Part 9 (2/2)
8. A memorandum book containing a journal of daily occurrences, in which any directions given by the princ.i.p.al superintendent are to be inserted.
He is to furnish the following returns weekly to the princ.i.p.al superintendent, who will certify as to their accuracy, and transmit them through the Colonial Secretary for the information of the Lieutenant Governor.
1. The weekly state of each cla.s.s, the mode of employment, the number admitted, and the number discharged.
2. Return of offences within the walls, by whom adjudged, nature and extent of the punishment.
3. Enumeration of the articles manufactured, or work performed by the females, and how disposed of.
4. A list of those females who shall be a.s.signable, exhibiting their names, s.h.i.+p, date of arrival, the service from which they are received, date of entrance into the establishment, the description of work they are capable of performing, together with the particulars of their conduct, character and habits, as far as they can be ascertained.
He shall note in his journal his own absence and that of the matron, whenever either of them may have occasion to leave the establishment.
The Matron-The matron shall superintend such part of the employment of the women as falls within the province of a female, and shall attend to such matters as could not be properly performed by the superintendent, and shall generally a.s.sist him in the care and control of the establishment.
She is to give instructions to the task women about the employment of the females, and shall receive from them the articles manufactured.
She is to inspect the females in their separate wards at the morning muster, and shall see that they are clean and properly dressed.
She is to visit the sleeping rooms daily, and see that they are kept perfectly clean and in order by the wardswomen.
She is to visit constantly throughout the day, the hospital, nursery and kitchen yards, and to superintend and give directions in all that is going forward in either, most watchfully observing that in every thing extreme cleanliness, and order, and industry, and economy prevail.
Overseer and Task Mistress of the Crime Cla.s.s-The overseer is to superintend the crime cla.s.s at their several occupations, keep an account of all the implements and tools required for their employment, on occasions when the superintendent is necessarily absent, he is to act his deputy, and in the general management of the establishment, shall render the superintendent such a.s.sistance as he may require, conforming himself to his instructions. The women confined in the cells are most especially under his charge, he is to visit them at least morning and evening to watch them whilst they are alternately permitted to be in the cell yard, to issue to them their daily allowance of bread and water, to cause the cells to be cleaned in his presence, and to take especial care that no person whatever is allowed to hold conversation with the convicts under confinement.
The task mistress of the crime cla.s.s it to a.s.sist the overseer in all his duties, and on her vigilance and unremitting attention the order and general improvement of the women greatly depends.
Minute instructions for the direction of this cla.s.s will be prepared and signed by the princ.i.p.al superintendent, and having been approved by the Lieutenant Governor, are to be affixed in some conspicuous part of the yard, and even the slightest deviation is on no account to be allowed or pa.s.sed by without the severest animadversion.
The Porter-The porter is to keep a book (form C), in which he shall enter the name of every individual who comes into or goes out of the establishment, with the exact hour of such entry and departure, and he is not to suffer any person attached to the establishment to leave it without a written order from the superintendent, which he is also to enter in his book.
He is not to permit any person to enter the inner door of the establishment, except the members of the executive and legislative councils, magistrates, chaplains, and medical attendants, without the written authority of the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
He is to keep an account of all articles as they are supplied for the use of the establishment, and of such as may be taken away.
When any articles shall be delivered at the establishment, he is to give notice thereof to the superintendent or matron, who is to attend for the purpose of receiving them.
He is to ring the bell at such times as are required by the rules and regulations of the establishment, and as the season varies the stated boors will be notified on a board fixed in the lodge, under the hand of the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
Constables-Two constables are to be attached to the establishment, one of whom shall be constantly on duty, and they shall act as messengers.
They are not to be permitted to enter the inner gate, unless their aid should be required in quelling any riot or disturbance, nor are they to speak to or converse with any female confined within the walls of the establishment. More detailed instructions will be issued to them by the princ.i.p.al superintendent, task women, and wards women.
For each cla.s.s a task woman it to be selected, of approved conduct. She is to have the immediate superintendence of the women in her cla.s.s. She is to see that they rise at the proper hour in the morning as the first bell rings, that their persons are washed, their bedding properly made up, and that they are in readiness for the inspection of the superintendent and matron at the general muster, when they shall proceed to the performance of their several duties.
