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Name of Dredge. Owners. Dredgemaster. Remarks. Dates of Visits. Tuapeka— continued. Imperial, Waitahuna Imperial Gold-dredging Company .. W. Noble Havelock Gold-dredging Company .. W. Rowe .. Gordon Gold-dredging Company .. H. Crozier A. C. Broad .. .. ... J. Baker .. Waitahuna Gold-dredging Company.. J. Donaldson .. Outside guard required on the top gearing; beaving-lines and boat-hooks required ; new copy of regulations required ; fly-wheel to be guarded P ziii'i Boat-hooks and heaving-lines required ; set-screws on winch-shaft to be guarded ; new set of regulations required .. Well-hole gangway required : outside guard required on the top gear ; boat to be equipped with life-saving apparatus .. Forward and well-hole gangways not in use; boat-hooks and heaving-lines required; regulations not posted .. Fly-wheel and main belts to be fenced; set-screws on winoh-shaft to be guarded; boathooks required ; boat not equipped with life-saving apparatus ; regulations not posted 22/8/02. Havelock, Waitahuna 22/8/02. Gordon, Waitahuna .. 22/8/02. Manuka, Waitahuna 22/8/02.' Waitahuna Gully, Waitahuna 22/8/02. Glenore. Gold Bank, Glenore Stirling, Glenore Gold Bank Golddredging Company .. W. Thomas Stirling Gold-dredging Company .. J. Nelson .. Dredge standing ; new pontoons to be built Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order 22/8/02. 22/8/02. Waipori. New Jutland Flat, Waipori .. New Jutland Flat Gold-dredging Com- Not appointed pany T. Jefferson Quilter and partv .. .. .. W. Quilter W. Carr .. I This dredge is being fitted with O'Brien's system of hydraulic power .. Guard required on top gear ; set-screws to be guarded ; well-hole gangway required Dredge and life-saving applianoes in good order .. Re-erecting the dredge at Waipori Township .. .. Visited in connection with the accident on the 13th August, 1902. W. Quilter, winchman, while oiling machinery in motion, had his arm torn ofi Dredge and life-saving appliances in fair order.. 19/4/02. 18/8/02. 27/11/02. 6/3/02. 16/8/02. G'Brien's Patent, Waipori Upper Waipori, Waipori 27/11/02. 18/4/02. 27/11/02. 6/3/02. 18/4/02. 31/1/02. Waipori Consolidated, Waipori Success, Waipori Perseverance (McNeil's), Waipori Empire No. 1, Waipori Upper Waipori Gold-dredging Com- C. Haggitt pany Waipori Consolidated Gold-dredging T. Jefferson Company Success Gold-dredging Company .. j W. Hanley Perseverance Gold-dredging Company D. Aitken Empire Gold-dredging Company .. G. Larkins Golden Shore Gold-dredging Company R. Allen .. Forward gangway to be repaired Two buoys to be re-covered Dredge visited in connection with drowning fatality on 30th January, 1902. J. J. MoClusky was drowned through swamping of the boat while under-running a line Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order .. , One buoy to be re-covered ; 150 ft. of heaving-lines and two boat-hooks required; sleeve to be put on main engine-shaft .. i Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order .. .. .. .. .. j 18/4/02. 18/4/02. 18/4/02. Golden Shore, Waipori 18/4/02. 28/11/02. Empire No. 2, Waipori Empire Gold-dredging Company .. G. Larkins Lower Enfield Gold-dredging Company C. Potts .. Enfield Gold-dredging Company .. C. Adamson Big Flat Gold-dredging Company .. Caretaker Broad Greek Gold-dredging Companv D. Mitchell One boat-hook missing; sleeve required on main engine-shaft; forward gangway out of repair Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order .. This dredge is being fitted with O'Brien's system of hydraulic power New dredge not yet equipped with life-saving appliances, nor machinery efficiently guarded Fence the bows and guard winch bevel gear; forward gangway required Screen driving-gear and winch-pinions to be guarded ; bows to be fenced in .. Dredge standing .. New dredge not yet equipped with life-saving appliances, nor machinery efficiently guarded 17/4/02 Lower Enfield, Waipori Enfield, Waipori Big Fiat, Verterburn Broad Creek, Welch's Flat 28/11/02. 17/4/02. 17/8/02. 28/11/02. 17/4/02. 17/4/02. 17/4/02.