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60. Officers or Warders going on leave of absence will state the time at which they leave the prison, and when they return to duty report themselves for that purpose to the officer immediately in authority over them.

61. All Officers and Warders to be dressed in uniform to be sworn in as constables on appointment, and to be subject to such penalties and punishments by stoppage of pay and allowances for any dereliction of duty or misconduct as His Honor the Superintendent may think meet to authorise.

62. All officers and warders must attend Divine Service with the prisoners, or when prayers are read. They will also be required to attend school with the prisoners in turn.

63. The use of tobacco or spirits is prohibited within the Prison, and any Officer or Warder seen intoxicated will be severely punished.

64. In every case of emergency the Officers of the Establishment will promptly report the circumstances to the Gaoler, and in the event of its transpiring that any Officer has allowed any irregularity to pass unreported, his neglect will be brought under the notice of His Honor the Superintendent.

65. No male Officer or Warder will be permitted to be within the precincts of the female division of the gaol except on duty, and in all cases they must be attended by the Matron or a female Officer.

66. All applications or representations made to His Honor the Superintendent must be forwarded through the Gaoler, who will accompany them with such observations as may be necessary.

67. The officers will keep watch at night, relieving each other as may be directed by the Gaoler. This is a most important duty, requiring unceasing vigilance, and they should, by visits at irregular hours, observe that order is maintained by the prisoners, and that the Warders are alert on their posts.

68. An Officer’s visiting book will be kept in which they will enter the hours at which they visited the different parts of the Establishment and the posts of the Warders.

69. Officers and warders may be allowed to employ prisoners who are mechanics, on payment to the Government of an amount per diem to be fixed; but they must not be employed for any purpose whatever after the hours of labor are over.

70. Servants will be allowed to Officers and Warders to be selected from the well conducted prisoners serving short sentences.

71. Harsh or irritating language must not be used by any person in authority; calmness and firmness will be found best to ensure obedience. No communication is to be held with the prisoners, excepting such as is indispensably necessary, and on such occasions Officers and Warders should so demean themselves, as on no account to irritate or annoy.

72. A monthly inspection of the prisoners, prison buildings, bedding, stores, &c., will be held by the Visiting Justice and the Medical Officer, and for which the Officers of the Establishment will have everything in readiness.

Visiting Justice

73. It will be the duty of this Officer to visit the Establishment at least twice in each week, on which occasions he will visit and inspect the different divisions, and especially prisoners undergoing sentence to solitary confinement or in separate treatment.

74. He will not, however, be required to interfere with the interior and moral discipline of the establishment, for these the Gaoler is held especially responsible.

75. He will keep a book, to be called “The Visiting Justices Minute-Book,” in which he will record all visits and observances made by him.

76. Should he consider that sufficient attention is not paid to the cleanliness, ventilation, or order of the prison he will be required to report accordingly to His Honor the Superintendent.

77. He will cause a correct report of the trial and punishment of offenders brought before him to be kept.

78. He will make a quarterly report to His Honor the Superintendent on the state of the Establishment as it falls under his observation, together with any suggestions he may offer as to the discipline enforced therein, inspecting it for this purpose with the Medical Officer.

79. Where the prisoners are employed without the precincts of the Establishment, he will visit them occasionally at uncertain hours and see that they are properly employed, any observations thereon to be noted in “The Visiting Justices Minute-Book.”

Chaplain

80. Clergymen of all denominations will be allowed to visit the prisoners at such hours as, after conference with the Gaoler, may be found convenient, so as not unnecessarily to interfere with the hours of labor.

81. They may, if they wish, see any of the prisoners under their charge, in private.

82. They will record their visits in the Visiting Book.

Medical Officer

83. He will visit the Establishment not less than twice in each week, and if possible at a fixed hour, and will at these visits report to the Gaoler the case of any prisoner requiring an alteration of diet. He will also when necessary direct their removal to the Hospital Ward.

84. He will on these visits specially inspect the prisoners in solitary or separate confinement.

85. He will make a monthly inspection in company with one of the Visiting Justices, and the Gaoler of the whole Establishment, and will report thereon for the information of His Honor the Superintendent.

86. He will enter his visits in a book to be kept for the purpose, with any observations which may occur to him in the performance of his duty.

87. He will also enter in the English language, in a Register to be kept for that purpose, an account of the state of the sick, the names of their diseases, a description of the medicines and their diet, and any other treatment he may order in such case. And no medicines or medical comforts are to be issued without his order or authority.

88. His attention will be directed to the scale of diet, and he will, when necessary, increase or diminish the quantity of food with reference to the bodily health and constitution of the prisoners in separate or solitary confinement, and generally in all cases which require a...