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A list of the certificates issued since my last report is appended : — COAL-MINES ACT, 1925. First-class Mine-manager's Certificate. Issued after Examination. —Langford, James Newton, Ohai. Second-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Alborn, Roderick Victor, Reefton ; Out.hwaite, Percy Moston, Grey mouth ; Williams, James Mitchell, Reefton. Underviewers' Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Aims, Abraham, Dunollie ; Crawford, William, Glen Massey ; Dayne, Robert Desmond Runanga; Griffiths, Norman George, Runanga; Hadcroft, Harold, Runanga; Longmuir, Richard John, Glen Massey ; McLelland, James Thomson, Ohai; Roberts, Eric Methven, Oamaru ; Watson, George, Huntly ; Welsh, Mervyn Ernest Arnold, Dunedin. Firemen-deputies' Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Barclay, Ralph Carse, Fairfield ; Beckley, Ronald Richard, Mount Somers ; Broad, Ernest Wairau, Whiteclifis; Burnett, William, jun., Reefton; Charteris, James Thomas, Kaitangata ; Clark, Alfred James, Blackball; Coghlan, John Joseph, Cronadun ; Crawford, William, Glen Massey ; Cunningham, Richard William, Whangarei; Dixon, Alexander Shearer, Ohai; Dockerty, Samuel Valentine, Glen Massey ; Edmond, Adam, Green Island ; Edwards, Arthur, Waro, Hikurangi; Gallagher, Percival James, Cronadun ; Glendenning, Thomas, Glen Afton ; Hadcroft, Harold, Runanga ; Hall, Alfred, Kaitangata ; Hall, Thomas, Huntly ; Lawrence, Luther, Pukemiro ; Leeming, Percy Thomas, Glenroy ; Longmuir, Richard John, Glen Massey; Pasfield, Kelvin Harold, Blackball; Pratt, Alfred, Ngaruawahia ; Rhodes, Israel, Glentunnel; Savage, Thomas, Nightcaps ; Smith, William George, Glentunnel; Taylor, Arnold, Christchurch ; Terry, William Edwin, Ohai; Timlin, George William, Runanga. MINING ACT, 1926. Battery Superintendent's Certificate. Issued after Examination. —Jones, John William, Waikino. Oil-well Manager's Service Permit. Rutherford, Alan Ernest, New Plymouth. MINING AMENDMENT ACT, 1927. Dredgemasters' Class A Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Holden, Albert, Murchison ; Lyon, Sidney George, Murchison. Dredgemasters' Class B Certificates. Issued after Examination. —Archer, Rupert John, Mossy Creek, Ikamatua ; Browne, Edwin, Hokitika; Fanning, Frank Edward, Kororo, Greymouth; Gillooly, Thomas Bernard, jun., Murchison. Issued on Production of Certificate from Recognized, Authority outside of the Dominion. —Lyon, Sidney George, Murchison. Lists of certificate-holders up to the end of 1936 are attached. I have, &c., J. Henderson, The Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Wellington. Chairman of Boards.

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