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Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1887.
Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1887.
Return of Machinery inspected in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1887.
Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1887.
Description of Defects. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Bulge in fire-box caused by dirt Crown of boiler getting thin Crown of fire-box down Cracks in uptake ... Cracks in fire-box Cracks in crown-plate between tubes Cracks in plate over fire Collapse of uptake Fire-box stays wasted or broken Grooving at neck of uptake Leakage at seams over fire (Cornish) Plates wasted from leakage at doors Patches in fire-box Pressure-gauges bad Thin in fire-box Tops of domes require staying Tubes getting thin in smoke-box Vat-stays and crown-plates wasted ... Vat-ends not sufficiently stayed 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 6 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 7 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 i i l 1 3 2 7 3 4 2 3 1 1 "2 1 Total ... 14 38 52
Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Notice. Parts required to be fenced. 1886. May 21 Woollen-mills Verbal Small gearing and belts of carding machines; fly-wheel of engine; pulley of wool-washing machine. Fly-wheel of gas-engine and pumps. Pump-gearing and lying shaft. Small gearing and belts of carding machines. July 9 Aug. 10 Dec. 29 1887. Mar. 10 Hydraulic lift Brick-machinery Woollen-mills Verbal Written Written Oatmeal-mill Verbal Erst driving-belt in engine-room, and one small driving-belt.
Description of Machinery. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Brewery Colliery Cranes and winches Ironworker ... Pumping Quartz-crushing Saw-mills Winding 1 1 5 1 1 3 6 3
Description of Defects. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. internal corrosion from using bad feed-water Lamination in plate Leakage in fire-box, and inside of boiler dirty Leakage in bottom of boiler 2 2 1 1 '1 1 1 i Total