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Name of Dredge. Owners. Dredgemaster. Remarks. Dates of Visits. Shao River. Incholme, Inch Valley Inohdale, Inch "Valley Incholme Gold-dredging Company .. Inchdale Gold-dredging Company .. P. Brennan Dredge standing Screen driving-gear and main fly-wheel to be guarded ; well-hole gangway not in use ; heaving-lines and boat-hooks required ; main pump to be guarded Well-hole gangway to be provided ; boot-hooks required Dredge standing 12/8/02. Inch Valley, Inch Valley Dunback, Dunback Inch Valley Gold-dredging Company.. Dunback Gold-dredging Company .. J. Black .. 12/8/02. 12/8/02. Pomahaka River. Greenvale, Scrubby Flat Ardmore, Kelso Greenvale Gold-dredging Company .. Private syndicate Caretaker G. Reid .. Life-saving appliances not provided ; dredge standing Forward gangway required ; fly-wheel and shaft of main engine to be guarded ; boat not in the paddock 7/5/02. 7/5/02. Mataura River. Mataura Consolidated, Mataura Island Central Mataura No. 2 Private syndicate P. Busbridge Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order 22/4/02. Central Mataura Gold-dredging Company W. Shore.. 1/9/02. Edendale. Two Creeks, Edendale Two Creeks Gold-dredging Company F. W. Jones Life-saving applianoes not provided ; the coal-punt has too little freeboard Two buoys, three boat-hooks, and 150 ft. of heaving-line required 21/1/02. 22/4/02. Waikaka River. Sheddon's Freehold, Waikaka Valley Waikaka Syndicate, Waikaka Valley Lilliesleaf, Waikaka Valley .. Waikaka, Waikaka Valley Gleniti, Waikaka Patterson's Freehold, Waikaka Sheddon's Freehold Gold - dredging Company Waikaka Gold-dredging Syndicate W. Patterson Not appointed Forward gangway required ; otherwise dredge and appliances in good order Pontoons launched .. Dredge repairing ; life-saving applianoes in good order Main and pump belting to be guarded Dredge standing Light-lines required ; otherwise dredge and life-saving appliances in good order Dredge and life-saving applianoes in good order Forward gangway required 29/4/02. 27/8/02. Lilliesleaf Gold-dredging Co. (private) Waikaka Gold-dredging Company Gleniti Gold-dredging Company Patterson's Freehold Gold - dredging Company Record Golddredging Syndicate Celtic Gold-dredging Company J. R. Perry R. F. White J. Watt .. Position vacant J. Patterson 29/4/02. 29/4/02. 29/4/02. 4/3/02. 28/8/02. 29/4/02. 29/4/02. 4/3/02. 28/8/02. Record, Waikaka Celtic, Waikaka Perry's Pioneer, Waikaka H.May .. P. Brandt H. Parsons Dredge and life-saving appliances in fair order Little Waikaka River. Little Waikaka, Waikaka Little Waikaka Gold-dredging Company (private) Ibbotson and party .. Globe Gold-dredging Company J. Brownlie 30/4/02. Ibbotson's, Waikaka Globe, Waikaka T. Maslin G.Lee .. : Dredge and life-saving aplianoes in fair order 30/4/02. 4/3/02. 28/8/02. 30/4/02. 28/8/02. 30/4/02. Waikaka United No. 1, Waikaka Waikaka United No. 2, Waikaka Waikaka Queen, Waikaka Waikaka United Gold-dredging Co. .. Waikaka United Gold-dredging Co. .. Waikaka Queen Gold-dredging ComW.Wilson.. T. A. Graham J. Wallace Forward gangway required New dredge starting work ; regulations not posted ; forward gangway required Forward gangway not in position ; 150 ft. of heaving-line required ; well-hole fencing down and side rails on the boxes shaken Three boat-hooks and 150 ft. of heaving-line required ; forward gangway too weak ; fly-wheel to be guarded Re-ereoting Lower Shotover dredge Regulations not posted ; one buoy and three boat-hooks required; well-hole, gangway, and fencing required Dredge and equipment in good order Re-erecting the Premier No. 1 dredge from Maerewhenua Regulations not posted; new dredge not yet fully equipped with life-saving apparatus Forward gangway required; also 150 ft. of heaving-line and two boat-hooks Waikaka Forks, Waikaka pany Irvine and party (private) J. Henderson 30/4/02. Lee's Steel Dredge, Waikaka .. Robert Lee W. Wilson 1/5/02. 28/8/02. Chatton. Ibbotson's, Chatton Reserve .. Ibbotson and party (private) T. J. Ibbotson 25/10/02. 2/5/02. 29/8/02. 1/5/02. Gold Creek, Chatton Gold Creek Dredging Company (private) W. Robins