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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

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 constantly 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 ven-
   tilating apparatus is provided, if the natural current
   be insufficient, and that the same is properly at-
   tended 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 gun-
    powder 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 work-
    ing-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 gun-
    powder, 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.

Notice to Mariners. -No. 26 of 1881.

KAIPARA HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th August, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Harbourmaster
at Kaipara reports that the Mary Catherine
Bank, Kaipara Harbour, is extending in a south-
easterly direction from the red buoy; there is only
11 feet of water at low-water spring-tides, and the
bottom is very uneven nearly half-way across to the
Middle Bank. Masters of vessels bound up the
Otamatea, Pahi, and Oruawharo Rivers should be
careful to keep the lead going when in this locality,
and should keep in the deep water towards the
Middle Bank.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Notice to Mariners. -No. 27 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th August, 1881.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

NEW PILE LIGHT, WEST CHANNEL, PORT PHILIP
BAY.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners on this subject,
dated the 5th July, 1881, masters of vessels, pilots,
and others are now further informed that the light is
a fixed third order dioptric light, and shows red
between N.E. by N. and S. by E. E., and white
between N.E. by N. round westerly to S. by E. E.
The red light is cut to mark the Black Buoy off
Prince George's Bank, and No. 5 Buoy in the West
Channel.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Secretary for Harbours and Navigation.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 1st August, 1881.

Approving and appointing Bonded Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.-In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
warehouse, viz. :-

Port of Napier.

Portion of a wood and iron building, situate on
Sections 588 and 589, Western Quay, Gough Island,
to be known as

MURRAY'S BOND,

-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods
under bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of August, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-one.

JOHN HALL,
Commissioner of Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 148.]