MARINE DEPARTMENT. (ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902-3.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1903 Session I, H-15

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1903. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE DEPARTMENT. (ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902-3.)

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

My Lord, — Marine Department, Wellington, 27th July, 1903. I do myself the honour to transmit herewith, for Your Excellency's information, the report of the Marine Department of the colony for the financial year ended the 31st March last. I have, &c, Wm. Hall-Jones, His Excellency the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kanfurly, Minister of Marine. Governor of New Zealand.

Sir,— Marine Department, Wellington, 28th May, 1903. I have the honour to make the following report on the work of this Department during the financial year ended the 31st March last. Lighthouses. —-All the lights have been maintained in an efficient manner. The rings of Moko Hinou light have been replaced by new ones. Owing to the old rings becoming worn a difficulty was experienced in getting the light to revolve properly, but since the new rings have been put in it has worked smoothly and has kept good time. New rollers are being procured from England for Akaroa Head and Puysegur Point Lighthouses, as the present rollers are becoming worn out. Sundry repairs and additions have been made to the buildings at some of the stations, and material has been obtained for a new dwellinghouse at Cape Maria Van Diemen, as one of the present houses is becoming unfit for habitation and is beyond repairs. The other houses at this station require repairs, which will be effected when the new house is erected. Many of the buildings at the lighthouses are getting old, and must be gradually renewed. A new iron tower is being constructed for Cape Campbell, to replace the present wooden structure which was erected in 1870. So as to make the time during which the light will have to be extinguished as short as possible, a new lantern has been procured for erection in the new tower before the machine, apparatus, &c, are taken down for removal from the old tower. This will render it unnecessary for the light to be out more than two or three nights. The old lantern will be available for use in a new lighthouse at some other place. The wooden tower at Centre Island, which was erected in 1878, will shortly require repairs. East Cape Lighthouse has been connected by cable with the telegraph system, and daily storm warnings are now exhibited at the station. Passing vessels are reported by telegraph. The erection of the tower and other buildings at Kahurangi Point is approaching completion, and as soon as the tower is ready the erection of the lantern and apparatus will be proceeded with. Plans and specifications have been prepared for the erection of a lighthouse and a keeper's dwelling, &c, near Patiti Point. This light will be of great service to vessels trading on that part of the coast. The light formerly on Somes Island will be used at this place. It will be a fixed white light, and on the night on which it is first exhibited the present light at Timaru will be changed to red, so that there may be no danger of one light being mistaken for the other. Incandescent petroleum-burners vaporising oil under pressure are coming into use in some of the lighthouses in Europe. The Trinity House, which controls the English lighthouses, states that it has adopted the Matthew's incandescent burner on the Kitson system in two of its lighthouses, and that it proposes to instal it as opportunities occur at other suitable stations. This burner consists of an oil-container, from which the oil is forced up by air-pressure to the vaporising-chamber above the burner. The gas formed in the vaporiser is conveyed to the burner, and on its way thereto is mixed with air and is ultimately directed on to the mantle surrounding the burner, which is thereby rendered incandescent. With a No. 7 Welsbach special mantle a working intensity of 1,100 candles is obtained, the consumption of oil being one pint per hour. The incandescent mantle beir.g only 2 in. in diameter lessens the divergence and increases the intensity of beam as compared with existing oil-burners— e.g., in substituting this burner for an ordinary oil-burner of 330-candle power at Lowestoft Lighthouse, the Trinity House found that the increase in the intensity of the beam was from 63,000 to 241,000 candles. After lighting up the burner requires very little attention from the keeper during the night. One of these burners has T—H. 15.

