MARINE DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE),

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1886 Session I, H-24

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1886. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT OF THE),

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

Sib,— Marine Department, Wellington, Ist June, 1886. I do myself the honour to submit the following report of this department for the year ended on the 31st March last:— Lighthouses, etc. —No addition has been made to the number of lighthouses under the control of this department, which are twenty-nine in number, as stated in last report. These lighthouses have been maintained in good order, necessary repairs having been executed to several of them. Pencarrow Head light was reported as having been out for a short time on the loth May, 1885 ; on inquiry it was found that this was caused by a slight accident to the machinery of the lamp; but, as the principal keeper, who was on watch, did not appear to have been sufficiently vigilant, he was fined and reprimanded. Shortly afterwards, the same keeper reported that he had allowed the lamp to go out. This occurred just after his resignation had been sent in and accepted. He was, of course, relieved as soon as possible. At Moko Ilinou the keeper on watch on the 28th March went to sleep, and the light became stationary from the weight having run down. The keeper, who was a probationer, was at once dismissed. A similar occurrence also took place at Waipapapa Point on the 29th July last. In this case, too, the keeper on watch was a probationer. He was also dismissed. During the year one principal keeper resigned ; the services of two were dispensed with on account of bad health, one of whom was paid compensation; the other retired on a pension, and I regret to say that he (Principal Keeper E. J. Campbell) died shortly afterwards. Two probationary keepers mentioned were dismissed; five assistant-keepers were appointed during the same period. Bean Bock. —The stonework that protects the foundation of this lighthouse was again damaged by the easterly gale of the 15th July last, necessitating extensive repairs ; these were carried out, together with those effected after the damage done by the gale in March, 1885, at the cost of £195 6s. 2d. It is hoped that the foundation has now been made permanently secure. The surface of the foundations, being dry at low tide, affords a suitable bed for rock-oysters, a quantity of which have from time to time been planted among the interstices of the stonework, in the expectation that they will, in the course of a few years, spread over the entire surface and bind it together. Puysegur Point. —Owing to the very wet and boisterous climate at this station, it was found that the ordinary weatherboards with which the tower was covered would not keep out the wet; consequently it was found necessary to re-cover the tower. This was done with diagonal boarding, overlaid with tarred felt, and an outer covering of totara boards, with a slip-tongue of galvanized hoop-iron. It is believed that the tower will now be quite weatherproof. The work was completed at the end of March; but many of the accounts in connection with it were not received until after the end of the financial year. Centre Island. —Electric bells for calling keepers have been fitted at this station. Gape Foulwind. —Electric bells for calling keepers have also been fitted at this station. Dog Island. —A new finial for the lightning-conductor has been fixed, and a new centre for one of the holophotes, which was accidentally broken, has been procured from Paris, and fitted in position. Farewell Spit. —This station is now connected by telephone with the telegraph system of the colony. Arrangements have been made to have watch kept from the tower during the whole of the day, so that the signals made by vessels wishing to communicate by telegraph may be duly observed. Planting. —Steps were taken last year to plant pine-trees of various kinds at the lighthouse stations where there is no bush at hand ; many of these trees have grown well, and it is proposed to plant a number more this winter. Care has been taken that these trees are planted in such positions that they cannot possibly interfere with the exhibition of the light; and in time they will afford valuable shelter, and will be useful in supplying firewood. Cuvier Island. —An order has been sent Home for the apparatus and lantern for this lighthouse. It is to be a first-order revolving white light, attaining its greatest brilliancy once every thirty seconds. As soon as the land has been acquired it is proposed to begin the erection of the tower and buildings.

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Manukau Head Leading Lights. —The necessary steps for proceeding with the erection of these lights have been taken, and the work is now in progress. Jackson's Head Beacon. —Designs for a concrete beacon, to replace the one which was swept away by a gale in March, 1885, shortly after its erection, were prepared by the Marino Engineer, Mr. Blackett, and the works were commenced in February last. An experienced foreman was engaged, and he was sent to the rock with a staff of men in the s.s. "Napier," which vessel was chartered for the purpose. At the end of the financial year the work was progressing favourably. Kaikoura. —lt is proposed to place a sum on the estimates for the purpose of having a survey made of the proposed site for a lighthouse on this peninsula. Haeboues. —The control of the harbour staff at Gisborne was handed over to the Harbour Board of that port on the Ist March last. The Auckland Harbour Board abolished compulsory pilotage from the Ist October last, and thus took the lead of other Boards in the liberal policy of reducing the charges on shipping. It is to be hoped that the Harbour Boards at other ports where compulsory pilotage is still in force will not be slow to follow the good example set by Auckland. Considerable injury having been done to the channels of various harbours by the disgraceful practice of masters throwing their ballast overboard, and, repeated warnings having been disregarded, it has now been determined to prosecute all persons who are found doing this. In pursuance of this determination, proceedings were, in September, 1885, taken against the master of the "Maria Virginia" for discharging ballast in Mongonui Harbour, when he was fined £5 and costs. A large iron buoy was found on the beach on the south side of Young Nick's Head, near Gisborne, and was recovered by the Harbourmaster there, whose description of it led to the belief that it belonged to the Bluff Harbour Board, On inquiry, this was found to be the case, it having broken away from the Bluff Harbour in a gale of wind in March, 1885, and, after drifting about at sea for about four months, was picked up, as above stated, 670 miles to the northward of the port from which it started, Kaipara. —The repairs to the steam-launch referred to in last report were completed early in the year ; she is now in thoroughly good order. Eepresentations having been made that the shoals about the Heads had altered considerably, instructions were given to have a survey made of the Galatea Channel, and the banks and channels of the Wairoa Elver, including the entrances to the Oruawharo, Otamatea, and Kaipara Eivers up as far as Te Eewa Point. This is now being done. Plans for some new buoys for buoying the Wairoa River have been prepared, and it is proposed shortly to call for tenders for making them. The necessary properly-tested buoy-chain for mooring them has been procured from England. Hokianga. —l regret to have to report the death of Captain Thomas Scon, who had been Harbourmaster and pilot at this port for upwards of thirteen years. It is proposed to fill the vacancy so caused by the appointment of Mr. George Martin, who has acted as signalman and occasional pilot for the last twelve years. Wairau. —Here, too, I regret to have to report the death of the signalman and pilot, James Bulliff, who died on the 7th January last, having nearly completed eighteen years' service. He was succeeded by John Bodgers, who had been a boatman at Ilokitika for over nineteen years. A house for the signalman and pilot has been built on the pilot-station reserve, near the entrance of the river, at a cost of £294 3s. 6d. The station is now connected with the telegraph system of the colony by telephone to Blenheim. The sum of £92 15s. 2d. was expended in clearing the river of snags. This was done imder the superintendence of the Eivcr Board. Whakatane. —The contract for the removal of rocks at the entrance of the Whakatane Eivcr was completed early in the year, and the balance, £47 11s. 5d., paid to the contractor. The total cost for this service was £149 14s. Nelson. —A new pilot-boat of approved design has been supplied to this station. Waitavu. —A small boat, and material to enable the Harbourmaster to build a boat-shed, have been supplied to this place. Mokihinui. —The sum of £332 16s. lid. has been expended in improving the bar and channel, and in erection of a flagstaff, purchase of lights for leading-lights, &c. Orders in Council. —The following Orders in Council under the provisions of the Harbours Acts have been issued during the year : — April 22 : Validating election of Chairman of Waitara Harbour Board. April 22: Authorizing Mercury Bay Timber Company and Messrs. Schapp and Ansenne to construct boom across "Waiwawa Eiver. April 22 : Approving plans of boom across Waiwawa Eiver. , May 5 : Approving plans of bathing-place at Sutnner. May 5 : Approving plans of breakwater, training-bank, and railway north side of Grey Eiver. June 9 : Approving plan of swimming-bath at Timaru. July 7 : Fixing dues and rates and making regulations for Kaikoura Wharf. July 21: Authorizing Messrs. Lane and Brown to construct boom in Whangaroa Harbour. July 21: Approving of lease of portion of Thames foreshore for erection of furnace, &c, for gold-saving. July 28 : Approving plan of mooring-stage, Greymouth. August 4 : Approving plan of New Zealand Frozen Meat Company's wharf at Waitara. August 18 : Approving of Thames Harbour Board licensing J. Darrow to use portion of fore-shore. August 18: Vesting Kaiwaka Wharf, Point Curtis, in Hobson County Council. August 18 : Approving plans of Wellington Harbour Board reclamation. August 18 : Approving plans of wharf at the Needles, Mauukau. August 25 : Approving of Thames Harbour Board licensing Messrs. Tappand Dunlopto occupy foreshore.

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August 25 : Fixing dues and rates and making regulations for Havelock Wharf. September 1: Fixing tolls and charges and making regulations for Opotiki Wharves. October 13 : Approving plans of ferry-steps and landing-stage, Westport. October 13 : Approving plans of bridge across Iwitaua Eiver. . November 3 : Licensing W. Gash to use foreshore, Lower Otago Harbour, for erection of smoke-house for fish-curing. November 10 : Approving plans of extension of inner north tee, Queen's Wharf, Wellington. November 26 : Approving plan of bath at Tauranga. November 26 : Licensing Tauranga Improvement Company to occupy foreshore for bath. December 5 : Approving plans of Wellington Bowing Club's boat-shed and landing-stage. December 15 : Approving plans of bridge across Wairoa Eiver at Clyde. December 15 : Approving plans of Auckland Tramway Company's Wharf at Birkenhead. December 15 : Licensing Auckland Tramway Company to use foreshore at Birkenhead. December 29 : Approving plans of breakwater, Gisborne. January 14 : Approving extension of wharves at Aratapu and Mount Wesley. January 14 : Approving plan of coal-bins at Westport coal-staiths. January 14 : Approving plan of goods-shed on wharf, Greymouth. February 8 : Approving plan of extension of Awhitu Wharf, Manukau. February 24 : Approving plans of two bridges across Tokatoka Eiver. February 24 : Approving plans of wharf near Point Jerningham, Wellington. March 2 : Approving plans of timber wharf and viaduct at Gisborne. March 16 : Approving plan of wharf at Kaiapoi. Notices to Mariners. —Forty-four Notices to Mariners were issued during the year, of which seventeen related to matters within the colony. The following is a list of them :— Poor Knight Islands.—Sunken rock reported off. Lyttelton Harbour. —Dredging operations. Auckland Harbour.—Area taken for defence purposes. Oamaru Harbour.—White light on staging for moorings. Akaroa Harbour.—Position of jetty light altered. Wellington Harbour. —Extension of Queen's Wharf. Golden Bay. —Ballast-ground at Tata Islands. Grey Eiver. —Dredging operations (two notices). Cape Palliser.—Eesult of survey of reported danger on which s.s. " lonic " struck. New Eiver. —Buoys placed at south ends of training-walls. East Cape.—Passage between East Cape Islet and mainland unsafe. Westporc Harbour.—Position of beacons altered. Manukau Harbour, Entrance. —Eesult of recent soundings. Picton Harbour.—Wharf extension. Grahamstown.—Light on Albert Street Wharf discontinued. Farewell Spit Lighthouse.—Telephone station established. With reference to the first notice, search for the change in question has been made on several occasions by the " Stella," but no trace of it could be found. The " Hydra " rock, which for many years has been marked " PD " on the chart near Cape Saunders, was discovered, and its position fixed by Captain Grey, of the Government steamer " Stella." It was just a cable's length north of the position assigned to it by the chart. Notices to Mariners are now sent to the hydrographers of the Imperial German, the Austrian, Dutch, and United States Navies, from whom also are received copies of all the notices published by them. Light-dues. —The sum of £7,433 6s. was collected as light-dues during the year, being £1,092 14s. Bd. less than was collected last year. As the San Francisco mail steamers, and all the direct steamers arriving from England with mails, are —in the case of the steamers belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, by the terms of their contract with the Post Office, and in the case of those belonging to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company (Limited), by the special direction of the Hon. the Postmaster-General —exempted from payment of light-dues, this fully accounts for the falling-off in these dues. Nearly half of the tonnage now arriving from Great Britain is composed of steam-vessels. No amount has this year been paid to the credit of light-dues by the General Post Office on account of either the direct steamers or the San Francisco mail steamers. Government Vessels. —The " Hinemoa" has, as a rule, been empoyed on special service, and she has carried a considerable quantity of cargo at different times for various departments. She made a special trip to the Bounty and Antipodes Islands in March last, with huts and a supply of provisions and clothes, for the purpose of establishing a depot for the use of castaways on each of these groups. Appended hereto will be found a valuable and interesting report by Captain Fairchild respecting this trip. It is worthy of being mentioned that in the act of digging one of the holes for piles for the hut for stores placed on the Antipodes Islands a singular relic in the shape of a fragment of coarse pottery was turned up from about two feet below the surface. This curious discovery leads one to wonder how and whence came this piece of pottery, and it opens to the imagination the widest field for conjecture. The fragment in question has been sent to the Colonial Museum, together with specimens of the herbage growing on the island, and of the earth, rocks, &c. Eepairs of considerable magnitude were made to the " Hinemoa's " boilers early in the year, and on examination recently it was found that it would shortly be necessary to have new boilers made. Plans have accordingly been prepared, and a sum placed on the Estimates for defraying the necessary expenses for building and fitting them in position. The "Stella" has been continuously employed attending to lighthouses, buoys, &c. She also made a special trip in October last to the Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands in search of castaways, the Government of Victoria having requested a vessel to be sent to these islands (all of which, are within the statu-

