Numb. 27.

1115

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1908.

Regulations under “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” and its Amendments.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of April, 1908.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of all powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council making regulations under the said Act, dated the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations, and prescribe the several forms and fees hereinafter set forth; and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette :—

REGULATIONS.

Mine-managers’ Certificates.

1. The Board of Examiners (hereinafter termed “the Board”) shall examine, or cause to be examined, on the subjects hereinafter specified, applicants for certificates as mine-managers, first and second class, under sections 24 to 26 of “The Coal-mines Act, 1905” (hereinafter termed “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 superintend 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 25 or 26 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 underground workings in a coal-mine, and a medical certificate that his senses of sight and hearing are not defective, and (in the case of a certificate without examination under section 27 of the said Act) by a fee of 10s., together with the certificate from the recognised authority specified in that section, and also a certificate at date as to the general conduct and sobriety of the applicant.

4. Certificates by examination shall be in the form set forth in Forms 1 or 2, and certificates without examination shall be in the form set forth in Form 3 hereto.

5. Each member of the Board 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. 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.

6. The subjects for examination for first-class certificates shall be as follows :—

(1.) Prospecting, boring, shaft-sinking, and opening out a colliery;

(2.) Working coal and timbering underground;

(3.) Mine-gases, spontaneous combustion, and ventilation;

(4.) Dealing with old workings and other sources of danger;

(5.) Steam boilers and engines used about mines;

(6.) Mine drainage and haulage, and appliances for same;

(7.) Geology, surveying, and making plans;

(8.) Practical elementary electricity;

(9.) Arithmetic, and a knowledge of “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” and amendments; also first aid to the injured.

7. The subjects for examination for second-class certificates shall be as follows :—

(1.) Prospecting, boring, shaft-sinking, and opening out a colliery;

(2.) Working coal and timbering underground;

(3.) Mine-gases, spontaneous combustion, and ventilation;

(4.) Dealing with old workings and other sources of danger;

(5.) Mine drainage and haulage and appliances for same;

(6.) Practical elementary electricity;

(7.) Arithmetic, and a knowledge of “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” and amendments; also first aid to the injured.