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No. 2.—Return of Machinery inspected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899.

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Description of Machinery. I a I ax )riven Sag CO t> I Description of Machinery. a s Iriven m t> s Abattoirs Agricultural implements Air-compressing Ammonia-works .. .. Ammunition-factory Asphalt-work Assaying Bacon-curing Bakeries Barrel-stave making Bark-mill Basket-making Baths .. Bicycle-works Biscuit-factories Blacking-works Blacksmiths' tools Block- and pump-works Boat-building Boiler-making Boiling-down Bone-mills Boot-factories Box-making Breweries Brick- and tile-works and brick- and pipe-works Brush-factories Cable tramways Cabinetmaking and woodworking .. Candle works (see Oil, soap, &c.) .. Cement-mixing Cement- and lime-making Chaff-cutting Chemical-works Chicory-mill Cider-factory Coach-factories Coffee- and spice-works Cooking, warming, heating, and steaming Cooperages Coppersmiths (including brassworks) Confectioneries Cordial-factories (including aeratedwater works and mineral spring).. Creameries Cutlery Dairy factories Dentist Destructor Diamond drill Docks and slips Dredging (gold) Dredging (harbour) Drug-making Dye-works Electric-light works Engine-works Fan-working Pellmongeries Fire-engines Firewood-cutting Fish-preserving Flax mills Flock-mills Flour-mills Foundries Fruit-preserving.. Galvanised-iron works Gas-works Glue-works Grinderies Gold-mining Hairdressing Harbour reclamation Hat-making and hosiery .. 3 14 6 1 1 1 1 7 5 1 t 1 3 4 9 1 8 1 2 4 82 15 3 1 61 41 2 2 40 3 10 197 7 1 1 12 7 *3 1 1 12 5 Hauling, and hauling logs Hoisting (including hydraulic plant for cranes, winches, and pile-driv-ing) .. Instrument-making Iron-works Jam-factories Landing service Lapidaries Laundries Lead- and pipe-works Lifts for passengers Lifts for goods Lifts for goods (steam and eleotric) Lifts for goods and passengers Locomotives Machine-shops Manure-works Match-factories Meat-preserving and extract Milk-condensing Milking-machines Mortar-mills Oat crushing Oatmeal-mills Oil-, soap-, and candle-works Oleo-works Organ-building Organ-blowing .. ' .. Paint manufacture Paper-mills Pickle-factory Pipe-factory Plumbers Potteries Printing Pumice-works Pumping Pyrites reduction Quartz-crushing Quartz-reduction works .. Refrigerating-works Road-hauling Road-rollers Rope-and twine-works Roundabouts Sash-and-door factories Sausage-making Sawmills Seed-dressing Sheep-dip .. .*. Slieep-shearing Shipbuilding yards Starch-works Stone-crushing Stone-cutting Stove-making Sugar refinery Sulphur-works Tanneries Threshing (portable) Threshing (traction) Tinplate-works Tobacco-cutting .. .. > Tool making Tram-engines Varnish-works Venetian-blind works Vinegar breweryWater works Well-sinking Winding (including collieries) Woollen-mills Wool-pressing Wool-scouring 87 78 1 8 8 1 2 15 1 4 39 46 8 2 10 4 2 7 3 4 16 1 1 1 7 1 1 9 23 1 78 1 30 1 32 8 4 4 3 38 89 390 9 3 27 4 3 28 2 2 1 2 18 128 198 1 18 110 2 'k 1 14 1 3 "I 4 28 11 8 1 8 11 1 38 123 209 3 3 1 16 1 1 10 13 1 1 1 8 95 15 1 3 10 44 4 11 19 55 10 56 4 53 29 1 1 15 2 1 66 2 ii 2 3 6 i 1 6 2 2 1 7 14 84 10 21 14 2 28 1 1 15 1 1 2 3,152 330 2