THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 959

take with him down or up the shaft tools, rails, props,
sprags, 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 immediately when ordered to do so by the
banksman or onsetter.

Banksman and Onsetter.

46. The head banksman, subject to the manager’s
    or underviewer’s directions, shall have full control
    over the pit-top and over all persons employed under
    him. The onsetter, subject to the manager’s or
    underviewer’s directions, shall have full control over
    the pit-bottom and all persons employed there. No
    person under the age of eighteen years shall have
    charge of the pit top or bottom.

47. The head banksman or other appointed per-
    son shall be at the mine at the appointed time in
    the morning, and shall provide a sufficient number of
    lights on the bank; and before the engine is started,
    and from time to time during the day, he shall see
    that the pulleys, ropes, cages, chains, and landing
    doors or frames are in safe working condition; and
    he shall not allow any person to descend the shaft
    until he has put the loaded tubs into the cage, and
    the ropes and loaded cages have been run up and
    down the shaft, and the ropes, chains, cappings, and
    cages carefully examined by him. If any weakness
    or defect is found in anything belonging to the pit-
    top, or in the engine or machinery, he must not per-
    mit any person to descend or ascend until it is made
    secure. The banksman shall also attend to the
    proper signals. The head banksman shall not allow
    any boy under thirteen to work on the bank except-
    ing under the exemptions provided by the Act, and
    in that case only with an order from the manager.

48. The banksman in charge of the pit-top shall
    not let a stranger go down the shaft without the
    authority of the manager. The banksman, when he
    is informed of danger in the shaft, shall not allow
    any person to go down unless for the purpose of
    repairing the shaft. He shall not allow any in-
    toxicated person to descend. He shall himself give
    the signals, and let no other than appointed persons
    land the corves or put them into the cages. He
    shall listen at the pit-top when any person is in the
    shaft, and instantly signal the engineman to stop the
    engine in case of alarm. He shall remain at the pit-
    top until all the men and boys are drawn out.

49. The banksman or onsetter shall not let a boy
    under sixteen years of age go down or up the shaft
    unless accompanied by a man, and shall not permit
    more than the number of persons stated on the
    board at the pit top and bottom to descend or ascend
    at one time. The banksman and onsetter shall not
    allow a person to go down or up against a loaded
    cage in the same shaft unless it is bratticed, and
    shall not allow any person to take with him rails,
    props, sprags, tools, tubs, or other bulky materials,
    or to get on or off the cage until it has settled upon
    the props or reached the pit-bottom. The banksman
    shall send all tools down the shaft in a tub or tram,
    and props, rails, brattice-boards, and other bulky
    materials shall be tied securely to the cage or rope
    by the banksman or onsetter when being sent down
    or up the shaft. If a rope is working in the shaft
    for underground planes, no person shall ride in the
    cage whilst this is running unless the rope be cased.

50. The head banksman shall see that the fencing
    is placed securely round the top of every shaft when
    it is not at work.

51. The onsetter shall be in the mine at the
    appointed time in the morning. He shall be at his
    station to give signals and perform his other duties
    under these rules, and he shall remain there to see
    the men and boys all safely into the cage and up the
    shaft at the close of the day.

52. The onsetter shall report to the underviewer
    any person that gives a signal or disobeys his direc-
    tions. He shall remain at the bell-handle and give
    cautionary signals, if necessary, when any person
    ascends or descends the shaft; he shall only allow
    appointed persons to put tubs into or take them out
    of the cages; and he shall see that the coals or
    materials do not project over the cage.

53. The onsetter shall see that the water sump is
    never uncovered when any person is ascending or
    descending the shaft.

54. The banksman shall keep the cages and pit-top
    clear.

55. The banksman and onsetter shall alone give
    the signals for moving the cages, which are as
    follow:—

When the cage is to be raised from the pit
bottom, the bell is to be struck ... Once.
When men are about to ascend ... ... Three times.
Which the banksman shall answer before
men get on to the cage ... Once.
When men are about to descend the banks-
man shall signal ... ... Three times.
Which the onsetter shall answer by signal-
ling ... ... Once.
When men are ready—the signal to go on ... Once.
To stop the cage ... ... Once.
To lower down the cage ... ... Twice.
To raise up after being stopped ... ... Four times.

56. The banksman and onsetter shall not allow
    any person to ride on the cage without the cover,
    unless by special permission.

The following special rules shall be in force at
any mine where steam-engines are used:—

Enginewright.

57. The enginewright or some competent person
    shall daily inspect the engines, boilers, steam-gauges,
    water-gauges, feed-pumps, safety-valves, indicators,
    brakes, drums, ropes, chains, cages, and all other
    machinery used for the purpose of raising men or
    materials from the mine, and shall cause the same to
    be in a state of efficient repair.

58. The enginewright, or some competent person
    appointed, must daily examine the state of the shaft
    by which persons ascend or descend, and the guides
    and conductors therein.

59. The enginewright shall see that the walling
    and timbering of the pumping shaft and the pumping
    apparatus are frequently examined. The fixed and
    suspended stages, cradles, land loops, ropes, chains,
    gin, and capstan shall be examined before being
    used.

60. The enginewright shall see that competent
    persons, of not less than eighteen years of age, are
    employed for working the machinery used in lowering
    and raising persons employed in the mine.

61. The enginewright shall see that the bells and
    signals required by this Act are fixed and maintained
    in working order, and that the engineman under-
    stands the code of signals.

62. The enginewright shall see that every cage
    used for the purpose of raising and lowering persons
    in the shaft shall have a proper covering overhead.

63. The enginewright shall see that all ropes are
    carefully attached to the drum, and when the cage is
    at the pit-bottom there must not be less than two
    rounds of rope on the drum.

64. When a winding shaft rope requires “cap-
    ping” or “splicing” it shall be done under the
    direction of the enginewright or a competent person
    appointed by the manager.

65. The enginewright shall report any breakage
    or derangement of machinery to the manager or
    engineer.