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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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89. The underviewer or his deputy shall see that proper stops and blocks are fixed at the top of each incline. No person shall walk on any surface-incline or railway, or ride on any truck or wagon thereon, without permission of the manager; and no person shall walk on any underground incline while the set is in motion.

Enginewright.

90. 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.

91. 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, and shall make a written report thereon.

92. The enginewright shall see that the walling and timbering 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.

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

94. 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.

95. 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.

96. 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.

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

98. The enginewright shall report any breakage or derangement of machinery to the manager or engineer.

99. 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.

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

Enginemen and Stokers.

101. 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.

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

103. 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.

104. 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.

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

106. 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.

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

108. 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 water-gauge, safety-valves, and steam-gauges, so as to ascertain the level of the water and pressure of the steam.

109. Any one infringing these special rules will render themselves liable to prosecution, and for the payment of such penalties as provided by the Coal Mines Act.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
John Aspinall; Section 92, Block XI., containing 7 acres 2 roods 27 perches, Skipper’s Creek, No. 630c, Otago Mining District.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For Minister of Mines.)

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—
   (1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid;
   (2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid;
   (3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ¼d. and ½d. a pound under similar conditions, as far as the same are applicable to those contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000 tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus, and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark; and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and canned for export by any such person shall, before exportation, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him, and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Goldfields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1885.

REWARDS are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the conditions set forth hereunder, payable out of the parliamentary vote of £2,500.

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