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No. 3.—Return of Notices given to repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

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Number. Type. Description of Repairs. 1 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 i 2 1 1 1 2 1 X Cornish V ' ' • It II • • • If II • • ' II It Cornish tubular ... a n • • • „ ... Lancashire n ■' • Locomotive „ ... a it it Blister cut out of bottom of boiler, and patch riveted over. Bottom of shell where wasted round blow-off cook cut out, and new plates riveted on. Brickwork repaired. Forty new rivets put in seams, and seams recaulked. Furnaces patched where wasted. New seat for blow-off cock riveted to shell. Patch fitted on front end of shell. Patch fitted under bottom where wasted. Plate riveted over end of furnace where grooved. To be taken out of brickwork and repaired where wasted. Patch fitted over circumferential seam in bottom of shell. Patch fitted over thin part of bottom of shell. Retubed. Thin part of furnace at back end cut out and patch riveted on. The bottom of back ring of furnace cut out and renewed. Dog fitted over weak part of furnace. Patch riveted round front of boiler, through flange of furnace, where thin. Two small sheathing patches fitted over landings, on the bottom of boiler. All tubes drawn, and the ends brazed and tubes refitted ; also four new mud-plugs. Four new longitudinal stays. Front tube-plate, throat-plate, and bottom half of barrel renewed. Mudholes retapped and new taper plugs fitted. Mud-doors renewed. New side sheets fitted to firebox. New stay-tubes fitted. New firebox and all new screwed stays. New palm-stays, new tube ends, and patch fitted on bottom of shell. Nine new tubes and two new screwed stays. Repaired on shell and front tube-plate. Retubed. Retubed and two patches fitted in firebox. Retubed, patch fitted round fire-door, new tube-plate at the front end, and a number of new screwed stays. Retubed and compensating-rings fitted round all mud-door openings. Retubed and four new sling-stays fitted to crown of firebox. Riveted patch fitted round fire-door. Riveted patch round foundation-ring. Six new screwed stays in firebox. Six new sling-stays fitted on crown of firebox. Three new brass mud-plugs fitted. Tubes drawn and cleaned, several new screwed stays fitted, copper patch fitted round door of firebox inside, and several stay-nuts on crown of firebox renewed. Twelve new screwed stays fitted in firebox. Two longitudinal stays. Two new dogs on inud-doors, and twelve ferrules fitted in tube ends. Two patches fitted in firebox, and several new rivets round skirting. Two plates riveted over mudholes and retapped, plugs chased and refitted. Cracks in furnaces, chain-pinned. Retubed, and new bottom manhole-door. Retubed, and new plates in bottom and sides of shell. Patch fitted on shell of boiler under blow-off cock. All stay-tubes renewed. Bolted patch fitted on shell of boiler under safety-valve chest. Brickwork repaired. Bulge on bottom of shell cut out and riveted patch fitted. Gompensating-rings fitted to manhole-openings. Compensating-rings fitted to mudhole-openings. Doubling plate riveted to crown of steam-dome. Five new rivets in manhole compensating-ring. Front bottom half of shell cut out and renewed. a •" a 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 a a a a a 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 8 2 2 2 1 1 Marine if .... Multitubular a a • • •