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No. 3. —Betuen of Defects found on Inspection of Boilers during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. Four hundred and sixty-six defects were found out, one hundred and eighteen of which were dangerous. One hundred and fifty-eight defective fittings were found on inspection of boilers, seventy-nine of which were dangerous.

No. 4.— Betukn of Notices given to eepaie Boilees during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. Three hundred and twelve notices were given to repair boilers, and include boilers of the following types: Cornish, Lancashire, marine, multitubular, portable, semiportable, semitubular, traction, vertical flue, vertical tubular, and water-tube.

No. 5. —Betukn of Notices given to fence Dangebous Pacts of Machinebt, &c, during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. One hundred and five notices to fence dangerous parts of machinery were given, and included fly-wheels, gearing, spindles, emery-wheels, hydraulic lifts, driving-belts, ends of shafts, scutchers, pulleys, pinion-wheels, &c.

No. 6.—Return of Accidents (not fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of .Nature of Accident, Person injured. ' and Date. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. V. Cable and Co., Wellington f. Cable and Co., Wellington Circular-saw W. Bird ; aged 20 T. Swede; aged 18 Finger cut ; 1st April, 1893 Loss of fingertop ; 7th May, 1898 Loss of arm; 10th May, 1898 Getting his hand too close to saw. Punching, &o., machine Climbing past machine, and put finger in gearing. '. Stewart, Seaview, Wakanui 'arker, Lamb, and Co., Auckland Chaff-cutter, double rollers Sawmill, goose-saw j. Christopherson ; aged 26 H. Wilson; aged 19 Right hand cut off; 20th May, 1898 Having a self-made glove on, which caught in the rollers, and was drawn in. Machine could not be further protected. Wilson screwed the saw (which had just been sharpened) on with an old tomahawk. Saw was not screwed tight home by the nut on spindle, and came off, flew up to the ceiling, and falling, came in contact with his hand and cut it right off. Wiping rolls with a sack while in motion, although previously warned not to do so. V. Wright, biscuitfactory, Dunedin Biscuit-brake H. Edmond ; aged 17 Flesh-wound on right hand; 20th June, 1898 Flesh-wound on fingers ; 23rd July, 1898 Fingers crushed ; 12th August, 1898 Thumb crushed; 13th August, 1898 Two finger-tops cut off; 17th Aug., 1898 Cut lip; 19th Sept., 1898 Times Company, Lyttelton V. Cable and Co., Wellington Linotype E. P. Oakes ; aged 16 Pinched by cogs through cleaning part of machine while in motion, directly contrary to instructions. By not looking what he was doing he put his hand on gearing instead of on handle. Ditto. Drilling-machine .. W. D. Campbell ; aged 17 • V. Cable and Co., Wellington Drilling-machine .. N. Hastings; aged 20 I. J. Clark, Flaxton '. and D. Duncan (Ltd.), Christchurch jyttelton Times Company, Lyttelton Sailey and Co., Kata Sawmill Polishing-wheel Lithographio print-ing-machine A. Sambrook ; aged 22 W. Langley ; aged 23 F. E. P. East; aged 27 Crushed thumb ; 20th October, 1898 Scalded leg; 31st Oct., 1898 Through his own fault, getting bis hand too close to saw. Will be back at work in a week. This man was employed at a buff for polishing, and was standing on the wrong side of wheel in motion; part of one of the wheels carried ua)', and struck him on the face. If he had been on the right side of the wheel it would have missed him. Inadvertence on the part of the machinist resting his hand on machinecarriage. Flesh-wound ; nail removed. Tho driver screwed the nut off the bolt of the mud-hole, when the joint of the mud-door parted, and the water in the boiler escaped and scalded the man's leg. Pushing the wood too quickly in, and while talking to others, allowed his hand to come in contact with the Portable engine P. King; aged 40 1. Tiny, Peel Forest Portable engine and firewood-bench, with movable top J. Penny; aged 30 Loss of three fingers; 17th Dec, 1898 V. Cable and Co., Wellington Drilling-machine .. W. McLeay ; aged 16 Broken arm above wrist saw. Shifting belt on cone while in motion.