THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1165

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
    absence, 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
    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:-