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Prisoners specified in Rule 232 subsection 2 (new regulations) nor does it_ apply to punishment awarded under Rule 276.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

F. Fleming

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 229.

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The following Rules and Regulations, made by the Governor in Council, shell üdér Section 17 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1890.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

For the Management of the Gaol at Victoria, Hongkong, and for the Guidance of its Officers; made by the Governor in Executive Council, under Sec. 17 of The Prison Ordinance, 1885,

this 21st day of May, 1890.

1.-The officers of the Gaol shall be :-One

Superintendent, one Surgeon, and such Chaplains and such subordinate Officers as the Governor may 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 autho- rity in his Journal, and also in the Officers' Mis- conduct 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 may 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 any deficiency in either be discovered, he shall note the same in his Journal, call on the Contractor to make it good, and, if he consider it nesessary, report the same to the Governor.

5.--The Superintendent shall occasionally visit the prisoners at their meals, and shall enquire into any complaint that may be made to him regarding their food.

6.The Superintendent shall use his discre.. tion in bringing to the notice of the Governor the

ase of any child of tender years who may

be entenced to imprisonment, and carry out the Governor's instructions concerning such child.

7-The Superintendent shall use his best endeavours to assist in the identification of pri- soners, and with that object shall furnish to the Police any information in his power.

8.-The Superintendent shall, when present, variably accompany the Visiting Justices in their visits of inspection to the prison, shall inform hem of any prisoner who wishes to see them, and shall otherwise assist them so far as he is able. During the inspection of the Gaol either by Visiting Justices, or by the Governor or any other officer of rank, the prisoners should not be aken 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 will see that due opportunities are provided.

9.-The Superintendent shall take care that the Notice Board required by Ordinance to be placed in some conspienons place outside the prison, cautioning persons against bringing spirits, opium, tobacco, money, letters, or other prohibited articles into the prison, is duly maintained.

10.-The Superintendent will, 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 pri-

soners.

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.

14.---The Superintendent shall take proper and discreet means to ascertain that no visitors to prisoners bring into the Gaol anything not per- mitted by the Rules of the Gaol, or, in his opinion, objectionable. To secure this as far as possible, he will on no account allow the employ. ment of prisoners as servants by any officer of the Gaol.

15.-The Superintendent or, in his absence, the Warden may, on reasonable grounds of