3052

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 76

subject to the provisions hereinafter mentioned, grant a
certificate of service as an alluvial-mine manager to any
person who in the opinion of the Board is justly entitled to
the same.

2. Every application for a certificate of service as an
   alluvial-mine manager shall be made in writing under the
   hand of the applicant to the Secretary, Board of Examiners,
   Mines Department, Wellington, and shall be accompanied
   by a fee of £1 1s.

3. A certificate of service as an alluvial-mine manager may
   be granted by the Board to any person who submits written
   evidence satisfactory to the Board of at least five years' prac-
   tical experience in alluvial mines worked from shafts, two
   years of which shall have been served as manager of an
   alluvial mine worked from a shaft: Provided that the said
   alluvial mines are situated in New Zealand or Australia.

4. No certificate shall be granted under the foregoing
   clause unless and until the Board is satisfied that the applicant
   is of good character and repute, and is a bona fide resident of
   New Zealand, and has satisfied the Board by oral examina-
   tion that he has a satisfactory knowledge of the Mining Act,
   1908, and amendments, together with the regulations made
   thereunder.

5. For the purpose of the foregoing clause the applicant
   shall submit with his application a certificate at date from
   some person of repute, as to his general conduct and sobriety.

6. The oral examination referred to in clause 4 hereof shall
   be conducted by two members of the Board or a member of
   the Board and an Inspector of Mines.

7. Alluvial-mine managers' certificates of service shall be
   in Form 95B in the Schedule hereto.

Certificates by Examination.

8. (a.) The Board shall examine or cause to be examined
   in the subjects hereinafter specified applicants for alluvial-
   mine managers' certificates.

(b.) The Board may appoint such supervisors from time
to time as it may think fit to superintend such examinations,
and may also appoint such examiners as it may deem necessary.

9. (a.) Every application for examination for an alluvial-
   mine manager's certificate shall be in Form 93 in the Schedule
   hereto, and shall be made in writing under the hand of the
   applicant to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners, Mines
   Department, Wellington, at least one month before the date
   fixed for the examination. Each applicant shall forward
   with his application a fee of £2 2s.

(b.) Every applicant for examination for an alluvial-mine
manager's certificate shall also forward with his application-
(i.) A certificate that the applicant is not less than twenty-
one years of age;

(ii.) A certificate at date from his employer as to his general
conduct and sobriety;

(iii.) A certificate or certificates from his previous em-
ployers to the satisfaction of the Board that he has
had not less than five years' experience in mining
operations of which at least one year shall have
been in alluvial mines worked from shafts. Ex-
perience in coal-mines as defined in the Coal-mines
Act, 1908, and its amendments, to the extent of one
year may be accepted by the Board in part satis-
faction of the foregoing.

(iv.) A certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner
or the St. John Ambulance Association or other
body approved by the Board of Examiners showing
that he has taken a course in ambulance work
fitting him to give first aid to men injured in mining
operations.

10. For the purpose of enabling the Board to determine
    whether the candidate possesses the requisite practical experi-
    ence, the application shall state with sufficient particularity
    for identity and reference the respective mines in which the
    applicant has been employed, and the period and nature of
    his employment therein, and such statement shall be sup-
    ported, if possible, by evidence in writing from his previous
    employers, but in no case shall the certificates cover a less
    period than required by clause 9 (b) (iii) hereof.

11. For the purposes of clause 9 (b) (iii) the Board will
    accept as evidence of satisfactory practical mining experience
    for two years the diploma of Bachelor of Mining Engineering
    of the University of New Zealand, or the diploma of Associate
    in Mining of the Otago School of Mines, or the corresponding
    degree or diploma of any other University or School of Mines
    approved by the Board, and of the remaining three years of
    practical work at least one year must be spent in an alluvial
    mine worked from a shaft.

(12.) The subjects of examination shall be as follows:-
Subject 1 : Mining-(a) As defined in Regulation 135, with
the addition of the following: “(b) Alluvial Mining-
Construction, erection, use, and care of puddling, sluicing,
and other appliances; blocking out alluvial ground;
special methods of working deep leads.”