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been ordered, and, if its use and the further use of the burner in the United Kingdom bear out the results which have been so far obtained, it would be advisable to adopt it in other New Zealand lighthouses, as there would be a great improvement in the power of the lights, and the cost of making the change would be soon recouped by the saving in the oil consumed. A good deal of attention has been given to t"he question of fog signals for use at lighthouses. The most effective signals would be sirens similar to those in use at many stations in the United Kingdom, and next to them reed horns, but owing to their large initial cost and the cost of working them they are beyond the means at the disposal of the Department. Apart from sirens and reed horns the most effective signals appear to be the automatic cotton-powder signals, one of which is in use at Pencarrow Lighthouse, and it has been decided to obtain one of these for erection at Taiaroa Head at the entrance to Otago Harbour. At the present time the cartridges at Pencarrow are fired at intervals of fifteen minutes. It is intended at this place and at Taiaroa Head to fire the cartridges at intervals of from five to ten minutes, During the year two keepers were retired from the service on account of age, four retired on account of the state of their health, one resigned to take up other occupation, one was dismissed for going to sleep on watch and allowing the light to cease revolving, one died, and one joined the Customs service. Ten new appointments were made to fill the vacancies. The amount of light dues collected during the year was £26,596 10s. The amount in the previous year was £25,626 17s. 6d. Captain Bollons, of the s.s. " Hinemoa," has carried out the work of inspection as the vessel made her periodical visits with oil and stores to the various stations. Harbours. —The harbour officers at the ports under the control of this Department have carried out their duties in a satisfactory manner. The buoys in the various harbours have been overhauled and cleaned by the "Hinemoa" on her periodical trips. As some of the small iron buoys are becoming worn out, six new buoys have been made for the Department by Messrs. William Cable and Co., of Wellington. Casks for all the cask buoys are obtained from the cooperage in Wellington, and the bands, &c, are put on and the buoys painted in the Department's yard, where the concrete sinkers which are used for mooring all buoys are made. It having been found inconvenient that the Harbourmaster at Kaipara should be stationed at Pouto, near the Heads, he has been removed to Te Kopuru, from which place he is better able to supervise the shipping and look after the various parts of this extensive harbour. This change has rendered the retention of the boatman unnecessary, and he is to be transferred to the lighthouse service. Complaints have been made by shipowners that the towage service, which is performed by the steamer whose owners receive £340 a year for carrying out such harbour-work as may be required by the Harbourmaster, is not satisfactory, and they have urged the Department to undertake the service itself. The question as to whether this should be done is under consideration. The subsidised steamer is not always available when required by the Harbourmaster, and under the present arrangement he finds it impossible to keep himself acquainted with the changes that take place in the various parts of the harbour, or to exercise that supervision which is necessary for the proper working of the port. If the Department procured a tug, she would always be available for harbour-work when not engaged in towing. The master of the " River Boyne " was prosecuted and fined for throwing ballast into Kaipara Harbour. The sand at Manawatu Heads has banked up so much round the Harbourmaster's house and the other buildings at the Pilot-station as to render it necessary that they should be moved, and tenders are being invited for their removal. Part of the work erected some years ago to train the current at the junction of the Opawa and Wairau Rivers has been carried away, and in consequence the channel has shoaled in such a way as to render navigation difficult. A sum was voted by Parliament last session to repair the work, but the amount has been found to be insufficient. Fresh limits for the Port of Napier have been defined at the request of the local Harbour Board. The regulations governing the election of members of Harbour Boards by local bodies have been amended to give the chairman of the meeting held for the election a deliberative as well as a casting-vote. The sum of £1,711 4s. 6d. has been collected for pilotage and port charges in respect of harbours under the control of the Department. The amount collected during the previous year was £1,950 lis. 2d. A return showing the harbour-works authorised by the Governor in Council, and the licenses granted for the occupation of foreshore, is appended hereto. Fisheries. —During last winter and spring there was a great scarcity of fish throughout the colony, but there has been a great improvement in the supply since the spring. Since the improvement has taken place there have been good catches, especially by the trawlers in Hawke's Bay and the net fishermen at the Thames. A Wellington trawler working in Cloudy Bay is also having good catches. If the law was altered to provide for the licensing of fishing-boats it would enable the Department to exercise better supervision over the fisheries. The Department has been in correspondence with the Agent-General, the United States Fish Commission, and Professor Jordan, of the Leland Stanford Junior University, California, on the subject of introducing into the colony suitable kinds of fish from other countries. The AgentGeneral consulted fishery experts in the United Kingdom, and their opinions, together with the information furnished by the United States Fish Commission and Professor Jordan, have been submitted to the Board constituted for the control and management of the marine hatchery which is being erected at Portobello. The Portobello Fish Hatchery Board now has the work of the erection of the necessary buildings in connection with the hatchery in hand.

