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MARINE DEPARTMENT (ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1888-89).
Presented to both Homes of the General Assembly by Command oj His Excellency.
My Lokd, — Marine Department, Wellington, 26th August, 1889. I do myself the honour to transmit herewith, for your Excellency's information, the report of the Marine Department of this colony for the financial year ended on the 3ist March last. I have, &c, His Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Onslow, &c, H. A. Atkinson. Governor of New Zealand.
The Assistant-Skuketaky to the Hon. the Minister having charge of the Maiunk Department. Sik, — Marine Department, Wellington, 13th June, 1889. I do myself the honour to submit the following report of this department for the year ended on the 31st March last: — Lighthouses. —The number of lighthouses under the control of the department remains unchanged. No extensive repairs have been executed during the year ; but the dwellings at Centre Island and Puysegur Point will require a somewhat extensive overhaul before long. Four lightkeepers have left the service, the services of two having been dispensed with on the ground of failing health rendering them no longer fit to carry out their duties, and two having resigned their appointments. The measures taken to destroy the rabbits on the Cape Campbell Reserve have proved successful, but constant steps have to be taken to prevent their again becoming a serious nuisance. Considerable trouble has been experienced during the year with some of the lamp-glasses imported to replenish the stocks at the lighthouses ; after they have been in use but a little time, they became incrusted with some substance to such an extent as to impair the efficiency of the light. No means have been found successful to prevent this; but the authorities at Home have been written to with the view of ascertaining what is the cause of the incrustation, and whether any means can be found to prevent it. No accident of any importance took place at any of the lighthouses, but one of the panes of glass at the Brothers Lighthouse was cracked by an earthquake on the 23rd of October last, and the machine-rope at Cape Maria van Diemen came adrift on the morning of the 2nd November, and the weight fell to the bottom of the tower, necessitating the machine being turned by hand until the rope was put in proper order. The light on the French Pass Beacon was blown out on four occasions—namely, on the 3rd October, when it was out from 3 to 10 a.m.; on the 6th November from 6 to 6-30 p.m. and again from 6-45 to 7 p.m., and on the 11th November from 1 to 5 a.m. New Lighthouses. —The cast-iron tower for Cuvier Island, for the manufacture of which a contract was let last year to Mr. A. Beaney, of Auckland, has been completed and landed on the island. A working party under the charge of Mr. D. Scott, the overseer attached to the department, was landed on the island in August last, and the necessary houses for keepers, stores, crane, tramways, &c., have been put in hand. The lantern has also been landed. The works have been so far advanced that it is anticipated that the light will be ready for exhibition about the month of September next, unless the erection of the lantern is delayed by bad weather. Correspondence has taken place between the Government of this colony and the Government of Victoria relative to the erection of a lighthouse on the Snares, the result being that the New South Wales Government promised to contribute towards the cost of the erection and maintenance of the proposed lighthouse, if the other Australia!? Colonies and Great Britain shared proportionately in the expense. The South Australian Government was not disposed to contribute. The Queensland Government considered that as its shipping is not interested in the proposed undertaking it would not be justified in committing the colony to any expenditure in connection therewith. The Tasmanian Government was prepared to contribute towards this undertaking, but at the same time raised the I—H. 81.
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question of the obligations of the several Governments to contribute towards other lights from which colonial shipping, other than Tasmaniau, would derive benefit, and towards the expenses of which it contends assistance might fairly be asked from other colonies. Under these circumstances, it appears hardly likely that united action will be taken by the Australasian Colonies to erect this light. Indeed, considering that the light would be almost entirely for the use of sailing-vessels, more particularly those bound from Australian ports round the Horn, and that steamers are supplanting sailing-vessels, it appears somewhat questionable whether it would be worth while to goto the expense of erecting it. Eeference was made last year to the necessity for the erection of a light on Stephens Island, Cook Strait; I would again draw attention to this matter, as I believe that its erection would be of very great value both to vessels engaged in the over-sea trade bound through Cook Strait, and also to the numerous vessels which pass through the Strait in connection with the West Coast coal trade. Harbours. —The flagstaff for signalling to vessels has been moved from the Port Hill to near the lighthouse on the Boulder Bank, at Nelson, and the lighthouse has been connected by telephone to the town-telephone system. Arrangements have been made whereby the lighthouse is kept in constant communication with the Harbourmaster's house during the hours when the Telephone Exchange is closed. This telephone has been found to be of great service ; and, in the event of any accident happening to a vessel crossing the bar at night, it would probably be the means of saving both lives and property. The services of Captain "Wing, the Harbourmaster and Pilot at Manukau, were dispensed with on the 30th April, 1888, on the ground of failing health, and he died soon afterwards. He was one of the oldest traders to Manukau, and also one of the senior Harbourmasters in New Zealand, and I desire to place on record the appreciation of the department of the services rendered by him in both Provincial and General Government services for a period of over thirty-one years. Applications were invited for the vacant appointment, and Captain. John Eobertson was selected from the candidates. He entered on his duties on the Ist May last. Plans of a new beacon for Manukau South Head have been prepared, but its construction has been deferred for the present. The port-charges fixed at Wairau having, owing to increased traffic, been found to considerably exceed the expenditure, they were on the Bth May, 1888, reduced to a rate that was estimated to cover the working expenses of the port. The buoys and beacons at the various ports under the charge of the department have been attended to when required by the s.s. " Stella." Orders in Council. —The following Orders in Council, under the provisions of the Harbours Acts, have been issued during the year : — April 9, 1888. Vesting Tauranga Wharf in Tauranga Borough Council. April 24. Approving plans of slipway, Bluff Harbour. April 24. Approving of Thames Harbour Board licensing J. H. Smith to occupy portion of foreshore. May 1. Approving plans of additions, &c, Victoria Wharf, Auckland. May 1. Approving plans of extension of wharf at Devonport, Auckland. May 8. Fixing new pilotage-rate for Wairau. May 16. Vesting Marsden Point Wharf in Whangarei County Council. May 22. Validating election of Chairman of Waitara Harbour Board. May 29. Approving of Greymouth Harbour Board altering rolling-stock to work new cranes. May 29. Approving plans of Stewart and Co.'s timber staging or Slip, Te Aro, Wellington. May 29. Approving plans of J. Eraser's boatshed, Oriental Bay, Wellington. May 29. Approving plans of J. McKirdy's boatshed, Clyde Quay, Wellington. May 29. Approving plans of Allan Maguire's bridge or staging over boat-harbour, Wellington. June 5. Approving plans of G. Parker's boatshed, Oriental Bay, Wellington. Jnne 12. Approving plans of additions and alterations to Greymouth Harbour Works. June 19. Approving plans of groins for protection of Napier from heavy seas. July 10. Prescribing dues and rates for Akaroa wharves. July 24. Approving plans of extension of breakwater at Wanganui by fascine-work. July 31. Prescribing dues and rates for Wainui Wharf, Akaroa. August 22. Approving of Greymouth Harbour Board procuring additional rolling-stock. September 11. Approving of Westport Harbour Board procuring additional rolling-stock, September 11. Approving plans of sea-water pipes of H. Sankey, at Eahopara Point. September 11. Licensing H. Sankey to occupy foreshore at Rahopara Point for laying down pipes for salt-works. September 11. Approving plans of J. Murdoch's wharf, Oban, Stewart Island. September 11. Licensing J. Murdoch to occupy foreshore at Oban, Stewart Island, as a site for wharf. September 11. Approving plans of D. Christie's boatshed, Clyde Quay, Wellington. September 25. Approving plans of Town of Eaglan, and Whaingaroa Road Boards wharf, Raglan Harbour. September 25. Licensing Town of Raglan and Whaingaroa Roads Boards, to occupy foreshore, Eaglan Harbour, as site for wharf. October 2. Authorising Greymouth Harbour Board to construct two goods-sheds on wharf. October 9. Authorising Westport Harbour Board to construct siding in station-yards. October 23. Approving plans of borough baths, near Cemetery Point, Akaroa Harbour. October 23. Licensing Akaroa Borough Council to occupy foreshore, Akaroa Harbour, as a site for baths. October 30. Approving plans of foundation for 35-ton crane, Wellington. November 3. Approving plans of modification of extension of Wanganui Breakwater by fascines. November 27. Authorising Greymouth Harbour Board to make additional sidings.
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November 27. Approving plans of North British and Hawke's Bay Freezing Company's wharf and groins, Napier. December 18. Approving plans of Lane and Brown's wharf, Totara North, Whangaroa. December 18. Licensing Messrs. Lane and Brown to occupy foreshore at Totara North, Whangaroa, as site for wharf. December 28. Approving plans of C. McKeegan's boatshed, Clyde Quay, Wellington. December 28. Approving plans of crib-work extension for beach-protection, The Spit, Napier. January 15, 1889. Approving plans of J. Muir's boatshed, Oriental Bay, Wellington. January 15. Fixing dues and making regulations for Kaikoura Wharf. January 15. Declaring Birkenhead Borough Council to join with Norfchcoje Road Board in electing member of Auckland Harbour Board. January 29. Approving plans of extension of J. Dunning's Wharf, Devonport, Auckland. February 12. Authorising Westport Harbour Board to procure drilling- and punching-machin.es, lathe, engine, &c. February 19. Approving plans of John Webster's Wharf, Opononi, Hokianga. February 19. Licensing John Webster to occupy foreshore at Opononi, Hokianga, as a site for wharf. February 19. Approving plans of Greymouth flood-wall. March 5. Approving plans of County Wharf at Ohiwa. March 5. Licensing Whakatane County Council to occupy foreshore at Ohiwa as site for wharf. March 5. Vesting Waipipi and Waitiku Wharves in Waipipi Eoad Board. March 12. Approving plans of public hall on foreshore at Kohu Kohu, Hokianga. March 12. Licensing A. C. Yarborough and W. A. Gilfillan to occupy foreshore at Kohu Kohu as site for public hall. March 12. Authorising Westport Harbour Board to construct sheep-pen. Notices to Mariners. —Thirty-two Notices to Mariners were issued during the year, of which fifteen related to matters within the colony. The following is a list of them:— Timaru Harbour: Alteration in lights on extreme north end of breakwater (two notices). Nelson Harbour : Signal-staff removed to Boulder Bank. Wellington Harbour : Position of mine-field. ■ Greymouth Harhour: Masters of vessels not to take the bar inwards when outer red light obscured or when a vessel is on the bar. Nelson Harbour: Light altered, and light on Bell Buoy exhibited. Greymouth Harbour : Position of wreck of s.s. " Gerda." Westport Harbour : Colour of bar- and danger-signals altered. Timaru Harbour : Lights on North Mole exhibited. New Plymouth Harbour: Formation of sandbank across entrance. Sailing directions for entering. Holmes' Distress Signals and Life-buoy Eescue Lights : Necessity of keeping them dry. Manukau Harbour : Change in banks at entrance. Oamaru Harbour : Dredging operations. Westport Harbour : Light-signals altered. Board of Trade : Summaries of notices received. Where copies may be seen in the colony. Light-dues. —The sum of £13,463 Os. lid. was received for light-dues. This includes the sum of £2,365 Bs. 3d. paid by the Post and Telegraph Department in respect of dues remitted on the San Francisco, New Zealand Shipping, and Shaw-Savill and Albion Co.'s steamers ; but of this amount, owing to an error, the sum of £637 7s. lid. was omitted to be paid until after the end of the financial year. It has, however, for statistical purposes, been included in the receipts, and it will not appear in the receipts of the current year as shown by this department. The light-dues include the sum of £3,717 Os. 9d. paid in respect of coasting-vessels.. Government Steamers. —The "Stella" has been employed on her usual work in attending to the lighthouses, buoys, beacons, &c. She made a trip to the Antipodes, Bounty, Campbell, and Auckland Islands in October last, and also to the Kermadecs in August. The various depots for castaways were examined and replenished where necessary; new depots being established on Macaulay, Curtis, and L'Bsperance Islands, being islands in the Kermadec Group. A flaw was discovered in the "Stella's" shaft in November last, and metal clamps were made and fixed in position. A new shaft to replace the defective part is being made in the Railway Shops at Christchurch. During the year the " Stella " steamed 23,462 miles, was 2,838 hours under steam, burnt 835 tons coal, carried 340 passengers, and landed 996 tons cargo. The " Hinemoa " has not been in commission during the year. A contract was let to Messrs. W. Cable and Co. to put in the new boilers, to make a new donkey-boiler, and to give the machinery a thorough overhaul, making such alterations as were deemed necessary owing to the increased pressure in her boilers. This work was nearly finished at the end of the financial year. Examination of Masters, Mates, and Engineers. —Eighty-five candidates passed their examination for certificates of competency, and twenty-seven failed. Of those who passed fifty-eight were masters, mates, and engineers of sea-going vessels, and twenty-seven were masters and engineers of river-steamers. Three candidates failed to pass the colour-test; being the same number as in the previous year. Only three certificates of service were issued during the year, each as master —one being for the Home trade and two for the foreign trade; one of these latter being a renewal in lieu of a previous certificate which had been lost. Belief of Distressed Seamen. —During the past year the sum of £104 6s. lid. has been disbursed on account of the relief of distressed seamen. Of this amount, £2 11s. has been paid for passages of
