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Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Return showing the Number of Steam-digesters and Hydraulic Lifts Inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

Name of District, &c. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. Portable Stationary Machinery Otago. '... | £ b. a. 233 15 0 498 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 10 0 } 733 5 0 |

Inspected by Steam-digesters. Hydraulic Lifts. .lexander Crawford judovic Blackwood lobert Duncan Totals 16 9 12 37 j 12 39 51 87 51

Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Remarks. Fire-box in portable cracked ... ... Crown of traction cracked ... Cornish tubular, crown down Three Cornish boilers, crowns all done Portable fire-box, crown down ... Fire-box bulged in fire ... . ..." Fire-box, patch to be renewed Plate cracked at back end of tubular boiler Dome weak ... ... I nternal corrosion ... ... Plate wasted at blow-off ... ... Plate at mudholes gone ... Front tube-plate eaten away at flange... ] 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 Shortness of water. Shortness of water. Shortness of water. Oil. Shortness of water Dire. Burnt. i i l l 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 | Dirt. Tear and wear. Bad water. Leakage. . Leakage, i Leakage.

late of Notice. Description of Boiler. i 1 Nature of Repairs ordered. 1890. rune 16 fune 80 luly 26 Sfov. 15 STov. 20 Siov. 21 Sfov. 22 1891. Feb. 18 ... Vertical tubular ... Mudhole doors to be repaired by fin. plates to be bolted on at doors. ... Longitudinal tubular ■ Easing-gear to be fitted on safety-valve. ... ! Cornish (three) ... Two angle-iron rings to be fitted on each boiler, oin. x 3+in., as directed. ... Cornish ... ... , Two through stays to be fitted, and ring round manhole. ... ! Portable ... ... Safety-valve gear to be altered to correspond with springbalance. ... [Portable ... ... Corner of outer shell to be made tight, and cylinder-joint made tight. ... i Portable ... ... Inside of boiler very dirty ; to be cleaned out. ■... Portable .. ... Piece to be-cut out of fire-box, and patch put on.