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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

leased by the said trustee for a term of fourteen years from
the 1st July, 1884.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land situate at Te Aute, in the
Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by ad-
measurement 423 acres, more or less, and called or known
by the name of Waikareao.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act,
1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hoani Meke and
Kingita Ngahoro, aboriginal natives of New Zealand,
in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in
Anaru Kune, as Trustee under the provisions of "The Maori
Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amend-
ments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the aliena-
tion of such land, and application has been made for the
removal of such restrictions:
It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after
the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this
notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said
restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of
the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be
leased by the said Trustee for a term of twenty-one years
from the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-four.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 26,300 acres,
more or less, being called or known by the name of the
Purahotangihia Block, on the plan deposited in the Survey
Office at Napier. Bounded on the North and North-east by
the Maungaharuru Block, the Waikoa Stream, and the
Arapawanui and Tongoio Blocks; on the South by Morris
Block, and the Petane and the Pakuratahi Blocks; and on
the West by the Waiohinganga or Esk River: excepting and
reserving thereout as a reserve for the lessors all that parcel
of land, portion of the said block, containing by estimation
400 acres, and contained in a straight line drawn from the
north-east portion of the Pakuratahi Block, at a gate in the
track between the lands hereby demised and the Pakuratahi
Block, and thence running northerly till it meets the creek,
running at right angles from the waterfall in the creek form-
ing the boundary between the lands hereby demised and the
Tongoio Block.

Special Rules for the Orepuki Coal and Shale Mine, under
"The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1885.

THE under-mentioned special rules for the Orepuki Coal
and Shale Mine, Southland District, are published in
accordance with the provisions of section 31 of "The Regula-
tion of Mines Act, 1874."

W. J. M. LARNACH,
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.

SPECIAL RULES.

Manager.

1. The mine, and all the operative details of the manage-
   ment 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 respon-
   sible 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 examina-
   tions 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 com-
   pany 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 work-
   able 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 super-
   vision and control.

Firemen.

8. The manager shall appoint one or more competent per-
   sons 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 fore-
    going 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 im-
    purities, and are safe for workmen to enter and work therein ;
    and, in case fire-damp or other impure air shall be dis-
    covered 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—
    (a.) Any deficiency in the amount of ventilation;
    (b.) Any violation by workmen of the rule as to entering the
    mine before inspection;
    (c.) Any use or attempted use of gunpowder or other
    blasting material without permission;
    (d.) Any damage done to fences, signals, or marks in the
    mine.

Roadsmen.

14. The roadsmen, in their different divisions and shifts,