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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

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 tenth day of June, 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.

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

H. A. ATKINSON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

THOMAS DICK.

Special Rules under “The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 4th June, 1884.

THE under-mentioned special rules for the Bannockburn 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 23 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 obtained 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 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 ventilating apparatus is provided, if the natural current 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 removed and renewed as often as is necessary.

14. No miner shall use or allow to be used any gunpowder, except in conformity with General Rule 2.

15. In addition to the examination by the underviewer 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 derangement 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,