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Tory boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand), as it was reported as possible that the crow of the missing ship " North American " might be found on one of them. The search, however, proved fruitless. As already stated, the " Hinemoa " went there in March last, and established depots. Notices were posted on the depot buildings that a steamer would be despatched to the islands about February or March in each year, and it will therefore be necessary to see that this is done without fail. Tenders were called for the supply of a new boiler for the " Stella," and that of Messrs. Luke and Sons for £909 was accepted; the boiler is to be completed by the 9th July. During the year the " Stella " steamed 18,860 miles, was 2,471 hours under steam, burnt 614 tons of coal, landed 1,007 tons cargo, and carried 184 passengers. The schooner " Kekeno " has as usual been employed in making visits to the Auckland and Campbell Islands and West Coast Sounds, in connection with the protection of the seal fisheries. Examination of Masters, Mates, and Engineers. —One hundred and forty-seven candidates passed their examination; of these, 109 were masters, mates, and engineers of sea-going vessels, and 38 masters and engineers of river steamers. Very strict tests are now enforced to see whether candidates suffer from colour-blindness; but, as yet, only one candidate—for a certificate as master of a river steamer—has failed from that cause. It is interesting to note that during the year one of the boys apprenticed from the Kohimarama Training School passed for, and obtained a certificate as " Only mate." Survey of Steamers. —Certificates of survey under " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," have been issued to 187 steamers of 29,624 aggregate tonnage and 9,902 horse-power, being four steamers more than were surveyed last year. Owing to the establishment of a direct line of steamers with the United Kingdom, the question of the recognition by the Board of Trade of certificates of survey issued by this department has been raised, and, as the surveys here are conducted under the same regulations as those in the United Kingdom, His Excellency the Governor was advised to apply to the Colonial Office to move the Board of Trade to issue the necessary instructions to have New Zealand certificates of survey recognized. I have little doubt that this request will be acceded to. Belief of Distressed Seamen, £c. —Certain moneys expended by this department on the relief of distressed seamen belonging to the German Empire and to the Colony of New South Wales have been recovered; and an amount of £41 10s. Bd. has been refunded to the Government of Fiji in respect of the relief of the crew of the " Active " and " Nightingale," both of which vessels belonged to New Zealand. In connection with the relief of the crew of the " Nightingale "by the master of the Peruvian ship " Kemijio," who picked up the boat's crew, consisting of the master and others, and deviated very considerately from his voyage to land them at Fiji, it was determined to present him with a binocular glass in recognition of his humane services. The AgentGeneral was therefore requested to procure one suitably inscribed, similar to those usually presented by the Board of Trade, and to hand it over to that body for presentation to Captain Howard, which has been accordingly done. Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen. —During the year accounts of the estates of eighteen seamen were received by the department in pursuance of the provisions of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877; " the names of the men and the net amount of each estate are shown in a return attached hereto. In March last the sum of £57 2s. 10d., being balances of the estates of nine seamen that had remained unclaimed for a period of six years, was, as provided by the 87th section of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," paid into the Public Account. Inspection of Machinery. —The annual reports of the Chief Inspector and the Inspectors are attached hereto. During the year an additional Inspector has been appointed to overtake work which it was found the District Inspectors could not possibly cope with. The new Inspector at first took charge of the Canterbury D istrict during the temporary absence of the Inspector; he then proceeded to Otago to work up the arrears in that district. It has not yet been settled where he is to be located, as a rearrangement of the districts is under consideration with the object of utilizing to the best advantage the services of the several Inspectors for the survey of steamvessels as well as the inspection of machinery. Wrecks and Casualties. —The accompanying table shows an analysis of the casualties reported. Those on the coast of the colony number 65, representing tonnage amounting to 25,908 tons, as against 63 casualties affecting 9,222 tons last year. The large increase in the tonnage in 1885-86 is accounted for by slight casualties to several large steamers. The number of total wrecks show a considerable decrease, being, within the colony, 10 of 1,368 tons, as against 17 of 4,175 tons the previous year. It is gratifying to be able to report that the number of lives lost is less than last year, being 36 as against 55; those lost in the colony being only 9, as against 48 in the previous year. Of the lives lost on or near the coasts of the colony, 5 were in the " Malietoa " (all hands), and 4 in the "Fanny Kelly." Of those lost beyond the colony, 10 were lost in the " Elizabeth " (all hands), 6 from the "Earl Derby," 2 from the "Ada Melmore," and 1 each from the following vessels: " Halcione," " City of Florence," " Ganges," " Edwin Bassett," " Waikato," " Dragon," " Opawa," " Glenlora," and " Sarah and Mary." The lives lost on board the " Manapouri," from the unfortunate accident caused by fumes from nitric acid, have not been included in this return. Fisheries. —Oysters: Owing to the reckless way in which the rock-oyster fisheries have been worked it has been found necessary, in order to prevent their absolute destruction, to close the beds at Whangarei, the Hauraki Gulf, and the coast and harbours between Bream Head and a point just north of the Bay of Islands for a period of three years. It is hoped that by the end of that time the beds will have recovered. 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spades, which reckless operation cleared away the small with the marketable oysters. In order to prevent this, an Order in Council has been made providing that no spade or other apparatus for taking rock-oysters shall be used of which the edge or blade shall exceed 2 inches in width. An Order in Council was also made under the provisions of "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885," prohibiting the exportation of rock-oysters from the colony. The great importance of conserving our oyster-beds, both rock and mud, cannot be more forcibly illustrated than by quoting from the report of the Eoyal Commission on the fisheries of Tasmania in 1883, which shows that whereas, in one of the best years, the number of oysters dredged from the principal native beds amounted to 22,350,000, the value of which, at the present current prices, would be £93,125, a sum which, it is stated, is more than the equivalent of the value of the exports of grain, hay, flour, and bran from Tasmania in the three years previous to the date of the report, the yield of the bods has been reduced by over-fishing to not more than 100,000 per annum. The knowledge of this should be sufficient to induce the Government here to so regulate the taking of oysters as to prevent the productiveness of our beds from being arrested or destroyed from the same cause. The quantity of oysters exported from New Zealand—chiefly to Sydney and Melbourne—during the year ended the 31st December last amounted to 1,057,760 dozen rock-oysters, valued at £3,333, and 170,455 dozen mud-oysters, valued at £2,196. Salt-water Fish, —The department is at present collecting information on the habits, spawningseason, &0., of the edible fish inhabiting New Zealand waters, with a view of adopting and enforcing a close season for some of the fish. I#fcrust to be able by next year to report more fully hereon. A trawl has been ordered from England for use on board one of the Government steamers for the purpose of ascertaining what kinds of fish can be procured on the various parts of the coast, and the best seasons for taking them. Fresh-water Fish. —A shipment of whitefish-ova was received from America in February last, unfortunately in a putrid condition. These were forwarded through the courtesy of Professor Spencer Baird, the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. A shipment of salmon-ova was received by the s.s. "lonic" in March last, and was distributed among certain acclimatization societies. I am glad to say that this shipment turned out a success—in fact, the most successful, I believe, hitherto received in the Australian Colonies. Some 200,000 ova were shipped ; but only eight of the nine boxes arrived in good condition, one having to be left out of the ice-house prepared for the ova, there being no room for it. Notwithstanding this, some healthy fry were hatched out. I note that in Tasmania their most successful shipment of salmon-ova received by the " Yeoman," in 1885, yielded 36,000 fry out of 150,000 ova shipped—or 24 per cent.—whilst those ex " lonic " yielded some 50 per cent, of healthy fry. The importation of this ova and the various steps that had to be taken in anticipation of, and after, their arrival in the colony were, as you are aware, carried out under the immediate directions of the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs. The correspondence relating to the introduction of fish-ova has been printed, and will be presented to Parliament as a separate paper. I would submit, for consideration, whether the present practice of placing the young salmonfry in many different rivers is a judicious one. It would appear to be more desirable to place all the salmon-fry hatched into one particular river, that river being selected, regardless of position and district, as being the best salmon river, on account of the temperature of water and other necessary conditions. When once salmon are established in one river, it would be only a work of time to get them placed, at any rate, in most of the rivers in the Middle Island. In support of this plan, I quote the following paragraph from the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries Eeport for 1883 on the subject of Artificial Propagation of Fish: " Failures have resulted, in a large degree, from the limited, scale on which the work has been carried out. If the expectancy of destruction in a given locality be estimated as representing one million young fish, and any number less than one million be introduced therein, it is easy to understand that there will be no result." This opinion appears to apply with singular force to New Zealand, where several of the acclimatization societies are eager to secure a share of the young salmon in order that they may be turned out in rivers in various parts of the colony, some of which are entirely unfitted for the salmon to thrive, or, perhaps, even to live in. Now that the Government have taken in hand the importation of fish-ova, I submit for consideration whether it would not be desirable, in the public interest, to make some inquiry as to the operations of acclimatization societies, especially in relation to pisciculture. So far as I can make out, there are no less than twenty-one such societies in the colony. All that appears to be requisite for the establishment of a society is, that a copy of its rules, signed by the chairman and countersigned by three members thereof, shall be deposited in the office of the Colonial Secretary. There is thus nothing to prevent any half-dozen persons from forming themselves into an acclimatization society in any district where no organization of that kind had already been constituted. It has, heretofore, been the practice, at the instance of any one of these societies, to make and gazette regulations under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," for fishing in specified waters within the district in which such society operates. These regulations prescribe a fee, usually £1, for every fishing license. There is no specific authority in the Act for imposing this fee; this seems to have been done under the provisions in the Act quoted, which authorize the Governor to make such regulations for certain specified purposes as seem expedient, and also " as to any other matter or thing which in any manner relates to the management and protection of salmon or trout in this colony, or to the fishing for or taking salmon or trout." In some districts considerable amounts must be collected from the public for such licenses, and, as the license-fees are of the nature of a tax, I think it would be only reasonable in future to require that the accounts of societies which receive these fees should be published. I think it would also be reasonable for the Government in future to require any society which submits regulations for approval and publication to furnish, along with such regulations, a copy of its rules and a list of its members. I understand that seven fish-hatcheries, belonging to acclimatization societies, are in existence now, viz., one each at Auckland, Wairarapa, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wallacetown (Inver*

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cargill), and Queenstown, and one, belonging to a private individual, at Opawa, near Christchurch. Now that communication between different parts of the country has been so greatly facilitated by the extension of the railways, it is worthy of consideration whether better results, with less expenditure of money, could not be obtained by having two well-equipped establishments, one in the North and one in the Middle Island, whence the young fry could be easily distributed. In making the above remarks I have no desire whatever to detract in the slightest degree from the credit that is due to many of the acclimatization societies, for undoubtedly they have rendered lasting and most valuable service to the colony in introducing and stocking our rivers with trout. This good work has been accomplished by the zeal, energy, and public spirit of the members of those societies, who have not only contributed largely from their private purses, but have, year after year, sedulously watched over the hatching of the ova, and afterwards undertaken long and toilsome journeys to distant lakes and rivers to liberate the young fish. My object has been to exhibit the question in a purely economic light, and to suggest a course of action in regard to these societies which, I am inclined to think, would tend to establish them on a satisfactory footing, and promote their well-being, as it would operate in the direction of preventing the undue increase of small weak societies, and thus strengthen and widen the sphere of usefulness of the larger and older ones. Harbour Improvement Plans.- —Only two Harbour Boards, viz., Timaru and Oamaru, have forwarded plans this year for publication. These are attached hereto. Betiims. —The usual report, by the Marine Engineer, works carried out, annual returns, wreck-chart, &c, are appended hereto. I have, &c, William Seed, The Hon. the Minister having Charge of the Marino Department. Secretary.

Captain Faibchild to the Seceetaey, Marine Department, Wellington. Sic, — " Hinemoa," s.s., Wellington, 25th March, 1886. In accordance wifih instructions contained in your letter of the 13th March, I proceeded to the Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and have to report as follows : — We reached the Antipodes at 10 a.m. on the 16th March, and, after steaming round the island, found fairly good anchorage on the north-east side, in fifteen fathoms of water, with black sandy bottom. We at once proceeded to land the material and erect the house, which was finished at 5 p.m on the 17th, and all the stores, &c, deposited therein. I travelled up to the highest part of the island, which I found to be 1,320 ft. high, and which I named Mount Galloway, after our chief engineer, who accompanied me. Nearly the whole of the island is covered with coarse grass, and there are over 2,000 acres of land comparatively level, on which albatrosses sit in thousands. There are also two streams of water, taking their source from the mount; one empties into the sea on the north-east side of the island, and the other on the north-west side ; each of these streams discharges about five gallons of excellent water per minute. There is no bush or wood of any kind on the island. As far as I could see, there were no off-lying dangers near the island, with the exception of a reef running off the south-west end of the island, about half a mile long, and has a rock on its outer end about three feet out of water. We caught no fish while at the island, although we had fishing-lines from the vessel, and I regret that time would not permit of my taking the boats in search of better fishing-ground. It is high-water, full, and change about 3h. 30m.; range about 6ft. The house is erected on the north-east end of the island, in the best-sheltered place we could find, about 100 ft. above sea-level, and about 300 ft. in from shore, and can be seen a good distance off from a vessel approaching from the north-east. Enclosed is a rough sketch of the island. A peculiar incident happened whilst sinking the holes for the posts for the house. When down about 2ft. we unearthed a piece of an earthenware bowl, which I forward to you, also samples of grasses, fern, and rock of, volcanic origin. I also found some pieces of timber, which had been the remains of an old hut; but, as it was New Zealand wood, it had, no doubt, been a sealer's hut. Sheep and goats would do well on the island, and I would recommend that some be sent there next trip of a Government vessel; also, some English grass and blue-gum and wattle seeds. The wet weather was not so severe as might be expected ; the lowest thermometer was 42°. The Bounty Islands were reached at 10 a.m. on the 19th, and, after finding a fairly-good anchorage in twenty-three fathoms of water on the north side, we at once proceeded to select a site and erect a House. The house is erected on the largest island, near the western side of the group, and is about 120 ft. above sea-level, and can be seen from a vessel approaching from the north. I enclose a rough sketch of these islands, which are fourteen in number, and run from 20ft. to 290 ft. in height, and are composed of coarse granite, without a speck of vegetation on them, not even a bit of moss, and no fresh water. They are covered with millions of penguins and other sea-birds. As there is no firewood I would recommend that a cheap cooking-lamp be made, which would burn penguin fat or oil. There would be no trouble in getting any amount of penguin oil, and by this means castaways could cook fish, &c.; and, as for fresh water, I think that, as much rain falls there during a great part of the year, they might catch the rain-water, and so exist. We steamed round the islands and through a passage between what may be called the eastern and western groups, taking frequent soundings. The lead brought up some specimens of very handsome and delicate live shells, which got broken. I regret that I had no time to use the dredge to obtain further specimens, because dredging about the islands would prove interesting. Seals are scarce, as we only saw one; and, like at the Antipodes, we caught no fish, as time would not permit of our going to the best grounds. Near where we built the house we found the remains of an old hut and some firewood; and, as it was New Zealand wood, it was probably left there by a party of sealers from the South Island, who, to my knowledge, visited the Bounty Islands about six years ago. I have, &c, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. John Faiechild.