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the crew of the "Julia Pryce," from Earotonga, and £3 10s. 6cl. to the Victorian Government for passage of one of the crew of tine "Lurline." £10 11s. fid. has been expended in replenishing the depots for the castaways in the Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands, and £87 13s. lid. in establishing similar depots in the Kermadec Group. There has also been expended £61 Is. for passages of the crews of the "Shannon "and " Electra," both of London; but this amount has been refunded by the Board of Trade. Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen,—Timing the year the estates of twenty-eight deceased seamen have been dealt with : £35 4s. sd. has been paid to relatives or creditors, and £43 4s. lOd. paid into the Public Account in accordance with the provisions of section 87 of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877." Survey of Steamers and Inspection of Machinery. — Certificates of survey under "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," have been issued to 185 steamers, of 30,302 aggregate tonnage, and 10,690 horse-power, as against 202 steamers of 31,640 aggregate tonnage, and 10,548 horse-power in the previous year. Certificates of exemption under the provisions of section 201 of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," and subsection (2) of section 2 of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1885," were issued during the year for the under-mentioned steamers : " Waitangi" and " Fairlight," both being exempted from employment of certificated masters. 1 would draw attention to the remarks made in last year's report as to the first-class steamers being only surveyed once a year. The new Marine Board Act in Victoria makes provision, for this, and I would therefore recommend, in. order to make the practice in this colony the same as elsewhere, that the Shipping and Seamen's Act of 1877 be amended, so as to enable this to be done here. It would be desirable at the same time to provide that small steam-launches not carrying passengers should not be compelled to carry certificated masters. The reports of the Inspectors of Machinery will be found at the end of the report. Owing to the revival of trade, and more especially to the large increase of flax-mills, 273 more boilers have been inspected than last year. The work has been getting into arrears owing to the Inspectors being unable to cope with it. For instance, the Napier District could not be done during the last year: instead of the Inspector going there in February, he was unable to do so until quite recently. Another Inspector should be appointed as soon as possible, and when this is done the work will be able to be kept in hand, unless any large increase of the number of boilers used should take place. Wrecks and Casualties. —The accompanying table shows an analysis of the casualties reported. Those on the coast of the colony number 50, representing tonnage amounting to 10,024 tons as against 54 casualties affecting 16,420 tons in the previous year. There is a decrease in the number of total wrecks within the colony; 14 vessels of 2,991 aggregate tonnage being lost as against 19 vessels of 5,120 aggregate tonnage in the previous year. There is also a decrease in the number of lives lost during the year, being 31 as against 33 in the previous year; those lost in the colony being 19 as against 31 last year. Of the lives lost on or near the coasts of the colony, 4 were lost from the s.s. "Kahu," 3 in the "Colonist," 4 in the "Mimiha," 2 in the "Lizzie Guy," 3 in the " Coquette," and 1 each from the " Lizzie Guy," s.s. " lona," and " Nellie." Of those lost beyond the colony, 8 were lost in the " Celestia," and 1 each from the " Selene," " Glenlora," " Chili," and " Turakina." Fisheries. — Oysters : The oyster-beds in the bays in Tory Channel have been closed until the 31st January, 1892, and the close season for rock-oysters in Coromandel, Hauraki Gulf, and Bay of Islands has been further extended until the 31st December next. Proceedings have been taken from time to time against persons infringing the regulations relative to close seasons. In order to preserve the rock-oyster beds from destruction it would be most desirable to have power to lease for a term of years parts of the foreshore on which rock-oysters are found, these leases to be subject to strict conditions as to maintaining the beds in a proper manner. Imported Fish. —A sum of money having been voted for the introduction of salmon-ova, the Government asked the Otago and Southland Acclimatisation Societies whether they would undertake to hatch such ova out, and place all the fry in the Aparima Eiver, Southland, this river being considered a very suitable one for salmon ; it also being considered desirable, in accordance with the views of eminent pisciculturists, to place as many fry as possible in the one river with the view of ascertaining definitely, if possible, whether the acclimatisation of salmon can be made a success in our waters. This the societies agreed to. Accordingly, an order was sent Home to the AgentGeneral to expend £500 in sending salmon-ova, the result being that 150,200 were sent in the "Arawa," and 482,650 in the " Aorangi." The first shipment proved remarkably successful, but those in the " Aorangi" were not in so good condition. Correspondence on the subject of this importation will be laid before Parliament. In connection with placing the salmon-fry in the Aparima Eiver, steps were taken by Order in Council to prohibit any net-fishing in this river ; a petition was received from the men who had been engaged in fishing at Biverton, complaining of this action, and Messrs. Bain and Denniston were asked by the Government to report on the matter at issue. They recommended that netting should continue to be prohibited, and that the sum of £150 should be paid to the fishermen as compensation. Their report has been adopted, and (since the close of the financial year) the money has been paid as recommended. In connection with their inquiry, an examination was made to see if the salmon-fry placed in the Aparima some time before were still there, the result being that a large number of parr were seen, and several captured. Some of them appeared to be assuming the smolt attire. The main point, however, is, will these fish, which should have gone down to sea in the autumn, return from the sea. Judging from analogy, they should return as grilse in January or February next. I recommend that steps be taken to ascertain, if possible, whether they do return, for if they do the acclimatisation of salmon may be considered a success, and steps should at once be taken to stock other rivers.
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The acclimatisation societies have done useful work in distributing fish. In reply to a circular issued replies have been received from sixteen societies, who report that some 874,000 trout of various kinds (including 103,000 American brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), have been distributed during the year. It has been reported that the whitefish placed in Lake Eotoiti have thriven well; but, as far as I understand, no specimens have been actually received. It would be desirable to ascertain whether this is so, with a view, if they have matured, of securing ova for distribution amongst our other cold-water lakes. The Lakes District Society is not confident as to the success of the whitefish-ova sent to them; but a partial success may be hoped for, having in. view that a* whitefish over llin. long was recently found in a pond at Clinton, in which some fry had been placed. This fish, which was accidentally killed, has been mounted, and I understand placed in the museum at Dunediu. Returns. —The report by the Marine Engineer on works carried out, reports by Inspectors*of Machinery, the usual annual returns, and wreck-chart w'll be found appended hereto. I have, &c, Lewis H. B. Wilson, Hon. the Minister having charge of Marine Department. Assistant-Secretary.
ANNUAL EEPOET ON LIGHTHOUSE WORKS, ETC., BY THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF (ACTING MARINE ENGINEER). The Assistant Engineeb-in-Chief to the Secketaby, Marine Department. Sir, — Marine Department, 81st March, 1889. I have the honour to report that the only works undertaken by this department during the past year have been in connection with the erection of Cuvier Island Lighthouse. The cast-iron tower referred to in last year's report was satisfactorily manufactured by Mr. A. Beaney, of Archhill, Auckland, at a cost of £704. Early in August a party of men were landed under the charge of Mr. Scott, the foreman of works attached to the department, and the work of constructing the necessary roads, tramways, and buildings was commenced. The iron tower and lantern were landed successfully in February, and it is hoped that the light will be read)' for exhibition early in September next. Plans for anew beacon at Manukau Heads have been prepared, with the view of having it constructed during next summer. I have, &c, W. N. Blaib, The Secretary, Marine Department. Assistant Engineer-in-Chief.
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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals, Grand Totals. Iead Office :— Assistant Secretary Senior Clerk Clerk Marine Engineer Draughtsman Nautical Adviser £ s. a. 404 3 4 231 13 4 190 0 0 75 0 0 24 0 0 300 0 0 s s. a. £ s. a. 1,224 1G 8 1,224 1G 8 [aeboubs :— Manukau, — Salaries Contingencies Russell, — Salaries Contingencies .. .. .. - Whangarei,— Repairs to wharf Contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries Contingencies Kaipara, — Salaries .. Contingencies Opunake, — Salary (2 months) Contingencies Poxton, — Salary Contingencies 311 13 4 78 12 10 174 0 0 13 8 6 26 1 0 0 15 0 274 0 0 5 G G 390 G 2 187 8 6 2G 1G 0 279 6 6 Gil 18 4 74 17 1 680 10 5 4 3 4 2 16 9 7 0 1 191 13 4 45 5 10 236 19 2 10 0 0 Wangawelii light Tauranga,— Contingencies Wairau, — Salary Contingencies 2 19 6 145 0 0 40 4 5 185 4 5 5 7 6 Picton, — Contingencies Nelson, —' Salaries Removal and re-erection of flagstaff Telephone line to flagstaff Contingencies Riwaka, — Salary Waitapu,— Salary .. .. ,. Maintenance of leading-lights Contingencies Oollingwood,— Salary of lightkeeper Removing snags Contingencies Karamea, — Signalman Contingencies Mokihinui, — Removal of rocks and survey of bar Contingencies Nile River, — Signalman Okarito, — Salary Contingencies Okura River, — Signalman Akaroa, — Salary Contingencies 899 3 4 63 9 4 201 15 1 77 13 4 25 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 25 0 0 12 18 6 5 4 G 1,242 1 1 6 10 0 7G 8 0 43 3 0 g 28 0 0 12 2 0 40 2 0 90 17 6 12 11 8 103 9 3 17 5 0 50 0 0 32 12 G 82 12 6 COO 25 0 0 0 G 0 25 6 0 119 2 6 1G5 2 0 <*•» Report on Gisborne harbour-wodcs General harbour contingencies 3,944 19 7 Carried forward
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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department— continued.
Return showing the Number of Masters, Mates, and Engineers examined during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889, distinguishing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.
Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward Lighthouses :— Salaries of keepers Travelling-expenses of keepers Oil .. Stores and contingencies Pension of Mrs. Deck Lighthouse artificer 7,971 3 11 34 2 2 1,338 15 9 1,288 0 2 24 0 0 66 13 4 10,722 15 4 "Stella," s.8.,— Wages, stores, provisions, &o. Less amount earned by steamer 4,816 16 9 373 16 0 10,722 15 4 4,443 0 9 4,443 0 9 Departmental travelling-expenses sundries .. Charts Enquiries into wrecks and casualties Llelief of distressed seamen idministration of Fisheries Acts Compensation to Lightkeeper Kobson for loss of office in addition to amount under Civil Service Act Survey of unseaworthy ships 16 5 4 35 10 6 27 4 7 187 4 6 104 6 11 76 17 4 I 127 10 2 4' '4 0 •• Inspection of Machinery and Survey of Steamers, — Salaries of Inspectors Travelling-expenses Contingencies 1,900 0 0 745 2 6 80 9 7 579 3 4 2,725 12 1 2,725 12 1 Examination of Masters and Mates, — Salaries Contingencies 450 0 0 80 18 8 530 18 8 530 18 8 ;' Hinemoa," S.S., — Expenses when laid up New boilers, repairs, and alterations 167 8 7 2,409 6 10 2,570 15 5 2,576 15 5 Introduction of salmon ova 58 6 4 Guaranteed interest to Wellington Patent Slip Company 2,450 0 0 58 6 4 2,450 0 0 Less amount of credits to votes 29,256 8 2 417 17 7 Total £28,838 10 7 «
icklai id. Wellington. Lyttelt. >n. Dunedin. Other PI; ,ccs. 'otals. Class of Certificate. 1 o H d 'S o ft h B ■O rrj O 1 B -a S '3 o ft h H 1 1 ft &< o E-l 1 rd foreign - going masters and mates lome-trade masters and mates liver-steamer masters iea-going engineers liver-steamer engineers 11 4 2 s 23 10 4 8 2 6 •_ 37 21 2 9 3 i 1 2 1 ! 6 4 3 11 ! 4 C 1 9 1 1 4 1 17 1 4 1 17 2 1 2 i 40 8 8 15 19 13 4 ■ 5 2 3 5c 7 13 17 22 '1 1 8 'a! jio Totals 14 20 8 28 I 8 I I ! 3 11 23 23 I I 11 'si I 18 85 27 I ll:
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Return showing the Cost of Erection of the New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.
Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return showing the Amount of Light-dues collected during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return showing Expenditure on New Lighthouses, &c., out of Public Works Loan, during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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, &c.
Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. Pencarrow Head Nelson Tiri-Tiri .. Mana Island* Taiaroa Head Godley Head Dog Island .. Farewell Spit Nugget Point Cape Campbell Manukau Head Cape Foulwind Brothers Portland Island Moeraki Centre Island Puyscgur Point Capo Maria van Diemen Akaroa Head Cape Saunders Capo Bgmontf Moko Hinou .. Waipapapa Point Ponui Passage J Kaipara Head French Pass Cost of telegraph cable to Tiri-Tiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ B. cl. 6,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,518 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 16 4 10,480 12 8 6,139 11 8 6,597 3 7 5,619 2 6 4,975 2 4 6,955 9 1 6,241 0 0 6,554 14 5 4,288 13 2 5,785 19 0 9,958 19 5 7,028 14 8 7,150 6 5 6,066 G 3 3,353 17 11 8*186 5 0 5-969 18 11 5,571 8 0 1,427 17 5 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £150,895 11 8 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egrnc I Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparai moved from Mana Island, is not included in i t Built by Provincial Government of A known in Marine Department. rmt. bus, which were rethis. .uckland; cost not
Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* Onelmnga Whangaroi Mongonui Hokianga Ka'ipara Thames* Gisborne* Waii'oa* Napier* New Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* Patoa* Foxton Wellington* .. Wairau Nelson Hokitika* Lyttelton* Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Invercargill* .. Bluff* Riverton* £ s. d. 357 12 7 £ s. a. 1,519 3 6 143 6 2 60 19 8 1 40 19 9; £ s. d. 1,876 16 1 143 6 2 60 19 8 40 19 9 6 0 3 720 5 5 97 X 0 502 1 11 79 16 10 2,470 3 11 105 15 0 84 6 2 342 17 9 23 8 0 47 14 2 3,972 7 6 295 1 2 1,136 16 8 5 12 4 6,463 12 8 841 5 2 1,370 3 7 7,511 11 10 39 2 3 2,073 15 8 30 8 1 6 0 8 255 3 2 97 7 0 59 11 8 75 15 4 1,068 10 i 56 17 6 65 2 II 1 342 17 9! 19 11 ol 47 14 2 686 19 10 295 1 2 1,135 15 9 5 12 4 3,904 18 0 465 2 3 442 10 3 4 16: 801 13 71 48 17 6 19 3 3, 317 0 3,285 7 8 i' 0 11 729 13 5 4,106 16 10 13 6 0| 1,304 3 0 2,.558 14 8! '841 5 2 640 10 2 3,404 15 0 25 16 3 769 12 8j 30 8 1 Totals .. |15,234 10 a 15,107 5 0. 30,341 15 0 * Harbour Board revenue.
Port. Amount collected. I Auckland .. Onehunga .. Whangarei Whangaroa Russell Mongonui .. Hokianga .. Kaipara Ihames Pauranga .. Poverty Bay Napier Now Plymouth Waitara Wanganui .. Patea Wellington Wairau Picton Nelson Westport .. 3-reymoutli Hokitika .. Lyttelton .. limaru Damaru Dunedin [nvercargill Bluff "S .. £ s. d. 3,265 8 1 74 0 11 52 10 11 10 0 5 123 3 0 1 18 0 9 19 9 300 13 1 77 11 9 27 6 9 156 1 11 424 1 1 104 12 1 G 10 2 58 17 9 4 15 4 2,437 0 2 27 14 11 117 8 8 285 10 9 140 14 2 1G9 19 11 21 6 3 1,734 1 7 343 18 3 2G5 17 1 1,770 11 7 18 10 3 1,373 1 4 Totals £13,4G3 0 11
Nature of Expenditure. Amount. Cuvier Island Lighthouse ! £ s. d. 2,504 2 1
Nature of Koceipts, Amount. Skipping 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 Pilotage and port charges Sundry receipts under Harbours Acts Sundries £ s. d. 858 2 9 ! 1,150 9 0 115 0 0 113,463 0 11 82 16 6 3,443 0 0 2,451 3 3 91 10 0 59 16 6 Total 21,714 18 11
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Return of Estates of Deceased Seamen received and administered in Pursuance of the Provisions of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.
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Name of Seaman. Balance to Credit of Estate on 31st March, 1888. Amount received. Amount paid. Balance to Credit of Estate on 31st March. 188'J. Charles Johnson Neil Garmichaol -Robert Smith W. Eagle C. PI. Hanson David John Hannah William Prisk A. Poon Charley Bill Harry Coffey G. Minhardt Christian Svenscn James Gunning Frank McHugh Charles Brown or Fitzgerald Henrich Hanson James Shaw David Borthwick John Jones James Murrison James Watson C. McCarthy J. Clarke D. Bruce.. Robert Messiah Jimmy David Rintoul £ s. d 16 8 1 G 8 16 8 1 G 8 3 2 0 12 14 2 0 8 0 5 16 0 3 11 0 3 11 0 3 11 0 5 5 0 11 9 0 6 13 4 10 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. 1 G 8 1 "G 8 16 8 16 8 3 2 0 12 14 2 0 8 0 5 16 0 3 11 0 3 11 0 3 11 0 5 5 0 11 9 0 £ s. a. ♦ 12 18 11 i"o o 19 12 3 6 3 0 3 9 10 4 9 1 1 1G 4 4 0 0 3 8 4 8 G 6 9 5 0 6 G 0 7 9 0 2 18 10 29 11 10 9 1 11 3 0 0 4 9 1 I 16 4 4 0 0 o'*2 3 2 14 0 g"3 0 0 9 10 3 8 4 8 4 3 G 11 0 6 G 0 0 15 3 2 18 10 29 11 10 9 1 11 G'l3 9
Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. Description. Period of Revolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower built of Dwellings built of Date first lighted. Capo Maria van I Diemen 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed 1' White Red, to show over Columbia Reef White White, with red are over Flat Rook White and red White Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Moko Hinou Tiri-Tiri 1st order dioptric 2nd Flashing Fixed 10" Stone Iron Timber 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1805 Ponui Passago Cuvier Island 5th 1st 2nd Revolving 30" 30" Timber 29 July, 1871 Building 10 Feb., 1878 Portland Island Fixed Red, to show over Bull Rock White Pencarrow Head Cape Egmont Manukau Heads Kaipara Head Brothers 2nd order dioptric 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Flashing 10" 10" Iron Timber Timber 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rook White Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head .. | Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point .. Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed Flashing Fixed 1' i6" Timber Stone Timber Timber Stone Timber 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1805 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1805 RevolvingFixed Flashing Revolving i; Red White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stcne Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone 10" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puyscgur Point Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving 10" 80" 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 Red and white, with white light on beacon Iron 4 Aug., 1802 French Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884
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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, 1889.
Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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Oil. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Stores ana Contingencies. Totals. Gallons consumed. Value. Cape Maria van Diemen Moko Hinou Tiri-Tiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Portland Islana.. Napier Bluff Pencarrow Head Somes Islana Cape Egmonfc Manukau Heaa Manukau South Head leading-liglifcs Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Heads Brothers Tory Channel leading-lights Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puysegur Point Hokitika Cape Foulwind Farewell Spit Nelson French Pass £ s. a. 361 13 4 365 14 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 170 0 0 374 6 0 36 0 0 267 10 0 144 6 8 274 3 4 249 3 4 811 815 525 *72 76 642 Gas 871 206 486 509 140 212 559 662 170 507 497 634 528 567 520 919 512 809 905 966 Gas 540 502 230 123 £ s. d. 60 16 6 61 2 6 39 7 6 6 6 0 5 14 0 48 3 0 21 4 0 65 6 6 15 9 0 36 9 0 38 3 6 10 10 0 15 18 0 41 18 6 49 13 0 12 15 0 38 0 6 37 5 6 47 11 0 39 12 0 42 10 6 39 0 0 68 18 6 38 8 0 60 13 6 67 17 6 72 9 0 21 1 3 40 10 0 37 13 0 17 5 0 9 4 6 £ s. d. 76 0 11 46 -1 3 27 16 4 6 15 0 4 5 0 73 19 4 0 19 0 48 15 3 32 8 1 37 10 10 38 4 4 £ s. a. 498 10 9 472 17 9 317 3 10 163 1 0 179 19 0 496 8 4 58 3 0 381 11 9 192 3 9 348 3 2 325 11 2 10 10 0 162 1 9 359 2 11 617 18 5 109 10 6 383 15 1 320 7 1 353 0 0 353 6 9 346 18 10 351 10 5 394 10 3 334 14 11 506 10 10 487 12 2 521 6 4 36 1 3 376 7 7 441 9 2 348 6 7 217 5 6 125 0 0 260 0 0 494 1 2 90 0 0 200 7 11 260 0 0 270 0 0 269 3 4 208 5 0 272 10 0 280 0 0 273 3 9 368 2 9 361 0 0 360 16 8 15 0 0 290 0 0 330 0 0 280 16 8 200 0 0 21 3 9 57 4 5 174 4 3 6 15 6 85 6 8 23 1 7 35 9 0 44 11 5 36 3 4 40 0 5 45 11 9 23 3 2 77 14 7 58 14 8 88 0 8 45 17 7 73 16 2 50 4 11 8 10 Totals .. 7,971 3 11 15,515 1,206 15 9 1,288 0 2 10,465 19 10 * Kerosene. t Of this amount, £38 18s. 2d. 'as for provisions.
Name of Vessel. ,,, Horsej.ons power of Nature of Engines, xtegistei. Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Ahuriri .. a Akaroa Alexandra < ■ Antrim .. .. Aorere Arawata Australia 11 Awarua .. .; Awhina Barstow Beautiful Star .. Bella Bellinger Ben Lomond Birkenhead Blanche Britannia Canterbury Charles Edward .. Chelmsford City of Cork Clansman Colleen Coromandel Daphne Douglas Durham Eagle Echo .. Bdina .. 31 43 73 35 44 623 260 100 5 17 28 30 30 16 300 77 80 50 24 30 12 46 15 10 9 40 24 60 24 46 98 18 25 2 30 30 70 3 6 Compound Non-condensing Compound Screw Paddle Screw i i i i Extended river Eiver Sea-going Non-condensing Condensing .. Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Eiver Sea-going Extended river Sea-going Eiver Tug. 146 12 134 33 55 18 108 Loft the colony. Non-condensing Paddle Screw Paddle Screw 140 70 42 336 38 67 Compound Extended river Sea-going Launch. Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Condensing .. Compound Paddle Screw Paddle I Screw Biver Sea-going River Extended river River Sea-going Extended river Eiver New launch. -55 53 138 Non-condensing Paddle Screw Lato " Sappho." "9
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Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Horsepower of Engines. Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate Remarks. Effort Elsie Enterprise Erin Fairy Fingal Qairloch G-erda 13 12 8 32 4 15 13 85 GO Compound Paddle Screw Paddle Screw River Extended river Launch. Gl 32 22 187 340 Non-condensing Condensing Compound River Extended river Launch. Twin-screw Screw Soa-going Wrecked (German vessel). Launch. Gleaner Glenelg .. 3-rafton .. Hauroto Herald .. Hinemoa Hokianga ITuia Huia [da [nvercargill [ona Jane Douglas Kahu Kakanui Kanieri Kate Katikati Kawatiri Kawau 8 156 297 1,270 356 8 75 123 253 85 3 7 C 25 10 50 65 20 40 22 20 5 8 70 10 Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw River Sea-going Non-condensing River Launch. 90 12 123 159 75 93 57 115 Compound Non-condensing Compound // • • Sea-going River Sea-going Launch. Non-condensing Condensing .. Compound River 27 286 Sea-going Extended river Kennedy Kina Kiwi Kopuru Koputai Koranui Kotuku.. La Buona Ventura Lady Barkly Lilie Lily Little George Lyttelton Mahinapua Mahinapua Malm Maitai .. Mana Manapouri Manawatu Manukau Maori Maori 138 39 132 28 5 301 41 4 39 10 20 50 15 30 20 120 80 40 4 18 10 10 4 80 80 10 5 55 25 300 40 15 60 8 530 40 3 75 3 25 4 25 8 25 5 18 24 18 18 19 9 100 120 92 160 120 43 80 22 7 12 180 4 8 8 40 Twin-screw Screw Sea-going River Sea-going River Sea-going Steam-yacht, formerly "Jubilee." Non-condensing Compound Paddle Screw Three screws .. Screw Tug. Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Extended river River Sea-going River Paddle Twin-screw Screw Paddle Twin-screw .. Stern-wheel .. Screw H Launch. Tug. S9 205 Compound Sea-going Non-condensing River New launch. 4 163 51 1,020 112 45 118 17 1,248 50 Compound Sea-going River Sea-going River Sea-going Extended river Sea-going River Condensing Non-condensing Triple expansion Non-condensing Mararoa Matau .. Matuku.. Mawhera May Minnie Casey Miranda Stern-wheel .. Screw Launch. 340 Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Condensing .. Compound Sea-going River *4S Launch. iio Sea-going Extended river River Launch. Moa Moss Rose Mountaineer Moutoa Murray Napier Nautilus (yacht).. Neptune Nile Noko No. 121 .. No. 222 .. Ohau 66 78 48 32 44 21 15 394 502 411 352 283 138 138 37 9 18 442" 10 7 13 29 Paddle Screw Sea-going Extended river Sea-going Launch. Launch. Launch. Dredge. Non-condensing Paddle Screw Twin-screw Extended river Compound Sea-going Screw Omapere Orawaiti Oreti .. Osprey Patiki Pearl Pelorus Penguin Phcsmx Pic ton Planet Plucky .. Non-condensing Paddle Screw River Extended river River Sea-going Extended river Launch. Compound Non-condensing Launch. * Compound Sea-going Tug.
