JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2087

be posted up shall be posted up by the manager in some
conspicuous place where it may be conveniently read or seen
by the persons affected, and so often as it becomes defaced,
obiterated, or destroyed shall be renewed by him with all
reasonable despatch.

87. (1.) The manager, where required by the Inspector,
    shall provide suitable hand-rails on all bridges and elevated
    tramways or gangways on which persons travel.

(2.) Where required by the Inspector the manager shall
cause to be erected notice-boards and adequate fences for the
purpose of prohibiting and preventing unauthorized persons
from travelling on surface rope roads, tram-lines, or railways.

Duties of Underviewer.

88. It shall be the duty of the underviewer, as well as of
    the manager, to enforce to the best of his power the pro-
    visions of the said Act and of the regulations made thereunder,
    and he shall give (subject to the control of the manager) such
    directions as may be necessary to ensure compliance with
    those provisions, and to secure the safety of the mine and the
    safety and health and proper discipline of the persons
    employed therein.

89. The underviewer shall to the best of his power see
    that all timber, brattice-cloth, and other necessary materials
    and appliances are sent into the districts as required, and he
    shall report at once to the manager any deficiency in the
    supply of such materials and appliances.

90. The underviewer, under the directions of the manager,
    shall see that locked safety-lamps are used and naked lights
    excluded wheresoever and whensoever danger from fire-
    damp is apprehended, and shall see that proper caution
    boards or signals are placed and maintained for the purpose.
    The underviewer or his deputy shall see that the roof and
    the sides in all working-places are properly secured by the
    persons working in them, and that the roof and sides of every
    travelling-road be made and kept secure. The underviewer
    or his deputy shall visit every working-place as often as is
    practicable during each shift.

91. He shall see that a sufficient quantity of timber for
    props and other purposes is daily supplied to the workmen,
    and cause the same to be cut in proper lengths and laid down
    in the working-places.

92. The underviewer shall inspect daily the doors between
    the main airways and see that they are doubled, and shall
    appoint doorkeepers whenever necessary.

93. The underviewer shall see that the airways and air-
    crossings are kept properly opened, and shall see that the
    regulators, tight-stoppings, doors, sheets, brattices, and
    danger-signals are immediately put where required. He shall
    see that the ventilating-apparatus is properly attended to.
    The underviewer or his deputy must remain underground
    until the day’s work is finished, and see that the doors and
    sheets are closed, and all the workmen are out of the mine.

94. The underviewer or his deputy shall see that proper
    stops and blocks are fixed at the top of each incline, and on
    all working jigs, and that the same are always used.

95. (1.) The underviewer shall see that in every working-
    place the height of which from floor to roof exceeds 10 ft.
    there shall be kept a suitable wooden or iron pole having a
    steel pricker at one end and a substantial steel ferrule at the
    other end, by which all parts of the roof may be reached by
    a person standing on the floor.

(2.) The underviewer shall see that a ladder of suitable
length shall be kept in every working-place the height from
the floor to the roof of which exceeds 9 ft.

Duties of Fireman-deputy.

96. In making the examinations required by the said Act
    the fireman-deputy shall mark with chalk the day of the
    month upon the face of each working-place. He shall pay
    particular attention to the edges of the goaf, and shall put
    up proper caution boards where necessary. On the com-
    pletion of the inspection he shall proceed to the appointed
    station where he shall meet the workmen, and instruct them
    as to their places of work and as to any special precautions
    necessary to be observed by them.

97. A fireman-deputy shall make a reasonably approxi-
    mate estimate of the amount of gas found by him in any
    place during his examination, and enter it in his report-
    book.

98. A fireman-deputy shall check the number of workmen
    under his charge, and shall record the number in his report.

99. Where brattice or air-pipes are required by the man-
    ager or underviewer to be used for the ventilation of the
    working-places the fireman-deputy shall see that they are
    kept sufficiently advanced to ensure that an adequate amount
    of air reaches the working-faces.

