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Issued under the Goal-mines Amendment Act, 1909, after Examination. Allan, James, Brunnerton. Hawkins, Joseph, Burnett's Face. O'Brien, Martin, Millerton. Anderson, Walter, Blackball. Hendry, John, Millerton. Parker, Andrew, Greymouth. Berry, T., jun., Huntlv. Hicks, J. 8., Kiripaka. Parr, Joseph, Burnett's Face. Birchall, J., Burnett's Face. Hilton, Thomas, Dennistou. Paul, James, Seddonville. Blair, Peter, Huntly. Honey, Archibald John, Denniston. Pearson, Samuel George, Burnett's Boddy, Archibald John, Runanga. Hopkinson, Joseph, Seddonville. Face. Broadbent, Samuel, Huntly. Innes, Andrew, Runanga. Pearson, William, Burnett's Face. Brown, J., jun., Denniston. Johnson, J. H., Hikurangi. Reed, W. H., Hikurangi. Buchanan, William, Millerton. Johnson, Thomas, Huntly. Ruston, Edwin Walter, Huntly. Burdon, George, Denniston. King, Thomas Henry, Granity. Seddon, William, Huntly. Burt, T., Huntly. Lander, Matt Currie, Runanga. Smith, J. A., Seddonville. Burt, W., jun., Huntly. McAvoy, William, Ngakawau. SmitrT, Thomas W., Millerton. Carson, Frederick. McDonald, Thomas, Burnett's Face. Southward, William, Runanga. Clark, W. S., Dunollie. McKernan, John, Millerton. Strongman, Charles James, Cobden. Connolly, John, Runanga. McMillan, John, Huntly. Sweeney, John Lewis, Runanga. Connolly, John Joseph, Runanga. McMillan, John, Kaitangata. Tate, Anthony, Seddonville. Curran, James, Ngakawau. Maddison, W., Huntly. Taylor, Christopher, Millerton. Cuthbertson, Jolm, Glentunnol. Makepeace, Henry, Runanga. Thawley, William, Denuiston. Danks, Peter, Millerton. Mitchell, A., Seddonville. Thomson, Thomas, Mine Creek. Darby, W., Huntly. Morganti, Louis, Millerton. Vurlow, Frederick Alexander, DenDavidson, Thomas, Mine Greek. Morelaud, 8., Hikurangi. niston. Davis, Oliver James, Runanga. Mosley, J. T., Denniston. Wallwork, Moses, Runanga. Dowgray, John, Millerton. Moye, John Patrick, Denniston. Wear, Daniel, Huntly. Downes, William Norbury, Cobden. Myers, Richard, Millerton. Webster, Oliver, Huntly. Duggan, Francis, Runanga. Newton, Charles, Runanga. White, Edward, Granity. Dutton, John, Granity. Nicholson, David, Huntly. Wood, W., Huntly. Fox, Henry John, Blackball. Niven, Peter, Ngakawau. Worthington, T., Millerton. Griffen, James, Kaitangata. Nolan, John, Granity. Young, Thomas, Granity. Hall, R. H., Huntly. O'Brien, Denis Quinlan, Millerton. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1910. Broadfoot, W., Millerton. Halsey, W. J., Saddle Hill. Molntosh, A. 8., Shag Point. Burgess, H. 8., Waikaka. Hartshorne, W. C, Brunnerton. Mclvor, W., Waikaka. Cain, Alexander, Waikaia. Hodgetts, 1., Burnett's Face. Nelson, J. H., Pukerau. Cameron, D., North Chatton. Hunt, William, Shag Point. Ramsey, George, Waikaka. Churchill, S. G., Alexaudra South. Junker, F. A., Waikaia. Robineon, R., Ngakawau. Clasen, Charles, Shag Point. Kidd, G. C, Albury. Russell, H. C, Bannookbnrn. Crabbe, George, Alexandra South. King, J., Granity. Saunders, W., Denniston. Cumming, J. S., Dennieton. Lee, S., Nightcaps. Stevenson, J., Shag Point. Cunningham, Thomas, Kaitangativ. Mackie, N., Longridge. Thomas, 8., Denniston. Dixon, A., Nightcaps. McAuley, John, Kaitangata. Tinker, G., Nightoaps. Garrey, W., Kaitangata. MoClimont, John, Mount Somers. Whittlestone, G. F., Abbotsford. Gray, Hugh, Dunedin. MoDowell, R., Nightcaps.

ANNEXURE C. MINERS' BATHS. By 11. I-'. Bulmajs and W. B. Wilson. [Head, 10th February, 1912, before tke North of England Institute of Mining and Mecltanicul Engineers.] Of all the changes made by the new Coal-mines Act none, perhaps, has attracted more general interest than the proposal to provide facilities for miners to wash themselves and to change and dry their clothes at the pit-head. This provision seems likely to be a benefit to the miner in promoting not only his own personal comfort but also that of his home, and in relieving his womenfolk of much of their present household-work. There is no doubt that many of the miners at the present moment dislike the idea, but experience in other countries, where the system has been in force for a number of years, shows that when once the miner becomes accustomed to changing his clothes and washing at the pit lie much prefers the innovation, and would strongly object to revert to the old custom. In Belgium the practice is being increasingly introduced, and in a paper by Mr. Euss, Inspector of Mines, it is stated that at Ist April, 1910, of 278 collieries .it work, forty-two, employing 21,560 men underground, were piovided with spray-baths of modern construction. The workmen quickly grasped the benefits which these baths prooured Eor them, and of these 21,560 men 16,650, or 773 pei rent., voluntarily made use of the baths in 1909. In the north of France, where the use of baths is also voluntary, the experience is similar; and in Westphalia, where the measure was made compulsory at all collieries by a decree dated 12th March, L9OO, it is carried <mt to the mutual satisfaction and approval of both employers and workmen. Thfi information embodied in the present paper was gathered by the authors during a visit in May. 1911, to some of the Largest and newest installations of bathe at collieries in Westphalia, Belgium, and the north of France.

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