Nov. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1753

underground workings connected with mining, and, in the

case of a certificate as a battery superintendent, that he has

been employed for a period of twelve months at a crushing-

battery where for that period cyanide of potassium was

continuously used in the extraction of gold or silver from

ores.

8. The said Board may grant mine-managers' or battery

superintendents' certificates, without examination, in the

forms set forth in Schedules 3 and 4 hereto annexed, to

any persons of good repute who have complied with the

provisions of section 316 of "The Mining Act, 1891," and

section 7 of "The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1894," if it

is fully satisfied that such persons are entitled to receive

a mine-manager's certificate or battery superintendent's

certificate, as the case may be.

9. Every application for a certificate of a mine-manager

under section 316 of "The Mining Act, 1891," without ex-

amination, shall be made in writing to the Secretary of the

Board of Examiners, Mines Department, Wellington, ac-

companied with a fee of 10s., together with the necessary

certificates as required by the section of the Act herein re-

ferred to.

10. Every application for a certificate of a battery superin-
    tendent under section 7 of "The Mining Act Amendment

Act, 1894," without examination, shall be made in writing

to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners, Mines Depart-

ment, Wellington, not later than the 1st day of January,

1895, accompanied with a fee of £1, together with certifi-
cates from the applicant's former employers that he has

been for a period of twelve months actually and continuously

in charge of the machinery and appliances of a mine in

which for that period cyanide of potassium was continuously

used in the extraction of gold or silver from ores.

11. Each member of the Board of Examiners who is not

otherwise employed in any department of the public service

shall receive, by way of allowance, the sum of £1 1s. sterling

for each and every day he is absent from his abode in

attendance at a meeting of the Board of Examiners. Each

member shall also be repaid any moneys expended in rail-

way- and steamboat-fares and actual hotel-expenses for

board and lodging while so absent as aforesaid: Provided

that due diligence is exercised in travelling.

First-class Certificates for Mine-managers.

12. The subjects of examination for first-class certificates

for mine-managers shall be as follows:—

(a.) The laying-out and construction of shafts, cham-

bers, main drives or levels, adits, uprises, and

stopes.

(b.) The timbering of shafts, adits, main drives or

levels, passes, stopes, and generally the systems

of timbering mines and filling up old workings.

(c.) Pumping appliances and the drainage of mines.

(d.) The haulage in shafts and on underground planes;

also the strength of haulage ropes and chains.

(e.) The ventilation of mines and composition of gases.

(f.) Tapping water in mines, and the mode of construct-

ing dams in underground workings to keep the

water back.

(g.) Blasting and the use of explosives.

(h.) The effect that faults, slides, and mullock-bars have

on lodes, and how to ascertain the direction of

slides and heaves.

(i.) A knowledge of underground surveying, and of

making plans of the underground workings, show-

ing the dip or inclination and strike of the reefs

or lodes.

(j.) A knowledge of the different rocks where gold,

silver, tin, copper, zinc, lead, and antimony are

found, and the formation of lodes and leads.

(k.) A knowledge of arithmetic and the method of keep-

ing accounts.

(l.) A knowledge of Part VI. of "The Mining Act,

1891."

Second-class Certificates for Mine-managers.

13. The subjects of examination for second-class certifi-
    cates for mine-managers shall be as follows:—

(a.) The laying-out and construction of shafts, cham-

bers, main drives or levels, adits, uprises, and

stopes.

(b.) The timbering of shafts, adits, main drives or

levels, passes, stopes, and generally the systems

of timbering mines, and filling up old workings.

(c.) The ventilation of mines.

(d.) Tapping water in mines.

(e.) Blasting and the use of explosives.

(f.) A knowledge of arithmetic and the method of keep-

ing accounts.

(g.) A knowledge of Part VI. of "The Mining Act,

1891."

Certificates for Battery Superintendents.

14. The subjects of examination for certificates for battery

superintendents shall be as follows:—

Ore-crushing machinery:—

(a.) The different modes of reducing and pulverising

ores.

(b.) Amalgamating-machines.

(c.) The use of quicksilver, and methods of using it in

connection with the extraction of gold and silver

from ores.

(d.) Lixiviation process of recovering gold and silver from

ores.

(e.) Chlorination process of recovering gold from ores.

(f.) The sampling and testing of ores.

(g.) A knowledge of arithmetic and the method of keep-

ing accounts.

(h.) A knowledge of Part VI. of "The Mining Act, 1891."

FIRST SCHEDULE (Reg. 6).

First-class Mine-manager's Certificate.

By Examination.

Office of Board of Examiners,

Wellington, , 18 .

No. .

This is to certify that , of , having

produced a certificate from his previous employers that

he has been actually engaged in underground work-

ings in a* mine for a period of not less than

three years, and having passed a satisfactory ex-

amination as a mine-manager for a* mine, as

required by sections 313 and 314 of "The Mining Act,

1891," and the regulations made thereunder, is entitled

to a first-class certificate of competency as such mine-

manager as aforesaid, and this certificate is issued to

him accordingly.

Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio . Secretary.

• Fill in whether quartz or alluvial.

SECOND SCHEDULE (Reg. 6).

Second-class Mine-manager's Certificate.

By Examination.

Office of Board of Examiners,

Wellington, , 18 .

This is to certify that , of , having

produced a certificate from his previous employers that

he has been actually engaged in underground work-

ings in a* mine for a period of not less than

three years, and having passed a satisfactory ex-

amination as a mine-manager for a* mine,

as required by sections 313 and 314 of "The Mining

Act, 1891," and the regulations made thereunder, is

entitled to a second-class certificate of competency as

such mine-manager as aforesaid, and this certificate

is issued to him accordingly.

Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio . Secretary.

• Fill in whether quartz or alluvial.

THIRD SCHEDULE (Reg. 8).

Mine-manager's Certificate of Competency.

Without undergoing Examination.

Office of Board of Examiners,

Wellington, , 18 .

This is to certify that , of , having

produced a mine-manager's certificate of competency

from a recognised authority outside the colony, and

having satisfied the examiners of his bona fides, is

entitled to a* certificate of competency as

manager of a† mine, under the provisions of

section 316 of "The Mining Act, 1891," without

undergoing examination, and this certificate is issued

to him accordingly.

Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio . Secretary

• First- or second-class, as the case may be.

† Fill in whether quartz or alluvia

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