H.—lsa.

No. 2.—Return of Defects — continued.

Digesters found to be defective on Inspection during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

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Description of Defects. Da e Defective in ° ' Lesser Degree. Dangei Total. Wasted at foundation-ring Wasted at front end of boiler Wasted round bottom of firebox Wasted round bottom of shell Wasted round furnace-door Wasted round galloway tube Wasted under hanger 2 1 7 2 1 I 1 2 1 7 2 1 1 1 Total | 36 36 648 684

Description of Defects. Dangerous. Defective in. Lesser Degree. Total. A number of rivets defective All rivets defective All rivets in top end bad Circumferential seams at top end bad Crown plates wasted Defective seams Eighty rivets bad Fifty rivets bad Forty rivets bad Four hundred and nine rivets bad General deterioration (pressure reduced) Laminated plate in bottom Large number of rivets bad Manhole-door bad Rivets in bottom circumferential seams bad .. Riveting in vertical seams and top door bad .. Seams defective, and several studs in door bad Seventy-five rivets bad Several rivets bad Sixteen rivets bad Thirteen rivets bad Thirty rivets bad Thirty rivets bad, and seams defective Thirty-six rivets bad Top hemispherical end bad and fifty rivets Twenty rivets bad Twenty-six rivets bad Two longitudinal seams on cone bad Two seams wasted Wasted at bottom door Wasted on crown badly 3 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 14 28 42