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APPENDICES. 
APPENDIX A. 
SYNOPSIS OF “ THE REGULATION OF MINES AND MINING MACHINERY ACT 1883 ” 
(47 VICTORIA, No. 783). 
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Synopsis of Act No. 783. 
Short title of Act, as above. 
Former Acts, Nos. 583 and 719, repealed. 
Interpretation of terms: "Minister,” " machinery ” “ mining manager,” "mine,” "owner.” 
An accident occurring in a mine shall be prbna facie evidence that such accident occurred 
through some negligence on the part of the owner. 
No boy under the age of fourteen years, nor any female, to bo employed underground. No 
boy under eighteen to be employed as lander or braeeman; and no person to bo employed 
for more than eight hours in any day, except in cases of emergency. 
No person in charge of machinery to be employed for more than eight hours a day, exclusive 
of any time occupied in raising steam, &e., except in cases of emergency. 
A person in charge as aforesaid guilty of negligence by which any property is destroyed or 
damaged, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (See Penalty, sec. 25.) 
An adequate amount of ventilation to be constantly produced in every mine. 
Gunpowder or other explosive to be only used as hereunder provided. (Sub-secs, a to /.) 
It is not to be stored on the surface of, or adjacent to the mine, unless magazine and quantity 
be approved of, in writing, by the “ Minister.” 
Only quantity required for use during twelve working days to be stored in the mine. 
Not more than eight pounds, in a secured case or canister, to be taken into the workings for 
use. \ 
A workman not to have more than one such case or canister at one time. 
No person to enter a powder magazine, &c., with a naked light. 
No iron or steel pricker to be used in blasting. 
A " missed-fire ” charge to be drawn with a copper pricker, such charge not to be visited 
until one hour has elapsed from the time of lighting same. This does not apply to 
electric firing. 
No boy under eighteen to charge or fire explosives. 
No hole to be bored within 3 feet below, or within 1 foot in any other direction from the site 
of a previously exploded charge of any nitro-glycerino compound. 
Sulphate of iron to be used in dispersing the fumes arising from a blast of any nitro-glycerine 
compound. 
Companies to supply miners with the means of thawing such compounds and producing 
sulphate of iron spray. 
Underground plaues to be provided with proper moans of signalling and man-holes. 
Underground roads, where horses are used, to be provided with places of refuge. 
Man-holes and places of refuge to be kept clear. 
Entrances to shafts to be fenced or covered, except during repairs, &c. 
Horizontal bar to be placed across such entrance when fencing or covering has been temporarily 
removed. 
Whore the natural strata are not safe, shafts to be securely lined. 
Man-holes to be cut for places of refuge during sinking of shafts, and ladders to be provided. 
Drives and excavations to be made safe. 
Miners to be provided with protected lights when travelling in the main drives, and the entrance 
to winzes and junips-up to be illuminated by fixed lights. 
Shafts to be fenced off in divisions when used for different purposes. 
Proper means of communicating signals from the bottom of shafts and entrances between the 
top and bottom of shafts to be provided ; a line or other appliance to be provided in each 
shaft, to admit of danger signals being communicated to the engine-driver. 
The engine-driver to have a clear view between his station and the shaft. 
All methods of signalling to be clear and distinct. 
Provision to be made for signalling from the drives to the plats in alluvial mining. 
Cages to have sufficient coveriug overhead when used for raising or lowering persons in a 
working shaft. 
Braces to be properly covered to protect workmen from the weather. 
In shafts where no machinery is used for lowering or raising men, proper ladders or foot¬ 
ways to be provided. 
Single-link chains not to be used for loworing or raising persons in any shaft or plane. 
Popes and chains to be tested before being used in shafts. 
Appliances to prevent the ropes from slipping to be on the drum of machines used for lowering 
or raising persons in a shaft. 
Brakes to be attached to every machine used for lowering or raising persons ; also indicators 
to show the position of cages in shafts. 
Cages to be fitted with suitable appliances, to prevent their sudden fall down a shaft; also 
to prevent them colliding with the poppet-heads. 
