Enclosure 1.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 440.
C. O.
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REC
(REC' 29 DEC 91
The Governor in Council is pleased to repeal all rules and regulations heretofore made or continued under The Prison Ordinance, 1885, and the following regulations are made and published in lieu thereof.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th October, 1891.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
For the Management of the Prison at Victoria, Hongkong, and for the Guidance of its Officers; made by the Governor in Executive Council, ander Section 17 of "The Prison Ordinance, 1885," this 22nd day of October, 1891.
1. The officers of the Prison shall be-One Superintendent, one Surgeon, and such Chaplains and such subordinate officers as the Governor way from time to time appoint. The Superin- tendent shall reside in the prison.
2. The Superintendent may punish any sub- ordinate officer for misconduct, or neglect or breach of duty, by a fine not to exceed Ten Dollars, or by degradation to a lower rank and pay. He shall enter any such exercise of author- ity in his Journal, and also in the Officers' Mis- sondret Book, and report the same without delay to the Governor. He may apply all Fines to the general good of the officers in such manner as may be approved by the Governor.
3. The Superintendent inay not grant more than one week's vacation or sick leave without authority from the Governor,
4. The Superintendent shall frequently test the quality and quantity of the rations supplied to the prisoners, and should the quality be found to be bad or the quantity deficient, he shall note the same in his Journal, call on the Contractor to make it good, and, if he consider it necessary, report the same to the Governor.
5. The Superintendent shall from time to time visit the prisoners at their meals, and shall enquire into any complaint that may be made to him regarding their food,
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6. The Superintendent shall use his discre- fion in bringing to the notice of the Governor the case of any child of tender
years who sentenced to imprisonment, and carry out the Governor's instructions concerning such child.
7. The Superintendent shall use his best en- deavours to assist in the identification of prisoners, and with that object shall furnish to the Police any information in his power.
8. The Superintendent shall, when present, invariably accompany the Visiting Justices in their visits of inspection to the prison, shall inform them of any prisoner who wishes to see them, and shall otherwise assist them so far as he is
able. During the inspection of the Prison either by Visiting Justices, or by the Governor or any other officer of rank, the prisoners should not be taken off their usual work or ordered to stand at attention. Every facility, however, must be given to those who. wish to communicate with the officers inspecting, and the Superintendent shall see that due opportunities are provided.
that 9. The Superintendent shall take care, the Notice Board required by The Prison Ordi- nance, 1885, section 13, to be placed in some con- spicuous place outside the prison, cautiouing persons against bringing spirits, opium, tobacco, money, letters, or other prohibited articles into the prison, is duly maintained.
10. The Superintendent shall, with the Warden, enforce the highest possible degree of cleanliness in every part of the prison, in the persons of the prisoners, their clothes and bedding, and see that the bedding and clothing are all in proper repair.
11. The Superintendent shall deliver daily to the Surgeon a list of prisoners in Solitary Confinement, 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; also a list of prisoners who have recently suffered, or are about to suffer, corporal punishment, or solitary confinement; and shall call his attention to any case of insanity or apparent insanity occurring among the prisoners.
12. The Superintendent shall take every pre- caution to prevent fire, or the escape of prisoners; and shall cause all the wards, cells, bolts, bars, and locks of the Gaol to be thoroughly examined daily,
13. The Superintendent shall cause to be fully explained to every officer his general duties, and especially those required of him in case of fire, or in case of any attempt to escape made by either a single prisoner, or several in concert.
and 14. The Superintendent shall take proper discreet means to ascertain that no visitors to prisoners bring into the Prison anything not per-