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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

;uro o; Ixpem ture. Ls. Is. [ram Is. lead Office:— Secretary Chief Clerk 2 Clerks Marine Engineer Draftsman Nautical Assessor £ s. d. 200 0 0 390 0 0 430 0 0 300 0 0 205 8 4 300 0 0 £ s, d. s: s, d. 1,825 8 4 [arbours :— Manukau, — Salaries Repairs to signal station Overhauling buoys Contingencies Russell,— Salaries Contingencies Whangaroa,— Contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries Contingencies Kaipara,— Salaries Repairs to steam-launch Stores, coals, and contingencies Opunako,— , Salary Contingencies Rangitikei,— Salary Contingencies Foxton, — Salaries Contingencies Wairoa, — Salary Contingencies Wangawehi,— Maintenance of light Whakatano, — Removal of rocks 708 0 0 G2 0 t> 65 4 2 6 15 4 306 0 0 9 0 0 373 13 4 23 0 5 735 2 5 296 12 7 143 6 4 0 10 0 841 19 11 315 0 0 0 10 0 39G 13 9 1,175 1 4 1,825 8 GO 0 0 17 17 0 77 17 0 107 2 0 39 2 7 140 4 7 327 15 0 10 19 10 333 14 10 100 0 0 5 0 0 105 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 47 11 5 Tauranga,— Salaries Contingencies Gisborno, — Salaries Contingencies Wairau, — Salary House for signalman .. ;. Removal of snags, &c. Contingencies Picton, — Salaries Contingencies Havelock, — Salary Contingencies Nelson, — Salaries Contingencies Motueka, — Contingencies Riwaka, — Salary Contingencies Waitapu,— Salary Contingencies Collingwood,— Salary of lightkeeper Contingencies Karamea, — Contingencies Mokihinui, — Improvement of bar and channel .. Erection of flagstaff Contingencies Nilo River, — Maintenance of signals 47 11 5 318 0 0 50 8 11 3C8 8 11 325 8 4 24 10 4 349 18 8 139 3 1 294 3 G 92 15 2 85 G 1 611 7 10 129 0 0 17 17 G 146 17 6 20 0 0 12 17 0 32 17 0 91G 9 1 108 18 0 1,025 7 1 0 2 6 0 2 6 12 0 0 1 12 0 13 12 0 18 15 0 48 5 11 G7 0 11 18 15 0 18 8 0 37 3 G 27 10 0 27 10 0 218 0 0 74 0 8 40 16 3 332 16 11 35 2 3 35 2 3 Carried forward .. 6,532 17 11 1,825 8

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Nature of Expenditure. Details. Is. tram Is. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,532 17 11 £ s. d. 1,825 8 4 Brought forward Habbouks — continued. Hokitika, — Salaries Contingencies Okarito,— Salary Contingencies Catlin's River, — Salary Contingencies Fortrose, — Salary Contingencies Eiverton, — Salary Akaroa, — Salary .. .. ... Contingencies Waimakiriri, — Salary Contingencies Kaikoura, — Salary Contingencies 50 0 0 35 14 0 125 0 0 38 2 11 342 5 2 62 14 3 100 0 0 18 9 3 404 19 5 85 14 0 163 2 11 118 9 3 120 0 0 120 0 0 25 0 0 11 15 8 36 15 8 110 0 0 GO 0 0 170 0 0 23 17 9 0 16 2 29 13 11 General harbour contingencies Compensation to signalman, Greymouth, lor loss of office.. 130 12 5 130 12 5 274 17 0 8,067 2 6 Lighthouses :— Salaries of keepers Keepers' travelling expenses .. .. .. Oil Stores and contingencies Pension to widow of late Lightkeeper Deck Lighthouse artificer " Stella," s.s., — Amount expended for new boiler Wages, stores, provisions, &c. 7,876 10 8 26 9 11 1,088 15 2 1,991 1 9 21 0 0 116 13 4 25 15 3 4,790 1 10 11,123 10 10 15,754 8 8 Less amount earned by steamer 4,815 17 1 184 19 3 4,630 17 10 Belief of distressed seamen Provision depots for castaways on Antipodes and Bounty Islands Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Departmental travelling expenses Charts Coastal buoys and beacons Survey of Steamers, — Salary of engineer surveyor Travelling expenses 90 15 8 116 8 9 101 10 10 42 8 5 62 16 6 2 5 0 Sundries Surrender of lease of site for sailors' home at Lyttelton Expenses under Fisheries Conservation Act Inspection of Machinery,—■ Salaries of Inspectors .. Travelling expenses Cost of collection of fees Sundries 500 0 0 222 0 6 722 0 6 75 7 2 257 11 2 5 11 6 1,536 15 6 1,400 0 0 588 9 10 56 4 0 14 9 6 Examination of Masters and Mates, — Salaries Contingencies 2,059 3 4 2,059 3 4 575 0 0 17 17 2 Protection of Seal Fisheries, — Schooner "Kekeno," wages, stores, &c. .. " Hinemoa," s.s., — Repairs Wages, coal, stores, provisions, &c. 592 17 2 592 17 2 Gil 2 3 951 17 5 G,788 10 9 611 2 3 Less amount earned by steamer 7,740 8 2 121 17 0 7,618 11 2 7,618 11 2 Less amounts credited to vote .. .. " 38,065 8 11 473 7 0 £37,592 1 11

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Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Tear ended the 31st March, 1886.

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

* Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egmont. i Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparatus, which wore romoved from Mana Island, is not included in this. ; Built by Provincial Government of Auckland; cost not known in Marine Department.

Return showing Expenditure on New Lighthouses, &c., out of Public Works Loan, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return showing the Certificates of Service issued to Masters, Mates, and Engineers during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Name of Port. Pilotage Port Charges, &o. Total. Auckland* Russell Dnehunga Kaipara rhames* Mongonui .. Hokianga .. lauranga jisbornef .. Waitara* Hew Plymouth* Wanganui* Foxton Patea* Wairoa Napier* Wellington* .. Nelson Hokitika Lyttelton* rimaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* [nveroargill* .. Blufi* £ s. a. 1,314 19 7 9 5 0 £ s. a. 2,226 15 8 £ s. d. 3,541 15 3 9 5 0 149 2 5 491 14 11 96 5 9 62 5 0 54 0 3 11 5 1 72 17 7 140 18 5 127 9 0 425 4 9 130 7 2 41 1 4 92 15 6 2,713 6 5 4,519 0 8 1,108 2 7 11 5 8 5,890 17 4 669 14 9 1,038 1 0 8,783 7 5 54 13 1 1,476 10 2 238' 6 8 47 1 0 149 2 5 253 8 3 49 4 9 62 5 0 54 0 3 11 5 1 72 17 7 104 16 11 60 17 0 425 4 9 130 7 2 37 4 4j 89 17 Oi 1,934 4 8 1,018 4 2 1,108 2 7 11 5 8 3,32C 13 9 42 1 6 60 12 0 3 17 0 2 18 6 779 1 9 3,500 16 6 484 10 4j 4,061 18 2 16 2 10 673 10 0 2,564 3 7 669 14 9 553 10 8 4,121 9 3 38 10 8 803 0 2 Totals .. 15,836 14 6 15,880 12 0 31,717 6 6 Harbour Board revenue. J £7 2s. 3a. Harbour Board revenue.

famo o: ligl [OUSC. Ios1 Ereci ion. Pcncarrow Head Nelson Tin Tiri .. Mana Island* Taiaroa Head Godley Head Dog Island .. Farewell Spit .» Nugget Point Cape Campbell Manukau Head Cape Foulwind .. .. Brothers Portland Island Mocraki Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Maria van Diemen Akaroa Head Capo Saunders Capo Egmontf Moko Hinou Waipapapa Point Ponui Passage J Kaipara Head French Pass Cost of telegraph cable to Tiri Tiri .. Miscellaneous and unallocated £ s. d. 6,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,513 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 1C 4 10,480 12 8 6,189 11 8 6,597 8 7 5,619 2 G 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 6,060 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

Nature of Expenditure. Amount. & s. d. 300 2 7 Jackson's Reef Beacon

Auckland Dnehunga Wliangaroa .. Kaipara Russell Mongonui Poverty Bay .. New Plymouth Wanganui Picton Wellington .. Napier Nelson .. Lyttelton rimaru Damaru Dunedin Bluff £ s. d. 1,627 18 0 12 15 4 31 17 4 127 15 i 84 16 0 8 2 0 3 11 8 21 19 6 15 10 0 2 4 4 1,777 8 10 182 5 4 100 18 2 927 1 2 137 0 4 47 19 4 1,242 19 6 1,084 3 10 Total £7,433 6 0

Name of Person. Bank. Class of Certificate. Dato of Issue. No. ohn Hebley .. Samuel Tiller .. ienry Parker .. ames Mentiplay Alexander Hendry Master Home trade 21 May, 1885 5 Aug., „ 23 Mar., 1886 10 Aug., 1885 11 Jan., 188G 2533 2534 2535 1042 1043 Engineer First class .. Second class

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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.

Return of Estates of Deceased Seamen received in pursuance of the provisions of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. lescriptiou. Period of E evolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower built of Dwellings built of Date first lighted. Cape Maria van J Diemen Moko Hinou TiriTiri.. Ponui Passage Portland Island \ 1st order dioptric 1st order dioptric 2nd 5th 2nd Bevolving Fixed Flashing Fixed 1' 10" White Bed, to show over Columbia Eeef White White, with red arc over Flat Rock White and red White Bed, to show over Bull Bock Whito Timber Stone Iron Timber Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 29 July, 1871 10 Feb., 1878 Bevolving Fixed 30" Pencarrow Head Cape Egmont Manukau Heads Kaipara Head Brothers 2nd order dioptric 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Flashing 10" 10" Iron Timber Timber Uan., 1S50 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Fixed Bed, to show over Cook Bock White Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki .. Taiaroa Head Cape Saundera Nuggot Point Waipapapa Point .. Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Bevolving Fixed Flashing Fixed Bevolving Fixed Flashing .Bevolving 1' i6" r Bed '.'. '.'. White Timber Stone Timber Stone her Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 18G5 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 10" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red ares over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Bevolving 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 Bed, with white light on beacon Iron 4 Aug., 18G2 French Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884

Nature of Keceipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Act, — Fees for shipping and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms .. Survey of steamers Examination of masters, mates, and engineers Light-dues Merchant Shipping Act Inspection of Machinery Act L'ilotagc and port charges Sale of charts Sundry receipts under Harbours Acts Sundries .. .. .. £ s. d. 1,000 15 3 1,175 7 0 194 5 0 7,433 G 0 121 10 0 2,500 0 0 2,185 18 11 52 3 6 124 0 0 9 7 3 Total £14,802 12 11

Name of Seaman. Net Amount of Estate. Name of Seaman.' Not Amount of Estate. Alexander Murphy W. Hansen, alias E. W. P. Peterson James McLellan Frederick Augustus Yates Andrew Munro Edward Jarvis .. G. Duke Joseph Wolfenden Vincent Croll £ s. d. 3 4 3 0 5 4 16 9 0 8 9 0 19 0 0 5 9 0 3 0 4 11 4 2 3 2 Harry Bridge James Hall William Beard James Moore Thomas West Robin Sydney Bing Charles Schultzo Charles C. A. Laker Alexander Morice £ s. d. 19 0 2 1 16 6 25 2 9 0 13 6 12 3 13 2 6 0 4 9 6 18 6 27 0 0

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Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Name of Vessel. m HorseBetter. |°™£ Nature oi Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Eemarks. Akaroa Alexandra Antrim Arawata Argyle .. Awarua Awhina .. Balclutha Beautiful Star .. Bee Bella Birkenliead Blanche Black Diamond .. Boojum Britannia Calliope Canterbury Charles Edward .. City of Cork Clansman Coromandel Delta .. Devonport Dispatch Douglas Durham Effort Elsie Enterprise Erin Fairy Fairy Fingal Fly Gairloeh Glenelg Go-Ahead Gordon Grafton Hannah Mokau .. Hauraki Hauroto Hawea Heathcote Herald .. Hokianga Huia Ida Ino Invereargill Iona Iona Iron Age Isabel Jane Janet Nicoll Jane Douglas Jane Williams Kakanui Katikati Kawatiri Kennedy Kina Kiwi Kopuru Koputai Koranui Kotuku La Buona "Ventura Lady Barkly Lalla Eookh Lara Lilio Lily Little George Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Macgregor Maliinapua Mahinapua Manapouri Manawatu Manukau Maitai Matau Maori 43 73 35 623 129 100 5 84 146 28 30 30 300 40 80 50 50 30 2 12 1C 9 20 12 40 7 24 60 46 98 25 30 12 40 30 30 12 8 32 4 15 4 13 3 85 75 45 30 123 15 18 253 100 35 85 7 25 10 20 50 45 65 30 8 8 90 20 15 22 8 70 50 15 30 20 120 80 40 4 18 15 7 10 10 4 14 25 80 60 80 10 300 40 15 55 40 8 Compound Non-eondensing ScrewPaddle Extended river Eiver Compound Screw Sea-going *■ * " Non-condensing Condensing Non-condensing Paddle Screw Stern-wheel .. Screw River Sea-going River Extended river Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Eiver Tug. Now tug. 12 55 8 9 14 108 11 Launch. Compound Non-condensing Paddle ! '. Screw Paddle Screw Paddle Twin-screw New vessel. Launch. 140 42 336 67 CO . 24 38 55 53 13 Compound Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw Extended river Sea-going Extended river Sea-going Extended river Eiver New vessel. Non-condensing Paddle . '. Condensing Sea-going Tug. Screw Compound Eiver Launch. 61 Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Extended river "32 22 Non-condensing Condensing Non-eondensing Compound Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Eiver 8ea-going * 187 156 129 Twin-screw Screw New vessel. 242 35 59 1,276 462 94 356 Twin-screw Screw Eiver Sea-going Extended river Sea-going New launch. it '' » • • Eiver Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Eiver Hopper barge. 90 12 32 123 61 159 30 Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Launch. Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Wrecked. New vessel. Stern-wheel .. Screw Paddle Screw New launch. 25 496 75 33 57 27 286 138 39 132 28 5 301 41 4 39 44 Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Compound u • • Twin-screw Screw Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Extended river Sea-going Eiver Sea-going Eiver Sea-going New vessel. Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw Three screws .. Screw Tug. Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Extended river Eiver Sea-going River Eiver Kiver Launch. 10 20 ir Paddle Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Paddle Launch. Launch. H 6 86 89 163 205 If • Condensing Compound Screw Twin-screw Stern-wheel .. Screw Extended river Sea-going Tug. 1,020 112 45 163 50 17 Non-condensing Compound. River Sea-going Launch. Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Stern-wheel .. Screw Eiver Sea-going Eiver Extended river New vessel.

