1934
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Making amended Regulations under "The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1894."

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of December, 1895.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS under and in pursuance of "The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1894" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), certain regulations were made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and it is expedient to revoke the said regulations, and make other regulations in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf conferred on him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations made by the aforesaid Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof, for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council and the regulations hereby made shall come into force on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

REGULATIONS.

I.—Examinations for Engine-drivers' Certificates of Competency.

1. The Board of Examiners appointed under "The Inspection of Machinery Amendment Act, 1894" (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), shall examine or cause to be examined in the subjects hereinafter specified all applicants for certificates of competency as engine-drivers.

2. The Board may appoint supervisors from time to time to conduct such examinations, and shall grant certificates of competency in the form set forth in Schedules 2 and 4 hereto annexed to such persons as shall have passed the prescribed examination, and who shall have produced certificates of character from their present or former employers which are satisfactory to the Board. The Board shall also grant certificates of service, in the form set forth in Schedules 1 and 3, to such persons as the Board shall consider entitled thereto in terms of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Act.

3. Candidates for examination must be twenty-one years of age, and shall make a proper application on a form which will be supplied at any Inspector of Machinery's office. This application, accompanied with the fee of 10s., and all necessary testimonials, must be forwarded to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington.

4. Certificates procured on false information will be cancelled.

5. Every candidate for a certificate of competency as an engine-driver must be able to read, write, and understand the first five rules of arithmetic.

6. An applicant for an engine-driver's certificate for working winding machinery will be eligible for examination who is the holder of a sea-going engineer's certificate, or who forwards indentures or satisfactory proof of having been employed for five years at the making and repairing of steam-engines, and sends a certificate from his present or former employer or employers, or from a certified mine-manager, showing that the applicant has been working winding machinery under a certified engine-driver for a period of not less than one month. The applicant shall also forward certificates of character from his present or former employer or employers, or from a Justice of the Peace or a Postmaster.

7. An applicant for an engine-driver's certificate for working winding machinery will be eligible for examination who forwards a certificate from his present or former employer or employers, or from a certified mine-manager, showing that the applicant has been working winding machinery under a certified engine-driver for a period of not less than six months. The applicant shall also forward certificates of character from his present or former employer or employers, or from a Justice of the Peace or a Postmaster.

8. Every applicant for an engine-driver's certificate for working a traction, locomotive, or any engine moved from place to place by its own motive-power or machinery, shall forward a certificate from his present or former employer or employers, or, in the case of the applicant being the owner, then from a Justice of the Peace, a Postmaster, or two persons of good repute, showing that the applicant has been firing a locomotive- or steering a traction-engine for six months, or has been in charge of an engine and boiler for

not less than six months, and shall also forward a certificate as to character from his present or former employer or employers, a Justice of the Peace, or a Postmaster.

9. The subjects for examination shall be as follows:—

Steam or Air Winding Machinery.

(a.) On the different classes of air- or steam-engines used in winding, and also all the internal and moving parts.

(b.) On the different appliances and indicators used to show the position of cage in shaft, or truck on plane, in which persons are conveyed; also, the meaning of the different signals used in mines.

(c.) On the different kinds of boilers used for winding-engines and their connections, and the effect of impurities in water used in such boilers, and the different methods adopted to keep them clean.

(d.) On the power of air- or steam-engines.

(e.) On the prevention of priming in boilers.

Hydraulic Winding Machinery.

(a.) On the different appliances and indicators used to show the position of cage in shaft, or truck on plane, in which persons are conveyed; also, the meaning of the different signals used in mines.

(b.) On the different appliances in winding with hydraulic machinery, and the methods adopted for letting on and shutting off the water; and the brake employed to control the winding gear.

(c.) On the power of different classes of hydraulic machinery.

Traction, Locomotive, and other Engines.

(a.) The candidate must understand the rule of the road, and under what conditions traction-engines are allowed to travel on public roads and highways.

(b.) He must understand the meanings of all the different lights and signals used on railways and railway-crossings in New Zealand, and must be free from colour-blindness.

(c.) He must pass an examination, to the satisfaction of the examining officer, as to the details of the different parts of a traction- and locomotive-engine, and give an explanation of the use of each part.

(d.) He must state how temporary repairs could be effected in case of derangement to engine or boiler.

(e.) He must understand the use of all the various cocks, gauges, valves, and connections on boilers used for traction and locomotive purposes.

(f.) He must understand the effect of impurities in water used in such boilers, and the methods adopted to keep them clean.

Fees in Case of Failure.

10. The payment of the examination fee deposited with the application shall entitle the applicant to come up for another examination after a period of three months, and within a period of twelve months, without further charge, in the event of his failing to pass his first examination.

Time of Examination.

11. Examinations will be held on the first week-day (or following days if necessary to complete examination) of February, May, August, and November, in the Inspector of Machinery's offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, or such other times and places as the Board or examining Supervisor may direct. And all applications must be lodged with the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, twenty-one days before the date of examination.

II.—Certificate of Service for an Engine-driver working Winding Machinery.

1. Every applicant for a certificate of service for driving any engine or machinery used for raising or lowering men in a shaft of a mine or coal-mine shall make application on a proper form, which will be supplied at any Inspector of Machinery's office.

2. This application, with a fee of 2s. 6d., must be sent to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, accompanied with a certificate from his former employer or employers, stating that the applicant has been actually engaged and in charge of an engine or machinery by means of which persons are brought up or passed down or along any shaft, pit, or inclined plane, or level in any mine or coal-mine for a period of twelve months within the three years immediately previous to the 30th day of June, 1895, also testimonials as to ability, sobriety, and good conduct of the applicant.

III.—Certificate of Service for an Engine-driver working any Engine propelled or moved from Place to Place by its own Motive-power and Machinery.

1. Every applicant for a certificate of service for driving a traction, locomotive, or other engine propelled or moved from place to place by its own motive-power and machinery shall make application on a proper form, which will be supplied at any Inspector of Machinery's office.