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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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| PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

Prostatensaften. Any Prisoner untried or confined for Debt, or on Civil Process, may in kay me 1001 ronkord for day of Twenty-four Hours, receive from a friend or servant, at proper houry a run. Debi, &

soimhle quantity of cocked provitions, and not exceeding one guart of malt liquor, or at his option one pint of wine, and any linen, bedding, clothing, or other arcus- saries, subject to strict search, and under such Regulations na the Sheriff may think expedient, and the Ganier may at the request of the Prisoner pay for such Articles out of any Aluney he may hare’belonging to the Prisoner; but if any part of such Articles be transferred to another Prisoner, the Gauler may prohibit their further receipt, and place the Prisoner on Gnol allowance, pending the urders of the Sheriff, recording the facts in hie Journal.~On any day that the Prisoner reocire such Ar- ticles of food, he shall not receive the Gaol allowance. No fermented or spiritunna Liquor shall with these exceptions be used by any Person whatever, unless by order of the Medical Officer, and in such quantity ne he may prescribe.

Time for Mcals.

Description

SODEX

of

Every Prisoner shall be allowed half an hour for the consumpting of each Meal, and shall not be set to work until the expiration of the quarter of an hour immediately succeeding such half hour.

Every convicted Prisoner, and every Prisoner confined for a breach of the Nevenue Labour for Tri- 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 bir natural abili- ties or previous habits shall appear must profituble, and every Curricted Felon shall also be compellable to Labour in irous without the Gail promises, 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 Werk in the same manier as Con- ricted Prisoners not Felons. And after the close of the Month of December, in excha Year, the Gnoler shall furnish the Sheriff with such particulars ns shall enable the Sheriff to make out an acconat of the proft and loss of Gaul for the preceding Year, and such account shall be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for the information of the Governor.

Koi to work on Sanday.

Prisoners under

No Work shall be done in the Gaol 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 Sentence of Death, the Gaol, apart from all other Prisoners, and shall be allowed such a dietary as the 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.

Matron's Duties.

Chaplain's

sies.

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Duties of Medi- eal Officer.

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 he under the orders of the Gaoler, and conform to all the rules laid down for the Gauler, so far as they are applicable to Female Prisoners. She shall be present at the distribution of food to Female Pri- Foters 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 Mate Person or any other Pri- soner, and shall deliver to the Guoler 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.

The Chaplain simull rend prayers with the Prisoners, and read or preach to them a discourse, and perform all other Offices of religion as often as he may see it, and and shall visit each Prisoner, in such Prisoner's Cell as often as he may see fit. He shall 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 Guoler and if necessary the Sheriff, whenever he may obserre the mind of a Prisoner likely to be injuriously affected by the treatment ruch Prísuzer may be then receiving. He shall record in the Visiting Book all observations made by him in the performance of his duty, appearing to his important.

The Medical Officer shall visit the Gaul 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, nil alterations in the Diet of Prisoners not removed to the lufirmary, 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, unting the name of the patient, mature 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 whoas state of mind shall appear to demand the Chaplain's case.

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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Prienner himself desire to be discharged. Na porpori Punishment exceeding sin atrokes slinli be indicted without the previous inspection of the Colaoint Surgeon, many appoint a substitute to attend the Qual during his unavoidatda shorenet. He shall deliver to the Colonial Povratney, as soon sa poesible after the close of the Mouth of December in ench Year, a rep at in wilting in which slidl be detailed the number of sick among the Prisoners iutlug the Your Immediately preceding, the Mortality, the anmutory condition of the Usil, what disen-es have been most prava. lent, whether any part of the sickness may be resoushly xttributed to defect in the construction, or maungement of the Guil, what sanatory precautions he may derm it necessary to add to those then in furce, and such other inatters as to hitn may seem

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Every Non-resident Oficer of the Gaol, excepting the Colonial Sorgeon, every Visiting Justice, and every Justice of the Pence un euch utensku of his visiting the Gnol for the purposes of these Regulations, shall write his name, and the date of the visit in the Gnol Visitation Book.

The following is the prescribed allowance of food and necessaries for Prisoners :—

-1. For Chinese and Persons occustomed to Chinese Diet.

Rice,

Salt or Fresh Firb, Vegetables, in lieu of Fish....

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2 taels,

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...8 J

2. For all other Prisoners.

Beef or Pork.... Bread.... Vegetables,

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T'ex, Sugar,

Salt,

Soap,...

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the Sheriff,

3. For all Prisoners.

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■ Month, 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 sauction of the Governor.

S. G. BONHAM.

Victoria, Hongkong, 16th August, 1853.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 20th Day of September, 1853.

L. D'ALMADA x Castro,

Clerk of Councils.

Scale of Dirt for

Prisoners

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