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West Coast Inspection District. Wynndale, Murcliison. Kaye's, Ten Mile. Mount Burnett, Collingwood. Bellbird, Ten Mile. Puponga, Puponga. Brady's, Ten Mile. Owen, Owen River. Briandale, Ten Mile. Cardiff, Seddonville. Cliffside (Moore's), Nine Mile. Charming Creek, Ngakawau. Bellvue, Ra.pahoe. Cascade, Burnett's Face. Cain's, Rapahoe. Chester's, Seddonville. Jubilee, Rapahoe. Coal Creek, Seddonville. Baddeley's, Dunollie. Hydro, Seddonville. Braehead, Dunollie. Glencrag, Buller Gorge. Castlepoint, Dunollie. Westport Coal Co.'s Denniston mines. Hunter's, Dunollie. Westport Coal Co.'s Millerton mines. Moody Creek, Dunollie. Westport-Stockton, Ngakawau. New Point Elizabeth, Dunollie. Archer's, Capleston. Fiery Cross, Dunollie. Clele, Merrijigs. Smith's, Dunollie. Coghlan's, Capleston. Duggan's, Rewanui. Collins, Murray Creek. Old Runanga, Rewanui. Morrisvale, Reefton. Spark's, Rewanui. Defiance, Reefton. State Collieries (Liverpool and James). Burke's Creek, Reefton. Goldlight, Rewanui. Waitahu Colliery, Reefton. Blackball, Blackball. Bennett's (Times Street), Reefton. Blackball Creek, Blackball. Lankey's Creek, Reefton. Paparoa, Roa. Schultz Creek, Twelve Mile. Dobson, Dobson. Hilltop, Ten Mile. Wallsend, Brunnerton. Southern Inspection District. Kaitangata No. 2, Kaitangata. Black Diamond, Ohai. Wairaki, Ohai. Black Lion^Ohai. Birchwood, Ohai. Star, Ohai. Linton, Ohai. (c) List op Mines required by Law to use Saeety-lamps. The following is a list of the mines as at the 31st December, 1936, required by law to use safetylamps : — Northern Inspection District. Pukemiro, Pukemiro —Throughout South mine section. Rotowaro, Rotowaro —Throughout No. 1 and No. 3 Mines. Glen Afton, Glen Afton—Main headings. Renown, Waikokowai—Main headings and West Section turned off No. 4 North Section. New Kamo, Kamo—East Section in neighbourhood of Fault. West Coast Inspection District. Dobson, Dobson. ! Paparoa Roa. Spark's, Rewanui. j Wallsemd, Brunnerton. State Mine (Liverpool No. 2), Rewanui. | Millerton (Old Dip Section), Millerton. Moody Creek, Dunollie. 1 Owen, Owen River. Old Runanga (No. 2 Section), Rewanui. Southern Inspection District. Kaitangata No. 2, Kaitangata. Black Diamond, Ohai. Wairaki, Ohai. Black Lion, Ohai. Birchwood, Ohai. Star, Ohai. Linton, Ohai. (d) Dangerous Occurrences reported. (Regulation 82.) Of the twenty-nine dangerous occurrences reported during 1936 to the District Inspectors, twentyone were of actual fires or of heating in underground workings. Five were m the panels of the Millerton Mine but one was caused by a lighted cigarette butt having been thrown on a sma 1 heap of decayed mine'timber. Seven of the reports of spontaneous heating were of occurrences m the Lmton Mine. There were four reports of accumulations of inflammable gas and two reports of inrushes ot water in West Coast coal-mines, and one report of an ignition of fire-damp in a Northern District mine. In a Reefton mine the presence of a small percentage of hydrogen sulphide was detected in the mine-water.

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