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PRISON . ( 18 OF 1885. ] 773

121. The Surgeon shall report to the Superintendent any irregùlarity in
the prison hospital which may come to his knowledge, or any difficulty or
obstruction which he may meet with in the performance of his duty.
122. The Surgeon shall examine all candidates for employment as subor
dinate officers or servants of the prison, and report whether they possess the
necessary qualifications as to health and strength .
123. The Surgeon shall take care that all medicines and stimulants are
properly locked up, and are not accessible to any prisoner ; and when there
is no paid dispenser, he shall issue day by day to the hospital warder all
medicines and stimulants to be administered in his absence.
124. The Surgeon's journal shall be laid before the Governor at least
once in each quarter of the year, and he shall report at the same time on the
condition of the prison and the health of the prisoners and officers recording
any want of cleanliness, proper drainage, warmth, ventilation, or any insuffi
ciency or bad quality of bedding, clothing, provisions or water.
125. The Surgeon shall deliver to the Colonial Secretary, as soon as
possible after the close of December in each year, a report in which shall be
detailed the number of sick among the prisoners during the year just closed,
the mortality, the sanitary condition of the prison , and what diseases have
been most prevalent therein . He shall point out any defects in the con
struction or management of the prison to which such sickness may be attri
buted, and also what precautions should be taken to prevent the same.
THE CHAPLAINS .

126. The Chaplains shall conduct Divine Service with the prisoners of
their respective religions at least once on Sundays, and perform such other
religious offices as they may think fit, and may visit each of such prisoners
in his or her cell as often as they may think fit at reasonable times. To sick,
dying, or condemned prisoners they shall have access at any time .
127. The same privileges shall be allowed to every recognised minister
in respect of the prisoners of his own religion .
128. The Chaplains shall inform the Superintendent whenever they may
observe the mind of any prisoner to be liable to be injuriously affected by
any punishment awarded .
129. No prisoner shall be obliged to attend any service to which he may
object on religious grounds, unless in the opinion of the Superintendent such
objection is frivolous and vexatious.
130. The Chaplains shall record their visits in the Visitor's Book , and
shall notify the times of the celebration of the Holy Communion . Prisoners
desiring to communicate must signify their wish to them before the time
appointed .
131. The Chaplains shall, in carrying out their duties, be careful not to
interfere with the established rules and regulations of the prison, or the
routine of discipline and labour.
132. The Chaplains shall confer with the Superintendent on all points
connected with their duty, and they shall co -operate with him , and with the
other officials of the prison, in promoting the good order of the establishment,
so far as concerns the duties of their office.

133. The Chaplains shall once a year present to the Governor a report
of such points connected with their department as they may think it desirable
to bring before him .