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LONDON:

Printed by Gronoz E. Erux and William SporTIE WOODE,

Printers to the Queen's most Excelent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

REGULATIONS

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GAOL AT HONGKONG.

charge of Governor of

inspection of Justion

His Excellency the

I. The Gool of Hongkong shall be under the immediate Superintendence of the Gaol to be under Governor of the Gaol, who shall be responsible for the proper Conduct thereof. Gaol.

II. The Gaol shall be open to the inspection of any Justice of the Peace, and. To be open the His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong may appoint certain of the Justices whose the Pron. duty it shall be to inspect the Gaol at least once a Week, either singly or otherwise. Governo ay appoint These shall be called Visiting Justices. A Gaol Visitation Book shall be kept in the Vistinguácia, Custody of the Governor of the Gaol, and it shall be the duty of the Visiting Justices to write therein the results of their inspection on each occasion; but the Book shall also be open for the remarks of any Justice visiting the Gaol.

IL This Book shall be forwarded every Monday to the Colonial Secretary, to Gol Vitation Book. be by him laid before his said Excellency, and any Order thereupon that his said Excellency may see fit to give, shall be intimated by the Colonial Secretary to the Governor of the Gaol, whose duty it shall be to see such Order carried out.

IV. The Gaol shall be open at all times to the visits of the Colonial Chaplain and the Colonial Surgeon.

Gaol to be open to Chaplain and Surgeon

prescriba Bowes

V. The Governor of the Gaol shall prescribe the Hours of every Day during Governor of Gani to which the Prisoners shall Work; and may, on the recommendation of the Colonial Work, purchase Books, Chaplain, and with the sanction of the Colonial Secretary, purchase suitable Books &

certain exEK,

for the use of the Prisoners. All improper Books shall be excluded from the Prison. Governor of Gaol VI. Under special circumstances, the Governor of the Gaol may allow & may alter Dies er mas Prisoner Food, Clothing, or other necessaries, besides or in lieu of the Prison allow-pend Regulations in ance, and temporarily suspend any Gaol Regulation in reference to any Prisoner: provided that he record his proccedings therein in a Book to be kept by him, and called the Governor's Book, which Book shall be from time to time submitted to the Colonial Secretary for his said Excellency's information.

VII The Governor of the Gaol may direct any Prisoners under Sentence of Governor of Gaol Transportation, or against whom Sentence of Death may have been recorded, to be my direct that Trans- ported Felons be put kept to Hard Labour as Felons; or if such Prisoner be already at Work, he may is Labour, ka. direct the suspension of his Labour, provided that he record in the Governor's Book his proceedings therein; and he may at his discretion authorize the employment of any Prisoner in the service of the Gaol, but not in its discipline, or in the service of any Officer, or so that such Prisoner shall sleep without the Prison premises.

Governor of Gaol May FEDEDRent Pri-

plying with conditions

VIII. On observing or becoming credibly informed of any extraordinary dili- gence or merit on the part of any Prisoner, the said Governor may record the same soner for Pardes. in the Governor's Book, in order that his said Excellency may consider the propriety of exercising his prerogative of Pardon towards such Prisoner; but if any conditional Priser not com Pardon or Remission of Punishment be granted to and accepted by any Prisoner, and of Pardio. such Prisoner after relcase fail to fulfil the required conditions, the said Governor may convey him together with the original Warrant of Commitment before a Justice of the Peace, who, on being satisfied of the non-compliance with the conditions, shall record a Minute of the same on the back of the Warrant, after which such Warrant shall have the same force as if such Pardon or Remission had not been granted.

Governor of Gost may come Prisoners

IX. The Governor of the Gaol may order any Prisoner to be ironed, or taken out of Irons, for such time as he shall direct, recording the facts in the Governor's to in immed" Book.

X. The Officers of the Gaol shall be,-

The Governor of the Gaol,

1 Warden,

I Matron,

Resident.

2 Turnkeys,

1 Chaplain,

1 Medical Officer,

Such other Officers as his said Excellency may from time to time appoint, and such Constables of the Police Force as may from time to time be appointed to do duty at the Gaol. And the Colonial Chaplain shall be the Chaplain, and the Colonial Šur- geon the Medical Officer, of the Gaol of Hongkong.

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