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Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Horsepower of Nature of Engines. Engines. Nature of Propoller. Class of Certificate. Bemarks. Maori Mawhera Merle Minnie Casey Moa Mohaka Moturoa Mountaineer Murray Napier Neptune Noko No. 222 .. Ohau Omapere Orawaiti Oreti Patiki Pearl Pelham Pelorus Penguin Peninsula Picton Pioneer Planet .. Plucky Progress Rangiriri Result Result .. Result .. Reynolds Ringa,rooma Riro Riro Rose Casey Rosina Rotoiti .. Rotomahana Rotomahana Rotorua Rowena Ruby Scotchman Sea Gull Sir Donald Snark Spray .. Staffa St. Kilda Stormbird Sumner Suva Taiaroa Tainui Tainui Takapuna Tarn O'Shantor .. Tamsui Tangihua Tarawcra Taupo .. Te Anau Te Aroha Tekapo 118 340 60 75 12 25 25 12 10 25 18 24 18 9 120 92 100 120 43 22 7 68 12 180 18 8 5 8 40 50 30 10 4 14 14 300 4 40 14 15 450 45 172 30 14 10 3 12 6 3 25 45 40 35 55 110 22 8 20 12 160 15 250 92 250 14 270 Condensing .. Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing .. Non-condensing Screw Soa-going 43 110 20 Stern-wheel .. Screw River Launch. Sea-going Extended river Launch. 66 78 48 44 15 502 411 352 283 138 37 9 228 18 442 31 7 5 13 29 200 30 13 Compound Condensing .. Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-eondensing Paddle !! Screw Twin-screw Screw Paddle Screw River Sea-going Extended river River Sea-going m River Extended river Sea-going River Sea-going River Extended river River Extended river Soa-going Launch. Dredge. Launch. Launch. Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Paddle Screw Compound Tug. Hopper-dredge. 'is Non-condensing Stern-wheel .. Paddle Screw River Extended river River Extended river River Sea-going River Extended river Launch. Launch. 623 4 99 21 17 864 139 576 74 32 30 Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing .. Compound Twin-serew Screw River Soa-going Launch. Non-condensing V • • Extended river River Launch. 29 Condensing Non-condensing ft . . Extended river River 40 174 137 94 177 228 41 Condensing » ... *• ■ . Sea-going Launch. Compound Non-condensing Compound River Sea-going Hopper-barge. Non-condensing Paddle !! Screw Paddle Screw River Extended river River Extended river Sea-going River Sea-going Wrecked. 57 22 919 20 1,269 408 1,028 50 1,544 Launch. Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw River Sea-going First survey in colony. Launch. Launch. New vessel. Terrier Terror Theodore Timaru Titan Tongariro Tongariro Triumph 3 10 25 70 55 10 25 400 Non-condensing River 35 279 21 39 62 1,797 Compound Condensing .. Non-condensing Paddle Screw Paddle Sea-going Extended river River Sea-going Tug. Compound Screw First survey in colony New vessel. Tuhua .. Tui Vesta Victoria Vivid Waihi Waihora "VVaikato Waipara Wairarapa Wairoa Waitaki Waitara Waiwera 55 3 93 1G 63 1,269 61 70 1,023 48 228 11 28 22 5 40 14 20 2G5 20 13 292 16 90 15 8 Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Stern-wheel .. Screw River Sea-going River Paddle Screw Extended river Soa-going Launch. Compound Non-condensing Paddle ! '. Twin-screw Screw River Sea-going Compound Condensing Compound Non-condensing Extended river Sea-going River New launch. H • •

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Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Name of Vessel. Tons Eegister. Horsepower of Engines. Nature ol Engines. Nature of Propellor, i Class of Certificate, Bemarka. Waiwera Wakatipu Wakatu Wallabi Wallaco Wanaka Wareatea Waverley Weka Wellington Westland Zephyr .. G 1,157 75 101 64 278 288 76 53 279 35 10 256 30 25 50 120 70 25 20 80 GO 12 Compound Screw Extended river Sea-going Launch, Condensing .. u Wrecked. Compound flj Twin-screw Screw * Condensing .. Non-condensing Paddle Screw * Tug. Launch. River

ISTamo of Person. 1 Hank. Class ot Certificate I Date of Issue No. Charles Hodge* Edwin Phillips Valentine J. R. Christian .. John Charles Hill John Charles Roberts Felix Black George James Goss Edward John Harvey First Mato Master Ordinary .. Foreign trade 1 April, 1885 .. 11 „ „ .. 11 , „ .. 11 „ „ ■■ 11 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 426 427 288 428 429 430 431 432 Only Mats First Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Only Mate (local renewal) George McDonald John Jackson Addison McMeckan Alfred Henry Compton Charles Frederick Helander* John Outran Thorns s Frederick Bradford Frederick Warren Markham Harry Robert Smith Ernest Warner Cleveland Alexander Robinson Andrew Anderson Ernest Augustus Brown William Miller John Larnach George McKenzie Herbert George Evans Angus Campbell William Donald Mark Fumeaux Thomas Powell Henry Matheson Anders Pedersen John Taylor Anderson William Waller .. John Wilson Arthur Frederick Anthony Thomas Braidwood William Bishop George Bell Asa Norman Whitney Thomas Bergen Do Wolfe Daniel Mathieson Thomas Harries Archibald Duncan McPhail William Gifford Fildes .. John McMaster Stewart John Metcalfe Herbert George Moxon John Robertson Malcolm Livingstone Lionel Campbell Hugh Worrall John McLean Cameron John Johnson John Collinson Alexander Robinson James Robinson Frederick William Johnson homas Gilmour... George Taylor Clarke Arthur Coo William Campbell John Mackay Oscar Jarman William Henry Neville James Mill Ludwig Carl Albert Waldernar von Glasenapp Claude Duret George Kassens .. Master Ordinary .. First Mato Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate Second Mate 28 „ „ .. 4 May, „ .. 12 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 1 June, „ .. 11 „ „ ... 1G „ „ ■■ 16 „ „ .. 10 . „ .. 25 „ „ .. 23 „ „ .. 10 July, „ .. 16 „ „ .. 22 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 28 „• „ .. 5 Aug., „ .. 11 . „ .. n , , ... 21 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 4 Sept., „ .. 21 „ .. 26 „ „ .. 6 Oct., „ .. 6 „ „ .. G „ „ .. G „ „ .. 21 „ „ ... 29 „ „ .. 2 Nov., „ .. 2 5 "„ "„'.'. 5 » „ ■• 5 „ „ 17 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 10 Dec 10 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 11 Jan., 1886 .. 11 „ . .-. 11 , „ ... 18 „ „ ".. 26 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 8 Feb., „ .. 15 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 8 March, „ .. G „ .. 6 „ „ .. 8 „ .. 353 433 292 434 131 435 43G 437 438 439 340 440 328 441 397 442 443 214 444 445 401 44G 447 218 448 449 450 416 324 451 452 357 382 453 454 455 390 456 457 458 459 150 460 461 439 404 462 463 464 465 466 349 467 468 469 470 471 472 First Mate // • • Master Ordinary .. Second Mato Master Ordinary .. Second Mato Only Mato First Mato Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Master Ordinary .. ir • • (renewal) Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. *■ • • tr * • » • * ft • • it • ■ Second Mate First Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mato First Mate Second Mato Only Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate „ (renewal) * • • First Mato Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Only Mate Second Mato Master Ordinary .. First Mato Second Mato Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Only Mate .. * Issued during suspension of Master's certificate.

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

Name o: 'crson. tan] lass o: Icri lea;e. ie o: [ssue. ;o. Charles Edward Wisdom Fleming .. William Alfred Glover John Mill Oscar Craythorne Manning Thomas Henry Malcolm John Silvester Liddell Edward John Harvey Walter Samuel Pope John Shawyer Barnes James Ryan Christian Hansen. . .. ■ Ernest Kenneth Muirhead William Arthur Wildman Henry Hamilton Johnston Johann Fredrich Bust John Nicolas Theodore William Haultain Lionel Campbell Hugh Worrall Samuel Benney Joshua Harris James Eamsay Benjamin Poole Joseph Lockie Thomas Wills Paul Coffoy .. ... Alfred Henry Skudder Mark Thomas John Wyman Robert Huia Gibbons Ralph Dawson Welsh Benjamin Palmer Philip Samuel Jones Richard Liddle W'illiam Henry Brewer George Tee Charles John Swann Robert Stewart John Purdie Alexander Milne John Craigie Gifford Edward William Titchener Robert Packer John Smith Edward Mundle John Lindsay Galbraith Neil Dickson Hood .. Herman Nielsen Thomas Cargill Ernest Soager Stratford William Alexander McGregor David Mitchell David Reith William McKeegan John Anderson Moyes John McLeod Philip James Carman John Baird Rankin Hobert Smith Ross Alexander McNair James Barr Robert Tosh Dickie Peter Mudie Samuel Dalrymplo William Signal Asa Norman Whitney Master Ordinary .. First Mate Second Mate First Mate Second Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer Foreign trade Home trade (renewal) Home trade •> ■ • „ (renewal) River trade (renewal) H • • (renewal) Foreign trade 8 March, 1886 .. 15 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 24 „ ... 2G , „ .. 29 24 April, 1885 .. 30 „ , ... 5 June, , .. 10 „ „ .. 10 July, „ .. 14 Aug., „ .. 12 Oct., „ .. 12 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 2 Nov., „ .. 10 Dec, „ .. 22 „ „ .. 11 April, „ .. 21 „ „ .. 2 June, „ .. 29 „ „ .. 14 Aug., „ .. 27 „ „ .. 31 „ „ .. 13 Oct., , .. 24 „ „ .. G Nov., „ .. 25 „ „ .. 10 Dec, „ .. 2G Jan., 1886 .. 1 March, „ .. 4 April, 1885 .. 15 „ , .. 4 May, „ 21 „ „ .. 29 June, , .. 29 „ , .. 20 July, „ .. 21 „ „ .. 29 „ 29 „ „ .. 24 Aug., „ .. 12 Oct., „ .. 12 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 1C „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 10 Nov., , .. 18 Dec, „ .. 22 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 5 Jan., 1886 .. 11 „ „ .. 29 „ „ ., 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 4 Feb., „ .. 8 „ „ .. 15 ,. , .. 18 „ „ .. 26 „ „. .. 26 „ „ .. 10 Nov., 1885.. 473 474 475 476 341 477 5,286 5,257 5,287 5,148 5,283 5,289 5,250 5,290 5,254 5,267 5,291 5,283 5,292 3,110 3,111 3,112 3,113 3,114 3,115 3,116 3,117 3,118 3,119 3,120 3,121 3,122 3,123 93 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 75 137 98 138 139 140 95 141 142 143 144 H 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer * • • 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer * • • H • * 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer • 4> 1st Class Engineer » • • * * * • • " a 103 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 451 2nd Class Engineer Master, passed in steam Engineer .. U • • JohnMcGill Frederick Hugh Wilson David Penman John Henry Stubbs Arthur Wellington Howe Thomas Bowie Villers Walter Beere Joshua Harris .. James Carter Walter Simmonds John White John Marr Walker Ernest Charles Binns William Ewington Benjamin Charles Curno Joshua Mallett John Ramsay Arthur Steelo Ford Alexander James Pickering Connell Henry Jerred James Murray George Ritson James Wilson Bower James Branton Massey River trade >f • • * • • • • • t, .. * • • * * ■ 4 May, „ .. 4 „ „ .. 4 „ » ... 7 20 „ „ ... 23 „ „ .. 16 June, „ .. 7 July, „ .. 16 „ „ .. 11 Aug., „ .. 15 Sept., „ .. 28 „ ' „ .. 30 Oct., „ .. 10 Nov., „ .. 14 „ » .. 10 Dec, „ .. 30 „ „ .. 4 Jan., 1886 .. 5 16 , "„ .'. 15 Feb., . .. 18 „ „ .. 12 March, „ .. 23 „ , .. 1,479 1,480 1,481 1,482 1,483 1,484 1,485 1,486 1,487 1,488 1,489 1,490 1,491 1,492 1,493 1,494 1,495 1,496 1,497 1,498 1,499 1,500 1,501 1,502 * • • 0 • • j>1 • • * * • » ■ • m • • 0 * •

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Return showing the Number of Masters, Mates, and Engineers examined during the , ended the 31st March, 1886, 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, 1886.

