MARINE DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, H-13

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir, — Marine Department, Wellington, 28th May, 1885. I do myself the honour to submit the following report of this department for the year ended on the 31st March last: — Lighthouses, etc. —The various lighthouses on the coast of New Zealand under the control of this department, now amounting to twenty-nine, have been kept in good order during the past year. A slight accident occurred at Portland Island, which prevented the machinery from working; the acting principal keeper telegraphed to Wellington for assistance as soon as possible; in the meantime the light was caused to revolve by means of the hand-gear. On receipt of the telegram the " Stella" was at once despatched to Portland Island, and repairs were executed. It is to be noted that two steamers passed close to Portland Island in daylight, when signals for assistance were flying from the lighthouse flagstaff, but no notice was taken of them, nor was the circumstance •reported to this office. At Cape Campbell the end of the winding-shaft broke off, rendering it necessary to work the light by hand until the morning, when the end of the shaft was reduced to suit the handle, and has since worked all right. During the year one principal keeper was reduced to the rank of assistant keeper; one assistant keeper was dismissed, he being the keeper referred to in last report as having gone to sleep on watch; the services of one keeper were dispensed with on the ground of ill-health; one keeper was paid off; one probationary keeper was not confirmed in his appointment; and five assistant keepers resigned their appointments : eleven keepers were appointed on probation during the same period. Kaipara Heads. —The works in connection with this lighthouse were so far advanced as to enable the light to be exhibited on the Ist December last. The light is a ten-second flashing white light of the second order dioptric. Bean Bock. —The stonework that protects the foundation of this lighthouse was damaged by the easterly gale in March last. It has since been repaired. French Pass. —This light was first exhibited on the Ist October last. It was found practicable, in addition to the fixed red light on the mainland, to show a white light from the beacon on the reef by means of an ordinary ship's riding-light, with an enlarged reservoir, so that it will burn, if necessary, for two or three days. It has to be kept burning night and day as the beacon can only be visited at slack-water. Of course, if the light should go out during the night, it will not, as a rule, be possible to re-light it; as yet this has only occurred twice, namely, on the Bth January, when the light on the beacon was out from 10 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. on the 9th, and on the 27th January, when the light was out from 6to 8 p.m. In the Notice to Mariners respecting this light special attention was drawn to the fact that it was not implicitly to be relied on. A supply of a superior description of riding-lights has been since received from England, and it is anticipated that by using one of these the light will not be liable to go out. On the 20th January the schooner " Beward " ran into the beacon, damaging it and completely smashing the lamp. Light at the Eastern Entrance to Hauraki Gulf. —-A survey of the best position for this light was made by the Marine Engineer (Mr. Blackett) and Captain Johnson ; they reported in favour of the site on Cuvier Island, as being better than that on Bed Mercury Island. No further action has been taken in the matter beyond preliminary steps to acquire the land. Dog Island. —A new oil-store has been built at this station by the keepers. Gape Foulivind. —The tower has been thoroughly overhauled, and some decayed portions have been renewed. I—H. 13.

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Farewell Spit. —Portions of the balcony that had become rotten have been repaired. Telephone Lines to Lighthouses. —Communication has been established between Akaroa Head Lighthouse and Akaroa Township. The following lighthouses are also connected by telephone with the telegraph system of the colony, namely, Tiri Tiri, Taiaroa Head (to signal station), Cape Saunders, and Nugget Point; and I understand that it is shortly proposed to extend it to Earewell Spit Lighthouse. Jackson's Head Beacon. —An iron and timber beacon on the reef off Jackson's Head was completed just after the commencement of the financial year, at a total cost of £691 9s. 4d. This beacon was unfortunately carried away during the gale of the 13th and 14th March last. It is to be remarked, as an indication of the strength of the wind and the heighth of the sea on that occasion, that some cases that had been lying at the foot of the main tram-line at the Brothers Lighthouse ever- since the tower was completed in 1877 were all swept away, together with some oil and coal that had been landed just before the gale came on. This was the gale that did so much damage at Opunake. A sum of money has been placed on the estimates for the purpose of erecting another beacon, Harbours.—There are now Harbour Board Acts in force at twenty-one ports, but, owing to want of funds or other reasons, four of these Boards, namely, Hokitika, Gisborne, Wairoa, and Foxton, do not undertake the management of the harbour and pilot establishments, who have therefore to be paid by the Government, and consequently remain under the control of this department. This practice leads to a divided authority, and is therefore very objectionable. Manukau. —Ten new iron buoys, which were contracted for last year at a cost of £150, have been delivered and placed in position ; "the whole of the buoys have been thoroughly cleaned and overhauled. Kaipara. —The new steam-launch referred to in last report was completed and delivered at Kaipara in June ; she proved to be a very useful vessel for the pilot service. Unfortunately she caught fire at her moorings on the Bth January, and was considerably damaged. An investigation was held as to the cause of the fire, but no evidence could be obtained that gave any clue to its origin. A contract was let for the sum of £289 to repair the lannch; this contract was completed shortly after the end of the financial year, and the launch is again in working order. Arrangements have been made for the lighthouse-keepers to act as signalmen at this station; this effects a considerable annual saving. Mokau. —A survey of the bar and entrance to this river was made at a total cost of £323 6s. 4d. The plan made from the survey has been published, and copies have been sent to the Hydrographer to the Admiralty for his information. Wairau. —The pilot's house being in a very dilapidated condition, plans were prepared and tenders called for the erection of a new house, which is to be situated on a reserve that has just been made near the existing dwelling. Wailapu. —Leading lights have been erected at this port; they are under the management of the County Council, who are paid a fixed sum for maintaining them. Grcymouth and Westport. —By the passing of the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Board Acts of iast session, the control of these harbours was, from the date of the passing of the Acts (6th November, 1884), vested in the Harbour Boards. The practical control was handed over on the 15th December, on which date the Boards held their first meeting. The Boards, having received the reven es derivable from their endowments, &c, from the date of the passing of the Acts, have (since the end of the financial year) refunded the amount expended by this department on the harbours from that date until the 31st December, 1884. Orders in Council. —The following Orders in Council under the provision of the Harbours Acts have been issued during the year 1884-85 : — April 3 : Approving of plans of additions to Queen's Wharf, Wellington. April 3 : Approving of plans of boom across Hikutaia Biver, Thames. April 3 : Licensing B. Blair to use portion of foreshore of Hikutaia Biver for construction of boom. April 25 : Licensing J. L. Campbell to use foreshore at Te Kopuru for erection of wharf. May 13 : Approving of plans of jetty in Pigeon Bay. June 24 : Approving of plans of bridge over Turanganui Biver, Gisborne. August 1: Approving of plans of Southland Frozen Meat Company's works at the Bluff. August 1: Licensing A. Stenhouse to use portions of foreshore of Kaiarara and Wairahi Creeks, Great Barrier Island, for construction of booms. August 5 : Vesting management of Karamea Wharf in Buller County Council. August 5 : Vesting management of Mongonui Wharf in Mongonui County Council. August 5 : Vesting management of Whangaroa Wharf in Mongonni County Council. August 19 : Approving of plans of booms across Oruaiti Biver, Mongonui. August 19 : Licensing Auckland Timber Company (Limited) to use portion of foreshore of Orouaiti Biver for construction of booms. August 29 : Approving of plans of Calliope Dock, Auckland. September 30 : Approving of plans of jetty at Port Levy. October 14: Approving of plans of New Zealand Iron and Steel Company's landing-place, Manukau Harbour. October 14: Licensing New Zealand Iron and Steel Company to use portion of foreshore, Manukau Harbour, for construction of landing-place.

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December 15: Approving of plans of Kaihu Valley Bailway Company's bridge across Kaih» •Creek. December 22 : Approving of plans of bridge across north branch of Waimakariri Biver. January 5 : Approving of Sir John Coode's plans of harbour works at Westport. January 17 : Approving of plans of W. Brownlee's wharf, Pelorus Biver. January 17 : Licensing W. Brownleo to use portion of foreshore of Pelorus Biver for construction of a wharf. January 17 : Approvingof plans of wharf at Timaru. January 17 : Approving of plans of Mr. Barlow's fish-pond at Matakohe, Kaipara. January 17 : Approving of Sir John Coode's plans of harbour works at Greymouth. January 24 : Approving of plans of bridge and landing-stage, Aw Tanui Biver. February 23: Approving of plans of W. Brownlee's bridge across tidal creek of Pelorut Biver. February 23 : Approving of plans of boom across Kaimarama Creek, Mercury Bay. February 23 : Licensing Mercury Bay Timber Company to use portion of foreshore of Kaimarama Creek for construction of booms. February 23 : Approving of plans of extension of outer tee of Queen's Wharf, Wellington. March 5: Approving of plans of Contract No. 1, extension of south breakwater, Greymouth. March 5 : Approving of plans of works at Orawaiti overflow, Buller Biver. March 5 : Approving of plans of works at Buller Belief-channel. March 5: Approving of plans of railway-siding on foreshore at Anderson's Bay, Otago Haibour. March 5 : Licensing Dunedin, Forbury, and Peninsula Bailway and Tramway Company to use portion of foreshore at Anderson's Bay for construction of siding. March 11: Approving of plans of temporary wharf in lagoon at Westport. March 11: Approving of plans of wharf at Endeavour Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound. March 11: Licensing E. H. Crease and others to use portion of foreshore at Endeavour Inlet for erection of wharf. March 11: Vesting management of Port Albert Wharf in Bodney County Council. March 11: Vesting management of Bussell Wharf in Bay of Islands County Council. March 27 : Vesting management of Havolock Wharf in Pelorus Boad Board. Notices to Mariners. —Fifty-five Notices to Mariners were issued during the year; of these, twenty-three related to matters within the colony. The following is a list of them: — Kaipara. —North Head flagstaff shifted. Kaipara. —Banks forming below Tauhara Creek. Lyttelton Harbour.—Yards to be braced up, to avoid collision with electric lights. Greymouth.—Beacon on north edge of south training-wall. Waimakariri.—Depth of water on bar. Flagstaff removed to South Spit. Channel up rivor , marked with buoys. Timaru Harbour. —Position of wreck of " Duke of Sutherland." Now Plymouth.—Alteration of position of lights. Bay of Islands.—Buoys placed near entrauce to Port Tepuna and Kerikeri Bivar. Bay of Islands.—Light on railway wharf, Opua. Buller Biver.—Bemoval of front up-river beacon. Waitapu.—Leading lights. Kaipara Heads Lighthouse. —Preliminary notice. Greymouth.—Light on end of staging, wharf extension. Buller Biver. —Bar and danger signals at night. Picton. —Stumps of piles of old boat-wharf above bottom.Oamaru.—Leading lights on beacons, and night signals to steamers. French Pass.—Exhibition of light. Westport. —Lights on dredge. Kaipara Heads.—Exhibition of light. Waitapu.—Alteration of colour of leading lights. Oamaru.— Be dredging operations. Bay of Islands.—Buoy on rock near Opua Wharf. Bluff.—Exhibition of leading lights. Light Dues. —The sum of £8,526 Os. Bd. was collected as light dues during the year, this being £332 Os. Bd. more than was collected during the previous financial year. No amount has this year been paid to the credit of light dues by the General Post Office on account of light dues on the San Francisco mail steamers, or on account of the direct steamers, all of which vessels are, when they carry an English mail, exempted from paying light dues. A fresh Order in Council fixing light dues to be collected at Kaipara and New Plymouth was issued last year. Dues are only collected in respect of foreign-going and intercolonial trading vessels, no light dues having been collected on coasters since the Ist April, 1880. Government Vessels. —The " Hinemoa " has as usual been employed on special service. It was found necessary last October to re-tube her boilers, and it is anticipated that it will soon be necessary to renew them. The "Stella" has been continuously employed attending to lighthouses, buoys, beacons, &c. Her services have, in addition, been made available as far as possible for other departments of the Government service. She made a special trip from Port Chalmers to Lyttelton, having the torpedo-boat in tow. A new funnel has been supplied, a fog-horn fitted, and sundry

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improvements made to her. The combustion-chamber of her boiler shows signs of wear, thequestion of repairs has been considered, and it has been decided that, at the proper time, it would be cheaper in the long run to put in a new boiler. Plans and specifications have accordingly been prepared for the construction of a new steel boiler, fitted with Fox's corrugated furnaces, to carry 801b. pressure per square inch, and it is proposed' shortly to call for tenders for its construction, the specification allowing nine months for its completion. During the year the " Stella " steamed 18,890 miles, was 2,529 hours under steam, and burnt 816J tons of coal; she landed 1,267 tons of cargo, and carried 266 passengers. The schooner " Kekeno " has been employed in making visits to the Auckland and Campbell Islands, and the West Coast Sounds, in connection with the protection of the seal fisheries. The provisions and clothing referred to in last report as having been sent to replenish the depots at the Auckland and Campbell Islands have all been safely housed. In connection with the rescue of the crew of the United States sealing schooner " Sarah W. Hunt " by the " Kekeno " and " Stella," in December, 1883, the President of the United States sent two handsome gold watches, suitably inscribed, to be presented to Captains Greig and Grey. This presentation was accordingly made : that to Captain Grey by his Excellency the Governor at a meeting of the Executive Council in Wellington, and to Captain Greig, at Invercargill, by the Mayor on behalf of the Governor. Examination of Masters, Mates, and Engineers. — One hundred and eighty-four candidates passed their examination; of these, 131 being masters, mates, and engineers of sea-going vessels, and 53 masters and engineers of river steamers. Survey of Steamers. —Certificates of survey under " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," have been issued to 183 steamers of 25,245 aggregate tonnage and 8,884 horse-power, being nine steamers more than were surveyed last year. Wrecks and Casualties. —The table on next page shows an analysis of the various casualties reported. It will be seen that the casualties are not so numerous as last year, being on the coast of the colony 63 of 9,222 tons, as against 91 of 16,382 tons.last year. The total losses, however, were greater, being 18 of 4,236 tons, as against 18 of 3,293 tons last year. The lives lost also number more than last year, 48 having been lost, against 31 last year. Of the lives lost on or near the coast of the colony, 7 were lost in the " Tauranga" (all hands), 18 in the " Lastingham," 17 in the "Clyde," and 1 each from the " Waireka," " City of Sparta," "Marmion," "Four Sisters," " Beautiful Star," and " Glenelg." Of those lost beyond the colony, 1 was lost from each of the following vessels: "Lapwing," "Albion," " Loch Fergus " (on two different occasions), "Jasper," "Elderslie," and "Lord of the Isles." Inspection of Machinery. —The annual reports from the Chief Inspector and the several other Inspectors of Machinery are attached. I feel it to be my duty to state that, as the districts are now constituted and the survey of steamers arranged, the Inspectors are quite unable to cope with the work they have to do. To enable the Acts relating to the inspection of machinery and the survey of steamers to be properly administered, it is absolutely necessary to appoint additional Inspectors, and to make a complete revision of the duties carried out by them, both in connection with the inspection of machinery and the survey of steamers. Fisheries. —The close season for the seal fisheries having been found to have had a good effect, it was decided to extend it until the Ist June, 1886. The passing of "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," enabled some urgently-needed regulations to be made for the protection of the local fisheries. An Order by the Governor in Council was accordingly issued on the 27th March, which provides for close seasons for taking the various kinds of oysters, the minimum size of fish and oysters to be taken, the minimum size of nets to be used, &c. It cannot be doubted that these regulations will have a most beneficial effect on what is likely to become one of the most important industries of this colony. Harbour Improvement Plans. —Only two Harbour Boards, viz., Dunedin and Timaru, have forwarded plans this year for publication; these are attached hereto. Beturns. —The usual annual returns, wreck chart, &c, are appended hereto. I have, &c, William Seed, The Hon. the Minister having Charge of the Marine Department. Secretary.

