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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

District Agents appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, as from the 1st instant, the under-mentioned gentlemen to be District Agents of the Government Insurance Department for the respective provincial districts set opposite their names:—

HENRY CLAPCOTT, Esq., for Otago District;
JOSEPH CUMBERLAND PRUDHOE, Esq., for Canterbury District;
GEORGE NAYLOR, Esq., for Wellington District.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that S. SOLOMON, of Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand, Solicitor, has applied, on behalf of MARTIN MARSHALL, of Dunedin aforesaid, Chemist, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade marks of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A rectangular label, of white paper, with a border of two plain-ruled black lines on each side thereof; within this are the words “Cura Clava” printed in the first line in black ink in sanserif type, the words “The Russian Corn & Bunion Exterminator” printed in the second line in brevier-condensed-sanserif type, and the words “A perfectly harmless preparation but wonderfully effectual” printed below in black ink in nonpareil-antique type; and the words “M. Marshall” written diagonally across the whole of the printing in black ink.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

A fluid chemical preparation to be used for the extraction of corns and bunions.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.)

Regulation for Legal Business.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st August, 1884.

ADDITIONAL Regulation respecting the employment of solicitors on behalf of the Crown or of any department of the Government in respect of legal business, and for regulating the fees to be paid therein:—

50A. Where it is necessary to investigate titles to land, or any interest therein, without preparing instruments of title, a fee not exceeding two guineas will be allowed for each title investigated.

This fee is intended to cover cases where land, or any interest therein, has been acquired, or agreed to be acquired, on behalf of the Crown, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” or otherwise, and it is necessary to settle the title before payment of purchase-money or compensation. The fee includes all charges for searches, attendances, investigation of title, and report in writing thereon to the department instructing the matter, exclusive of actual out-pocket expenses.

But nothing herein is to prevent the making of any special arrangement in excess of or in reduction of the fee above prescribed.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1884.

THE under-mentioned special rules for the Whitecliffs Coal Mine, Malvern 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.

Manager.

1. The mine, and all the operative details of the management thereof, shall be under the control and daily supervision of the manager, whose duty it shall be to carry out, and see carried out, the various provisions of any Act for the time being in force for the regulation of mines, so far as incumbent upon him or those acting under his control or direction, and to see that the mine is properly ventilated, and that sufficient materials and appliances are always provided for the proper carrying out of all necessary operations. 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.

2. In addition to and without in any way restricting his general duties, the manager shall examine all parts of the mine daily, and also all the air-courses of the mine, and all stoppings and brattices connected with the same, and cause remedies to be provided immediately for all defects that may be found on such examination.

3. A safety-lamp shall be used in making all such examinations as aforesaid.

4. He shall see that a sufficient quantity of timber for props and other purposes is daily supplied to the workmen, and cause the same to be cut in proper lengths and laid down in the working-places, it being the earnest desire of the company that every proper protection shall be afforded to the lives of the workmen. He shall see that all the roads and tramways throughout the mine are kept in a safe and workable state.

5. He shall give all necessary instructions to the men or boys in the mine respecting their work, and shall see daily that these rules are duly observed.

6. He shall daily make a correct entry of the readings of the barometer and thermometer in the Mine Registry.

Overmen.

7. The manager may appoint one or more overmen to assist him in the performance of his general and the above special duties, subject, however, to his own general supervision and control.

Firemen.

8. The manager shall appoint one or more competent persons to act as firemen of the mine.

9. Before the time appointed for any shift commencing work in any part of the mine, the firemen appointed to inspect the mine for that shift shall inspect with a safety-lamp the whole of the workings in which such shift is to be employed and the roadways leading thereto, and shall make a true report of the condition thereof so far as the ventilation is concerned. Every such report shall be recorded without delay in the Mine Registry, and shall be signed by the person making the same.

10. In making the examinations provided for by the foregoing rules the fireman shall mark with chalk the day of the month upon the face of each working-place, as 1, 5, 10, 25, or other numbers, as the case may be. He shall be careful to ascertain that every part of the mine and roadways so to be examined are free from fire-damp, choke-damp, or other impurities, and are safe for workmen to enter and work therein; and, in case fire-damp or other impure air shall be discovered in any working-place, road, or level, the fireman shall, in the first instance, thoroughly clear the same of such impurity if that can be done easily, and shall thereupon report to the miners and other workmen that the same are safe; but, if the impurity cannot be readily or at once cleared out, the miners and workmen shall not be permitted to enter such working-places, roads, or levels until the impure air shall have been, by further appliances, entirely dispelled. He shall prevent miners or other workmen entering the roads or working-places until a report shall have been made that they are safe. If no fire-damp, choke-damp, or other impurity shall be discovered or suspected to remain after such inspection, the fireman shall so report to the miners and workmen, and allow them to proceed to work, and shall thereupon without delay enter such report in the Mine Registry.

11. In case, from any cause, the operations of the mine shall have been discontinued for an unusual length of time and thereafter resumed, no workman shall be allowed to enter the mine until the manager or fireman shall have first entered and reported on the state of the workings, and in discharging this duty the manager or fireman must proceed with great caution, and shall not go further into the workings than he, from his own experience, shall deem safe; and, in case there are reasonable grounds for apprehending the presence of impure air, he shall return to the mine mouth and remain there until precautionary measures shall have been applied to restore the proper ventilation of the mine.

12. All entrances to any place not in actual course of working and extension shall be properly fenced across the whole width of such entrance, so as to prevent persons entering the same.

13. He shall report to the Manager—