Provisions of Per-
Any Prisoner untried or confined for Debt, or on Civil Process, may in any one sons confined for day of Twenty-four Hours, receive from a friend or servant, at proper hours a rea- Debt, &c. sonable quantity of cooked provisions, and not exceeding one quart of malt liquor, or at his option one pint of wine, and any linen, bedding, clothing, or other neces- saries, subject to strict search, and under such Regulations as the Sheriff may think expedient, and the Gaoler may at the request of the Prisoner pay for such Articles out of any Money he may have belonging to the Prisoner; but if any part of such Articles he transferred to another Prisoner, the Gaoler may prohibit their further receipt, and place the Prisoner on Gaol allowance, pending the orders of the Sheriff, spirituous recording the facts in his Journal.-On any day that the Prisoner receive such Ar- ticles of food, he shall not receive the Gaol allowance. No fermented or Liquor shall with these exceptions be used by any Person whatever, unless by order of the Medical Officer, and in such quantity as he may prescribe.
Time for Meals.
Description of Labour for
soners.
Every Prisoner shall be allowed half an hour for the consumption of each Mcal, and shall not be set to work until the expiration of the quarter of an hour immediately succceding such half hour.
Every convicted Prisoner, and every Prisoner confined for a breach of the Revenue Pri- Laws, or for want of Sureties shall Labour to the utmost of his ability within the Prison premises, and shall be set to that kind of Labour which from his natural abili- ties or previous habits shall appear most profitable, and every Convicted Felon shall also be compellable to Labour in irous without the Gaol premises, unless in either case it be otherwise ordered in the Warrant of Commitment or by the Sheriff. Every Prisoner untried or confined for Debt or on Civil Process, shall, at his own request, and for so long only as he shall desire, be set to Work in the same manner as Con- victed Prisoners not Felons. And after the close of the Month of December, in each Year, the Gaoler shall furnish the Sheriff with such particulars as shall enable the Sheriff to make out an account of the profit and loss of Gaol for the preceding Year, and such account shall be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for the information of the Governor.
Not to work on Sunday,
No Work shall be done in the Gaul on Sunday, and no Prisoner being a Jew shall be compelled to Labour on his Sabbath.
Every Prisoner condemned to Death shall be confined in some safe place within Prisoners under Sentence of Death. the Gaol, apart from all other Prisoners, and shall be allowed such a dietary as the
Matron's Duties.
Chaplain's Du
ties.
Sheriff with the approval of the Colonial Surgeon may direct, and no Person other than an Officer of the Gaol shall be allowed to visit him, unless by order in writing from the Sheriff.
No dogs, (except for security), nor any poultry, pigeons, rabbits or other animals shall be kept within the Prison premises.
The Matron shall reside in the Gaol and be under the orders of the Gaoler, and conform to all the rules laid down for the Gaoler, so far as they are applicable to Female Prisoners. She shall be present at the distribution of food to Female Pri- soners and see every such Prisoner once in each 24 hours; she shall not absent herself from the Gaol for a night without the permission of the Sheriff. She shall take care that no Male Officer of the Prison unaccompanied by herself, enter a Cell or Room occupied by a Female Prisoner; she shall search every Female Prisoner on admission, and as often as necessary, but not in presence of any Male Person or any other Pri- soner, and shall deliver to the Gaoler all property found in possession of any such Prisoner. But in case of necessity, the Matron may delegate her duty to the wife of an Officer of the Gaol, or some other married woman.
Datics of Medi-
cal Officer.
The Chaplain shall read prayers with the Prisoners, and read or preach to them a He shall discourse, and perform all other Offices of religion as often as he may see fit, and and shall visit each Prisoner, in such Prisoner's Cell as often as he may see fit. attend at all reasonable times when a Prisoner or sick Person may require his services. He shall specially tender his assistance to all Prisoners under Sentence of Death, or charged with Offences punishable with Death.
He shall inform the Gaoler and if necessary the Sheriff, whenever he may observe the mind of a Prisoner likely to be injuriously affected by the treatment such Prisoner may be then receiving. He shall record in the Visiting Book all observations made by him in the performance of his duty, appearing to him important.
The Medical Officer shall visit the Gaol at least once in each day, when his other duties permit him, and enter in the Visiting Book all observations or occurrences in the performance of his duty that he may deem important, all alterations in the Diet of Prisoners not removed to the Infirmary, any want of cleanliness, drainage, warmth or ventilation, or any insufficiency or bad quality of the bedding, clothing, provisions
or water.
He shall also keep a short daily record of the case of every sick Prisoner, noting the name of the patient, nature of the disease, and treatment pursued. No Medicine shall be administered without his order. He shall regulate the hours of exercise for the sick Prisoners. He shall direct the purchase of such additional articles as he may deem necessary to the health of any Prisoner, recording in the Visiting Book the fact, and his reasons. He shall bring to the notice of the Chaplain every Prisoner whose state of mind shall appear to demand the Chaplain's care.
If he considers to be unsafe the discharge from Gaol of any Prisoner suffering from acute disease, he shall delay such discharge as long as he may deem expedient, not- withstanding that the term of such Prisoner's confinement have expired, unless the
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Prisoner himself desire to be discharged. No corporal Punishment exceeding six strokes shall be inflicted without the previous inspection of the Colonial Surgeon.
He may appoint a substitute to attend the Gaol during his unavoidable alisence.
He shail deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as possible after the close of the Month of December in each Year, a report in writing in which shall be detailed the number of sick among the Prisoners during the Year immediately preceding, the Mortality, the sanatory condition of the Gaol, what diseases have been most preva- lent, whether any part of the sickness may be reasonably attributed to defect in the construction, or management of the Gaol, what sanatory precautions he may deem it necessary to add to those then in force, and such other matters as to him may seem
Every Non-resident Officer of the Gaol, excepting the Colonial Surgeon, every Visiting Justice, and every Justice of the Peace on each occasion of his visiting the Gaol for the purposes of these Regulations, shall write his name, and the date of the visit in the Gaol Visitation Book.
fit.
The following is the prescribed allowance of food and necessaries for Prisoners:-
1. For Chinese and Persons accustomed to Chinese Diet.
Beef or Pork,... Bread,... Vegetables,
Rice.
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...1 catty.
Salt or Fresh Fish,
2 taels. >a Man a Day.
Vegetables, in lieu of Fish,...
...8
2. For all other Prisoners.
lib, 1
a Man a Day.
At the option of
...3
the Sheriff.
3. For all Prisoners.
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joz. B.
a Man a Day.
a
a Month.
Tea. Sugar,
Salt, Soap,...
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Water as much as needed, or as much as can be used without waste, not exceeding
the prescribed allowance, but this dietary may be altered from time to time by the Colonial Surgeon with the sanction of the Governor.
Victoria, Hongkong, 16th August, 1853.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong. this 20th Day of September, 1853.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
S. G. BONHAM.
Idi Ahmada e
Scale of Diet for Prisoners.
Click of Transils.
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