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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1886.

I had not completed the Nelson South District at the close of the financial year. For this reason only a few of the boilers in that district appear in this report.

Return showing Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1886.

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

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Portable. Stationary. Name of District. Total. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. lanterbury ... Vestland ... lelson South 13 141 4 1 3 2 112 16 3 42 4 54 11 7 365 37 11 Totals IS 146 131 ■in 72 413

Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Pees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. Janterbury Vestland felson South "■ i £ 615 63 19 B. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. d. 615 0 0 63 0 0 19 0 0 Total ! —~ 697 697 0 0 0 0 697 0 0 There are fourteen maximum fees, representing thirty-nine boilers.

Description of Machinery. Steam. Water. Steam and Wind. Description of Machinery. Steam. Water. Steam and Wind. Saw-mills Threshing machines Foundries and iron works Flour-mills Brick and pottery works... Coal-mining Soap-boiling and boiling down Coffee works Stone-sawing ... Chaff-cutting ... Wood-working ... Breweries Coach factories... Firewood-sawing Tramway-engines Butchers' Cranes and winches Cordials and confectioners' Traction-engines* Road-roller Fire-engines Pumping and drainage ... Dock and slip ... Landing service 34 100 26 7 3 1 12 2 1 15 13 8 2 11 8 19 17 6 23 1 2 2 2 1 2 "i Woollen mills ... Wool washing and (lumping ... Tanneries Bone-mill Glue works Refrigerating works Meat-preserving Printing Carpet factory ... Rope works Baths and water-lifts Laundry Concrete-mixing and stonebreaking Barbed-wire works Gas works ... Jam factory Cheese factory ... Brush factory ... Air-compressing at bridge Hock mill Electric light ... Biscuit bakery ... 2 6 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 * Traction-engines are all used for threshing, and are included in threshing machines.