• £195 6s. 2d, of this amount was for repairs to foundations of tower. + £59 Is. 4d. of this was for new ruby lamp-glasaes. J £24 16s. 9d. of this was for repairs to burners. £im 133. KM. of this was for repairs to tower,

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Wellington. L; 'ttelton. Dunodin. Thames. Totals. Auckland. Class of Certificate. ■d re 1 1 3 d d O P( PH H rd rd I 1 ! Pi h H h I I >d rrj S « I o Ph Ph Eh foreign - going masters and mates lome-trade masters and mates liver-steamer masters !ca-going engineers liver-steamer engineers 20 19 39 2 5 1 4 4 22 59 9 1 10 10 6 16 28 5 1 .. 14 4 _±^_ 45 10 33 67 31 91 3 3 4 7 7 3 12 7 2 9 1 4 1 13 ! 7 5 43 3 I 1 1 1 3 1 1 18 3 8 1 8 11 12 31 17 5 2 5 1 li 1, 3i LI Totals 37 38 14 7 i 21 i I 4 .uranga. apier. Xgaruawi ihia. Tairuj ingai mi. liver-steamer masters liver-steamer engineers it <e 3 o p< Ph H f3 I id • a 3 d O t3 rrj 1 1 3 III 1 1 1 i '3 3 0 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 J I I 1 .. ! 1 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 1 i 1 i 1 4 Totals 1 1 i 'icton. Invercarj MI. Qui ;enstown. Westpo] ■t. liver-steamer engineers m a> it 1 1 fc EH it •i 1 1 O £ B P4 id id rd % * o 61 1 1 2 ! 1 .. I 1 1 I .. I 1 1 1 .. 1 i .. i 4 I i 147 i 1 45 Totals 1 192

Oil. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Value. Stores and Contingencies* Totals. Jape Maria van Diemen .. tloko Hinou :iri Tiri 3ean Rock 'onui Passage .. 'ortland Island.. Napier Bluff 'encarrow Head iomes Island Jape Egmont rlanukau Heads Caipara Heads ?rothers 7 ory Channel Jape Campbell rodlcy Head ikaroa Head tocraki Jaiaroa Head Jape Saunders .. Tugget Point .. Vaipapapa Point )og Island Jentre Island 'uyeegur Point.. Jape Foulwind .'. ?are\vell Spit .. kelson.. French Paas £ s. d. 335 0 0 382 0 10 265 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 300 16 8 36 0 0 253 13 0 205 16 8 299 3 4 263 6 8 242 10 0 502 9 1 112 10 0 265 0 0 257 10 0 200 0 0 260 0 0 275 0 0 255 0 0 261 2 0 273 1 4 360 16 8 389 6 8 354 16 10 279 3 4 355 1 7 282 6 0 180 0 0 913 847 485 64 78 645 Gas 867 215 453 512 483 656 175 590 508 570 502 490 500 960 497 812 826 855 532 497 226 119 £ s. d. 70 7 6 65 5 9 37 7 8 6 16 0 6 0 3 49 14 4 21 0 3 66 16 7 16 11 G 34 18 4 39 9 4 37 4 7 50 11 4 13 9 6 45 9 7 39 3 2 43 18 9 38 13 11 37 15 5 38 10 10 74 0 0 38 6 2 62 11 10 63 13 5 65 17 1 41 0 2 38 6 2 17 8 5 9 3 5 £ s. d. 72 17 4 39 6 7 38 3 2 196 14 8* 8 18 6 56 2 1 1 15 3 30 2 7 20 5 11 28 14 1 29 2 8 73 9 9 68 7 11 5 0 9 58 3 8 42 16 8 59 9 2 24 19 8 106 12 3t 50 9 8 42 13 8 42 16 2 140 4 6{ 63 15 1 534 15 9§ 52 5 2 62 6 8 30 16 8 9 15 9 £ s. d. 478 4 10 486 13 2 340 10 10 353 10 8 174 18 9 466 13 1 58 15 6 350 12 2 242 14 1 362 15 9 331 18 8 353 4 4 621 8 i 131 0 3 368 13 3 339 9 10 363 7 11 323 13 7 419 7 8 344 0 6 377 15 8 354 3 8 563 13 0 516 15 2 955 9 8 372 8 8 455 14 5 330 11 1 198 19 2 Totals 7,876 10 8 14,877 1,169 11 3 1,991 1 9 11,037 3 8

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ANNUAL EEPOET ON LIGHTHOUSE WOEKS, ETC., BY THE MAEINE ENGINEEE. The Maeine Engineee to the Seceetaey, Marine Department. Sic, — Marine Department, 31st March, 1886. 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 on other works during the year, viz.: — Light on Cuvier Island. —An order for the lantern and lighting apparatus for this lighthouss has been sent to England for execution. » Removal of Snags and Bocks from the. Mokau River. —The amount voted for this work has been expended with a good result for a distance of twsnty-seven miles from the mouth of the river. The work has been carried out with the view of securing a channel 35ft. to 40ft. wide, and 7ft. deep at low-water spring-tides ; but this depth has not been attained, there being places yet where only 3-Jft., 4ft., and sft. of water can be found. Jackson's Head Beacon. —This is now being erected in the shape of a circular tower of solid concrete, and the work has progressed to a height of about 12ft. from the foundation-level, which corresponds nearly with the low-water line. The height of the tower will be 38ft., but the lateness of the season will prevent the whole of this being completed; enough, however, will be built to serve the purpose of a beacon meanwhile, and the remainder will be finished next summer. Kaipara Harbour. —Some changes in the soundings in the channels and on the bar pointed to the necessity for a new survey : this is now being carried out, and a new chart will be prepared containing all the necessary information. Nelson Harbour. —During a visit to Nelson in February I made a survey of the changes in the direction of the channel of the Waimea Eiver, and the results of the survey will be described in a separate report. I have, &c, John Blackett, The Secretary, Marine Department. Marine Engineer.

ANNUAL BEPOBT ON INSPECTION OF MACHINEBY.

The Chief Inspectok of Machineky to the Seceetaey, Marine Department. Sic, — Office of Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, sth June, 1886. I have the honour to submit the twelfth annual report on the working of the Inspection of Machinery Acts for the year ended the 31st March, 1886. The number of boilers inspected during the year was 1,682, being an increase over the previous year of 207. Of this number, 36 boilers were found to be in a dangerous state, and 140 were more or less defective. The reports of the Inspectors will fully explain the nature and extent of such defects. I have again much pleasure to report that no boiler explosion has taken place during the year. This fact continues to show the advantages of the system of Government inspection as being preferable to, and affording a safer guarantee against explosion than, the voluntary system which is carried out in Great Britain, where, during the past year, 41 steam-boiler explosions took place, killing 30 persons, and injuring 54 others, in addition to 19 miscellaneous explosions, killing 15 persons and injuring 22 others. Accidents to life or limb to men working about machinery continued to decrease in number during the year as compared with last year and former years; and such accidents will, I feel sure, continue to become less numerous, as all dangerous parts of machinery are being carefully fenced. I have to report that, as in last year, no accidents to persons working about machinery have taken plase in the Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Nelson North, Nelson South, or Maiiborough Districts ; but in Auckland there have been one fatal, and three not fatal; in Canterbury, one not fatal; and in Otago, two not fatal. A constantly-increasing demand is made upon the time of the Inspectors in regard to the construction of new boilers, as it is found to be of great importance, not only to examine the boiler when made, and to witness the hydraulic test, but also to inspect the work in progress. Attached hereto are the annual reports of the Inspectors, which give further and full information as to the details of the inspections made, tables showing the number of boilers and machinery inspected in each district, and particulars of the special kinds of defects found in boilers.

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Lifts and hoists continue to be examined as far as the Inspectors' time will allow, and safetycatches are being fitted to nearly all now at work. I also attach a table showing the number of boilers inspected and the amount of fees payable during the year. I have, &c, J. Nancaeeow, 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, 1886.

The Inspectoe of Machinery, Auckland District, to the Chief Inspector of Machineey. Sir,— Auckland, 7th April, 1886. I have the honour to forward you my annual report on the boilers and machinery inspected by me in the Auckland District for the year ended the Sltst March, 1886. lam glad that there are no accidents with boilers to report. Thirty-seven have been repaired, 20 changed owners, 13 let out on hire, 5 granted extended certificates ; 21 new ones have been brought into use, 11 of which were imported from Great Britain, and 10 manufactured in this colony : making a total of 471 workable boilers in this district, 345 of which have been inspected. Seventy-seven are laid up, due to depression of trade and other causes, and 49 remained uninspected at the end of the year. I regret having accidents with machinery to report, one of which terminated fatally. The appended returns give the number and description of the boilers and machinery inspected, 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 the Boilers inspected, and Fees payable.

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'um >er o. 'orl ioi. lers. um ier ;iona: ioi. lors. Name of Distr Name of District. rict. net. Under 5 to 10 5 h.p. h.p. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. Boilers. Fees. OtagO Canterbury Auckland ... Wellington Marlborougli Taranald ... Nelson North Nelson South Westland ... Hawke's Bay 27 156 13 i 141 16 41 7 36 1 6 4 2 19 ::: I 6 36 13 3 27 22 1 6 6 2 6 132 112 95 23 7 8 17 3 16 17 56 42 30 27 4 11 17 121 54 136 62 14 12 11 7 11 24 505 365 345 177 33 36 72 11 37 103 £ 854 615 625 395 65 86 142 19 63 192 4 14 Totals 72 444 86 425 205 452 684 3,056

urn ier. Xature of Boiler. Pees. Remarks. Under 5 to 10 Over 10 5 h.p. h.p. h.p. £ s. d. 'ortable boilers >.. itationary boilers ... jocomotive boilers Portable boilers Itationary boilers... jocomotive boilers 3 14 92 2 3 2 37 28 1 6) 87 2 J 18) 49 l) 175 444 0 0 0 0 Employed at 35 establishments ; fees at £5 each. Charged for at per horsepower of each boiler. 6 0 0 Machinery inspections, 6 at £1 each Total fees for year ... 111 71 163 625 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, 1886.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Description. . Dangerous. \ Ordinary. Total. Furnace-flues out of shape Blistered plates Fractured plates Pitted and grooved plates Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external Joints sprung ... Tubes Stays i 2 1 4 3 1 3 10 2 8 7 1 4 3 1 4 12 2 8 7 Total defects in boilers 3 39 42 Defective fittings — Safety-valves Pressure-gauges Water-gauges Spring-balances Blow-off cocks and pipes Fusible plugs in fire-boxes Omissions —■ Boilers without sludge-holes I 1 6 11 15 2 2 3 1 6 11 L5 2 3 3 1 Gross total ... 4 79 83

Description of Machinery. C3 % is i Description of Machinery. a 03 'A o -l-J 2 Assaying Boiling-down Brick works Bone-mills Bakeries Breweries Boat-building Block and pump works ... Cabinet-making factories ... Cartridge factory Coach factories ... Chair factory Cheese and butter factories Cooperage Chemical and manure works Cordial works ... Cement works ... Coffee-mills Chaff-cutting Dredging Dock ... Flour-mills Flock-mill Fellmongeries ... Fish- and fruit-preserving Firewood-cutting Fire-engine Gas works Hoisting Hauling Iron works and foundries... Joineries 1 1 8 2 1 10 1 2 3 1 2 1 8 1 1 3 5 2 14 2 1 8 1 2 2 15 1 3 17 7 20 2 1 Lifts or elevators Laundries Lead works Locomotives ... Mortar-mills ... Meat-canning factories ... Oil, soap, and candle works Pumping and winding ... Phormium-dressing Potteries Printing Pile-driving Paint factory ... Quartz-crushing Quartz-smelting Refrigerating works Eope works Eoad roller Saw-mills Sash and door factories ... Ship-building ... Stone-breaking Sausage-machines Sugar works ... Soap works Tobacco factory Threshing-machines Tanneries Vinegar factory Wool-dumping Water works ... 2 1 4 10 3 1 19 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 44 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 10 5 1 2 2 5 -■ 5 ■

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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Auckland District , during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

;ico. 'ascription o: Soil ler. ;uro o: .opairs on [era 1885. April 21 April 30 June 8 June 16 June 18 June 24 July 7 July 7 Cornish ... Portable ... Locomotive Longitudinal tubular Longitudinal tubular Vertical flue Longitudinal tubular Longitudinal tubular Patch on bottom renewed. Patch fitted to plate at sludge-hole. Four suspension-stays fitted to stay-bars on top of fire-box. Two new tubes fitted. New safety-valve, and one fore-and-aft stay fitted. Patch fitted to the fractured part of vertical flue. Fractured part of plate in mud-receiver repaired. Blistered part of plate in mud-receiver cut out and patch fitted. Ee-tubed. Thirteen new tubes, and patch fitted to defective part of foretube plate. The bottom renewed. Was found in a dangerous state. Strengthening-ring fitted to man-hole. Plate at two sludge-holes patched. Ee-tubed. Six seams caulked. Three seams caulked, and several rivets renewed. Patch fitted to shell, ditto to combustion-chamber, and two seams caulked. Two patches fitted to the lower part of the fire-box. Two plates in the bottom renewed. The bottom renewed. Was found in a dangerous state. Two stays in fire-box renewed. Four seams caulked, and two angle-iron rings fitted to furnaceflue. The plate at two sludge-holes patched. Ee-tubed. Screw-patch fitted to tube-plate and stay to fire-box. To be re-tubed. New safety-valve fitted. Part of one plate in bottom renewed. July 11 July 21 Locomotive Portable ... July 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 28 Sept. L8 Oct. 10 Oct. 10 Oct. 26 Cornish Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Vertical tubular Cylindrical Cylindrical Longitudinal tubular Oct. 28 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Portable ... Cornish ... Cornish ... Portable ... Cornish Dec. 9 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 15 Dec. 17 Dec. 18 1886. Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Cornish ... Feb. 6 Feb. 11 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Mar. 5 Longitudinal tubular Vertical tubular Vertical flue Longitudinal tubular Cornish ... Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Longitudinal tubular Screw-patch fitted to mud-receiver. Three tubes renewed. Blow-off cock renewed, and fusible plug fitted to crown of furnace. 3trengthening-ring fitted to man-hole. Three plates in shell and one in furnace-flue renewed. Patch fitted to lower part of the shell. Patch fitted to plate at sludge-hole. Ten screw-stays fitted to fire-box, and two patches in ditto renewed. Two fore-and-aft stays renewed. Mar. 30 Longitudinal tubular Note, —The fittings won attended to in many cases during my visit.'—W. J. J.

