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1930. NEW ZEALAND.

FIRE BRIGADES OF THE DOMINION (REPORT ON THE) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1930, BY THE INSPECTOR OF FIRE BRIGADES.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Inspector op Fire Brigades to the Hon. the Minister op Internal Affairs. Office of Inspector of Fire Brigades (Department of Internal Affairs), Wellington, Sir, — Herewith I have the honour to lay before you my twenty-second annual report, for the year ended 31st March, 1930, relative to the working of the Fire Brigades Act, and including matter in connection therewith. One new fire district was constituted during the year —viz., Taihape, 13tli January, 1930. Following is a list of the fifty-one Fire Boards now operating : — Auckland Hawera Oamaru Tauranga Balclutha Hikurangi Ohakune Te Aroha Christchurch Hokitika Onehunga Te Awamutu Dannevirke Invercargill Opotiki Timaru Dargaville Kaiapoi Otaki Waihi Dunedin Kaitangata Pahiatua Waipukurau Eltham Lawrence Palmerston North Wairoa Feilding Levin Petone Waitara Foxton Masterton Port Chalmers Wanganui Gisborne Milton Pukekohe Wellington Greymouth Mount Roskill Rotorua Westport Hamilton Napier Taihape Whangarei. Hastings New Plymouth Taumarunui Fire districts and brigades working under Fire Board control, their stations and equipment, have been inspected and reported upon as follows : — Auckland, September 20 and 21, 1929. New Plymouth, November 26, 1929. Balclutha, February 6, 1930. Oamaru, February 4-, 1930. Christchurch, December 16, 1929. Ohakune, January 13, 1930. Dannevirke, October 7, 1929. Onehunga, September 20, 1929. Dargaville, January 20, 1930. Opotiki, September 25, 1929. Dunedin, February 8, 1930. Otaki, November 14, 1929. Eltham, November 28, 1929. Pahiatua, November 13, 1929. Feilding, March 27, 1930. Palmerston North, April 3, 1930. Foxton, April 2, 1930. Petone, April 10, 1930. Gisborne, March 19, 1930. Port Chalmers, February 5, 1930. Greymouth, December 10, 1929. Pukekohe, September 17, 1929. Hamilton, March 10, 1930. Rotorua, March 7, 1930. Hastings, March 20, 1930. Taumarunui, January 14, 1930. Hawera, November 25, 1929. Tauranga, September 23, 1929. Hikurangi, January 21, 1930. Te Aroha, March 6, 1930. Hokitika, December 13, 1929. Te Awamutu, January 15, 1930. Invercargill, February 11, 1930. Timaru, December 17, 1929. Kaiapoi, December 16, 1929. Waihi, September 26, 1929. Kaitangata, February 12, 1930. Waipukurau, November 12, 1929. Lawrence, February 10, 1930. Wairoa, March 18, 1930. Levin, April 1, 1930. Waitara, November 27, 1929. Masterton, October 8, 1929. Wanganui, March 26 and 27, 1930. Milton, February 10, 1930. Wellington, August 23, 1929. Mount Roskill, September 19, 1929, Westport, December 11, 1929. Napier, March 17, 1930, Whangarei, January 22, 1930,

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