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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1678, 27 April 1904, Page 57

It has been decided, as a, result- of the preliminary inquiry held by the Collector of Customs into the circumstances connected with the grounding of the Duoo off Ovongorongo recently, that no blame is attached to> Captain Muir. Tiie vessel is believed to have touched an uncharted rock. 1 ; 'The Rotorua correspondent of the Auckland “Herald” states that a record' kept, during the fishing season by Mr Isles shews that 6952 trout av ere ca'ughf, the aggregate weight of which Avas 30.631’,b, or over 13* tons. It is considered that this represents> only about 'twr-Uik-cN <■!} the act ual amount wv?«iht.