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After trawling in the Hauraki Gulf was prohibited, the steam-trawler " Minnie Casey " was detected trawling in the prohibited area. Proceedings were taken against the parties concerned, which resulted in conviction and the imposition of fines. Several other prosecutions have been instituted for illegal fishing, and convictions obtained. Constables Mclntyre and Pratt have been appointed Inspectors of Fisheries at Dunedin and Napier respectively. The result of the work at the salmon-hatchery at Hakataramea during the year is satisfactory. There has been no sign of disease among the salmon in the hatchery. The best results have been obtained from the quinnat and sockeye salmon introduced from the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. These fish have grown remarkably well, and the deaths have been very few. The Atlantic salmon introduced from the United Kingdom are now doing very well, although for size they cannot compare with either quinnat or sockeye of the same age. From the last two importations of Atlantic ova a large number of weak fish were hatched out, and a considerable number of these died during the first six months. During the year 12,000 quinnat salmon twenty months old, 2,000 twenty-six months old, and 10,000 sockeye eleven months old, and 1,500 sixteen months old have been liberated from the ponds into the river. Three new ponds at Hakataramea have been excavated and the sides and ends concreted. Other ponds have been improved, and willows and other trees have been planted for protecting the land from erosion by the river, and for shelter for the station. Further planting should be carried out, fence extended, a new pond made, and the bottoms of the present ponds concreted during the current year. I recommend that a shipment of 300,000 quinnat salmon-ova and 1,000,000 whitefish-ova be procured from America during the coming season. The whitefish is a valuable food fish, which has its habitat in lakes. Oysters. —The beds in the Hauraki Gulf and a part of the Northern Oyster Fishery have been inspected by the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, and those in the Northern Fishery which he had not time to examine have been inspected by the Bay of Islands Inspector. The inspections showed that the beds were not fit for picking, and it was therefore decided that they should remain closed during the present season. The beds now open in the North Island are those in the Tauranga Fishery, Ahipara Bay, Herekino, VVhangape, Hokianga and Kaipara Harbours, and the leased beds in Manukau Harbour. The beds in the Hauraki Gulf and the Northern Fishery are recovering from the depletion which took place when they were last open. Many owners of land abutting on the oyster-bearing foreshore of the Hauraki Gulf are anxious to lease the beds fronting their property ; but, as the law requires all leases to be let by public auction or tender, there is no certainty that they would get the areas they want if the leases were disposed of, as persons other than the property-owners might be the highest bidders. One ground of complaint which the settlers have against the present manner of working the beds is the conduct of some of the licensed pickers, and there is reason to believe that they have good cause to complain. I believe that the preservation and proper working of the beds would be provided for if the law was altered and the beds fronting their property leased to settlers upon such terms as might be deemed reasonable. There would still be sufficient beds in unsettled parts for licensed pickers who are not owners of land fronting the oyster foreshore. If settlers had leases of beds near their homesteads it would be in their own interest to conserve the oysters, and work them in such a way as to be able to take oysters every season. Under the present system the beds are stripped, which necessitates frequent closing to enable them to recuperate, and in many instances it is found that they do not recover, as when the rocks are stripped barnacles and coral take possession, and the oysters do not grow there again. In any case, when the Hauraki Gulf is opened again, I think that there should be an Inspector appointed, who should devote his whole time to the duties of the office, and that he should be supplied with an oil-launch, so that he could get about and exercise proper supervision over the picking. It would be advisable that the provisions of the Act as to registering and licensing oyster-boats should be brought into operation, and that a regulation should be made providing that each boat shall have its number painted on its sail. If this is done the Department will be able to exercise better control over the boats, and the settlers will be in a better position to identify any boats whose crews misbehave themselves. I still think, as stated in my last year's report, that the law should be altered to provide that oyster revenue shall be paid into the Public Account instead of to the local bodies as at present. All the expense of conserving the beds and administering the law regarding oysters has now to be borne by the Consolidated Fund, while local bodies which are put to no expense receive the revenue. If the beds were leased, oyster and fishing boats licensed for a moderate fee, and the revenue therefrom paid into the Consolidated Fund, sufficient means would be provided for the development of the fisheries and for the conservation of the oysters, which, if the present system continues, will become scarcer as time goes on. Constable A. McDonnell has been appointed an Inspector at Whangarei in place of Mr. J. Munro, resigned. Several prosecutions were instituted during the year for illegally taking oysters, and in some cases boats were seized and forfeited. These were returned on payment of amounts in addition to the fines imposed by the Court. Weather-reporting. —This work has been carried on in a satisfactory manner by Captain Edwin. A reporting station has been established at East Cape Lighthouse, and has proved to be of great value. Survey of Ships. —During the year certificates for 244 steamers and seventeen oil-engine vessels have been issued by the Department. A return of such vessels is appended hereto. On the arrival of the s.s. " Balmain " at Auckland in July last, it was represented that she was unseaworthy, and the Department ordered a special survey to be made by Captain Reid, Superintendent of Mercantile

