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or accumulation of gas or water, shall immediately give notice to the men and boys in that part of the mine, and to the manager or underviewer.

17. Any person passing through a door must instantly close it; and no person shall injure a door or leave it open, break down or interfere with a stopping or a brattice, obstruct or damage an air-course, air-crossing, or air-pipe, or remove a caution-board or danger-signal, or do anything to interfere with the proper working of the mine, without an order from the manager. No door must be propped or fastened back whilst on its hinges. All doors must be kept in good repair, and hung so that they will fall to of themselves.

18. No person shall leave any light or any gunpowder in any part of the mine when leaving his work.

19. Shots must be rammed with soft material not likely to strike fire, and no person shall fire shots without authority from the manager.

20. When a shot has missed fire it shall not be unrammed, but shall be reported to the manager, and the place shall not be approached without the permission of the manager.

21. No person shall ride upon any tub or tram without the permission of the manager. No person shall go before any tram or tub on any incline, brow, or slope unless duly authorized. Every person working on any incline, brow, or slope shall secure his tub from getting loose; and before he attempts to take a tub down shall ascertain that he has proper scotches or other means for stopping it on the way when required. He shall not take more than one tub down at a time unless he has the means of holding them, and when on the way he shall keep behind. Where machinery is used he shall not, without hooking or otherwise securing it, place a tub on the plates or rails so that it could run down. The taker-off at the bottom of a steep incline or jig shall not be in front of the tub when it is in motion.

Brakesman on Incline and Engine-planes.

22. 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 underviewer or his deputy. He must be cautious in conducting the wagons, and see that they are securely coupled. He shall pay attention to giving and receiving the necessary signals.

23. The underviewer or his deputy shall see that proper stops and blocks are fixed at the top of each incline.

Enginewright.

24. The enginewright 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 materials from the mine, and shall cause the same to be in a state of efficient repair.

25. The enginewright shall see that the bells and signals required by this Act are fixed and maintained in working order, and that the engineman understands the code of signals.

26. The enginewright shall report any breakage or derangement of machinery to the manager or engineer.

27. The enginewright or some competent person shall see that each boiler is laid off and cleaned when required; he shall make a careful examination of the same and all its connections, and not allow it to work unless in good working order.

28. The enginewright or some competent person shall see that all the signals are fixed that are required by the Act.

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

Enginemen and Stokers.

30. Each engineman shall, every morning before commencing work, examine his engine and all the machinery connected therewith, and immediately report any defect to the manager or enginewright.

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

32. No one shall interfere with the engine except the engineman.

33. The engineman or stoker shall from time to time during the day examine the fittings of the boilers, and at once report any defects to the manager or enginewright. The stoker 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.

Additional Rules under “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882.”

BY virtue and in pursuance of the powers in us vested by section 25 of “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882,” we, being three Judges of the Court of Appeal, do hereby make the following additional rule touching the practice and procedure of the Court:—

The appellant against any judgment of the Supreme Court shall, on or before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court of Appeal, set down with the Registrar of the Court of Appeal the cause in which he intends to move; and shall at the same time lodge with the Registrar at least three copies of the written reasons for the judgment appealed against, if such reasons have been given in writing, otherwise of some authentic report thereof, together with copies of such pleadings and evidence as the Judge whose decision is appealed against shall order.

Given under our hands at Wellington, this 31st day of May, 1884.

ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON.
C. W. RICHMOND.
THOMAS B. GILLIES.

Native Land Court.—Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given at Wai-pawa, in the Gisborne District, on the 22nd day of October, 1883, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest of Apiata te Mataitaua in a block of land situate in the Otaki District, and known as “Te Awapuni No. 363;” and in the matter of the application of Wiremu Apiata te Mataitaua for a rehearing upon such claim.

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1884.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 20th day of May, 1884, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 29th day of June, 1884.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Pokohu C. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty. Area: 8,530 acres.

Dated this 20th day of May, 1884.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 21st day of May, 1884, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 30th day of June, 1884.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Pokohu A. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty. Area: 6,870 acres.

Name by which land is known: Pokohu B. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Bay of Plenty. Area: 11,440 acres.

Dated this 21st day of May, 1884.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 22nd day of May, 1884, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 1st day of July, 1884.