AUGUST 17.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1113

Dated this fourth day of August, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, at the
Stockade at Mount Eden, Auckland.
Henry C. Brewer, Sheriff.
B. L. O'Brien, Gaoler.
E. Rickerby, Chief Warder.
J. H. Bratby, Prison Warder.
Francis Egerton Severne, Warder.
Wm. J. Pardy, Sergeant-Major, A.C.
W. Swanson, jun.
W. S. Pulford.
Chas. O. Montrose.

Notice to Mariners. No. 26 of 1882.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1882.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Hobart, is published for
general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO MARINERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that two leading light-
towers are now in course of erection on She-oak
Point, River Tamar, Tasmania, for the purpose of
enabling vessels to enter the heads at night.
The two towers will be 30 feet high, and the
lights of the 4th order; and due notice will be
given of exact date upon which they will be first
exhibited.
E. M. FISHER,
Acting Master Warden.
Marine Board, Hobart, 15th July, 1882.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1882.
HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to disband
The Stratford Rangers Rifle Volunteers
at their own request.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease
to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commis-
sions having lapsed under "The Volunteer Act,
1881:"-
Thomas Meredith Smith, late Captain.
Oswald Maberley Curtis, late Lieutenant.
James Hirst, late Sub-Lieutenant.
JOHN BRYCE.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. JOSEPH THOMAS DUNN, of Forbes, in
the Colony of New South Wales, a Solicitor of
the Supreme Court of the said Colony of New South
Wales, has been appointed this day, by his Honor
the Chief Justice, a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, in the said colony, under
"The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act,
1875," for the purpose of administering and taking
all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the
said Act mentioned.
ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Wellington, 14th August, 1882.

Certificated Accountant in Bankruptcy appointed.

NOTICE.--Mr. WILLIAM CHARLES OVERTON, of
Tory Street, Wellington, Accountant and Com-
mission Agent, has been appointed this day, by his
Honor the Chief Justice, a Certificated Accountant
in Bankruptcy within the Wellington Judicial Dis-
trict, under "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876."
Dated at Wellington, 14th August, 1882.
ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1882.
THE under-mentioned special rules, to be observed
at the Earnsclough 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.

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
   ventilating apparatus is provided if the natural cur-