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Return of Notices given to Repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.

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District and Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Written or Verbal Notice. Nature of Repairs ordered. Wellington. 1890. May 1 ... Multi-tubular ... Blister on bottom plate of back ring to be pared down. Blister on side of fire-box to be pared down. New fusible plug seating, and two new stays side of fire-box. ,; New fusible plug, and pin in longitudinal stay. Two extra stays on crown of fire-box. New spring-balance. New plate in bottom, front ring of plating. New furnaces fitted. Two new studs in man-hole door. Repairs to shell of fire-box at man-hole openings. Two new stays in tube plate below.the tubes. Six extra stays in each side of fire-box near the bottom. New steam-gauge. Two longitudinal stays, and compensating-ring round man-hole opening. An extra dog-stay on crown of fire-box. New furnace fitted. May 7 ... May 14 ... Portable Portable May 15 ... [ May 16 ... ; May 22 ... May 23 ... June 21 ... I July 29 ... July 29 ... ! July 30 ... August 10 ... Portable Portable Portable Multi-tubular ... Lancashire Multi-tubular ... Portable Portable Locomotive type Verbal ... Written ... Written ... Verbal ... August 10 ... August 18 ... j Portable Stationary Verbal ... Written ... August 20 ... September 11 ... Portable Stationary Verbal ... Verbal ... Nelson South. June 22 ... June 26 Stationary Stationary Verbal ... Written ... New steam gauge. Sighting-door fitted in shell, and one stay in tube-plate. New spring-balance. New safety-valve, and sighting-door fitted in shell. Tubes to be expanded. New steam-gauge. New girder and stay in crown-sheet. Three additional stays in crown-sheet. New crown-sheet in fire-box. New fire-box. Cylinder rejointed on boiler. New water-gauge cocks. Repairs and crown-sheet. New steam-gauge. Longitudinal stays fitted. New safety-plug seating in furnace-crown. Tubes expanded, and new mud door. Repairs to skirt of fire-box, new crown-sheet, and two longitudinal stays. June 26 ... June 27 Portable Portable Verbal ... Written ... June 27 ... July 2 ... July 4 ... July 5 ... July 9 ... July 9 ... July 11 ... July 11 ... I July 15 ... July 17 ... July 17 ... July 18 ... July 19 ... August 11 Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Stationary Stationary Stationary Locomotive Portable Verbal Verbal Written ... Written ... Written ... Written ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Written ... Verbal ... Written ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Westland. August 20 ... September 1 ... September 1 ... Stationary Locomotive Stationary Verbal Verbal ... Verbal ... New safety-valve, chests, and seats. New seatings for wash-out plugs. Strengthening ring round furnace, and three additional end stays. Nelson Nobth. October 23 ... I Stationary Verbal ... Gusset-stays rerivetted, and expansion - ring repaired. Retubed. Supports on shell rerivetted. Retubed, and shell repaired. New gauge-mountings for water-gauge. New steam-gauge. Landing in furnace cut out and renewed. New water-gauge mountings. Repairs to tube-plates. November 13 ... November 13 .,. i November 20 ... No ember 21 ... November 26 December 1 December 2 ... December 3 ... Stationary Portable Locomotive Portable Portable Stationary Stationary ; Portable Verbal ... Verbal Written ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Verbal ... Verbal Verbal ... 1891. Locomotive Locomotive Verbal ... Verbal ... New plug-seatings round skirt of fire-box. New plug-seatings round skirt of fire-box. January 5 ... January 27 ...