1030 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1885.
258.-All the above acts are declared to be offences against prison discipline, and it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to examine any prisoner touching such offences, and to punish them by ordering any offender to be kept in a punishment-cell for not more than three days, on bread, or rice and water, or he may deprive a prisoner of his pork for not more than four meals at one time.
259.--The Superintendent may deprive any prisoner of his evening meal for persistent and aggravated idleness, or refusal to labour.
260. The Superintendent may restrain in cross irons of ten lbs. weight, or less, or in handcuffs, any disorderly or violent prisoner for not longer than twenty-four hours at one time; if a longer period than twenty-four hours is required a written order must be obtained from one of the Visiting Justices for the week, who shall at once attend and investigate the case. In case of emergency however the Superintendent may on his own responsibility impose the restraints provided by this Rule for such period as may seem necessary, obtaining the presence of one of the Visiting Justices for the week as soon as possible. The order of such Justice, made on investigation of the case, shall indemnify the - Superintendent.
261.-If any criminal prisoner is guilty of any offence, or of a breach of Gaol Regulations or Discipline, for the due punishment of which the Superintendent of the Gaol may deem the powers vested in him insufficient, it shall be lawful for such Superintendent, in conjuction with a Visit- ing Justice, after enquiry, to punish such prisoner by close or solitary confinement on bread, or rice and water, for not exceeding fourteen days, or by personal correction not exceeding thirty-six strokes.
262. No dietary punishment shall be inflicted on any prisoner, nor shall he be placed in a punishment-cell, nor shall corporal punishment be inflicted on him, unless the Surgeon shall certify that such prisoner is in a fit condition of health to undergo such punishment.
263. The following offences committed by Male prisoners will render them liable to corporal punishment-
1st. Mutiny, or open incitement to mutiny in the Prison; personal violence to any Officer of the Prison; aggravated or repeated assault on a fellow pri- soner; repetition of insulting, or threatening language to any Officer or prisoner.
2nd. Wilfully and maliciously breaking the Prison windows, or otherwise destroying the Prison property. 3rd. When under punishment, wilfully making a disturbance tending to in- terrupt the order and discipline of the Prison, and any other act of gross misconduct, or insubordination, requiring to be suppressed by extra- ordinary means.
264-Corporal punishment shall be inflicted on the breech, with a rattan of a pattern to be approved by the Governor on the recommendation of the Medical Officer.
265.-No prisoner who shall be sentenced to Solitary Confinement by any Court will be kept in such confinement more than seven days with- out an interval of one day out.
EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS.
CLASSES OF LABOUR.
266.-No. 1.-Penal or Rigorous Hard Labour.
(1.) Shot drill and Stone carrying in alternate spells of half an hour each, weight of shot 24 lbs., weight of stone 45 lbs.
(2.) Crank Labour in a Separate Cell, task, 12,500 revolutions daily, (12lbs. test).
(3.) Treadwheel.
No. 2.-Industrial Hard Labour.
(1.) Employment on public works out- side the Gaol. Crank labour in a separate cell, task, 10,500 revolutions daily, (12 fbs. test).
(2.) Combinations of Shot drill and Oakum
picking, 3lb.
Combinations of Stone carrying and Oakum picking, 3 lb.
Combinations of Crank labour 6,000 rev. (12 lbs. test), Oakum picking, & lb.
(3.) Washing clothes in the Gaol, making
Coir matting and heavy Coir Mats.
No. 3.-Industrial Light Labour. (1). Ironing and mangling clothes. (2). Making frame, coir, and grass mats. (3). Carpentry, Coopering, Tinsmith's
work.
(4). Tailoring, Cooking, Cleaning, Print-
ing, Hospital Attendance, &c. (5). Oakum picking (11⁄2 lb.)
PENAL SERVITUDE PRISONERS.
267.-Where Separate confinement is not pos- sible, prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude will pass the first six months of their imprisonment at No. 1 Penal Labour, after which they will be employed for the remainder of their imprison- ment at No. 2 Industrial Hard Labour, either inside or outside the Gaol; but principally on Public works.
268.-Prisoners sentenced to Penal Servitude whom the Surgeon excuses will be employed on Industrial Hard or Light Labour as he may direct.
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