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Return of Steamers to which Certificates of Survey were issued — continued.
Return showing the Certificates of Service issued to Masters, Mates, and Engineers during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Horsepower of Nature of Engines. Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Pukaki Result .. Result Reynolds Richmond Ringarooma Rosamond Rose Casey Rotoiti .. Rotomahana Rotomahana Rotorua Rowena Ruby Scotchman Shag Snark Southern Gross .. Spray Staffa .. Stormbird 850 18 750 14 4 14 105 300 90 40 15 450 45 172 30 14 10 27 G 50 3 25 40 55 4 22 163 20 12 15 16 250 92 10 5 250 270 3 10 16 25 70 55 25 18 28 5 40 14 20 265 20 95 13 292 16 5 16 16 15 16 8 10 256 30 120 70 25 185 20 80 60 12 12 Compound Non-condensing Screw Sea-going Extended river River New vessel. Launch. 475 623 462 99 17 864 139 S76 74 32 30 31 Compound Sea-going ". Extended river ♦ Non-condensing Compound Condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Sea-going Non-condensing Extended river River Sea-going River Sea-going River Sea-going Launch. 139 Compound Non-condensing Condensing Compound Launch. 40 137 177 Wrecked. Launch. Suva Sylph Tainui .. Takapuna Takapuna Tarn O'Shanter .. Tangihua Taniwha Tarawera Taupo Tawhara 41 370 57 22 20 Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Paddle Screw Paddle Screw River , .. Sea-going River Extended river River Dredge. 1,269 408 Compound Sea-going L_Non-condensing River Launch. Tay Te Anau Tekapo Terrier Terror Te Wae Theodore Timaru Titan Tongariro Torea .. Tuhua Vesta Victoria Vivid Waihi .. Waihora Waikato Wainui Waipara Wairarapa Wairoa Waitangi Waitapu Waitara Waitara Waitoa Waiwera Waiwera Wakatipu Wakatu Wanaka Wareatea Waverley Whampoa Weka Wellington Westland Yankee Doodle .. Zephyr 1,028 1,544 35 279 21 62 9 3 93 16 63 1,269 61 391 70 1,023 48 Non-condensing Compound Condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Twin-screw Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Stern-wheel .. Screw Paddle Screw Paddle Screw Twin-screw Screw Sea-going River Extended river River Sea-going River Extended river River Extended river Sea-going River Sea-going Launch. Dredge. Left the colony. Tug. Launch. Launch. 40 26 11 27 Extended river River Sea-going Extended river 6 1,157 75 278 288 76 1,109 53 279 35 Compound Twin-screw Screw River Extended river Sea-going Launch. Twin-screw Screw Tug. Launch. Condensing Non-condensing Paddle River Screw
Name of Person. Bank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. ames Malcolmson Villiam Anglem ilexander Campbell (renewal) .. Master i .. Home trade .. Foreign trade .. 25 April, 1888 .. 2 March, 1889 ..26 1 2548 2549 2550
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Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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Name of Person. Bank. I Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Joseph William Holdcroft 3ilbert Laurenson rohnMill Kenneth Bligh Skeet William Shephard Fohn Bollons Francis Harris Prank Wilson Arbon aeorge Bell ilexander Robinson William Walker Earald Syvertsen Molvig .. [srael Quick Gregory Vivian Charles White-Parsons Edwin George Derbidge Charles Gustaf Hollmen .. Seorge Melville Ruxton Alexander Smith William Barber William McLean Robert Swayne Hinton Charles Henry Hyde Richard McAvoy William Paton Charles Henry Hyde Anton Pctersson Herrmann Karl Max Spittka John McMaster Stewart Pliomas Basire Henry James Williams Peter Palleson rhomas William Brown Poster James Tackaberry James Cooper Walker Adam Coutts William Robertson Edward Stott John Henry Clements Peter Dunbar George Graves Charles Edward Pyke ' .. Phomas James Chaplin John Thomas Rolls William Jioss William Bonar Raymond Burns Charley Olsen Christian Tlieodor Julius Andersen.. John William Fowler Robert John Scott William Tinney David Cremcn Charles Utting Penny Alexander Trmdle Thompson William Rowley Entwistle Hugh Clark Alexander McArthur John Mitchell Louis Martin Andrew McFarlane Arnold Augustus Glaclwin Lewis James Smith William Alexander McGregor Robert linox William Smart John George Seed Alexander William Bethune rhomas Cargill James Moses Ferguson John Cook Buchanan Alexander McNair John Benson Archibald Hill William Henry Martin Joseph Alexander Fleming Samuel Millbank William James Wilson Henry Duston Robert Richard Auty ilf red Latimcr William McKirdy James Duncan McNab Harris .^. Willy Gustav Adolf Siebert Alexander Trmdle Thompson Colin James McDonald 3amuel Livingston Chandler Fames Begg William Frederick Bell ?eter Rentoul I'liomas Chapman lames Durrant .. .. .. Henry Duston William Conyers Only Mate Second Mate First Mate Second Mate Only Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Only Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate Only Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. Master Extra Second Mate Master Ordinary .. Second Mate First Mate Second Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Master Ordinary .. First Mate Only Mate Master Ordinary .. Master Mate Foreign trade „ (renewal) „ (renewal) „ (renewal) „ (renewal) Home trade(renewal] 3 April, 1888 .. 9 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 1G „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 8 May, „ .. 25 June, „ .. 16 July, „ .. 7 Aug., „ .. 21 •„ „ .. 6 Sept., „ .. 0 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 17 Oct., „ .. 19 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 31 „ „ .. 12 Nov., „ .. 16 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. Iff „ „ .. 2G „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 1 Deo., „ .. 17 „ 27 „ „ .. 27 9 Jan., 1889 .. 21 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. lFeb., , .. 8 „ „ .. 11 „ „ .-. H » „ ■■ 11 „ „ .. 11 i „ •• 16 „ „ ., 19 „ „ .. 19 March, „ .. 26 „ „ .. 16 April, 1888 .. 17 Sept., „ .. 2 March, 1889 .. 25 „ „ .. 3 April, 1888 .. 26 „ „ .. 22 June, „ .. 2 July, „ .. 23 „ „ .. 6 Sept., „ .. 26 Oct., „ .. 26 Nov., „ .. 27 Dec, „ .. 14 June, „ 24 July, „ .. 24 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 7 Aug., „ .. 11 Sept., „ .. 9 Oct., „ .. 19 Nov., „ .. 10 Dec, „ .. 17 „ „ .. 11 Jan., 1889 .. 11 » „ .. 23 2 March, „ .. 15 „ „ .. 16 April, 1888 .. 9 May, „ .. 26 „ „ .. 6 June, „ 11 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 5 July, „ .. 24 „ „ .'. 1 Aug., „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 6 Sept., „ .. 6 „ 5 Oct., „ .. 1 Dec, „ .. 3 „ ,, ... 17 „ „ .. 7 Jan., 1889 .. 11 „ „ .. 8 Feb., „ .. 8 March, „ .. 568 569 552 570 571 572 573 574 575 439 ,576 *577 239 578 579 318 580 581 582 79 583 348 584 585 348 58G 587 455 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 5,329 5,304 5,330 5,331 3,158 3,159 3,160 3,161 3,162 3,363 3,104 3,165 3,166 182 183 184 185 123 140 186 94 108 169 138 168 187 146 188 1,560 1,561 1,562 1,563 1,564 1,565 1,566 1,567 1,568 1,569 1,570 1,571 1,572 1,573 1,574 1,575 1,576 1,577 1,578 1,579 1,580 Master River trade 1st Class Engineer 2nd Glass Engineer Foreign trade 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer 1st Class Engineer 2nd Class Engineer Engineer .. River trade „ (renewal) „ (renewal)
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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1888, to the 31st March, 1889.
Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. I! Number of Nature of Number of Wind. Date of Casualty. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. M>3 | Passeng gers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives lost. Direction. Force. 1887. Jlay 8 (since) Celestia, 35 yrs. Barque .. 225 Timber.. Supposed foundered ; total loss Supposed 8 (all hands) On voyage from Russell to Hobart Vessel left Russell on the 3rd May, 1887, for Hobart, and has not since been heard of. Supposed to have foundered at sea, with loss of all hands Robert H. Offord. 1888. April 7 7 8 Tangiliua, s.s., 10 years Durham, s.s., 13 year a Weathersfield, 23 years Cutter .. Schooner Barque .. 20 54 1047 1 20 8 General Ballast.. Collision; partial loss Collision ; no damage Stranded; total loss 1 "I Off Village of Newport, Wairoa River, Kaipara N.W. Calm .. Strong breeze "Durham," s.s., collided with "Tangihua") during a fog, while the latter was at anchor 1 in the river ( Strong current from westward sets into Wanganui Bight; that no mention is made of this current in the ISlew Zealand Pilot, and the master did not know of its existence Note. —The Marine Department does not agree with the finding of the Court with regard to the existence of such current. Joseph Seymour. James Pearce. Robert Sherris. .. One mile south of Ohau River, Wanganui Bight, Cook Strait 15 Coulnakyie, 26 yrs.; AlLloyd's Julia Pryce,' 17 years Kiwi, s.s. ,13 yrs. Stranded ; partial loss Stranded; total loss Propeller-shaft broken Vavau Harbour Fresh .. Henry John Atwooll. Alfred Clark. May S Barque .. Schooner 589 41 14 5 Copra and tallow Copra and limejuice General Reef off Aitutaki, Cook Group Two miles south-west of Baring Head, near Wellington Harbour E. N.E. Strong .. Anchor caught in coral patch, which caused vessel to bring up, and then drift on to reef Casualty caused through variable current 8 Schooner 133 16 1 E. Light .. Propeller-shaft broke close up to the boss of the propeller; but from what cause was not apparent, as there was not shock or strain upon it Stranding caused through there being insufficient water Casualty cn.used through master being mistaken as to his distance from shore when running down coast; mistake being partly due to state of atmosphere and fog. Master and first officer alert and vigilant; but should have had a man on look-out. Master's certificate suspended for one month, and he . was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel went ashore through cable parting while lying at anchor, the cause of the parting ' being probably a faulty link. Evidence not clear as to whether cable parte8 during watch of first or second officer, each officer being quite certain that it did not occur during his watch. Whilst at anchor, reliance was mainly placed on the lead, and the compass was not in such a position as to permit a prompt determination of the bearings of the shore-lights. No evidence to show that any person was to blame James Campbell. 10 - 16 Ohelmsford, s.s., 2 years Wainui, s.s., 2 j'ears Schooner Schooner 70 391 10 20 3 Live-stock General Stranded ; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Bar of Opotiki River .. Black Rooks to west of Cape Palliser E. S.W. Light .. Charles Hopkins. William Cromarty. June 5 Sophia R. Luhrs, 14 years Stranded; total loss North Spit, entrance to Kaipara Harbour George Alfred Marks. Barque.. 661 17 Ballast.. S.E. Moderate breeze i
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June une 7 I Sarah and Mary, ! 23 years Brig'ntine 145 7 I Coal .. Deck swept by heavy seas; partial loss Lat. 46° S., long. 166° 20' B., on voyage from Newcastle to Invercargill North Spit, entrance to Hokitika River s. Strong gale While hove-to in heavy gala, vessel shipped a heavy sea, which carried away port bulwarks and stanchions, smashed starboard bulwarks and boat, and stove in main hatch Heavy sea struck vessel and brought her broadside on to strong current, which threw her on to the sandspit before she had time to recover her position The wind having failed when vessel was leaving Whangapoua, the sea drove her on to the beach Vessel struck several times when entering the harbour, but whether on rock or hard sand, or other substance, no evidence to show ; but Court was satisfied from evidence that she did not strike on her own anchor. Master was not to blame, as he took all proper precautions for the safety of the vessel in bringing her in When about 1,000 miles from port, vessel sprung a leak in heavy gale and sea, and put back to Auckland for repairs Walter Steelo. 7 Kennedy, s.s., i 23 vears 7 Schooner General s.w. Light .. Mark Furneaux, 124 17 6 Stranded; slight damage I 11 11 ; Nellie, 3J years Cutter .. 41 ! 4 Timber.. Stranded; partial loss Whangapoua Harbour s. Light .. Joseph Goomes. *i m 12 12 : Hawea, s.s., 13 years I Schooner 4G2 38 » 13 General Stranded; total loss Inside breakwater and wharf, New Plymouth N.W. S trong breeze Joseph Hansby v. .s» * 18 18 Coulnakyle-, 26 589 Sprang a leak; partial loss Lat. 41° 45' S., long. 165° W., on voyage from Auckland to Lisbon Between East Cape and Hicks Bay, on voyage from Oamaru to Auckland Henry Atwooll. j years Barque.. 15 Copra and tallow N.E. Gale 19 19 | Lizzie Guy, 17 I years Schooner 85 Produce Loss of life only i S. PaiiJames Shaw, who was at the wheel at 2.15 a.m., on being spoken to by David Jones as to the course he was steering, let go the wheel, and, in stepping backwards, stumbled and fell overboard, and was drowned An O.S. named Henry F. Praill, when engaged aloft in loosing the fore upper-topgallant sail, fell from the yard to the deck, and was killed instantaneously Heavy seas struck vessel when in the Narrows, and carried her on to the North Breakwater " Rosamond " was coming up to the wharf, alongside which " Spec " was lying without lights, and the former, having too much way on her, ran in to the latter An O.S. named Fred. Hennessey, while engaged aloft, on a thick dark night, making fast topgallant staysail, fell overboard, and was not seen again Vessel struck when crossing the bar outwards, and then drove along the shore until she stranded Seeing that night was coming on, with hazy weather, and that he w ras standing in for the land, master should have taken cross-bear-ings to determine his position, and soundings should have been taken at short intervals. Master's certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay costs_ of inquiry James Stevens. 0 21 j Selene, 9 years Ship 996 General Loss of life only 1 Lat. 37° 12' S., long. 17° 30' W., on voyage from London to Wellington On North Breakwater, Greymouth Edmund England. 23 Gerda, s.s.-, 5 years Schooner 340 17 Sundries Stranded; total loss W. and S.W. Presh .. Glaus Eriohsen. 25 Rosamond,- s.s., i 4 years 28 ! Spec, 26 years Schooner 462 4 Coal Collision ; no damage Collision ; partial loss Loss of life only ;) Calm J Strong breeze James Lowe. Schooner (coal-hulk) Ship .. 32 17 Alongside of Queen's Wharf, Wellington July 7 Glenlora, 24yrs. 774 16 General i Lat. 39° 30' S., long. 1° 30' E. s. Alfred Haynes Sargent. 10 \ Suva, s.s., 11 yis. Schooner 177 ; 22 22 2 Coal .. Stranded; total loss On South Beach, about 1J miles from breakwater, Westport Two miles north-west of White Bluff, Cloudy Bay, Cook Strait N. Fresh .. Charles William Todd. Aug. 9 Kate Tatham, 25 years Barqaentine 275 i 9 j Coal .. Stranded; partial loss S.S.E. Moderate gale William Moore. 4 i i
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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.
