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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

Secretary of Mines a return in the Form No. 112
in the Ninth Schedule hereto, containing the par-
ticulars therein prescribed with regard to every
transaction relating to gold undertaken by him or
by his bank during the preceding month.
183. The statutory declaration to be made by
the sender when forwarding gold by post or other
intermediary to an incorporated bank licensed
under the said Act shall be in the Form No. 113
in the Ninth Schedule hereto.
184. Any failure to comply with the provisions
of clauses 181 to 183 of these regulations renders
the person or persons liable to the penalties set out
in sections 376 to 378 of “The Mining Act, 1908.”
185. Any person who desires to obtain a tempo-
rary license to deal in gold in any remote locality
shall lodge with the Warden an application in the
Form No. 114 in the Ninth Schedule hereto, to-
gether with a fee of 5s.
186. Every temporary license granted by a
Warden shall be in the Form No. 115 in the
Ninth Schedule hereto.
187. The provisions of these regulations relating
to gold-buyers shall apply to the holder of a tem-
porary license so far as the same are applicable
thereto.

Gold-miners’ Relief Fund.

188. The Public Trustee shall apply the moneys
     deposited to the credit of the Gold-miners’ Relief
     Fund as follows:—
     (1.) On receipt of a certificate from a duly
     qualified medical officer and from an
     Inspector of Mines that any gold-miner
     of at least two years’ residence in New
     Zealand has contracted miners’ phthisis
     (pneumoconiosis) and is thereby inca-
     pacitated from following his employ-
     ment, he may grant to such miner an
     allowance of 2s. 1d. per day for every
     working-day from the date of the medi-
     cal certificate, and continue such allow-
     ance so long as the Inspector of Mines
     certifies that the applicant is unable to
     work, provided that a total sum of £50 in
     each case is not exceeded. In the event
     of the Inspector of Mines being unable
     to certify a further medical certificate
     shall be obtained.
     Payment may, however, be made in
     a lump sum of £50 if the applicant
     satisfies the Public Trustee that his in-
     capacity is likely to be permanent and
     that he intends to invest the amount in
     a business to enable him or his family
     to earn a living.
     (2) A sum (not exceeding £50) may be paid
     to the widow and children (if any) of
     any such gold-miner who has died
     or hereafter dies from miners’ phthisis
     (pneumoconiosis), and an additional sum
     (not exceeding £20) may be paid toward
     defraying the expenses of his funeral.
     Provided that the deceased gold-miner
     was a resident of New Zealand for at
     least two years prior to his death, and
     that application is made within twelve
     months after the date of the death of
     the miner.
     (3.) In these regulations “Gold-miner” and
     “miner” mean any person employed
     in or about a gold-mine, and include
     persons employed in batteries.

Bathhouses.

189. (a.) The accommodation and facilities for
     taking baths shall be provided in a building of suffi-
     cient dimensions, efficiently ventilated and lighted,
     kept in good repair, and while the accommodation
     is in use heated to a temperature of not less than
     60 degrees Fahrenheit.
     (b.) The accommodation shall consist of shower-
     baths, also hand-basins supplied with water at a
     temperature as near as may be of 100 degrees Fah-
     renheit, and the showers shall be contained in a
     cabinet (in the proportion of 1 to 3) constructed
     so as to secure privacy to those who desire it, such
     cabinets having suitable arrangements for partially
     dressing and undressing, unless other means are
     authorized by the Inspector.
     (c.) The number of shower-baths and hand-basins
     shall be in the proportion of one to every eight
     persons in the largest shift employed at the mine.
     The building shall be constructed of material to
     be approved by the Inspector of Mines, and shall
     be so graded and drained as to allow the water
     to run to and be carried away at the sides of the
     building.
     The building shall also be constructed as to permit
     of the interior being easily cleansed, and to prevent
     accumulations of dirt in any part, and for this
     purpose—
     (i.) All inner surfaces of the building, up to the
     part from which the roof springs, shall
     be smooth.
     (ii.) A space of not less than 1½ in. shall be left
     between the walls of each cabinet and
     the sides of the building, and a space
     of not less than 10 in. between the walls
     of the cabinet and the floor of the
     building.
     (iii.) The inside wall of the building shall be
     constructed, to a height of not less than
     7 ft. from the floor, of material which
     is capable of being readily cleansed and
     is impervious to water.
     (iv.) Drawings and specifications of all bath
     and change houses shall be approved in
     writing by the Inspector before the com-
     encement of erection.
     (d.) No water shall be used for the baths which
     is liable to cause injury to health or to yield affluvia,
     and for the purpose of this regulation any water
     which absorbs from acid solution of permanganate
     of potash in four hours at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
     more than 0·5 grain of oxygen per gallon of water