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Marine, and Mr. Wetherilt, Engineer Surveyor, which resulted in the vessel being detained as unseaworthy until extensive repairs had been executed to the satisfaction of the surveyors. As the vessel belonged to New South Wales and held a certificate issued in that State, a Royal Commission was appointed in Sydney to make inquiry in connection with her survey and receipt of a certificate there, and the result of the inquiry showed that the action taken in this colony was justified. At the request of the New South Wales Government, Captain Reid and Mr. Wetherilt were sent to Sydney to give evidence before the Commission. On their way back they were shipwrecked, being on board the s.s. " Elingamite " when she was lost on the Three Kings, and underwent great hardship, especially Mr. Wetherilt, who was adrift on a raft along with others without food or water for some days. During the year owners of New Zealand sailing-vessels urged the Department to arrange for the granting of such certificates for their vessels as would be recognised in New South Wales, so as to avoid the necessity of the vessels having to be surveyed in that State, and the Department has been in correspondence with the Department of Navigation at Sydney on the subject. That Department has agreed to recognise New Zealand certificates, and arrangements have been made for their issue. The surveys will be made by the engineer surveyors, but as there is no statutory power in this colony for the compulsory periodical survey, only those vessels whose owners desire it will be surveyed and receive certificates pending an amendment of the law, which it is proposed to make by the Shipping and Seamen Consolidation Bill. Prosecutions have been instituted against and fines imposed on the master of the s.s. " Queen of the South " for carrying more passengers than allowed by the vessel's certificate, and on the owners of the s.s. "Goldfinch" for taking the vessel from Dunedin to Picton without a certificate. Masters, Mates, and Engineers. —The report of the Chief Examiner of Masters and Mates is appended hereto. For certificates of competency 211 persons passed their examinations, and ninety-six failed. Of those who passed, 140 were masters, mates, and steamship engineers of sea-going vessels ; sixty were masters and engineers of steamships plying within restricted limits ; eight were engineers of sea-going vessels propelled by oil, gas, &c.; and three were engineers of similar vessels plying within restricted limits. The New Zealand regulations for the examination of masters and mates, which are similar to those of the Imperial Board of Trade, do not recognise service as second mate in the coasting trade as officer's service for the purpose of qualifying for examination for a foreign-going certificate as first mate or master, and as this rule prevents a great many young men whose New Zealand coasting service is in many cases really as good as intercolonial service, which counts as foreigngoing for examination purposes, from obtaining the superior foreign-going certificates, the Department asked the Board of Trade if it would agree to an alteration of the regulations to give relief to our coasting second mates. It did not, however, see its way to do so, and as New Zealand certificates are only recognised as of equal value to those granted by the Board of Trade on condition that the requirements of our regulations are similar to those of the Board of Trade, nothing more can be done in the matter. Engagement and Discharge of Seamen. —This work has been carried out in a satisfactory manner. Since the duty of inspecting life-saving appliances of ships has been placed upon the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine the work they have to carry out is getting too much for some of them to perform single-handed, and the question of giving assistance will soon have to be dealt with. In addition to the duties of the Dunedin office the Superintendent at that place is now carrying out the work of engaging and discharging whole crews at Port Chalmers. Captain Grey, of H.M. Customs, continues to engage and discharge single seamen. For some time past it has been the practice of owners to insert in articles of agreement a clause providing that masters might make specified deductions from the men's wages for certain offences, and that in the event of any questions arising as to such deductions the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine should settle them. This matter has been under consideration, and it has been decided that the insertion of such a clause is not to be allowed in future articles. The matters can, however, be dealt with by a Court under the provisions of section 17 of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Act, 1894," and both sides can still agree to submit in writing any question between them after it has arisen to a Superintendent for his decision under section 61 of " The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877." The question as to the insertion of the master's option clause in articles has also been under consideration, and it has been decided that in future articles it must be reciprocal—that is, that it must give the seaman the same right as the master. The following proceedings have been taken for breach of the law in connection with seamen, viz. : The master of the s.s. " Nautilus," for proceeding to see without a fireman, fined £1 and costs; the master of the s.s. " Quiraing," for proceeding to sea without a full crew, fined £5 and costs; the master of the s.s. " Mokau," for not paying the crew within the prescribed time, fined Is. and costs; the master of the s.s. " Kotuku," for proceeding to sea without a full crew, case dismissed; the master of the s.s. " Haupiri," for putting one of the firemen to do the work of a greaser, case dismissed; the master of the s.s. "Victoria," for proceeding to sea without a full crew, fined £10 and costs ; a seaman, for forging a certificate of character in his discharge, sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour; and against a man for making a false declaration that he was entitled to ship as a seaman, sentenced to seven days' imprisonment with hard labour. Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen. —The estates of thirty-two seamen, amounting to £296 6s. 4d., were dealt with during the year. Of these, twenty-eight were new estates. The sum of £158 12s. 7d. was paid to relatives and other claimants.

