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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MAY, 1899.

Familiarity

with prisoners or intercourse with their friends forbidden.

Duties on

from duty.

96.-(1;) No subordinate officer shall un- necessarily converse with a prisoner, nor shall he by word, gesture, or deincanour, do anything which may tend to irritate a prisoner.

(2.) No subordinate officer shall allow any familiarity on the part of prisoners towards him- self or any other officer of the prison, nor shall he on any account speak of his duties, or of any matters of discipline or prison arrangement, within hearing of the prisoners.

(3.) No subordinate officer shall correspond with or hold any intercourse with the friends or relations of any prisoner, unless expressly author- ised by the Assistant Superintendent.

97. All subordinate officers, on being relieved being relieved from any particular duty, or transferred to another part of the prison, shall point out to their succes- sors all matters of special importance connected with their duties, and explain any directions of the superior officers affecting any particular prisoner.

Period of probation on engagement.

Dismissal and resignation.

May be employed

anywhere in the Colony,

Officers" quarters.

Punishment of officers.

98. Each subordinate officer will be taken on probation for the first three months of his service; his appointment will not be confirmed at the expiration of three months unless the officer has proved himself in all respects fitted for the post.

99. Subordinate officers on the permanent staff as well as those whose probation has not been completed shall, on their services being dispensed with, be entitled to a month's notice or a month's pay in lieu of notice; but if they commit an offence meriting it, then they shall be liable to be dismissed at once without receiving any notice or pay in lieu of notice. An Officer who wishes to resign his appointment shall give three months' notice or shall pay to the Superin- tendent a sum equivalent to three months' pay of the rank he hold.

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100. Any subordinate officer, ou entering the prison service, may be employed in any part of the Colony, wheresoever it may seem fit to the Governor to employ him.

101.-(1.) All subordinate officers shall live in such quarters as the Government may assign to them. They shall not sleep out of such quar- ters without the permission of the Assistant Superintendent..

(2.) The Superintendent may, in his discretion, grant permission to married officers to reside elsewhere than in Government quarters.

(3.) If a subordinate officer is discharged, dis- missed, or resigns, he shall immediately give up the quarters he has occupied.

(4.) A subordinate officer occupying Govern- ment quarters shall not let lodgings therein, nor shall any subordinate officer permit any person, not being a regular member of his family, to remain for the night in his quarters without the permission of the Assistant Superintendent, which permission the Assistant Superintendent shall record in his Journal.

102.-(1.) Every subordinate officer who shall fail to exercise a proper vigilance over the prisoners committed to his charge, or to perform any duty enforced upon him by the rules or regu- lations of the prison, or who shall wilfully or care-