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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

trivance for opening the lock of any such safety-
lamp, or any lucifer match or apparatus of any kind
for striking a light. He shall not allow any unlocked
lamp to be in any part of the mine excepting in a
lamp-cabin, or other station properly appointed for
lighting lamps. He must also see that no safety-
lamp gauze is used with less than twenty-eight
parallel wires to the inch, or less than 784 apertures
to the square inch, and that a sufficient number of
safety-lamps are provided with shields, and locks and
rings in the end of the gauze.

28. The manager shall appoint a station or stations
    at the entrance of the mine, or at different parts of
    the mine, as the case may require; and no person
    shall pass beyond any such station until the mine, or
    part of the mine beyond the same, has been duly in-
    spected and stated to be safe.

29. No person shall pass the appointed station or
    enter his working-place in a morning until it has
    been examined by the underviewer or his deputy,
    and duly indicated to be safe; and no person shall
    go into any other part of the mine than where he
    works, except by the order of the underviewer or his
    deputy, or under the circumstances mentioned in the
    next rule.

30. The underviewer or his deputy shall, with a
    safety-lamp, once in every twenty-four hours if one
    shift is employed, and once in every twelve hours if
    two shifts are employed during any twenty-four
    hours, examine every travelling road and working-
    place before the workmen and boys descend,
    and shall leave a mark or signal at each working-
    place showing the date of his examination; and
    if he find the roads and works well ventilated,
    and in other respects safe, he shall give the
    signal to the banksman for the men and boys to
    descend; but if danger from gas or from any other
    cause be apprehended in any place, he shall im-
    mediately fix a danger-signal in all the entrances to
    such place. He must pay particular attention to the
    edges of the goaves and the gate end lips. He shall
    make a true report of the condition thereof, which
    shall be recorded without delay in a book to be kept
    at the mine for the purpose, and he shall sign the
    same.

31. If at any time it is found by the underviewer,
    or any person for the time being in charge of the
    mine or any part thereof, that, by reason of noxious
    gases prevailing in such mine or such part thereof,
    or of any cause whatever, the mine or the said part
    is dangerous, every workman shall be withdrawn
    from the mine, or such part thereof as is so found
    dangerous; and a competent person, who shall be
    appointed for the purpose shall inspect the mine, or
    such part thereof as is so found dangerous; and, if
    the danger arises from inflammable gas, shall inspect
    the same with a locked safety-lamp, and in every case
    shall make a true report of the condition of such
    mine or part thereof; and a workman shall not,
    except in so far as is necessary for inquiring into the
    case of danger, or for the removal thereof, or for
    exploration, be readmitted into the mine, or such
    part thereof as was so found dangerous, until the
    same is stated by such report not to be dangerous.
    Every such report shall be recorded in a book,
    which shall be kept at the mine for the purpose,
    and shall be signed by the person making the same.

32. The underviewer, under the direction of the
    manager, shall see that locked safety-lamps are used,
    and naked lights excluded wheresoever and whenso-
    ever danger from fire-damp is apprehended, and shall
    see that proper caution boards or signals are placed
    and maintained for the purpose. He shall also ex-
    amine the lamps, and shall immediately withdraw
    any that he may find unsafe.

33. The underviewer or other person appointed

shall make a daily record of the readings of the
barometer and thermometer, and use additional care
with the ventilating apparatus and examination of
the works during any unusual indication.

34. The deputy shall not allow workmen to pass
    a station-board until the workings beyond it have
    been properly examined, and he shall see that proper
    caution-boards are put up when necessary.

35. No person shall try for fire-damp with a naked
    light, or brush out or baffle gas. In places where
    safety-lamps are used no person shall use or have a
    naked light, or have in his possession any apparatus
    either for smoking or striking a light.

36. Where safety-lamps are used they shall be used
    with the greatest care. Every person must examine
    his lamp to see that it is clean and securely locked on
    taking it from the lampkeeper.

37. No one shall place a safety-lamp on the floor,
    except when holing, and in all cases at least two feet
    from the swing of the pick.

38. No one shall have in the mine any unlocked
    safety-lamp in his possession, or a key or any con-
    trivance for opening the same, except properly-
    authorized persons.

39. No person shall work with his safety-lamp full
    of fire, or unlock or unscrew the same, or blow out
    the flame, or light tobacco or other substances at the
    gauze, or damage or improperly use the lamp.

40. When a person is using a safety lamp, his put-
    ter or trammer must not bring a naked light into the
    place where a safety-lamp is used.

41. Whenever a lamp is rendered unsafe by oil
    being spilt on the gauze, or by any other injury, the
    person having such lamp shall put out the flame by
    drawing down the wick with a pricker, and deliver
    the lamp to the lampkeeper.

Furnacemen, Lampkeepers.

42. The ventilating furnace or apparatus shall not
    be left either day or night without the orders of the
    manager. In changing shifts a furnaceman shall not
    leave his furnace before the arrival of the furnaceman
    on the next shift. In case of sickness or lawful ab-
    sence, a furnaceman must give early and sufficient
    notice to the manager, so that a substitute may be
    provided.

43. The lampkeeper must not deliver out a safety-
    lamp to be used that has less than twenty-eight
    parallel wires in an inch of the gauze, or which is
    not furnished with a proper lock and wire-pricker.
    He must see that each safety-lamp, when given out
    for use, is in good working order, clean, well trimmed,
    securely locked, and that each Davy lamp is pro-
    tected by a shield; and must not allow any greasy
    waste to accumulate in the lamp-cabin, and must
    inform the underviewer whenever he finds that a
    safety-lamp has been wilfully or negligently damaged,
    or carelessly used.

The following special rules shall be in force at
every mine where men are raised and lowered in any
shaft:-

Manager.

44. The manager must see that the signals for
    moving the cages are painted upon a board and
    placed in a conspicuous position.

Underground Workmen and Boys.

45. During the time of the mine-drawing, every
    person in descending the shaft shall be under the
    directions of the banksman, and in ascending the
    shaft shall be under the direction of the onsetter,
    and no other persons than the banksman and on-
    setter shall give any signal during such time. No
    person shall get on or off the cage after the signal
    to go on has been given, nor until it has settled on
    the props or reached the bottom. No person shall