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Coastal Dangers. —H.M.S. surveying ship "Penguin" has continued the work of surveying on the east coast during the year, and various dangers have been surveyed by the Government steamers. The coastal buoys have been overhauled and cleaned, and the moorings attended to. A Wigham white light, which was exhibited for-the first time on the 21st April last, has been erected on the beacon off Jackson's Head, at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound. This light will burn without attention for over thirty days, and an arrangement has been made with the Union Steam Ship Company for the master of one of its steamers trading between Wellington and Nelson to renew the oil and wick, which are provided by this Department as required. The light has burnt well since it was exhibited, and is proving to be of great value to shipmasters. The "New Zealand Nautical Almanac" for 1903, edited by Captain Blackburne, Nautical Adviser to the Department, was issued in December last, and has been very favourably received and reviewed. It contains a large amount of information useful to shipowners, mariners, and others. Captain Blackburn is now engaged on the preparation of the work for 1904, which will be issued about November next. Wrecks and Casualties. —A table is attached showing the casualties to ships, and an analysis thereof. Those on the coasts of the colony numbered fifty-six, representing 42,264 tons, as against forty-five, representing 28,020 tons, in the previous year. The total wrecks within the colony were seven, of 5,173 tons, as against eight, of 3,948 tons, in the previous year. The number of lives lost was seventy-nine, as against twenty-eight last year. Of these, seventy-six were within the colony —viz., eleven from the " Timaru" (all hands), six from the "May," thirteen from the s.s. " Ventnor," forty-three from the s.s. " Elingamite," and one each from the "Sir Henry," " Concordia," and p.s. " Awarua." The most serious casualty was the total loss of the s.s. " Elingamite " on the Three Kings, on the 9th November last, while on her way from Sydney to Auckland. Government Steamers. —The " Tutanekai " has been fully employed all the year. She carried out the work of attending to the lighthouses during the time the "Hinemoa" was undergoing repairs, has been engaged a good while on repairing telegraph cables across Cook Strait, and. has been employed on the carriage of railway-sleepers and other Government cargo. She has been supplied with a James's submarine sentry, an apparatus to indicate when getting into shoal water. The "Hinemoa" has been employed on lighthouse and harbour work, and has also visited the Kermadec Islands to search for castaways and repair and replenish the provision depots which are maintained on those islands. When examining a channel, reported to be a navigable channel, to the southward of the Middle Banks at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour she struck the ground, when she lost her rudder and sustained other damage. After getting afloat the master managed to get her up to an anchorage at Pouto, where temporary steering-apparatus was fitted on to her, and she then steamed to Wellington. The tender of Messrs. Morgan, Cable, and Co., of Port Chalmers, was accepted for the necessary repairs, and while they were being executed steam steering-gear and a steam-windlass were fitted on her, and the installation of the electric light was completed. She is now in first-class order. I have, &c, George Allport, Acting-Secretary.

The Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates to the Secretary, Marine Department. Office of the Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, Lambton Quay, Sir,— Wellington, 19th May, 1903. I have the honour to inform you that the examination of masters and mates has been carried out by the Examiners at the four principal ports in a satisfactory manner. On the 20th October Captain Reid, the Examiner of Masters and Mates at Auckland, was called upon to give evidence in Sydney before the Royal Commission which examined into the state of the s.s. " Balmain," which steamer had previously been detained in New Zealand for unseaworthiness. During Captain Reid's absence for about seven weeks Captain Adamson, formerly Assistant Examiner in Auckland, conducted the examinations. There has been only a very small increase this year in the number of candidates who have presented themselves for examination, and I am sorry to find that in Auckland the number of those who have passed for master of restricted-limit steamers considerably exceeds the number of those who have passed for master of foreign-going and home-trade vessels. This appears to me a serious matter, as with the present very extensive river-limits, especially in the Auckland District, there is nothing to prevent an owner from sending a steamer full of passengers from Auckland right away to Whangarei, a distance of about seventy miles. In England no master can have charge of a passenger river-steamer without at least five years sea service in the home trade, or without holding a certificate as master of a home-trade passenger steamer. In October last I examined at Lyttelton Mr. George Samuel Hooper for the extra-master certificate. He passed a very creditable examination, and proved himself to be an intelligent and good worker. He was the first candidate who has presented himself for this examination since I have been in the colony, and I was therefore much pleased that he passed so well at first attempt. I have, &c, Harold S. Blackburne, Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates.

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Return of Steamers and Oil-engine Vessels to which Certificates of Survey were issued in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

