Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1669

SCHEDULE 43 (REG. 251).

TIMBER CERTIFICATE.

No.

I HEREBY certify that has received permission to cut
timber (except kauri or reserved trees), within the District
of for the period of twelve months from the date
hereof [subject to all Native rights during the currency of
this certificate.]

Dated at , the day of , 18 .
Warden.

SCHEDULE 44 (REG. 255).

UNDERGROUND MANAGER'S CERTIFICATE.

No.

THIS is to certify that [State the name, address, and occu-
pation of person examined] has passed a satisfactory exami-
ation for an underground manager, as required by section
203 of "The Mining Act, 1886," and the regulations made
thereunder.

Given under my hand the day of , 18 .

A. B.,
Chairman of the Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , Folio . C.D., Secretary.

SCHEDULE 45 (REG. 256).

To the Hon. the MINISTER OF MINES.

No.

I [Name in full, address, and occupation] hereby make
application for a certificate of competency as an under-
ground manager of a quartz or alluvial mine [as the case
may be], and herewith enclose a fee of 10s., as required
by section 203 of "The Mining Act, 1886." I also forward
a certificate as to character and attainments, show-
ing that I have been engaged in the capacity of an under-
ground manager in a [quartz or alluvial mine as the case
may be] at , in the District of , for a period
of twelve months immediately previous to the date of the
passing of "The Mining Act, 1886."

Dated at , the day of 18 .
C. D., Applicant.

SCHEDULE 46 (REG. 256).

MINING MANAGER—CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY.

No. Mines Department, Wellington, 18 .

In pursuance of the authorities vested in me in terms of
section 203 of "The Mining Act, 1886," I hereby certify that
[State the name in full and address and occupation] has
proved to my satisfaction that he has been engaged and
acted continuously in the capacity of an underground
manager in a quartz or alluvial mine in the district of
[State the district] for a period of twelve months previous
to the date of the passing of "The Mining Act, 1886."

Entered, Folio , Vol. . E. F.,
G. H., Under-Secretary. Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE 47 (REG. 257).

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION.

No.

I HEREBY certify that [State the name in full], under-
ground manager in [State the name of the mine or company's
mine], situated at [State the name of place and district], is
exempt from the provisions of section 203 of "The Mining
Act, 1886," with respect to holding a certificate of underground
manager, as it is my opinion that the workings of the said
mine do not require a certificated manager at the present
time.

Dated at , the day of , 18 .
I. J.,
Inspector of Mines.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-first day of
December, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Regulations under "The Coal Mines Act, 1886."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of December, 1886.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Coal Mines Act, 1886"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
from time to time, by Order in Council, to make,
alter, or revoke regulations for, inter alia, prescrib-
ing the terms and conditions for the issue of certi-
ficate of competency for the office of underground
manager of a mine, and for regulating the exami-
inations with respect to the necessary knowledge
and requirements in working a mine for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the fitness of any person
applying for any such certificate: And whereas
it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter
set forth:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond
Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in exercise of the power and authority con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, do hereby make the following regula-
tions; and doth declare that such regulations shall
come into force on the twenty-first day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

REGULATIONS MADE UNDER "THE COAL-MINES
ACT, 1886."

Underground Manager.

1. THE Governor shall appoint a Board of Ex-
   aminers, consisting of not less than three nor more
   than five persons, three of whom to form a
   quorum, to examine, or cause to be examined,
   applicants for certificates of underground mana-
   gers on the subjects hereinafter specified.

The said Board may appoint supervisors from
time to time to conduct such examinations, and
shall grant certificates, in the form set forth in
Schedule A hereto annexed, to such persons as
shall have passed the prescribed examinations and
shall have produced certificates of character which
shall be satisfactory to the Board.

Every application for a certificate as an under-
ground manager shall be made in writing under
the hand of the applicant to the Secretary of the
Board of Examiners, Mines Department, Wel-
ington, accompanied with a fee of £1 sterling,
together with a certificate that the applicant is
not less than twenty-one years of age, and that he
has been employed for a period of not less than
three years in a coal-mine.

The subjects for examination shall be as fol-
lows:—

(1.) On the sinking of shafts and construction
of main roadways, opening out a mine,
and the division of a mine into dis-
tricts :