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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. Written. 1884. April 5 ... June 5 ... Portable, No. 5427 ... Portable, No. 5266 ... New crown-plate to be put in fire-box of Lowmoor. Bolted patch on outer fire-box, 15in. by 15in. by T 5 F in, with four screwed stays coming through; also patch inside of fire-box to be renewed. 12ft. in length by an average of 3ft. 3in. or thereabouts in breadth to be cut out of the bottom of shell of each boiler, and renewed ; also plate 24in. by 24in. to be renewed underneath the safety-valve of each boiler. A new uptake to be put in. New vertical stay to be put in between crowns, also mud-hole to be patched. Plates at mud-holes to be patched. July 28 ... Cornish tubular (2), Nos. 5198, 5199 Aug. 1 ... Aug. 14 ... Vertical, No. 5170 ... Vertical tubular, No. 5245 Vertical field, No. 5227 Vertical tubular, No. 5267 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5520 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5329 Semi - portable, No. 5543 Aug. 20 ... Aug. 26 ... To be re-tubed. Nov. 15 ... Longitudinal seam on top of shell to be caulked. Dec. 10 ... Several rivets to be renewed, and longitudinal seam re-caulked. Dec. 23 ... 1885. Jan. 8 ... Cracked plate in bottom of fire-box to be repaired by an over-all-plate pinned on, also new safety-valve to be got (3in. diameter). New pressure-gauges to be got, and bottom of shell to be caulked. Vertical tubular, No. 5548 Portable, No. 5552... Jan. 12 ... Six screwed stays to be renewed; compensation-ring round man-hole, 3m. by Jin.; also tubes expanded. New spring-balance to be got. Compensation-ring round front door, lfin. by fin. ; also plate at mud-hole repaired. Two new spring-balances to be got. A new crown to be put in fire-box. Plate 20in. by 16in. by Jin. to be put in smoke-box, with three stays coming through. New pressure-gauge to be got. Jan. 28 ... Jan. 29 ... Portable, No. 5570... Portable, No. 5573... Feb. 14 ... Feb. 14 ... Feb. 25 ... Traction, No. 5586... Portable, No. 5490... Portable, No. 5595... Mar. 30 ... Portable, No. 5608... Verbal. 1884. May 14 ... May 26 ... Portable, No. 5490... Longitudinal tubular, No. 5137 Vertical tubular, No. 5279 New pressure-gauge to be got. Water-gauge fittings to be renewed. June 6 ... Plug-hole to be re-tapped. July 14 ... Steam - digester, No. 5506 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5252 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5510 Cornish, No. 5149 ... Steam - dome, No. 5321 Steam-digester door, No. 5322 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5277 Locomotive tramway, No. 5525 Semi-portable, No. 5337 Angle-irons for stays, top and bottom, to be renewed. Aug. 9 ... Compensation - ring round man-hole ; several rivets to be renewed, and seam caulked. To be re-tubed. Aug. 9 ... Nov. 17 ... Nov. 24 ... Seam at bottom of steam-dome to be caulked. Stay to be put through ends. Nov. 24 ... To be strengthened. Nov. 24 ... Expansion-joint on steam-pipe; two safety-rods. Dec. 12 ... Dec. 18 ... Tube to be renewed, and two through longitudinal stays put in. Nuts and washers on longitudinal stays to be re-jointed. 1885. Jan. 24 ... Egg-end ... Safety-rods on expansion-joint of steam-pipe.