2088
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

descend the shaft until the kibble or cages have been run
up and down the shaft, and the ropes, chains, cappings, and
cages carefully examined by him. If any weakness or defect
is found in anything belonging to the pit-top, or in the engine
or machinery, he must not permit any person to descend or
ascend until it is made secure. The banksman shall also
attend to the proper signals.

114. No person shall enter the cage until authorized to do
     so by the onsetter or banksman, as the case may be, or leave
     the cage until it shall have stopped at the landing-place,
     and persons while waiting at the top or bottom of the shaft
     or any entrance into the shaft, or while in the cage, shall
     behave in an orderly manner, and shall obey the directions
     of the banksman or onsetter, as the case may be, and shall
     not impede the banksman or onsetter in the discharge of his
     duties. The banksman or onsetter, as the case may be, shall
     not, when persons are being raised or lowered, signal the
     cage away until the gates or other rigid fences with which
     the cage is provided are in position, and no person other than
     an official or person authorized in writing by the manager
     to give signals shall when riding in the cage interfere with the
     gates or fences. No person other than a banksman or onsetter
     shall give signals while men are being raised or lowered.

115. The onsetter at any entrance into a shaft which is
     provided with a fence not worked by the cage or cages shall
     not begin to remove the fence until either the cage is stopped
     at the entrance, or it has reached such a position in the shaft
     that by the time the fence is removed the cage will be opposite
     the entrance, and shall close the fence immediately he has
     signalled the cage away, and shall not permit any other
     person to remove the fence while he is on duty.

116. The banksman, when he is informed of danger in the
     shaft, shall not allow any person to go down, unless for the
     purpose of repairing the shaft. He shall not allow any
     intoxicated person to descend. He shall himself give the
     signals, and let no other than appointed persons land the
     trucks or put them into the cages. He shall listen at the
     pit-top when any person is in the shaft. He shall remain
     at the pit-top until all the workmen are raised.

117. The banksman or onsetter shall not let a youth under
     sixteen years of age go up or down the shaft unless accom-
     panied by a man, and shall not permit more than the number
     of persons stated on the board at the pit-top and bottom
     to descend or ascend at one time. The banksman and on-
     setter shall not allow a person to go down or up against a
     loaded cage, and shall not allow any person to take with him
     rails, props, sprags, tools, trucks, or other bulky materials,
     or to get on or off the cage until it has settled upon the props
     or reached the pit-bottom. The banksman or onsetter shall
     send all tools down or up the shaft in a truck, and props,
     rails, brattice-boards, and other bulky materials shall be
     tied securely to the cage or rope by the banksman or onsetter
     when being sent down or up the shaft. If a rope is working
     in the shaft for underground planes, no person shall ride
     in the cage whilst such rope is running unless it be cased.

118. The head banksman shall see that the top of every
     shaft is securely fenced.

119. The onsetter shall be in the mine at the appointed
     time in the morning. He shall be at his station and give
     signals and perform his other duties under these rules, and he
     shall remain there to see all workmen safely into the cage
     and up the shaft at the close of the shift.

120. The onsetter shall report to the underviewer any
     person that gives a signal or disobeys his direction. He shall
     give the prescribed signals. He shall only allow authorized
     persons to put trucks into or take them out of the cages,
     and he shall see that no materials project outside the cage.

121. The onsetter shall see that the water-sump is never
     uncovered when any person is ascending or descending the
     shaft.

122. No person shall attempt to go on or across the un-
     covered space of the shaft-bottom except for the purpose of
     working in the shaft-bottom, and no person shall be allowed
     to work in such space unless the cages are stopped.

123. The banksman shall keep the cages and pit-top clear.

124. The banksman and onsetter shall not, unless by
     special permission, allow any person to ride on the cage with-
     out the cover being closed.

WINDING AND HAULING APPLIANCES.

125. No mode or type of capping shall be used which
     fails to withstand a strain—
     (a.) In the case of a winding-rope, of at least seven times
     the weight of the maximum load carried at any
     time by the capel ;
     (b.) In the case of a hauling-rope, of at least 60 per cent.
     of the breaking strain of the rope.

