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Name of Dredge and Locality. Owners. Dredgemaster. Remarks. Dates of Visits. waipori — continued. Johnson Submerged Jet Upper Waipori Bakery Flat Sluicing Company .. I J. F. Johnson Upper Waipori Gold-dredging Com- C. Haggitt pany Jutland Hydraulic Gold-dredging T. Jefferson Company Waipori Consolidated Gold-dredging C. F. Truesdale Company MeXeil and party .. .. T. Aitken.. New dredge starting work ; not yet fully equipped with life-saving appliances Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order 17/11/03 27/4/03 17/11/03 27/4/03 17/11/03 29/4/03 Jutland Hydraulic Dredge and life-saving appliances in first-class order .. .. .. .. Waipori Consolidated Forward gangway to be repaired Perseverance Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order 29/4/03 17/11/03 29/4/03 17/11/03 Oceanic Oceanic Steam Gold-dredging ComErecting machinery New dredge. Not yet fully equipped with life-saving appliances ; machinery inefficiently guarded Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order Sleeve required on engine-shaft; fly-wheel to be guarded ; as also winch-pinions, and all set-screws ; railing on bows to be renewed Dredge and life-saving appliances not in good order Dredge sunk ; preparations being made to refloat her .. Dredge idle .. .. .. .. .. ... pany A. Mclvor Success Empire No. 1 Success Gold-dredging Company .. W. Hanley Empire Gold-dredging Company .. G. Larking 29/4/03 28/4/03 Golden Shore Empire No. 2 Golden Shore Gold-dredging Com- R. Allen .. pany Empire Gold-dredging Company .. G. Larking Dredge undergoing extensive overhaul Dredge idle Dredge and life-saving appliances in fair order Dredge and life-saving appliances not in good order Main fly-wheel and belt-pulley on main engine to be more efficiently guarded, and passage-way made through the belting ; well-hole gangway and platform about friction-gear required Dredge and life-saving appliances in fair order .. .. .. .. Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order ; new copy of regulations required.. Dredge and life-saving appliances in fair order ; screen level pinion to be guarded Dredge and life-saving appliances in good order 19/12/03 28/4/03 17/11/03 19/12/03 28/4/03 19/12/03 28/4/03 19/12/03 28/4/03 Lower Enfield Lower Enfield Gold-dredging Com- W. O'Brien pany J. Nelson.. Enfield Gold-dredging Company .. C. Robinson Enfield SHAG river. Inch Valley, Inch Valley Inch Valley Gold-dredging Company J. Black .. 19/12/03 14/3/03 24/7/03 14/3/03 24/7/03 Inchdale, Inch Valley Inchdale Gold-dredging Company .. P. Brennan POMAHAKA RIVER. Green vale, Scrubby Flat Ardmore, Kelso Greenvale Gold-dredging Company Private syndicate Dredge idle Dredge dismantled ; a larger dredge is to be procured Southland, mataura river. ♦Graham's Syndicate Graham's Mataura Gold - dredging William Gibbs Company Erecting machinery .. .. .. ... .. New dredge not fully equipped with life-saving appliances, nor machinery efficiently guarded Two buoys and two belts missing ; the second boat was condemned as being unsuitable for river-work, and the secretary of the syndicate was notified on the 16th November to provide suitable boat New boat not yet provided; dredge working irregularly Well-hole gangway required ; boats not fully equipped ; one boathook required 23/4/03 2/7/03 2/11/03 ♦Central Mataura Central Mataura Gold-dredging Com- William Shore 1/12/03 1/12/03 EDENDALE. Two Creeks pany Two Creeks Gold-dredging Company Dredge idle