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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[SEPT. 4

Interpreter appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HAROLD HYDE FENTON, Esq.,
of Akaroa, to be an Interpreter under section 12 of
"The Native Land Act, 1873."

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Native Minister.)

Appointment of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointment:—

No. 3 Company Inglewood Rangers.
John Coldwell to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 20th August, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Officers in Command of Districts.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the under-mentioned
officers:—

Major William Jukes Steward, as Officer in
Command of Oamaru Militia and Volunteer
District, from 29th August, 1879.
Major Albert Pitt, as Officer in Command of the
Nelson Militia and Volunteer District, from
30th August, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:—

Auckland Engineer Volunteers.
Lieutenant George Kitchen. Date of resignation,
18th August, 1879.

No. 3 Auckland Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Dennis Kelly. Date of resignation,
19th August, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

BERTRAM LAMBERT, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. Appointment dating from 1st July, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Draughtsman appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

GEORGE DUNCAN, Esq.,

to be a Draughtsman in the Survey Department of
New Zealand. Appointment dating from 17th May,
1879.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Assistant Surveyor appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 18th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FRANCIS HENRY EDGECUMBE, Esq.,
to be an Assistant Surveyor in the Survey Depart-
ment of New Zealand. Appointment to date from
1st September, 1879.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Registrar
appointed.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th August, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint

MARCUS FURLONG SOUTH, Esq.,
to be a Receiver of Gold Revenue and Mining Regis-
trar under "The Mines Act, 1877," for Hokitika, in
the Westland Mining District, as from the 27th
August instant.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Mines.)

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th 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 Westport Colliery Company's Mine,
Westport, Nelson.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the 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 of the WESTPORT COLLIERY COM-
PANY (LIMITED), made in accordance with the
provisions of "The Regulation of Mines Act,
1874," for the conduct and guidance of persons
charged with the Management, and of the several
Workmen employed in and about their Collieries;
to be complied with in the present and any future
works belonging to them (subject to any additions
and alterations that may be added to them from
time to time).

COLLIERS.

1. Colliers are expressly forbidden to proceed
   towards or into their working-places, at the com-
   mencement of any shift, until it shall have been
   intimated to them by the firemau or oversman, or
   other person acting as such for the time, that the
   working-places have been examined, and are ap-
   parently safe to enter.

2. Till such intimation of the apparent safety of
   the working-places shall have been made, colliers shall
   either remain at the pit-head'or mouth of the mine, or
   at some other place assigned them for the purpose;