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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Ohakune by excluding therefrom the area described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas a notice showing the proposed alteration in boundaries of the said borough has been gazetted and publicly notified, and objections in writing against such alteration were lodged:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held an inquiry, and recommended that the said area should be so excluded from the said borough and included in the County of Waimarino:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that, as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the Borough of Ohakune and shall be included in the County of Waimarino.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, being Section 27, Block VIII, Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section 28, said Block VIII; towards the south-east by Section 16, Block V, Karioi Survey District; towards the south-west by a public road; and towards the north-west by Sections 26 and 25, Block VIII aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under the Stone-quarries Act, 1910.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighteenth day of March, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 regulations made under the said Act on the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations, and prescribe that such regulations shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

THE following rules shall be observed, so far as is reasonably practicable, in every quarry:—

I. SAFETY OF THE QUARRY.

1. The working of the sides, tops, or overburden of the quarry shall be carried on so as to prevent dangerous falls.

2. The overburden or “tops” of the quarry, and all loose ground or material, shall be cleared far enough back from the edge of the quarry to prevent danger to the persons employed.

3. When it is necessary for safety that any quarry shall be worked in steps or “galleries,” the breadth of every one of these shall be at least one-half its height, but in no case shall the breadth thereof be less than 12 ft. When the quarry is worked without steps or galleries, sufficient support to the sides shall be left to insure safety to those employed.

4. There shall be a clear space between the outside rails of tramways and the edges of galleries sufficient to prevent both the falling of stones from the wagons and the falling of the men themselves to galleries below. Where such a space is impracticable the edges shall be securely fenced.

5. The top of the quarry, if dangerous, and the top of every shaft shall be securely fenced.

6. All bridges shall, if dangerous, be securely fenced.

7. If work is carried on at night, it shall be under special supervision, and sufficient light shall be provided.

II. ACCESS TO THE QUARRY.

8. Secure means of access shall be provided by which workmen can go to and from their working-places.

9. A ladder permanently used for the ascent and descent of persons in the quarry shall not be fixed in a vertical or overhanging position, and shall be inclined at the most convenient angle; and every such ladder shall have substantial platforms at intervals of not more than 10 yards.

10. All tunnels used as a regular means of access to working-places shall be kept sufficiently lighted and drained, and where the space between the side of the wagon and the side of the tunnel is less than 3 ft. places of refuge shall be provided at intervals not exceeding 100 yards.

11. Persons shall not be raised or lowered in cages, trucks, buckets, or wagons unprovided with guides, except in sinking shafts; and no timber, tools, rails, sprags, or other material, except for repairing the shaft, shall be placed in the same cage in which men are being lowered or raised. In any shaft exceeding 20 ft. in depth, in which cages are not used, no person shall descend or ascend by the aid of machinery unless (in addition to the use of the loop, cross-bar, or other appliance) he is securely stayed to the rope employed for lowering or raising in such shaft by a strap or other fastening passing round the body under the arms, and such method of staying shall be used by every person who finds it necessary, in the execution of his duty, to descend or ascend a shaft on top of the cage-covers.

12. Where machinery is used for raising or lowering persons, further regulations shall be made to suit the special circumstances of the case, copies of which shall be kept constantly affixed in the quarry office and in a convenient place adjacent to the said machinery.

III. BLASTING.

13. If a charge misses fire—
    (a.) A second charge shall not be placed in the same hole.
    (b.) If the charge was fired electrically, the person firing the charge shall before approaching the hole disconnect the cable and the removable handle from the firing apparatus, and shall examine the cable and connections for any defect.
    (c.) Except where the missfire is due to a faulty cable connection, and the charge is fired within one hour and a half after the defect is remedied, another charge shall be fired in a fresh hole, which shall be drilled not less than 12 in. away from the hole in which the charge has missed fire, and shall as far as practicable be parallel with it.
    (d.) If the missfired charge contained a detonator, the person firing the second charge shall, before doing so, attach a string to the electric lead or the fuse of the missfired charge, and secure it by attaching it to the cable or otherwise.
    (e.) After the second charge has been fired no person shall work in proximity thereto until the person firing the charge or an official of the quarry has made a careful search for the detonator and charge of the missfired charge. If these are not found the stone shall be loaded in a specially marked truck under the supervision of the person firing the charge or an official. The search for the detonator and charge, and the loading of any stone which may contain a detonator, shall be carried out as far as possible without the use of tools.
    (f.) Should the missfired charge not be dislodged by the second charge, further holes must be drilled and the same precautions taken as aforesaid.

This regulation shall not apply to deep-drilled holes at the bottom of which a cavity has been formed by means of explosives, and known as a “bulled hole,” when, with the approval in writing of the Inspector, a quarry foreman or manager has been permitted to allow the tamping to be partially removed from any missfired hole preparatory to the insertion of a primer for the purpose of firing the missfired charge.

14. No drill shall be used for the boring of a hole for a charge unless it allows at least a clearance of ⅜ in. over the diameter of the cartridge which is intended to be used in the hole, and no person shall attempt to charge a hole unless such clearance exists.

15. No explosive shall be forcibly pressed into a hole; and when a hole has been charged the explosive shall not be unrammed, nor shall any part of the stemming be removed, nor shall the detonator leads be pulled out.

16. The fuse known as instantaneous fuse shall not be used at or in any quarry.

IV. MACHINERY AND PLANT.

17. No person shall remain under the rope or chain of an aerial incline whilst a wagon or load is ascending. Whilst a load is being moved on the landing-table no person shall remain immediately beneath it; and no person shall be