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Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Otago District — continued.

Return of Defects found on Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Notice. Nature of Machinery. Parts requiring to be fenced. 1884. Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 12 Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. To be bolted together and strengthened. To be all renewed. Two vertical shafts for smutter; one vertical shaft for silks. Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 13 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 14 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 15 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 16 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 17 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 18 Dec. 10 ... Dec. 15 ... Dec. 24 ... 1885. Jan. 28 ... Twin-saw frame Main driving-belts ... Flour-mill Flour-mill Laying shaft on first floor.

Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Blow-off Blistered furnace-plates Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external ... Fire-box crowns cracked Grooving Man-holes weak Man-hole door cracked Man-holes wasted through leakage Plugs screwed badly ... Steam-pipe expansion-joints safety-rods... Steam pressure-gauges bad Spring-balances bad ... Safety-valve... Screwed stays Stay longitudinal disconnected Tubes leaking Tube-plates cracked (vertical tubular) ... Uptakes (vertical) Water-gauges ... ... ... 2 2 i "3 2 1 3 8 "2 3 3 3 6 6 2 1 3 10 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 6 6 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 "i 1 1 3 i 1 1 1 • Total ... 11 44 55

Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Jages, hydraulic lifts Jhains, hydraulic lifts tope, hydraulic lift Jircular saws ... Sircular saw, frame 7 8 2 1 8 9 1 4 1 i 1 Total 12 11 23