VPRS 12349 Register of Digesters (Records Not Transferred)

Under the provisions of sections 11 and 12 of the Boilers Inspection Act 1906 (No. 2071) and subsequent Acts, industrial boilers were required to be registered with the Chief Inspector and a Register of Boilers was maintained for that purpose. Inspection of industrial boilers (under section 14 of the Act) was conducted by inspectors of the Mines Department until 1962 and subsequently by the Department of Labour and Industry.The original Act applied only to steam boilers and digesters (digesters were commonly used in many trades especially in the rendering of fats and oils). The Boilers Inspection (Air and Gas Receivers) Act 1940 (No.4739) which came into operation in 1947, extended the application of the legislation to embrace air and gas receivers.This series consists of the register of digesters. Owners of digesters were required to register digesters with the Chief Inspector of Boilers, who then arranged for inspectors to inspect them on site.The particulars recorded include:- registration number of the digester- owner- locality- name of inspector- number of certificate of registration, and- date of expiry.Entries within the Registers were made consecutively. New applications for registration received the next available registration number.