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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
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 prison anything not per- mitted by the rules of the prison, or, in his opinion, objectionable. The Superintendent shall on no account allow the employment of prisoners as servants by any officer of the prison.
15. The Superintendent may, on reasonable grounds of suspicion, require that visitors to prisoners be searched in his presence, except in the case of females who shall be searched in a private room by the Matron. Should such visitors refuse to be searched, or to give their names and addresses, he
may refuse them admittance.
16. The Superintendent shall see that the proper number of prisoners required by the Director of Public Works for the public works are sent out at the proper time, with a sufficient number of well-armed officers for their safe custody, and he shall occasionally visit them while at work.
17. The Superintendent may permit any respectable person to view the prison at reasonable hours, accompanied by an officer, who shall caution such visitor against conversing with any prisoner.
18. The Superintendent shall pay attention to the ventilation, drainage, and sanitary con- dition of the prison, and take such measures as may be necessary for their being maintained in perfect order; and with the Surgeon shall fre- quently examine and see that the washing places, baths, and closets are in efficient working order; and it shall be the duty of every officer to report at once any defect by which these arrangements do not effect their proper object.
19. The Superintendent shall visit and inspect daily every part of the prison and see every prisoner once at least in every 24 hours. Once in each week he shall go through the prison at an uncertain hour of the night recording the fact in his journal. When visiting or inspecting the female prison he shall be accompained by the Matron or by a female warder.
20. The Superintendent shall hear the reports every day, at such an hour as is most convenient, and shall take care that every prisoner having a complaint to make or request to prefer to him shall have ample facilities for doing so; and he shall redress any grievances, or take such steps as may seem necessary, recording the same in the appointed manner. Should, however, repeated complaints of a groundless nature be made under this rule, the matter shall be treated as a breach of prison discipline and the offender shall be liable to punishment accordingly.
21. The Superintendent shall forward to the Governor without delay any report or complaint which any officer of the prison may desire to make to him, and shall on no account suppress it; but he may offer any explanation with it which may seem to him requisite.
22. The Superintendent shall enforce the observance of silence throughout the prison, and prevent all intercourse or communication between the prisoners, so far as the formation and the conduct of the business of the prison or the labour of the prisoners will permit, and shall take care that all necessary and unavoidable intercourse or communication between prisoners be conducted in such manner only as he shall from time to time direct.
23. The Superintendent shall take care that no prisoner is subjected to any punishment which the Surgeon is not satisfied he is capable of un- dergoing; and shall see that the written recom- mendations of the Surgeon are attended to as to the supply of any additional bedding or clothing, or alteration of diet for any prisoner, or with respect to any alteration of discipline or treat- ment in the case of any prisoner whose mind or body appears to require it.
24. The Superintendent shall be responsible that the store regulations are strictly enforced.
25. The Superintendent shall exercise his authority with firmness, temper, and humanity. His object should be not only to give full effect to the sentence awarded to the prisoners, but also to induce in them practical habits of industry, regularity, and good conduct.
26. The Superintendent shall submit to the Governor, by the 1st of February in each year, an annual report of the prison for the previous year, referring to all subjects of interest connected with the prison.
27. The Superintendent shall enter in the Superintendent's Order Book all permanent orders which he shall issue relating to the management and discipline of the prison.
28. The Superintendent shall, a few days before the 18th of each month, or such other time as may be fixed for the opening of the Supreme Court Sessions, on the occasion of pri- soners who are committed for trial being served with the usual informations, ask each man if he wishes to see his counsel or solicitor, or to call any witnesses for his defence; and shall at once inform the Police authorities in order that such witnesses may be, if necessary, summoned to appear at the Sessions. The Superintendent will record this in his Journal, stating the number of prisoners who have been asked the question, and their replies to it.
29. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the due discharge of all prisoners immediately upon their becoming entitled to release, whether by the expiration of their term of sentence, or by pardon or commutation, or by remission of sen-
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