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TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

8. He will be the immediate officer to inspect them; and remark upon any irregularities which may take place in the discipline of the establishment; and also upon all matters of importance connected with the health, discipline, and employment of the prisoners.

9. He will specially report to the Chaplain and Medical Officer the case of any prisoner whose condition, mental or bodily, requires particular attention.

10. He will furnish the Chaplain and Medical Officer with a list of all prisoners who may be undergoing separate treatment, or are in solitary confinement for punishment.

11. He will immediately report the death of any prisoner to the Visiting Justice on duty, and to the Coroner.

12. In case of misconduct on the part of any of the officers, he is empowered to suspend such officer, (who will not, however, be allowed to leave the establishment), and will immediately make a report on the subject, or should the urgency of the case demand such a course, he may apply to the Visiting Justice for advice and assistance.

13. He will keep an order book, in which he will enter such orders as he may from time to time find it necessary to issue.

14. In visiting the female division of the gaol, he will be attended by the Matron or some female officer.

15. He will visit the various messes at meal-time, and see that the food is of a proper quality and properly cooked.

16. He will have the keys of the outer gate delivered to him at 10 p.m. in summer and at 9 p.m. at other seasons, and will ascertain that the officers are all present. He will keep them until 6 a.m. in summer, and until sunrise at other seasons, and will not allow egress or ingress during the night except on special occasion to be noted in his journal.

17. He will as soon as possible after a prisoner is received into the establishment, cause to be entered in the Prison Register, the name of the prisoner, his offence, sentence, personal description, and any particulars he may discover as to his previous history; and every offence the prisoner may commit whilst in custody must also be entered therein.

18. He will be responsible for the correct issue of the stores and provisions, and that no improper appropriation of them by the Storekeeper or any other officer is permitted.

19. Should the Storekeeper at any time report the receipt of an inferior description of rations, the Gaoler will, after due warning to the contractor, call upon the medical officer to inspect them; and should the contractor fail to supply a better quality, the Gaoler will obtain the articles required elsewhere at the contractor’s risk.

20. He will use his best endeavours on all occasions to secure co-operation of the Visiting Justice, the Medical Officer, Chaplain and of all the subordinate officers in the execution of the duties intrusted to them, in order that by their united exertions the service may be performed in the most efficient manner possible.

21. He will make a monthly and half-yearly report of the state of the establishment, and of the conduct of the prisoners under his charge.

22. He will cause the rules of the establishment to be read to the prisoners on entry and as occasion may require.

23. He may inflict summary punishment on any prisoner under penal servitude for minor breaches of discipline, by solitary confinement on bread and water for any period not exceeding three days; and if necessary may place any refractory prisoner, whether under penal servitude or not, in irons, reporting the case immediately to the Visiting Justice.

24. He will cause to be kept such registers, books, &c., and shall furnish such returns as shall be directed by the Superintendent of the Province.

CHIEF WARDER.

26. The Chief Warder is next in rank to the Gaoler, in whose absence he will assume charge of the establishment.

27. He will see the provisions issued daily from the store, and take care that they are of a good and wholesome kind, and according to the contract quality. He will be present at every meal.

28. He will minutely inspect the wards, separate apartment cells, and the establishment generally, daily, frequently at irregular hours, and will pay great attention to ventilation and cleanliness.

29. He will see that the prisoners are shaved twice a week, and that they put on clean shirts; that their hair is cut monthly, and that none of them are permitted to wear whiskers; and that their clothing is at all times clean and in thorough repair. He will also inspect the bedding and men’s utensils weekly.

30. When clothing is to be issued, he will draw the quantity required from the Storekeeper, and will be responsible that it is properly distributed to the prisoners.

31. He will, under the Gaoler, have the management of prisoners undergoing solitary confinement, and will be responsible