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Warden not to be Bailiff, &c.

Books to be kept by Governur.

Bocks in his charge.

Inspection by Jus-

tices.

Entries of Fees and

Fines.

XL No Officer of the Gaol shall be Under-Sheriff, or Bailiff, or concerned in any other occupation, or in any trade; and no such Officer, and no Person in trust for him, shall sell, let, or derive any benefit from the sale or letting, of any Article to any Prisoner, or from any dealing whatsoever with such Prisoner. No such Officer shall let for hire to any Person whatever, any room or portion of the residence allotted to him in or near the Gaol, or any room or ground belonging to the Gaol. No such Officer shall directly or indirectly have any interest in any Contract or Agreement for the supply of the Gaol, or use for himself or his family any Oil, Rations, Food, or other Article whatever supplied for the use of the Gaol, or by or on behalf of any Contractor for the supply of the Gaol.

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Warden's Copy of

Regulation

Sebordination

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Daties of Governor

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As to his Female Prisoners.

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XIL Under the direction of the Governor of the Gaol shall be kept in a clean and intelligible manner the following Books, and he shall be responsible that they be safely preserved, and that they be not subjected to any alteration or erasure :---

Forbearance enjoin-

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1. Fine and Fee Book.

2. Order Book.

3. Journal.

4. Gaol Register.

5. Work Book.

6. Prisoners' Property Book.

7. Gaol Furniture and Stores Book.

8. Provision Book.

9. General Daily Account Book.

XIII. He shall also keep under his charge the Governor's Book, and the Gaol Visitation Book.

XIV. All these Books shall be open to inspection by any Justice of the Peace visiting the Gaol, and calling for the same.

XV. The said Governor shall cause to be entered in the Fine and Fee Book, all Fees taken from time to time by him or any other Officer of the Gaol, specifying the Authority under which each Fee was taken, and all Fines paid by any Prisoner confined in default of payment of such Fine.

XVI. With the approbation of the Governor of the Gaol, the Warden shall appoint an Officer of the Gaol to act as Deputy Warden whenever he shall be unl- avoidably absent, and during such absence the Deputy shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Warden. Before leaving the Gaol the Warden shall personally give over charge to his Deputy.

XVII. The Warden shall be supplied with a Copy of these Regulations. XVIII. The Warden shall consider the Governor of the Gaol his immediate Superior, and shall obey all his orders.

XIX. The Governor of the Gaol shall enforce on all his Subordinates the due execution of their several duties, not permitting them to have any other employment. He shall reside in the house allotted to him for a residence, and shall record all absences at night, and the cause of them, in his Journal. He shall see that no Person other than an Officer of the Gaol, in the discharge of duty as such, without his permission, speak to or hold any intercourse or communication with a Prisoner, and that no Person sleep in the Gaol, other than a Prisoner, an Officer of the Gaol, or one of such Officer's Servants or family.

XX. The said Governor shall see that no one attached to the Gaol visit the Female Prisoners except in company with the Matron.

XXL He shall himself, and shall see that every Officer of the Gaol do in like manner, exercise his Authority with firmness, humanity, and good temper; on no account striking any Prisoner without due Authority.

XXII The said Governor shall enter in the Order Book all orders relating to may suspend his Sub-the Gaol He may suspend any resident Officer of the Gaol disobeying his orders, or otherwise misconducting himself, recording the particulars and reasons in his Journal, and reporting the same without delay to his said Excellency.

ordinates.

Religious liberty to be respected by him.

What to be recorded in Journal.

XXIII The Governor of the Gaol shall not enforce the attendance of any Prisoner at Divine Service whose religious persuasion shall not accord with such Service.

XXIV. The said Governor shall record in his Journal all occurrences affecting the Gaol; particularly such as relate to the Health, Discipline, or Employment of the Prisoners, or the infringement of Gaol Regulations as to punishments; also every change of diet or clothing among the Prisoners; the allowance of extraor dinary indulgence to any Prisoner; any omission to wash the Prisoners; or clean or whitewash the Gaol at the appointed times; every case in which he may have placed in Irons a Prisoner, not a Felon, and the causes thereof; and the several other matters enjoined by these Regulations.

