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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[SEPT. 18

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1879.

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

Queenstown Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon C. Scott. Date of resig-
nation, 19th August, 1879.

No. 1 Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Captain James Livingstone. Date of resignation,
2nd September, 1879.

Manutahi (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Robert Lawson. Date of resigna-
tion, 25th August, 1879.

Arrow Cadet Rifle Volunteers.
Captain John Spackman Aldred. Date of resigna-
tion, 18th August, 1879.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband
The Manutahi (Patea) Rifle Volunteers,
at their own request.
The under-mentioned gentleman has, therefore,
ceased to hold the rank of officer in the Volunteer
force, his commission having lapsed under the provi-
sions of "The Volunteer Act, 1865:"—
John George Ginger, Esq., late Captain.
G. S. WHITMORE.

Manager of Cemetery appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE HILDERBRAND ALINGTON, Esq.,
to be one of the Managers of the Mount Hutt
Cemetery, Provincial District of Canterbury, vice
Hugh McIlraith, Esq., resigned.
W. GISBORNE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Cadet appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
GEORGE WATSON
to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. Appointment dating from 1st September,
1879.
W. GISBORNE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th September, 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 Prince Alfred and St. Andrews
Coal Mines, Oamaru, Otago.
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.