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Which the chamberman shall answer by
signalling .. .. .. .. Once.
When men are ready the signal to go on .. Once.
To stop the cage .. .. .. Once.
To lower down the cage .. .. Twice.
To raise up after being stopped .. .. Four times.
To call attention of braceman that cage is
wanted in any other level .. .. Five times.
Which the braceman shall answer by .. One knock.

After five knocks and a pause the number of knocks shall
indicate the level where cage is wanted as follows:—

Cage wanted in No. 1 level .. .. Once.
" " No. 2 " .. .. Twice.
" " No. 3 " .. .. Three times.
" " No. 4 " .. .. Four times.
" " No. 5 " .. .. Five times.
" " No. 6 " .. .. Six times.

Adding one knock for each additional level.

31. The braceman and chamberman shall not allow any
    person to ride on the cage without the cover unless by special
    permission.

32. The following special rules shall be in force at any
    mine where engines worked by steam or other mechanical
    power are used:—

Engineer.

33. The engineer or some competent person shall daily
    inspect the engines, boilers, steam-gauges, water-gauges,
    feed-pumps, safety-valves, indicators, brakes, drums, ropes,
    chains, cages, and all other machinery used for the purpose
    of raising men or material from the mine, and shall cause
    the same to be in a state of efficient repair.

34. The mining manager or some competent person ap-
    pointed must daily examine the state of the shaft by which
    persons ascend or descend, and the guides and conductors
    therein.

35. The mine manager or some competent person appointed
    shall see that the bells and signals required by this Act are
    fixed and maintained in working order, and that the engine-
    man understands the code of signals.

36. The mining manager or some competent person shall
    see that every cage used for the purpose of raising and
    lowering persons in the shaft shall have a proper covering
    overhead.

37. The engineer or some competent person shall see that
    all ropes are carefully attached to the drum, and when the
    cage is at the pit-bottom there must not be less than two
    rounds of rope on the drum, and shall report any breakage or
    derangement of machinery to the manager.

38. The engineer or other competent person appointed
    shall see that each boiler is laid off and cleaned when re-
    quired. He shall make a careful examination of the same
    and all its connections, and not allow it to work unless in
    good working order.

39. The engineer shall see that every fly-wheel and all
    exposed and dangerous parts of the machinery shall be
    securely fenced.

40. When a winding-shaft rope requires capping or splicing
    it shall be done under the direction of the engineer or a com-
    petent person appointed by the manager.

41. Each engineman shall, every morning before com-
    mencing work, examine his engine and all the machinery
    connected therewith, and immediately report any defect to
    the manager or engineer.

42. The engineman must run the ropes and loaded cages
    slowly up and down the pit before any person ascends or
    descends.

43. No one shall interfere with the engine except the
    engineman. He shall at all times gently lift the cage from
    the pit-bottom, and carefully drive the engine, and not leave
    the handle whilst persons are in the shaft, and shall not
    allow any person to remain in the engine-house. He shall
    pay particular attention to the indicators and signals, and
    shall stop the engine if any defect is perceived.

44. The engineman shall not leave his work whilst any
    person is underground until he is relieved by the engine-
    man coming on the next shift, except in cases where a
    proper ladder-way or other means of exit from the mine is
    available; and, in case of sickness or lawful absence, he
    must give early and sufficient notice to the manager, so that
    a substitute may be provided.

45. The engineman shall make himself thoroughly ac-
    quainted, and act in accordance, with the signals laid down in
    these rules.

46. When work is suspended the engineman shall leave the
    cages in such a position that they do not impede the ventila-
    tion, and so as not to leave the pit-top unfenced.

47. Whilst any person is in the shaft the engineman shall
    drive the engine at a reduced speed.

48. The engineman shall from time to time during the day
    examine the fittings of the boilers, and at once report any
    defects to the manager or engineer. The engineman shall from
    time to time examine the floats, safety-valves, and steam-
    gauges, so as to ascertain the level of the water and pressure
    of steam.

The following special rules shall be in force at any mine
where any incline or engine-plane is in use:—

49. The brakesman shall during work see that the
    machinery, ropes, signals, &c., are in proper working order,
    and, if he perceive anything wrong, at once report the same
    to the manager or his deputy. He must be cautious in con-
    ducting the wagons, and see that they are securely coupled.
    He shall pay attention in giving and receiving the necessary
    signals. No person shall ride on any incline without the
    permission of the manager.

50. The manager shall see that proper stops and blocks are
    fixed at the top of each incline.

Miscellaneous.

51. No stranger shall be allowed to enter any mine without
    the permission of the mining manager.

52. In case of any of the duties defined by these rules being
    temporarily performed by any person not specially appointed
    thereto, the said person shall be subject to these rules in like
    manner as if he were specially appointed.

53. The persons employed in a mine may from time to
    time appoint two of their number to inspect the mine at
    their own cost, and the person so appointed shall be allowed,
    once at least in every month, accompanied, if the manager
    of the mine thinks fit, by himself or one or more officers of
    the mine, to go to every part of the mine and to inspect the
    shafts, levels, planes, working-place, return, air-ways venti-
    lating apparatus, old workings, and machinery, and shall be
    afforded by the manager and all persons at the mine every
    facility for the purpose of such inspection, and shall make a
    true report of the result of such inspection, and such report
    shall be recorded in a book to be kept at the mine for the
    purpose, and shall be signed by the person who made the
    report.

54. A copy of these rules shall be supplied to every person
    employed in or about the mine, and it shall be the duty of
    every such person to peruse and make himself acquainted
    and act in accordance therewith, and return them to the
    manager when leaving the mine; and any person wilfully
    damaging a copy of these rules shall be guilty of an offence
    against this Act.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £6,000 has
been voted by Parliament for distribution to public
libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 31st January, 1884,
and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent
in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, before the 22nd January, 1884.

Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled
to share in the distribution according to its income from
rates; and every library maintained by subscriptions and
voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to
its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions;
Provided in either case that the income for the year has not
been less than £2; and that admission to the library, if within
a borough, is open to the public free of charge.

The income of each library may be stated either for the
year ending 31st December, 1883, or for the year ending with
that day in the year 1883 on which the annual accounts of
the library were made up.

The distribution will not be in proportion to the several
incomes of the libraries; but a nominal addition of £25 will
be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of
£6,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus
augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more
than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of
income derived from endowments or grants from Borough or
County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes
and not simply for the library itself.

Application to share in the distribution must be made in
the form of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or
Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which
it is made; and such declaration shall be in the following
form:—

Declaration.

I [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly
and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or
Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year
ending the day of , 1883, the income of the
aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as
follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under
"The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds
shillings and pence; and from the subscriptions of
members, pounds shillings and
pence; and from voluntary contributions other than mem-
bers' subscriptions, pounds shillings and