In case of any irregularity, neglect of duty, or disobedience of orders by the women under their charge, the task women are immediately to report the circ.u.mstance to the superintendent or matron.
One wards woman is to be allotted to each sleeping room; her duty will be to superintend the care of all the bedding and utensils which belong to her room and to see that the apartment is kept in proper order.
Female Convicts-No female convict shall be received into the establishment (excepting such as may be placed there on their arrival from England) without the written authority or warrant of a magistrate, stating the offence of which she has been guilty, and her sentence, if any shall have been pa.s.sed.
Every female brought to the establishment shall be placed in the reception room until she shall have been examined by the surgeon, she shall then be bathed, washed and dressed in the clothing of the establishment; and if incarcerated for any offence she shall have her hair cut short. The clothes which she shall have brought with her shall be burned if foul or unfit to be preserved, but if otherwise they shall be washed and kept for her benefit on her discharge from the establishment. All articles so kept shall, in the presence of the female, be entered in the ”Private property book,” be made up into a parcel, numbered, and marked with the name of the female to whom it belongs, and shall be kept in a place appropriated for that purpose, and shall be delivered up to her on her discharge from the establishment.
The females are to be placed in three distinct cla.s.ses, which shall on no account be suffered to communicate with each other.
The first cla.s.s shall consist of those women who may be placed in the establishment on their arrival from England, without any complaint from the surgeon superintendent,-of those who are returned from service with good characters,-and of those who have undergone at least three months' probation in the second, after their sentence in the third cla.s.s has expired. The women of this cla.s.s alone shall be considered a.s.signable, and shall be sent to service when proper situations can be obtained.
The second cla.s.s shall consist of females who have been guilty of minor offences, and of those who by their improved conduct merit removal from the crime cla.s.s.
The third or crime cla.s.s shall consist of those females who shall have been transported a second time, or who shall have been guilty of misconduct on their pa.s.sage to the colony,-of those who shall have been convicted of offences before the Supreme Court, who shall have been sent in under the sentence of a magistrate, or who shall have been guilty of offences within the walls,-they shall never be removed from the 3rd to the 1st cla.s.s.
The dress of the females shall be made of cheap and coa.r.s.e materials, and shall consist of a cotton or stuff gown or petticoat, a jacket and ap.r.o.n, with a common straw bonnet of strong texture, and the cla.s.ses shall be distinguished as follows, viz: The first cla.s.s shall wear the dress without any distinguis.h.i.+ng mark.
The second cla.s.s by a large yellow C on the left sleeve of the jacket.
The third cla.s.s by a large yellow C in the centre of the back of the jacket, one on the right sleeve, and another on the back part of the petticoat.
Each female is to be furnished with clean linen every week, viz: 2 ap.r.o.ns, 2 s.h.i.+fts, 2 caps, 2 handkerchiefs, and 2 pair stockings.
The first cla.s.s shall be employed as cooks, task women, hospital attendants, or in such other manner as shall he directed by the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
The second cla.s.s shall be employed in making clothes for the establishment, in getting up linen, or in such other manner as shall be directed by the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
The third cla.s.s shall be employed in was.h.i.+ng for the establishment, for the orphan schools, penitentiary, in carding wool, spinning, or in such other manner as shall be directed by the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
The hours of labour shall be as follows:The diet of the several cla.s.ses shall be as follows:Breakfast: lb. bread and a pint of gruel.
Dinner: lb. bread and a pint of soup.
lb. bread and pint of soup.The soup to be made in the proportion of 25 lbs. of meat to every 100 quarts of soup, and to be thickened with vegetables and peas, or barley, as may be most convenient.
Ox or sheep heads may be used advantageously for making the soup.
The females in each cla.s.s are to be formed into messes consisting of twelve each,-the best conducted woman is to be named overseer of her mess, and to be responsible for the conduct of the other eleven. Each mess is to sleep in the same room, and their hammocks are to be slung together.
Females guilty of disobedience of orders, neglect of work, profane, obscene, or abusive language, insubordination, or other turbulent or disorderly or disrespectful conduct, shall be punished by the superintendent with close confinement in a dark or other cell, until her case shall be brought under the consideration of the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
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