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Return of Defects found in Boilers and Fittings in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Description. . Dangerous. \ Ordinary. Total. Furnace-flues out of shape Blistered plates Fractured plates Pitted and grooved plates Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external Joints sprung ... Tubes Stays i 2 1 4 3 1 3 10 2 8 7 1 4 3 1 4 12 2 8 7 Total defects in boilers 3 39 42 Defective fittings — Safety-valves Pressure-gauges Water-gauges Spring-balances Blow-off cocks and pipes Fusible plugs in fire-boxes Omissions —■ Boilers without sludge-holes I 1 6 11 15 2 2 3 1 6 11 L5 2 3 3 1 Gross total ... 4 79 83

Description of Machinery. C3 % is i Description of Machinery. a 03 'A o -l-J 2 Assaying Boiling-down Brick works Bone-mills Bakeries Breweries Boat-building Block and pump works ... Cabinet-making factories ... Cartridge factory Coach factories ... Chair factory Cheese and butter factories Cooperage Chemical and manure works Cordial works ... Cement works ... Coffee-mills Chaff-cutting Dredging Dock ... Flour-mills Flock-mill Fellmongeries ... Fish- and fruit-preserving Firewood-cutting Fire-engine Gas works Hoisting Hauling Iron works and foundries... Joineries 1 1 8 2 1 10 1 2 3 1 2 1 8 1 1 3 5 2 14 2 1 8 1 2 2 15 1 3 17 7 20 2 1 Lifts or elevators Laundries Lead works Locomotives ... Mortar-mills ... Meat-canning factories ... Oil, soap, and candle works Pumping and winding ... Phormium-dressing Potteries Printing Pile-driving Paint factory ... Quartz-crushing Quartz-smelting Refrigerating works Eope works Eoad roller Saw-mills Sash and door factories ... Ship-building ... Stone-breaking Sausage-machines Sugar works ... Soap works Tobacco factory Threshing-machines Tanneries Vinegar factory Wool-dumping Water works ... 2 1 4 10 3 1 19 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 44 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 10 5 1 2 2 5 -■ 5 ■