THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
325. Prisoners who have earned a remission of part of their sentence shall be placed under Police supervision and be furnished with licences in accordance with The Prevention of Crimes Ordinance, No. 11 of 1887.
326. The earning of marks and grant of remission shall extend to re-convicted licence. holders serving the remanets of former sentences.
327. Every prison officer in charge of a working party shall be provided with a mark book in which he shall record daily the number of marks earned by cach convict.
328. The Chief Warder shall frequently, and never less than twice a week, inspect and initial the mark books, and see that the marks are allotted equitably and in accordance with the rules. If a male prisoner is credited with less than 50 marks per week, or a female prisoner with less than 30 marks per week, the matter shall be brought to the notice of the Superintend- ent of the prison.
329. Every prisoner shall in the evening of each day be informed of the number of marks which he or she has earned during the day.
330. Extra marks may be given by the Governor of the Colony for very special services on the recommmendation of the Superintendent of the prison.
331. All criminal prisoners with sentences of two years and upwards, who shall be employed at remunerative labour, may earn a small gratuity at the rate of one cent for every eight marks, but the whole gratuity for any one prisoner shall not exceed $10. Such gratuity shall be paid at the time of discharge. In forfeiting marks for mis- conduct the proportionate amount of gratuity shall also be forfeited.
332. Prisoners will not be allowed to earn any gratuity until they have served the first six months in separate confinement.
333. The name of every prisoner under sen- tence 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 age of 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 distinctly understand that such submission in no way implies that any remission of sentence will necessarily be granted.
SEPARATE CONFINEMENT.
334. All male prisoners sentenced to impri- sonment for two years and upwards shall pass the first six months of their imprisonment in separate confinement.
335. Prisoners in separate confinement shall 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.
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336. Such prisoners shall keep their cells and utensils perfectly clean at all times, and shall be employed at crank labour, picking oakum, (2 lbs.), making or mending clothes, shoe making or mending, &e.
337. Such prisoners shall on no account com- municate or hold conversation with any other prisoner, but shall at all times observe the strictest silence.
338. Such prisoners may write a letter on admission, if they wish to inform their friends of their whereabouts, and receive a reply; but, with this exception, they shall not write or receive a letter, or receive a visit, during the six months of their separate confinement.
339. Prisoners, previously imprisoned for felony, when sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour, shall pass a certain time in separate confinement, from one to six months, according to the number of their previous convictions and their conduct while in prison.
340. In these rules the words subordinate officers shall, unless inconsistent with the con- text, include all officers except the Chief Warder. The words "criminal prisoners" shall include all prisoners except first class misdemeanants, pri- soners for debt, prisoners on remand and persons imprisoned for default in finding security. The words "European prisoners" shall include Ame- ricans and such persons as are manifestly Euro- peans by extraction. "Asiatic prisoners" shall include all prisoners other than Europeans. The expression "prison" shall, unless incon- sistent with the context, include Victoria Gaol and any prison set apart for the use of females.
APPENDIX.
SCALES OF DIET.
EUROPEAN PRISONERS.
(1) FULL DIET.
For Convicted Prisoners with sentonces over 14 days, Remand and for Trial.
Bread,
Gruel,
oz. 1 pint
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
BREAK-
FAST.
Bread,
Cocoa,
6 oz. 1 pint J
[ Bread,
Potatoes,
Meat,
Soup,
Bread,
DINNER.Soup,
SUPPER.
4 oz.
10 oz.
6 oz.
pint
4 oz. I pint
Suet Pudding,... 1 lb.
Bread,
4 oz.
Rice, (common), 8 oz. Fish, Curry Stuff,
f Bread, Grnel,
...
Monday, Wednesday,
al Friday.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Sunday.
12 oz.
71 drs.
6 oz. l
I pint}
Daily.
These measures are for uncooked provisions, except in the case of made-up articles of diet; and meat means boned meat.
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