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Name and Situation of Dredge. Owners. Dredgemaeter. Kemarks. Clyde —continued. Vincent Extended Dredge, fencing, and all appliances in excellent order, and rules well observed. Vincent Extended Gold-dredging Company Kelly and Casey Gold-dredging Company A. Kennedy Kelly and Casey T. G. Brown A new dredge on the point of starting; well equipped with boats and life-saving appliances ; fencing required at bows and well, as pointed out to the dredge-master. Cromwell. Alpine Consols Alpine Consols Gold-dreaging Company Alpine No. 2 Gold-dredging Company T. Shore Dredge and appliances in good order, and Regulation 83 complied with. Alpine No. 2.. A. Gibson Fence required on the outer side of the side shoot from the tables ; fencing and appliances in good order, and rules well observed. Dredge generally in good order, and regulations observed ; to fence side shoot at tables. Hartley and Riley Hartley and Riley Gold-dredging Company Central Electric Gold-dredging Company George MoLay Central Electric Junction Electric James Ledingham.. Dredge supplied with life-belts, life-buoys, and boat-hooks ; bows to be fenced. W. B. Morgan, one of the crew of'this dredge, was drowned on 16th October, 1900, the result of a boat accident while running a line. For particulars see Appendix, " Accidents." All in good order ; rules well observed. Junction Electric Gold-dredging Company Electric Extended Gold-dredging Company Cromwell Gold-dredging Company .. A. Boss Electric Extended .. ■ A. Bremner Dredge well equipped, and rules observed. Cromwell N. P. Kloogh Old rules only posted ; one rail only in fences at well and stern of dredge, where two rails required; otherwise in good order. Fence-bar required at engine main drive and rope-way ; appliances in good order. Stopped for repairs ; fence-bar required at the engine main drive ; rules complied with. Lady Ranfurly Magnetic Electric Gold-dredging Company Magnetic Gold-dredging Company A. Steele .. W. H. Kitto Kawarau Gorge. Second Magnetic Second Magnetic Gold-dredging Company Voltaic Prospecting Gold - dredging Company J. P. Kitto Dredge and appliances in good order ; well-hole requires to be covered or fenced. Voltaic C. Stevens Old Turakina pontoons removed from Springvale, Manuherikia, and re-erected on this olaim. A boring plant is fitted up on the pontoons by Mr. Osborne, of Christchurch, and the claim is being successfully prospected at a small cost as compared with the usual method of building a complete dredge capable of working the claim in event of proving payable. Dredge and all appliances in excellent order ; one of the best-equipped dredges on the river. Upper Magnetic Upper Magnetic Gold-dredging Company Meg and Annie Gold-dredging Company J.C.Ray.. Meg and Annie J. D. Molntosh .. Generally in good order, and rules observed; to fence silt-shoot at the tables. Gibbston. D. McLean Regulations practically ignored ; boats not equipped with life-buoys, boat-hooks, and light-lines ; no boat-hooks on board ; well unfenced, and a fence required at the side shoot from the tables. Wrote secretary, Mr. R. Pilling, of Lawrence, requiring him to provide appliances forthwith. Only one boat at the dredge, the other boat being used for crossing an arm of the river some distance away from the dredge. I have written the secretary of the company requiring him to keep the dredge provided with two boats ; no life-buoy at stern ; fence required a; side shoot and stern. Side shoot requires to be fenced ; dredge is well equipped ; fencing good, and rules complied with. Merrimao Merrimac Gold-dredging Company .. Galvanic Galvanio Gold-dredging Company A. Young.. Metallic Metallic Gold-dredging Company Charles Allen Arrow Junction. Arrow Junction Arrow Junction Gold-dredging Company A. Maxwell Fence required at the bows of the dredge, and alEo bars across the side doors ; no life-buoys, boat-hooks, or light-lines on beard, I have written to the secretary of the company requiring him to furnish them forthwith.