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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE, CAPE WILLOUGHBY.
NOTICE is hereby given that the centre of the Tele-
graph Station (at a distance of 89 yards from the
base of the Cape Willoughby Lighthouse), kept in
line with the Lighthouse, leads about three cables
outside or eastward of the Scraper Shoal in 7
fathoms at low-water spring tides.
The beacon referred to in page 180 of Admiralty
Sailing Directions, "Australian Directory," Vol. 1,
1876, as being on Cape Willoughby, has been re-
moved.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 9th December, 1880.

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated
the 6th January, 1881, the following alterations
and additions to the rates for the conveyance,
delivery, and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the
New Zealand Railways, are hereby declared to be
fixed and to come into force from the 17th January,
1881:-

PART V.-THROUGH RATES.
AMBERLEY-BLUFF SECTION.

The provisions under this heading for "goods" and
"goods for transhipment" are hereby cancelled.

PART VII.-CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
Grass seeds to be Class D.

Dated this 12th day of January, 1881.
JOHN HALL,
(acting for Minister for Public Works.)

Colonial Industries.

TENDERS FOR MANUFACTURE OF PORTLAND
CEMENT.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1880.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at this office
up to noon on the 31st March, 1881, from per-
sons who are willing to contract for the supply and
delivery of One Hundred Tons of Portland Cement.
The cement to be manufactured in the Colony of
New Zealand, and to be delivered at any of the
under-mentioned places, viz., Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers,
or Invercargill. Tenders to be addressed to the
Minister for Public Works, and to be marked outside
"Tender for Supply of 100 Tons of Portland Cement."
Specifications and conditions may be seen at the
Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The lowest or
any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

Authority to Census Enumerators and Superintendent
Collectors of Agricultural Statistics to Frank.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

CENSUS ENUMERATORS AND SUPERINTENDENT COL-
LECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

under "The Census Act Amendment Act, 1880,"
whose appointments were notified in the Gazette of
the 6th instant, to frank and receive, free from prepay-
ment of postage, for a period of six months from the

1st instant, letters and packets addressed from or to
them "On Business of Census or Agricultural
Statistics only."

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 6th January, 1881.

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 : -

Elliot Vale, Otago.
Energetic, Reefton.
Ngapara, Otago.
Perseverance, Otago.

Wharekuri, Otago.
Clyde, Otago.
Last Chance, Otago.

WM. ROLLESTON,
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 an-
   other 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 obtained
   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 working 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, and other requisite materials
   are always on the premises, and that the same are
   distributed. He 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.

6. Where a place is likely to contain a dangerous
   accumulation of water, the Manager shall see that
   the working approaching such place does not
   exceed eight feet in width, and that there is con-
   stantly kept at a sufficient 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.

7. The Manager 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.
   He shall see that a ventilating furnace or other
   ment of postage, for a period of six months from the