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SUMMARY of Casualties to Shipping and Seamen reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside the Colony. Total Number of Casualties reported. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Colony. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total outside Colony. Nature of Casualties, 3 6 m > to o CM O 6 23 S » to a a o 6 to O'q 6 o 3 O <D a m a a En 031 o -At 5 O o C 03 rD a a o En CO 3 o tn eg o Strandings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 4 7 8 1 525 1,359 783 442 •■ 13 7 2 2 '3,650 939 98 585 35 17 14 10 3 4,175 2,298 881 1,027 35 | •• •■ •- 1 ■■ 1 • • 794 ■• ! "1 794 ■■ - 17 14 11 3 4,175 2,298 1,675 1,027 35 ■ •• Total standings 20 3,109 i 5:, 272 35 44 ! i 8,381 35 1 1 794 1 794 I I 45 9,175 35 24 Founderings, — Total loss [ I ! ! 1 * . 1 i 1 61 7 1 6i ; 7 i I ! 1 61 7 ' I i i ! Collisions, — Partial loss Slight damage 1 3 43 157 i " 2 140 i 5 43 297 ■' - ■• S 1 5 43 297 •• - •• ■ - I •• Total I ! 200 i I 2! 140 6 340 I f ! 1 I ! 1 I ! i i—; [ ' 1 6 340 : 4 '' •■ i - Miscellaneous, including damage to boilers and machinery, hull, yards, and sails, and one vessel capsized l i i ; I I t : : ! 1 ! 1 : ' r 4 269 3 171 1 7 440 1 1 1,306 1 1,306 8 1,746 1 •• 43 12 3,578 ! * * 30 43 3 5S 5 43 5 I * 1 ' 5 [ 2 7 ■ I I ! 11,322 Total casualties to shipping .. Loss of life only 28 2 j 2 5,644 9,222 "2 2 ,2,100 "5 .2,100 I "7 60 12 • •• •• - • •• Total number of casualties reported I I I I ■ i 1 1 : i I I 1 30 3,578 2 33 5,644 46 63 9,222 48 2 2 5 2,100 5 9 2,100 7 72 11,322 55

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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. Huad Office :— Secretary Chief Clerk .. 2 Clerks Marine Engineer .. .. Draftsman Nautical Adviser £ s. d. 200 0 0 370 0 0 390 0 0 300 0 0 220 0 0 300 0 0 £ S. d. £ s. d. 1,780 0 0 1,780 0 0 Habeours :— Manukau, — Salaries Buoys Repairs to signal station Contingencies Russell, — Salaries Contingencies Hokianga,—■ Salaries Contingencies .. Kaipara,— Salaries Steam-launch, balance of cost Coal for steam-launch Buoys and beacons Repairs and alterations to houses .. Stores and contingencies .. Kawhia,*— Contingencies 418 0 0 5 2 9 708 0 0 254 16 9 32 5 11 33 19 0 300 0 0 7 2 6 1,029 1 8 307 2 6 774 16 4 1,632 8 6 76 5 6 115 0 11 63 0 3 118 12 5 423 2 9 2,780 3 11 7 9 6 Mokau, — Survey of river Mercury Bay,— Contingencies Opunake,— Salary Stores Rangitikei,— Salary Contingencies Foxton, — Salaries Contingencies Wairoa, — Salary Contingencies Wangawehi,— Maintenance of light Whakatane, — Removal of rocks .. Tauranga,— Salaries Material and fittings for new pilot-boat Contingencies ■Gisborne, — Salaries Contingencies Wairau, — Salary Contingencies 127 15 0 9 16 3 3-S27 15 0 27 8 1 100 0 0 15 18 0 60 0 0 1 12 0 1 f 302 7 3 5 15 6 61 12 0 137 11 3 355 3 1 115 18 0 40 0 0 98 12 7 318 0 0 31 19 8 57 14 2 407 13 10 355 0 0 29 8 4 384 8 4 145 0 0 26 9 10 171 9 10 Picton, — Salaries Contingencies Havelock, — Salary Contingencies Nelson, — Salaries Contingencies Motucka,— Repairs to buoy Riwaka, — Salary of lightkeeper Contingencies Waitapu,— Salary Leading lights Collingwood,— Salary of lightkeeper .. .. Contingencies Westport,— Salaries Subsidy for sounding bar Contingencies 129 0 0 22 14 0 920 0 0 64 17 9 20 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 0 1 17 0 151 14 0 20 18 0 984 17 9 4 3 7 19 IT 0 31 5 0 44 15 10 76 0 10 25 0 0 14 17 0 39 IT 0 388 10 0 70 5 6 114 8 11 573 4 5 Carried forward 8,498 4 7 1,780 0 0

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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department, &c. — continued.

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Nature of Expenditure Details. Totals. Grand Totals. Brought forward Habbodbs — continued. Nile River, — Maintenance of signals Karamea, — Contingencies Groymouth,— Salaries Contingencies Hokitika,— Salaries Contingencies Okarito, — Salary Contingencies Kakanui, — Salary Contingencies Catlin's River, — Salary Contingencies Portrose, — Salary .. .. .. .. • • * Riverton, — Salary Akaroa, — Salary Waimakariri, — Salary Kaikoura, — Salary Contingencies Compensation to Harbourmaster at Greymouth for loss of office General Harbour Contingencies,— Port lights Buoy chain Buoys and sundries £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,498 4 7 £ s. d. 1,780 0 0 30 19 6 58 19 8 488 17 1 165 4 10 654 1 11 374 0 0 41 19 5 415 19 5 50 0 0 37 19 0 22 19 8 15 0 87 19 0 24 4 8 125 0 0 39 9 6 164 9 6 100 0 0 120 0 0 22 18 4 120 0 0 75 0 0 12 10 2 87 19 2 168 4 10 261 4 3 85 18 4 '226 13 7 573 16 2 Lighthouses :— Salaries of keepers Lightkeepers' travelling expenses Oil .. .. Stores and contingencies Pension to widow of late Lightkeeper Deck Lighthouse artificer "Stella," s.s.,— Repairs Wages, coal, stores, provisions, &c. 7,538 2 3 83 8 11 699 3 10 1,859 19 2 24 0 0 10 13 4 11,127 7 9 284 3 3 4,650 6 1 10,221 7 6 14,813 S $ Less amount earned by steamer 4,934 9 4 342 10 2 4,591 19 2 Relief of distressed seamen Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Departmental travelling expenses Charts Coastal buoys and beacons .. Survoy of Steamers, — Salary of engineer surveyor Travelling expenses 24 0 2 211 17 0 69 11 11 50 12 0 35 7 11 500 0 0 295 8 4 795 8 4 73 10 0 113 11 9 ft Sundries Replenishing provision depots for castaways, Auckland Islands Inspection of Machinery,— Salaries of 4 Inspectors Travelling expenses Gratuities to Inspectors Cost of collection of fees Sundries 1,300 0 0 559 11 0 100 0 0 72 6 0 36 10 5 1,373 19 1 2,068 7 5 2,068 7 5 Examination of Masters and Mates, — Salaries Contingencies 525 0 0 39 10 1 564 10 1 Protection of Seal Fisheries, — Schooner " Kekeno," wages, stores, &o. " Hinemoa," s.s., — Repairs Wages, coals, stores, provisions, &o. 562 0 5 6,193 2 9 504 10 1 692 S % Less amount earned by steamer -.-.* .. * 6,755 3 2 149 8 0 6,605 15 2 2,425 15 7 41,456 4 11 171 2 11 6,605 15 2 Amount of judgment and costs in case of Williams v. Queen, re damage to s.s. " Westport" at Westport Less amounts credited to vote £41, 285 2 0

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Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return showing the Cost of Erection of the New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing Expenditure on New Lighthouses, &c, out of Public Works Loan, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return showing the Certificates of Service issued to Masters, Mates, and Engineers during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Aucklaua* Russell Onehunga Kaipara Thames* Mongonui Hokianga Tauranga Gisbome Waitara* New Plymouth* Wanganui* Foxton Patea* Wairoa Napier* Wellington* .. Nelson Hokitika Lyttelton* Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Invercargill* .. Bluff* £ s. a. 2,099 13 1 9 7 6 £ s. a. 484 11 0 £ s. cl. 2,584 4 1 9 7 6 131 19 9 742 11 10 39 19 7 81 17 3 82 4 9 18 14 2 138 19 3 121 6 8 78 4 10 359 9 8 134 7 8 35 15 1 135 6 9 2,0i2 2 11 4,177 13 5 956 5 2 14 10 2 5,989 8 5 415 8 4 1,109 18 11 8,211 18 1 81 14 10 1,302 2 8 426 14 6 39 19 7 131 19 9 315 17 4 81 17 3 82 4 9 18 14 2 138 19 3 86 0 5 47 8 6 359 9 8 134 7 8 32 8 1 130 5 0 1,418 10 0 1,463 9 0 956 5 2 14 10 2 3,459 8 0 35 6 3 30 16 4 3 7 0 5 19 623 12 11 2,714 4 5 567 9 3 4,609 6 0 2,530 0 5 415 8 4 542 9 8 3,G02 12 1 81 14 10 535 19 8 766" 3 0 Totals .. 16,800 12 912,134 19 0 28,995 11 9 * Harbour Board revenue.

Auckland Whangaroa .. Kaipara Chamos Russell Mongonui Poverty Bay .. STew Plymouth vVanganui Picton Wellington .. Napier vVestport jreymouth .. Lyttelton Fimaru £ s. a. 2,037 15 C 2 15 £ 15 17 C 8 2 C 25 1 C 10 2 C 6 8 C 5 3 C 7 0 6 6 9 E 1,696 7 1C <J4 14 C 60 6 4 23 4 C 55 1 4 1,195 8 10 209 10 8 168 4 8 1,932 13 2 965 15 4 3amaru Dunedin Bluff Total £8,526 0

Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. Poncarrow Head .. .. Nelson Tiri Tiri .. Mana Island* Taiaroa Head GodleyHead Dog Island Farewell Spit Nugget Point Cape Campbell Manukau Head Cape Foulwind Brothers Portland Island Mocralri Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Maria van Diemen Akaroa Head Cape Saundera Cape Egmontf Moko Hinou Waipapapa Point Ponui Passage]: Kaipara Head French Pass Cost of telegraph cable to Tiri Tiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ s. d. 0,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,51.3 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 16 4 10,480 12 8 6,139 11 8 0,597 3 7 5,619 2 6 4,975 2 4 6,955 9 1 6,241 0 0 6,554 14 5 4,288 13 2 5,785 19 0 9,958 19 5 7,028 14 8 7,150 6 5 6,066 6 3 3,353 17 11 8,186 5 0 5,969 18 11 5,571 8 0 1,427 17 5 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £150,895 11 8 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape EgriK i Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparai moved from Mana Island, is not included in 1 I Built by Provincial Government of A known in Marine Department. ont. tus, which were rethis. oicldand; cost not

Nature of Expenditure. Amount. French Pass Light ackson's Reef Beacon faipara Head Lighthouse riritiri, cost of telegraph cable £ s. a. 1,100 2 2 314 6 3 4,876 4 8 1,085 19 6 Toial £7,382 12 7

Name of Person. Hank. Clasa ol Certificate. Date of Issue. No. William Norris* John Edward Westrup .. Charles Houghton Mills.. John McDonald Thomas Joyce John Sullivan George Grichton William Lloydd* William Lloydd* James Binstead* Master Home trade Foreign trade Home trade 17 April, 1884 1 July, „ 24 Sept., „ 30 . 20 Oct., 20 „ 19 Nov., , 3 Mar., 1885 3 „ 24 Nov., 1884 2524 2525 2526 2527 2528 2529 2530 2532 2531 1041 n Mate Engineer Foreign trade Second class * Renewals.

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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Return showing the Fees, &c., received under the Shipping and Seamen's Act, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Inspection of Machinery Act; and for Pilotage and Port Charges, and Sale of Charts, &c.

