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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1877.
REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GAOL
AT VICTORIA.
1. The Gaol at Victoria, Hongkong, shall be under the immediate superintendence of an Officer to be called the Superintendent of the Gaol, who shall be responsible for the proper conduct thereof.
2. The Officers of the Gaol shall be:-
The Superintendent.
1 Warden.
1 Head Turnkey.
1 Clerk.
1 Interpreter and Assistant Clerk.
1 Matron.
Chaplain.
1 Medical Officer.
And such other Turnkeys and Guards as His Excellency may, from time to time, appoint.
3. The Superintendent, the Warden, the Matron, and the Head and Assistant Turnkeys shall reside within the precincts of the Gaol.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GAOL.
4. The Superintendent of the Gaol shall reside in the house allotted to him, and shall not be absent from the Gaol for a night without permission in writing from the Colonial Secretary, or His Excellency the Governor.
5. He shall not be concerned in any other employment, whether official or otherwise.
6. He shall be responsible that all the rules of the Gaol are duly observed.
7. He may suspend any subordinate Officer from duty, or exclude him from the Gaol, or put him in irons for gross misconduct, and shall have the power to punish any Officer (except the Warden) for misconduct, or neglect, or breach of duty, by a fine, such fine not to exceed ten dollars.
Subordinate Officers may also be punished for misconduct, &c., by being reduced to a lower rank and pay, or to a lower place of the same rank according to circumstances.
8. In case of any such exercise of authority, the Superintendent shall record the same in the Daily Occurrence Book and Fine Book, and report to His Excellency the Governor, or the Colonial Secretary without delay.
9. All fines and other punishments are to be entered in the "Officers' Character Roll." Fines after being collected may be applied by the Superintendent for such purposes as may be approved of by His Excellency the Governor.
10. Subordinate Officers whose services are discontinued (except such as are temporarily engaged, or who have not completed their probation, or shall be dismissed for misconduct) shall be entitled to a month's notice, or a month's pay. Officers whose probation is not completed, are entitled only to a week's notice, or a week's pay.
11. All Officers of the Gaol to be treated when sick by the Colonial Surgeon, and be admissible to the Govern- ment Hospital, at the same charges as Police. Sick leave may be granted by the Superintendent for one week; if longer leave is required, it must be granted by authority of the Governor.
12. He shall frequently test the quantity and quality of the rations supplied to the prisoners, and should any deficiency in either be discovered, make an entry in the Daily Occurrence Book, call on the Contractor to make good the same in accordance with the terms of the Contract for supplying the Gaol, and report the same without delay to the Colonial Secretary, or His Excellency the Governor.
13. He shall immediately investigate any complaint made by a prisoner as to the quantity or quality of any article of food distributed to him, and may cause the same to be tested, or weighed, or measured, unless it appear to him, that such complaint is vexatiously made, when he may refuse to do so, and such complaint and refusal shall be entered by him in the journal.
14. The said Superintendent shall personally inspect every ward, cell, yard, division, or part of the Gaol, and see every prisoner at least once in cach 24 hours, and in default of such daily visits and inspections, shall state in his journal how far he has omitted them, and the cause of such omission.
15. When visiting the female prisoners, he shall be accompanied by the Matron or female Warder.
16. He shall, without delay, call the attention of the Chaplain or Medical Officer to any prisoner whose state of mind or body may appear to require their assistance, and he may, until further orders, change any treatment (not strictly medical) appearing to affect any prisoner injuriously.
17. He shall deliver daily to the Medical Officer, a list of prisoners in solitary confinement, of the sick, and of such as may have complained of sickness, sores, or any other ailment without any exception, whether he thinks such complaint groundless or not, and also a list of prisoners who have recently suffered, or arc about to suffer corporal punishment, or solitary confinement, or confinement in a dark cell.
18. He shall give immediate notice of the death of any prisoner to the Medical Officer, and to the Coroner, and when practicable to the relations and friends of the deceased. A Coroner's Inquest shall be held upon all prisoners dying in the Gaol, whether the Medical Officer certify the cause of death or not.
19. He shall take every precaution to prevent fire, or the cscape of prisoners, and shall cause all the wards, cells. bolts, bars, and locks of the Gaol, and the irons of the prisoners, to be thoroughly examined daily,