100. If the fireman-deputy finds any of the ropes, chains,
     signals, brakes, jig-wheels, or posts, or other apparatus in
     actual use in his district to be in an unsafe condition he shall
     stop the use of the same.

101. The fireman-deputy shall report as soon as may be
     to a superior official all accidents, dangerous occurrences, or
     defects which may come to his knowledge.

102. Where either of the two ways affording means of egress
     from the district to the surface is not ordinarily used for
     travelling, the fireman-deputy shall travel at least once in
     every month the whole of such way, in order to make himself
     thoroughly acquainted with the same.

103. If the mine is worked by a succession of shifts the
     fireman-deputy shall not leave the mine without conferring
     with the fireman-deputy succeeding him or with the responsible
     official left in charge, and shall give him such information
     as may be necessary for the safety of the district and of the
     persons employed therein.

104. At the termination of work of a shift in a district the
     fireman-deputy, or some other competent person appointed
     by the manager, who is in charge of the district, before he
     himself leaves the district, shall ascertain that all unneces-
     sary lights are extinguished, that all main doors are closed
     and that the ventilation is taking its proper course. This
     requirement, so far as it refers to doors and ventilation, shall
     not apply where the shift is succeeded by another shift so that
     work is carried on without any interval in the district, nor
     shall it apply so far as it refers to lights where the shift is
     succeeded by another shift which is timed to enter the dis-
     trict within thirty minutes of the preceding shift leaving.

105. The fireman-deputy shall have power to send out of the
     mine any workman under his charge infringing or attempt-
     ing to infringe any provision of the said Act or of the Regu-
     lations or Special Regulations made thereunder, or failing to
     carry out any direction given him with regard to safety, and
     shall report in writing to the manager or underviewer at the
     end of his shift any such infringement or attempted infringe-
     ment or failure.

Winding-engine Man.

For the purpose of the following regulations, “cage” in-
cludes “kibble.”

106. Unless some other person is specially appointed for
     the purpose, every winding-engine man shall during his shift
     keep the engine and apparatus connected therewith under
     his charge properly cleaned and oiled.

107. (1.) At any mine worked by shafts where machinery
     is used for raising or lowering persons to or from the surface,
     a winding-engine man shall always be within or about the
     engine-house, and within hearing of the shaft signals when
     men are underground.

(2.) The winding-engine man shall on no pretext leave the
handles whilst the engine is in motion, or when any one
is in the cage.

108. If a signal is given indistinctly, or if the winding-
     engine man has any doubt about a signal, he shall on no
     account set his engine in motion until a fully understood
     signal is received.

109. Before raising or lowering any person after any
     cessation of winding exceeding two hours the winding-engine
     man shall run the cage at least once between the shaft top
     and the lowest drawing level in order to ascertain whether
     everything is in order, and if any defect is discovered likely
     to affect the proper working of the winding-apparatus he
     shall not commence winding until the matter has been
     reported to the manager or underviewer, or to the official
     under whose direction he works, and he is instructed so to do
     by the manager, underviewer, or official as aforesaid.

110. The winding-engine man shall not allow any un-
     authorized person to be in the engine-house, nor shall he,
     without the written permission of the manager or of the
     official under whose direction he works, allow any one to
     work the engine. He shall in no circumstances permit any
     one to work the engine while persons are being raised or
     lowered in the shaft.

111. When work is suspended the engineman shall leave
     the cages in such a position that they do not impede the
     ventilation, and so as not to leave the pit-top unfenced.

112. Whilst any person is in the shaft the engine-driver
     shall drive the engine at a reduced speed.

Banksman and Onsetter.

113. The head banksman or other appointed person shall
     be at the mine at the appointed time in the morning, and
     shall see that a sufficient number of lights are provided on the
     bank; and before the engine is started, and from time to
     time during the day, he shall see that the pulleys, ropes,
     cages, chains, and landing doors or frames are in safe
     working-condition; and he shall not allow any person to