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Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. Description. Period of Kevolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower built of Dwellings built of Date first lighted. Cape Maria van J Diemen 1 1st order dioptric Eevolving Fixed 1' White Eed, to show over Columbia Eeef White White, with red arc over Flat Eock White and red White Eed, to show over Bull Eock White Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Moko Hinou TiriTiri.. 1st order dioptric 2nd Flashing Fixed 10" Stone Iron Timber 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1805 Ponui Passage Portland Island -1 5th 2nd Eevolving Fixed 30" Timber 29 July, 1871 10 Feb., 1878 Pencarrow Head .. Cape Egmont Manukau Heads Kaipara Head Brothers .. J 2nd order dioptric 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Flashing 10" 10" Iron Timber Timber 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Doc, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Fixed Eed, to show over Cook Eock White Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki .. * Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point .. Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2na 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Eevolving Fixed Flashing Fixed 1' 10" Timber Stone Timber Timber Stone Timber lAug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 Eevolving Fixed Flashing Eevolving i' io" 30" Eed .. !! White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Eevolving 10" 30" 1' 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage Eed, with white light on beacon Iron 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884

Nature of Eeceipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Act, — Fees for shipping and discharge of seamen, and sale of forma .. Survey of steamers .. .. .. .. Examination of masters, mates, and engineers Light dues Merchant Shipping Act Inspection of Machinery Act .. .. Pilotage and port charges .. 5ale of charts sundries £ s. d. 1,093 10 2 1,070 5 0 220 10 0 8,526 0 8 116 2 0 2,739 0 0 2,446 4 3 64 5 6 339 11 7 Total £16,615 9 2

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Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Name of Vessel. Tons Begister. Horse- ! power of Nature of Engines. Buginos. \ Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Kemarks. Akaroa Alexandra Antrim Arawata Argyle .. Awarua Balclutha Beautiful Star .. Bee Bella Birkenhead Blanche Boojum Calliope 43 73 35 623 129 59 84 146 28 30 30 300 40 80 50 30 2 12 16 9 12 7 Compound Non-condensing Screw Paddle Extended river Eiver Compound Screw Sea-going Non-condensing Condensing Non-condensing Paddle Stern-wheel .. Screw Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river New tug. Launch. 12 55 8 14 11 Compound Non-condensing Paddle Screw New vessel. Canterbury Charles Edward .. City of Cork Coromandel Delta Devonport Diamond of the Avon Dispatch Douglas Durham Echo Effort Elsie Enterprise Erin Explorer Fairy Fairy Fanny Fingal Fly Glenelg Go-Ahead Grafton Hannah Mokau .. Hauraki Hauroto Hawea Heathcote Herald Hokianga Huia Huia Ida Ino Iona Iona Iron Age Jane Douglas Jane Williams .. Kakanui Katikati Kawai Kawatiri Kennedy Kina Kiwi Kjpuru Koputai Koranui Kotuku La Buona Ventura Lady Barkly Lalla Eookh Lilie Lily Little George Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Macgregor Mahinapua Mahinapua Manaia Manapouri Manawatu Manukau Matau .. 24 60 46 25 30 12 10 40 30 30 3 12 8 32 4 40 15 4 5 13 3 75 45 123 15 18 253 160 35 85 7 25 6 10 20 45 65 30 20 15 22 8 24 70 50 15 30 20 120 80 40 4 18 15 10 10 4 14 25 80 60 80 10 30 300 40 15 40 Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing* Twin-screw Eiver Extended river Sea-going Extended river Launch, late "Jo." New launch. 140 42 67 00 24 Paddle Screw Paddle Launch. Tug. Eiver 38 55 53 Condensing Sea-going Screw Compound Non-condensing Eiver Launch. Launch. New launch. 18 61 Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Extended river 171 32 Condensing Non-condensing Eiver Sea-going Extended river Eiver New launch. Launch. Launch. *22 Condensing Non-condensing Compound Extended river Eiver Sea-going Launch. 156 129 297 35 59 1,276 462 94 356 Twin-screw Screw Extended river Sea-going Hopper barge. New vessel. Launch. a • • Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Eiver Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Eiver '90 12 32 61 159 36 75 33 57 27 Stern-wheel .. Screw Paddle Screw Extended river Eiver Sea-going Eiver Sea-going River Sea -going Extended river Eiver Sea-going Launch. Compound Condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Non-condensing Compound Dredge. 286 138 39 132 28 5 301 41 4 39 44 10 20 Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Paddle Screw Three screws .. Screw Eiver Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Extended river Eiver Extended river Tug. Non-condensing Launch. Compound Non-condensing Paddle Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Paddle Eiver Extended river Sea-going Launch. Launch. 6 86 39 163 205 Condensing Compound Screw Twin-screw Stern-wheel .. Paddle Screw Tug. 62 1,020 112 45 50 Non-condensing Eiver Sea-going Launch. Compound Non-condensing Stern-wheel .. Eiver New vessel,

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Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued, &c. — continued.

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Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Horsepower of Engines. Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. | Class of Certificate.' Remarks. Maori Maori Mawhera Memsahib Merle Minnie Casey Miranda Moa Mohaka Moki Mountaineer Murray .. ' Napier Neptune Noko No. 222 .. Ohau Omapere Orawaiti Oregon Oreti Patiki Pearl Pelorus Penguin Piako Pieton Pioneer Planet Plucky Progress Eangiriri Eesult Eesult .. E,eynolds Eingarooma Eiro Eiro Eose Casey Eosina Eotoiti Botomahana Eotomahana Eotorua Eowena Euby Scotchman Sea Gull Shag Sir Donald Snark Southern Cross .. Stafla Star of the South St. Kilda Stormbird Sumner Suva Taiaroa Tainui Tainui Takapuna Tarn O'Shanter .. Tamsui Tangihua Tarawera Taupo Te Anau Te Aroha Terror TeWae.. Thomas Eussell .. Timaru Titan Tongariro Tongariro Tui Victoria Vivid Waiau Waihi Waihora Waikato Waipara Wairarapa ,. 17 118 340 0 8 60 75 4 12 25 4 25 12 4 25 18 24 18 9 120 92 160 120 14 43 22 7 12 180 6 8 5 8 40 50 30 10 6 14 300 4 40 14 15 450 45 172 30 14 10 3 27 12 6 50 25 45 45 40 35 55 110 22 8 20 12 160 15 250 92 250 14 10 16 60 70 55 10 25 22 40 14 3 20 265 20 13 292 Non-condensing Condensing Compound Non-condensing Screw Extended river Sea-going Stern-wheel .. Screw Eiver New vessel. Launch. New launch. 43 50 20 10 66 78 48 44 15 502 411 352 283 17 138 37 9 18 442 Compound Non-condensing Condensing Non-condensing Extended river Launch. Compound Condensing Compound Screw Paddle Screw Eiver Launch. Sea-going Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Extended river Eiver Sea-going Launch. Dredge. New vessel. Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensir.g Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Sea-going 7 5 13 29 200 30 13 New launch. Launch. Launch. Compound Tug. Hopper-dredge. Non-condensing Stern-wheel .. Paddle Screw Eiver Extended river Eiver Now launch. Launch. 623 4 99 21 17 864 139 576 74 32 30 Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Sea-going Eiver Extended river Launch. Compound Condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Eiver Sea-going Non-condensing Extended river Eiver 31 29 Condensing Non-condensing Compound Condensing Compound Condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Sea-going Extended river Eiver Sea-going Launch. 158 40 175 174 137 94 177 228 41 Eiver Sea-going Wrecked. Hopper-barge. 57 22 919 20 1,269 408 1,028 50 Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Launch. New vessel. Non-condensing Paddle Screw Twin-sorew Screw Eiver Launch. Dredge. New vessel. New vessel. Tug. 151 279 21 39 62 55 93 16 3 63 1,269 61 70 1,023 Compound Sea-going Condensing Non-condensing Paddle Compound Non-condensing Screw Paddle Screw Extended river Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river Eiver Sea-going Launch. Compound Non- condensing Paddle Twin-screw Screw Eiver Sea-going Compound

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Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued, &c.— continued.

Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Name of Vessel. Horsepower of Engines. Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Register. Wairoa .. Waitaki Waitara Waitara Waitoa Waiwera Wakatipu Wakatu Wallabi Wallace Wanaka Wareatea Waverley Weka .. Wellington Westland Zephyr .. 48 228 11 26 27 6 1,157 75 101 64 278 288 76 53 279 35 16 90 15 16 16 10 256 30 25 50 120 70 25 20 80 60 12 Condensing Compound Non-condensing Condensing Non-condensing Compound Screw Extended river Sea-going Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Sea-going New vessel. New vessel. Twin-screw Screw Launch. Condensing Compound Altered from paddle. New ves'sel. Twin-screw Screw Condensing Non-condensing Paddle Screw New tug. New launch. Eiver

Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. John Munro Wilbert Dimmock Nicoll .. John Eobertson William Hutchinson Gresham John Strasburg Henry Bowling Thomas Hugh Casement .. Alexander Cameron Frank Johnston William Lamb Norman Ferguson George Turner Joss Arthur Clark Murdoch McDonald William Jacob Henry Wobling Hugh Monro Thomas William Ash William Laird Whitby John Henry Percival Thomas Harries Walter Powell Lewis Adam Arthur Scott Thomas James Chaplin Thomas Mahon Eobert Henry Offord William Davis Murdoch McKenzie Alexander Churchill Fisher John Metcalfe James Anderson Johan Anderson John Galloway Mordaunt Hunter Smalpage Charles Ferdinand Johnson Thomas Morton Eogers Edward Peterson.. William George North ., George McKenzie Alfred Stoddart Thomas Waters Alexander Perry Henry Matheson Frank Nowcomb John Bushell James Eobinson James Henry Briggs John Morgan Lewis Cameron Noble Maitland Wood Grant George Herbert Keyworth .. William John Alfred Cole .. Thomas Morton Eogers Donald McLean George Crawshaw Master Ordinary .. Foreign trade 4 April, 1884 .. 9 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 8 May, „ .. 8 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 2 June, „ .. 18 „ „ .. 23 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 1 July, ■„ .. 10 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 16 Aug., „ .. 26 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 5 Sept., „ .. 5 „ „ .. 5 „ „ .. 5 „ „ .. 9 „ „ .. 9 „ „ .. 9 „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 8 Oct., „ .. 8 „ „ .. 8 „ „ .. 8 „ „ .. 8 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 1 Nov., „ .. 4 „ „ .. 8 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 1 Dec, „ .. 2 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 2 Jan., 1885 .. U „ „ .. I 368 257 369 370 371 314 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 254 379 326 380 381 242 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 293 389 390 312 391 392 393 394 395 396 238 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 241 406 407 268 408 395 409 300 First Mate Only'liate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate „ (renewal) Master Ordinary .. Only Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. „ (renewal) Only Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Ma'te Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate Second Mate First Mate Only Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate First Mate Second Mate First Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Only Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate „ (renewal) Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Master Ordinary .. # • •

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Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers, to whom Certificates of Competency were issued, &c. — continued.

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Peter Nordstrum Reginald Claudius Clifford.. Sfeil McDonald .. William Burnip Manley .. rohn Sinclair Stuart Jaroline Frederick Scott Maundrell Andrew McClymont William Bishop .. rohn Burgell Gorman Beaumont jeorge Charles Sutton Arthur Henry Austen William Burton .. ]harles Granquist Gorman McDonald ilartin Huggett .. Chomas Walsh Samuel Dodd .. .. .. STils Anderson Sdward John Syvret William Henry Burgess .. Robert Cargill ioseph Gambaro rohn Nicolas rohn West Henry Williams ... .. ... Lrauehlin Alexander McLean rohn Wilson Alexander Craig Peter Andersen rohn Frederick Hansen Alexander Wise jleorge Semple Johnson rohn Broadbent Hall Frederick William Joslin .. iohn Trotm&n rohn Nelson ioigus Campbell .. - fohn Andrew Millar Samuel Stephenson Jeorge Kilvington jeorge Kassens William Travers Paul Israel Quick Gregory Frederick John Beach Lionel Campbell Hugh Worrall rohn Sullivan fohn Collinson rohn Devitt 3teorge Martin Robert William Urquhart rVilliam Mouat McLaren William George Lodder iohn James Cormack rohn Brown fohn George Seed rVilliam Eobertson Alexander Cullen.. William Westwood Jeorge Gow rames Ewing Alexander McVicar William Cullen William Grundy Croll rames Edward Eobinson David Davies rames Muir Chomas Eobins Wallace rohn Telfer Duncan Cargil Paton rohn Davidson Samuel Johnson .. Uharles Lovel Eiby rames Smith Archibald Kelly .. 3harlos Eichard Massey Clifford John Johnson rames McLean 3harles Frederick Sundstrom Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate OnlyMate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate First Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Foreign trade „ (renewal) „ (renewal) Home trade 15 Jan., 1885 .. 30 „ „ .. 4 Feb., „ .. 7 „ „ .. 9 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 25 „ „ '.. 25 , „ .. 2 March, „ .. 2 . „ .. 9 „ „ •• 17 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .*. 25 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 31 „ „ .. 9 April, 1884 .. 16 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 3 May, „ .. 22 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 2 June, „ .. 18 „ „ .. 4 July, „ .. 15 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 30 „ , .. 30 „ „ .. 26 Aug., „ .. 9 Sept., „ .. 15 „ 17 „ „ .. 22 „ „ .. 22 „ „ .. 7 Oct., „ .. 27 „ „ .. 1 Nov., „ .. 18 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 4 Dec, „ .. 18 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 30 Jan., 1885 .. 19 March, „ .. 9 April, 1884 .. 2 May, „ .. 15 „ 11 June, „ .. 23 „ „ .. Uuly, „ .. 7 „ „ .. 7 „ „ .. 16 Aug., „ .. 6 Oct., „ .. 14 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 1 Nov., „ .. 6 „ „ .. 6 „ „ .. 6 „ „ .. 6 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 30 Dec, 1884 .. 30 „ „ .. 14 Jan., 1885 .. 14 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 14 Feb., „ .. 2 March, „ .. 2 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 7 July, 1884 .. 410 411 412 413 414 279 415 416 417 418 419 420 321 421 422 170 330 423 424 425 5,264 5,265 5,266 5,267 5,224 5,268 5,222 5,269 5,270 5,271 5,243 5,272 5,273 5,274 5,275 5,276 5,255 5,277 5,246 5,199 5,278 5,279 5,280 5,281 5,282 5,283 5,284 5,285 5,244 5,239 86 105 70 106 107 108 109 47 110 111 112 113 114 81 82 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 2 124 125 126 194 Master Mate Master Mate Master 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer Foreign trade a 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer » • • 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer Master, passed in steam Master ]arl William August Petersen rames Gilbert Simmers jeorge Young Dennis William Cox frames MxLeod .. .. ., Eiver trade 9 April, „ .. 9 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 3 May, „ .. 14 „ „ .. 3,088 3,089 3,090 3,091 3,092 i* . • .. it •.

