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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Portable. Stationary. 'otals. Name of District. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. I Under 5 to 10 ; Over 5 h.p. h.p. j 10 h.p. Boilers. Pees. Vellington* ... i larlboroughl ... : felson North ... 'aranaki ... lawke's Bay{ ... | Felson South§ ■■• I Vestland 11 3 3 7 12 1 115 30 24 16 45 8 14 31 5 7 2 7 13 10 I 73 76 135 11 9 12 28 16 7 8 11 13 18 22 31 22 11 28 13 4 4 441 70 85 57 135 82 46 £ s. d 696 0 C 105 15 C 114 15 C 85 10 C 202 5 C 131 0 0 69 0 0 Totals ... 37 252 75 173 | 149 230 916 1,404 5 ! i | included : j The following boilers are in the above totals : — * Ten over 10 h.p. in t f Three over 10 h.p. in J Five over 10 h.p. in c § Fiver over 10 h.p. in Also four boilers ovei ihree maxir: . one maxin one maximi one maxim c 5 h.p., anc aum fees mm fee im fee mm fee 1 five over 10 h.p. free of charge for the Government 10 3 5 5 9

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Written or Verbal. Parts of Machinery to be fenced, &c. 1890. April 29 ... May 1 ... May 1 ... Flax-mill Flax-mill Flax-mill Written Verbal Written Counter-shaft and driving-pulleys. Counter-shaft, driving-pulleys, and main driving-belt. Fly-wheel of engine, main driving-belt, and belt of scutcher. Ply-wheel of engine and upper part of main driving-belt. Fly-wheel of engine and scutcher-belt. Main driving-belt, engine to counter-shaft. Main driving-belt, and belts of scutcher and stripper ; also counter-shaft and pulleys. Main driving-belt boxed in where it passes the stripperplatform. All driving-belts, and edge of stripper-platform. All driving-belts, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Fly-wheel of engine, all driving-belts, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Main driving-belts, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Main driving-belt, scutcher-belt, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Driving-belt of scutcher box-fenced where passing through engine-room. Counter-shaft and pulleys of planing-machine. Main driving-belt, engine to counter-shaft. Fly-wheel of engine, and driving-belt. Driving-belt box-fenced where passing through second floor. Main driving-belts, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Connecting-rods, and discs of vertical saw. Fly-wheel of engine, and main driving-belt. Main driving-belt, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Main driving-belt to be close-fenced. Main driving- and scutcher-belts. Each side of wheel-race, and gangway by three-rail fence. Cog-wheels of rollers boxed in. May 1 ... May 2 ... May 9 ... May 9 ... Flax-mill Flax-mill Flax-mill Flax-mill Written Verbal Verbal Written May 9 ... Flax-mill Written May 12 ... May 12 ... May 13 ... Flax-mill ... Flax-mill Flax-mill Written Verbal Verbal May 14 ... May 16 ... Chaff-cutting Flax-mill Written Verbal May 17 ... Flax-mill ... Written July 30 ... July 31 ... Aug. 2 ... Aug. 4 ... Saw-mill Saw-mill Firewood saw Flour-mill ... Verbal Verbal Verbal Written Aug. 7 ... Aug. 12 ... Oct. 10 ... Oct. 11 ... Oct. 14 ... Oct. 22 ... Oct. 24 ... Flax-mill Saw-mill Sheep-shearing Flax-mill Saw-mill Flax-mill Water-wheel Written Verbal Verbal Written Verbal Written Written Oct. 25 ... 1891. Jan. 9 ... Jan. 17 .... Jan. 29 ... Biscuit factory Verbal Dairy factory Saw-mill Flax-mill Verbal Verbal Verbal Fly-wheel of engine, counter-shaft, and pulleys. Main driving-belt from engine to circular-saw. Platform from stripper to sluice-valve by hand-rail.