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A list of the certificates issued since my last report is appended : — COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. Second-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Issued after Examination.—Cook, Leonard Cyril, Runanga ; Grierson, Joseph, Renown ; Mackay, Donald, Ohai. Mine-surveyor's Certificate. Issued after Examination. —Glendenning, James William, Glen Afton. Underviewers' Certificates. Issued after Examination.—Marshall, William James, Dunollie; McAuley, Robert Thomas, Kaitangata ; McMillan, Albert Edward, Ohai; Shortt, Robert, Twelve-mile ; Smith, George, Hikurangi. Firemen-deputies' Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Anderson, Robert, Ohai; Brown, Clifford, Oamaru ; Butler, Vincent, Roa; Cairns', Donald, Hikurangi; Cochrane, David Hamilton, Hikurangi; Graham, William, Hikurangi; Hamilton, Douglas Donaldson, Hikurangi; Hammill, Marshall, Glen Massey ; Heyward, Wilfred, Roa ; Marshall, William James, Dunollie ; Mulligan, Patrick, Waro ; McKenzie, William David, Nightcaps ; Rarity, John, Blackball; Spiers, James, Hikurangi; Steele, Andrew, Hikurangi ; Thompson, Thomas Kerr, Kaitangata. MINING ACT, 1926. First-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Lowrie, Alexander Francis, Waihi; McConachie, William Joseph, Waihi; Robinson, Andrew Ernest, Waihi. MINING AMENDMENT ACT, 1927. Dredgemasters' Class A Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Hawley, John William Thomas, Murchison ; Matheson, Angus Neil, Cromwell; McFelin, Felix, Queenstown ; Tohill, John, Christchurch; Werner, Hjalmar John, Alexandra. Dredgemasters' Class B Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Anderson, James Alexander, Otara R.D., Invercargill; Buckland, Herbert John, Cronadun ; Cummings, William, Fleming, Gore-Waikaka R.D. ; Poole, Russell Satchell, Greymouth ; Sutherland, Donald, Gillespie's Beach, Weheka ; Smith, Phillip David, Christchurch; Turner, Ernest Tasman, Atarau. Issued on Production of Certificate from a Recognized Authority outside of the Dominion. —Bridson, Thomas, Haldane. Lists of certificate-holders made up to the end of 1935 are attached. I have, &c>, J. Henderson, The Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Wellington. Chairman of Boards.

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