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Henry Alexander Thomas Smith Alexander Wise Lawrence Brennan .. \, Walter Parker William Gash George Page Eudolph Prohl Samuel Phipps John Severn Joseph Crequer John Griffiths Charles Frederick Dalin John Wilson Alexander Eollo Eichard Liddle Eobert Clark Eobert Moore Francis James Eoche John Owen Lueas Frank Wilson Pope George Henry Harris George Ernest Hobroyde .. Joseph Alexander Fleming Job Hartwell Jonathan Pickering Henry White John Harvey Thomas Stark Charles Thomas Pattie Albert Henry Gyde William Meikle David Mitchell John Atkinson James Morrison George Boustead Snowdon Angus Eoss Austin Felix Dugdale William Whidden Holford.. Henry James Hansen John Eees Jones George Howe Eobert Binnie J.ames Verran ... Michael John Mulholland .. Frederick Moore Osmond Butler James William Gillice Henry Beavis David McDougall.. Charles James Master Engineer .. Eiver trade „ (renewal) 19 May, 1884 .. 9 July, „ .. 24 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 26 Aug., „ .. 22 Sept., „ .. 7 Oct., „ .. 7 „ „ .. 7 „ „ .. 20 Nov., „ .. 21 „ „ .. 18 Dec, „ .. 14 Jan., 1885 .. 17 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 2 Mar., „ .. 25 1 April, 1884 '.'. 16 „ „ .. 28 May, „ .. 13 June, „ .. 13 „ „ A. 21 July, „ .. 21 „ „ .. 5 Aug., „ .. 5 „ „ .. 5 „ „ 26 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 11 Sept., „ .. 16 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 6 Oct., „ .. 27 „ „ .. 12 Nov., „ .. 3 Dec, „ .. 8 „ „ .. 22 „ „ .. 31 „ „ .. 6 Jan., 1885 .. 6 „ „ .. 9 „ „ .. 14 Feb., „ .. 2 March, „ .. 5 „ „ .. 9 „ „ ■■ 17 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 3,093 3,094 3,095 3,096 3,097 3,098 3,099 3,100 3,101 3,102 3,103 3,104 3,105 3,106 3,107 3,108 3,109 1,445 1,446 1,447 1,448 1,449 1,450 1,451 1,452 1,453 1,454 1,455 1,456 1,457 1,458 1,459 1,460 1,461 1,462 1,463 1,464 1,465 1,466 1,467 1,468 1,469 1,470 1,471 1,472 1,473 1,474 1,475 1,476 1,477 1,478

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Return showing the Number of Masters, Mates, and Engineers examined during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885, distinguishing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

Return showing the Cost of Maintenance of the New Zealand Lighthouses, and the Quantity of Oil consumed at each, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Auckla: id. We llington. 'ttelton. Dunedi in. 'apier. 'otals. Class of Certificate. rC r^j ro ro ... ft ft o id OS 03 rd . ° « S 4^ c8 O ft H 13" CD CD CO <3 r« ffi *3 '3 o ft B 13 <D CO to eS ft ft -R o rd co oa to eS Ph d _j ■ rH 4= c3 O ft H d 03 CO CO e6 Ph rrj ■ "-"1 43 03 O ft EH "oreign - going masters and mates lome-trade masters and mates liver-steamer masters iea-going engineers liver-steamer engineers 21 21 42 6 1 7 13 5 18 32 38 72 33 105 12 14 5 13 4 3 2 1 16 17 7 14 7 1 8 3 1 4 2 2 13 2 2 2 14 3 6 1 6 1 30 17 29 20 6 3 3 2 36 20 32 22 ii 3 ii 3 \ 2 i i Totals 65 31 96 27 2 29 18 24 51 8 59 7 7 Lamr is. isbo: te. New •lyi louth. "aita: ■a. ,ngan mi. CO -r-H P4 fe ■■(-> O H 13 W. CO >d '3 o 13 (D CO CD to CO Ph d 1 +-> O i3 o PM n3 o o fen liver-steamer masters liver-steamer engineers 3 .. | _i_lL 5 .. 3 i 2 i .. i .. i '2 1 2 3 6 3 7 j i i i i 1 1 i Totals i i 5 I I i l i l 1 I 1 Hokiti] :a. Grr rymoi ith. Huff. tvelor ;k. uiwakr liver-steamer engineers » © rO r-H ro -r-T 03 d ft ft o B t3 rD ft rO r» 'e8 ft "3 o rQ ru o ro Ji rrS rn -h -u c3 cS O h h tr r» tri [0 rrT ft ra ® 'a ft o r^" © CO m ft rO Q '33 ft *33 33 7 2 .. 2 2 .. 2 1 1 . 1 1 .. 1 2 11.. 12 2 2 1 1 1 7 184 48 232 Totals 1

Oil. Name of Lighthouses. lariea. Gallons consumed. Value. Stores and Contingencies. Totals. Cape Maria van Diemen .. Moko Hinou Tiri Tiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Portland Islana.. Napier Bluff Pencarrow Head Somes Island Cape Egmont Manukau Heads Kaipara Heads* Brothers Tory Channel Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Savmders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puyscgur Point Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit Nelson French Passt £ s. a. 350 3 11 378 9 4 260 0 0 150 0 0 160 0 0 341 13 4 36 0 0 250 0 0 253 0 4 306 13 4 260 0 0 95 16 8 446 14 2 67 10 0 250 0 0 236 5 0 251 5 0 266 16 1 267 10 0 248 6 8 258 6 8 280 0 0 333 0 9 375 0 0 368 6 8 289 8 9 357 10 0 .298 6 8 101 18 11 941 858 497 40 78 693 Gas 872 215 449 518 135 639 175 591 511 514 496 508 514 970 503 834 823 814 530 495 212 55 £ s. d. 72 10 8 66 2 9 38 6 2 4 6 8 6 0 3 53 8 4 29 13 11 67 4 4 16 11 6 34 12 2 39 18 7 10 8 1 49 5 1 13 9 6 45 11 1 39 7 9 39 12 5 38 4 8 39 3 2 39 12 5 74 15 5 38 15 5 64 5 9 63 8 9 62 14 11 40 17 1 38 3 1 16 6 10 4 4 9 £ s. a. 104 6 3 146 4 4 89 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 1 89 7 7 4 4 11 79 8 9 24 15 8 36 18 4 39 12 8 13 7 0 74 3 3 7 6 6 80 18 5 67 0 9 45 15 5 46 0 11 54 9 0 81 19 5 69 14 3 89 12 8 136 14 8 76 11 9 88 2 8 J165 11 9 §105 6 1 19 16 6 9 9 5 £ s. d. 527 0 10 590 16 5 387 14 10 161 13 2 172 5 4 484 9 3 69 18 10 39C 13 1 294 7 6 378 3 10 339 11 3 119 11 9 570 2 6 88 6 0 376 9 6 342 13 6 336 12 10 351 1 8 361 2 2 369 18 6 402 16 4 408 8 1 534 1 2 515 0 6 519 4 3 495 17 7 500 19 2 334 10 0 115 13 1 Totals 7,538 2 3 14,440 1,147 1 6 1,859 19 2 10,S45 2 11 * Lighted 1st December, 1884. I Lighted 1st October, 1884. .mount includes cost of repairs, £3i 0s. 93. ! This amount includes cost of repairs, ;£7613s. 9d. §Thi|

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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, from the 1st April, 1884, to the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Rig. ■SBf W ™ Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. | Passeng | gers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Direction. Force. 1883. Dec (arrived at Lyttelton). Oamaru, 10 years Ship 1306 36 60 General Loss of sails and part of bulwarks Indian Ocean Heavy gale While running down her easting on voyage from London to Lyttelton, met with heavy gale, which carried away part of her bulwarks, killed some live-stock on deck, and injured two of her boats. Some sails were also blown away Master of " Coromandel" in default in leaving the deck, the wheel being in charge of incompetent person. Court suspended his certificate for four months, and ordered him to pay the costs of inquiry Stranding caused through insufficient water on bar Insufficient water on bar for vessel H. P. Wright. 1884. Coromandel, s.s., 5 years Collision; slight damage Ditto Near Brown's Island, Hauraki Gulf Thomas Scott. April 4 5 Schooner 68 12 General ' Light .. J Norah, 6 months Schooner 50 4 Timber, logs Ballast.. N.E. S. L. Bolt. Hauraki, s.s., 10 Schooner 59 11 Stranded; parti, loss Stranded; parti, loss Stranded; parti, loss Stranded; slight damage Stranded; slight damage Waitara Bar.. N.E. Gale .. I Edward Harvey. ri, 12 years Orawaiti, s.s., 1 year Catlin, 9 years Schooner 283 17 Coal .. North Spit, Buller Eiver N.W. Gentle breeze Light .. John Campbell. . 14 Ketch .. 46 4 General Catlin's Eiver Bar S.W. Casualty caused through wind falling when crossing bar Vessel struck on coral reef when entering Flinder's Passage William Hanning. Alex. Livingstone. . 18 Lanarkshire, 11 years Ship .. 794 17 3 Ballast.. Eeef about 28 miles off Cape Upstart, east coast of Australia North Spit, Mokau Eiver S. E. to E. Gentle breeze „ 19 Irishman, s.s., 17 years Cutter .. 14 General S.W. Light Master probably drank more intoxicating liquor than a master should at sea; but proximate cause of casualty was wrong placing of beacon-fires on shore Eugene McCarthy. , 22- . 23 Eowena, s.s., 12 years Schooner 74 17 General Collision; slight damage Ditto .. - Between Port Charles and Waikawau Variable J Master of " Eowena " in default in going below and leaving incompetent man in charge. Court suspended his certificate for two months, and ordered him to pay costs of inquiry An A.B., George Wilmott, while engaged aloft, fell overboard and was lost Vessel struck on shingle-bank, which had formed in the interval between two tides Chain parted, and vessel dragged second anchor, which was let go, and went ashore Master held responsible for loss of vessel, as he took the vessel much nearer the shore than was prudent or justified by the sailing directions. Court suspended his certificate for three months, and ordered him to pay costs of inquiry Master misunderstood signals William Norris. Kauri Lapwing, 7 J years Oreti, s.s., 8 years Eio Grande, 17 Schooner 90 4 Timber, logs Coal .. S.W. James McDermott. Theodore Thos, Watts. William Eobertson. William Macquaker. Joseph Dyball. Brig'ntine 243 8 Loss of life only Stranded; parti, loss Stranded; total loss Stranded and foundered ; total loss 1 Lat. 36° 20' S., long. 160° 20' E. Entrance to Grey Eiver N.E. Haifa gale Calm .. » 28 Schooner 117 16 Coal .. . 30 Brig 200 8 Coal .. J mile West of Turanganui Eiver, Poverty Bay Bowler's Eeef, Cape Campbell s.s.w. Squally May 2 years Kangaroo, s.s., 21 years Schooner 185 14 Coal .. S.E. Light .. 8 Latona, 18 years, Al Prospect, 15 years Stranded; parti, loss Stranded; total loss Bar at entrance to Otago Harbour Fisherman's Island, Blind Bay, Nelson John Jeffery. Barque.. 282 9 1 Wheat .. N.N.E. Gale .. ,. 14 Ketch .. 21 2 1 Coal .. N.N.W. Hard .. Vessel missed stays and drifted on to rooks .. Henry Brown.

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„ 21 Waireka Schooner Coal and general Loss of life only 1 Off Cape Egmont S.E. Gale An O.S., named Henry Wade, washed overboard by heavy sea Olof Johnson. „ 21 City of Sparta Ship .. 1193 Coal .. Loss of life only 1 Cook Strait S.E. Gale An A.B., named Alfred Hawes, while assisting to make fast the mizentopsail, fell from the yard overboard, and was drowned Alexander Eeid Johnston. W » 21 Marmion, 9 years Schooner N. Z. produce Deck swept; slight damage 1 35 miles N.W. of Cape Egmont S.E. Gale William Johnston. 92 A heavy sea broke on board at 3 a.m., sweeping the decks and carrying the mate, John Edward Dale, overboard OS June 5 Four Sisters, 21 years Cutter .. Firewood Loss of life only I 1 Off Whangaparoa Eeef, Auckland One of the crew, Charles Anderson, supposed to have fallen overboard when putting vessel about The boatswain, James Herchcliff, while engaged in rigging up a purchase to heave water up by the steam-winch (the vessel having sprung a leak and the pumps being choked), was caught by the whip and dragged round the barrel of the winch. He died from the injuries received Fire broke out on board, through heat of boiler igniting either coal in bunkers or bulkhead, immediately forward of boiler Chris. Lawson. 17 8 Albion, s.s. Coal .. Loss of life only 1 Lat. 39° 20' S., long. 166° 28' E. John 3 Moore Lamont. n 15 Hannah Mokau, s.s., 6 years Partly burnt On passage from Kaipara to New Plymouth, Albatross Point bearing E. 40 miles Near North Head, Akaroa Harbour H. WyvilDale. Ketch .. 35 Timber.. S.E. Gale „ 30 Hero, 20 years Cutter .. 29 Ballast.. Loss of mast, sails, &o. S.S.W. Gale Wind having become baffling, vessel had to anchor, to avoid being driven ashore. To prevent her dragging, the mast had to be cut away Vessel sailed from Port Chalmers on the 10th June, 1884, and has not since been heard of Samuel Benney, „ 30 Tauranga, 21 years Schooner 01 Timber, flour, and salt meat Supposed foundered; total loss j Supposed 7; all hands Supposed on voyage from Port Chalmers to South Sea Islands James Duncan. July 20 Owako Belle, 7 years Ketch .. General Stranded; total loss North Spit, entrance to Jacob's Eiver S.S.E. Gale Being caught in sudden squall, whilst vessel was being put about, mizensail was blown from ropes, and, to get headsails down, anchor was let go to bring her head to wind. Whilst sails were being secured, vessel dragged and began to bump heavily. Anchor was then slipped, and she was allowed to drift on to the beach Casualty caused by striking when crossing the bar Edward Owens. 35 „ 31 ,' Bar of Manawatu Eiver Charles Pope. Aug. 11 Tui, s.s., 9 years Irishman, s.s. Schooner Cutter .. 55 14 12 N.Z. produce Coal .. Stranded; loss of rudder Stranded ; total loss Mouth of Mokau Eiver W. Moderate Vessel having got on to a rock, the crew went ashore to get tea, and while on shore she came off the rock, and getting into the breakers on the bar she was driven ashore Alexander Boswell. 15 Lady Barkly, s.s., 22 years Schooner Collapse of crown of furnace of boiler Off Nelson Harbour .. Light .. Crown of furnace collapsed John Walker. 39 9 Ballast.. S.

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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. © trr *4"" cf Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Date of Casualty. Rig. © O Lives Lost. Direction. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. 'assengers. Cargo. Casualty. Force. 1884. .ug. 10 General Stranded ; parti, loss South Head, Akaroa Harbour Light .. Vessel was on her way from Dunedin to Lytelton, steering the ordinary course, when she struck on a rock in a dense fog. Before casualty speed was reduced from eleven to eight and then to four knots an hour. When fog was so dense, master should have directed his course more to the eastward and made more frequent use of the lead. Accident is probably to be attributed to the presence of a possibly imperceptible but still very strong current. After the vessel struck, extreme order prevailed, and the boats were handled and manned, and the safety of the passengers provided for Ship was being worked into the harbour, when she grounded on a shoal through master not making sufficient allowance for the state of the tide No blame attaches to master or crew. The vessel being run too far to leeward was caused by the misdirection of the semaphore arm, which was made to point in a wrong direction, an accident which arose from the insufficiency of the pilot staff at the New Eiver Current running out of river slewed vessel to northward James Tozer. Eingarooma, s.s., 9 years Schooner 623 46 15 N.W. 23 Genevieve M. Tucker, 14 years Barque.. 519 13 10 Coal Stranded; no damage Half a mile S. of Ward Island, Wellington Harbour N.W. Light .. W. Dow Wood. 24 Augusta, 13 years Brig'ntine 138 Coal Stranded; total loss Point Island, entrance to New Eiver, Invercargill W.N.W. Moderate Eobert Murdoch. Douglas, s.s., 2 years Stranded: slight damage Stranded; rud'r-post broken Stranded; total loss North Spit, Waitara Eiver Walter Francis Norbury. 29 Ketch .. 60 1 General W.S.W. Strong breeze 30 Jane Douglas, s.s., 9 years Schooner 75 12 8 Ballast.. Bar of Manawatu Eiver N.W. Moderate Casualty caused by striking when crossing the bar James W. G. Fraser. Sept. 1 Lastingham, 7 years Ship .. 1143 6 General 18 One mile from Jackson's Head, Port Gore, Cook Strait i N.W. Gale .. Loss of ship attributable to error in judgment on part of master in that, after ascertaining his position off Kapiti, he put her on starboard tack, and left her to drift, on chance of picking up the Brothers light, instead of running through Cook Strait. When upon the starboard tack, she went much farther to the westward than he allowed for, and entered Gore Bay, where she was embayed, and, striking on the rocky beach, became a total wreck. Master was lost in vessel Vessel filled through plug coming out, and capsized Alexander Morrison. 26 Abreast of Waikawau, near Kennedy's Bay, Auckland, about 3 miles off shore 27 Nor ah, months 11 Schooner Timber, logs Capsized; parti, loss N.W. Moderate George Eoff.

