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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

(15) The footnote to Form 88 in the Fourth Schedule to
the said regulations is hereby amended by deleting the words
“Second-class Mine-manager, £1 1s., Battery Superintendent,
£1 1s.,” and substituting therefor the words “Second-class
Mine-manager, £1 10s., Battery Superintendent, £2 2s.”

(16) Form 92 in the Fourth Schedule to the said regulations
is hereby amended by deleting the words “fee of £1 1s.,” and
substituting therefor the words “fee of £2 2s.”

(17) Forms 92A and 94 in the Fourth Schedule to the said
regulations are hereby revoked.

(18) The Sixth Schedule to the said regulations is hereby
amended by adding the following paragraph after paragraph (f)
in Part II (3) thereof :—

(g) Adjournment of hearing where made on application of
applicant or objector, 2s.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

(19) 13A. Refunds of any amount deposited by an applicant
for an ordinary prospecting license under the provisions of
section 9 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1934, shall from
time to time be made on the certificate of the Inspector of
Mines for the district that the applicant has complied with
all the requirements of the Mining Act, 1926, and its amend-
ments, and the regulations made thereunder, and that at
least £2 has been expended on prospecting the lands com-
prised in the ordinary prospecting license for every £1 applied
for as a refund. Every application for a refund shall be
accompanied by a statement verified by a statutory declara-
tion by the holder of the license of the amount expended in
prospecting the area, together with a short report of the
prospecting operations and the results obtained therefrom.

TRANSFER OF PROSPECTING LICENSES AND LICENSES FOR
CLAIMS.

(20) In every case where application is made pursuant to
section 11 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1934, for the written
consent of the Minister to the transfer of the title to an
ordinary prospecting license or a license for a claim from
the holder to another person, there shall be submitted
with the application the original document of transfer and
two certified copies thereof.

CERTIFICATES BY EXCHANGE.

(21) 134A. (1) Every application for a certificate of com-
petency without examination (by exchange) as mine-manager,
battery superintendent, or dredgemaster shall be made in
writing under the hand of the applicant to the Secretary,
Board of Examiners, Mines Department, Wellington.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by—
(a) The corresponding certificate it is desired to exchange :
(b) A fee of £2 2s. :
(c) A statutory declaration that the applicant is the person
named in the certificate and is the lawful holder
of such certificate :
(d) Evidence of his practical experience :
(e) A certificate at date from some person of repute as
to the general good conduct and sobriety of the
applicant.

(3) No certificate shall be granted 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 that
the standard of training and examinations required for the
grant of the certificate it is desired to exchange is equivalent
to that required for the grant of a corresponding certificate
under the Mining Act.

4. (a) 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
   Mining Act and the regulations made thereunder relating to
   the working, regulation, and inspection of mines.

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

(c) Dredgemasters’ certificates without examination (by
exchange) shall be in the Form 94 in the Schedule hereto.

DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES.

(22) 134B. (1) Every application for a duplicate of any
certificate issued under the Mining Act, 1926, or any former
Mining Act, shall be made in writing under the hand of the
applicant to the Secretary, Board of Examiners, Mines
Department, Wellington.

(2) The application shall state the nature and class of certi-
ficate of which it is desired to obtain a duplicate, and, if
possible, the number and date of the same.

(3) The application shall be accompanied by—
(a) A fee of 10s.
(b) A statutory declaration that the applicant is the person
named in such certificate and is the lawful holder
thereof. The declaration shall also set forth how
such certificate came to be lost or destroyed, the
date of the loss, and such other particulars as may
be required by the Board of Examiners.

SYSTEMATIC TIMBERING OF ALLUVIAL MINE-WORKINGS.

Drives and Crosscuts.

(23) 176A. (1) (a) Where the roof of a drive or crosscut
requires support and where such drive or crosscut does not
exceed in width, measured outside the timbers, four feet at
the bottom and three feet at the top, or is more than five
feet in height, the legs and cap-pieces of the timber sets shall
be, if of sawn timber, not less than five inches square, or,
if of round unsawn timber, not less than six inches in diameter
measured at the smaller end.

(b) Where the roof of a drive or crosscut which exceeds the
aforementioned dimensions requires support the legs and
cap-pieces of the timber sets shall be, if of sawn timber, not
less than six inches square, or, if of round unsawn timber,
not less than seven inches diameter measured at the smaller
end.

(c) In all cases where side laths and back laths are required
they shall be not less than one inch and a half in thickness.

(d) Timber sets shall be put up at intervals not exceeding
four and one-half feet measured between the centres of the
cap-pieces, and each timber set shall be stayed to the set
immediately behind it by two stays which, if of round timber,
shall be not less than three and a half inches in diameter,
and, if of square timber, not less than twelve square inches
in section. In loose or running ground where driving laths
are required every leg and cap-piece shall be bridged in a
manner which will allow the laths to be driven in advance
of the face-set, and at a distance not exceeding one-half
of the length of the laths a temporary set shall be placed in
position. Such temporary set, if of sawn timber, shall be
not less than five inches square, or if of round timber, shall
be not less than six inches in diameter.

Blocking-out Operations.

(2) (a) A panel drive shall not be made wider than can be
supported adequately by a cap-piece seven feet in length
measured between the legs. Legs and cap-pieces used as
supports in a panel drive if of sawn timber shall be not less
than eight inches square, or, if of round timber, not less than
nine inches in diameter measured at the smaller end. Where
king posts are used, if of squared timber, they shall be not
less than ten inches square, and, if of round timber, not less
than eleven inches in diameter at the smaller end.

(b) In any blocking-out operation timber shall be used of
not less dimensions than the minimum prescribed for drives
which exceed five feet in height or four feet in width at the
bottom.

Shaft-sinking.

(3) (a) No shaft shall be sunk which exceeds thirty feet in
depth unless it is at least six feet in length and three feet in
width measured inside the timber supports. Shafts exceed-
ing thirty feet in depth shall be divided into at least two
compartments. The compartment used for a ladderway shall
be separated from the hoisting compartment by a suitable
partition of timber.

(b) The ladders and platforms in such shafts shall be placed
as are required by subsection (36) of section 274 of the Mining
Act, and every such ladder shall project at least two feet
above the platform. There must be placed in position, at
intervals of not more than fifty feet, two bearer beams not less
than six inches square and of sufficient strength to support all
the superimposed timber in that section of the shaft.

(c) In any shaft not exceeding six feet in length and three
feet in width, the laths shall be not less than six inches wide
and two inches thick. The timbers dividing the shaft into
compartments shall be not less than six inches wide and two
inches thick also, and they shall be held in position by battens
securely nailed and not less than three inches wide and one
inch and a half thick.

SCHEDULE.

No. . [Form 94 (Reg. 134A (c) ).

Under the Mining Act, 1926.

DREDGEMASTER’S CLASS “ B ” CERTIFICATE (WITHOUT EXAM-
INATION).

This is to certify that [Full name, residence, and occupation]
having duly satisfied the Board of Examiners that he is the
holder of a corresponding certificate of equal status, granted
after examination by [Name of authority] (being a duly con-
stituted and recognized authority outside New Zealand), this
Dredgemaster’s Class “ B ” Certificate, entitling him to take
charge of a dredge working elsewhere than in a deep or swift-
flowing stream, is hereby granted to him accordingly without
examination.

Issued at Wellington, this day of , 193 ,
by the Board of Examiners.

A.B.,
Chairman of Board of Examiners.

Entered Vol. , folio .
C.D., Secretary.