Number of iture of Number ■Wind. Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Ago and Class. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. as Passen<3 gers-Cai-go. Casualty. Lives lost. Direction. Force: 1888. Aug. 11 Iona, s.s., 13J years Schooner 159 15 Oysters, Loss of life only 1 Near Old-man Eock, Hole-in-the-wall, on voyage from Mercury Bay to Auckland Mouth of Hokitika River N.E. Light air A passenger named George Connor fell over- j Frank Amodeo. board and was drowned 18 Charles Edward, s.s., 24 years South Carolina, 14 yeaps Schooner Cutter .. 123 27 17 5 2 General Firewood Stranded; no damage Foundered; total loss Between Pigeon Eoek and Flat Island, Hauraki Gulf N.E. S.W. Light .. Squally Vessel grounded through being a little too far I Thomas Whitto the south .-,-j ; well. Gangway - board carried away. Vessel put j Manuel Ignacio round for Tryphena Harbour; but, squall in- I Soares. creasing, vessel would not rise to waves, and sank in 22 fathoms water The rudder broke off short when vessel was Edward A. Bayabout off Cape Campbell, and she drifted ley. before gale on to the rocks Heavy gale came on while vessel at anchor, ' Thos. Christian and she had to run ashore to save life Christensen. Vessel left Lyttelton for Havelock, and is \ James Sinclair, supposed to have foundered in a gale . 30 „ 31 Colonist, 20 yrs. Schooner 43 Produce Stranded; total loss 3 Eocks off old Pilot-sta-tion, entrance to Wellington Harbour Turehau, 13 miles north of Clisboriie Supposed at sea between Motunau Island and Kaikoura N.W. corner of Le Bon's Bay, Banks Peninsula Cape Turnagain s.w. Gale .. W 31 Three Brothers, 2G years Mimiha, 3 years Ketch .. 24 3 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Supposed foundered ; total loss Stranded; total loss Loss of life only S.E. Gale .. 31 (suppos'd) Schooner 54 4 Ballast.. Supposed] 4 (all hands) S.W. Gale .. Sept. 22 Hero, 24 years Cutter .. 29 4 Firewood s.w. Gale .. Vessel parted her cable in a heavy gale and John Frederick drove ashore Eeece. While engaged landing cargo from the steamer '■■ George Eomeril. in a boat, at Cape Turnagain, the boat capsized in the surf and four of the crew were drowned An A.B. named John Stribley, while engaged Donald McKenfurling sail, fell from the maintopsail 3~ard zie. into the sea and was lost . 27 Kaliu, s.s., 2 yrs. Schooner 93 13 General 4 ! 1 Light air Oct. 7 Chili, 11 years Barque.. 67S Ballast.. Loss of life only 1 Lat. 39° 14' S., long. 172° 49' W., on voyage from Newcastle, N.S.W., to Wellington Seven miles south-west of South-west Point, Foveaux Strait s. Gale .. 9 Nellie, 2 years Schooner Fish .. Stranded; total loss 1 w.s.w. Strong gale Heavy sea broke over vessel, threw her on j James Young. her beam - ends, and washed the master j overboard. Crew then tried to beach vessel I on Dog Island, but failed, and were then i taken off by the lighthouse boat. The vessel drifted away, and a portion of her - was afterwards found ashore at Waipapapa ] ' Point " Waitemata," being on a wind on port tack, Frank Wilson. wind being about S.W., came into collision with " Gipsy " on starboard tack, well up on Paul Arnaud. wind An O.S. named John Thurgood, while engaged i Eobert Powell. aloft assisting to take in sail, fell overboard and was lost Wind failed when vessel in breakers on bar, : James Dawson. and she became unmanageable and drifted on to beach 12 tt 10 Waitexnata, 5 Schooner 59 3 Logs .. Collision; no damage Collision; partial loss Loss of life only • } Off False Watchman .. Strong, I squally j n 10 years Gipsy, 3J years Cutter .. 27 3 Sawn timber General w.s.w. ■ J Lat. 40° 6' N., long. 17° 51' W., on voyage from London to Wellington Quarter - mile west of entrance to Mataura Eiver 11 Turakina, 20 years Ship .. 1189 1 Fresh, squally 14 Lizzie Ellen, 1 year Schooner 43 Sawn timber Stranded; partial loss N. Light ..
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Oct. 25 ! Lake St. Clair, [ 12J years „ 25 Coromandel,s.s., 9J years 29 Opawa, 12 years Nov. 2 Gairloeh, s.s., 4 years i Shag, s.s., 13 years „ 4 ! Glair mon t, 12 years 4 Girola, 9 years Schooner | 24 Schooner 68 Ship .. 1075 Schooner 211 Schooner 31 2 9 34 17 5 15 Frozen meat & salt General Produce Collision; slight damage Collision ; no damage Stranded; par- i tialloss Stranded ; no damage Stranded; slight damage :'f OS Judge's Bay, Auckland Oamo.ru Harbour V* aitara River Small outlying rocks off Pinnacle Rock, Wellington Harbour Two cables off breastwork north of Railway Wharf, Wellington Harbour One-mile Spit, Lake Wakatipu Te Kaukau Point, 8 miles north of Cape Palliser Napierroadstead, 1 mile off Inner Harbour SAW SAY. S. Fresh breeze Variable Strong breeze (\ James Elworth. Casualty caused through "Lake St. Clair "I going about instead of holding on her course / 1 Thomas Scott. Vessel struck on her anchor when entering the .Joseph John harbour Hammon. Accident caused by losing steerage-way through F i n d 1 a y touching the bar McArthur. Accident caused through vessel getting off her Samuel Plumley. course by steersman mistaking light at pilotstation for Somes Island light " Clairmont " when in tow of s.s. " Rotorua " ( J°|, in t Lewth' ran into" Girola," which was lying at anchor -i j waI e' without lights, and sank her Vessel ran on sandbank .. .. .. I Thomas Henry Richards. Casualty caused through master not giving James Stevens. Cape Palliser a sufficiently wide berth Barque .. 755 Cutter .. 13 GG Ballast.. Collision ; no damage Collision ; partial loss Stranded ; no [ damage Stranded; total loss 2 Calm „ 5 I H o u n t w ii e e r, p.s., 9 years „ 10 j Lizzie Guy, 17 11 118 Calm .. Schooner ! 85 1 6 Produce S.S.E. Fresh gale years Loading tallow & wool Flax .. „ 12 Langstone, 20 years Barque .. GCS 18 Fire on board ; partial loss Fire originated among cargo in hold, but no John Carvossoa no evidence of cause Tonkin. Vessel struck on bar, and lost rudder and t Thomas Eckford. rudder-post An attempt was made to sail from Lyttelton to Percy Nalder. Akaroa Regatta with incompetent hands to manage the boat; and being caught in a hea.vy gale the boat was broken in half and foundered, and the three lads forming the ! crew were lost I' William Darling Collision caused by "Maid of the Mill" putting ji Dawson. , : u>,z; about just ahead of the " Maitai " 1 Robert Thomp- ( son. Casualty caused through tow-rope breaking .. j William Cameron. 19 Neptune, s.s., 5 3-ears Dec. 14 Coquette Ketch .. | 44 2 Stranded ; partial loss Foundered; total loss 3 (all hands) Bar of Wairau River .. Calm .. 7 Private about pleasure- j 4 boat I 3 Pa Point, north-east part of Banks Peninsula, 3 miles from Le Bon's Bay S.E. Gale .. „ 15 Maitai, s.s., 3 years 15 Maid of the Mill, 23 years „ 1G Reliance, 13 „ . 15 15 Schooner 1G3 Ketch .. 26 163 26 4 General Wool .. Collision ; no damage Collision ; partial loss Stranded; slight damage Entrance to Inner Harbour, Napier s.w. 1G Ketch .. 65 j 65 4 Coal .. North beach, near entrance of Waitara River Alongside wharf at Hokitika SAV. Fresh breeze years Coal S.W. 27 Aorere, s.s., 2 years 1RR9. 27 Ketch .. 45 45 Fire on board ; partial loss Apparently caused through spontaneous com- William Hvabustion in the starboard bunker cinth Lambert. Jan. 17 Oreti, s.s., 12 years 1889. Jan. 17 Schooner 138 138 Live-stock Stranded; partial loss Steeples Rocks, near Cape Foulwind Calm .. Course was altered at 4.30 p.m. when weather John George was clear but beginning to cloud over, and Gilbertson. from 6 to 8 p.m. it became thick. At 9.15 p.m. the Steeples Rocks were sighted on starboard bow, and the ship was at once put full speed astern, but she almost immediately struck lightly forward once. A good look-out was kept, and prompt measures were taken to save the vessel; but it would have been more prudent for the master in thick weather, when he could not See Cape Foulwind light, to have taken soundings. He was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry. I 15 I
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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department— continued.
Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. (D CO Number of Ni ,ture of Number of Lives lost. Wind. Date of Casualty. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, etc. Name of Master. '3: S | Passenggers. | Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1889. Jan. 30 Rakaia, 15 years Barque .. 1022 22 General Collision; slight damage Gladstone Pier, No. 9 Shed, Lyttelton Harbour S.W. Fresh gale Pilot was endeavouring to swing vessel with her anchor, which not holding, her stem struck the Gladstone Pier, damaging herself to slight extent, and damaging wharf and shed Vessel touched aft, and remained fast until the next flood-tide George William Banks. Fob. 2 Invercargill,s.s., 3 years Schooner Ballast.. Stranded ; no damage Close to Mokomoko Jetty, New River estuary On a reef S.W. coast of Tahiti One mile S.S.E. of Oreti Point, near Cape Runaway Charles Frederick Sundstrom. 123 11 40 Calm 6 Ada C. Owen, Hi years Australia, s.s., 4 Briga'tine 183 8 Box tinib'ri Stranded; total loss Stranded ; partial loss Casualty caused through wind failing Robert Owens. 13 Schooner 260 24 13 General Calm Vessel grounded on a sunken rock, the existence of which was not known to the master, who, however, erred in judgment in going so near inshore without keeping the lead going, especially as he was aware that the bottom was foul and rocky in parts. Master was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel when on trip from Akaroa to Lyttelton was caught in a heavy gale, and before she could get into shelter capsized and foundered Master was totally unacquainted with Wellington Harbour, and took for granted that the first white light he sighted was the Somes Island light; and in steering for this light, which appears to have been one on Point Gordon, the vessel struck on the Pinnacle Rock. Master's certificate was suspended for six months, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry Alfred Labruy ere Kemp. < years Blackwall, 23 years Foundered; total loss Off Le Bon's Bay, Banks Peninsula Peter Nelson. * 19 Barge .. 26 Firewood E. Strong gale 20 Waitara, s.s. .. Schooner 15 10 tons auriferous quartz Stranded; partial loss Pinnacle Rock reef, entrance to Port Nicholson Calm Alex. Trindle Thompson.
