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Return of Notices given to Repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1892.

iistnct and Da of Notice. description o Boiler. Written or Verbal Notice. Nature of Repairs ordered. Wellington. 1891. April 6 ... April 9 ... Multi-tubular ... Portable Verbal ... Written ... Boiler to be retubed. Crack in tube-plate pinned up and two extra stays fitted. Patch on shell below flange of check-valve. Six vertical stays fitted from crown of fire-box to top of boiler. Blow-off fitted, and plug-hole made for examination. New patch below blow-off cock-liange, and new cock fitted. Fire-box repaired, and several new stays fitted. Extra wash-out plugs fitted. Several new rivets in the furnace, and landings caulked. Mud-door renewed, and plate-patch round the opening. Skirt of fire-box caulked, and plate - patches round mud-holes. Longitudinal stay fitted, and larger safety-valve. New fire-box. New furnace. New furnace. New furnace. Longitudinal stays fitted to dome. Patch on upper part of shell. Crack in fire-box pinned up, and two extra stays fitted. Patch over fire, on the bottom, renewed. New tubes and seating for fusible plug fitted. Patch round mud - hole opening, and under flange of blow-off cock. The bottom plates of barrel, new tubes and palm-stays. Skirt of fire-box landing to be pared and caulked. New longitudinal stay in steam-space. Three extra stays in lower part of tube-plate, and new mud-hole door. The fire-box ends of tubes fitted with ferrules. The tubes to be removed, boiler cleaned, and tubes replaced. New diagonal stay fitted in steam-space. Longitudinal stays rearranged, and patch fitted under the flange of blow-off cock. New patch under flange of blow-off cock. Longitudinal stays fitted. New fire-box, and all stays renewed. New safety-valve and spring-balance to be fitted. Patch on bottom of shell renewed. Two new tubes fitted. Crack in tube-plate pinned up, and new stay fitted. New stud in hand-hole door, and new dog fitted. To be retubed. The tubes to be drawn, the boiler cleaned, and tubes replaced. Two extra dog-stays fitted on crown of fire-box. Two extra wood plugs fitted. Patch on side of fire-box. April 9 ... April 13 ... Multi-tubular ... Vertical Verbal ... Written ... April 16 ... Multi-tubular ... Written ... June 15 ... Cornish Verbal ... July 23 ... July 27 ... August 6 ... Portable Portable Semi-tubular ... Verbal Written ... Verbal ... August 11 Portable Verbal ... August 27 ... Portable Verbal ... August 28 ... August- ■ 30 • ... September 1 September 1 ... September 11 December 22 ... December 30 December 30 ... 1892. Cylindrical shell Vertical Cornish Cornish. Lancashire Multi-tubular ... Multi-tubular ... Portable Written ... Written ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... Written ... Verbal Written ... January 7 ... January 13 January 14 Multi-tubular ... Portable Vertical Verbal Written ... Verbal ... January 14 ... Locomotive Written ... January 16 ... January 20 ... January 27 ... Portable Portable Portable Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... January 27 ... February 1 Portable Portable Verbal ... Written ... February 1 February 2 ... Portable Cornish Verbal ... Verbal ... February 2 ... February 3 ... February 3 February 12 ... February 18 ... February 20 ... March 2 ... Semi-tubular ... Multi-tubular ... Portable Portable Multi-tubular ... Vertical-tubular Portable Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... i Verbal Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... March 3 ... March 4 ... March 4 ... Portable Portable Portable Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... March 8 ... March 9 ... March 12 ... Maklbobough. 1391. Portable Portable Vertical Written ... Verbal ... Verbal ... April 9 ... Portable Written ... Crack in tube-plate pinned up, and two extra stays fitted. Skirt of fire-box sheathed, and new tubes fitted. Set of new tubes fitted. New longitudinal stays fitted. September 28 ... September 29 ... October 3 4—H. 2' Portable Portable Portable Verbal ... Written ... 1 Verbal ... I.