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daily the doors in the main air-drives. No doors must
be fastened or propped back whilst on its hinges.
Doors only occasionally used by the under-manager
or his deputy must be kept properly locked, and only
opened by persons authorized by the under-manager.
All doors in the mine must be kept in good repair,
and hung so that they shut of themselves.
7. Where a place is likely to contain a dangerous
accumulation of water, the under-manager shall see
that works approaching such place do not exceed
eight feet in width, and that there is kept constantly,
fifteen feet in advance, a bore-hole near the centre of
the working.
8. The under-manager shall see that the air-drives
and air-crossings are kept properly opened, and shall
travel through the air-drives at least once a week.
9. The under-manager or his deputy shall see that
the furnaces and other ventilating apparatus are
properly attended to; and the under-manager or
his deputy must remain underground until the day's
work is finished, and see that the doors are closed,
and all the men and boys are out of the mine.
10. The under-manager shall see that all places
not in actual use are properly fenced, so as to prevent
persons inadvertently entering the same.
11. The under-manager shall withdraw men from
working-places which are in any way unsafe.
12. Every collier shall, under the direction of the
under-manager, set a sufficient quantity of props for
safely supporting the roof and sides of his working-
place, and such props shall be renewed as often as is
necessary.
13. Each person must examine his working-place
before commencing work and from time to time dur-
ing his shift, and withdraw in case of danger.
14. No collier shall use, or allow to be used, any
gunpowder, except in conformity with the rules for
its use.
15. Any person discovering any stoppage or
derangement of the ventilation, or observing any
obstruction in an air-course, or a weakness in the
roof, shall immediately give notice to the workmen
in that part of the mine, and to the under-manager
or his deputy.
16. Any person passing through a door must
immediately close it, and no person shall break down
or interfere with a stopping or brattice without the
permission of the under-manager.
17. No person shall leave any light or any gun-
powder in any part of the mine when leaving his
work.
18. Shots must be rammed with soft material not
likely to strike fire, and no person shall fire shots
without authority from the under-manager. When
a shot has missed fire it shall not be unrammed, but
shall be reported to the under-manager.
19. During the time of the mine-drawing every
person in ascending or descending the shaft shall be
under the directions of the person in charge of the
pit-top, and no person shall get on or off the cage
after the pit-top-man has given the caution "Ready,"
until it has settled on the props or reached the
bottom. No person shall take with him, down or up
the shaft, tools, rails, props, or other bulky materials,
except for repairing the shafts. No person shall get
on the cage after the number stated on the board at
the pit top and bottom are on. Every workman and
boy shall leave the cage when ordered to do so by the
pit-top-man.
20. The head banksman shall each morning ex-
amine the drum, ropes, cages, and all other winding
gear, and horse-harness, and see that everything is in
safe working condition, and he shall not allow any
one to descend the shaft on the cage until he has put
the loaded wagons into the cage and the ropes and
loaded cages have been run up and down the shaft,
and the ropes, chains, and cages carefully examined
by him. If any weakness or defect is found in any-
thing belonging to the pit-top he must not permit any
person to descend or ascend until it is made secure.
21. The banksman in charge of the pit-top shall
not allow any stranger to go down the shaft without
the permission of the manager. When the banks-
man is informed of danger in the shaft he shall not
allow any person to descend except for the purpose
of repairing the shaft. He shall remain at the pit-
top until all the men and boys are drawn out.
22. The banksman shall not allow any boy under
sixteen years to descend the shaft unless accompanied
by a man, and not more than four persons shall be
allowed to descend or ascend on the cage at one
time.
23. The head banksman shall see that the fencing
is placed securely round the top of each shaft when
it is not at work.
24. Each collier, when he puts his loaded wagon
on the cage, shall call out "Heave up," and the
banksman in charge of the pit-top shall see that the
horse in the whim is not allowed to move until such
words have been given.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 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 following coal mines:-

Kawakawa, Auckland.
Whauwhau, Auckland.
Kamo, Auckland.
Taupiri, Auckland.
Miranda, Auckland.
Coal Pit Heath, Nelson.
Wellington Company's,
Nelson.
Brunner, Nelson.

Wallsend (Greymouth),
Westland.
Shag Point, Otago.
Green Island, Otago.
Abbot's Royd, Otago.
Fern Hill, Otago.
Walton Park, Otago.
Kaitangata No.1, Otago.
Lawrence, Otago.

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.

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 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