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Working Dredges Inspected.

Name and Situation of Dredge. Owners. Dredgemasters. Remarks. Date of Inspection. Marlborough. Standing, j?Being removed to the Armchair Creek. In liquidation. In liquidation 26/8/04 Alpine Golden Point ... Wangapeka ... Alpine Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Wakamarina Golden Point Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Wangapeka Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) ... Robert Murray ... Buller River and Tributaries. Old Diggings ... Rocklands Beach Premier Dredge Hansen and party Bocklands Beach Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Premier Buller Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.), (Hans Hansen and Matthew Dellavedova) Builer Junction Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Mokoia Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) New Feddersen Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Belle Vue Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) A. Gillstrom A. G. Skilton Hans Hansen Rules well observed ... ... ... ... j Repairs to decking and boat-hooks required ... Sold to Hans Hansen and Matthew Dellavedova during the year. Not working. In liquidation. Boat-hooks and life-lines wanted Boat-hooks and life-buoys wanted Second boat wanted, and also covering to pinions and shafting of the elevators Was undergoing general overhaul 16/6/04 16/6/04 14/11/04 14/6/04 8/6/04 10/6/04 Buller Junction Mokoia Feddersen Belle Vue (late Hokitika River) Fern Flat (late Good Hope Company) Amikitia Kohikohi Al Dredge Reeves's Proprietary Boatman's Creek Welcome R. Liddicoat Amikitia Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Kohikohi Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Al Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) ... Reeves's Proprietary Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd. Boatman's Creek Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Welcome Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Smith Smeaton ... John R. Dalton ... William Mollison C. G. Morel R. Liddicoat T. Warne T. Warne Alfred Thomson ... Robert Scott W. G. Mouat. Standing... Light-lines and gangway require attention Pontoons being renewed Rules well complied with 8/6/04 8/6/04 12/4/04 12/4/04 In liquidation 17/6/04 Grey River and Tributaries. Blackwater River Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Mawhera Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Marston C. Cuff ... George Lee (at time of closing down) A. Crumpton Blackwater Mawhera Working regulations well complied with In liquidation since 25th May, 1904 ... 23/11/04 26/5/04 Lagoon (Ikamatua) Trafalgar Nelson Creek ... Pactolus. Nos. 1 and 2 ... Ikamatua Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) New Trafalgar Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Nelson Creek Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) ... Pactolus Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) A. R. Edmonds ... James Cowan New dredge being erected ... This dredge is under removal Working-conditions satisfactory No. 1. Hand-rails to elevator wanted. No. 2. Working satisfactory Rules well complied with Working-conditions fully equipped ... In liquidation 23/11/04 23/11/04 23/11/04 23/11/04 23/11/04 ■24/11/04 19/11/04 Aldinga Callaghan's Creek Red Jack's Aldinga Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Callaghan's Creek Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) New Red Jack's Gold-dredging Co. (Ltd.) Thomas Coleman David Clark