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320. Extra marks may be given by the Gov- ernor, on the recommendation of the Superin- tendent, for special services; such
as,--
(a.) Giving information of plots.
(b.) Protecting Prison officers or prison- ers from attack, or protecting them from imminent danger.
(c.) Preventing escapes, fires, or other
dangers.
(d) Preserving order in case of disturb-
ance.
321. Marks shall be forfeited by prisoners for misconduct according to the punishment inflicted, generally at the rate of--
8 Marks for one day solitary confinement
on bread or rice and water,
6
21
6
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6
4
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4
3
72
for one day bread or rice and water,
for one day reduced penal diet,
for one meal stopped,
for one pork ration stopped,
for one meal bread or rice and for a flogging.
[water,
322. If a prisoner is reconvicted before the period during which he can earn a remission he shall be allowed to earn only five marks a day instead of six, and if he is reconvicted twice before the expiration of the period during which be can earn a remission, he shall be allowed no remission.
323. All criminal prisoners with sentences of twelve months and upwards, who shall be em- ployed at remunerative labour, may earn a small gratuity at the rate of one cent for every six marks, but the whole gratuity for any one pri- soner shall not exceed $10. Such gratuity shall be paid at the time of discharge. In forfeiting marks for misconduct the proportionate amount of gratuity shall also be forfeited.
324. Prisoners will not be allowed to earn any gratuity until they have served the first six months cither in separate confinement or at No. 1 Hard Labour.
325. The name of every prisoner under sentence for life who has served fifteen years of his sentence, or having served ten years of his sentence has attained or is believed in the absence of positive evidence to have attained the of
age sixty, shall be submitted for the consideration of the Governor in Council. This rule shall be com- municated to every such prisoner on entering the Prison. but each prisoner shall be made to dis- tinctly understand that such submission in no way implies that any remission of sentence will necessarily be granted.
SEPARATE CONFINEMENT.
326. Where the Prison accommodation per- inits all male prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for upwards of two years shall pass the first six mouths of their imprisonment in confinement.
separate
oz, onions, 1 oz. barley, 4 oz. greens, yams, sweet potatoes or taro, with pepper and salt. GRUEL-Each pint to contain 2 oz. oatmeal, 1 oz. mo-
sses, and sufficient salt.
327. Prisoners in separate confinement shall Sour.-Each pint to contain 4 oz. meat without bone, 1 be allowed one hour daily to exercise in the open air under the supervision of an officer of the Prison who shall see that the prisoners do not converse together, either in going to the yard, while at exercise, or in returning to their cells.
328. Such prisoners shall keep their cells and utensils perfectly clean at all times, and shall be employed at crank labour, picking oakum, making or mending clothes, shoe making or mending, &c.
329. Such prisoners shall on no account com- municate or hold conversation with any other prisoner, but shall at all times observe the strictest silence.
330. Such prisoners may write a letter on admission, if they wish to inform their friends of their whereabouts; but, with this exception they shall not write or receive a letter, or receive a visit during the six months of their separate confinement.
331. Prisoners, previously imprisoned for felony, when sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour shall pass a certain time in separate coufinement from one to six months according to the number of their previous convictions, and their conduct while in Prison.
332. In these Rules the words "criminal pri-
souers
shall include all prisoners except first class misdemeanants, prisoners for debt, pri- soners on remand and persons imprisoned for default in finding security. The words “European” prisoners" shall include Americans and such persons as are manifestly Europeans by extraction. "Asiatic prisoners" shall include all prisoners other than Europeans.
333.-
SCALE OF DIET FOR PRISONERS.
DIETARY FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
and Friday.
BREAK-
FAST.
Gruel,
Breath,
FULL DIET.
Bread,.......6 oz.
.........! pint
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Coena,
..6 oz. .....I pint f
Monday, Wednesday,
Bread,.
4 oz.
Potatoes,
10 oz.
Monday, Wednesday,
Ment,
6 oz.
1 pint
4 oz.
1 pint
Soup,
DINNER.
Bread,. Soup,
Suet Pudding,. 1 t.
and Friday.
Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
Bread,......
4 oz.
Rice, (common), 8 oz. Fish,
Sunday.
..12 oz.
Curry Stuff,.... 74 drs.
SUPPER.
Bread,..
Gruel,.
6 oz.
I pint
}
Daily.
These measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made-up articles of diet; and meat meaus boned meat.
cocos.-Bach pint to contain oz. flake cocoa or nibs,
1 oz, molasses or sugar. SUST PUDDING.-To every pound 11⁄2 oz. suet, 6 oz. flour,
8 oz. water. CORRY STUPE.-Chillies 3 drs.. pepper 14 drs., turmeric dr., coriander seed dr., cummin seed dr., and oil oz. TEA-Each pint to contain oz, tea, 4 oz. sugar.
DAILY RATION FOR EUROPEAN DEBTORS AND FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANTS.
Bread,
Beef, Mutton or Pork, without bone (6 days a
week), Fresh Fish (once a week), Beef for Soup,
.. b. 4 oz.
8 oz.
.14 oz.
Potatoes (3 days a week), Vegetables (3 days a week),
8 oz. 8 oz.
8 oz.
8 oz.
Snet Pudding (once a week), Oatmeal for Gruel (once a week), Tea,
1
b.
2.02.
1 oz.
2.02.
Sugar,
0%.
dr.
White Rice (1 day),
Salt (fine),
Curry Stuff (once a week),.
Soup, suct pulding, and curry stuff to be made as in recipe for other prisoners, except that beaf, 8 oz., is allowed in this class.
ORDINARY PENAL DIET FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
BREAKFAST.--Bread, DINNER.-Rice (common),
Salt (fiue),
SUPPER.-Bread, ·
8
oz.
8 oz.
02.
8 oz.
NOTE.-Any prisoner sentenced to more than 5 days' penal dict has one pint of gruel at breakfast and supper.
PUNISHMENT DIET FOR EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
Bread divided into two meals,......... per diem.
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CHUT-
TABLES.
NEY,
SCALE OF DIET FOR ASIATIC PRISONERS.
COMMON
RICE.
OIL. FRESH FISH. SALT FISH,
TEA. SALT.
REMARKS.
558
1. Male Prisoners with scuten-}
1 tb. 8 oz. oz. 6 days a}
ees over 6 months, Remand,
Male
and for
Trial,
.................
ces of & months and under, } 1 Ib. 0 oz. | jos.
2. Male Prisoners with scnten-
but over 14 da58, .........................
3. Female Prisoners with scr-
4.
tences over 14 days, and {
boys under 16 with senten-{
ces above 6 mouths, .......................!
demeanauts,................ }
Debtors, and First-class Mis- į
5. Peual Diet, ...............................................................
3 b. 1 oz. OZ.
1b. 10 os.
UZ.
Allemate
1 tb, 8 oz.
6. Reduced Penal Dict, .... 1 . 2 oz.
7. Pauislument Diet,.......
12 oz.
...
...
...
...
1 ១១ ម
...
week,
**20 8
11 02.
4 days a 1 oz.
4 days a
1 oz.
week.
8 oz.:
1 02.
week.
I fb. 6 oz.,
1 02.
SAUD 1
daily.
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...
...
4 oz. Pork daily.
prisoners sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for The above represents the quantity for two meals, morning and ning 2 oz. of rice will be deducted from each prisoner in Chinese prisoners sentenced to imprisonment with laurd labour for upwards of 2 years will bave i oz. pork, once a week, after Prisoners employed on Public Works will receive the same diet water is liable to drainage pollution, they may be supplied they have served the first 6 months of their imprisonment. Such Prisoners who are excused hard labour by the Surgeon and placet on No. 8 Industrial Light Labour will not be allowed pork, except when ordered in special cases by the Surgeon. No. 1, 2 and 3 and made into congeo, 1 pint of which is to be served at mid-day. 2 years. When employal at places where the drinking" with rice-water congee to drink; 14 oz. of rice to each piut of water. upwards of 2
CLASS OF FRISONERS.
HONGKONG.
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
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