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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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to be a Clerk in the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin,
vice Alexander Grant, who has been dismissed the
service. The appointment to date from the 1st
September instant.

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Additions and Alterations to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 18 of "The Public
Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," the
following alterations and concessions are made in the
scale of fares of passengers on the New Zealand
Railways:-

Single tickets issued from Oamaru and all stations
on the Duntroon Branch, on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
October, 1879, will be available for return on the
4th October, 1879.

Single tickets issued from all stations on the
Napier Section to Hastings, on the 9th October, will
be available for the return journeys on that day.

Dated this 30th day of September, 1879.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Appointments in Railway Department.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments:-

WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY
to be Traffic Manager of the Oamaru Section, Am-
berley to Bluff Railway. Appointment to date from
the 1st July, 1879.

ALEXANDER FROST DOUGLAS
to be Chief Clerk in the Commissioner of Railways'
Office, North Island. Appointment to date from the
23rd August, 1879.

J. MACANDREW.

Governor of Wellington College appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1879.

IN terms of "The Wellington College Act, 1877,"
His Excellency the Governor in Council has
appointed

HENRY BUNNY, Esq., M.H.R.,
to be a Governor of the Wellington College, vice the
Hon. W. Gisborne, resigned.

G. GREY.

Special Rules under "The Regulation of Mines Act,
1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th September, 1879.

THE under-mentioned special rules are published
in accordance with the provisions of section 31
of "The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," to be
observed at the Homebush Coal Mine, Canterbury.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

The penalties for the violation of any special rules
established under "The Regulation of Mines Act,
1874," and for offences against the Act, are provided
for in sections 22 to 28, in Part VI.

SPECIAL RULES for the HOMEBUSH COLLIERY, made
in accordance with the provisions of "The Regula-
tion of Mines Act, 1874," for the conduct and
guidance of persons charged with the manage-
ment of, and of the several workmen employed
in and about, the mine.

COLLIERS.

1. Colliers are expressly forbidden to proceed
   towards or into their working-places, at the com-
   mencement of any shift, until it shall have been
   intimated to them by the fireman or oversman, or
   other person acting as such for the time, that the
   working-places have been examined, and are ap-
   parently safe to enter.

2. Till such intimation of the apparent safety of
   the working-places shall have been made, colliers shall
   either remain at the pit-head'or mouth of the mine, or
   at some other place assigned them for the purpose;
   if no such place shall have been assigned at which to
   remain, colliers shall always understand that the pit-
   head or mine-mouth, whichever it may in their case
   be, is the proper place at which they are required to
   wait the requisite intimation.

3. On beginning work at every shift—which col-
   liers and others shall be bound to do as soon as
   they shall have entered and satisfied themselves con-
   cerniing the safety of their working-places (which
   it shall be their duty to do independently of the fire-
   man's report)—they shall thereupon work at their
   appointed coal-faces continuously, industriously, and
   without unnecessary intermission while the shift
   continues, and shall obey the orders applicable to the
   safe and proper prosecution of the colliery works
   given them by the mine manager, oversman, or other
   person for the time placed over them.

4. If, while at work, or at any other time, colliers
   shall discover or be informed of the existence of any
   obstruction in the ventilation, or stagnation, or im-
   purity of the air of the colliery, or of the existence of
   any defects in the walls, roofs, or in any other parts
   thereof, they shall be bound to give instant informa-
   tion of the circumstance to the mine manager, overs-
   man, or principal roadsman, or other person in charge
   of the colliery for the time, so that these defects may
   be remedied and danger therefrom averted. Colliers
   are expressly forbidden to go into or improperly near
   any place throughout the whole colliery where danger
   is known or supposed to exist, except for repairs or
   other necessary work directed by the manager.

They are forbidden to continue working in any part
of the coal face where a sudden outburst of fire-
damp shall happen, or where danger from any cause
shall apparently threaten, until the same shall have
been examined and reported safe, or the impurity
obviated. The common but highly dangerous practice
among colliers of testing fire-damp escaping from a
blower by igniting it with their lamps is here peremp-
torily prohibited.

5. Timber will be found by the Company for the
   requirements of the colliery, and will be delivered
   in suitable quantities near the working faces. Col-
   liers shall be bound to secure the roof, and also the
   working coal faces, subject to the approval of the
   oversman.

Where the roof appears excessively dangerous the
oversman or his deputy shall aid in securing the same.

6. If, from accident or other cause, colliers are at
   any time unable to find a sufficient supply of props,
   &c., when it is unsafe to continue their work without
   it, they are forbidden to remain at their working
   faces.

DRAWERS, PUTTERS, AND DRIVERS.

7. Drawers, putters, and drivers shall not be per-
   mitted to approach or to enter the working-places
   until the colliers shall have proceeded to work.