THE ELINGAMITE'S LOST TREASURE.

Colonist, Volume XLVII, Issue 11435, 14 September 1905, Page 3

THE ELINGAMITE'S LOST TREASURE.

To'the Editor. Sir,— From a telegram received from a well-known diver in Wellington, I learn that Mr P. D. Leigh, diver, has gone with an expedition to the Three Kings, for the purpose of trying to recover the lost treasure frcm the ill-fated steamer ElingaxnJte, which was wrecked on November 9th, 1902, and which amounts to £17,320 in coin. As one of the many divers that has visited the scene of the wreck, I can hold out but little hope for the recovery of the lost treasure, but consider that the Marine Department should have taken advantage of these expeditions to the Three Kings, and had a depot erected on the Big Island for' the benefit of castaways, and also mark the place where fresh water is plentiful, also have a fresh survey made, and issue a fresh chart of the Three Kings, as the last suvey was made in 1848, and the existing chart is of little or no use to mariners. During the inquiry into the Elingamite disaster, Captain Attwood was asked if he had consulted his New Zealand Pilot re soundings. I maintain that if he had done so even the New Zealand Pilot would not have given him any information. And although the Pilot mentions the anchorages at the North-west and South-east Bays, it does not even mention the soundings there. Yours etc., FELIX TANNER.