THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1885.
HARD LABOUR PRISONERS. 269.-Every Male prisoner of seventeen years of age and upwards whose sentence is three months Hard Labour and under, but more than fourteen days, shall pass the whole of his impri- sonment at No. 1 Penal Labour.
270.-Every Male prisoner of seventeen years of age and upwards sentenced to Hard Labour, who shall conduct himself fairly well during the time he is at No. 1 Penal Labour, shall, at the end of three months, be placed at No. 2 Industrial Hard Labour.
271. Every Male prisoner under the age of seventeen years sentenced to Hard Labour shall be kept for the first three months of his sentence at No. 2 Hard Labour.
272.-When a prisoner sentenced to Hard Labour has been three months at No. 2 Industrial Hard Labour, he shall, if his conduct has been good, be placed at No. 3 Industrial Light Labour.
273. All Hard Labour prisoners who shall be excused by the Surgeon will be employed at either Industrial Hard or Light Labour as he may direct.
274.-European prisoners will not be employed at Stone carrying, but will perform the combi- nation of Shot drill and Oakum picking instead. 275.-If a Male prisoner shall misconduct himself, the Superintendent may either keep him at No. 1 Penal Labour for any extra term not exceeding three months at any one time. or he send him back from the second class or
may third class for the same term.
276.--The hours of labour will not be less than six or more than ten daily, exclusive of meals.
277. No work shall be done beyond what is necessary on Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, or Chinese New Year's Day.
278.-Jewish prisoners shall not be compelled to work on Saturdays if they claim exemption. but shall be kept in separate confinement on that day and Sunday. They may also keep such other festival days as may be from time to time allowed by the Governor.
279.--Indian prisoners are not to be put to any labour which may really cause them loss of castę.
Sell-
280.--Convicted criminal prisoners not tenced to Hard Labour will be employed at No. 3 Light Labour.
RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PRISONERS
ON PUBLIC WORKS.
PRISONERS.
281.-The Prisoners shall be divided in: parties not exceeding sixteen men, and each party shall be known by a number.
282.-Each party shall be under the charg an Assistant Turnkey armed with a short sword for his defence, who shall have the numbe
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of his party on a badge affixed to his left arm; and the whole of the parties shall be under the charge of a Head Turnkey armed with sword and revolver, who shall be assisted by a Turnkey arined in the same manner.
283.-The prisoners will work in coupling chains of about twelve feet long, fastened by means of anklets and padlocks.
284.-If the work is near the Gaol, the pri- soners shall be marched in to their mid-day meal at noon, but if at too great a distance from the Gaol, the meal will be sent to them.
285.-The prisoners will breakfast at about 6.20 A.M., and leave the Gaol for their work at about 7 A.M., rest one hour for their mid-day meal from 12 to 1, and knock off work in the afternoon so as to reach the Gaol at 5 P.M. (nine hours daily, including marching in and out.) 286.-On Saturdays the prisoners will work until noon.
287.-Their mid-day meal will consist of 11⁄2 pint of rice congee thickened with cheap meat.
288.-No prisoner with a longer sentence than eight years shall be sent out to work until he has served one third of such sentence, and no prisoner shall be sent out until he has completed either six months Penal Labour, (shot drill and stone carrying, crank, &c.,) in the Gaol, or six months Separate Confinement.
OFFICERS.
289.—In addition to the Head Turnkey in charge of the prisoners, the Turnkey to assist him, anithe Assistant Turnkeys in direct charge of the
three or four Sikh Guards shall be posted in e tespinous positions round the works, armed with adel rites, to prevent escapes.
200-The Head Turnkey will be continually on the best during the day, repeatedly visiting they und in his charge, and ascertaining that or otherwise. He will take discreet prevent the escape of prisoners, and irrompre if they are successful in I will carefully poliserve the officers and report weekly to the ott Gad on their efficiency of their parties. He will tuber of parties, number of
of the officers under his of the district where ription of labour. He will Surveyor General for all the prisoners. He shall on no
leiter near the prisoners verse with the officers.
dl consider himself to of the Head Turnkey, the performance of his aban continually among a watchful eye on both When needed he shall 4 parties, and shall at such
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