SEIZURE OF A VESSEL FOR OVERLOADING.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1723, 11 February 1874, Page 2

SEIZURE OF A VESSE L FOR O VE RLOADING.

J<> y,< - .-' -'i'. !■''■■•■•= ■•!:——:(.;.;;:::;;;■,! ..-■;.■.! | turj)lnfomati6n'fromi'LiVerjio6l^fep'6rtg' the seizure there, by order of the Board'fif Trhde' of a'Gbvernmefitrvessel, the Loreley, a small steame'r '6ft only 284' tons register, which had just been loaded at that port with Gpyernii> intent' stores for theSe^t'tiK^arbn 1 "the 1 West <£'<JSodtf> t of"''»vfricaV ! s The_ Loreley' had oh; board no less than 540 torw'jof-cWand^aitj and 100 toh'ff'6f other bargo. xjf'cbnsiderably more than double her registered tonnage. A better --^tSr^hoW^errbftheextentio^Kchlhe was overloaded' will be'^f Sd HE ih her draught Tof water, which was 13ft sin forward, and no T'lefa than 15ft sih'aft, with'a f ree 'si'de'of only lft 4in. The interference of the Board of . ; a.ndi decisive,- >and ;after some parleying, the.jqwners consented to remove so much of tHe (iargo as would reduce .•^eVaraiighfc'bf water -tottle 1 kmSunt l sanctioned by the;Bpai?d':;[ Accordingly some 50 tons or so were taken out, reducing the draft, from; a ;mean.of/il3ftiUijLto,a mean of 13ft sin. and increasing the freeboard to a corresponding extent,. vis^ from Ift4in^to^lft 1 lOin The amount of cargo to be removed was decided Joy, , experienced^ assessors. Captains 'Sandman and'Searlea. of the merchant service j^ffCaptain'J 'Mackenzie, K. N. chief engineering officer of the port of Liverpool, and Mr W. Hrßissett, deputy principal surveyor of steam shipping for the \jersey--..'Cj^tami'Searles I . having- ho connection with this port, but being sent from London expressly to assist the local officers. The net result of the transaction, so far as the Loreley is concerned,- is> a delayW.three days in the despatch of the Government stores with which; she ,ia laden,' and a bill of LlO^for expenses of survey.* ' ' '*'" '*<'' :