THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

Receiver of Gold Revenue resigned.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Esq.,
of his appointment as Receiver of Gold Revenue at
Charleston, in the Provincial District of Nelson.

W. GISBORNE,
Minister of Mines.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 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:-

WAIKATO, AUCKLAND, and
SPRINGFIELD, 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.

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
    of the manager, shall see that all places not in
    actual use are properly fenced across the whole
    width, so as to prevent persons inadvertently enter-
    ing the same.

13. The underviewer shall see that all the provi-
    sions contained in the Act and in these special rules
    relating to the use of gunpowder and other ex-
    plosive substances used in the mine are strictly
    enforced.

14. The underviewer or his deputy shall see that
    proper man-holes and signals which are made or
    provided are kept in good order, according to the
    provisions of the Act.

15. The underviewer shall see that the timber is
    properly distributed, that there is sufficient, and that
    it is used when necessary for security.

16. The underviewer shall withdraw men from
    working-places which are in any way unsafe, and
    shall report the same.

Colliers.

17. Every collier shall, under the direction of the
    underviewer or his deputy, set a sufficient quantity
    of props and bars for safely supporting the roof and
    sides in his working-place. The timber shall be