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exceeding 48 hours; or if a hard labour
man, may stop the extra ration of meat.
63. Gaoler to see that rations are distri-
buted according to scale; and that all
food is locked up beyond the access of
prisoners.
64. No officer or servant shall sit as a
Juror on any inquest held on the body of
any person who has died in the prison.
65. No officer or servant shall strike or
ill use a prisoner.
66. All officers and servants, not on
night duty, shall retire to bed at 10 p.m.
67. No officer or servant shall receive
visitors within the Gaol.
68. No officer or servant shall have any
pecuniary dealings or transactions with
any prisoner.
69. No officer shall keep any animal (a
yard dog excepted) within the Gaol pre-
cincts.
70. No officer or servant shall receive
either directly or indirectly, any sum or
gratuity from any Government Contractor,
or from any visitor to the Gaol.
71. No officer or servant shall use to-
bacco or spirits within the Gaol; and any
officer or servant seen in the least degree
intoxicated, or seen gambling, shall be im-
mediately dismissed.
72. No officer or servant shall make
use of improper language.
73. An officer of the Gaol shall always
attend on any visiting clergyman or magis-
trate inspecting the Prison.
74. The officer on duty with hard la-
bour men shall see that such prisoners,
during their work, be supplied with pure
water for drinking, and shall not allow a
prisoner to leave his sight on any account
whatever, and also shall see that the tools
in use are correctly delivered over to the
Chief Constable\'s department.
75. The officer on duty with hard labour
men to prevent passers by from talking to
the prisoners.

Visiting Days.

76. No person shall be allowed to visit
    any prisoner but in the presence of an of-
    ficer of the Gaol; no visit shall exceed
    20 minutes; and every visitor must have
    obtained an authority from the Superin-
    tendent\'s office, or from a visiting justice.
77. The friends of any unconvicted
    prisoner shall be permitted to visit such
    prisoner on Saturdays, between the hours
    of 12 and 2, upon application to the Gaoler,
    and at no other time whatever.
78. Any unconvicted prisoner may have
    private interviews with his legal adviser
    any day of the week (Sunday excepted),
    between 10 and 4.
79. All letters and communications (ex-
    cept as hereafter specified) intended for
    any prisoner must be addressed unsealed
    to the care and pass through the hands of
    the Gaoler, who is at liberty to open such
    letters and communications.
80. All letters and communications from
    the legal adviser of any prisoner shall be
    delivered sealed; provided such letters or
    communications be superscribed by such
    legal adviser.
81. Any prisoner may, at the discretion
    of the Gaoler, write to his or her friends
    or relations, provided that all such letters
    be inspected by the Gaoler.

Visiting Justices.

82. At each visit the Visiting Justices
    shall inspect the different classes of of-
    fenders, the yards, solitary cells, and every
    other division or department of the prison.
83. They shall enquire of prisoners
    whether they have any complaints or ap-
    plications of any kind to make.
84. They shall inspect the Books, Re-
    ports, and Journals, &c., and shall sign
    their initials at the last entry made on the
    day of visitation up to that occurrence.
85. They shall report any circumstances
    or occurrences of importance to the Su-
    perintendent.
86. They shall report refractory offenders
    and may order any such prisoners to be
    confined in a solitary cell on Bread and
    Water for any term not exceeding seven
    days, and in urgent cases may order the
    use of irons.
87. They shall report quarterly what is
    the state of the buildings, if requiring re-
    pairs, or if any repairs lately done, also
    any abuses which may have been heard of,
    or observed, connected with the Prison.
88. They shall also report what has
    been the general state of the prisoners as
    to morals, discipline, and observance of
    the rules.
89. They shall visit weekly in turn,
    but the monthly visit shall be from three
    Magistrates.

Sickness.

90. Any prisoner in ill health to be
    entirely under the superintendence of the
    Medical Officer and to be confined in a
    separate cell.
91. All prisoners in ill health to be most
    particular in obeying all instructions re-
    ceived from the Medical Officer, and the
    Gaoler shall see to this rule being en-
    forced.

Rations.

92. All rations to be according to the
    following scale, as at present :—
    No. 1 scale is for lock-up and re-
    fractory prisoners.
    No. 2 scale is the ordinary ration for
    all prisoners.
    No. 3 is to be used only under the
    special order of the Superinten-
    dent, Visiting Magistrates, or
    Medical Officer.

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