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Oct. 1 I I Loch Fergus .. Barque.. 845 18 General Loss of life only 1 Lat. 24° 15' S., long. 26° 45' W. N. Light .. An apprentice, Henry Percy Warren, whilst engaged aloft in making mizentopmast-stay-sail fast, fell on to the deck, and was killed Wind suddenly headed vessel, and caused her to miss stays Eichard Jones. „ 16 Una, 11 months Schooner 44 Sawn timber Stranded ; parti, loss Between Tupetu Point and Old Man Eock, near Hole in the Wall, Auckland Sunken rock off Te Tui, Mercury Bay W.N.W. Squally Charles Johnson. 16 Opotiki, 8 years Ketch .. Maize, hides, & tallow Sawn timber Stranded; total loss W.S.W. Fresh .. Struck on sunken rock Charles Henry Pankow. 34 16 ,i 22 Start, 12 years Cutter .. 27 Stranded ; parti, loss On reef near Kawau (Takatu side), Auckland Ten miles N.W. of Jackson's Head, Cook Strait S.W. Very heavy Casualty caused through vessel missing stays, and anchors being insufficient to hold her George Egern. „ 26 Star of the South, .s., 21 years Schooner 3 General High pressure cylinder & cover & circulating pumpcover broken Stranded; total loss N.W. Light .. Casualty due to breaking of crank brass bolts, metal of which had probably, by change of molecular structure under vibration, become short Charles Hodge. 175 14 „ 26 Jane, 14 years Eock about \ mile W. of Caroline Head, Euapuke Island, Foveaux Strait Lat. 43° 10' S., long. 60° 10' E. When vessel was being put round, she would not stay, and, the anchor dragging before she could be got clear, the tide carried her on to the rock An apprentice, Patrick Joseph O'Keefe, was sent aloft to assist in taking in sail, and was missed from maintopsail-yard. Supposed to have fallen overboard Vessel struck on something hard, which caused her rudder and rudder-post to break short off John McMillan. Cutter .. 25 Ballast. i N.W. Light .. . 28 Loch Fergus .. Barque.. 845 18 General Loss of life only 1 N.E. Gale .. Eichard Jones. „ 31 Go-ahead, s.s., 17 years Schooner 129 12 N.Z. produce Stranded ; loss of rudder and rud-der-post Loss of life only Inner edge of bar, Wanganui Eiver, in line with leading lights W. Moderate Saml. Plumley. Nov. 4 Jasper Barquentine 1 Lat. 39° S., long. 77° 20' E. Gale The mate, Edmund Watts Houghton, washed overboard and drowned while on a voyage from Mauritus to Port Chalmers The vessel, which was on her way from Dunedin to Lyttelton, struck on a rock at 4.30 a.m., and became a total wreck William Stannard. S.W. 6 Clyde, 10 years Barque.. 562 14 4 Sugar .. Stranded; total loss 17 Snuffle Nose, Horseshoe Bay, about 4 miles from Akaroa South Head Close to Ferry Head, Palliser Bay S.E. Gale .. Edward S. Culmer. 7 Golden Isle, 16 years Schooner 78 Ballast.. Stranded; slight damage Stranded; slight damage S.E. Gale .. Vessel driven ashore by force of gale Thomas Sparrow Carmichael. 12 Cygnet, 9 years Cutter .. 20 Grain and timber Inside Pilot Station, Eiverton Harbour N.E. Light .. Vessel attempted to sail in with very little wind, and had to anchor near the bar. Her stern canting to the south on flood-tide, she took the ground Accident probably caused through defective welding Thomas Eodrigues. •• * 21 Mohaka, s.s., 7 years Schooner N.Z. produce Propellershaft damaged Loss of life only Cloudy Bay, 15 miles off Wairau Bar S. Thos. Eckford. 20 * 22 I Beautiful Star, s.s. Schooner 146 17 General Between Shag Point and Moeraki N.E. Strong breeze William Alexander White. 15 1 A passenger, J. Udall, fell overboard and was drowned

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. % to : Number of Nature of Number of Lives Lost. Wind. I. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Date of Casualty. Rii Place where Casualty occurred. 's. r-*i SB | jPasseng I gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Name of Master. 1884. Nov. t 27 Murray, s.s., 25 years Schooner 78 16 6 General Stranded; slight damage Stranded ; total loss Mouth of Hokitika Eiver w.s.w. Strong breeze The sea being heavy, and the propeller having been stripped, the vessel went ashore Mark Furneaux. Dec. 22 Star of the South, s.s., 21 Schooner 175 14 7 General On breakwater or protective works at mouth of Grey Eiver w. Gale . Vessel lost when entering Grey Eiver by being dashed against the stone protective works on the left bank of the river after crossing the bar and getting inside the entrance, there being at the time a strong fresh in the river. Court was of opinion that the wreck was caused by the culpable rashness of the master in persisting in the attempt to enter the river in reckless disregard of harbour signals. His certificate was suspended for twelve months, and he was ordered to pay the costs of inquiry Casualty caused by leading marks being concealed by a haze over the land Wind failing when in mid - passage, strong southerly current set vessel on to reef. No blame attributable to master or mate Casualty caused by want of vigilance on the part of the chief officer, William Travers Paul, whose certificate was suspended for three months Master made too free with banks, not knowing set of tide in locality Master should not have brought vessel to wind again before getting into deep water Charles Hodge. years 1885. Jan. 2 3 Annabell, 6 y ears Island Lily, 8 years Brig .. Brig'ntine 348 123 10 8 Ballast.. General and ballast General Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Tory Shoal, Kaipara Harbour Middle Eeef, Teraki Harbour, Chatham Islands Beef Barrel Eocks, Current Basin, French Pass S.E. N.E. Fresh .. Light .. Neil McDonald. Eobert Carnie. . 17 Wallace, s.s., 17 years Schooner 108 14 5 Stranded ; parti, loss Light .. Alfred Bruce. . 17 C a m i 11 e, 20 years Wave, 35 years Brig'ntine Timber.. Stranded ; parti, loss Stranded ; partial loss; since condem'd Loss of life only Inner Shoal, Kaipara Bar Inner banks, Kaipara Bar S.W. Moderate Ole Helgeson. 221 8 „ 17 Brig .. 174 7 Timber.. S.W. Moderate John Christian. „ 22 Elderslie, s.s. .. Barque.. General 1 Lat. 46° 50' N., long. 9° 20' W. S. Gale .. Thomas Poulson, mess-room steward, washed overboard by heavy sea, while on voyage from London to Oamaru William Hewat. 1801 48 „ 23] „ 27 Akaroa, s.s., 10 years Schooner 43 Ballast.. Collision; parti, loss I I Near end of Screw-pile Jetty, Lyttelton ■I William De Lacy Cameron. Canterbury, s.s., 3 years Sarah and Mary, 20 years Nil, steam launch Brig'ntine 15 Ditto In the absence of any local rule for signalling when leaving the wharf, the collision was purely accidental William Eden. 2 145 7 General Stranded ; parti, loss New Eiver Estuary, Foveaux Strait Vessel touched on flats off Sandy Point, and afterwards, when alongside wharf, she was found to be making water Vessel chartered by St. Paul's Vestry for a picnic to Motuiti. On return trip to Auckland, one of the children, having got away from those in charge, accidentally fell overboard from the stern and was drowned Henry Priest. » 29 Glenelg, s.s., 5 years Schooner 156 15 200 Loss of life only 1 Nearly abreast North Head, Auckland Harbour E. Fresh .. Frank Amodeo.

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Feb. 3 Penguin, s.s. .. Schooner 442 General Stranded; | anchor tempor'ly lost Stranded ; parti, loss Loss of life only Entrance channel, Nelson Harbour N.W. Strong gale Vessel touched on sandspit George Allman. 4 Thomas Russell, s.s., 2 years Lord of the Isles Schooner Stock and produce Sugar .. If to 2 miles N.W. of East Cape Island Lat. 44° 5' S., long. 72° 27' E. W. Calm .. No default on part of master Charles Frederick Helander. D. H. Shearer. 151 15 9 Schooner 1 N.W. Gale .. An A.B., Antonio Laurigge Francis, washed overboard by heavy sea on voyage from Mauritius to Wellington Chief officer, A. Stoddart, judged distance from land incorrectly. His certificate was suspended for one month, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Master should not have sailed when wind was uncertain Chief officer, George Balding, who was in charge, committed error of judgment. The night was hazy, and he took no steps to determine his position. He was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel having sprung a leak, master considered it necessary to run her ashore to save life . 17 Grafton, s.s., 31 years Schooner 297 Coal .. Stranded ; slight damage About a mile south of Kiourangi Point, west coast, Middle Island Calm .. Henry Edward Hill. „ 20 Mary Ann Annison, 19 years Wakatu, s.s., 6 years Barque.. Timber.. Stranded ; j total loss Stranded ; slight damage North Spit end, Kaipara entrance East point of reef off Motunau Island, Pegasus Bay Variable Light .. J. W. Carpenter. 298 10 5 , 20 Schooner 75 4 General North Light .. James Wills. March 1 Plejaden, 18 years ; Hamburg X 3/3 LI.l for 4yrs. Thomas Russell, s.s., 2 years Barque.. 356 12 Copra .. Stranded; total loss North-west side of Materakau Point, Chatham Islands Antonius Claassen. . 13 Schooner Grass seed Stranded ; total loss Oreti Point, east coast, North Island E. Light .. Wreck caused by default of master. When coming on deck midway, as he supposed, between Cape Runaway and Oreti Point anchorage, he should have ascertained his exact position before putting the ship full speed ahead. When man at lead reported 9J fathoms, master ought to have stopped and anchored. Court suspended his certificate for six months, and ordered him to pay costs of inquiry Gale caused vessel to drag while crew were ashore Loss of vessel attributable to baffling nature of wind, but master seems to have stood too near in to North Beach, when wind first headed him on his return up the harbour, before going about Vessel had to anchor, and high wind caused her to drag. Charles Frederick Helander. 151 14 „ 14 Off breastwork, Railway Wharf, Auckland North Beach, entrance to Kaipara Harbour Blanche, s.s., 3 years Mathieu, 15 years Schooner 18 4 Stranded ; parti, loss Stranded; total loss N.E. Gale .. John Pratt. . 26 Barque.. 367 10 1 Timber.. Variable Baffling Magnus Carl Magnussen. . 28 Dunedin, 24 Schooner None .. Stranded; no damage Boat - landing, inside Tewaewae Point, Bluff Harbour Gale .. Thomas Bailey. 66 W. years

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APPENDIX.

ANNUAL EEPOET ON LIGHTHOUSE WOEKS, ETC., BY THE MAEINE ENGINEEE. The Marine Engineer to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — Marine Department, 31st March, 1885. I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Hon. the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, the annual report on works executed for new lighthouses, and for other works during the year, viz.: — Kaipara. —The whole of the works in connection with this lighthouse have been completed, and the light was first exhibited on the Ist December, 1884. The light is of the second order, flashing every ten seconds. French Pass. — All the works have been satisfactorily completed, and the lights were first exhibited on the Ist October, 1884, viz., one light on the mainland, a sixth-order port-light; and a smaller one, a ship's ordinary riding-light, on the beacon. Jackson's Head. —The beacon described in the last annual report was completed oh the 19th April, 1884, and remained intact until the middle of March, 1885, when it was destroyed during a severe storm. It is proposed to replace it by another beacon of different and more substantial design. Bemoval of Bocks, Whakatane Biver. — It is expected that this contract will be completed towards the end of next month. Light at Eastern Entrance of Hauraki Gulf. — In April, 1884, this locality was inspected with the view of determining the best site for a lighthouse, and Bed Mercury and Cuvier Islands were carefully examined, with the result that the latter island seemed to offer the best site for the purpose intended; and a report to this effect was forwarded in June. I have, &c, John Blackett, The Secretary, Marine Department. Marine Engineer.

ANNUAL EEPOET ON INSPECTION OP MACHINEEY.

The Chief Inspector of Machinery to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — Office of Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, 4th June, 1885. I have the honour to submit the eleventh annual report on the working of the Inspection of Machinery Acts during the year ended the 31st March, 1885. • The number of boilers inspected during the year was 1,475. Of this number, 41 were found dangerous and 139 more or less defective. The accompanying reports of the District Inspectors fully explain the nature and extent of such defects. Accidents to life or limb to men working about machinery have materially decreased during the year as compared with former years, and will, I feel sure, continue to do so, as in each year there is a less number of dangerous parts of machinery requiring the attention of the Inspectors; all such parts being most securely fenced. Boilers also are much better looked after, and their fittings are kept in better order, so lessening the risk of accidents in connection with them. At the same time, with all the precautions possible, accidents will happen; as, for instance, in the case of a circular saw breaking, which no inspection could prevent. In such cases, the only safeguards are care and attention on the part of the men, who have sole charge of this kind of machinery. All new boilers are, when the Inspectors' time will admit, examined during construction at the makers' yards. I attach great importance to this portion of the Inspectors' duties, as any defects can be pointed out and rectified before a boiler is fixed into its place for work. I may further state that the hydraulic test is applied to all new boilers to twice the working pressure. I have much pleasure in reporting that no boiler explosion has taken place in the colony during the year. This, I think, is very satisfactory, and is doubtless due, in a great measure, to the zeal and intelligence of the Inspectors. As compared with Great Britain this result is very marked. There, during last year, 49 explosions took place, causing 31 deaths and 65 cases of personal injury. This comparison, I consider, shows that our system of Government inspection is preferable to and a safer guarantee against c xplosions than any voluntary system. In nearly all the cases of explosion above referred to the boilers were inspected by the Inspectors or agents of some kind of insurance or guarantee companies. During the past ten years five persons have met their death by the. explosion of four boilers in New Zealand, while in England during the same period 421 boilers exploded, causing 626 deaths and 830 cases of personal injury. It has been urged that men employed to fire a boiler on land should be required to pass an examination and hold a certificate; but to this it is objected that the owner should be held responsible, as in most cases of explosion the owners appear to be at fault. A good boiler, w Tell equipped, is a simple machine to manage, and requires only ordinary Care on the part of the man who has charge of it. I propose issuing to all boiler-owners plain printed instructions for the use of the men having charge of boilers. This course, it appears to me, will be more satisfactory than attempting to issue certificates,

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Lifts and hoists have, as far as the Inspectors' time would allow, been examined; and, in the majority of cases, have been fitted with safety-catches, in order to prevent accidents, should the chain or rope break. The Inspectors continue to give their special attention to the fencing-in of machinery, including hoists and lifts. No accidents to persons working about machinery have taken place during the year in the Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Nelson North, Nelson South, or Marlborough Districts; one, not fatal, occurred in Canterbury; one fatal and one not fatal in Otago; and two fatal and three not fatal in the Auckland District. This number is much less than in previous years. Attached is the annual report of each Inspector, which will give full information as to the details of the work done, together with tables showing the number of boilers and machinery inspected in each district, the nature and extent of the various kinds of machinery, and the purposes for which they are used ; also particulars of any special kind of defects found in boilers. The number of boilers continues to increase so fast that it will be necessary to increase the staff by at least another Inspector. I also attach tables showing the number of boilers inspected ard the amount of fees payable for the year. I have, &c, J. Nancarrow, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Chief Inspector of Machinery.

Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

The Inspector of Machinery, Auckland District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sir,— Auckland, 7th April, 1885. I have the honour to submit to you my annual report on boilers and machinery inspected in the Auckland District during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1885. The appended returns give the number and description of the boilers and machinery, fees payable, defects found in boilers, notices to repair boilers and protect dangerous parts of machinery; and accidents to life and limb in this district. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery. W. J. Jobson.

Return showing the Number and Description of Boilers inspected, and Fees for the same.

Thirty-seven new boilers have been brought into use, 22 of which were made in Great Britain and 15 in this colony. Twenty-eight have have been repaired, 24 changed owners, and 69 remained uninspected at the end of the year.

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Number of Portable Boilers. Number of Stationary Boilers. Total. Name of District. Under 5 to 10 Over 5 h.p. h.p. 10 h.p. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 Over h.p. 10 h.p. Boilers. Fees. Itago ... lanterbury Luckland Vellington larlborough 'aranaki felson North lelson South Vestland layvke's Bay 20 9 15 5 2 117 110 47 23 12 12 21 3 4 12 14 6 24 13 3 5 6 7 2 6 83 101 100 24 5 3 18 7 19 5 39 39 28 35 8 12 16 90 42 128 66 14 10 8 28 6 17 363 307 342 166 44 42 72 45 37 57 £ 684 530 613 312 93 94 137 102 59 117 "a 6 13 4r Totals 58 361 86 365 196 409 1,475 2,741

• Number. Nature of Boiler. Fees. Remarks. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 Over h.p. 10 h.p. 'ortable boilers ... Itationary boilers jocomotive boilers 'ortable boilers ... Stationary boilers jocomotive boilers 5 10 95 5 3 2 42 26 2 4) 85 a J 17) 431 £ s. 180 0 433 0 d. 0 0 At £5 each, employed at 36 establishments. Charged for at per horsepower of each boiler. 7 0 0 [even machinery inspections Total 115 75 152 620 0 0

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Return of Defects found in Boilers and Fittings in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

'esorip* ;ion. 'angerous. in Unary. furnaces and fire-boxes out of shape Blistered plates fractured plates Pitted and grooved plates Dorrosion, internal Dorrosion, external l~omts sprung ... Cubes 3tays 1 "i 4 3 1 2 5 11 3 5 3 5 3 1 ' 2 5 12 3 5 4 "i Total defects in boilers 3 37 40 Defective fittings— Safety-valves Pressure-gauges Water-gauges Blow-off taps Spring-balances Amissions— Boilers without water-gauges Boilers without sludge-holes 7 7 11 3 2 7 7 11 3 2 1 1 1 1 Gross total 3 69 72

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. 1884. April 9 May 3 Cylindrical Portable ... New top end, and vertical stay to be fitted. Screw-patch to be fitted, and other parts caulked in lower parts of fire-box. New plate in bottom of boiler. New plate in bottom of boiler. One fore-and-aft stay to be fitted. Screw-patch to be fitted to the shell, and two stays to top of fire-box. Two patches fitted to fire-box, and new water-gauge. New feed-pipe to be fitted, and safetj^-valve overhauled. To be re-tubed, and four stays and fusible plug fitted. About one-half of the fire-box to be renewed. New plate in the shell. Patch in fire-box renewed, and six new tubes fitted. New pressure- and water-gauges to be fitted. One of the malleable cast-iron stay-bars on top of fire-box broken through the middle; two wrought-iron ones have been fitted. Parts of the bottom which rested on the side walls reduced by corrosion to thick; the bottom to be renewed. Two patches to be fitted round sludge-holes. Safety-valves and water-gauge to be overhauled. New flue from crown of furnace to crown of boiler. New top end tube-plate, and patch to the shell. Two riveted patches fitted to bottom. New safety-valve, and two patches fitted to fire-box. Two angle-iron rings fitted to furnace-flue. Ee-tubed, and vertical flue repaired. Two screw-patches to be fitted to the lower part of the fire-box. May 28 May 30 June 4 June 11 Cornish ... Cornish Cylindrical Portable ... June 13 June 16 June 17 June 18 July 4 July 5 July 8 July 14 Portable ... Cornish Portable ... Locomotive Portable ... Locomotive Portable ... Portable ... Aug. 9 Cornish Aug. 14 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Sept. 3 Oct. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 Dec. 23 1885. Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 20 Jan. 26 Mar. 10 Vertical flue Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Cylindrical Portable ... Cornish ... Vertical tubular Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Vertical tubular Portable ... Cornish ... Cornish ... Patch fitted to fire-box, and new pressure- and water-gauges. Ee-tubed, and vertical flue fitted. Three tubes renewed, and water-gauge fitted. Fractured part of end plate in flue taken out and renewed. One-half of the front end-plate to be renewed.

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Return of Machinery inspected in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Description. Steam. Steam and Wind. Steam and Water.! Water. Gas. Wind. Assaying Boiling-down Brick works Bakeries Bone-mills ... Breweries ... Block and pump works Boat-building Chemical works Cabinet-making factories Coach factory Chair factory Cheese and butter factories Chaff-cutting Coffee mills ... Cordial works Dredging Dock Fellmongeries Flour-mills ... Firewood-cutting Fire-engine ... Fruit-preserving Flock-mill ... Gasworks ... Hoisting Hauling Iron works and foundries Lead works Lifts or elevators Mortar-mills Meat-canning factories Laundry Pumping and winding Phormium-dressing ... Printing Potteries Pile-driving ... Quartz-crushing Eefrigerating works ... Eoad-roller ... Eope works Saw-mills ... Sash and door factories Stone-sawing Sausage rrachines Tobacco factory Threshing ... Tanneries ... Vinegar factory Wool-dumping Waterworks 1 3 4 2 2 10 2 2 1 4 1 1 5 15 2 3 1 1 2 8 9 1 1 1 2 17 8 23 1 2 12 3 1 15 4 2 4 1 6 2 1 1 46 4 1 3 1 8 6 1 2 2 "l 2 "l ' "l ""2

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts requiring to be fenced. 1884. April 28 May 2 May 12 July 9 Freezing machine ... Bakery Pumping machinery Saw-mill ... Engine fly-wheel and connecting-rod. Pair of wheels on dough machine. Two pairs of wheels. Two driving-belts on planing machine.

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Return of Notices to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Auckland Districtcontinued.

Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Land Boilers and Machinery in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

;e o: "otice. 'escripi "ion o: .ac. unery. 'ar; *s requiring :eneei 1884. July 10 ... Saw-mill ... Four lengths of shafting, two fly-wheels of breaking-down saw, and two driving-belts. Driving-belt of breaking-down saw, and feed spindle of same. Safety-gear, to be fitted, Driving-belts on moulding machine, driving-belts on two sashbar machines, and driving-belts on two planing machines. Three fly-wheels on breaking-down saws. Two lengths of shafting. Engine fly-wheel. Fly-wheels of breaking-down saw, driving-belt of circular saw, and driving-belt of planing machine. Twelve lengths of shafting, two driving-belts on circular saws, and four fly-wheels of breaking-down saws. One pair of pinion-wheels. Two belts of vertical saw. Three lengths of shafting and coupling on engine-shaft. Driving-belt of planing machine, and fly-wheel of vertical saw. Pair of wheels on winch, and driving-belt of circular saw. Connecting-rod of vertical saw, engine fly-wheel, and pulleyon driving-shaft Fly-wheel and driving-belt. Fly-wheel and driving-belt. Driving-belts leading through the floor and the machine. Safety-gear to be fitted. July 10 ... July 16 ... July 16 ... Saw-mill ... Steam-lift... Saw-mill ... Aug. 23 ... Aug. 27 ... Sept. 18 ... Oct. 18 ... Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Cheese factory Saw-mill ... Oct. 26 ... Saw-mill ... Oct. 27 ... Nov. 5 ... Nov. 6 ... Nov. 8 ... Nov. 11 ... Nov. 25 ... Pumping machinery Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Colliery ... Dec. 11 ... Dec. 13 ... Dec. 19 ... Dec. 30 ... Wool-pressing Wool-pressing Printing ... Steam-lift...

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Bemarks. Messrs. Bycroft and Co., Auckland Flour-mill Edward Campbell Arm broken in two places, and one rib broken, 19th May Not .. Was employed as a fireman. It appears one of the bolts wrapped round the shaft. When attempting to unwrap it in motion, instead of stopping the engine, as the instructions were, he got entangled with it, and was swung round with the revolving shaft. Mr. B. Kean, Auckland Brick and works tile Alfred Bowden, aged 14 years Left hand crushed, 8th July Not .. It appears he was near the brickmaking machine,when he slipped on a piece of wet clay; in falling he threw out his hands to save himself; the left hand was drawn in between the guard and pinion, and badly crushed, which necessitated amputation. The machine is guarded as far as practicable. [r. H. Coupland, Auckland. Firewood-cutting Michael McNamee, aged 24 years Right arm out off, the left nearly severed, 16th July Fatal It appears he got up on the circu-lar-saw bench to get down a piece of sacking to use as an apron, when, owing to it being wet and slippery, he accidentally fell backward against the saw, which took off the right arm and nearly severed the left. The unfortunate man died shortly afterwards. He ought to have stopped the saw before getting on the bench. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.

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The Inspector of Machinery, Wellington District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sir, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, 30th May, 1885. I have the honour to forward you the annual report on the boilers and machinery in the Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson North, Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay Districts for the year ended the 31st March, 1885. lam glad to be able to state that during the above period no accidents have occurred to life or limb; only two accidents of at all a serious nature have occurred to boilers ; in connection with machinery, none. There are 505 workable boilers in the above districts, 381 of which have been inspected during the year, 62 have extended certificates, 32 are idle, and 30 were still to inspect at the end of the year. The above numbers include 8 new boilers, 6of which have been manufactured in the colony and 2 imported. Appended are returns showing the class, horse-power, and number of boilers inspected; the fees payable for the inspection of boilers and machinery; the number of notices given to fence dangerous parts of machinery ; the number of notices given to repair boilers; the number of accidents to boilers; and the number and description of machinery inspected in the different districts. Verbal notices to fence machinery and also to repair boilers have been given when the work was of a trivial nature, and could be done while, I was on the spot. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery. H. A. McGregor.

Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. New Zealand Timber Co., Whangapoua Saw-mill John Turner, aged 22 years Both arms taken off, 16th Oct. Fatal Employed removing saw-dust from below the mill. Part of his clothing and the grindstone-belt were found entangled on the shaft. The grindstone was not in motion five minutes previous to the accident, the belt being off and hanging on a nail in the wall. The deceased was seen near to it at this time. He never spoke after the accident, so it will remain a mystery as to how it occurred: his duties did not take him near it, as he had nothing whatever to do with the machinery. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. Thomas HobWas employed cutting timber. While pushing it to the saw he kept his right hand on too long, and the saw, getting through the cut, took off the thumb and two fingers. 3r. H. Maguire, Auckland Wood-working machinery, circular saw Thumb and two fingers off right hand, 2nd Dec. Not .. son

Number of Portable Boilers. Number of Stationary Boilers. Name of District. Under 5 to 10 Over 5 h.p. h.p. 10 h.p. Under 5 to 10 Over 5 h.p. h.p. 10 h.p. Total. Wellington ... Marlborough Nelson North Taranaki Hawke's Bay 5 2 3 23 12 21 12 12 13 3 6 5 6 24 5 18 3 5 35 8 16 12 13 66 14 8 10 17 166 44 72 42 57 4 Total 14 80 33 55 84 115 381

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Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boiler and Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. Wellington larlborough lekon North 'aranaki ... lawke's Bay £ 369 92 137 94 117 s. 0 0 0 0 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. 3 0 1 0 d. 0 0 £ 372 93 137 94 117 s. 0 0 0 0 9 d. 0 0 0 0 0 Total 809 0 0 4 0 0 813 0 0

Wellington. -Iborough. North.' Tarana] Ma) Nelsoi :i. Hawke's Bay. a rD -,= 02 ■0 a . rr3 r-. s.2 is Ha s ®l I 8 a . 02 I a" © CO i © Description of Machinery. Total. a ® 0Q H a s CD 43 a I g o i a 02 ! p 3 Phormium-dressing Printing Flour-mills Saw-mills Sash and door factories Foundries Quartz-crushing Threshing machines Soap and candle works Cordial factories Boiling-down establishments .. Sheep-dips Brick-making machines Biscuit factories Chaff-cutting machines Breweries Drain-pipe works Hoisting machinery Hauling machinery Dredging machinery Pumping machinery Coffee- and spice-mills Tanneries Electric-light machines Turneries Wool-dumping Ice machines Sausage machines Tobacco-cutting Traction-engines Gasworks Mortar-mills Machine shops Meat-preserving works Locomotives Rice-mill Freezing machines Hydraulic lifts Wool-scouring machines 2 10 23 9 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 8 7 34 76 20 11 2 70 3 4 27 2 7 6 13 11 5 20 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 6 7 5 1 2. 2 5 5 1 3 16 5 'i "4 9 i 3 4 24 4 2 1 7 1 4 2 1 6 3 1 *3 1 i 2 10 3 1 "2 i 12 "l 28 1 2 12 5 18 1 2 6 4 1 '5 6 3 6 5 4 10 1 1 i 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 i 1 "l 3 1 '7 1 "l 'i "l 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 6 1 3 1 2 "2 "l "3 1 "4 "2 1 i "2 2 4 5 1 2 16 2 "l "l "l "2 Total 184 1 4 39 1 5 66 8 32 4 1 59 2 401

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Return of Number of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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District, and Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. Wellington— 1884. April 2P Fire-box ... The mud-hole door at smoke-box end repaired, and two new screw-stays fitted in fire-box. Three new tubes, and new nut on stay. Crown of flue set up. Seven rivets in gusset-stays. Covering-plate on corroded part of shell where blow-off cook is fitted. New crown in flue, and new angle-iron at each end. New lum-leg to be fitted. Sept. 22 Dec. 3 Dec. 20 Dec. 22 1885. Jan. 6 Jan. 22 Multitubular Cornish* ... Cylindrical shell Cornish ... Cornish ... Vertical and tube ... Maelboeough— 1884. June 10 Lancashire One of the angle-iron rings connecting the flue and the shell screwed half round, and small blister on bottom repaired. Crack in tube-plate patched, and tube-ends expanded. Three new dog-stays on fire-box crown. July 5 July 5 Multitubular Portable ... Nelson Noeth— 1884. Aug. 7 Oct. 22 Vertical shell Portable ... Flange of lum-leg repaired. Patch on front of fire-box shell. Taeanaki— 1884. Nov. 6 Multitubular Blistered plate removed and new one fitted. Hawse's Bat— 1885. Jan. 28 Feb. 12 Portable ... Vertical, Field's patent Cornish ... Cornish" ... Tube-ends in fire-box expanded. The lower part of fire-box faced and caulked. Feb. 16 Feb. 16 A stay to be fitted between shell and crown of flue. The crown of flue set up or fitted with an angle-iron girder-stay. * Dangerous

Date of Accident. Name and Address of Owner. Nature and Cause of Accident. Dec. 3, 1884 Feb. 16, 1885 The Wellington Meat ! Partial collapse of furnace-flue, caused, in my opinion, Export Company by the fire-bars and brick bridge being too high, thus (Limited), Welling- j causing the heat of the furnace to impinge on that ton i particular part. Nelson Bros.' Freez- ! Partial collapse of furnace-flue, caused partly from the ing Works,Tamona, i bridge being too high, and partly on account of the Hawke's Bay. deposit of lime allowed to gather on the plate.