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Name ot Vessel. Co 'Ed CO H cc a o Eh H ■fl'r; S a ° 1*8 fl<cSg S.S& 'A 2f Q ffiSScS a s „ - 1 • fl CO 0) H CHfJO OJ a-o fcofflo Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certincatu. Romarks. Admiral Advanoe *Ahuriri Albany Alert (Auckland) Alert (Thames) Alexandra Anna 82 81 8 28 8 17 8 1* 6 30 10 Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Non-condensing .. Oil-engines Sorew River. Extended river. River Launoh. 73 21 Paddle Screw Extended river.. River Home trade Towing only. Ferry steamer. First survey; fish-ing-vessel. Antrim Aorere Aotea (Auckland) Aotea (Wellington) Awarua (Auckland) Awarua (Pioton) Balmain Beatrioe Bella Ben Lomond Birkenhead Blanohe 35 49 157 90 100 60 16 33 35 32 4 85 10 12 15 20 9 Non-oondensing .. Compound Condensing Non-oondensing .. Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Non-condensing .. Paddle Screw River. Home trade. River. Home trade Paddle Screw First survey. 377 8 12 33 55 18 Extended limits Foreign trade .. Extended river.. First N.Z. survey. Fishing-vessel. River. Paddle Sorew Extended river.. Cargo and towing only. Britannia Brothers Canterbury Charles Edward Chelmsford Clansman Clara 108 55 40 50 24 48 24 90 2* Oil-engines Non-condensing .. Compound Condensing Paddle Screw Twin-screw .. River. Foreign trade .. Extended river.. Home trade. Vessel burnt. Launoh. 145 70 336 Screw 92 5 Screw Stern wheel.. River Extended river.. River Launoh ; fishingvessel. First N.Z. survey. Towing and cargo. Claymore Clematis Clyde Comet 'Corinna Coromandel Countess Countess of Ranfurly .. Cygnet Daphne Despatch Dingadee Dot Duohess Duco Durham Eagle Edina Effort Eliza Elsie Elsie Evans Emma Sims Endon Energy Erskine Express Fairy Falcon Fanny Fine,al Gairlooh Gannet Gertie Gipsy 820 67 84 153 66 24 393 95 26 53 138 5 13 54 8 40 2* 141 25 28 90 43 1 20 80 1 81 60 24 70 6 12 3 8 20 32 5 16 35 25 15 5j 30 9 85 6 59 6 Compound Condensing Compound Condensing Compound Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Non condensing .. Compound Triple expansion .. Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Oilengines Condensing Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Condensing Oil-engines Sorew Twin-screw.. Sorew Paddle Screw Paddle Sorew Home trade. River. Foreign trade. Home trade. River Extended river.. Home trade. River Extended river. River Extended river.. River Extended river. Launoh. Yaoht. Fishing-vessel. Yacht. Fishing-vessel. Towing only. 15 6 61 Home trade Extended river.. River. First survey. 15 98 36 33 Fishing-vessel. Home trade Extended river. Dredge. Fishing-vessel. 55 22 211 15 119 5 Twin-screw .. Sorew T*in-screw .. Screw Home trade. River. Home trade. Extended river.. Wrecked. First survey ; yaoht. Glenelg Goldfinch .. Gosford Gretchen Greyhound Haupiri Hauturu Hawea Heathcote Herald Himitangi Huia (Auckland) Huia (Wellington) Huria Ida Invercargill Ithaca •Jane Douglas Janet Niooll J.D.O. .. ' •• 156 57 83 475 1,114 94 370 149 75 12 30 14 50 88 6 104 35 85 45 2 23 10 10 50 9 22 90 28 Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Non-condensing .. Oil engines Compound Non-condensing .. Triple expansion .. Compound Triple expansion .. Non-condensing .. Compound Oil-engines Non-condensing .. Compound Home trade. Extended river.. River Extended river.. Home trade. River Foreign trade. Extended river.. Home trade. Fishing-vessel. First N.Z. survey. Yacht. Launch. Hopper barge. 69 8 12 123 7 75 496 ' 88 River Home trade. Extended river. New yacht. Home trade. Extended river.. Home trade. • Fishing-vessel. Extended river.. Dredging and towing. John Anderson John Townley 36 85 25 40 Twin-sorew .. Dredging and towing. Kahu 99 _1° Screw Foreign trade. • Surveyed tw ice.

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Return of Steamers and Oil-engine Vessels to which Certificates of Survey were issued, &c.— continued.

