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West Coast Inspection District. Puponga, Puponga. | White Rose, Merrijigs. O'Rourke's, Murchison. 1 Armstrong's, Dunollie. Bennett and party's, Seddonville. Baddeley's, Runanga. Cardiff Bridge, Seddonville. Bellvue, Runanga. Charming Creek, Seddonville. Blackball Coal Co.'s, Blackball. Cascade, Seddonville. Brae Head, Dunollie. Westport-Stateville, Seddonville. Cain's, Rapahoe. Chester's, Seddonville. Castle Point, Runanga. Coal Creek, Seddonville. Cox's Creek, Runanga. Glasgow, Seddonville. Dobson, Brunnerton. Quinn and party's, Seddonville. Duggan's, Rewanui. Westportmain, Granity. Hunter's, Dunollie. Westport-MokiMnui, Seddonville. Briandale, Ten-mile. Westport Coal Co.'s Denniston mines. Moody Creek, Dunollie. Westport Coal Co.'s Millerton mines. Old Runanga Co-operative party, Rewanui. Westport-Stockton, Ngakawau. Schultz Creek, Runanga. Wynn's, Seddonville. Leitch's, Twelve-mile. Rocklands, Berlin's. Smith's, Runanga. Whitecliffs, Berlin's. Spark's, Rewanui. Archer's, Capleston. State Coal-mines (Liverpool Collieries and James Clele, Merrijigs. Colliery). Coghlan's, Capleston. Paparoa, Roa. Collins, Murray Creek. Wallsend, Brunnerton. Terrace, Reefton. Dennehy's, Barrytown Road. Morrisvale, Reefton (Perfection Valley, New Point Elizabeth, Dunollie. Matchless, and Surprise). Goldlight, Dunollie. Defiance, Reefton. Fiery Cross, Dunollie. Burke's Creek, Reefton. Jubilee, Rapahoe. Waitahu Colliery, Reefton. Bellbird, Ten-mile Road. Lankey's Creek, Crushington. • Southern Inspection District. Kaitangata No. 1 Mine, Kaitangata. j Linton Mine, Ohai. Kaitangata No. 2 Mine, Kaitangata. Black Diamond, Ohai. Wairaki Mine, Ohai. ! Black Lion, Ohai. Birchwoocl Mine, Ohai. (c) List of Mines eequibed by Law to use Safety-lamps. The following is a list of the mines as at the 31st December, 1930, required by law to use safety lamps : — Northern Inspection District. Pukemiro Collieries, Pukemiro —Home's No. 2 section and west section south colliery. Rotowaro Colliery, Rotowaro—Throughout No. 1 and No. 3 Mines. Glen Afton Colliery, Glen Afton —No. 1 heading section. Renown Colliery, Rotowaro —Main north section. West Coast Inspection District. Westport Coal Co.'s (one section, Millerton | Spark's, Rewanui. Mine). j State Mine (Liverpool No. 2). Dobson, Brunnerton. 1 Paparoa, Roa. Hunter's, Dunollie. Wallsend, Brunnerton. Southern Inspection District. Kaitangata No. 1 Mine, Kaitangata. Linton Mine, Ohai. Kaitangata No. 2 Mine, Kaitangata. Black Diamond, Ohai. Wairaki Mine, Ohai. Black Lion, Ohai. Birchwood Mine, Ohai. (d) Dangekous Occueeences bepobted. (Regulation 82.) A full account of these is given in the reports of the District Inspectors (Annexure A). The most serious was the flooding of the Hikurangi Shaft Colliery on the 29th July. The cover over the seam is limestone, jointed and fissured. Like most seams under such cover, the Hikurangi seam is liable to sudden influxes of water. The Hikurangi seam has the further disadvantage that it lies under a swamp. The normal inflow of water into the mine is about 1,000 gallons per minute, but this is subject to temporary sudden increases. On the 29th July a breakdown of the pumping-plant occurred,

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