BERI BERI OR SCURVY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 146, 20 June 1906, Page 4

BERI BERI OR SCURVY.

THE CASE AGDA,

Further details of the voyage of tfc* ; Norwegian barque Agda, which put into Doubtless Bay last Saturday with a large number of her crew ill, are supplied! by the master of the vessel, Capt. C. Iversen. He states that the barque vu 81 days out from Parahiba (South j America) to Tonga, in ballast, and until reaching Doubtless Bay they were never ; in eight of land or ship. The heavy work of fighting the elements exhausted the crew, and most of them fell eick. Thfr; second mate died and was buried at eea," Five days after the burial the ship with her crew in an exhausted condition arrived outside Doubtless Bay, where' she* lay two days before the captain was able to effect an entrance. The crew had bew» subsisting on tinned meat and biscuits. There was an ample store of these, but the men were too ill to eat.

The district health officer for Kapler ,Dr. De Lisle) wrs a passenger by the 8.8. Waitangi to-day en route for Mangonui, having been instructed by the Healtk Department to examine the afflicted members of the crew. Dr. R. H. MakgflV bacteriologist, arrived from Wellington to-day : , but he is not proceeding to Mea* gonui at present. , A report from Mangonui states that the Agda -will probably remain in DoubV less Bay for a fortnight, and then pro , ceed to Auckland.