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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 31
travel through the air-ways at least once a week. | therein shall not allow men to descend until such
He shall see that a ventilating furnace or other ven- | weakness or defect be remedied.
tilating apparatus is provided, if the natural current | 24. The banksman in charge of the pit-top shall
be insufficient, and that the same is properly at- | not allow any stranger to go down the shaft without
tended to. | the permission of the Manager.
8. The Manager shall see that all the provisions | 25. The banksman shall see that the fencing is
contained in this Act as to the employment of boys | placed securely round the top of each shaft when not
and male young persons are strictly enforced. | at work.
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- | Designation of Post Office changed.
ing the same.
10. The Manager shall see that all the provisions | Post Office and Telegraph Department,
contained in the Act relating to the use of gun- | Wellington, 2nd May, 1881.
powder and other explosive substances used in the
mine are strictly enforced. | T is hereby notified for general information that
11. The Manager shall see that proper man-holes | the designation of the Post Office in the Wel-
and signals which are made or provided are kept in | lington Postal District, known as Opaki, will, from
good order according to the provisions of the Act. | and after the 1st instant, be changed to
12. The Manager shall withdraw men from work-
ing-places which are in any way unsafe. | DREYERTON.

MINERS.

13. Every miner shall, under the direction of the | W. GRAY,
    Manager, set a sufficient quantity of props and bars | Secretary.
    for safely supporting the roof and sides in his work-
    ing-place. The timber shall be properly set, and be |
    removed and renewed as often as is necessary. | Designation of Post Office changed.
14. No miner shall use or allow to be used any gun- | Post Office and Telegraph Department,
    powder, except in conformity with General Rules 2. | Wellington, 27th April, 1881.
15. In addition to the examination by the Under- | T is hereby notified for general information that
    viewer or other officer, each work-person must | the designation of the Post Office in the Auckland
    examine his working-place before commencing work, | Postal District, known as Manaia, will, from and
    and from time to time during his shift, and withdraw | after the 1st proximo, be changed to
    in case of danger.
16. Any person discovering any stoppage or de- | DUNBAR'S.
    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 | W. GRAY,
    roof, or deficiency of timber, or accumulation of gas | Secretary.
    or water, shall immediately give notice to the men
    and boys in that part of the mine, and to the Manager | Officiating Ministers for 1881.-Notice No. 12.
    or Underviewer.
17. Any person passing through a door must in- | Registrar-General's Office,
    stantly close it; and no person shall injure a door or | Wellington, 29th April, 1881.
    leave it open, break down or interfere with a stop-
    | PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
    ping or a brattice, obstruct or damage an air-course, | General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
    air-crossing, or air-pipe, or remove a caution-board | the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
    or danger-signal, or do anything to interfere with | Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
    the proper working of the mine, without an order | 1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister
    from the Manager. No door must be propped or | within the meaning of the said Act is published for
    fastened back whilst on its hinges. All doors must | general information:--
    be kept in good repair, and hung so that they will | Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
    fall-to of themselves.
18. No person shall leave any light or any gun- | The Reverend William Officer Robb.
    powder in any part of the mine when leaving his |
    work.
    | WM. R. E. BROWN,
19. Shots must be rammed with soft material not | Registrar-General.
    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 | Branch of Friendly Society registered.
    unrammed, but shall be reported to the Manager, | Registrar-General's Office,
    and the place shall not be approached without the | Wellington, 29th April, 1881.
    permission of the Manager.
21. No coal or other material shall be raised or | THE Murihiku Tent, No. 27, of the New Zea-
    lowered in the shaft when any person is therein. | land Central District Independent Order of
22. The Manager or some other competent person | Rechabites, at Invercargill, is registered as a branch
    shall, every morning before commencing work, ex- | of the New Zealand Central District Independent
    amine the ropes and winding gear, and the horse- | Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under "The
    harness, and if he find any weakness or defect therein | Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 29th day of
    shall not allow coal to be raised until such weakness | April, 1881.
    or defect be remedied.
23. The Manager or some other competent person | WM. R. E. BROWN,
    shall, every morning before commencing work, ex- | Registrar of Friendly Societies.
    amine the shaft and the ladders by which men ascend
    and descend, and if he find any weakness or defect | Working Men's Club registered.
    | Registrar-General's Office,
    | Wellington, 2nd May, 1881.
    | THE Winton Working Men's Club, situated at
    | Winton, is registered as a working men's club,
    | under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877," this 2nd
    | day of May, 1881.
    |
    | WM. R. E. BROWN,
    | Registrar of Friendly Societies.