Subject 2: Mechanics-As defined in Regulation 135.
Subject 3: Ventilation-As defined in Regulation 135.
Subject 4: Arithmetic and law-As defined in Regula-
tion 135.

Subject 5: Surveying-As defined in Regulation 135.
Subject 6: General and applied geology; prospecting;
classification and mode of occurrence of alluvial deposits,
whether on or near the surface or deeply buried; general
geology so far as required for the understanding of the
geological conditions under which detrital mineral deposits
are formed, and their subsequent history.

(13.) The examination in the above subjects shall be partly
written and partly oral, and shall be held at such times and
places as are appointed by the Board in that behalf.

(14.) All persons holding certificates as first-class mine-
managers under the Mining Act, 1908, or any other Act
thereby repealed, shall be exempt from the written examina-
tion in subjects 2, 3, 4, and 5.

(15.) Alluvial mine-managers’ certificates by examination
shall be in Form 94A in the Schedule hereto.

Certificate by Exchange.

(16.) The Board may issue an alluvial-mine manager’s
certificate to any person who in the opinion of the Board
holds a certificate of corresponding status to the New Zealand
certificate granted after examination in any other country.

(17.) (a.) Every application for a certificate of competency
without examination (by exchange) as alluvial-mine manager
shall be made in writing under the hand of the applicant
to the Secretary, Board of Examiners, Mines Department,
Wellington.

(b.) The application shall be accompanied by-
(i.) The corresponding certificate it is desired to exchange.
(ii.) A fee of £1 ls.
(iii.) A statutory declaration that the applicant is the
person named in the certificate, and is the lawful
holder of such certificate.
(iv.) Evidence of the applicant's practical experience as a
miner.
(v.) A certificate at date from some person of repute as
to the general conduct and sobriety of the applicant.
(c.) No certificate shall be granted unless and until the
Board is satisfied that the applicant is of good repute and is a
bona fide resident of New Zealand, and that the standard
of training and examination required for the granting of such
a certificate is equivalent to that required for the grant of a
corresponding certificate under the said Act.

(d.) (i.) Certificates by exchange shall be granted by the
Board only after the applicant has satisfied the Board by
oral examination that he has a satisfactory knowledge of the
said Act and the regulations made thereunder.

(ii.) The oral examination shall be conducted by two
members of the Board or a member of the Board and an
Inspector of Mines.

(iii.) Alluvial-mine managers’ certificates without ex-
amination (by exchange) shall be in form 95A in the Schedule
hereto.

General.

(18.) The Board, before issuing a service, competency, or
exchange certificate, may impose any condition that it thinks
necessary to ensure the certificate being issued to a thoroughly
competent person.

All applications for alluvial-mine managers’ certificates
shall be submitted to an Inspector of Mines for a report on the
applicant's bona fides and general qualifications.

(19.) The Board shall keep a register of all certificates
issued by it.

(20.) The provisions of Regulation 134 shall, as far as
applicable, apply to the examinations held and the certificates
issued under this regulation.

(21.) The Eighth Schedule is hereby amended as follows:-
Form 93 (Regulation 135) is hereby revoked, and
Fcrm 93 (Regs. 135 and 135A) in the Schedule hereto
is substituted therefor.

By adding thereto Form 94A (Reg. 135A), Form 95A
(Reg. 135A), and Form 95B (Reg. 135A) in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Form 93 (Reg. 135 and 135A).

Under the Mining Act, 1908.

APPLICATION TO BE EXAMINED FOR CERTIFICATE.

To the Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the
Mining Act, Wellington.

I, [Full name, residence, and occupation], the undersigned,
hereby apply to be examined for a certificate as mine-manager
of the first [or second] class [or alluvial-mine manager] [or
battery superintendent]. I enclose the prescribed fee of

• ], and hereby declare as follows:-