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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

during holing. After taking out the sprags or holing-props,
if the coal or other mineral will not fall with wedging or
from the effects of the shot, they shall not hole further until
they have reset the sprags or holing-props. In long-wall
working miners shall pack or chock the ends of the main
gateway.

50. No officer in a place of trust shall depute another per-
    son 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.

51. 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.

The following special rules shall be in force at every mine
where men are raised and lowered in any shaft:—

Manager.

52. The manager must see that the signals for moving the
    cages are painted upon a board and placed in a conspicuous
    position.

Underground Workmen and Boys.

53. During the time of the mine-drawing every person in
    descending the shaft shall be under the directions of the
    banksman, and in ascending the shaft shall be under the
    direction of the onsetter, and no other person than the banks-
    man and onsetter shall give any signal during such time.
    No person shall get on or off the cage after the signal to go
    on has been given, nor until it has settled on the props or
    reached the bottom. No person shall take with him down
    or up the shaft tools, rails, props, sprags, or other bulky
    materials, except for repairing the shafts. No person shall
    get on the cage after the numbers stated on the board at the
    pit top and bottom are on. Every workman and boy shall
    leave the cage immediately when ordered to do so by the
    banksman or onsetter.

Banksman and Onsetter.

54. The head banksman, subject to the manager’s or
    underviewer’s directions, shall have full control over the pit-
    top and over all persons employed under him. The onsetter,
    subject to the manager’s or underviewer’s directions, shall
    have full control over the pit-bottom and all persons em-
    ployed there. No person under the age of eighteen years
    shall have charge of the pit top or bottom.

55. The head banksman or other appointed person shall be
    at the mine at the appointed time in the morning, and shall
    provide a sufficient number of lights on the bank; and before
    the engine is started, and from time to time during the day,
    he shall see that the pulleys, ropes, cages, chains, and land-
    ing doors or frames are in safe working condition; and he
    shall not allow any person to descend the shaft until he has
    put the loaded tubs into the cage, and the ropes and loaded
    cages have been run up and down the shaft, and the ropes,
    chains, cappings, and cages carefully examined by him. If
    any weakness or defect is found in anything belonging to the
    pit-top, or in the engine or machinery, he must not permit
    any person to descend or ascend until it is made secure.
    The banksman shall also attend to the proper signals. The
    head banksman shall not allow any boy under thirteen to
    work on the bank excepting under the exemptions provided
    by the Act, and in that case only with an order from the
    manager.

56. The banksman in charge of the pit-top shall not let a
    stranger go down the shaft without the authority of the
    manager. The banksman, when he is informed of danger in
    the shaft, shall not allow any person to go down unless for
    the purpose of repairing the shaft. He shall not allow any
    intoxicated person to descend. He shall himself give the
    signals, and let no other than appointed persons land the
    corves or put them into the cages. He shall listen at the
    pit-top when any person is in the shaft, and instantly signal
    the engineman to stop the engine in case of alarm. He shall
    remain at the pit-top until all the men and boys are drawn out.

57. The banksman or onsetter shall not let a boy under
    sixteen years of age go down or up the shaft unless accom-
    panied by a man, and shall not permit more than the number
    of persons stated on the board at the pit top and bottom to
    descend or ascend at one time. The banksman and onsetter
    shall not allow a person to go down or up against a loaded
    cage in the same shaft unless it is bratticed, and shall not
    allow any person to take with him rails, props, sprags, tools,
    tubs, or other bulky materials, or to get on or off the cage
    until it has settled upon the props or reached the pit-bottom.
    The banksman shall send all tools down the shaft in a tub or
    tram, and props, rails, brattice-boards, and other bulky
    materials shall be tied securely to the cage or rope by the
    banksman or onsetter when being sent down or up the shaft.
    If a rope is working in the shaft for underground planes, no
    person shall ride in the cage whilst this is running unless the
    rope be cased.

58. The head banksman shall see that the fencing is placed
    securely round the top of every shaft when it is not at work.

59. The onsetter shall be in the mine at the appointed time
    in the morning. He shall be at his station to give signals
    and perform his other duties under these rules, and he shall
    remain there to see the men and boys all safely into the cage
    and up the shaft at the close of the day.

60. The onsetter shall report to the underviewer any person
    that gives a signal or disobeys his directions. He shall remain
    at the bell-handle and give cautionary signals, if necessary,
    when any person ascends or descends the shaft. He shall
    only allow appointed persons to put tubs into or take them
    out of the cages; and he shall see that the coals or materials
    do not project over the cage.

61. The onsetter shall see that the water-sump is never un-
    covered when any person is ascending or descending the shaft.

62. The banksman shall keep the cages and pit-top clear.

63. The banksman and onsetter shall alone give the signals
    for moving the cages, which are as follows:—

Signals.

When the cage is to be raised from the pit-
bottom the bell is to be struck
.. Once.
When men are about to ascend..
.. Three times.
Which the banksman shall answer before
men get on to the cage
.. Once.
When men are about to descend the banks-
man shall signal
.. Three times.
Which the onsetter shall answer by signal-
ling
.. Once.
When men are ready, the signal to go on..
.. Once.
To stop the cage
.. Once.
To lower down the cage
.. Twice.
To raise up after being stopped..
.. Four times.

64. The banksman and onsetter shall not allow any person
    to ride on the cage without the cover, unless by special
    permission.

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

Brakesman on Incline and Engine-planes.

65. 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.

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

The following special rules shall be in force in any mine
where steam-engines are used:—

Enginewright.

67. 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.

68. The enginewright or some competent person appointed
    must daily examine the state of the shaft by which persons
    ascend or descend, and the guides and conductors therein.

69. The enginewright shall see that the walling and timber-
    ing of the pumping shaft and the pumping apparatus are
    frequently examined. The fixed and suspended stages,
    cradles, land-loops, ropes, chains, gin, and capstan shall be
    examined before being used.

70. The enginewright shall see that competent persons of
    not less than eighteen years of age are employed for working
    the machinery used in lowering and raising persons employed
    in the mine.

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

72. The enginewright shall see that every cage used for
    the purpose of raising and lowering persons in the shaft shall
    have a proper covering overhead.

73. The enginewright shall see that all ropes are carefully
    attached to the drum, and when the cage is at the pit-bottom
    there must not be less than two rounds of rope on the drum.

74. When a winding-shaft rope requires “capping” or
    “splicing,” it shall be done under the direction of the engine-
    wright or a competent person appointed by the manager.

75. The enginewright shall report any breakage or derange-
    ment of machinery to the manager or engineer.

76. 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.

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

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