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No. 3.—Return of Notices given to repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1908.

If. 'ype. lesoripi iion oi ipairs. 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 25 7 1 3 2 Cornish ... Brickwork repaired. „ - ... Furnaces patched where wasted. „ ... Furnace seams caulked. „ ... Gusset-stay repaired. ... Patch fitted on shell-plate above furnace. „ ... Two rivets renewed in furnace. Cornish tubular ... New length of flue fitted in front end. „ ... Patch fitted in furnace. ... Eetubed. „ ... Retubed and new back tube-plate. „ ... Strengthening-rings fitted to furnace. „ ... Three patches renewed. „ ... Twenty-four tubes renewed. „ ... Twenty-two plain and four stay tubes renewed. Diyback marine ... Furnace-crown repaired. „ ... Tubes expanded, and patch fitted on back end plate in steam space. „ ... Two new tubes. Lancashire ... Furnaces repaired. „ ... Patches fitted over grooving at front end of right-hand furnace and back end of left-hand furnace. „ ... Six defective rivets renewed. „ ... Strengthening-rings fitted round furnace. „ ... Two new furnaces tinted. Locomotive ... A number of new screwed stays fitted in firebox. „ ... Back ring of furnace repaired. ... Crown stay-nuts renewed. „ ... Five new tubes fitted. „ ... Foundation-ring at front end reriveted. „ ... Lower part of firebox renewed, and twenty-two new screwed stays fitted. „ ... New firebox, and all new screwed stays fitted. „ ... New front tube-plate and new longitudinal stays fitted. „ ... New girders fitted to crown of firebox. „ ... New tube-plate fitted. ... One new longitudinal stay fitted and one new mud-door. „ ... Patch fitted on bottom of shell. „ ... Patch fitted on crown of firebox, and one new longitudinal stay. „ ... Patch fitted on each side of firebox. „ ... Patches fitted in firebox. „ ... Patch fitted on throat-plate. „ ... Eetubed. , ... Retubed, and new tube-plate. „ ... Six new screwed stays in firebox. „ ... Sixteen new tubes fitted. „ ... Sixteen new tubes, one new screwed stay in firebox, and three new nuts fitted on crown-stays. „ -s. ... Three new screwed stays in firebox. „ ... Three new tubes fitted. „ ... Top r6w of screwed stays at back end of firebox renewed. „ ... Twelve new screwed stays fitted in firebox, and one new mud-door. „ ... Twenty new nuts fitted on girder-stays. „ ... Twenty-six new tubes fitted. „ ... Two new tubes fitted. „ ... Two rivets renewed and patch fitted in firebox. Manure-dryer ... Four feet of sheathing fitted to the bottom of inside shell. „ ... New bottom plate fitted. „ ... Sheathing-plate fitted on bottom. „ ... Two sheathing-plates fitted on bottom. Marine ... .... Retubed. „ ... Several tubes expanded. Multitubular ... All tubes expanded. „ ... Bolted patch rejointed to shell. ... Brickwork repaired. „ ■■ Bulge cut out of bottom of shell and a patch fitted and riveted on. „ ... Bulge cut out of bottom of shell at back end, patch fitted and riveted on, and all tubes drawn to clean boiler. „ ... Compensating-rings fitted round manhole-openings. „ ... Compensating-rings fitted round mudhole-openings.