, and who are zealous and diligent in the performance of their duties shall be eligible for promotion to the rank of Chief Warder.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Member of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Amendment of the Regulations under the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, relating to the Export of Honey from New Zealand.—Notice No. 1939.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, regulations were made relating to the export of honey from New Zealand:

And whereas by the said regulations the export of honey is permitted only from certain specified ports, and certain stores are appointed grading-stores for honey at the places indicated therein:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to appoint a store at Wellington to be a grading-store for honey in lieu of the store at that port appointed a grading-store under the said regulations:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Apiaries Amendment Act, 1913, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive