1778
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[DEC. 31

BUOY OFF WENTWORTH REEF, TRINITY BAY.

THE Perch Buoy previously placed off the Alexandra
Reef is now placed E.N.E. of the Wentworth Reef,
and lies with Island Point bearing W. by N. N.,
and Low Island Lighthouse north a little easterly.
The reef is about 400 yards long E.N.E. and
W.S.W. by 300 wide, and has 3 feet of water on it
at low water.

Within 100 feet of the reef all round there is a
depth of from 6 to 7 fathoms mud.

A cast of 5 fathoms was recently obtained by
Captain Nightingall, of the "Egmont," one and one-
third miles east from the position of the Wentworth
Reef Buoy.

UPPER FLATS, BRISBANE RIVER.

Two triangular beacons, painted white with a black
stripe down the centre, are now placed on the south
shore above the Quarries. These beacons, when in
line, lead through the permanent cutting above the
red buoy. This part of the cutting is 300 feet wide,
and has a depth of 15 feet at low water.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 9th December, 1879.

Member of Trust appointed under "The Mount Ida
Water-race Trust Act, 1878."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th December, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.,
of Naseby, to be a Member of the Mount Ida Water-
race Trust, under "The Mount Ida Water-race Trust
Act, 1878," from the 1st day of January, 1880.

JOHN HALL.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th December, 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 Bruce Coal Mine, Milton, Otago.

JOHN HALL.

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.

1. No officer in a place of trust shall depute
   another person to do his work without the sanction
   of his superior; and no person in a place of trust
   shall absent himself without having previously ob-
   tained the permission of his superior officer for his
   term of absence.

2. Intoxicating drinks shall not be allowed in
   or about the mine without the consent of the
   manager, and then only in cases of necessity; and
   no person in a state of intoxication shall be allowed
   to be in or about the mine.

Manager.

3. The manager shall take all reasonable means
   for carrying out the requirements of the Act and
   special rules, by publishing and, to the best of his
   power, enforcing them. He shall be responsible for
   the appointment of a sufficient number of competent
   persons to carry out the requirements of the Act

and the special rules, and also to see that the work-
ing of the mine is carried on with all reasonable
provisions for the safety of the persons employed.

4. The manager shall see that an adequate amount
   of ventilation is constantly produced in the mine, to
   dilute and render harmless noxious gases to such an
   extent that the working-places of the shafts, levels,
   stables, and workings of the mine, and the travelling
   roads to and from such working-places, shall, so far as
   is reasonably practicable, be in a fit state for working
   and passing therein.

5. The manager shall see that an ample supply of
   timber, props, sprags, bricks, lime, sand, ropes,
   brattice-cloth, and other requisite materials are
   always on the premises, and the underviewer shall see
   that the same are distributed, and also report any
   deficiency. The underviewer or his deputy shall see
   that the roof and the sides in all working-places are
   properly secured by the persons working in them,
   and that the roof and sides of every travelling road
   be made and kept secure. The underviewer or his
   deputy shall visit every working-place as often as is
   practicable during each shift.

Underviewer.

6. The underviewer, whenever practicable, must
   personally attend to the matters and duties required
   by the following rules; and the performance and ob-
   servance of such matters and duties shall not be in-
   trusted to a deputy, except in cases in which the
   underviewer cannot reasonably perform them, or
   during his lawful absence. In these cases he may
   require his deputy or deputies to act for him, and
   they shall be bound to do and perform all acts,
   matters, and duties deputed to him or them by the
   underviewer according to these rules.

7. The underviewer shall not make nor allow any
   change to be made in the direction of the ventilation
   of the mine, when any person is in the mine, beyond
   the place where such change is proposed; and he
   shall, where practicable, cause the stables to be venti-
   lated into the return air from the mine.

8. The underviewer or his deputy shall inspect
   daily the doors in the main air-ways, and see that they
   are checked or doubled. No door must be propped
   or fastened back whilst on its hinges. The under-
   viewer must appoint doorkeepers whenever necessary.
   Doors only used occasionally by the underviewer or
   his deputy must be kept securely locked, and only
   opened by properly-authorized persons. All doors
   must be kept in good repair, and hung so that they
   will fall-to of themselves.

9. Where a place is likely to contain a dangerous
   accumulation of water the underviewer, acting under
   the manager's instructions, shall see that the working
   approaching such place does not exceed eight feet in
   width, and that there is constantly kept at a suffi-
   cient distance, not being less than five yards in
   advance, at least one bore-hole near the centre of the
   working, and sufficient flank bore-holes on each
   side.

10. The underviewer or his deputy shall see that
    the air-ways and air-crossings are kept properly
    opened, and shall travel through the air-ways at
    least once a week; and shall see that the regulators,
    tight-stoppings, doors, sheets, brattices, and danger-
    signals are immediately put where required. He
    shall see that the ventilating furnaces and other
    ventilating apparatus are properly attended to.
    The underviewer or his deputy must remain under-
    ground until the day's work is finished, and see that
    the doors and sheets are closed, and all the men and
    boys are out of the mine.

11. The underviewer shall see that all the provi-
    sions contained in this Act as to the employment of
    boys and male young persons are strictly enforced.

12. The underviewer, acting under the direction