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No. 5. —Eetuen of Notices given to fence Dangebous Pacts of Machineby, &c, during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900. Twenty-four notices were given to fence dangerous parts of the machinery, and included flywheels, gearing, spindles, emery-wheels, driving-belts, ends of shafts, scutchers, pulleys, &c.

No. 6. —Return of Accidents (not fatal) in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900.

No. 7. — Return of Accidents which proved fatal in connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900.

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Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Nature of Accident, Person injured. and Date. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Leyland and O'Brien, Auckland Sawmill James Parkinson ; aged 22 Cut on right heel; 31st May, 1899 Parkinson is a drayman who called at the mill, and, starting to load without permission, stepped baok against the saw. Right hand was oaught in belt, reaching over shaft to put rssin on belt. Eliza Richardson, Outram Flour-mill Albert Tripp; aged 21 Right arm broken balow elbow; 11th July, 1899 Thigh lacerated Singer, Maddox, and Co., Petone John Anderson, Christchurch Soap-manufactory M. Clements; aged 15J Archibald Johnston; aged 56 CI,othing caught in cogs of soap-mixer. Wood-planing machine Three fingers taken off left hand; 25th August, 1899 Broken finger; 25th August, 1899 Apparently through trying to take too heavy a cut, the timber skidding caused him to fall towards the maohine. Cleaning machine, which was stopped, he pulled the wheel round, not noticing where he put his hand, and the wheel caught one of his fingers. Placing his hand on cog of feed-gear when in motion. Edward Seagar, Wellington Punching-maohine James Crawfurd; aged 15 W. Cable and Co., Wellington Lathe F. Garvey; aged 19 Top of finger nipped; 4th September, 1899 Caught on shaft, body bruised, no bones broken; 11th September, 1899 Jib fell down and caused scalpwound ; 28th September, 1899 Fractured ankle and sc alpwound ; 12th October, 1899 Two toes on left foot crushed ; 16th November, 1899 Flesh-wound on leg; 3rd January, 1900 Four fingers on left hand cut off; 9th February, 1900 Left arm cut off above elbow; 3rd March, 1900 Fractured skull; 8th Maroh, 1900 Skelton, Frostick, and Co., bootmanufacturers, Christchurch Slugging-machine .. John Christopher; aged 26 Putting on belt with shaft in motion his sleeve was oaught. He was specially cautioned against this a few minutes before. Robertson and Co., engineers, Wellington Crane in boiler-shop Albert Carter; aged 40 Jib carried away through material becoming crystallized. Butterworth Brothers, warehousemen, Dunedin New Zealand Insurance Company, Dunedin Hydraulic passengerlift William Farquhar; aged 18 Rope-splice on top. of cage drew out, and cage fell 40 ft., catoh failing to act through cage canting. Hydraulic passengerlift William White; aged 18 He was lift-attendant, and carelessly put his foot over lift, when it was caught between lift and floor. J. W . Home, Sydenham Osborne's well-sinker Vivien Manson ; aged 18 Through leaving machine in gear while hooking the monkey on. A. J. White, cabinet - works, Christchurch Circular-saw John Milne; aged 19 Want of proper oare in handling the wood whilst it was being put through the saw. Albert Grum, brickworks, Ashburton Pug-mill William Kerr; aged 18 Oiling pug-mill, his loose shirt-sleeve caught in cogs, which drew his arm in. Robert Stansell, flaxmill, Waikanae Flax-stripper William Dalziel; aged 25 Drum of stripper burst, and piece of casting struck Dalziel on the head.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Nature of Accident, Person injured. and Date. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Phillip Joseph Hennessy, Foxton Flaxmill Joseph Hatton Morgan; aged 27 Caught in belt and carried round shaft; died from internal injury, 25th May, 1899 Scalded; 24th January, 1900 Putting on belt while machinery in motion, against orders. Auckland City Council, Auckland Pumping machinery Samuel Martin ; aged 35 Martin was making repairs inside a boiler when steam was let in through blow-off cock having been left open >ck connected with another boiler under ;o same pipe when blowing sediment outand the openin steam alongside g-up of another c i; admitting steam