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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1890.

Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Return of Notices given to remove dangerous parts of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1890.

Number of Portable Boilers. Number of Stationary Boilers. Name of District. 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 [ Over 10 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 Over 10 under. h.p. h.p. under. h.p. h.p. Total. 'tago 50 187 11 161 49 151 609

I Name of District, &c. Pees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. Otago. 'ortable Itationary lachinery £ s. d. 383 0 0 545 10 0 £ s. d. ::: \. 2 0 0 J < £ s. d. 930 10 0 i

I tesoription. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Angle-irons, wasted digester Crowns, wasted digester Boiler-shell bulged over lire Boiler-shell bulged over fire, outer shell Crowns down Corrosion, internal Cylinder-joint leaking Fire-box getting thin Fire-box bulged ... Fire-box patched ... Fire-box leaking ... Pressure-gauges ... Water-gauges .... Manhole Mudhole New furnace fitted New fire-box Fusible plugs Stays, longitudinal, broken... Stays screwed, wasted Steam-pipes Seams over fire leaking Stripped lagging ... Tubes renewed Tubes leaky Tube-plate leaky ... Test-cocks ... ... 1 "l 1 1 1 "l "i 2 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 1 1 3 2 1. 2 2 2 2 6 "a 2 1 2 "2 1 2 3 1 7 1 2 I 2 I 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 6 1 5 1 I 2 1 3 1 2 i 3 3 1 7

Date of Notice. Name and Address of Owner. Nature of Machinery, and Cause of Removal. 16th February, 1890 I New Zealand Pine Company, Circular saws, two cracked — one lOin. Invercargill, No. 1 Mill from the centre, the other 14in. from the centre.