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h co 43 If. Vr CD m |«c3 Sfll Ifli • hh co £ « Nature of Engines. "ca ca „'5d as £8 1*5* _ Class of Certificate. Remarks. Name of Vessel. CO a o CH Nature of Propeller. Kaipara Kanieri Kapanui Kapiti Kapui Karoro Kate Katikati Kauri Kawau Kennedy .. Kilmorey .. Kini Kiripaka Kopu Koputai Kotahi 115 75 80 30 52 20 20 32 35 30 17 5 8 14 20 43 1* 130 24 13 120 18 Quadruple expans'n Compound Screw River. Home trade. Extended river. Home trade Extended river.. First survey. 27 53 124 Non-condensing .. Condensing •Non-oondensing .. Compound River Extended river. River Extended river. Home trade. River Home trade. Launch. Yacht. Launch. Non-condensing .. Triple expansion .. Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Oil-engines Twin-screw .. Screw 702 75 " 5 9 Paddle Screw Extended river.. Home trade Extended river.. Tug. First survey; fish-ing-vessel. Kotiti Kotuku Kuaka Lady Barkly Lena Lily (Kaipara) Lily (Nelson) Little George Louie Loyalty Lyttelton .. Lyttelton .. Mahuta Mahutu Makarora .. Mana Manapouri .. Manaroa Manchester Mangaiti Manukau .. Manuwai Maori (Auckland) Maori (Dunedin) Mapourika .. Mararoa Maseotte 42 662 33 39 14 112 90 20 5 li 7 4 7 35 14 80 13 10} 13 25 300 24 160 6 20 25 8 60 130 530 3 Compound Triple expansion .. Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing .. Home trade. Extended river. Home trade. Extended river.. River Extended river. River. Towing only. •• 23 4 9 68 Compound Non-condensing .. Twin-screw .. Sorew Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Fishing-vessel. First N.Z. survey, 39 11 13 45 77 1,288 77 336 Twin-screw .. Paddle Screw Extended river.. Home trade River Tug. First survey. Towing only. Home trade. Foreign trade. Home trade. Extended river.. Rivtr Extended river. River. Dredge. Towing only. 45 75 17 118 718 1,380 Non-condensing .. Compound Non-condensing .. Stern wheel.. Sorew Compound ! Triple expansion .. Non-condensing .. Foreign trade .. Home trade. Foreign trade. River Left the colony. First survey; towing only. Launoh. Matuku May May Howard Mere Mere .. Moa Moerangi .. Mokau Mokoia Monowai Moss Rose .. Mountaineer Moura Muritai (Auckland) Muritai (Hokianga) Nambucca .. Napier Narcissus .. 55 95 14 98 2,154 2,137 4 3 20 3 33 27J 27 255 290 6 50 275 45 8 24 30 2 Quadruple expatis'n Non-condensing .. Compound Oil-engines I Compound I Triple expansion .. Condensing Compound Triple expansion .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Home tra'ie River. Home trade. Foreign trade. First survey. First survey. 66 1,247 133 Paddle Twin-sorew .. Sorew River Fishing-vessel. Home trade. 74 48 River Home trade First survey. First N.Z. survey. *Nene 2J Non-condensii g .. River First survey ; yaoht. First survey; towing only. Ngapuhi Ngunguru .. Noko No. 121 Ohinemuri .. Ohuru Omapere Onslow Opawa •Oreti Orewa Osprey Ovalau Paeroa Paiaka *Pania Pareora Parera 209 54 15 394 73 20 352 16 64 117 37 138 767 46 10 27 355 160 17 9 100 26 60 80 14 18 50 17 70 75 15 9 11 71 4 Triple expansion .. Condensing Non-condensing .. Compound Condens ng Compound Twin-screw .. Screw Twin-sorew .. Sorew Twin-sorew .. Screw Twin-sorew .. Screw Home trade. Extended river. Home trade. River. Home trade. River. Home trade. Auckland dredge. Quadruple expans'n Compound Paddle Screw Extended river. River. Foreign trade. Home trade. Extended river.. Home trade. Fishing-vessel. Fishing-vessel. Triple expansion . . Non-oondensing .. River First survey ; yaoht. First survey yaoht. Pearl Pelorus Penguin Petone Phantom .. 9 18 517 388 18 6 40 180 82 12 Oil engines Compound Triple expansion .. Compound Home trade. y nvjuu. Towing only. Towing only. in; , M 17 ....»*.».. . First N.Z. survey; fishinc-vessel. First N.Z. survey fishing-vessel. Phoenix 6 5 Non-condensing .. a .. River. nsnmg-vessei. Surveyed tw; lee.

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Return of Steamers and Oil-engine Vessels to which Certificates of Survey were issued, &c.— continued.

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Name of Vessel. si OJ CO '3d CD M CO 5 IH *■< r fl t t2 S M > &© p iS a ISfi • xH% -.9,2.5 a ca* a, fl co o fl •fl 43 Or CO |o«0 Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Piraki Plucky Poherua Presto Pukaki Queen of the South Rakanoa Result (Napier) Result (Tauranga) Rita Rob Roy Rose Rose Casey.. Rotoiti Rotokino Rotomahana (Auckland) Rotomahana (Dunedin) Ruru 19 29 749 917 121 1,393 18 9 40 128 3 110 40 200 10 4 11 16 2 109 104 135 50 450 10 Non-condensing .. Compound Triple expansion .. Non-condensing .. Quadruple expans'n Compound Triple expansion .. Non-oondensing .. Sorew River. Home trade River. Home trade. Tug. Foreign trade. Extended river.. Fishing-vessel. 22 34 99 630 1,263 139 915 11 Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Triple expansion .. Quadruple expans'n Compound Twin-screw.. Screw Home trade Extended river. River Extended river. Home trade. Foreign trade. Home trade. Foreign trade. River Fishing-vessel. Towing only. First survey; ferry steamer. Fishing-vessel. Savaii Seagull Sonoma 'Southern Cross Spray Stella Stormbird .. Sumner Swan Tainui Takapuna (Auckland) .. Takapuna (Dunedin) .. Talune Tangaroa Tangihua Taniwha (Auckland) .. Taniwha (Timaru) Tarakihi Tarawera Tarewai Tasman Tavmni Tawera (Auokland) Tawera (Te Anau) Te Anau Te Kapu Terranora Theodore Theresa Ward Thistle Thomas King Timaru Titiroa Tuariki Toroa Tui Tuiwiki 31 205 3 157 137 94 16 46 58 472 1,370 109 20 191 1,268 7 87 910 44 8 6 13 19 3 90 40 35 10 20 20 165 255 70 15 40 16 4 250 12 38 135 40 25 250 25 94 25 95 90 16 78 3 8 91 64 6 Condensing Non-condensing .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Triple expansion .. Compound Non-condensing .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Compound Paddle ! '. Screw Twin-sorew .. Screw Twin-screw .. Sorew Extended river.. River. Foreign trade .. Extended river.. Home trade. Extended river.. River. Home trade. Foreign trade. Extended river. River. Home trade. Extended river.. River Foreign trade. River. Home trade Foreign trade. Extended river. River. Home trade. First Burvey. Missionary vessel. Fishing-vessel. Hopper barge. Fishing-vessel. Ferry steamer. Dredge. First survey Quadruple expans'n Oil-engines Non-oondensing .. Compound Twin-screw .. Sorew First survey. 1,028 50 199 35 9 77 70 211 Condensing Triple expansion .. Oilengines Non-condensing .. Compound Non-oondensing .. Oil-engines Triple expansion .. Non-condensing .. Paddle Sorew Twin-screw.. Sorew Twin-screw .. Screw Twin-screw.. Screw River. Home trade Tug. Extended river. Home trade. River Launch. First survey. 174 Foreign trade. Extended river. Tuna Victoria Vivid Waahi Waihi 'Waihora Waikare Waimana Waimarie Wainui Waione Waiotahi Waipa Waipori Wairere Wairiri 14 50 13 5 20 250 229 18 48 95 240 56 14 180 80 71 Compound Non-condensing .. Twin-sorew.. Paddle Screw First survey yaoht. 92 6 River. 63 1,269 1,901 107 159 411 43 167 Compound Triple expansion .. Quadruple expans'n Compound Home trade. Foreign trade .. Left the colony. Home trade. Non-oondensing .. Triple expansion .. Non-condensing .. Twin-screw .. Screw River. Home trade. River Foreign trade. River. Extended river.. Towing only 1,229 27 Paddle Screw Wairoa (Auokland) Wairoa (Nelson) Waitangi Waitara Waiwera Wakatere Wakatu : Wanaka Warrimoo Wave 63 48 34 24 20 62 12 15 140 30 280 490 14 Compound Condensing Compound Non-condensing .. Compound River. Home trade. Towing and fishing. Twin-screw .. Sorew River. 157 95 1,572 2,076 Paddle Screw Home trade. First survey ; yacht. Triple expansion .. Foreign trade. Non-condensing .. River Waverley Weka (Auckland) 'Weka (Napier) Wellington.. Westland Whangape Whati 93 86 53 279 35 1,900 25 27 20 90 64 280 1} Compound Twin-screw .. Sorew Home trade. River. Home trade. Condensing Triple expansion .. Non-oondensing .. Paddle Screw Greymouth tug. Foreign trade. River First survey ; yacht. Fishing-vessel. First survey; sinoe wrecked. Winona Yho . 19 13 8 24 Compound Oil-engines Extended river.. Home trade * Surveyed_twice.

