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No. 6. —Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in connection with Machineryduring the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1901.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age of Person injured. Nature of Accident, and Date. Cause of Accident, and Rema.rks. W. Cable and Co., Wellington Drilling-machine .. George Forbes, aged 20 Top of finger cut off; 2nd June, 1900 Third finger right h and taken off; 12th July, 1900 Top o f fi nger t a k en off ; 6th August, 1900 Broken arm; 20th August, 1900 Arm broken in two places and b r u i sed about body; 3rd S e p t e mber, 1900. Thumb of right hand partly severed; 17th September, 1900 Right leg and arm broken ; 1st October, 1900 Finger caught in cogwheels of drillingmachine. John Anderson, Lyttelton Drilling-machine .. E. Demicheli ; aged 16 j Through cleaning machine while running, and allowing finger to get caught in cogwheels. W. Cable and Co., Wellington Ciroular-saw H. Levinsohn ; aged 15 While cutting piece of wood with cir-oular-saw. Waimumu Golddredging Company, Mataura Hart Udy, Petone Gold-dredge Ernest R. Collins ; aged 23 j Hand-winch handle flying round struck the arm. Planing and sawing Alexander Parker, aged 34 While leaning over the shaft to put on belt the key in the pulley caught his olothes, and he was oarried round several times, and stripped of his j clothes, and was thrown to the ground, distanoe about 8 ft. Hand slipped while saw was running, and was oaught by saw. Smith and Smith, Tuam Street, Christchurch Saw-bench Alfred Smith; aged 23 Geo. Fraser and Son, Auckland Facing lathe Charles Williams ; aged 30 : While lacing belt he allowed the belt to I rest on the revolving shaft. The belt caught on the shaft, and he became entangled in it, and was thrown up between the shaft and floor, and leg and arm broken. While attending eleotric engine, thumb and fore-finger were caught by the eccentric. Mitohell and Co., Wanganui Electrical Joseph Cronin aged 31 Thumb and forefinger cr'shed; 18th October, 1900 Right arm pulled off a few inches below shoulder; 5th November, 1900;; Five fingers taken off right hand; 5th De cem b e r, 1900 Finger crushed; 13th February, 1900 Two fingers taken off; 26th February, 1900 Left fore-arm broken ; 13th April, 1900 Right arm mangled to shoulder, amputated ; 20th April, 1900 Right hand severely crushed; 19th May, 1900 Lost little finger of right hand ; 31st March, 1900 End of finger taken off; 11th December, 1900 Eye injured; 12th December, 1900 Finger bruised; 12 th February, 1901 Lacerated forea r m and bruised thigh; 12th February, 1901 Flesh-wound on hand; 15th February, 1901 Injuries to face and loss of teeth; 20th March, 1901 Fingers on both hands cr'shed; 26th March, 1901 John Bunn, of Melbourne, at present at Christohurch Mitchell's Scroll Flour-mill Andrew Bunn; aged 16 While putting on belt while shaft was in motion the belt caught on pulley and shaft; his right arm was caught by bite of belt whioh jerked the arm olean off. G. Seifert, Oroua Bridge Flax-machine George Seifert; aged 28 Fingers were caught in the machine, and were taken off. Gifford and Heu- . son, Rongotea Flax-stripper G. J. Love; aged 24 Finger caught in between roller and mouthpiece of stripper. Gifford and Heuson, Rongotea Flax-scutcher Kuku; aged 26 Fingers caught in fibre while scutching. Rolling-stone Golddredging Company, Dunedin Rolling-stone Golddredging Company, Dunedin Gold-dredge Philip Duffy; aged 30 While winding forward mooring winchhandle slipped out of his hand and struck his arm. Through getting his right arm caught between top tumbler driving-wheel and pinion, while oiling friction gear. Gold-dredge John Robinson ; aged 37 John Anderson, Canterbury Foundry, Christchurch Hand-crane Ernest John Heal; aged 21 The hand caught in the oog-wheel through turning it with the hand instead of by the handle. Smith and Smith, Christchurch Circular-saw Daniel Savage; aged 28 Hand came in contact with saw while sawing a piece of timber. Robertson and Co., Wellington Punching-machine T. King ; aged 25 By carelessly putting b:s finger under punch. Robertson and Co., Wellington Expanding-mandril A. Hyde; aged 18 ' By a piece of steel flying off mandril and striking the eye. Webster and Co., Christchuroh Glazing-machine .. P. Cornford; aged 24 Carelessness of Cornford, Lucas Brothers, Kilmore Street, Christchurch Emery-wheel G. H. Williams; agfd45 Bursting of emery-wheel. Robertson and Co., Wellington Pneumatic-rivetter James Trask ; aged 39 Carelessness of Trask. Edmonds and Page, Christchurch Emery-wheel Edwin Edmonds ; aged 50 Bursting of emery wheel, Skelton, Frostick, and Co. (Limited), Christohurch Moulding-maohine.. Arthur Dunkley ; aged 47 Carelessness of Dunkley