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Defective Fittings found on Inspection of Boilers, &c. — continued. 23 Ferrules fitted under • spring-balance safety- 13 Safety-valves bad : have been renewed, valve levers. 1 Safety-valve defective : was put in order. 1 Fly-wheel of engine defective : was repaired. 5 Safety-valve levers cut to correct length. 22 Fusible plugs found defective : have been re- 2 Safety-valve seats bad : have been renewed, placed. 1 Safety-valve spring bad : was renewed. 138 Guards fitted to water-gauge glasses. 9 Spring-balances defective : were renewed. 2 Injectors defective : have been renewed. 1 Spring-balance defective : was repaired. 1 Main steam-pipe defective : was repaired. 32 Steam-pressure gauges defective : have been 12 Manhole-doors bad : have been renewed. renewed. „ 34 Mudhole-doors bad : were renewed. 2 Steam stop-valves bad : were "renewed. 11 Mudhole-door studs bad : were renewed. 1 Studs in safety-valve chest defective : were 2 fitted to cylinder-cover. renewed. 1 New bolts in axle-bracket. 17 Test-cocks|bad : have been renewed. 1 New f< bolts in fly-wheel bracket. 10 : were repaired. 2 New' cylinders fitted. • 1 Traction-engine driving-gear bracket patched. 5 New brakes fitted. 6 Traction-engines' steering-gear defective : was 1 New brake-nut fitted. put in order. 1 New key in fly-wheel. 1 Valve-chest for pump defective : new one 1 New main stop-valve fitted. fitted. 1 New pins fitted in friction-clutch. 26 Water-gauge mountings bad : have been re--1 New piston-rod fitted. newed. 1 New reducing-valve fitted. 11 Water-gauge mountings defective : were re--3 New tapered plugs fitted. paired. 2 New worms fitted to steering-gear. , 1 Water-gauge pipes bad : was renewed. Total .. ..446

No. 3. —Return of Notices given to repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1910.

Number. Type. Description of Repairs. i 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cornish Cornish tubular ... Dryback marine ... Lancashire Brickwork repaired. Furnaces patched where wasted. Gusset stay repaired. Patch 3 ft. by 1ft. riveted on outside of shell. Top half of boiler-end cut out and new plate fitted. Five new tubes fitted. Four new tubes fitted. Betubed. Betubed, and patch fitted under bottom of shell. Brickwork repaired, and several new rivets put in shell. Betubed. Strengthening girders fitted to three furnace-rings, and defective rivets renewed in circumferential seams, also a sheathing patch fitted on shell. Several rivets renewed in gusset stays. Three new Galloway tubes fitted. Twenty-two new bolts fitted in gusset stays. Circumferential seams pared and caulked. Eight stay-nuts renewed at back end. Eleven rivets renewed in front plate and flue. Betubed. Corners of foundation-ring caulked. Eleven new screwed stays fitted in firebox, and patch on front tubeplate. Five new screwed stays put-in firebox. Forty new screwed stays put in firebox. Four new tubes fitted. New firebox, and all new screwed stays fitted, also compensatingrings to mudhole-openings. ./ Lancashire tubular n Locomotive t/ ... 1 1 1 1 it • • • it a • • •