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1925. NEW ZEALAND.

FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION (REPORT ON THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1925, BY INSPECTOR OF FIRE BRIGADES.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Inspector op Fire Brigades to the Hon. the Minister op Internal Affairs. Sir,— Office of the Inspector of Fire Brigades, Wellington, 3rd September, 1925. Herewith I have the honour to lay before you my seventeenth annual report, for the year ended the 30th June, 1925, relative to the working of the Fire Brigades Act, and including matter in connection therewith. During the year three new fire districts have been constituted—viz., Pahiatua, on the Bth June, 1925 ; Onehunga and Wairoa, on the 25th June, 1925. Following is a list of the forty-three fire districts now constituted :— Auckland Hamilton Napier Taumarunui Balclutha Hastings New Plymouth Tauranga Christchurch Hawera Oamaru Te Aroha Dannevirke Hokitika Ohakune Timaru Dargaville Invercargill Onehunga Waihi Dunedin Kaiapoi Otaki Wairoa Eltham Kaitangata Pahiatua Waitara Feilding Lawrence Palmerston North Wanganui Foxton Levin • Petone Westport Gisborne Masterton Port Chalmers Whangarei. Greymouth Milton Rotorua I have officially inspected the brigades, their stations and equipment, working under Fire Board control, as follows : — Auckland—January 24 and 26, 1925. Masterton—February 19, 1925. Balclutha —February 10, 1925. Milton —February 5, 1925. Christchurch —March 3 and April 4, 1925. Napier —January 14, 1925. Dannevirke—June 1, 1925. New Plymouth—September 23, 1924. Dargaville —January 20, 1925. Oamaru —March 11, 1925. Dunedin —March 10, 1925. Ohakune —May 5, 1925. Eltham- -September 25, 1924. Otaki —June 16, 1925. Feilding —October 15, 1924. Palmerston North —June 2, 1925. Foxton —March 24, 1925. Petone —June 11, 1925. Gisborne —January 16, 1925. Port Chalmers —March 9th, 1925. Greymouth —December 9, 1924. Rotorua —November 21, 1924. Hamilton —May 21, 1925. Taumarunui—May 1, 1925. Hastings —April 23, 1925. Tauranga —November 20, 1924. Hawera —September 22, 1924. Te Aroha —November 25, 1924. Hokitika —December 12, 1924. Timaru —April 2, 1925. Invercargill —February 9, 1925. Waihi—November 19, 1924. Kaiapoi —April 3, 1925. Waitara —September 24, 1924. Kaitangata —February 11, 1925. Wanganui —October 13, 1924. Lawrence—February 6, 1925. Westport —December 10, 1924. Levin —March 23, 1925. Whangarei —January 22, 1925.

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