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2.— Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1892.

'escnp jion. 'angerous. in linary. ;a. .emarl ks. Portable (17/4/91) Tubular (20/4/91) Portable (22/4/91) Tubular (23/4/91) Tubular (24/4/91) Portable (25/4/91) Portable (28/4/91) Portable (19/5/91) Portable „ Portable „ Portable „ Traction (25/5/91) 2 1 i i 2 1 1 Through bar-stays corroded. Four new stays and gear. No steam-gauge. Patch on bottom. Two patches on bottom. No steam-gauge. Crack in fire-box to be drilled out; two mud-holes to be patched up ; new bottom - cock gaugeglass. "l Two pieces to be cut out of firebox and patched. Eing round furnace tubes. Manhole to be made larger. Mudhole to be cut to get at crown of portable. Two mud-doors to be fitted to portable. Patch at bottom of outer D shell. Patch at feed drum. Patch in furnace mouth. Patches at two mudholes. Patch on bottom at blow-off. Mudholes all to be patched. No steam-gauge. New dog-stay. New steam-gauge. Patch on bottom. Fore-part of fire-box renewed. Two mudholes to be patched. Patch at feed-check and on mudhole. Patch at mudhole. Bar-stay in steam-space; crack in fire-box to be drilled out. Extra dog across crown of fire-box. New gauge-glass. New steam-gauge; new bar-stay to steam-space. One new bar-stay in steam-space. Two patches in fire-box, new tubes, and new steam-gauge. Two new tube-plates. New steam-gauge to be got. One mudhole to be patched. Cylinder-saddle and blow-off to be repaired. Mudholes to be repaired. Eing round manhole. Water-gauges all bad. Ash-pit bad, to be repaired. Crack in fire-box repaired. Mudhole cut; two new rows of tubes. Small patch at end. Bottom of shell out, flue come down If in., and showing fracture through oil. Found joints all blowing-out; top of boiler and rivets leaking. Tube-plate cracked, and has been repaired. Found two plates with lamination, two pieces to be cut out and plate renewed. New tube-plate put in and new new set of tubes. New set of tubes. Water-gauges all bad. Cornish tubular (25/5/91) Cornish (25/5/91) Portable (26/5/91) Portable (28/5/91) Portable vertical (4/6/91) Portable vertical (5/6/91) Cornish (8/6/91) Portable (25/6/91). Tubular (11/7/91) Portable (13/7/91) Portable (16/7/91) Longitudinal tubular (20/7/91) ... Traction (23/7/91) Tubular (25/7/91) Vertical (13/8/91) Portable (29/8/91) Vertical (26/10/91) I Portable (13/11/91) Portable (8/1/92) Portable (9/1/92) Tubular (14/1/92) Portable (19/1/92) Portable (22/1/92) Portable (26/1/92) Tubular (29/1/92) Portable (8/2/92) Portable (18/2/92) Portable, No. 5758 (25/4/91) Vertical, No. 5773 (6/7/91) Portable, No. 5494 (18/8/91) Portable, No. 5682 (20/8/91) Vertical tubular, No. 6019 (31/8/91) Portable, No. 5108 (16/9/91) Tubular, No. 5993 (17/2/92) Egg-end, No. 5316 (27/2/92) Tubular, No. 5945 (3/4/91) "i i Tubular, No. 5329 (24/10/91) Vertical tubular, No. 5562 (26/10/91) i i Longitudinal tubular, No. 5308 (28/10/91) i i Vertical tubular, No. 5147 (12/11/91) i i Portable, No. 5351 (23/2/92) Portable, No. 5364 C23/2/92) 1 1 i i