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Notice. 
With reference to the foregoing regulations, the attention of engine-drivers and others is directed 
to the following extracts from the Regulation of Mines and Mining Machinery Act 1883, viz.:— 
General Rules 26 and 31 of Section 8. 
26. Rate of speed in lowering or raising men .—When men are being lowered or raised in any shaft 
by means of machinery, the rate of speed for the descent or ascent of such men shall not exceed, within 
one hundred feet of the surface of a mine, two hundred feet in each minute of time, and shall not in any 
other part of a shaft exceed five hundred feet in each minute of time. 
31. Person in charge of machinery .—No person under the age of eighteen years shall bo placed 
in charge of or have the control of any steam engiue or boiler used in connexion with the working of any 
mine. No person in charge of steam machinery in connexion with the working of any mine shall under any 
pretext whatever, unless relieved by a competent person for that purpose, absent himself or cease to have 
continual supervision of such machinery during the time it is used in working the mine. 
Sections 10, 11, 12, and 13. 
10. Certificates of service for engine-drivers. —The Hoard of Examiners shall also grant a certificate 
of service to every person who furnishes to the said Board satisfactory evidence that he has been in charge 
of and has efficiently managed machinery worked by steam for a period of twelve months prior to the 
passing of this Act, and such certificate shall confer the same privileges as a certificate of competency. 
11. Certificates to co?itain particulars. —Every certificate of competency or service under this Act 
shall specify the name, place, and date of birth of the person to whom such certificate is issued. 
12. Offence. —Twelve months after the first appointment of a Board of Examiners lias been notified 
in the Government Gazette,* any person who is not the holder of a certificate of competency or of service 
from the said Board, or who is wholly or partially deaf, or whose sight is defective, or who is subject to fits, 
giddiness, or any other infirmity likely to interfere with the efficient discharge of his duties, and who takes 
charge of machinery in which steam, water, or air, or any two or more of them, are used as motive power, 
and every other person who employs any such person as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence against this 
Act. The provisions of this section shall not apply to air winches or boring machines worked under¬ 
ground. 
13. Disqualification of holder of certificate .—Any person holding a certificate of competency or of 
service under this Act as an engine-driver, and who is charged with any offence or misconduct likely to be 
detrimental to the proper or efficient discharge of his duties, may be called upon by the Board of Examiners 
to show cause why he should not be disqualified as a certificated engine-driver; and if ho fails to satisfy the 
said Board, ho may by an Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette be dis¬ 
qualified for any period from acting as an engine-driver ; and any such person shall after such order deliver 
into the charge of the said Board his certificate of competency or of service, which shall bo retained by 
the said Board during the period of his disqualification; and no such person shall during the period of such 
disqualification take charge of any machinery in which steam, water, or air, or any two or more of them are 
used as motive power. 
APPENDIX C. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ENGINE-DRIVERS AND MINERS 
ADOPTED AT SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN VICTORIA. 
Loughlin G. M. Co. No Liability.—Notice to Employes. 
1. The engine-drivers, before taking charge at the change of shifts, must look over and see that 
everything is in perfect order belonging to their department before any men are raised or lowered in the 
shaft. 
2. The engine-drivers must not allow miners or strangers to enter the engine-house when in full 
work, without an order from the manager. 
3. The engine-drivers must allow no books or newspapers in the engine-house during working days 
(Sundays excepted, when no work is going on other than pumping). 
4. The engine-drivers must keep watch, when no work is going on other than pumping, during the 
absence of the watchman. 
5. The head braceman, before taking charge at the change of shifts, must inspect the ropes, chains, 
shackles, and cage, and see that everything is in good order before any men are lowered or raised. 
6. The braceman must take notice when the signal is given to the engine-driver that the cage goes 
the right way, and to stand by the knocker while the shift is being changed, and allow no men to rush the 
c ige; any man disobeying must be reported to the manager, or captain of the shift in his absence. 
7. The miners, on being lowered or raised, should put themselves in a position that, should anything 
give way with the winding apparatus, they could stop the cage with the levers on the top part of the cage, 
which, by pulling down the two knobs, would stop the cage instantly; but on no account to pull on them 
during the good working of the cage; by doing so, the result would be serious. 
8. The miners, in getting in and out of the cage, must obey the orders of the braceman. 
9. The miners, on leaving off* work on Saturday nights, must collect all their tools in an empty truck, 
and bring them back to main drives or a safe place. 
* The twelve months referred to will expire on 3rd March, 1885. 
