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164. If the Minister decides to grant to any such applicant a gold-dealer’s license he shall cause a license in the Form No. 102 in the Fifth Schedule hereto to be issued to such person. When any such license has been granted, and has been registered in the Register of Licensed Gold-dealers at the Office of the Department at Wellington, it shall be forwarded to the Warden for delivery to the licensee.

165. An incorporated bank shall apply in writing to the Minister for a general gold-dealer’s license, and on receipt of a fee of £5, together with £1 in addition for each branch at which gold-dealing is to be carried on, such license may be granted in the Form No. 103 in the Fifth Schedule hereto.

166. Such license shall authorize the bank to deal in gold at every branch specified therein.

167. The manager, or the accountant, or the officer in charge of the gold-buying department for the time being at every such branch shall be deemed to be a “licensee” within the meaning of the said Act.

168. The bank, in the application for the license, shall state the places at which such branches are established, and from time to time give to the Under-Secretary of Mines written notice of the establishment of any additional branch at which gold-dealing is to be carried on.

169. A Gold-dealer’s Book, in the Form No. 104 in the Fifth Schedule hereto, shall be kept at the registered place of business of every gold-dealer, and at every branch of an incorporated bank holding a gold-dealer’s license at which gold-dealing is carried on. Every licensed gold-dealer other than an incorporated bank, and, in the case of a bank, the manager, accountant, or officer in charge of the gold-buying department for the time being of the branch, as the case may be, shall personally conduct and carry out every transaction relating to the purchase or sale of gold, and shall, after every purchase or sale has been effected, forthwith record in his Gold-dealer’s Book the prescribed particulars of the transaction.

170. On or before the fifth day of each month every licensed gold-dealer and the manager at any such branch of an incorporated bank holding a gold-dealer’s license shall forward to the Under-Secretary of Mines a return in the Form No. 105 in the Fifth Schedule hereto, containing the particulars therein prescribed with regard to every transaction relating to gold undertaken by him or by his bank during the preceding month.

171. 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. 106 in the Fifth Schedule hereto.

172. Any failure to comply with the provisions of clauses 169 to 171 of these regulations renders the person or persons liable to the penalties set out in sections 406 to 408 of the Mining Act.

173. Any person who desires to obtain a temporary license to deal in gold in any remote locality shall lodge with the Warden an application in the Form No. 107 in the Fifth Schedule hereto, together with a fee of £1.

174. Every temporary license granted by a Warden shall be in the Form No. 108 in the Fifth Schedule hereto.

175. The provisions of these regulations relating to gold-buyers shall apply to the holder of a temporary license so far as the same are applicable thereto.

Particulars to be supplied regarding Boring-operations.

176. (1.) Prior to commencing the sinking of a borehole coming within the provisions of section 283 of the Mining Act the holder of a mining privilege shall send to the Inspector a plan showing the location of the hole proposed and its position relative to any workings in the vicinity or, where there are no such workings, to some well defined point, and shall also notify the Inspector as to the depth to which it is proposed to bore and the inclination of the hole.

(2.) After completion of the borehole the owner shall send to the Inspector a section of the borehole showing each formation penetrated and the thickness thereof, also the size and assay value of any ore deposit or the value per cubic yard in any alluvial deposit which may be located by the hole, and such other information as may be required by him on a form or forms provided for the purpose.

(3.) Each piece of core more than 2 in. in length shall be plainly marked with the depth in feet from the top of the borehole by means of lead-pencil or strong scratches. At intervals of not more than 10 ft. suitable pieces of core shall also have small labels firmly affixed to them by gum or similar substance giving depth, number of borehole, and locality.

(4.) Where over a distance of 10 ft. or more no core is obtained, a sample of the material obtained in drilling weighing not less than 1 oz. shall be taken every 10 ft. at least, and placed in a stoppered glass bottle having a label firmly affixed giving depth of sample in feet, number of borehole, and locality.

(5.) The Inspector, on written application being made to him, shall have power to permit such variation in the method of labelling cores and bore material as circumstances may render necessary or desirable.

Bath-houses.

177. (a.) The accommodation and facilities for taking baths shall be provided in a building of sufficient 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 Fahrenheit, 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 commencement of erection.

(d.) No water shall be used for the baths which is liable to cause injury to health or to yield effluvia, 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 grains of oxygen per gallon of water 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 277 of the Mining Act, 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 at the mine-mouth 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 bath-houses shall not be less than 12 square feet for each person.

(i.) Bath-houses 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 bath-houses :—

(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.