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. 1885. April 20 ... June 16 July 15 ... Aug. i> ... Flour-mill Iron works Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Two driving-belts leading through the floor of drying-room. Pulley and belt of fan-blast. Two lengths of shafting and five belts. Fly-wheel of breaking-down saw, one length of shafting, and two belts. Safety-gear to be fitted. Fly-wheel of gas-engine. Front of engine and belt. Pair of pinion-wheels of reversing-gear. Driving-belt of brick-making machine and driving-b?lt of plas« tic machine. Aug. 6 ... Aug. 7 ... Aug. 19 ... Aug. 29 ... Aug. 31 ... Hydraulic lift Tobacco factory Chaft'-cutting Dredging machinery Brick and tile works

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Return of Notices to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in Auckland District— contd.

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, 1886.

The Inspector of Machinery, Wellington District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sir, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, 25th May, 1886. I have the honour to forward for your information my annual report of the boilers and machinery inspected in the Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson North, Taranaki, and Hawke's Bay portions of the district for the year ended the 31st March, 1886. I am glad to be able to state that no accidents have occurred to boilers, machinery, or to any person employed about them, during the above period. The number of new boilers put to work during the year is 48—22 imported and 26 colonialmade, making the total number of workable boilers 553, of which number 421 have been inspected, 2t) have extended certificates, 63 are idle, and 49 were still to inspect at the end of the year.

;e o ;ice. lescnp ;ion o: .ao. iinery. 'nr ;s require:encei 1885. Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 )ct. 28 )ct. 31 *ov. 3 s T ov. 10 s T ov. 1C s T ov. 18 >ec. 19 Dec. 29 1886. "an. 7 "an. 16 Saw-mill ... Cheese factory Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Brick and tile works Saw-mill ... Hydraulic lift Saw-mill ... Brick and tile works Saw-mill ... Cement works Saw-mill ... Two fly-wheels of breaking-down saw. Pulley on milk-vat. Driving-belt of planing machine. Two connecting-rods of breaking-down saw. Pair of wheels on brick-making machine. Two pairs pinion- wheels on planing machine. Safety-gear to be fitted. Driving-belt of circular saw. Two pairs of wheels and belt of brick-making machine. Driving-belt of log-winch and driving-belt of circular saw. Two fly-wheels and pair of bevel-wheels on stone-crusher. Three deal-frame fly-wheels and one pair bevel-wheels. Cement works Flour-mill Four belts leading through floor. Engine and fly-wheel, throe pairs of bevel-wheels on Hirs frame, three pairs of bevel-wheels on upright shaft, and fiv< belts on break-rollers. Fly-wheel and belt of sausage machine. Engine fly-wheel and four pulleys. Two lengths of shafting and belt of goose-saw. Belt leading through the barn-floor. Two belts on planing machine. an. 25 teb. 1 ?eb. 3 fair. 6 tlar. 22 Meat-canning factory Printing machinery Saw-mill ... Chaff-cutter Saw-mill ...

fame and Address of Owner. >CKcripl;ion o: Macliinory. 'amo of Persons injured. Nature of Accident. 'atal or not. Causo of Accident and Eemarks. Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company Jew Zealand Timber Company, Auckland Spinning-framo .. Horizontal engine Leopold La Ferine, aged 14 years William Parker, enginedriver, aged 22 years Eight arm broken, 9th January Keck and chest bruised; compound fracture right leg; 30th December Not .. Fatal It appears he was running towards a spinnilig-frame when he slipped on the floor ; in falling he threw out his arm to save himself; it came in contact with the bohbin-flycr, and was drawn in and broken. It was purely accidental. The machine is protected as far as practicable. It is not known how this accident occurred. It appears the drivers passed through between the enginevalve gear and the end of one of the girders that carry the boiler. Stepping on one of the motionguides—a very risky thing to do—I suppose he missed his footing, and was thrown back by the crosshead. The girders have been shortened, to give more clear space, and a rail fixed, which does away with the inducement to step on the dangerous part referred to. It appears he neglected to adjust the machine-table to its proper position, which caused the piece of wood ho was planing to spring, bringing his hand in contact with the knives. Auckland Timber Company Buzz-plane John Ryan .. Two fingers taken off left hand Kot ..

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Appended are returns showing the class, horse-power, and number of boilers inspected; the fees payable for inspection of boilers; the number of notices given to fence dangerous parts of machinery; the number of notices given to repair boilers; and the number and description of machinery inspected in the different sections of the district. 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 received forty-eight notices under section 12, and seven notices under section 45, of the Act during the year. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington. H. A. McGregor.

Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Number of PortabL Boilers. Number of Stationary Boilers. Name of District. Under 5 to 10 5 h.p. h.p. Totals. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 to 10 Over 5 h.p. h.p. 10 h.p. Wellington ... larlborough felsori North 'aranaki [awke's Bay 7 1 2 " 6 I 36 6 19 4 36 22 1 6 6 6 23 7 !7 3 17 27 4 17 II 14 02 14 n 12 24 177 33 72 36 103 Totals 16 101 41 67 73 123 421

Wellington. Mar: iboro: igh. Nelson North. rana] :i. Hat Bi 'ke's Description of Machinery. -2 £ cc cc t> 3 h 1! CQ Si a (4 Iβ p a o o Iβ is a en 2 CO 03 Total. e Phormium-dresaing Printing Flour-mills Saw-mills Sash and door factories Foundries Quartz-crushing Threshing machines Soap and candle works .. Cordial factories Boiling-down establishments 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 Wool-dumping Ice machine Sausage machines Tobacco-cutting Traction-engines Gas works Mortar-rnillg Machine shops Meat-preserving works .. Locomotives ]lice-mill Freezing machines Hydraulic lifts Wool-scouring machines Klcctric-light machines Turneries 2 10 23 9 6 16 3 2 12 5 3 6 7 4 11 1 1 2 8 2 1 4 '5 2 10 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 2 '2 4 24 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 . 4 4 ■1 1 2 4 2 1 • • I i 6 3 1 2 *5 1 1 7 1 I . . . 8 j 1 1 2 11 3 2 19 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 6 7 33 78 20 12 2 39 5 4 22 G 6 14 16 5 21 2 2 1 2 4 6 1 6 1 8 3 2 ■ 2 C 11 1 4 16 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 •• i ■I i 2 2 4 6 1 2 16 2 2 1 • • i I .. ■ 2 1 1 2 1 ■" 1 i 1 ■" 1 1 1 1 . . . I * ' i i 1 Totals 171 1 4 5 21 1 5 55 9 36 i 1 65 2 380

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Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilees and Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Number of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1886.

Name of District. ccs payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Totals. Wellington Maryborough Nelson North Taranaki Hawke's Bay £ 395 65 142 86 192 s. a. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. a. £ 395 65 142 86 192 s. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 880 0 0 880 0 0

iistnct, and D of Notice. Dai Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. Wellington— 1885. April 13 Oct. 19 Cornish ... Cornish ... Three small rivetted patches on bottom of shell. A compensating ring to be fitted round the man-hole, and new studs fitted in the door. Six tubes to be expanded and fitted with ferrules. Four mud-holes to have compensating rings fitted. A new lum-leg to be fitted. Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Nov. 19 1886. Jan. 19 Portable ... Portable ... Vertical ... Vertical ... Six vertical stays to be fitted. Maelborough— 1885. June 6 Multitubular Six longitudinal stays to be fitted in the steam- and tube-space. Twelve rivets to be renewed in flange of dome. June 17 Cornish ... Nelson Noeth— Aug. 3 Cornish ... A small patch where blow-off is fitted, and all the landing on tho bottom caulked. Seven extra screw-stays to be fitted in water-spaces. Aug. 6 Portable ... Taeanaki — Oct. 20 Vertical ... Three vertical stays to be fitted on top of boiler and furnace. The lower flange of a Galloway tube to ba re-rivetted. Oct. 20 Cornish Oct. 20 Portable ... The tube-ends in smoke-box to be expanded and beaded. Hawke's Bay— 1886. Feb. 11 Cornish ... All the landings of the bottom seams to be re-caulked, and twenty new rivets fitted. To have an angle-iron stiffening-ring fitted round the furnace-flue. The tube-ends in smoke-box to be expanded and beaded. Feb. 11 Cornish Feb. 31 Portable ...

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Return of Number of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

The Inspector of Machinery, Otago District, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sir, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Dunedin, 7th May, 1886. I have the honour to forward you the annual report of inspection of boilers and machinery in the Otago District during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1886, contained in the enclosed tables. In doing so I have much pleasure in bringing under your notice the small number of accidents (2), and these happily not of a serious nature. You will also observe by the report that they have not been occasioned through any want of fencing, but simply accidental, and such as are likely to occur to persons engaged among machinery. The accidents to boilers were two in number, and not of a dangerous character. In the one case, the boiler, which is a return tubular, was placed close to the ground and merely built round about, so that it was only a question of time how long the plate would last. The other, a circular longitudinal tubular boiler, fired externally, was allowed to run too long without being cleaned, the consequence being an accumulation of scale, which caused the plate to crack through the line of rivet-holes in the circular seam over the bridge. A piece was cut out, boiler retubed and thoroughlycleaned, and is now in good order and condition. The feed-water here is bad. Four steam-digesters have been set aside as unfit for use, by agreement, rather than put in the necessary repairs required to make them good. These are being replaced in the one case by two new steel ones, and in the other by two good second-hand ones. The rapid deterioration of the crowns and angle-irons on the crowns of digesters is due to the chemical action of fatty acids, which appear to concentrate about the top, and which are generated in the process of the work, and in many cases exist already in the partly-decomposed state of the substances used. I invariably recommend in these cases, as the best means of preservation, frequent and thorough cleaning over the crown and about 18in. down the sides (as this is the only part attacked); but owing to the nature of the work this is seldom attended to. In the table of defects there are nine cases of corrosion mentioned. In some of these cases it is not preventible ; but there are a great number of cases of oxidation going on which are caused

>istrict and Da , of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. Wellington-— 1885. April 13 ... Bush saw-mill April 16 ... Bush saw-mill April 21 ... Bush saw-mill April 27 ... Bush saw-mill May 19 ... Biscuit factory ... The main driving-belts of circular saw. ... The fly-wheel of engine and main driving-belt. ... The driving-belt of circular saw and counter-shaft. ... The main driving-belt and saw-gummer. ... The fly-wheel of engine, and gear of rollers. Maelboeough— 1885. June 11 ... Bush saw-mill June 13 ... Bush saw-mill June 13 ... Flax-mill ... ... Driving-belts of circular saws, and piston-rod of engine. ... All the driving-belts from counter-shaft to circular saws. ... : The driving-belts of two stripping machines. Nelson Nokth — 1885. July 17 ... Quartz-crushing July 21 ... ! Bush saw-mill July 21 ... Bush saw-mill July 29 ... Cutting chaff I ... The fly-wheel of engine, and gearing of counter-shaft. ... The fly-wheel of engine, and driving-belts of circular saws. ... The driving-belts of vertical and circular saws. ... The driving-belt from engine to chaff-cutter. Takanaki — 1885. Oct. 6 ... Bush saw-mill ... The back part of fly-wheel of engine, and main drivingbelt from fly-wheel to counter-shaft. Hawke's Bay— 1886. Jan. 22 ... Bush saw-mill Feb. 9 ... Bush saw-mill Feb. 10 ... I Bush saw-mill Feb. 11 ... Bush saw-mill Feb. 25 ... Cooperage ... New mill. All the driving-belts and the fly-wheel of engine. ... New mill. All the driving-belts from engines to coun-ter-shaft, and counter-shaft to saws. ... j New mill. All the driving-belts from engine to countershaft, and counter-shaft to saws. ... New mill. The driving-belts of circular saws. ... The fly-wheel of engine and main driving-belt.

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principally by the intermittent use of the boiler, possibly working only two days in the week, the rest of the time standing full of water. To counteract the effects of this, soda-ash (caustic soda), and in some cases lime, has been used with good results. In the table of notices of repairs, the item double-furnace Cornish-tubular is due entirely to wear and tear; these boilers having been in use for the last twenty years or more, but at a low pressure (16), the engines being condensing. In the table of notices to remove dangerous parts of machinery: In one case I found, in the upper part of a circular breaking-down bench, a fracture in the centre in a T-shape extending 12in. in length; in another case a saw had been removed, which was shown me, where the centre had come entirely out, and which could not be seen until the washer was removea. There were only six cases requiring fencing, and the notices given were all verbal. The number of boilers reported to me as being sold, that is, those which have already been in use, was 26. New boilers imported, portable, 21; ditto, vertical, 4; second-hand imported return tubular, 4; locally made, 12 : total, 41. The total number of inspections made auring the year was 505 ; of these, 81 were made by Mr. Blackwood in the northern part of the district. In conclusion I may state that there are still a number of boilers remaining to be inspected, but which, with the additional assistance now granted, will be taken up during the year, as there are a number of widely-scattered inspections, which will necessarily take some time to get into regular form. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington. Alexander Ceawfobd.

Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Fees payable for the Inspection of Boiless and Machineey in the Otago District auring the Financial Year enaea the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Machineey inspected in the Otago District auring the Financial Year enaea the 31st March, 1886.

um ier o: 'ori ioil .ers. um! ier o: ;ionary ioil ers. Name of District. 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 Over 10 under. h.p. h.p. 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 Over 10 under. h.p. h.p. Total. itago 27 156 13 132 I 56 121 505

Name of District, &c. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. I Total. >tagO— Portable Stationary £ 330 524 s. d. 0 0 0 0 £ 8. d. ) J £ 854 s. d. 0 0

Description of Machinery. Steam Steam. and Water. Description of Machinery. Steam. Steam and Water. Aerated water Agricultural-implement shops Bakeries Boiling-down ... Bone-mills Brick and tile works Breweries Cabinet-making Cement works Chaff-cutting ... Chemical works Chicory works Cooking Collieries 1 8 3 7 5 6 10 5 1 16 2 1 2 6 4 Copper and brass works Coffee and spice works ConfectioneryCranes Dairy factories Dredges, harbour Dye works ... Engine-shops Engine-shops and foundries Foundries Fellmongeries Flour-mills ... Flock-mills ... Fish-preserving Fire-grate and range works 3 2 3 15 3 4 1 4 5 5 5 10 2 1 4 7 Corn-crushers

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Return of Machinery inspected in the Otago District — continued.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Description of Machinery. Stoam Steam, i and Water. Description of Machinery, Steam. Steam and Water. Firewood-cutting Fire-engine Fruit-preserving Gas works Hoists Hydraulic lifts Joineries Lapidary Laundries Locomotives ... Lathmaker Lead-pipe works Lime hydraulic works ... Machine shops Oil-mill, linseed Paper-: nills Pottery Pipe works, clay Printing-papers Pumping water 1 1 2 2 22 4 6 1 2 !() 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 3 5 5 Eope works ... Saw-mills Seed-dressing Soap works ... Soap and candle works Standard works Steam roller (road) Stone-crushers Stone-dressing Stone-cutting Tanneries Tramway cable Threshing machines Traction-engines Turnery, wood Venetian blinds Winding Wool-pressing Woollen factories Woodware factories 1 42 1 3 3 2 1 6 1 2 4 2 122 8 5 1 8 4 4 3 'a i

lescnp; ;ion. langerous. mary. Blow-off cocks Boilers (furnace-tubes) corroded Bottoms of shells leaking Bottoms of combustion-chambers thin ... Bottom plates of shells thin Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external ... Digesters, steam, corrosion of shells and angle-iron Digesters, steam, corrosion of angle-irons Fire-box, crown cracked Gauges, pressure Gauges, water Hand-holes weak Man-hole weak Mud-holes weak, leakage Plate cracked through scale Plate pitted through corrosion... Seams leaky Shell-plates sprung by fire Screwed stays in fire-box corroded Stay, vertical, corroded Test-cocks renewed ... "2 i 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 2 *2 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 i 4 1 1 i l "i * Totals ... 11 30 41

Date of Name and Address of N t d c f Aocident . Accident. Owner. Date of Accident. Nature find Cause of Accident. _ b __ !3rd Septem- N.Z. Implement Com- j Leakage in bottom of shell through wasting of plates, caused ber, 1885 pany, Dunedin by damp arising from the ground. !3rd Novem- Fleming and Gilkison, Plate in bottom of shell cracked through accumulation of ber, 1885 Invercargill scale, fired externally.

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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Pacts of Machinery in the Otago Disteict during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

;o ol ;ice. 'escnpi ;ion oi loi! .er. ;ure ol -epairs on lerei 1885. May 9 May 12 Portable ... Portable ... New pressure-gauge to be got. Tube-plate to be repaired; new stay-bolts in crown of firebox ; new pins in longitudinal stays. Compensation-ring to be put round hand-hole. New pressure-gauge; new blow-off cock and new test-cocks to be put on. Patch on crown of boiler, 2ft. x 3ft. Two mud-holes to be plated round. Two combustion-chambers to be patched. May 16 May 19 Cornish tubular Cornish ... July 13 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Cornish tubular Vertical ... Double-furnace Cornish tubular Double-furnace Cornish tubular Aug. 18 Two bottoms to be renewed, 13ft. 9in. x 2ft. 6in.; two bottoms of combustion-chambers to be sheathed, with stays coming through ; two bottoms of smoke-boxes to be sheathed, with stays coming through; four lower and four upper man-holes to have compensation-rings put on, 4in. x -Jin. New stay between crown of fire-box and crown of shell. New blow-off cock. One plate to be renewed in No. 2 tube. Two plates to be renewed in No. 1 tube. Two test-cocks, and set of water-gauge fittings. Several scams to be caulked on top of boiler. Three bands, 4in. by -|in., to be rivetted round the shell; two angle iron-rings to be put round the tube, Sin. x 3in. x fin.; also one plate on top of shell to be cut out and renewed, and several plates taken out and straightened and replaced. Small crack in crown of fire-box to be primed and stayed. Plate over fire to be partly cut out and new piece put in. Aug. 26 Aug. 29 Sept. 28 Sept. 28 Oct. 20 Oct. 23 Nov. 18 Vertical tubular Longitudinal tubular Lancashire Lancashire Longitudinal tubular Longitudinal tubular Cornish ... Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Locomotive Longitudinal tubular 1886. Jan. 11 Feb. 22 Portable ... Steam-digesters A number of screwed stays to be renewed. Two new crowns to be put in, with new double angle-irons top and bottom, Sin. x 3in. x fin., also four new stays of ljin. in each, and new pressure-gauges. Notice to have tube scaled, being found in an unsafe condition. Two top angle-irons to be renewed; size 3in. x 3in. x fin. Compensation-ring to be put round man-hole; also gusset or palm-stay in front end-plate. New crown in fire-box. Mar. 8 Mar. 8 Mar. 11 Cornish boiler Steam-digester Cornish ... Mar. 11 Portable ...

Date of Notice. Class of Machinery. Parts requiring to bo fenced. 1885. Verbal. Jay 11 ... Jay 18 ... Jay 23 ... Engine Laying-shaft Brick-making machine Lower half of fly-wheel to be boxed up. Pinion of laying-shaft at passage to be fenced off. Laying-shalt to be boxed over, also spur-wheels to be fenced off. Bevel-wheels to be protected by a guard. une 22 ... 1886. feb. 24 ... Written. I'eb. 27 ... Vertical ... Engine Cranks and spur-wheel of engine to be fenced round. Engine Connecting-rod of engine and crank.

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Return of Notices given to remove Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Summary of Inspections.. Number of Inspections ... ... ... ... ... ... 505 Machinery inspected ... ... ... ... ... ... 454 Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings ... ... 41 Eeturn of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported ... ... 2 Eeturn of Notices given to repair Boilers ... ... ... ... 23 Return of Notices given to remove Dangerous Parts of Machinery ... 1 Eeturn of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery ... 6 Eeturn of Accidents to Life and Limb ... ... ... ... 2

The Inspector of Machineey, Canterbury Disteict, to the Chief Inspector of Machinery. Sic, — Christchurch, Bth May, 1886. I have the honour to forward annual report of boilers and machinery inspected in the Canterbury, Westland, and Nelson South Districts during tho financial year ending the 31st March, 1886. The forms used in the report are the same as formerly, and, should any further particulars be required, I shall be happy to supply them. ■ For want of sufficient time, the Canterbury District has not been thoroughly inspected this year, and there are therefore some boilers at work without certificates. The Westland District has been thoroughly inspected, and I was engaged in the Nelson South District at the close of the year. It has been all inspected since, and will appear in the next annual report. In all cases where repairs to boilers or protection to machinery were required, I found all owners ready to comply with my instructions; so I do not consider it desirable always to serve written notice for repairs or protections. I have, &c, The Chief Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, Geoege Ceoll,

,e o otice. Description o: .ao. unery. faturc o: .ao. unery ie remove* 1886. Jan. 14 ... Saw-mill machinery Circular saw cracked. Ietuen of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Land Boilebs and Machineby in the Otago Distbict during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886. Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Fatal Naturo of Accident, or not. Cause of Accident and Bemarks. llessrs. Findlay and Co., timber merchants, Duncdin Jeorge Hyndman, working - jeweller, Moray Place, Dunedin Circular saw .. Slitting-ma-chine, a small iron disc-saw, for cutting greenstone Neil Shaw, sawyer, aged forty-two; Oct. 13, 1885 Humphrey Stevenson, aged fourteen; 18th April, 18S5 Two fingers cut off left hand Right arm broken Not Not This accident was caused through the slipping of a block of wood he was cutting, and was purely accidental. Boys are employed to attend these machines, and, to enable them to put the belts off and on, a fixed stool is attached to each machine; the stool is 3ft. high, and the driving-shaft 7ft. from the floor; this enables them to put their belts on easily without any danger; but it seems that this boy went up on the bench, which is 4ft. high above the floor. This, of necessity, placed him so high, that he was partly above the shaft, when he put his arm over the shaft, which immediately caught his shirt, dragging his arm round and breaking it in two places. The driving - shaft is IJin. in diameter, and the belt lin. broad. This accident was entirely tho boy's own fault, as boys arc not allowed to go on to the bench, and could in no way be prevented by any fencing.

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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1886.

I had not completed the Nelson South District at the close of the financial year. For this reason only a few of the boilers in that district appear in this report.

Return showing Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ending the 31st March, 1886.

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Portable. Stationary. Name of District. Total. 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 ... lelson South 13 141 4 1 3 2 112 16 3 42 4 54 11 7 365 37 11 Totals IS 146 131 ■in 72 413

Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Pees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. Janterbury Vestland felson South "■ i £ 615 63 19 B. d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ s. d. 615 0 0 63 0 0 19 0 0 Total ! —~ 697 697 0 0 0 0 697 0 0 There are fourteen maximum fees, representing thirty-nine boilers.

Description of Machinery. Steam. Water. Steam and Wind. Description of Machinery. Steam. Water. Steam and Wind. Saw-mills Threshing machines Foundries and iron works Flour-mills Brick and pottery works... Coal-mining Soap-boiling and boiling down Coffee works Stone-sawing ... Chaff-cutting ... Wood-working ... Breweries Coach factories... Firewood-sawing Tramway-engines Butchers' Cranes and winches Cordials and confectioners' Traction-engines* Road-roller Fire-engines Pumping and drainage ... Dock and slip ... Landing service 34 100 26 7 3 1 12 2 1 15 13 8 2 11 8 19 17 6 23 1 2 2 2 1 2 "i Woollen mills ... Wool washing and (lumping ... Tanneries Bone-mill Glue works Refrigerating works Meat-preserving Printing Carpet factory ... Rope works Baths and water-lifts Laundry Concrete-mixing and stonebreaking Barbed-wire works Gas works ... Jam factory Cheese factory ... Brush factory ... Air-compressing at bridge Hock mill Electric light ... Biscuit bakery ... 2 6 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 * Traction-engines are all used for threshing, and are included in threshing machines.

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Return of Machineby inspected in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Machinery inspected in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

As I was engaged inspecting in this part of my district at the close of the financial year, and had only got a small part of it completed, the above return does not show all the machinery, but only such as I found in use at Brunnerton Coal-mines, and plant of contractor in use at Cobden, in connection with Greymouth Harbour Works on north side of the river. I have since completed the district.

Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilees and Fittings in the Canterbury Disteict during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

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Description of Machinery. Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Breweries Cranes and winches ... Wood-working Coffee works... Saw-mill Fire-engine ... Foundry and iron-works Coal-mining ... Winding and sawing ... Printing Locomotives (contractors') Sluicing, &c Air-compressing at bridge 5 9 2 1 7 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1

Description of Machinery, Steam. Steam and Water. Water. Steam and Wind. Saw-mill Cranes and winches Locomotive Coal-mining ... ■ • * 1 8 1 2

Description of Defects. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Blow-off pipes or cocks bad Boilers dirty inside Corrosion from leakage at mud-holes Corrosion in bottom from damp Cracks in furnace or fire-box Cracks in shell over fire Cracks in neck of uptake ... Cracks in neck of end angle-iron Collapse of furnace Crown of fire-box down Leakage in fire-box Leakage at pipe-joints on boiler Patches in fire-boxes (portable) Pressure-gauges bad Safety-valves set fast Screwed stays in fire-box gone Tubes wasted Top of boiler thin from corrosion Vat requiring stays renewed Vats requiring new angle-iron Vats requiring safety-valves 1 2 2 2 7 1 8 2 2 8 3 8 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 9 7 1 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 9 7 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 i 2 Totals ... 17 50 c>7

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Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1886.

Return of Defects found on the INSPECTION of Boilers in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1886.

lesonpi ;ion o: :eo ,5. 'angerous. Unary. Corrosion from leakage of joints Corrosion on bottom of boiler Corrosion from leakage at doors Stays in fire-box broken Studs of sludge-doors stripped Tubes wasted i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a i i Totals ... 7

Description of Defects. I Dangerous. I Ordinary. Total. Cracks in bottom over fire ... Pressure-gauge bad Tubes wasted and leaking in contractor's locomotive 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals ...