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Return showing Number of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

The Inspector of Machinery, Otago District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, 13ir, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Dunedin, Bth May, 1885. I have the honour to forward you the annual report of inspection of machinery for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1885, for the Otago District, contained in the appended tables. In forwarding this report I am glad to be able to state that the number of accidents to life and limb reported to me are fewer in number than has been in any previous year since the commencement of the Act, there being only two, but one of these, I regret very much to say, terminated fatally. Full details are given in the table. You will likewise see that neither of these accidents was preventible. There have been no explosions of any sort throughout this district during the past year. The number of inspections made during the year were 363 boilers and 48 machinery, making a total of of 411 land inspections. • ■ At the end of March this would leave about 150 or 160 still remaining to be inspected in this district. The number of imported engines (mostly portable) of which I have received notice during the past year was 20; locally made, 11: total, 31. I am sorry to have to report that trade has been in an unusually depressed state throughout this district during the past year. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington. Alexander Crawford.

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listrict, and D of Notice. )at te Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. Wellington— 1884. April 11 April 15 April 22 Dec. 17 Dec. 22 1885. Jan. 15 Jan. 20 Bush saw-mill Bush saw-mill Flour-mill Bush saw-mill Bush saw-mill The counter-shaft. The main driving-belts of circular saws. The gearing on engine and counter-shaft. The driving-belt of circular saw. A passage between engine and bench. Tannery ... Bush saw-mill Counter-shaft and driving-belts. Mam driving-belt and saw-spindle. Maelbobough— 1884. May 20 May 31 June 7 June 9 Coal-pit ... Saw-mill ... Flax-mill ... Pumping plant The top of winding-shaft, and pump connecting-rod. The main driving-belt and pulleys. The under sides of stripping-drums. The gangway leading to pump-box. Nelson North— 1884. Aug. 18 Cutting chaff and firewood Bush saw-mill The fly-wheel of engine, and main belt. Sept. 3 The fly-wheel of engine, and three main belts. Taeanaki — 1884. Nov. 7 Bush saw-mill The fly-wheel of engine, and the counter-shaft and pulleys. The fly-wheel of engine, fence to be run all round the engine and on each side of driving-belt. Nov. 8 Bush saw-mill Hawke's Bay— 1885. Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Bridge-building Bush saw-mill Air-pump gear and driving-belts. The fly-wheel of engine, counter-shaft, and belts of saw and planing machine. The engine to be fenced all round. Hand-rail round small engine for driving electric light. Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Brewery ... Freezing-works

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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Numbe* of Portablr Boilers. Number >f Stationai Boilers. Total. Name of District. 5 h.p. and under. Over 10 h.p. 5 h.p. and under. Over 10 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. OtagO 20 117 14 83 39 90 363

Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. , itago — Portable Stationary Machinery £ s. d. 262 0 0 374 0 0 £ s. d. 1} £ 684 s. d. 0 0 48 "O 0

Description. i '3 CD {^ ■is . 1 S3 1 || co Description. 0 * S S3 e3tg i §■§ ■§ §| CO _g i> IS- _g P* CO S Aerated water Agricultural-implement shops Bakeries Boiling-down Bone-mills Brick and tile works Breweries Cabinet-making ... Candle and soap works Chaff-cutting Chemical works ... Cooking... ... Collieries Corn-crushers Copper and brass works Coffee and spice works Confectionery Cranes ... Dairy (cheese factory) Dredgers, harbour Dredger, gold Engine-shops Flour-mills Flock-mills Foundries Fire-grate and range works Firewood-cutting... Fruit-preserving ... Gasworks 1 7 4 4 4 4 9 5 3 11 1 1 6 2 1 2 3 10 1 6 1 4 8 2 10 3 1 2 1 Hoists ... Hydraulic lifts ... Joineries Laundries Locomotives Lead-pipe works Machine shops ... Oil-mill, linseed Paper-mills Pottery Pipe works, clay Printing Pumping water ... Refrigerating works Eope works Sawmills Steam roller (road) Seed-dressing Stone-crushers Tanneries Tramway cable ... Threshing machines Traction-engine Turnery, wood ... Venetian blind ... Wool-pressing Woollen factories Woodware factories16 6 2 10 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 41 1 1 6 2 2 89 1 2 1 4 3 3 1 1 47 4 1 i

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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. Written. 1884. April 5 ... June 5 ... Portable, No. 5427 ... Portable, No. 5266 ... New crown-plate to be put in fire-box of Lowmoor. Bolted patch on outer fire-box, 15in. by 15in. by T 5 F in, with four screwed stays coming through; also patch inside of fire-box to be renewed. 12ft. in length by an average of 3ft. 3in. or thereabouts in breadth to be cut out of the bottom of shell of each boiler, and renewed ; also plate 24in. by 24in. to be renewed underneath the safety-valve of each boiler. A new uptake to be put in. New vertical stay to be put in between crowns, also mud-hole to be patched. Plates at mud-holes to be patched. July 28 ... Cornish tubular (2), Nos. 5198, 5199 Aug. 1 ... Aug. 14 ... Vertical, No. 5170 ... Vertical tubular, No. 5245 Vertical field, No. 5227 Vertical tubular, No. 5267 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5520 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5329 Semi - portable, No. 5543 Aug. 20 ... Aug. 26 ... To be re-tubed. Nov. 15 ... Longitudinal seam on top of shell to be caulked. Dec. 10 ... Several rivets to be renewed, and longitudinal seam re-caulked. Dec. 23 ... 1885. Jan. 8 ... Cracked plate in bottom of fire-box to be repaired by an over-all-plate pinned on, also new safety-valve to be got (3in. diameter). New pressure-gauges to be got, and bottom of shell to be caulked. Vertical tubular, No. 5548 Portable, No. 5552... Jan. 12 ... Six screwed stays to be renewed; compensation-ring round man-hole, 3m. by Jin.; also tubes expanded. New spring-balance to be got. Compensation-ring round front door, lfin. by fin. ; also plate at mud-hole repaired. Two new spring-balances to be got. A new crown to be put in fire-box. Plate 20in. by 16in. by Jin. to be put in smoke-box, with three stays coming through. New pressure-gauge to be got. Jan. 28 ... Jan. 29 ... Portable, No. 5570... Portable, No. 5573... Feb. 14 ... Feb. 14 ... Feb. 25 ... Traction, No. 5586... Portable, No. 5490... Portable, No. 5595... Mar. 30 ... Portable, No. 5608... Verbal. 1884. May 14 ... May 26 ... Portable, No. 5490... Longitudinal tubular, No. 5137 Vertical tubular, No. 5279 New pressure-gauge to be got. Water-gauge fittings to be renewed. June 6 ... Plug-hole to be re-tapped. July 14 ... Steam - digester, No. 5506 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5252 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5510 Cornish, No. 5149 ... Steam - dome, No. 5321 Steam-digester door, No. 5322 Longitudinal tubular, No. 5277 Locomotive tramway, No. 5525 Semi-portable, No. 5337 Angle-irons for stays, top and bottom, to be renewed. Aug. 9 ... Compensation - ring round man-hole ; several rivets to be renewed, and seam caulked. To be re-tubed. Aug. 9 ... Nov. 17 ... Nov. 24 ... Seam at bottom of steam-dome to be caulked. Stay to be put through ends. Nov. 24 ... To be strengthened. Nov. 24 ... Expansion-joint on steam-pipe; two safety-rods. Dec. 12 ... Dec. 18 ... Tube to be renewed, and two through longitudinal stays put in. Nuts and washers on longitudinal stays to be re-jointed. 1885. Jan. 24 ... Egg-end ... Safety-rods on expansion-joint of steam-pipe.

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Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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'ate of Notice. Class of Machinery. Parts requiring to be fenced. 1884. Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 19 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Hydraulic lift, No. 2 Hydraulic lift, No. 3 Hydraulic lift, No. 5 Hydraulic lift, No. 19 Hydraulic lift, No. 31 Hydraulic lift, No. 32 Hydraulic lift, No. 35 Hydraulic lift, No. 36 Hydraulic lift, No. 37 Hydraulic lifts, Nos. 33 and 38 Hydraulic lift, No. 39 The doors at lift-frame on second floor to have gates across. The framework of lift on upper flat to be fenced round about. The framework of lift to be fenced round about at first floor. A railed fence running round the framework of lift at first floor. Top frame of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top frame of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top frame of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top frame of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top frame of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood- or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. The doorway on each flat to bo securely fenced by two movable cross iron bars, 3ft. 6in. in height. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a grating of wood. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Note. —The owners of hydraulic lifts Nos. 1 to 51 have all been served with a notice to put on patent safety-catches on each lift, with the exception of the following: Nos. 9, 13, 27, 29, 42, 43, 48, and 49. Main driving - belt; belt on break-saw; belt on planing machine; breaking-down saw to be protected on lower side at pit, and fly-wheel of engine. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Side of framework at upper floor, fence 3ft. by 3ft. 9in.; also hood on top of framework of cage, of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. __^__ Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Hydraulic lift, No. 40 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 1 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 2 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 3 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 4 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 5 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 6 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 7 Oct. 23 Hydraulic lift, No. 46 Oct. 23 Hydraulic lift, No. 47 Nov. 3 Hydraulic lift, No. 50 Nov. 5 Hydraulic lift, No. 51 Nov. 14 Saw-mill ... Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 19 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 20 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 21 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 22 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 23 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 24 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 26 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 28 Oct. 22 Hydraulic lift, No. 44 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 8 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 10 Oct. 13 Hydraulic lift, No. 11

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Return of Defects found on Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Notice. Nature of Machinery. Parts requiring to be fenced. 1884. Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 12 Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. Top framework of cage to be protected by a hood of wood or iron. To be bolted together and strengthened. To be all renewed. Two vertical shafts for smutter; one vertical shaft for silks. Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 13 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 14 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 15 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 16 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 17 Oct. 13 ... Hydraulic lift, No. 18 Dec. 10 ... Dec. 15 ... Dec. 24 ... 1885. Jan. 28 ... Twin-saw frame Main driving-belts ... Flour-mill Flour-mill Laying shaft on first floor.

Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Blow-off Blistered furnace-plates Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external ... Fire-box crowns cracked Grooving Man-holes weak Man-hole door cracked Man-holes wasted through leakage Plugs screwed badly ... Steam-pipe expansion-joints safety-rods... Steam pressure-gauges bad Spring-balances bad ... Safety-valve... Screwed stays Stay longitudinal disconnected Tubes leaking Tube-plates cracked (vertical tubular) ... Uptakes (vertical) Water-gauges ... ... ... 2 2 i "3 2 1 3 8 "2 3 3 3 6 6 2 1 3 10 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 6 6 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 "i 1 1 3 i 1 1 1 • Total ... 11 44 55

Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Jages, hydraulic lifts Jhains, hydraulic lifts tope, hydraulic lift Jircular saws ... Sircular saw, frame 7 8 2 1 8 9 1 4 1 i 1 Total 12 11 23

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Return of Notices given to remove Dangerous Parts of Machinery inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to repair Machinery inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Nature of Machinery to be removed. 1884. Sept. 18 ... Sept. 22 ... Sept. 23 ... Sept. 23 ... Oct. 1 ... Oct. 1 ... Oct. 11 ... Oct. 22 ... Sept. 13, 22 Dec. 8 ... Dec. 10 ... 1885. Jan. 13 ... Feb. 7 ... 1884. Dec. 10 ... Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Chain. Chain. Chain. Chain. Chain. Chain. Bope. Chain. Chains (two repaired). Top saw of twin circular saw. Top saw of twin circular saw. Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Lower saw of twin circular saw. Breaking-down circular saw. Saw-mill ... The framework of twin circular saw to be repaired.

late of Notice. Description of Machinery. Nature of Machinery repaired. 1884. Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 22 Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift Framework to be strengthened by iron straps and bolts. New shackles. Framework to be strengthened by iron straps and bolts. Framework to be strengthened by iron straps and bolts. Framework to be strengthened by iron straps and bolts. Framework to be strengthened by iron straps and bolts, an new swivel. Begulator to be altered. Framework to be strengthened, and levers keyed. Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Cage of hydraulic lift Cage of hydraulic lift

Date of Accident. Name and Address of Owner. Nature and Cause of Accident. 1884. April 5 John Nicholson, Kaikorai, No. 5427 Portable boiler : Crown of fire-box cracked completely across ; caused through the water being low in the boiler. 1885. Feb. 14 John Tough, Milton, No. 5490 Messrs. Thomson Brothers, Port Chalmers, No. 5441 Portable boiler: Crown of fire-box cracked across; caused through the water being low in the boiler. Longitudinal tubular boiler : Fired externally ; plate bagged and cracked in bottom of shell over fire. When the plate was cut out it showed no signs of any scale or dirt. The only way I can account for it is through oil coming in contact with the plate, thereby driving the water off. As it appears to me, an excessive quantity of oil had been used in connection with the refrigerating machinery, which, mixing with the feed-water, was pumped into the boiler. Feb. 28

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Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Land Boilers and Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

The accident was not witnessed by any person, the first intimation being by a boy, who saw something wrong with the belt, and who immediately ran and shut steam off, when the deceased was found entangled in the belt of the firewood-saw and wound around the laying-shaft, having received so much injury that he died shortly after being removed to the hospital at Invercargill. At the inquest on the body there, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, no one being to blame, as the machinery was all well fenced. As far as I can form an opinion as to how this accident occurred, it was evident he was going to repair this particular belt, as he had the tools there for that purpose. Instead of throwing off the belt in the usual way, it is supposed he used his foot, possibly losing his balance, and, falling, was entangled in the belt and wound round the laying-shaft.

