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Enginemen and Stokers.

79. 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.

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

81. No one shall interfere with the engine except the engineman. He shall at all times gently lift the cage from the pit-bottom, and carefully drive the engine, and not leave the handle whilst persons are in the shaft, and shall not allow any person to remain in the enginehouse. He shall pay particular attention to the indicators and signals, and shall stop the engine if any defect is perceived.

82. The engineman shall not leave his work whilst any person is underground, except when he is relieved by the engineman coming on the next shift; and, in case of sickness or lawful absence, he must give early and sufficient notice to the enginewright, so that a substitute may be provided.

83. The engineman shall make himself thoroughly acquainted, and act in accordance, with the signals laid down in these rules.

84. When work is suspended the engineman shall leave the cages in such a position that they do not impede the ventilation, and so as not to leave the pit-top unfenced.

85. Whilst any person is in the shaft the engineman shall drive the engine at a reduced speed.

86. 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.

Special Rules for the Mosgiel Coal-mine, under “The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1886.

THE under-mentioned special rules, to be observed at the Mosgiel Coal-mine, are published in accordance with the provisions of section 31 of “The Regulation of Mines Act, 1874.”

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the 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.

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 8 feet in width, and that there is constantly kept at a sufficient distance, not being less than 5 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 provisions contained in the 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, and, in working long-wall, shall set sufficient sprags, not more than 2 yards apart, before commencing holing. 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, 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.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of New Plymouth.

A building constructed of wood and iron, situated on Section No. 907, Currie Street, Town of New Plymouth, to be known as

GOLDWATER’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner’s Order No. 232.

Approving and appointing Addition to a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned addition to a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Invercargill.

In addition to portion of cellar and of ground-floor of premises in Esk Street, appointed by Commissioner’s Order No. 222, of the 6th March, 1885, the warehouse known as

SCRUTTON’S BOND,