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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[SEPT. 18

or any person for the time being in charge of the
mine or any part thereof, that, by reason of noxious
gases prevailing in such mine or such part thereof,
or of any cause whatever, the mine or the said part
is dangerous, every workman shall be withdrawn
from the mine, or such part thereof as is so found
dangerous; and a competent person, who shall be
appointed for the purpose, shall inspect the mine or
such part thereof as is so found dangerous; and, if
the danger arises from inflammable gas, shall inspect
the same with a locked safety-lamp, and in every case
shall make a true report of the condition of such
mine or part thereof; and a workman shall not,
except in so far as is necessary for inquiring into the
case of danger, or for the removal thereof, or for
exploration, be readmitted into the mine, or such
part thereof as was so found dangerous, until the
same is stated by such report not to be dangerous.
Every such report shall be recorded in a book,
which shall be kept at the mine for the purpose,
and shall be signed by the person making the same.

32. The underviewer, under the direction of the
    manager, shall see that locked safety-lamps are used,
    and naked lights excluded wheresoever and whenso-
    ever danger from fire-damp is apprehended, and shall
    see that proper caution boards or signals are placed
    and maintained for the purpose. He shall also ex-
    amine the lamps, and shall immediately withdraw
    any that he may find unsafe.

33. The underviewer or other person appointed
    shall make a daily record of the readings of the
    barometer and thermometer, and use additional care
    with the ventilating apparatus and examination of
    the works during any unusual indication.

34. The deputy shall not allow workmen to pass
    a station-board until the workings beyond it have
    been properly examined, and he shall see that proper
    caution-boards are put up when necessary.

35. No person shall try for fire-damp with a naked
    light, or brush out or baffle gas. In places where
    safety-lamps are used no person shall use or have a
    naked light, or have in his possession any apparatus
    either for smoking or striking a light.

36. Where safety-lamps are used they shall be used
    with the greatest care. Every person must examine
    his lamp to see that it is clean and securely locked on
    taking it from the lampkeeper.

37. No one shall place a safety-lamp on the floor,
    except when holing, and in all cases at least two feet
    from the swing of the pick.

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