BARQUE ARYAN BURNED AT SEA.

On Way From Hew Zealand to

America.

Wellington, Dec 30

The barque Aryan has been burned at sea. She was loaded with 1400 casks of pelts and tallow, 5,000 bales of ilax (valued at £05,450), 670 cases of preserved meats (valued at £2,680), and 229 sacks of kauri gum (valued at £525). The hemp was shipped by A S Paterson and' Co, Levin and Co, and by an Auckland firm, J» Burns and Co. The shippers of the pelts and callow \vere:.W and R Fletcher and Co, Ltd (Auckland), Loclie and Soils and L S Maxwell and Co- The preserved meats were shipped by Messrs W and R Fletcher, Ltd. The kauri gum was shipped by Messrs Maxwell and Co. The cargo came from Oamaru, Timaru, Wanganui, Napier, Gisborne, Auckland, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The crew of the vessel, when she left Wellington, consisted of twenty-two persons, most of whom are foreigners from Northern Europe. The official list of the crew included Sergeant-Major Van derslays and his wife, Mr Knowles (of Taranaki) and Mr Bamuul (of the local office of Levin and Co), who signed on the articles in order to make the trip. There is a good deal of anxiety as to whether they are amongst those who landed at the Chat hams and a wireless message of inquiry was sent. An answer came back that it is not yet known who are amongst the survivors, as the two boats containing them landed on the opposite .side of the island to that on which Hie wireless station is situated. A relief expedition is setting out. The owner of the i ryan is L A Pedersuiii of San Francisco, llie insurances are not known- This was the vessel's first visit to New Zealand- She was one of the largest American sailers which had yet visited this port.

Wellington, Later The following additional particulars regarding tha Aryan hive bo<:n suppliol by the Secretary of the General Post Office "The namea of those Janded at Kaiugaroa are Hj lltnar La-sen, Master Patrick Ryan, J Jensen, Henry Stiffenseu, Hjilmar Hudvjn, John Mussnersen, L,ong, Henty Silvfrl»af, Ecnil Anderson, Frank Ismontague, Mills, Charles Vandersluys, a^id F L Vanderaluys (female). All are quartered at Kaiagaroa station. The first mate's b^at his not jet been picked up. The names of the missing are : C Graham, J Stx (mate) Master Henry Doe, Mowbray Barraud, James Elo, Jack Wilson, A Daoiblson, Harold Trovik and J F Lindel. The boat was last spoken on the evening of tho 24th inst, when she was instructed to steer a course for the Chathams, She had provisions and instruments. At spm yesterday the captain was atill hopeful. He Slid if the boat missed the island she would set north and should be somewhere west of the Chat hams, but during the night a strong westerly gale was blowing, and locally the w^rst u feared. The fire was first discovered in the flax cargo between decks at 2 a in on the 24th ios*", and the ship was abandoned at 11.30 a in the samo day.