126. A competent person appointed by the manager shall,
     whenever a winding-rope is capped or recapped, superintend
     the work, and see that it is properly carried out.

127. In no case shall the capel of a round winding-rope
     be attached to the rope by the use of rivets passing through
     the rope.

128. In those forms of capping in which the wires at the
     end of the rope are bent back on the rope itself to form a cone,
     wedges of a soft metal, or wedges formed by the lapping of
     soft wire, shall be placed between the rope and that portion
     which is bent back. This regulation shall not apply to
     hauling-ropes if materials only are hauled or if the gradient
     is less than 45°.

129. If white metal is used in the capping of ropes, the
     composition of the white metal shall be such that its melting-
     point is under 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

130. Where white metal is used in the capping of ropes
     the untwisted ropes shall be thoroughly cleaned, and before
     the white metal is poured into the socket the latter shall be
     heated or warmed.

131. All ropes shall be securely attached to the drum,
     and when the cage is at the pit-bottom there must not be less
     than two rounds of rope on the drum.

132. (1.) In shafts in which men are raised or lowered no
     spliced rope shall be used.
     (2.) On inclined planes on which men are carried no spliced
     rope shall be used without the previous permission of the
     Inspector.

133. The use of a screw stop-valve as the controlling valve
     of any winding-engine is prohibited.

134. (1.) Only wire ropes shall be used for haulage purposes
     on jigs, except on the face-section where chains may be used.
     Anchor-chains shall be used on all face-jigs.
     (2.) A back-stay or trailer shall be attached to each
     ascending tub or set of tubs on every inclined haulage road
     where mechanical haulage, other than endless rope or chain,
     is used.
     (3.) Suitable appliances approved of by the Inspector shall
     be provided to prevent tubs in which persons are being con-
     veyed from becoming disconnected or running away.

SIGNALLING (EXCEPT IN SINKING PITS).

Winding.

135. The manager shall, in the case of a mine where there
     are entrances into the workings from the shaft at different
     levels, prescribe the signals to be used to indicate the level
     to which the cage is to be sent, and in respect of movements
     of the cage between one level and another level, and shall
     fix any other signals that may be required.

136. A notice shall be posted in the engine-house, and at
     the pit-head, and at each entrance into the workings from the
     shaft, containing the signals fixed by the manager in pur-
     suance of the preceding regulation.

137. In connection with every winding-engine there shall
     be provided an appliance which shall automatically indicate
     in a visible manner to the winding-engine man (in addition
     to the ordinary signal) the nature of the signal until the
     signal is complied with.

138. No person other than the banksman or onsetter shall
     give any signal unless he is an official of the mine or is
     authorized in writing by the manager to give signals.

139. The following signals shall be used at all times in con-
     nection with winding in shafts :—
     (1.) For winding persons :—
     (a.) When a person is about to descend, the banks-
     man shall signal to the onsetter and to the
     winding-engine man .. .. .. 3
     Before the person enters the cage the onsetter
     shall signal to the banksman and to the
     winding-engine man .. .. .. 3
     When the cage at the bottom is clear and
     ready to ascend, the onsetter shall signal
     to the banksman and winding-engine man.. 1
     When the person is in the cage and ready to
     descend, the banksman shall signal to the
     winding-engine man .. .. .. 2
     (b.) When a person is about to ascend, the on-
     setter shall signal to the banksman and
     to the winding-engine man .. .. .. 3
     Before the person enters the cage the
     banksman shall signal to the onsetter .. 3
     When the person is in the cage and ready to
     ascend, the onsetter shall signal to the
     banksman and to the winding-engine man .. 1
     When the banksman has received the signal
     “ 1 ” from the onsetter, he shall signal to
     the winding-engine man .. .. .. 2
     (2.) For winding otherwise than with persons :—
     To raise up .. .. .. .. .. 1
     To stop when in motion .. .. .. 1
     To lower down .. .. .. .. 2
     To raise steadily .. .. .. .. 4
     To lower steadily .. .. .. .. 5