COAL MINES REGULATION ACT, 1872. SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. WEEKLY CERTIFICATE.—I HEREBY CERTIFY that the under-mentioned Child employed in the Mine of situated in has attended the School kept by me at for the Number of Hours and at the Time on each Day specified in the Columns opposite to his Name, during the Week ending on Saturday day of One thousand eight hundred and seventy and that the Causes of Absence stated are true, to the best of FORTNIGHTLY CERTIFICATE.- -ALSO I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attendance of the above-mentioned child at the said during the fortnight ending on the Saturday night above mentioned, has been such as to satisfy all the provisions of the 8th: of the said Act as abstracted on the back of this Certificate. (Signed) Every child who by the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872, is not allowed to be employed in or about a mine except on condition of attending school during such employment, must, in order to satisfy the provisions of the Eighth Section of that Act, attend school for at least 20 hours in every fortnight during which he is employed. Attendance is not to count if (a) In excess of three hours at any one time, or five hours in any one day, or of twelve hours in any one week. (b) On Sundays. (c) Before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. The non-attendance of any child at school may be excused (a) For any time during which the child is certified by the principal teacher of the school to have been prevented from attendance by sickness or other unavoidable cause. (b) For any time during which the school is closed for the customary holidays, or for some other temporary cause. NOTICES AS TO CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY. Notice relating to District Boards for appointing Examiners for Managers' Certificates of Competency. Whereas in pursuance of the above-mentioned Act the Secretary of State for the Home Department has determined that a board for appointing examiners for managers' Certificates of Competency shall be constituted for each district in charge of an inspector of mines, and has accordingly appointed as members of the board of each district (a.) Three persons being owners of mines to which the abovementioned Act applies in the district; (b.) Three persons employed in or about a mine to which the said Act applies in the district, not being owners, agents, or managers of a mine; and (c.) Three persons practising as mining engineers, agents, or managers, or coal viewers in the district. Notice is hereby given, that the under-mentioned persons have been appointed to act as secretaries to the several boards of examination, for the purpose of the grant of managers' Certificates of Competency under the above Act. In the examinations regard is had to such knowledge as is necessary for the practical working of mines in the different districts of the United Kingdom. Applicants desirous of being examined should, therefore, apply for all necessary information to the secretary of that district in which they desire to serve as managers. Certificates of Competency. The fee of an applicant for examination for a Certificate of Competency as a manager of a mine is 21. Any person desirous of being examined must make an application to the Secretary of State in the form hereunder set forth, enclosing therein a Post Office Order for the fee of 21. in favour of F. S. Leslie, Esq., Chief Clerk, Home Office, made payable at the Charing Cross Post Office. The applicant will then receive from the Home Office an authority to present himself for examination before the examiners appointed for the district. I BEG to inform you that I am desirous of presenting myself to be examined by the examiners for the district of for a Certificate of Competency as manager of a mine, and I enclose a Post Office Order for the sum of 27. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, To the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department. NOTICES.-CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE. Notice relating to Applicants for Certificates of Service. Any person who satisfies the Secretary of State either that before the passing of this Act (10th August 1872) he was acting, and has since that day acted, or that he has at any time within five years before the passing of this Act, for a period of not less than twelve months, acted, in the capacity of a manager of a mine, or such part of a mine as can under this Act be made a separate mine for the purposes of this Act, is entitled to a Certificate of Service, which shall have the same effect for the purposes of this Act as a Certificate of Competency granted under this Act. The fee to be paid by an applicant for a Certificate of Service is five shillings. Any person who is entitled to obtain a Certificate of Service as manager of a mine, and who has not yet obtained it, should forthwith make to the Secretary of State an application, accompanied by a statement in manner hereunder set forth, and enclosing a Post Office Order for the fee of five shillings in favour of F. S. Leslie," Esq., Chief Clerk, Home Office, made payable at Charing Cross Post Office. Form of Application for a Certificate of Service. SIR, I BEG to apply for a Certificate of Service as manager of a mine, and enclose a Post Office Order for the sum of five shillings, and a statement containing information upon the required particulars. I am, Sir, |