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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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ventilating apparatus is provided, if the natural
current be insufficient, and that the same is properly
attended to.
8. The Manager shall see that all the provisions
contained in this Act as to the employment of boys
and male young persons are strictly enforced.
9. The Manager shall see that all places not in
actual use are properly fenced across the whole
width, so as to prevent persons inadvertently enter-
ing the same.
10. The Manager shall see that all the provisions
contained in the Act relating to the use of gunpowder
and other explosive substances used in the mine are
strictly enforced.
11. The Manager shall see that proper man-holes
and signals which are made or provided are kept in
good order according to the provisions of the Act.
12. The Manager shall withdraw men from work-
ing-places which are in any way unsafe.

MINERS.

13. Every miner shall, under the direction of the
    Manager, set a sufficient quantity of props and bars
    for safely supporting the roof and sides in his
    working-place. The timber shall be properly set,
    and be removed and renewed as often as is necessary.
14. No miner shall use or allow to be used any
    gunpowder, except in conformity with General
    Rules 2.
15. In addition to the examination by the under-
    viewer, or other officer, each work-person must
    examine his working-place before commencing work,
    and from time to time during his shift, and withdraw
    in case of danger.
16. Any person discovering any stoppage or de-
    rangement of the ventilation, injury to air-crossings,
    doors, stoppings, brattices, or air-pipes, or observing
    any obstruction in an air-course, a weakness in the
    roof, or deficiency of timber, or accumulation of gas
    or water, shall immediately give notice to the men
    and boys in that part of the mine, and to the Manager
    or underviewer.
17. Any person passing through a door must in-
    stantly close it; and no person shall injure a door or
    leave it open, break down or interfere with a stop-
    ping or a brattice, obstruct or damage an air-course,
    air-crossing, or air-pipe, or remove a caution-board
    or danger-signal, or do anything to interfere with
    the proper working of the mine, without an order
    from the Manager. No door must be propped or
    fastened back whilst on its hinges. All doors must
    be kept in good repair, and hung so that they will
    fall to of themselves.
18. No person shall leave any light or any gun-
    powder in any part of the mine when leaving his
    work.
19. Shots must be rammed with soft material not
    likely to strike fire, and no person shall fire shots
    without authority from the Manager.
20. When a shot has missed fire it shall not be
    unrammed, but shall be reported to the Manager,
    and the place shall not be approached without the
    permission of the Manager.

Mineral Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-
tions made under that Act for the granting of leases
for mining for metals or minerals other than gold,
it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a
lease of the under-mentioned land for coal-mining
purposes, unless there shall be valid objections
against such lease.
Objections to be lodged within one month from
this date.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: John Fortescue Evelyn Wright; 320
acres, at West Wanganui North, and adjoining the
lease of 320 acres applied for by the West Wanganui
Coal Company (Limited).
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this sixth
day of January, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-one.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar General's Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1881.
THE Loyal Timaru Lodge, No. 5308, of the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester
Unity, situated at Timaru, is registered as a branch
of the Lyttelton District of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society,
under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 6th
day of January, 1881.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Crown Lands Notices.
Southland Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 20th October, 1880.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of clause 153,
"Land Act, 1877," that the reserve being
withdrawn from the sections mentioned in the
Schedule hereto, the same will be submitted to public
auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon, on
Tuesday, the 1st February, 1881.

SCHEDULE.
Section. Block. Area. Upset Price.
EAST WINTON.
38 I. A. R. P. £ s. d.
39 " 0033* 6 12 0
40 " 010 8 0 0
41 " 013 8 12 0
42 " 015 9 0 0
43 " 0 1 15 11 0 0
44 " 0 1 27 13 8 0
45 " 020 16 0 0
46 " 0134 14 16 0
47 " 022 16 8 0
48 " 0 1 26 13 4 0
49 " 0 1 28 13 12 0
" 0128† 13 12 0

INVERCARGILL HUNDRED.
53 XX. 66 1 32 66 10 0
54 " 68 3 26 68 18 0
55 " 47 2 29 47 14 0
56 " 47 2 29 47 14 0

• Subject to £40, valuation for improvements.
  † Subject to £47, valuation for improvements.
  W. H. PEARSON,
  Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Town, Suburban, and Rural Lands in the
Land District of Canterbury.

Crown Land Office,
Christchurch, 20th December, 1880.
THE Land Board give notice that the under-
mentioned town, suburban, and rural lands will
be sold by auction, at Messrs. Davies and Winter's
Sale-rooms, South Rakaia, on Tuesday, the 8th
February next, at 12 o'clock.
JOHN MARSHMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.