Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2725

shall be deemed to be liable] to cause injury to health.

(e.) The floor of the building, the cabinets, and the inside wall up to a height of not less than 7 ft., shall be thoroughly cleansed once every day, and the whole building shall be thoroughly cleansed at such fixed time as shall be decided by the Inspector, but at least once in every ten days. If the accommodation is used by more than one shift of persons during the day the cabinets shall be cleansed at such intervals during the day as shall be decided by the Inspector.

(f.) Arrangements shall be made for suspending in the roof of the building the clothes of each person using the accommodation, by means of a chain or a cord so treated as to be impervious to moisture, which shall be so arranged and fitted as to be under the sole control of the person to whom it is allotted, and to keep the clothes of such person when suspended entirely separate from the clothes of any other person, and efficient means shall be provided for drying clothes when so suspended.

(g.) In any case where the votes of the workmen, or any part of the workmen, in any mine are required for the purpose of section 11 of “The Mining Amendment Act, 1914,” they shall be taken by a show of hands at a meeting of the workmen entitled to vote, of which not less than three days’ notice shall be given by a notice posted on the pithead specifying the time and place of meeting. A certificate stating the result of the voting, and signed by the person presiding at such meeting, shall be forthwith delivered to the manager of the mine.

(h.) The floor-space in every dressing or change room at bathhouses shall not be less than 12 square feet for each person.

(i.) Bathhouses in existence on the 1st day of July, 1915, shall, if approved by the Inspector, be allowed to remain in use.

(j.) The following rules shall be observed in all bathhouses:—

(i.) No person shall expectorate on the floor or walls.

(ii.) Clothes, towels, soap, or other articles shall be kept only in the place provided for them.

(iii.) No clothes shall be beaten or shaken within the building.

(iv.) No clothes shall be washed in bath or hand-basin.

(v.) No smoking shall be permitted unless in a room provided for that purpose.

(vi.) Games shall not be played within the building.

(vii.) No clothing or boots shall be kept in any change or bath house during any Sunday; such articles if left therein for two successive Sundays may be destroyed by order of the manager.

Sanitary Conveniences.

190. A sufficient supply of suitable sanitary conveniences shall be provided—

(a.) On the surface, adjacent to the winding-engine house, and at other suitable places convenient for the persons employed.

(b.) Below ground, at or near the shaft-entrances, and at suitable positions along the main levels or crosscuts approved by the Inspector.

Every sanitary convenience below ground shall have a floor of cement or similar material, and shall have a portable receptacle constructed of metal and provided with a metal cover.

A sufficient supply of sawdust, ashes, or dry earth, or other suitable material, for covering the faeces shall be constantly provided in a suitable receptacle at every convenience below ground, and at conveniences (other than water-closets) on the surface.

Every sanitary convenience on the surface shall be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure privacy.

Adequate disinfectant shall be constantly provided at all sanitary conveniences.

All sanitary conveniences shall be placed in such a position as to prevent as far as possible the effluvia from mingling with the intake air.

Every sanitary convenience shall be kept in a cleanly and sanitary condition, and in good repair, and the receptacles of all conveniences below ground shall be emptied and cleaned not less frequently than once in every seven days, and oftener if necessary. The receptacles shall be emptied at the surface.

No person shall relieve his bowels on the surface in proximity to any mine, or in any place below ground, except in one of the conveniences provided in accordance with the foregoing regulations.

Ambulance.

191. In every mine or level in a mine employing more than six men there shall be provided and kept in good condition, ready for immediate use, at a convenient spot, and also in the office at the mine or other convenient place on the surface—

(a.) A suitably constructed stretcher.

(b.) A box containing a sufficient supply of splints, bandages, adhesive plaster, boric vaseline, cotton-wool, and tincture of iodine or other suitable antiseptic solution.

The foregoing requirements shall not apply to any mine level or crosscut the conditions of which are so damp as to make it impossible to keep the appliances aforesaid in a good state.

In case of dispute between the manager and workmen as to the possibility of keeping ambulance appliances in a good state, the matter shall be referred to the Inspector, who shall have power to decide the dispute.