In the application to companies within the stannaries of the provisions of this Act with respect to preferential payments, the following modifications shall be made:
(1) In the case of a clerk or servant of such a company, the priority with respect to wages and salary given by this Act shall be given to the extent of three months only, instead of four months, and shall not extend to the principal agent, manager, purser, or secretary:
(2) All wages in relation to the mine of a miner, artizan, or labourer employed in or about the mine, including all earnings by a miner arising from any description of piece or other work, or as a tributer or otherwise, but not exceeding an amount equal to three months wages, shall be included amongst the payments which are, under this Act, to be made in priority to other debts:
(3) Wages of any miner, artizan, or labourer, unpaid at the commencement of the winding up, and, subject to the provisions of section five of the Workmen's, Compensation Act,