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Kepairs ordered. 1885. May 18 June 9 June 11 June 15 July 9 July 9 Tubular ... Cornish ... Vat Portable ... Cornish ... Portable ... Verbal. New blow-off pipe and cock. Verbal. New joint on blow-off cock. Verbal. New top and angle-iron ring. Verbal. Eenew joints of all sludge-doors. Verbal. New angle-iron ring on back end of tube. Verbal. Close up all sludge-doors and put in screwed plugs. Reduced pressure, and told owners will not pass again. Verbal. Renew patch in furnace. Verbal. Renew patch in furnace. Written. Ten new tubes. Verbal. Bore a few holes and screw pins in crack in fire-box. Verbal. Expand ends of tubes where leaking in fire-box. Verbal. New pressure-gauge and spring-balance. Verbal. Expand ends of tubes leaking in fire-box. Written. New front end-plate. Verbal. New uptake. Verbal. Renew a few of screwed stays in fire-box. Verbal. New set of tubes. Written. Renew all pipe-joints on boiler. Written. New angle-iron, and refasten all stays on top. Verbal. New crown-plate in boiler. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. Verbal. New pressure-gauge. July 17 July 21 Sept. 11 Sept. 16 Sept. 16 Sept. 25 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 29 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 4 Nov. 12 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 1886. Feb. 18 Tram-engine Tram-engine Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Cornish Vertical ... Portable ... Portable ... Vertical ... Vat Vertical ... Portable ... Portable ... Portable ... Verbal. New pressure-gauge.

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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Nelson South District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Westland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March; 1886.

Iβ o ;ice. lesoription ol toil ler. ;ure ol Repairs on 1886. 'ar. 5 !ar. 10 !ar. 16 !ar. 17 !ar. 23 Cornish ... Vertical ... Portable ... Locomotive Portable ... Verbal. New blow-off pipe. Verbal. Renew ten rivets in bottom ring. Verbal. Eenew fourteen stays in fire-box. Written. Eenew twenty-six tubes. Verbal. Eenew a few stays in fire-box, top row of stays.

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Eepairs ordered. 1886. JUT. 17 :ar. 20 ... Vertical ... Tubular ! ... Verbal. ... Verbal. plate. New safety-valve in room of present one—too small. Cut out cracked plate in bottom, and put in new This district was not completed on the 31st March.

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. 1885. Sept. 8 iept. 11 iept. 23 I ... Flock-mill ... Flour-mill ... Tannery ... Verbal. Driving-belt. Written. Bridge over water-race at wheel, and driving-belt of silk-dresser. Verbal. Fly-wheel of engine.

Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts required to be fenced. 1886. !ar. 17 ar. 19 Saw-mill ... ... Verbal. Winding in coal-min- Verbal, ing Driving-belts from fly-wheels to saws. Hand-rail to both sides of winding-drum. No such notice was required in the Nelson South District up to the 31st March, 1886.

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Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machineby reported as having occurred in the Cantebbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Boilees and Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1886.

This is the only accident I have to report for the Canterbury District, and am thankful to be able to say have none for Westland and Nelson South Districts.

By Authority; George Didsboey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.

Date of Accident. Owner's Name and Address. Nature and Cause of Accident. 1885. July 30 Hale and Thrope, Ghristchurch (tubular boiler) E.W.Walters, Christchurch (tubular boiler) Eeported leakage on bottom. Found first ring-seam leaking very bad, caused by an accumulation of grease on bottom introduced with feed. Had all the bottom plates renewed. Eeported leakage on bottom. Found all the seams in bottom leaking; iron had appearance of being red hot; not very dirty. I am of opinion the fire has been lit while boiler empty. Condemned. Eeported portable engine cracked in fire-box, caused by dirt. Two patches ; cracks cut out. Aug. 6 Sept. 25 James Dalziel, Mount Grey 1886. Feb. 11 Bruce and Company (Limited), Timaru (2 Cornish boilers) Eeported collapse of furnaces, and repaired by two new plates in one furnace ; the other was set up and stayed to shell. As this took place during my absence on leave, I cannot state the cause. Eeported leakage in furnace. Found a crack in plate, caused by dirt in water-spaces. Had furnace renewed. Feb. 22 Hancock Brothers, Spreydon (vertical boiler) I had no notices of this nature from Westland or Nelson South Districts.

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Accident, Fatal or not. Cause of Accident and Bomarks. 'rank White, Temuka Threshing machine Thomas Gilbert, aged twenty-one years Loss of right foot Not He was engaged cutting bands on top of machine, but how he got his foot into the beaters is not explained. I have seen several means tried of protecting drum, but, so far as I know, none have been a success, but are thrown aside.

NEW ZEALAND WRECK CHART

TIMARU HARBOUR WORKS.

THE POET OF OAMAKU Is situated in a bay at the Oamaru headland to the north of Cape Wanbrow, is about forty-three miles north from T&iaroa Head, and thirteen miles south from tlic mouth of the Waitaki River, on tho east coast of the Middle Island, of New Zealand; lat. 45° 0' S., long. 71° 1' E. It is the outlet for the produce of the Waitaki and part of the Waimate District, and forms tho terminus of several branch lines of railway—the Windsor and Livingstone, Duntroon and Kurow, and the Waimate and Waihao forks, as well as the Mooruki-Waitaki section of the main line. The principal articles of export are, wool and clotb, grain- and farm-produce, breadstuffs, frozen mutton, and the famous Oamaru building-stone. Tho port has been improved by the construction of a concrete sea-wall and a rubble mole, 1,850 ft. and 1,700 ft. in length respectively, enclosing about 60 acres, and forming a perfectly safe, commodious, and easily-accessible harbour. The entrance is COOft. in width, well sheltered by the sea-wall. Four wharves have been built, (Macandrew, Normanby, Cross, and Sumptei Wharves), a large area has been dredged round the wharves, and the Sumptcr Wharf especially stands in a basin dredged to accommodate vessels of the largest class. Strong moorings have been laid, and warps, cranes, and other appliances are kept in readiness ; every care and attention being afforded to vessels by the Harbourmaster and his assistants. Full particulars of the by-laws, charges, &c, maybe obtained on application at the office of the Harbour Board, Oamaru. SAILING DIRECTIONS. Lights. A fixed red light is exhibited from a lighthouse on the South Head, Oamaru Bay, and is seen in clear weather about eight to ten miles over an arc of 146° 0' 15", between N.N.W. and S. by W. from seaward, the outer anchorage being on a S.W. by W. bearing, distant one and a half miles. All bearings are magnetic. A green light is exhibited from a staff at the north end of the breakwater, at an elevation of 16ft. above the soa-levol, and is seen in clear weather three or four miles from seaward, between bearings .S.W. and S.S.W. (magnetic). A red light is exhibited on east end of north mole. Tho light is about 14ft. above high-water fark, visible all round, and distant from the green light on the breakwater 550 ft., the lights bearing am each other S.W, £ W., N.E. £ E., between which light is the entrance to the harbour. Vcsels entering should give the breakwater end a berth of at least 40 fathoms. Signals. The signals are shown from a flagstaff erected on the cliff immediately south of the breakwater. TEe~ToTlowmg signals'are shown in accordance with" the provisions of the Harbour Regulations;—;— Put to Sea or keep to Sea. —Day: Two balls horizontal on yard on either side of mast. Night; Two white lights horizontal, with red light between them. In tad weather the green light at the end of the breakwater cannot be shown. Masters of vessels in the roadstead, in calm weather, will require to exercise judgment in getting their vessels to sea. There are exhibited at the Port of Oamaru two leading lights on beacons erected above tho cliff to the south-westward of the harbour: From the upper or south beacon, a fixed green light, 120 ft. above sea-level ; from the lower beacon, a iixed white light, 104 ft. above sea-level. The beacons are white, with a black vertical stripe in the centre of each : the north beacon, a circular disc ; the south or upper beacon, the gable of a small hut. They are 180 ft. apart, bearing from each other N.N.E. J E., and S.S.W. J W. (magnetic). The beacons in line lead in, clearing the spit afc the breakwater-end about 80ft., and the moleend about Ssft., with 18ft. water at two cables' length off breakwater, 17ft. abreast of the spit, and 16ft. abreast of the mole end, low-water springs. Vessels making for tho harbour should get the lights or beacons in one when about two cables' length off the breakwater, keeping them in lino till the end of the breakwater boars S.E. by E.; then starboard the helm, passing the mole (on which is a fixed red light) about 120 ft. off, and steer for wharf, if directed, or anchor where convenient, out of tho fairway, if possible. ■ Signals to Steamers. —Steamers arriving at night, and sounding whistle on approaching the breakwater, will be signalled to wharf as follows :— Maoandrew Wharf: A red light on west or outer corner of wharf. Normanby and Sumpter Wharves: East side, a green light on east comer of wharf; west side, a red light on west corner of wharf. If wharf-berth is not clear, tho above lights will not be shown ; then anchor or make fast to mooring-buoys. Strangers should not attempt to take the port at night, but keep five miles to the windward till daylight, more especially in heavy southerly weather, as then the wind draws directly out of the entrance, and, if much sea on, vessels would bo liable to get dangerously near to the north beach, Wμ. SKWELL, Harbourmaster.

PLAN OF OAMARU HARBOUR SHOWING THE BREAKWATER, MOLE, AND WHARVES COMPLETED, AND AREA DEEPENED BY DREDGE. 1886. SCALE OF CHAINS.

THE POET OF OAMAEU Is situated in a bay at the Oamaru headland to the north of Cape Wanbrow, is about forty-three miles north from Taiaroa Head, and thirteen miles south from the mouth of the Waitaki Eiver, on the east coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand; lat. 45° C S., long. 71° 1' E. It is the outlet for the produce of the Waitaki and part of the Waimate District, and forms the terminus of several branch lines of railway—the Windsor and Livingstone, Duntroon and Kurow, and the Waimate and Waihao forks, as well as the Moeraki-Waitaki section of the main line. The principal articles of export are, wool and cloth, grain- and farm-produce, breadstuffs, frozen mutton, and the famous Oamaru building-stone. The port has been improved by the construction of a concrete sea-wall and a rubble mole, 1,850 ft. and 1,700 ft. in length respectively, enclosing about GO acres, and forming a perfectly safe, commodious, and easily-accessible harbour. The entrance is GOOft. in width, well sheltered by the sea-wall. Four wharves have been built, (Maoandrew, Normanby, Cross, and Sumpter Wharves), a largo area has been dredged round the wharves, and the Sumpter Wharf especially stands in a basin dredged to accommodate vessels of the largest class. Strong moorings have been hud, and warps, cranes, and other appliances are kept in readiness: every care and attention being afforded to vessels by the Harbourmaster and his assistants. Full particulars of the by-laws, charges, &c., may be obtained on application at the office of the Harbour Board, Oamaru. SAILING DIBECTIONS. Lights. A fixed red light is exhibited from a lighthouse on the South Head, Oamaru Bay, and is seen in clear weather about eight to ten miles over an arc of 146° 0' 15", between N.N.W. and S. by W. from seaward, the outer anchorage being on a S.W. by W. bearing, distant one and a half miles. All bearings are magnetic. A green light is exhibited from a staff at the north end of the breakwater, at an elevation of 16ft. above the sea-level, and is seen in clear weather three or four miles from seaward, between bearings N.W. and S.S.W. (magnetic). A red light is exhibited on east end of north mole. The light is about 14ft. above high-water mark, visible all round, and distant from the green light on the breakwater 550 ft., the lights bearing from each other S.W. J W., N.E. J E., between which light is the entrance to the harbour. Vesels entering should give the breakwater end a berth of at least 40 fathoms. Signals. The signals are shown from a iiagstaff erected on the cliff immediately south of the breakwater. The following signals are shown in accordance with the provisions of the Harbour Begulations;— Put to Sea or keep to Sea. —Day: Two balls horizontal on yard on cither side of mast. Night: Two white lights horizontal, with rod light between them. In bad weather the green light at the end of the breakwater cannot bo shown. Masters of vessels in the roadstead, in calm weather, will require to exercise judgment in getting their vessels to sea. There are exhibited at the Port of Oamaru two leading lights on beacons erected above the cliff to the south-westward of the harbour: From the upper or south beacon, a fixed green light, 120 ft. above sea-level; from the lower beacon, a fixed white light, 104 ft. above sea-level. The beacons are white, with a black vertical stripe in the centre of each: the north beacon, a circular disc ; the south or upper beacon, the gable of a small hut. They are 180 ft. apart, bearing from each other N.N.E. | E., and S.S.W. J W. (magnetic). The beacons in line lead in, clearing the spit at the breakwater-end about 80ft., and the moleend about 85ft., with 18ft. water at two cables' length off breakwater, 17ft. abreast of the spit, and 16ft. abreast of the mole end, low-water springs. Vessels making for the harbour should get the lights or beacons in one when about two cables' length off the breakwater, keeping them in line till the end of the breakwater boars S.E. by E.; then starboard the helm, passing the mole (on which is a fixed red light) about 120 ft. off, and steer for wharf, if directed, or anchor where convenient, out of the fairway, if possible. Signals to Steamers. —Steamers arriving at night, and sounding whistle on approaching the breakwater, will be signalled to wharf as follows : —Macandrew Wharf: A red light on west or outer corner of wharf. Normanby and Sumpter Wharves: East side, a green light on east corner of wharf; west side, a red light on west corner of wharf. If wharf-berth is not clear, tho above lights will not be shown ; then anchor or make fast to mooring-buoys. Strangers should not attempt to tako the port at night, but keep five miles to the windward till daylight, more especially in heavy southerly weather, as then the wind draws directly out of the entrance, and, if much sea on, vessels would be liable to get dangerously near to the north beach, \\v.. SEWELL, Harbourmaster.

SKETCH MAP OF THE ANTIPODES ISLANDS. SCALE: 3 INCHES TO 1 MILE.

SKETCH MAP OF THE BOUNTY ISLANDS, SCALE: 3 INCHES TO 1 MILE.