Mining Safety Rules, Railway Charges, Land Rating Notice




1534
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 117

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

  2. 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 the steam.

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

  1. 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 conducting 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.

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

Miscellaneous.

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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, ventilating 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.

  4. 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 the Act.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after this day.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Paper from Local Paper-mills.

Paper consigned from local paper-mills will be charged Class B, half rate; minimum quantity, 10 cwt. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Class.
Drapery, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. .. A.
Haberdashery, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. A.
Hessian, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. .. A.
Hosiery, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. .. A.
Umbrellas, in cases. If in bundles, owners’ risk .. A.
Woollen goods, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. A.
Chaff-cutters. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. C.
Field-rollers. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. C.
Harrow. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. C.
Horse-powers. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. C.
Reapers and binders, packed. Owners’ risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. C.

As witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of October, 1884.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwako aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru me nga reiti e tika ana kia utua i raro i nga tikanga o taua Ture.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 31 o nga ra o Oketopa, 1884, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI

Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa. Te Tari o te Poari Takiwa e utua ai nga Moni Reiti.
Rori Poata o Heretaunga .. Hastings (Haaki Pei).
Rori Poata o Takaka .. Takaaka.

Ka tuhia nei toku ingoa i tenei te 21 o nga ra o Oketopa, 1884.

JULIUS VOGEL.

TRANSLATION.

“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the undersigned Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls:

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described, and the amount of rates due in respect thereof under the said Act.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 31st day of October, 1884, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Local Body. Office of Local Body where Payment is to be made.
Heretaunga Road Board .. Hastings, Hawke’s Bay.
Takaka Road Board .. Takaka.

As witness my hand this twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JULIUS VOGEL.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1884, No 117





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Special Rules for Eureka Extended Quartz-Mining Company (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
20 October 1884
Mining, Safety Regulations, Shaft Operations, Brakesman, Manager, Incline, Engine-Plane

🚂 Alterations and Additions to Railway Charges

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 October 1884
Railways, Fares, Charges, Public Works Act, Paper-Mills, Goods Classification
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works

🪶 Notice to Owners of Native Land

🪶 Māori Affairs
21 October 1884
Native Land, Rating Act, Local Bodies, Road Boards, Rates, Payment
  • Julius Vogel, Colonial Treasurer