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XXV. The said Governor shall personally inspect every Ward, Cell, Yard, Governor of Gaol Division, or Part of the Gaol, and see every Prisoner at least once în each 24 hours, the Frisen, ke, vecs and in default shall record the omission and the cause thereof in his Journal; and a day at least. he shall at least once a Week at an uncertain hour of the night go through the Gaol, and visit every Person on guard over the same, making an accurate record in his Journal of such visit, the hour thereof, and the state of the Gaol and the Guards.

XXVI. The said Governor shall record in his Journal every complaint made to him by any Prisoner.

Prioners'

plaints.

taken.

XXVII. The said Governor shall take every precaution to prevent Fire, or the Frations to be escape 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; and shall fully explain the duty required of every Officer of the Gaol in case of Fire, or of the attempt of a Prisoner, or of any confederated attempt on the part of any number of Prisoners, to escape.

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XXVIII. He shall cause a Light to be constantly burning throughout the night, Regulation in every Ward or Division of the Gaol in which Prisoners shall be confined, but such Light shall not be placed inside the Cell within reach of the Prisoners; and a Light shall also be placed in each of the sleeping apartments of the Officers of the Gaol not on duty, in order that such Officers may in case of alarm be ready for duty in the shortest possible time.

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XXIX. He shall cause that every Prisoner on admission be placed in a recep- tion Cell, and strictly searched, and that all Knives, Weapons, Instruments, or things sion to be expožel. whatsoever likely to facilitate escape, be taken from such Prisoner; but no such search shall be made in presence of any other Prisoner, nor shall any Female Prisoner be searched except by the Matron of the Gaol.

XXX. On the Admission of each Prisoner, the Warden shall cause to be How Prisoners to be recorded in the Gaol Register, the Prisoner's Name, Sex, Country, Age, Height,

Registered, ke. Features, whether such Prisoner can read or write, and other particulars that he may deem necessary; and he shall take charge of all Money, Clothes, and other Effects that such Prisoner may have, or which may from time to time be sent on the Prisoner's account, and shall record an Inventory of the same in the Prisoners' Pro- perty Book, with the time of the Prisoner's admission, or of their receipt, and shall restore them on the Prisoner's discharge, or dispose of them as the Governor of the Gaol may direct; but any of such Money or Property which a Prisoner before trial may require for the purpose of assisting him in conducting his defence on such trial, shall be restored to him by the said Governor on demand."

XXXI. The Governor of the Gaol shall cause plain and legible Copies of these Copies of Regula Regulations, in English and Chinese, to be fixed in conspicuous places within the is to be hung up. Gaol, and so that every Prisoner may have access thereto; and translations in the Chinese language of all Regulations now in force or hereafter to be enacted, with regard to the conduct of the Gaol, shall be posted up in at least three conspicuous places therein.

XXXIL He shall cause every part of the Gaol premises to be swept daily Cleaning of Gaol, clean, or oftener if requisite, and shall cause the Gaol to be washed throughout at least once a Week.

XXXIII. He shall cause every Prisoner to wash himself daily, and that the Washing of Pri- whole Person of every Prisoner be washed thoroughly at least once a Week, and "ers. the Clothes constantly worn by such Prisoner next the skin, to be exchanged for a clean suit at least once a Week. In the case of Prisoners under sentence of trans- portation or penal servitude, and also of Prisoners whom the Governor of the Gaol shall find to be of incorrigibly filthy habits, or whose health shall otherwise require it, he shall as soon as convenient after sentence cause their tails (if any) to be cut off, and to be so kept until six months before their enlargement. He shall cause the hair of every Prisoner to be kept cut as closely as such Prisoner has been in the habit of wearing it, but (except as above, and also except in the case of Europeans) not more closely, unless the Medical Officer so order; and be shall cause all Male Prisoners to be shaved once a week, in the manner in which they may before have been accus- tomed to be shaved.

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XXXIV. He shall cause the Bedding and spare Clothing of every Prisoner to Airing of Checking, be aired once a Week, in the open air if practicable, and to be washed as often as needful.

XXXV. He shall cause every Prisoner convicted of Felony to be supplied with, Prison Drem. (and constantly wear,) a parti-coloured Dress, and with two suits of all Clothing worn next the skin, and that all other Prisoners be duly supplied with Clothes, if their own be insufficient, or unfit for use, or necessary to be preserved for the purposes of Justice; but that the Dress of such other Prisoners shall not be conspicuously marked, and that every Prisoner be supplied with sufficient Bedding. If Sheets or Blankets

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