Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1479

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE Board of Examiners appointed under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891” (hereinafter termed “the Board”), shall examine, or cause to be examined, on the subjects herein-after specified, applicants for certificates as mine-managers, first and second class, under sections 20 and 21 of the said Act. At all meetings of the Board three shall form a quorum.

2. The Board may appoint supervisors from time to time to conduct such examinations.

3. Every application for a certificate as a mine-manager shall be made in writing under the hand of the applicant to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners, Mines Department, Wellington, accompanied (in the case of a certificate by examination under sections 20 or 21 of the said Act) by 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 five years in a coal-mine, and (in the case of a certificate without examination under section 23 of the said Act) by a fee of 10s., together with the certificate from the recognised authority specified in that section.

4. Certificates by examination shall be in the form set forth in Schedules A or B, and certificates without examination shall be in the form set forth in Schedule C hereto.

5. Each member of the Board who is not otherwise employed in any department of the public service shall receive by way of allowance the sum of £1 11s. sterling for each day’s absence 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. He shall also be repaid all sums properly expended by him for fares for railway, coach, or steamer in travelling for the purpose of such attendance: Provided that due diligence is exercised in travelling.

For First-class Certificates.

6. The subjects for examination shall be as follows:—
   (1.) On prospecting, sinking, tunnelling, and opening out a colliery;
   (2.) On working coal and timbering underground;
   (3.) On the gases of mines, spontaneous combustion, and ventilation;
   (4.) On dealing with old workings and other sources of danger;
   (5.) On steam boilers and engines used about mines;
   (6.) On mine drainage and haulage, and appliances for same;
   (7.) On geology, surveying, and making plans;
   (8.) Arithmetic, and a knowledge of “The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

7. Every applicant must be able to give drawings to illustrate details connected with any work to be done in or about a coal-mine, and must give all details of calculations, and in matters of opinion must fully state his reasons for arriving at any given conclusion.

For Second-class Certificates.

8. The subjects for examination shall be as follows:—
   (1.) On prospecting, shaft-sinking, tunnelling, and opening out a colliery;
   (2.) On working coal and timbering underground;
   (3.) On gases of mines, spontaneous combustion, and ventilation;
   (4.) On dealing with old workings and other sources of danger;
   (5.) On mine drainage and haulage, and appliances for same;
   (6.) Arithmetic, and a knowledge of “The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

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SCHEDULE A.

“The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

FIRST-CLASS MINE-MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE.

No. . Office of Board of Examiners,
Wellington, , 1 .

THIS is to certify that [State the name in full, address, and occupation of person examined] has produced a certificate from his previous employers that he has been actually engaged in underground workings for a period of not less than five years, and has passed a satisfactory examination as a first-class mine-manager of a coal-mine, as required by sections 20 and 21 of “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” and the regulations made thereunder.

A.B.,
Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio .
C.D., Secretary.

SCHEDULE B.

“The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

SECOND-CLASS MINE-MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE.

No. . Office of Board of Examiners,
Wellington, , 1 .

THIS is to certify that [State the name in full, address, and occupation of person examined] has produced a certificate from his previous employers that he has been actually engaged in underground workings in a mine for a period of not less than five years, and has passed a satisfactory examination as a second-class mine-manager for a coal-mine, as required by sections 20 and 21 of “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” and the regulations made thereunder.

A.B.,
Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio .
C.D., Secretary.

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SCHEDULE C.

“The Coal-mines Act, 1891.”

MINE-MANAGER’S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY.

Office of Board of Examiners,
Wellington, , 1 .

THIS is to certify that [State the name in full, address, and occupation of applicant] has produced a mine-manager’s certificate from a recognised authority outside the colony, and has satisfied the Board of Examiners that he is entitled to a mine-manager’s certificate of competency under the provisions of section 23 of “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” and this certificate is issued in compliance therewith.

A.B.,
Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered, Vol. , folio .
C.D., Secretary.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Licensing T. Eckford to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Opawa River, Wairau, as a Wharf-site.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), Thomas Eckford, of Blenheim, master mariner (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore, and of the land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, in the Opawa River, Wairau, in order to erect a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2287), showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object for which the said license is required by the licensee as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensee to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say:—