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SUMMARY of Casualties to Shipping and Seamen reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside ony. Sailing-vessels. Total outside Colony. ol Casualties reported. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Colony. Steamers. <fi Nature of Casualties. 6$ o 4 I ■3.2 ID to o ■M O o o g . ax O 6 p 6 IB id O "S3 Hi c m o 6 Q 6$ ■a a o 6 <B Standings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 3 6 2 4 979 918 155 523 •• 7 4 1 1,901 1,434 65 6 10 10 3 4 2,880 2,352 220 523 6 •• 2 1 » 224 589 •■ 2 1 224 589 ■• 12 11 3 4 3,104 2,941 220 523 6 ■• •• •• Total standings I 2,575 12 3,400 6 6 813 I 3 1 I 813 I I I 30 6,788 15 27 5,975 Founderings, — Total loss I ____ I 1 ! ! I 4 111 7 111 7 1 225 8 1 225 8 5 336 IS Collisions, — Partial loss Slight damage No damage I I I I I I i I I I I i i I i I i I I ■ 1 20 4 2 2 98 1,046 814 5 2 6 118 1,046 1,561 5 2 6 118 1,046 1,561 2,725 •• 747 •' 4 I .. Total collisions 5 767 i 1 8 1,958 i I 13 [ i I I I ! I 13 i 2,725 •■ •• Miscellaneous, including damage to boilers, machinery, hull, yards, sails, &c. I i i I 2 178 1 698 3 876 2 734 2 734 5 1,610 | Total casualties to shipping Loss of life only 22 2 3,520 252 I 25 1 6,167 85 I 47 3 9,687 337 13 6 - 6 4 1,772 3,637 8 4 . 6 4 i 1,772 3,637 I 4 I 53 7 11,459 3,974 21 10 •• I I I | I , 1 Total number of casualties reported » 3,772 • • 26 6,252 10,024 • 5,409 12 10 5,409 "12 60 15,433 50 19 10 SI
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Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
The Inspector of Machinery, Auckland, to the Assistant Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— Auckland, 9th April, 1889. I have the honour to forward for your information the annual report on the boilers and machinery inspected in the Auckland District for the year ended the 31st March, 1889. During the above period 423 boiler and 37 machinery inspections have been made, making a total of 460 inspections, 140 of which were done by Mr. Blackwood. Twenty-two new boilers have been brought into use, 15 of which were imported from Great Britain, and 7 made in this colony—1 brought from Canterbury and 1 from Otago Districts. Thirteen have extended and 2 short-dated certificates; 42 have been repaired. Nos. 1,337, 1,509, 1,269, 1,003, and 1,415, which were found in a dangerous state, have been thoroughly repaired, and are now in good working-order. It is satisfactory to be able to state that thers are no accidents to life or limb from boilers to report, although cases occasionally occur of the water in the boilers being allowed to get too low. In one instance, the furnace-crown of a Cornish boiler was brought down, but fortunately without any serious result. As there are many inexperienced men employed attending to boilers, who are liable to get deceived with a false water-level showing in the water-gauge glass, I consider it should be made compulsory to have the crowns of furnaces and tops of fire-boxes fitted with fusible.plugs, which would reduce the risk considerably. I regret having to report accidents with machinery which are of an unpreventible description, particulars of which are given in the returns. The appended returns give the number and description of the boilers inspected, fees payable, defects found in boilers and machinery, notices to repair boilers and protect dangerous parts of machinery, and accidents to life and limb in this district. I have, &c, The Assistant Secretary, Marine Department. W. J. Jobson.
Return showing the Number and Description of Boilers, &c., inspected, and Fees payable, in the Auckland District during the Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Number of Portable Boilers. Number of Stationa: :y Boilers. Totals. Name of District. Under 5 to 10 Over 5 h.p. h.p. 10 h.p. Uncler 5 to 10 5 h.p. h.p. Over 10 h.p. Boilers. Fees. Auckland ... Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington ... Marlborough Nelson North Nelson South Westland Canterbury ... Otago 21 1 4 7 3 54 9 2 45 32 21 9 16 183 159 j 28 5 29 5 6 13 11 4 16 134 11 3 51 12 32 22 25 101 136 32 15 70 8 15 11 7 31 59 154 11 10 80 13 10 26 12 64 126 423 52 15 279 77 87 81 71 417 540 £ 748 99 19 586 143 143 153 125 707 886 "34 44 Totals 114 5302 117 527 248 506 -2,042 3,609 *
Number. Nature of Boiler. Pees. Remarks. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. £ s. a. 'ortable boilers ... Itationary boilers .locomotive boilers 'ortable boilers ... itationary boilers jocomotive boilers 10 19 124 2 3 1 47 31 4 •II 57 4j 185 558 0 0 0 0 (Employed at 37 establish' ( merits; fees at £5 each. i Charged for at per horse' i power of eacli boiler. Total ... 155 86 182 vlachinery inspections (5, £1 :ach ; 32, no fee) 5 0 0 Total for year... 748 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, 1889.
Return of Machinery inspected in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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Description. Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Uollapsed furnace-flues Cops of fire-boxes bulged Corrosion, internal Corrosion, external ... 31istered plates... ?raetured plates Fractured angle-iron on furnace-flue Foints sprung ... rubes defective ■itays defective ... 1 3 i 2 5 - 9 2 6 1 3 5 5 1 2 5 12 2 7 & 3 5 5 Total defects found in boilers 5 38 43 Defective fittings— Safety-valves... ... *. Pressure-gauges Water-gauges and test-cocks Steam-pipes ... Feed-pipes Spring-balances Blow-off coCks and pipes Emissions — Boilers without sludge-holes Boilers without test-cocks 2 5 15 2 1 2 6 2 5 15 2 1 2 6 3 2 3 2 Gross total ... 66 71
Description of Machinery. i 02. I ,<3 Description .of Machinery. I s w 03 & c Assaying Boiling-down Bakeries ... Breweries Boat-building Brickworks Block and pump works Bone-mills Boot factory Butter-box factory Coach factories ... Chair factory Cartridge factory Confectionery works Chemical works Cement works ... Cordial works ... Chaff-cutting Coffee-mill Dairy factories and creameries ... Dredging Docks ... Flour-mills Flock-mill Fellmongeries ... Freezing works . . Fruit-preserving works ... Fish-preserving works Firewood-cutting Fire-engine 3-asworks Hoisting Hauling Ironworks and foundries ... 1 5 2 9 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 6 5 28 1 Joineries Laundries Lifts or elevators Leadworks Mortar-mills ... Malt-mills Maize-mills Meat-canning factories ... Oil-springs Oil, soap, and candle works Pumping Pumping and winding ... Printing Potteries Pile-driving Phormium-dressing Eoad-roller Eopeworks Saw-mills Sash and door factory ... Soapworks Sugarworks Stone-breaking Ship-building ... Sausage-machines Tanneries Tinplate works Tallow and manure works Threshing and chaffcutting Tobacco factory Varnish works Wool-dumping Winding Waterworks ... Woollen-mill ... 2 2 3 1 8 1 2 2 2 2 16 4 2 2 1 9 1 1 39 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 " 1 1 18 1 1 2 14 2 1 30 3 22 2 1 5 1 3 2 4 2 15 ' 1 2 19 9 22 1
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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Repairs ordered. 1888. April 11 April 18 April 28 May 3 Portable ... Cornish ... Cornish Portable ... Dog-stays refitted to top of fire-box. New pressure-gauge to be fitted. New plate to furnace-flue, and four gusset-stays to boiler-end. Patch to be fitted to fire-box, and three stays in ditto renewed. Patch to be fitted to blow-off. One plate in bottom to be renewed. Three plates in furnace-flue to be renewed. New pressure-gauge fitted, and two sludge-holes cut and doors fitted. Two patches to be fitted to fire-box. New blow-off cock and pipe fitted. New blow-off cock and pipe fitted. Sludge-hole to be cut in shell, and door fitted. Fore-and-aft stays adjusted, and new pressure-gauge fitted. Patch to be fitted to bottom. Part of the angle-iron on end of furnace-flue to be renewed. s Two corners of fire-box repaired, and four stays in it renewed. Three new plates fitted to furnace-flue. Two fore-and-aft stays fitted to tube-plates, and patch to firebox. Cap to be fitted to top end of vertical flue. To be retubed. Vertical flue to be repaired. New pressure- and water-gauges fitted. Dog-stay fitted to top of fire-box. The bottom renewed. To be retubed. Two seams pared and caulked. May 12 May 12 May 14 May 18 Vertical flue Cylindrical Cornish ... Vertical flue May 25 June 12 June 12 June 23 July 6 July 23 Aug. 9 Aug. 10 Aug. 11 Aug. 13 Portable Cylindrical Cylindrical Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Longitudinal tubular Cornish ... Portable ... Cornish ... Locomotive Sept. 7 Sept. 18 Oct. 23 Nov. 20 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 Nov. 27 Dec. 17 1889. Jan. 21 Jan. 25 Feb. 4 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 19 Feb. 23 Mar. 11 Mar. 25 Mar. 25 Mar. 30 Vertical flue Longitudinal tubular Vertical flue Vertical tubular Portable ... Cornish ... Vertical tubular Cylindrical Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Portable ... Lancashire Vertical tubular Vertical tubular Vertical flue Vertical flue Longitudinal tubular Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Part of one plate in bottom renewed. Patch fitted to side of fire-box. Lower parts of fire-box repaired. One plate in furnace-flue renewed. To be retubed. To be retubed, and vertical stay fitted. Two patches fitted to lower part of the shell. Vertical flue renewed. Part of two seams in bottom re-rivetted. Part of two seams in bottom re-rivetted. Pore tube-plate repaired.
Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts of Machinery to be fenced, &c. 1888. 13 $Lpril 18 Hay 5 Hay 7 Hydraulic lift Hydraulic lift Tinplate works Brickworks The gear of safety-catch to be taken asunder and overhauled. The gear of safety-catch to be taken asunder and overhauled. Engine-crank and connecting-rod. Two pairs of spur- and pinion - wheels of brick - making machines, and engine-crank and connecting-rod. Two lengths of main shafting, one coupling on ditto, and emery-wheel. Fly-wheel of breaking-down saw, emery-wheel, and two lengths of shafting. Belt of circular saw. Four connecting-rods of two breaking-down saw-frames. Driving-belt and pulley of chaff-cutter. Six pairs of wheels of tentering-machine, three ditto of ballingmachine. Belt of planing-machine, goose-saw, and one length of shafting. Emery-wheel. Two wheels of reeling-machine, and space between two drawframes. Guard to be fitted over the knives. Engine-beam. Emery-wheel, two couplings on main shaft, and three belts of planing-machine. Hay 12 Saw-mill ... Hay 17 Saw-mill ... 'une 5 une 12 uly 7 'uly 9 Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Chaff-cutter Woollen-mill *st uly 23 2 22 Saw-mill ... Furniture factory ... Ropeworks tfov. 20 tfov. 22 Dec. 5 Chaff-cutter Pumping machinery Saw-mill ...
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Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in Auckland Dictrict— 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, 1889.
Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Parts of Machinery to be fenced, &c. 1888. Dec. 10 Saw-mill ... "... Two goose-saws, two belts of planing-machine, belt of sur-facing-machine, and emery-wheel. Engine-crank and connecting-rod, belt of fan-blast, and knives of chaff-cutter. Feed-gear of circular saw, and belts of planing-machine and cross-cut and rip saws. Gear of safety-catch to be overhauled. The safety-gear of four hydraulic lifts to be overhauled. Dec. 15 Oil and soap works Dec. 27 Saw-mill ... Dec. 27 Dec. 28 1889. an. 9 an. 16 "an. 17 Steam lift... Sugar refinery Ironworks Saw-mill ... Quartz-reduction works Flour-mill Winding-machinery' Maize-mill Flour-mill Pair of wheels of roll-lathe, engine fly-wheel, and crank. Breaking-down saw-frame and belt of planing-machine. Fly- and spur-wheels of engine, two lengths of pan-and-settlers shafting, and one belt. One pair of wheels and two lengths of shafting. Engine fly-wheel. Two belts of maize-crusher. Main driving-belt and belts of bran-conveyer, fan-blast, and lift. i^b. 11 ?eb. 20 Kax. 22 .lar. 25
Name and Address j of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature and Date of Accident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Bemarks. ohn Smyth, Mount Eden Saw-mill Alfred Turner, aged 14 years Right leg broken, 11th November, 1888 Not It appears he was amusing himself by trying to push off the grindingstone belt with his foot, when his right leg became entangled with the belt, and was broken near the . ankle. I may state that he was not employed in the mills, and was on the premises without permission. The grinding-stone in the mill is driven by a belt, which passes through the floor and on to a pulley below. It appears one of the men employed in the mill was putting the belt on the top pulley, when, hearing a crash below, he proceeded to ascertain the cause, when the deceased was found fearfully injured by the belt, and died about three hours afterwards. It is not known how the accident occurred. The deceased had nothing to do with the belt, or with any of the machinery, which, I may state, is protected as far as practicable : his duty was to wheel out the saw-dust. At the inquest a verdict of Accidental death was returned. He was attending a hauling-winch. It appears the rope commenced to ride ; he reached over to clear it; his arm was caught by the rope and drawn in between the drum and cross - stay, and severely crushed. The attendant should have gone round to the front of the winch to adjust the rope. He was working a threshing-machine, when he inadvertently pushed the grain into the feeding - aperture with his foot, which was drawn in. The leg, being severely injured above the ankle, was afterwards amputated. This is a case of sheer carelessness. The deceased was employed as tailman at a circular saw. It appears a slab was thrown by the saw backwards, which struck the deceased on the chest. He died the following day, from internal injuries. At the inquest a verdict of Accidental death was returned. The injury sustained was purely Villiam Chadwick, Pahi,Kaipara Saw-mill George H. Martin, aged 15 years Both legs broken, and left arm severed from the body, 7th February, 1889 Fatal rhauwhau Coal Company, Whangarei Hauling-winch Alexander Love, aged 52 years Bight arm orush'd, 14th February, 1889 Not ennedy and Mann.Buckland Threshingmachine John Kennedy, aged 35 years Eight leg severely crushed, 13th March, 1889 Not auri Timber Company, Port Albert Saw-mill . S William J. Turner, aged 32 years Internal injury, 27th March, 1889 Fatal
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The Inspector of Machinery, Wellington District, to the Assistant Secretary, Marine Department. Sik, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, 23rd May, 1889. I have the honour to forward for your information my annual report on the boilers and machinery in the Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson North, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Nelson South, and Westland Districts during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1889. Six hundred and sixty-two boilers have been inspected, and 646 certificates issued, 16 of the above being idle. Eighty-three boilers are new —40 colonial-made and 43 imported —and 39 old ones have been sent from other districts. The number of boilers still remaining to be inspected on the 31st March last was—Hawke's Bay, 91; Wellington, 100 : total, 191. The flax industry has caused a number of the boilers that were idle last year to be put to work. No accidents have been reported to boilers during the year; but two have been reported occurring to persons employed about machinery. In each case the men acknowledge that they themselves only were to blame in attempting to fix belts without first stopping the machinery. Boilers generally have been found in good order, small repairs only being required. Appended are returns showing the class of boilers, their horse-power, number inspected, and fees payable ; number of notices given to fence dangerous parts of machinery ; the number and description of machines inspected ; also return of accidents to persons employed about machinery. I have, &c, H. A. McGregor, Inspector of Machinery. The Assistant Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington.
Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
The following boilers are included in maximum fees : — * Thirty-four over 10 b.p., and one over 5 h.p. .. .. .. .. 85 t Five over 10 h.p. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 § Two over 10 h.p. I Seven over 10 h.p. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 11 Fifteen over 10 h.p. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 ** Thirty-four over 10 h.p. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 98 The following boilers are idle, but have been inspected : — f One over 10 h.p.', and one over 5 h.p. .. . / } Two over 10 h.p., one over 5 h.p., and four under 5 h.p. § Two over 5 h.p. II One under 5 h.p. ** One over 10 h.p., and three under 5 h.p. .. 1G
Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery.
Portable. Stationary. Toi ;als. Name of District. Under 5 to 10 5 h.p. h.p. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 to 10 5 h.p. h.p. Over 10 h.p. Boilers. Pees. Wellington* tfailborough \ kelson North J Caranakij ... EEawke's Bayji kelson Souto.11 VYestland"* 4 45 7 32 3 21 1 9 2 '.'.'. 9 16 2? 5 6 5 51 12 32 11 3 22 25 I 70 8 15 15 11 7 80 13 10 11 10 26 12 279 77 87 52 15 81 71 £ 586 143 143 99 19 153 125 13 11 Totals 15 i 134 69 156 "l 126 i 162 662 1,268
District, and Date of Notice. Description of Machinery, i Nature of Fencings. Wellington. 1888. August 2 August 2 August 4 August 6 August 13 August 14 August 17 Engineers' shop Flour-mill Saw-milf ... Saw-mill ... Saw-mill ... Planing-mill Saw-mill ... ... The fly-wheel of engine. ... J The fly-wheel of engine. ... j The main driving-belt. ... I The counter-shaft and pulleys. ... i The crank of engine. ... Main driving-belt. Main driving-belt.
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Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Machinery in the Wellington District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Machinery inspected during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
The Inspector of Machinery, Canterbury District, to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sib,— Christchurch, 29th April, 1889. I have the honour to forward the annual report of boilers and machinery inspected by me during the financial year ended 31st March, 1889. The total number of boilers inspected is 417. Of this number, 43 are new, 8 stationary boilers of colonial make, and 6 imported ; also there are 11 new portable engines and 18 new traction-engines, all imported. A great many old portable engines have left my district for various parts of the colony, and before long the work in the agricultural districts, including the greater part of the road4—H. 31.
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'ame and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature of Aeeident. Fatal or not. Cause of Accident, and Keniarks. .rthur Ghaytor Upper Moutere, Nelson 'he Gear MeatPreserving and Freezing Company of New Zealand, Wellington Flax-mill . ■ Pellmongery Thomas East H. Hall Compound fracture of the arm Compound fracture of the arm, and the shoulders and legs bruised Not .. The hand was caught in the belt while in the act of shifting it from one pulley to another without stopping the machinery. Unless the belt is fitted with shiftinggear the machinery should always be stopped to shift the belt. The hand was caught by the kclt when attempting to clear it after it had slipped off the pulley. This should never have been attempted until the machinery was stopped. Not ..
'ellington. Mar] .borough. Nell Nor son rth. Taranaki. Hawke's Bay. Neli Sot son ith. Weatland. Description of Machinery. I 02 02 ■a I 0 I 03 »4 i it <a s Si? .s in in !> I i a C/3 I i 1 1 1 Total I 3: Phormium-dressing Printing Flour-mills 3aw-mills 3ash and door factories Foundries Quartz-crushing riiresliing-maohines Soap and candle works .. Dordial factories Boiling-down establishments Brick-making machines Biscuit factories 3haff-cutting machines Breweries Drain-pipe machines tfoisting-machinery Dredging-machines Pumping-machinery Uoffee- and spice-mills .. Faiineries VVool-dumping machines Sausage machines robacco-cutting machine Fraction-engines 3-asworks Mortar-mills Machine shops Meat-preserving works .. Locomotives .. Refrigerating-machincs.. Hydraulic lifts Wool-scouring machines Klectric-light machine .. Turneries Woollen-mill .. Hauling-machinery Road-roller Winding-machinery Dairies 5 2 10 28 9 7 12 1 2 4 2 4 25 5 2 1 6 2 1 2 5 1 i 1 1 '5 14 3 1 1 3 4 2 i 8 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 16 4 2 9 1 1 9 13 2 2 3( 111 2 1 II li 5 1 i 3 7 1 4 10 13 '4 27 2 3 1 3 6 2 8 9 4 13 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 7 4 1 1 2 'i 6 16 2S 1 i 19. 1 2 '8 a 42 '3 i 1 3 2 5 1 4 1 1 6 3 14 2 17 2 1 2 1 1 1 '2 3 2 1 2 1< '6 2 1 1 1 1 'i 1 i 2 *2 'i i 2 1 'i i 2 io '8 2 i 'i i "i i 12 '3 i '2 *6 One hydn julic lift, new, in Welli: igto; ., £1 fee.
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traffic, will be done by traction-engines. Some of these engines are constructed to work at a pressure as high as 1401b. per square inch, and I regret to say the)' are often in the hands of very incompetent men. I have unfortunately to report a large list of accidents for the year. The first occurred at a planing-machine, and can only be set down as an accident that all are liable to meet with who are engaged with this class of machinery. The second one is of very little importance. The third one is a very serious one ; the poor lad lost his life in such a simple way, and the slightest caution on his part would have prevented it even had his duties required him to be there. The fourth is also a very sad one, as Metherall left a wife and family but gporly provided for. He had added the flax-dressing to his flour-mill, also a portable engine. And the first intimation I had was a newspaper report of the accident. I immediately visited the place, and found the erections of the most flimsy description, and so badly erected that the belts would not stop on, and nearly the whole power of the engine was absorbed driving the empty machinery. The last accident is an extraordinary one, as there is little or no danger of such an accident occurring, and how the lad came to.be there cannot be explained easily. It appears he was in the habit of setting traps for rats in various parts of the store, and it is supposed he was on this errand when the accident happened. There appears to be a revival in trade in this district, and some fresh industries are in progress. I have, &c, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Geoege Ceoll.
Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return showing Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Portable. Stationary. Name'of District. Under 5 h.p. Total. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. Under 5 h.p. 5 to 10 h.p. Over 10 h.p. 'anterbury ... 34 183 101 31 (51 417 Totals 34 183 101 31 64 417
Name of District. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. Total. 'anterbury £ s. a. 707 0 0 £ s. d. Nil £ 707 s. a. 0 0 Totals 707 0 0 Nil 707 0 0 Note. —There are 1 i! maximum fees, including 15 boilers over 10 h.p. and 2 over 5 h.p.
Date of Accident. Owner's Name and Address. Nature and Cause of Accident. 1888. Lpril 11 J. E. Eosewarne, Spreydon Building burnt down. Boiler and vat been hot. Examined and tested with hydraulic pressure; required recaulking and new mountings. Reported shell of boiler appeared thin. Found plate laminated. (First inspection.) Eeported cylinder of hydraulic press burst. Found bottom blown out, and sides split up ; caused by over-pressure. Eeported portable engine under repairs. Found cracks in sides of fire-box. Had bad parts cut out, now plates properly fitted, screwed on by countersunk screws, and screwed stays through. Caused by dirt in water-spaces. Eeported boiler leaking in furnace. Found two cracks; so ordered new fire-box. Caused by dirt in water-spaces. )ee. 4 W. C. Clark, Ohoka ... )ec. 15 1889. an. 11 Talbot and Co., Lyttelton W. and B. Moody, Kaiapoi ilar. 29 % A. E. Turton, Papanui
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Return of Machinery inspected in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Description of Machinery. I 9 CO U "d IP ■3-S Description of Machinery. g w T3 CD jS 02 I I 1§ en o O Asphalt works ... Biscuit factory ... Bacon factories Breweries Brick and tile factories ... Brush-making ... Baths Bone-mill ... ... Boiling-down ... Cabinet-making Carriage factories Chaff-cutting ... Coal-mining Coffee works Cooperage Cordial factories Chemical works Dock and slip ... Dredging (Priestm art's) ... Electric lighting Fire-engines Firewood-sawing Flock-mill Flax-mills Flour-mills Foundries and ironworks 1 1 2 .7 6 1 1 2 12 6 3 27 1 2 3 8 2 2 1 2 2 7 1 4 9 23 Gasworks Landing- service Locomotive (contractors) Laundry Meat-preserving Nail-making Printing Pumping Boad-roller Eefrigerating works Saw-mills Sausage-chopping Soap-boiling Seed-cleaning ... Stone-sawing ... Threshing-machines Traction-engines Tanneries Tramway-engines Water-lifts Wool-washing ... Wool-dumping ... Woollen-mills ... Winches and cranes Well-sinking 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 *3 1 2 28 23 3 3 1 -82 56 3 2 5 3 3 16 1 •*• 2 "a 2 2 • Wate: ■works, 2 ; drainage, 1.
Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Notice. Repairs ordered. 1888. May 6 June 14 June 21 June 22 July 2 July 2 Portable Tram-engine Tram-engine Tram-engine Tram-engine Cornish Verbal Verbal Verbal Verbal Verbal Verbal New pressure-gauge. Seven new screwed stays in fire-box. Thirty new screwed stays in fire-box. Becaulk fire-box seams. Eenew fire-box. Back end of boiler and flue recaulked, and blowoff pipe rejointed. Tubes to be expanded. New furnace, and several plates in shell at bottom. Eemove brick from midfeather wall so that the chairs may carry weight of boilers, and recaulk seams where leaking. Eenew four tubes, and thoroughly clean boiler. Eenew top-plates, 2ft. of side-plates, also top end of stays. Cut out cracked plate in fire-box and rivet on new plate, and renew stays. Eemove present stay, properly close holes, and fit three new stays. New stay-tube and rejoint longitudinal stays. (While repairing, more serious defects were disclosed, so condemned.) Eenew stays, and fit plate-washers. Top angle-iron and top ends of stays to be renewed. Repair longitudinal stay (broken). New pressure-gauge. New pressure-gauge. Eepair longitudinal stay (broken). Eepair longitudinal stay (broken). New fire-box. New set of tubes and new crown-plate. New set of tubes and new crown-plate. July 25 July 26 Aug. 31 Vertical Semi-tubular Semi-tubular (three boilers) Verbal Verbal Verbal Sept. 8 Sept. 14 Portable . . Yat Verbal Verbal Sept. 18 Portable Written Oct. 8 Vat Written Oct. 23 Portable Written Oct. 26 Dec. 14 1889. Jan. 16 Jan. 16 Jan. 16 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Feb. 19 Feb. 19 Feb. 22 Vat Vat Written Verbal Portable ... Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Vertical Verbal Verbal Verbal Verbal Verbal Written Written Verbal
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Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Boilers and Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Description of Defects. I Dangerous. Ordinary. Total. Cracks and thin plates in up-takes ... Crown of fire-box down, frorja overheating Fire-box thin, and screwed stays wasted Furnaces out of round Leakage at riveted joint in furnace ... Laminated plates... Longitudinal stays broken ... Leakage on bottom in flues Patches in fire-box Pressure-gauge bad ... ... Tubes wasted at ends Rivet-cracks in furnace Vats wasted inside at top, also stays Wasted at doors from leakage Wasted externally from exposure 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 ,4 3 3 2 4 3 7 7 6 6 2 * 1 4 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 5 5 3 6 2 Total 18 40 58 Of the above, 6 have been condemned, 22 have been repaired, ■orking at a reduced pressure or are now out of use. ;nd the remai: .der are either
Name and Address of . Owner. Description of Machinery. I i Name and Age of Person injured. I Nature Fatal and Date of or Accident. not. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. James Goss, Christchurch Saw and planing machinery (steam) Francis Stace, aged 22 years The whole of the fingers of right hand cut off, 3rd May, 1888 Not This accident was caused by the revolving knives of planing-machine, but, as no one saw the accident, the exact manner cannot be given. Owner reports Stace a very steady and careful man ; he had been in his employ for five years, and was well accustomed to work any of the machines in the mills. Hamilton was employed passing soleleather through the rollers, and kept his hold of it too long. This is a trifling accident, but, as I always impress upon owners not to neglect reporting any accident, I received a report from Lightband and Allan, and so report it here. Kennedy was engaged on Thomas's farm, and no part of his duty took liim in the mill. No one saw the accident, but it is supposed, the day being wet, he was idle, and must have gone into a shed attached to the side of mill, where the grindstone stood, with the intention of sharpening an adze found there, and in his attempt to put on the belt of grindstone he must have been caught by it, dragged through a very narrow space, and wound round driving-shaft. Metherall, the owner, was himself the victim in this case. The flax-mill and steam had been added since my inspection on the SOth November, 1887. I had no notice of the addition. The machinery was very imperfectly erected, and I learn the belts were a great source of trouble, and particularly so on this particular day, when a feed-belt came off, and was being wound round the shaft. He passed round the stripper, and by some reason unexplained got his leg through the loop of the belt, and was wound round the shaft, breaking and crushing his leg, rendering amputation necessary. He sank and died under the operation. This young man was employed about wool store. On the date named a press cylinder burst, when the weight of the plate and wool, as well as the great force stored up in the compressed wool, sent the plate down with great force, breaking the plate. When the workmen went underneath the platform to repair, they were surprised to find deceased under the broken plate. The cause was overpressure, although the same pressure had been used for several years. Lightband and Allan, Christchurch Leather - roller in boot factory (gas engine) — Hamilton, age not given Thumb of the right hand crushed Not Edwin Thomas, Wakanui Flour-mill (water power) Samuel Kennedy, aged 19 years Entangled with belt of grindstone, November, 1888 Fatal lenry Metherall, Amberley Flour- and flaxmill (water and steam) Henry Metherall, aged 31 years Entangled with belt of stripper Fatal 'albot and Co., Lyttelton Hydra u 1 i c press for wool (steam) Joseph Gardner, aged 20 years Fall of plate, December 10, 1888 Fatal --
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Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Canterbury District during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1889.
The Inspector of Machinery, Otago District, to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — Office of Inspector of Machinery, Dunedin, 26th April, 1889. I have the honour to forward to you the annual report of inspection of boilers and machinery in the Ofcago District for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1889, contained in the accompanying tables, numbered 1 to 13 inclusive. In forwarding this report I am pleased to be able to state that the district is in a much better state than it has been for some time. The mining and flax industries have both increased materially, and promise to continue. Saw-milling has not improved, although a great amount of timber has been cut. The iron trade on the whole has been better than the preceding year. In the summary of inspections, the number of inspections was : Boilers, 540; water, 5; gas, 1: total, 546. Of this number, Mr. Blackwood inspected—boilers, 164 ; water, 3 : total, 167. Fifty-three boilers have been added to the official number for the year ended March, 1889. At the end of March there still remained a considerable number of inspections to be done, and unless more assistance be granted the work cannot be done efficiently. In the return of defects, tear-and-wear stands foremost. Two or three cases of carelessness have taken place, but nothing of any consequence. In the return of repairs to boilers there is nothing of much importance. One boiler has been condemned, being worn out. Accidents to Boilers. —This accident need not have taken place, as I warned the proprietors that this was likely to occur if due care was not exercised in cleaning out, the water used being very bad. Fencing. —There was not much new work requiring fencing during the past year. Dangerous Machinery. —No notice has been required to remove any parts of machinery. One case has taken place, but has been done voluntarily. The ropeworks here, on making an addition to their premises, have spread out their frame machines, allowing more room in the passages between the machines, which is certainly a great improvement. Accidents to Life and Limb. —I am sorry to have to report these two accidents; but at the same time they were both quite accidental and quite unavoidable, and could not have been prevented by any foresight as far as fencing is concerned. I have, <fee, Alexander Crawford, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Inspector of Machinery.
Return showing the Number of Land Boilers inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Date of Notice. Description of Machinery. Notice. Parts required to bo fenced. 1888. let. 1 )ec. 3 Flour-mill Flax-mill ... Verbal Verbal To protect first driving-belt from engine, alsc driving-belts in mill. To protect lying-shaft and all driving-belts (Saw this put in hand.) To protect driving-belt, also to reduce mouth o: scutcher in size. To protect first driving-belt. )ec. 7 1889. •eb. 22 Flax-mill .,. Verbal Flax-mill ... Written
Number of Portable Boilers. I Number of Stationa: Boilers. Name of District. 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 \ Over 10 under. h.p. h.p. 5 h.p. and 5 to 10 under, j h.p. I Over 10 h.p. Total. 'tago 44 159 16 136 59 ■ 126 540
Date of Accident. Name and Address of Owners. I Nature and Cause of Accident. 1888. .ug. 29 *5 ... Smellie Brothers, Longitudinal tubular boiler fired externally; plate over fire Burnside ac back end cracked through accumulation of dirt.
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Return of Machinery inspected in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
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Name of District, &c. Fees payable in respect of Boilers. Fees payable in respect of Machinery. .Total. Otago. £ s. a. 360 0 0 520 0 0 £ s. a. 6"0 0 £ s. a, 'ortable Stationary lachinery 1 '886 0 0
Description of Machinery. a eS <v 03 CO I I Description of Machinery. -S CO •xs 01 i Aerated water ... Ammonia works Agricultural -implement works Air-compressor... Bacon factory ... Bakeries Baths... Barbed-wire factory Boiling-down ... Bone-mills Brass, copper, and lead works Brass-shop plumbing Breweries Brick and tile works Beehive factory Cabinet-making Cementworks ... Chaff-cutters Chemical works Cooperage Cocoa factory ... Confectionery ... Cooking Collieries Condensed milk Corn-crushers ... Coffee and spice works ... 1 1 6 1 1 3 1 1 6 5 2 • 1 10 5 1 3 1 18 1 1 1 5 2 9 1 2 2 12 2 14 2 2 1 Graving-dock ... Hedge-knife maker Hoists Ironworks (rolling-mills)... Ironworks (bridge) Hydraulic lift ... Joinery Lapidary Lathmaker Laundries Lead-pipe works Locomotives Machine shops ... Meat-preserving Mat factory (fancy) Oil-mill Parchment works Packing-case factory Paper-mills Poudrette works Potteries Pipe-clay works Printing-papers Pumping water... Befrigerating works Eopeworks Sausage-machines Saw-mills Seed-dressing ... Seed-drying Soap works Soap and candle works ... Soda, washing ... Standard works Starchworks Stone-crushing ... Stone-dressing ... Straw-pressing ... Tanneries Traction-engines Threshing-machines Turnery (wood) Venetian-blind-making ... Vinegar works ... Wool-pressing ... Wool-scouring ... Woollen-factories Woodworking factories ... 1 1 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 8 6 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 6 3 4 1 7 26 1 1 . 3 2 1 2 1 7 4 1 3 11 128 2 2 1 . 5 1 4 9 Cranes Creameries Dairy factories (cheese) ... Dairies (butter) Dredgers (gold)... Dyeworks Elevator Engine-shops ... Engine-shops and foundries Foundries Floating-dock ... Fellmongeries ... Flour-mills Flock-mills Fruit-preserving Fire-grate and range works Firewood-cutting Gold-mining Gasworks C 7 4 1 2 11 3 3 ■8 2 5 3 1 5 3 2
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Return of Defects found on the Inspection of Boilers and Fittings in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Return of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Description. Dangerous Ordinary. Total. Pressure-gauges bad rest-cocks in bad order Scale on top of fire-box Dp-takes getting thin ... Leaky tubes ... E^ire-boxes bulged Crack in crown of fire-box (traction) Longitudinal stays gone Fire-box getting thin Bottom of shell bulged at back end Manhole weak rube-plate bulged Corrosion Crack in bottom of shell Screwed stays wasted ... Blow-off bad ... Patches leaky 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 4 6 4 5 3 ♦1 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3
Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Bepairs ordered. 1888. May 9 May 25 June 5 Vertical ... Cornish ... Portable ... New pressure-gauge to be got. New pressure-gauge to be got. Crown-plate underneath cylinder to be strengthened by Jin. plate bolted on. Patch on bottom of shell over fire of -jSg-in.-plate, 2ft. x 16in. New set of water-gauge fittings. New steel fire-box. Official No. 5,759. Condemned. New set of water-gauge fittings. Patch in furnace to be renewed. Seams on top of shell to bo caulked. Tee angle-iron of 3Jin. to be fixed on end. To be retubed. June 29 Aug. 4 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Sept. 13 Nov. 6 Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Nov. 19 1889. Jan. 25 Jan. 25 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Longitudinal tubular Longitudinal tubular Locomotive Vertical ... Portable ... Lancashire Longitudinal tubular Digester ... Vertical ... Jjongitudinal tubular Portable ... Vertical ... Longitudinal tubular Digester ... Digester ... To be retubed. To be retubed. New up-take. Sheathing at water-level, and retubing. New doubling-plate, and four stays renewed. One new stay.
Date of Notice. Class of Machinery. I Parts requiring to be fenced. 1888. Lpril 26 ... Woodworking Main driving-belt ; belt for circular saw; belt for sash' moulder. Wheel and pinion of biscuit-machine. Swing-saw; pulleys for firewood saw; main driving-belt; bell for planing-machine. Wheel and pinion. Counter-shaft for planing-machine. day 12 Tov. 17 ... Bakery ... 1 Saw-mill ... Tov. 21 «fov. 26 1889. an. 31 ... i Bono-mill... « ... Saw-mill ... ... Pumping-engines Fly-wheel of engines and pumping-gcar.
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Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Land Boilers and Machinery in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889.
Summary of Inspections, Otago District, for the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1889. Number of boiler inspections ... ... ... ... 540 Number of water-engine inspections ... ... ... 5 Number of gas-engine inspections ... ... ... 1 546 Number of machines inspected ... ... ... ... ... 465 Number of defects found on the inspection of boilers and fittings ... 45 Number of notices given for repairs ... ... ... ... 18 Number of accidents to boilers and machinery reported ... ... 1 Number of notices given to fence dangerous parts of machinery ... 6 Number of accidents to life and limb ... ... ... ... 2
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Name and Address of Owners. Description of of Machinery. Name of Person injured. Nature and Date of Accident. Fatal or not. CaUse of Accident, and Remarks, \lcVhee and Co., Catlins' River Saw-mill swingsaw Malcolm McPhee upwards of 70 years of ago Head cut with saw, 9 th November, 1888 ; died 17th November Fatal It appears that the deceased was engaged at a swing-saw, cutting firewood ; this saw was put in operation by the foot pressing on a lever, causing the saw to come forward to meet the wood. It is supposed that»a small piece of timber had got on to the lever, so that when he put his foot on the lever he slipped, falling forward on to the saw with his head, getting the skull cut from the crown of the head to the forehead, the wound extending O'Jin., the skull being completely sawn through for 4in. without touching the brain. It seems this boy was attending the. winding-machine when he got his thumb entangled in the yarn, resulting in getting it taken off at the first joint. I called at the works on the 4th December, and examined the machine, but nothing can be done to prevent an accident like this occurring. lonaghy and Co., Dunedin Rope-works Charles Hondrick, aged 14 years, October, 1888 Thumb on right hand taken off, 23rd November, 188S Not ..
NEW ZEALAND WRECK CHART 1 s t APRIL 1888 to 31st MARCH 1889 Compiled from Official Records in the MARINE DEPARTMENT.
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