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No. 6.—Return of Fatal Accidents in connection with Machinery— continued.

No. 7.—Return of Hydraulic Winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from the 1st April, 1909, to the 31st March, 1910.

No. 8.—Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from the 1st April, 1909, to the 31st March, 1910.

Name and Address of Description of Owner. Machinery. Name and Age of Date of Accident and Person injured. Nature of Injury. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. Enterprise Gold-dredging ! Gold-dredge Company (Limited), Alexandra South P.J.Gallagher; , 17th January, 1910; 34 years arm torn off, and head crushed C. A. Smith ; 8th February, 1910 ; 34 years drowned Gallagher was placing a lamp in position on the dredges when he either slipped or overbalanced himself by the heaving of the dredge, and fell on the main drivingbelt. He was pulled under the pulley-wheel of the engine, and killed instantaneously. The buckets of the dredge got out of order. Smith was making an inspection with a lamp in one hand ; with the other hand he got hold of the hanger-pin, which unfortunately broke, causing him to fall into the river. Lowburn Gold-clredging ; Gold-dredge Company, Lowburn C. A. Smith ; 34 years i

Name of Person. William Patrick Duffy ... Class of Certificate. ... Winding, competency ... I 1 Date of Issue. 1909. December 8 j No. T S 430

Name of Person. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Frederick Harrison Hugh Patterson ... Robert Crawford... David Gillespie ... Peter Melville Grant William Hamilton Eobert Hannah ... William MeCord... Peter Andrew Thomas Webb James Healy Davey Edgar Walter Dyer Robert Thomas Bruce Mackie Albert Edwin Martin Michael Joseph Davitt Alexander James Hall John Reed David John KingPaul Adams Clifford Alexander Cain ... Albert Percy Williams John Callum Hugh McDonald Percy John Bagwell George Johnstone Winding, competency 1909. i/ a a n May 13 13 13 13 it 13 13 13 13 ,, 13 13 13 13 June 21 21 August 13 13 13 13 13 13 November 16 16 16 1910. 407 408 409 410 411 412 4ia 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 a 'i I! 'I il <t It " It 'I Isaac Simpson Thomas Roberts ... February 9 9 431 432 It It