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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to authorize
The PAYMASTER of IMPERIAL PENSIONS, AUCKLAND,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the public service.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 23 of 1882.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1882.

INFORMATION has been received from the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, through His
Excellency the Governor of Victoria, that there is a
wreck five miles south-west of the entrance to San
Francisco, which is marked by a light-vessel.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 24 of 1882.

ALTERATION OF COLOUR OF HARBOUR LIGHT, NEW
PLYMOUTH.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1882.

THE New Plymouth Harbour Board has given
notice that, on and after the 1st August next,
the Harbour Light, exhibited from the flagstaff at
Mount Eliott, will be altered from white to red.
This light is elevated 75 feet above the level of the
sea, and is visible from seaward (except where hidden
by the Sugar Loaves) from the magnetic bearing of
east by north, round by south as far as the coast-
line to the northward, or towards Waitara, will allow.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Tenders.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1882.

THE following tenders for the supply of iron-
work for Mokohinau Lighthouse have been
received:-

Accepted.
J. T. Crabtree, Wellington ... £ 230 15 0
s. d.

Declined.
Robertson and Co., Wellington ... 296 6 9
Mills and Cable, Wellington ... 325 0 0
Luke, Sons, and Williams, Wellingtou ... 366 14 0
C. Hawkswood, Auckland ... 475 10 0

H. A. ATKINSON.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 3rd July, 1882.

THE under-mentioned special rules, to be observed
at the Glenfield Coal Mine, Otago District, are
published in accordance with the provisions of section
31 of "The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874."

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.

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1. No officer in a place of trust shall depute
   another 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 ob-
   tained 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 work-
ing 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
ventilating apparatus is provided if the natural cur-
rent 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 entering 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 working-
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 re-
moved and renewed as often as is necessary.