THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1890.
120.-The Superintendent shall place at the disposal of the Surgeon well conducted prisoners, who can safely be entrusted with the duty of attending upon the sick, not exceeding in number one to every ten patients.
121.- The Surgeon shall report to the Superin- tendent any irregularity in the Gaol Hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any diffi- culty or obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
122. The Surgeon is to examine all candi- dates for employment as subordinate officers or servants of the Gaol, and report whether they possess the necessary qualifications as to health and strength.
123. The Surgeon shall take care that all medicines and stimulants are properly locked up, and are not accessible to any prisoner; and when there is no paid dispenser, he shall issue day by day to the Hospital Warder all medicines and stimulants to be administered in his absence.
124. The Surgeon's Journal shall be laid before the Governor at least once in each quarter of the and he shall report at the same time
year, on the condition of the prison and the health of the prisoners and officers recording any want of cleanliness, proper drainage, warmth, ventilation, or any insufficiency or bad quality of bedding, clothing, provisions or water.
125.-The Surgeon shall deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as possible after the close of December in each year, a report in which shall be detailed the number of sick among the prisoners during the year just closed, the mortality, the sanitary condition of the Gaol, and what diseases have been most prevalent therein. He shall point out any defects in the construc- tion or management of the Gaol to which such sickness may be attributed, and also what precau- tions should be taken to prevent the same.
THE CHAPLAINS.
126. The Chaplains shall conduct Divine Service with the prisoners of their respective religions at least once on Sundays, and perform such other offices as they may think fit, and may visit each of such prisoners in his or her cell as often as they may think fit at reasonable times. To sick, dying, or condemned prisoners they shall have access at any time.
127. The same privileges shall be allowed to every recognised minister in respect of the pri- soners of his own religion.
128.--The Chaplains shall inform the Superin- tendent whenever they may observe the mind of any prisoner to be liable to be injuriously affected by any punishment awarded.
129No prisoner shall be obliged to attend
service to which he may object on religious any grounds, unless in the opinion of the Superin- tendent such objection is frivolous and vexatious.
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130.-The Chaplains shall record their visits in the Visitors' Book, and shall notify the times of the celebration of the Holy Communion. Prisoners desiring to communicate must signify their wish to them before the time appointed.
131. The Chaplains shall, in carrying out their duties, be careful not to interfere with the established rules and regulations of the Prison, or the routine of discipline and labour.
132. The Chaplains shall confer with the Superintendent on all points connected with their duty, and they shall co-operate with him, and with the other Officials of the Prison, in promoting the good order of the establishment, so far as concerns the duties of their office.
133.-The Chaplains shall once a year present to the Governor a report of such points connected with their department as they may think it desirable to bring before him.
134 A Library shall be provided for the prisoners, consisting of such books as may from time to time be approved of by the Chaplains and sanctioned by the Governor.
THE VISITING JUSTICES.
135.-The Gaol shall be open to all Justices of the Peace.
136.--Two Visiting Justices (one official and one non-official) shall, in company if possible, visit the Gaol at least once a week, and on other days when their presence may be required.
137. The Visiting Justices shall inspect the Prison and prisoners, and hear any complaints which may be made to them by the prisoners, and shall report on any abuses within the Prison, or any repairs which may be required; state- ments as to which they shall enter in the Visiting Justices' Book, with any suggestions or remarks they may wish to bring to the notice of His Excellency the Governor as to the state and discipline of the Gaol. They shall pay special attention to prisoners in Hospital and Solitary Confinement.
138.-If the Superintendent shall represent to them that he has, in case of urgent necessity, put a prisoner in irons, or under mechanical restraint, and that it is necessary that such prisoner should be kept in irons, or under mechanical restraint for more than twenty-four hours, the Visiting Justices may authorise such detention by order in writing, which shall specify the cause thereof, and the time during which the prisoner is to be kept in irons, or under mechan- ical restraint.
139. The Visiting Justices shall inspect the Diet of the prisoners, and if they shall find that the quality of any article does not fulfil the termns of the contract they shall note the fact in their book.
140.-The Visiting Justices shall also dis- charge such other duties as are assigned to them in the Special Rules for Special Classes of Prisoners, and in the General Rules.