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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH NOVERBER, 1892.
Golf (01, 02, &c.),.
Football and Hockey Clubs (D & C),...........
Polo (D, C & B),....
Police (C) Football,
Police (E) Cricket,
Naval and Military (A) Cricket,
Naval and Military (B) Football, Royal Engineers (F),
Public for general use,
SCHEDULE.
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
.Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. .Mondays and Fridays.
....Wednesdays.
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. .Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. .The remainder of the area inside the Training Course.
Note.-(A, &c.) refer to the plan deposited with the Custodian.
Areas marked (A) (E) (F) (01, &c.) are only to be used for Cricket and Golf.
A priority of right is reserved to the Military and Naval Authorities to use the whole of the ground for Military and Naval exercises on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on each week up to 1 o'clock P.M., when required.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 7th November, 1892.
F. H. MAY, Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 452.
The following Rules, made by the Governor in Council for the Mark System in Victoria Gaol, are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th Nóvember, 1892.
RULES
for the Mark System in the Victoria Gaol, made by the Governor in Council on the 7th day of November, 1892, under the provisions
of
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The Prison Ordinance, 1885.”
The Rules and Regulations numbered 310 to 322 (inclusive) made by the Governor in Council on the 22nd day of October, 1891, under The Prison' Ordinance, 1885, are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not take effect until the 7th day of November, 1892, and all prisoners, who on that date have earned marks under the Rules and Regulations hereby repealed, shall be allowed the total remission earned by them up to such date and thereafter the marks to be earned by them shall be calculated under the rules following:-
1. Every prisoner under a first sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for two years or upwards may earn remission of sentence by industry accompanied by good conduct.
2. The maximum remission obtainable by male prisoners will be one-fourth of the sentence, for female prisoners one-third of the sentence.
3. The amount of remission shall be determined by marks.
4. The mark system shall be carried out as follows:-
(a) Every day of imprisonment shall be represented by six marks in the case of a male prisoner, and by four marks in the case of a female prisoner, irrespective of conduct or industry.
(b) One additional mark shall be given for a fair day's labour; two additional marks for
steady hard work and full performance of the task allotted for the day.
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(c) In order to earn a remission a male prisoner must obtain a number of marks equal to more than six times, and a female prisoner a number equal to more than four times, the number of days of the term of hard labour to which the prisoner is sentenced; thus if only six marks per diem are obtained by a male prisoner or four by a female prisoner, no remission is earned: whereas, if eight marks per diem are obtained by a male prisoner, or six by a female prisoner, and none are forfeited for misconduct, the prisoner earns the full remission, viz.: one-fourth of the sentence in the case of a male, and one-third in the case of a female.