Summary of Inspections. Number of Inspections ... ... ... ... ... ... 411 Machinery inspected ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 Beturn of Defects found in Boilers ... ... ... ... ... 55 Beturn of Written Notices given to repair Boilers ... ... ... 18 Beturn of Verbal Notices given to repair Boilers ... ... ... 14 Beturn of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery - ... 47 Beturn of Defects found on the Inspection of Machinery ... ... 23 Beturn of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery ... ... ... 3 Beturn of Accidents to Life and Limb occasioned in connection with Land Boilers and Machinery during the Year ended the 31st March, 1885 ... 2

The Inspector of Machinery, Canterbury District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sir,— Christchurch, 9th May, 1885. I have the honour to forward to you annual report on boilers and machinery inspected by me in the Canterbury, Westland, and Nelson South Districts up to the 31st March, in the same forms as last year. I am thankful to be able to report but one accident to life or limb during the year, and no serious accidents to boilers or machinery. There is an increase in the number of boilers inspected, although, for want of time, that part of my district between the Bangitata and Bakaia Bivers has not been inspected. You will observe that for threshing purposes portable-engines are being superseded by tractionengines. I shall be glad to supply any further information you may require. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington. George Croll.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Bomarks. 'he Dunedin Iron and Wood ware Company, Dunedin Circular saw .. James Pollock, aged nineteen Four fingers off left hand; 29th October, 1884 Not .. James Pollock, aged nineteen years, employed as taller at small breastbench circular - saw. After having tightened up the belt, was trying the saw with a small piece of timber, similar to a bucket-stave. In cutting it, he kept his hand too long on the timber, and, the saw coming through, cut four fingers off left hand. This accident took place about 2.30 p.m. on the 2nd December last, at A. Tapper's lower mill, Longhush. Alfred Tapper, Longbush, Invercargill Laying-shaft, saw-mill machinery J. Walker Miller, aged fifty years, enginedriver and fireman, fouryrs. Right leg broken in two places, right arm completely destroyed, ribs and breast-bone broken Fatal

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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1885.

As part of the Westland and Nelson South Districts were inspected at the beginning of the financial year and again at the close, this return does not show the correct number of boilers in these districts, although the correct number of inspections for the year.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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Portable. Stationary, Total. Name of District. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. lanterbury... Vestland ... felson South 9 j 110 4 3 6 2 7 101 19 7 39 6 42 6 2S 307 37 45 Total 9 117 15 127 45 76 389

Description. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Gas. Saw-mills Threshing machines Foundries and iron works Flour-mills Brick and pottery works Coal-mining Phormium-dressing Soap works Coffee works Stone-sawing Chaff-cutting Wood-working Breweries Coach factories Sawing firewood Tramway engines ... Butchers' ... Cranes and winches Cordials and confectioners' ... Traction-engines* ... Eoad-roller Fire-engines Pumping and drainage Dock Landing service Woollen mill Wool-washing and dumping ... Tanneries Bone-mills Glue works Eefrigerating works Chemical works Boiling down Printing ... Carpet works Eope works Baths Laundry ... Paper-making Concrete-mixing Stone-breaking Barbed-wire works... Gasworks 30 54 25 6 6 3 5 4 2 1 13 11 8 2 9 8 16 21 6 17 1 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 i * Used for threshing.

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Return showing Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

As part of this district was inspected at the beginning of the year and again at |the close, the above return shows correctly the steam machinery in this district.

Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. lanterbury Vestland lelson South £ 530 59 102 s. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ 530 59 102 s. 0 0 0 a. 0 0 0 Total 691 0 0 691 0 0

Description. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Other Kinds. Breweries 5 11 2 1 8 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 Cranes and winches Wood-working Coffee works Saw-mills Fire-engine Foundries and iron works Coal-mining Winding and sawing Printing ... Locomotives Sluicing, &c.

Description. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Other Kinds, Saw-mills Juartz-crushing 3oai-mining Ending in mining 'ron works 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 3rewery ... Vood-working

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Machinery inspected at the Beginning of the Year (included in foregoing Return).

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

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(Description. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Other Kinds 3aw-mills Quartz-crushing 3oal-mining Vinding in mining ... ion works 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 3rewery ... iVood-working

Description of Defect. Dangerous. Ordinarj'. Total. Uptake out of shape Gusset-stays loose Bivets loose and leaking Leakage at bottom of boiler Stays in fire-box wasted Back tube-plate corroded ... Inside of boiler very dirty ... Fire-box and foundation-ring wasted Barrel of boiler wasted from leakage Cracks in bottom of boiler ... Leakage from patches in fire-box Pitting in inside of boiler ... Leakage at tubes, and cracks in tube-plate External corrosion from leakage at joints and doors Patches in fire-box of portable boilers Crown of fire-box down Pressure-gauges bad Fire lit, boiler being empty... Fire lit, water being low 1 "i 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 3 3 4 6 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 5 6 3 9 1 1 i 9 1 1 Total ... . ... 19 32 51

Description of Defect. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Blow-off cock and pipe bad... Internal corrosion... Corrosion from leakage of joints Corrosion from leakage in furnace Crown of boiler not stayed ... Uptake gone at neck Tubes wasted at ends Patches on bottom Pressure-gauges bad "i l 1 l l 1 "i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 "a 2 Total 11

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Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Description of Defect. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Jorrosion from leakage of joints .nternal corrosion and pitting 3tays wasted i 1 4 1 4 1 Total

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. 1884. May 14 June 9 June 9 June 10 June 11 Juno 18 June 18 June 30 July 24 Aug. 4 Sept. 16 Sept. 22 Oct. 4 Vertical ... Tubular ... Cornish Cornish ... Portable ... Portable ... Locomotive-type Vertical ... Tubular ... Tubular ... Portable ... Traction ... Tubular ... Verbal. New uptake in boiler. Verbal. Gusset-stays properly secured. Verbal. Five rivets renewed and re-caulked. Verbal. Be-caulk three ring-seams on bottom. Verbal. Two new screw-stays in fire-box. Written. Twelve new screw-stays in fire-box. Written. New back tube-plate. Verbal. New foundation-ring and bottom plates. Verbal. New plates on bottom over fire. Verbal. New plates on bottom over fire. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Written. Benew all joints on top of boiler, and a proper weight for safety-valve. Verbal. New sludge-hole door, and rebuild flues. Verbal. Be-caulk seams in fire-box. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Written. New plate in furnace. Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Dec. 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 22 1885. Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Tubular ... Vertical ... Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Vertical ... Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge.

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. 1885. Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Tubular ... Cornish ... Verbal. New blow-off-cock and pipe. Verbal. Bolted patch on bottom to be removed, and wasted plate and angle-iron renewed before next inspection. Verbal. To be replaced by new boiler before next inspection. Written. New fire-box. Verbal. Four stays in crown of boiler. Written. New uptake. Verbal. New set of tubes. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 27 Mar. 4 Mar. 16 Mar. 16 Cornish ... Vertical ... Vertical ... Vertical ... Locomotive Portable ... Vertical ...

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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

I have always found owners very willing to comply with instructions to fence belts, &c

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Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. 1885. Mar. 23 ... Tubular ... Verbal. Longitudinal stays to be renewed.

Date of Accident. Name and Address of Owner. Nature and Cause of Accident. 1884. Aug. 4 Thomas Crompton, Christchurch Eeported a leakage on bottom. On inspection, found it necessary to remove brickwork, and then discovered a crack in plate, caused by accumulation of dirt immediately over fire. Eeported a leakage on bottom. Upon inspection, found a patch (which I have allowed as a temporary repair) cracked. Had all the boitom renewed. Caused by inpingement of heat in front of bridge. Furnace leaking all over, caused by lighting fire when boiler was empty by mistake. Eeported leaking in furnace ; caused by lighting fire in furnace, water, being low, having leaked out through blow-off cock in the night. Had front angle-iron and bad plates renewed. July 24 Thomas York, Woolston Oct. 9 T. J. Watters, Christchurch Springfield Colliery Company, Springfield Dec. 23 I have ni notices of above natun from Westland or Nelson South Districts.

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. 1884. lune 12 rune 23 uly 2 uly 24 i.ug. 2 Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Foundry ... Printing ... Firewood saw-bench Verbal. Driving-belt from fly-wheel of engine. Verbal. Driving-belt from fly-wheel of engine. Written. Fly-wheels and driving-belts of two engines. Verbal. Printing machinery being erected in new building. Written. Top of saw-bench to be removed, and replaced by a top to slide with the wood to be cut. Verbal. Mouth of scutching-machine too open; directed how to protect. Written. Driving-belts from engine to shaft and from shaft to bone-mill. Verbal. Belts passing through floor for driving the variousmachines. Sept. 22 Flax-mill ... 3ec. 19 1885. an. 30 Bone-mill... Flour - mill, waterpower

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Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

I did not require to give notice to fence in Westland District.

Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Boilers and Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1885.

The above is the only accident I have to report for Canterbury, and have none for Westland ■or Nelson South Districts.

By Authority: Geoegh Didsbubt, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB&.

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Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. 1884. L P ril 22 Saw-mill, Westport... Verbal. To further protect driving-belt from first drivingpulley to shaft.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. William Smith, Ohoka Threshing-rnachine Patrick Quill Loss of left hand Not... In feeding threshingmachine his hand became entangled anc was drawn in.

NEW ZEALAND WRECK CHART 1 s t APRIL 1884 TO 31st MARCH 1885 Compiled from Official Records in the MARINE DEPARTMENT.

TIMARU HARBOUR. PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY N.Z. GENERAL CHART OF Timaru and adjoining Coast SHEWING WORKS COMPLETED March 31st 1885.

£OKT OF TIMA&U.

The Port of Timaru, which is the natural outlet of the large and fertile district of South Canterbury, whose export business in a few years will equal that of any port in New Zealand, is situated at a slight projection of the coast line at the south-west extremity of the Ninety-Mile Beach, south of Banks Peninsula. The Town of Timaru stands near the sea shore, partly on a rise. The lighthouse and flagstaff (only 40ft. apart) are on a cliff towards the north end of the town, in latitude 44° 23' S.', longitude 171° 17' 20" E. The breakwater, which is now 1,700ft. long, and is rapidly being pushed seawards, extends from the beach in a N.E. by N. direction, and will be seen when viewTed from the sea to be in a line with the flagstaff. The coast line from Banks Peninsula to Timaru is low, and cannot be seen in thick weather, or by night, until close in with the breakers, while southwards of the Town of Timaru the cliffs are from 30ft. to 50ft. high. This is a sure guide to Timaru —viz., low shingle beach northward, moderately high cliffs and headlands to the southward. If the wreather is clear, the high mountain range will be seen behind Timaru long before the coast line has risen. Burke's Pass, a remarkable gorge, almost directly behind Timaru, is a good landmark, showing a distinct gap, and should be steered for on a course W.S.W. magnetic; the cliffs above mentioned will prevent any mistake. Directions. —Vessels bound for Timaru, after rounding Banks Peninsula, should steer S.W. by W. southerly unless the wind be strong from E.S.E., which causes an inset, when it is necessary to keep three-quarters of a point more southerly. The shore from the end of the breakwater to Patiti Point, a long mile, S.S.E., is fronted bysand and shoal patches, with outlying reefs of rocks and kelp, ahvays breaking, the reef extending nearly two-thirds of a mile direct to seaward from Patiti Point, and one and a half miles to the south-east from the breakwater at Timaru. " The reef off Patiti Point runs out a quarter of a mile further than is marked on the charts, and should have a wide berth." From Patiti Point southward the coast is again formed of low cliffs, fronted by a shingle beach, and extends thirty miles in a south direction to Waitangi (chart, Waitaki) Biver, with several small streams intervening. A high mountain range 3,500ft. (the Hunter Hills), approach w Tithin a few miles of the coast, between Timaru and Waitaki Biver. The Timaru lighthouse is 30ft. high; it is built of wood and painted white. The light is a fixed white light of the fifth order, dioptric, and shows a green sector of 45° (four points) from W. to S.W., magnetic, as viewed from seaward. It stands 85ft. above the sea level, and, allowing 15ft. for the height of the observer's eye, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of fourteen nautical miles. The GBEEN LIGHT is intended as a guide to vessels approaching Timaru during the night. Masters of vessels are particularly cautioned that on Hearing the port, and while laying at anchor, they must not lose sight of the green light; also, that while under way, the lead-line should ahvays be kept going. Two red lights, 10ft. apart, are exhibited from the outer end of the breakwater, when weather permits, and show all round to seawards. The accommodation for shipping under the shelter of the breakwater is now very considerable, and is being rapidly increased as the work extends. Moorings are laid down, to which several vessels can be well secured, moored head and stern. There are besides about 1000ft. available wharfage for berthing vessels. The depth of water is from 10ft. to 20ft. at low w Tater, spring tides, and vessels drawing up to 16ft. are discharged and loaded wdth great facility, as the railway runs the whole length of the wharf, and steam cranes are always available. A contract has been let for the construction of the Moody Wharf, as shown on the plan, and the work is now in progress. In order to better secure the safety of the shipping of the port, and to give additional despatch, the Harbour Board has purchased a powerful tug, of 56 h.p. nominal, which is at all times available to facilitate the berthing and loading of vessels. The towage rates have been made exceedingly liberal, to induce masters of vessels to avail themselves to the utmost of the services of the tug. Signals. —The New Zealand General Signals are used. Vessels requiring a pilot may always rely upon being boarded. It has been notified by the Harbourmaster that vessels frequenting the port should be provided with at least one extra heavy anchor and strong cable, and that vessels of large tonnage, say 800 tons register and over, must not anchor in less than seven fathoms of water, the flagstaff bearing W.S.W. Vessels of less tonnage may anchor closer in on the same bearing, but not within a mile and a half of the breakwater, and in no case must approach the breakwater or moorings without permission, in consequence of the rapid extension of the harbour w-orks. On the plan are marked the best anchorages for all classes of vessels, also the bearings from the lighthouse. High water, F. and C, at 3h. 30min. ; spring tides, rise and fall, 6ft. 6in. Wat. Webster, Harbourmaster. Timaru, 31st March, 1885. \

OTAGO UPPER HARBOUR PLAN AND SECTION Shewing condition of the VICTORIA CHANNEL JANUARY 1885

PLAN Shewing Works in progress at OTAGO HEADS APRIL 1885