visions hereinafter contained shall extend to all coal mines and collieries and mines of ironstone of the coal measures, and worked in connection with coal, or with any disused or exhausted coal mines; and in the construction of such provisions, the terms' coal mine or colliery or ironstone mine,' shall mean every such mine and colliery as aforesaid, and every shaft in the course of being sunk, and every level or inclined plane in the course of being driven for commencing or opening any such mine, and of the works belonging thereto respectively."

2. Inspectors under 18 & 19 Vict. c. 108, continued.-By the 6th sect. of the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, it is provided that the inspectors of coal mines appointed under the repealed stat. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 108, shall continue to be inspectors under the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, of the mines to which the provisions in such last-mentioned Act contained extend, subject nevertheless to removal by one of Her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and subject to all other the same provisions and with the same powers as if appointed under such last-mentioned Act (f).

3. Power to Secretary of State to appoint Inspectors.-One of the principal secretaries of state may from time to time appoint any fit person or persons to be an inspector or inspectors (g) of coal and ironstone mines under the 23 & 24

extends to Scotland but not to Ireland (§ 30), and commences from the 31st Dec. 1860 (§ 31).

(f) The terms "inspector" or "inspectors," when used in the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, respectively mean an inspector or inspectors of coal mines and ironstone mines appointed or continued under such Act. See Appendix, § 6, post, p. xxxvi.

(g) For the meaning of the word "inspector," in 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, supra, n. (ƒ), and Appendix, § 7, post, p. xxxvi.

Vict. c. 151, and may from time to time remove him or them. Notice of every appointment must be published in the London Gazette (h).

4. No Land Agent or Manager of Mine to act as Inspector.— No person who acts or practises as a land agent, or as a manager, viewer, or agent, or mining engineer, or valuer of mines, or arbitrator in any matters of dispute arising between owners of mines, or is otherwise employed in any mine, may act as an inspector under the Act 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151 (i).

5. Certificate of Education and School Attendance to be produced to Inspector.-Every inspector is empowered, under stat. 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 2, to require the production of all certificates as to the education and school attendance of boys between ten and twelve years of age.

6. Inspectors to appoint Arbitrators, Umpires, &c., for determining Special Rules.-If the owner of a colliery or ironstone mine will not appoint five mining engineers, &c., under statutes 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 13, for the purpose of settling its special rules, then the same section enacts that two such engineers, &c., shall be appointed arbitrators, one of whom shall be named by such owner, and the other by the district inspector.

If the arbitrators refuse or neglect for seven days after their appointment, or the appointment of the last of them, to appoint an umpire, the chairman of sessions in England, and the sheriff in Scotland, upon a written application by or on behalf of the district inspector, shall appoint such umpire. (See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 13, & App. post, p. xl.)

(h) 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 8, Appendix, post, p. xxxviii. (i) See Appendix, post. p. xxxvii, § 9.

In case of the death, incapacity, or refusal, or neglect to act, of any arbitrator appointed by a district inspector under the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 13, such district inspector shall supply such vacancy.

If such owner do not within fourteen days after having objected to the substituted rules, appoint an arbitrator and give notice in writing of such appointment to the district inspector; or if such owner do not within the like period after notice to such owner by the district inspector of the death, incapacity, or refusal or neglect to act of any arbitrator appointed by such owner, appoint an arbitrator and give a notice in writing thereof to such district inspector, the substituted rules become established (k).

7. Powers and Duties of Inspectors.-Any inspector may enter, inspect, and examine any colliery, or coal, or ironstone mine, and the works and machinery belonging thereto, at all reasonable times, by day or night, but so as not to impede or obstruct the working thereof, and also make inquiry into and touching the state and condition of such colliery, coal or ironstone mine, works, and machinery, and the ventilation thereof, and the mode of lighting or using lights therein, and also into all matters and things connected with or relating to the safety of the persons employed in or about the same, and especially to make inquiry whether the provisions of the Act 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, are complied with in relation thereto; and the owner or agent thereof must furnish the means necessary for such entry, inspection, examination, and inquiry (7).

8. Inspectors to give notice of causes of danger not provided for

(k) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 13, and Appendix, post, p. xl.

(7) 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 16, Appendix, post, p. xliii.

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by special rules.-If any inspector find on inspection, examination, or inquiry, that any mine or colliery, or the works or machinery, or any matter, thing, or practice connected therewith are (otherwise than as provided against by any express provision of the 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, or the general or special rules thereunder) dangerous or defective, so as in the opinion of such inspector to threaten or tend to the bodily injury of any person, he is bound to give the owner a written notice of his opinion, and report the same to the Secretary of State (m).

If the owner object to remove the danger or defect, he must within twenty days after receipt of the inspector's notice, give a written notice of his objections to the inspector and to a secretary of state, and take steps for the nomination and appointment of arbitrators.

When the matter has been determined by arbitration, it is the duty of the district inspectors to attest a copy of the award, and furnish it to the owner. And if afterwards the award be not fulfilled, the owner becomes liable to heavy penalties (n).

9. Inspectors entitled to call for production of, and to inspect maps or plans of miners.-The owner of every mine is bound to produce to the inspector, when required, an accurate map or plan thereof; and if the same be not produced, or be inaccurate, such inspector may order an accurate scale map, or plan, to be made at the expense of the owner. But the inspector is not authorised to make a

(m) 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 17, and Appendix, post, p. xliv. When the inspector is proceeding under this clause he should attentively read the above section, as it cannot be faithfully abstracted; and post, pp. 28, 29. (n) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 17, and Appendix, post, p. xliv.

copy of the whole, or any part of any produced or made map or planı (0).

10. Notice of Death or Accident to be given to District Inspector.-Whenever loss of life or personal injury to any employed person, occurs from explosion, and when loss of life or serious personal injury occurs from any other accident, the owner or agent ought, within twenty-four hours thereafter, to give notice thereof to the district inspector, specifying in such notice the probable cause of the accident (p). Such notice may be sent by post, addressed to the inspector's usual place of residence.

11. District Inspector to be present at and have Notice of Inquest.-Every coroner holding an inquest on a death caused by mine accident shall, unless the district inspector or some person on behalf of the Secretary of State be present, adjourn the same, and by letter addressed to such inspector give him four days' notice of the holding of such adjournment; and the inspector is at liberty to examine any witness at any such inquest subject to the coroner's order (q).

12. District Inspector to have Notice of Opening or Abandoning Mines.-On the abandonment or discontinuance of the working of any coal mine, colliery or ironstone mine, or when the working is recommenced after an abandonment for two months, or when workings are commenced for opening a new mine, the owner or agent must within two months give by letter notice thereof to the district inspector (r).

(0) When the inspector is proceeding under this clause, he should consult the statutory words in 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 18, and Appendix, post, p. xlv, and post, pp. 26, 27.

(p) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 19, and Appendix, post, p. xlvi. (q) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 20, and Appendix, post, p. xlvii. (r) See 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, § 21, and Appendix, post, p. xlvii.