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1926. NEW ZEALAN D.

FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION (REPORT ON THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1926, BY INSPECTOR OF FIRE BRIGADES.

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

The Inspector of Fire Brigades to the Hon. the Minister op Internal Apfairs. Sir, — Office of the Inspector of Fire Brigades, Wellington, 14th August, 1926. Herewith I have the honour to lay before you my eighteenth annual report for the year ended the 30th June, 1926, 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., Pukekohe, on the 30th November, 1925 ; Wellington, 20th April, 1926 ; and Mount Roskill, 28th May, 1926. Following is a list of the forty-six fire districts now constituted : — Auckland Hastings New Plymouth Taumarunui Balclutha Hawera Oamaru Tauranga Christchurch Hokitika Ohakune Te Aroha Dannevirke Invercargill Onehunga Timaru Dargaville Kaiapoi Otaki Waihi Dunedin Kaitangata Pahiatua Wairoa Eltham Lawrence Palmerstori North Waitara Feilding Levin Petone Wanganui Foxton Masterton Port Chalmers Wellington Gisborne Milton Pukekohe Westport Greymouth Mount Roskill Rotorua Whangarei. Hamilton Napier Brigades working under Fire Board control, their stations and equipment, were officially inspected as follows Auckland —May 27 and 28, 1926. Masterton —April 13, 1926. Balclutha —March 10, 1926. Milton —March 12, 1926. Christchurch —May 13 and 14, 1926. Napier —June 14, 1926. Dannevirke —May 5, 1926. New Plymouth —October 28, 1925. Dargaville —January 21, 1926. Oamaru —May 11, 1926. Dunedin —March 6, 1926. Ohakune —February 16, 1926. Eltham —October 13, 1925. Otaki —February 11, 1926. Feilding —May 6, 1926. Palmerston North —January 7, 1926. Foxton —April 27, 1926. Petone —June 21, 1926. Gisborne —March 26, 1926. Port Chalmers —March 4, 1926. Greymouth —December 1, 1925. Rotorua—November 16, 1925. Hamilton —January 28, 1926. Taumarunui —February 15, 1926. Hastings —June 15, 1926. Tauranga —November 12, 1925. Hawera—December 14, 1925. Te Aroha —November 10, 1925. Hokitika —December 3, 1925. Timaru —December 7, 1925. Invercargill —March 8, 1926. Waihi —November 11, 1925. Kaiapoi —May 12, 1926. Waitara —October 29, 1925. Kaitangata —March 9, 1926. Wanganui —December 16, 1925. Lawrence —March 11, 1926, Westport—December 2, 1925. Levin —April 26, 1926. Whangarei —January 20, 1926.

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