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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

of the renewal, together with the following note:
“Registration of license originally registered as No.
renewed for year ending [Date, being one year, two years, or otherwise, as the case may be, computed from the date of the original registration].”

(2.) There shall be payable in respect of each such renewal a fee of 1s.

Index-books.

6. In addition to the index-books prescribed under clause 77 of the principal regulations, the Registrar shall also keep a nominal index-book which shall be in the form numbered 68 in the First Schedule hereto, and shall contain, in alphabetical order of surnames of grantors or transferors as appearing in the Register, the specified particulars of all registrations effected or renewed after the coming into operation of the Mining Act:
   Provided that in any case where in respect of any registration the number of grantors or transferors exceeds one, it shall be sufficient if the nominal index contains the name first appearing in the Register, together with the words “and another” or “and others,” as the case may be.

General.

7. All references to the seal of the Court in clauses 65, 67, and 69 of the principal regulations are hereby revoked.

7A. The fee payable, under clause 74 of the principal regulations, for a certified copy of any registered document is hereby reduced to 6d. per folio of ninety words or any part thereof.

LABOUR CONDITIONS.

8. In the case of a claim the title whereto is surrendered for purposes of exchange or amalgamation, the minimum number of workmen to be employed in proportion to the acreage, as prescribed by clause 81 of the principal regulations, shall be computed from the date on which the claim was originally marked out or taken possession of.

9. The application, under section 85 of the Mining Act, for authority to employ less than the prescribed minimum number of workmen may be in the form numbered 69 in the First Schedule hereto, and with respect to the application the following provisions shall apply:—
   (1.) The application need not be publicly notified by advertisement unless the Warden otherwise directs.
   (2.) The application may be granted in whole or in part as the Warden in his discretion thinks fit, and, if granted, shall be granted by certificate of reduction in the form numbered 70 in the First Schedule hereto.
   (3.) The certificate shall be registered in the same manner as in the case of a certificate of protection.

SURRENDER FOR PURPOSES OF EXCHANGE.

10. With respect to the surrender of title for purposes of exchange under section 128 of the Mining Act, the following provisions shall apply:—
    (1.) The application need not be publicly notified unless the Warden otherwise directs.
    (2.) The consent of the Minister, under subsection (24) of section 136 of the Mining Act, to the corresponding mining privilege shall be necessary in the cases therein mentioned.
    (3.) The license for the corresponding mining privilege shall be in the ordinary form, with the addition of a memorandum, to be noted or indorsed on the license under the hand of the Warden and the seal of the Court, specifying—
    (a.) The fact that the license is issued in exchange for a surrendered mining privilege, and the name, description, and registered number of the surrendered privilege;
    (b.) The priorities, encumbrances, liens, and interests referred to in subsection (8) of section 128 of the Mining Act.

AMALGAMATION OF CLAIMS.

11. The provisions of the last-preceding clause of these regulations shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of amalgamation of claims under section 129 of the Mining Act:
    Provided that before granting the application the Warden shall be satisfied that there has been expended in mining operations on each of the claims not less than £10.

RENEWAL OF LICENSES FOR MINING PRIVILEGES.

12. Except in the case of tunnel prospecting licenses (for the renewal whereof provision is made in clause 10 of the principal regulations), the following provisions shall apply with respect to the renewal of licenses for mining privileges:—

(1.) The application for the renewal may be in the form numbered 71 in the First Schedule hereto, and shall be filed in the office of the Registrar within not more than two months nor less than one month before the expiration of the current term by effluxion of time, but need not be notified or advertised.

(2.) The renewal shall be effected by issuing a fresh license in the ordinary form, expressed on its face to be issued in renewal of the former license, and with the same priorities, and subject to the same encumbrances, liens, and interests.

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH MINING OPERATIONS.

Additional General Rules.

13. In addition to the general rules prescribed by section 206 of the Mining Act, the following general rules shall as far as practicable be observed in every mine:—
    (1.) The extent of ventilation to be prescribed under subsection (1) of section 206 of the Mining Act shall be at the rate of not less than 100 cubic feet of air per minute for every person, and 150 cubic feet of air per minute for every horse, whilst employed under ground:
    Provided that in any case where the Inspector is satisfied that the aforesaid rate is insufficient or more than sufficient for the purpose of providing adequate ventilation either throughout the underground workings generally, or in any specified portions thereof, he may from time to time require such rate to be increased, or authorise it to be diminished, to such extent as in the circumstances he thinks reasonable.

(2.) In any case where the Inspector is of opinion that, by reason of the use of timber or other inflammable material in a mine, there is risk of fire, he may require the holder of the mine to provide such number and description of smoke-protectors as the Inspector thinks necessary, having regard to the nature and extent of the workings and of the risk.

(3.) Any requirement, order, or direction of the Inspector under the aforesaid section 206, or the principal regulations, or these regulations, may be made by writing under his hand addressed in general terms to the person in charge of the mine, and delivered at the mine; and it shall be the duty of the mine-owner and mine-manager to comply therewith in so far as is practicable.

(4.) A printed copy of this clause of these regulations shall be kept posted in the office, and on some building or board in a conspicuous place, in connection with every mine.

THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS AND CERTIFICATED MINE-MANAGERS AND BATTERY SUPERINTENDENTS.

The Board.

14. With respect to the Board of Examiners the following provisions shall apply:—
    (1.) At all meetings of the Board the quorum shall be four, and the Chairman appointed by the Governor shall preside: Provided that if at any meeting the Chairman is absent, the members present may appoint one of their number to act as chairman at such meeting in his stead, and, whilst so acting, the person so appointed shall have all the powers of the Chairman.

(2.) Each member of the Board who is not otherwise employed in any department of the public service shall receive by way of travelling-expenses the sum of £1 11s. for each day’s absence from his place of abode for the purpose of attending at a meeting of the Board, including the day of his leaving his place of abode, but not the day of his return thereto.

(3.) He shall also be repaid all sums properly expended by him for fares by railway, coach, or steamer in travelling for the purpose of such attendance.

Certificates by Examination.

15. The examinations for certificates as mine-managers or battery superintendents shall be held at such times and places as are appointed by the Board, and with respect to such examinations the following provisions shall apply:—
    (1.) For the better conduct of the examinations the Board may appoint supervisors, with such functions and powers as the Board thinks fit.

(2.) Every candidate for a certificate by examination shall, at least one month before the date fixed for the examination, make application in that behalf to the Secretary of the Board at Wellington.