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Return showing the Number of Masters, Mates, and Engineers examined during the Year ended the 31st March, 1903, distinguishing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903.

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Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedi in. Other Places. Total, Class of Certificate. ■d tj ® co *a CO rH d DO -H 43 ca d o CH Ph H ■a »o • ■a oh $ S -3 ! ® « h 03 -4 d cc JL d CO -I 43 W -3 43 03 d O ca d O Ph fn H fH r. Eh ■a -3 S rS CO — ca d Ph 4, ! rj >rj .rj ■a ® co -3 ® CD d co . .a : d co A 43 CO ' .rH I 43 I CO w. o -j ca o ca d Eh Ch : h I Eh ; Ph rH "3 44 O EForeign - going masters and mates Home-trade masters and mates River-steamer masters Sea-going engineers (steam).. , (other mechanical power than steam) River-steamer engineers River engineers (other mechanical power than steam) Marine-engine drivers 5 12 17 10 23 33 7 4 11 ! 2 3 5 24 42 66 11 13 18 4 17 3 4 2h 16 22 4 10 1 3 ! 2 30 3 1 .. 11 5 33 1 5 1 9 2 3 3 8 ; 2 1 2 12 | 18 2 ; 2 1 6 3 2 21 13 1 3 i X6 1 28 19 88 8 22 5 19 50 24 107 8 18 2 4 22 ! 2 5 \ 1 6 3 3 1 4 29 3 6 35 3 3 I 1 1 6 1 7 4 37 26 I 1 2 2 12 2 14 Totals .. 77 41 ! Ill8 62 31 93 27 10 10 36 19 23 211 96 307

Nature of Expenditure. ! Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. a. £ s. c £ s. d. 1,230 11 10 d. £ s. c £ s. d. 1,230 11 10 ialaries of Head Office 1,230 11 1 10 1,230 11 1 iarbours: — Manukau, — Salaries .» House rent Contingencies Russell, — Contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries Contingencies Kaipara,— Salaries Steamer subsidy Office at Te Kopuru Contingencies Mokau — Salary Snagging river Opunake, — Salary Rangitikei,— Salary Contingencies Foxton, — Salary Contingencies Tauranga, — Contingencies Wairau, — Salary Contingencies Havelook, — Beacons Motueka, — Salary Waitapu,— Salary Contingencies CoUingwood,— Salary Contingencies Karamea, — Salary Signalman's house Contingencies Okarito, — Salary Contingencies •■ I 35 19 11 75 16 10 5 0 0 1 2 11 416 0 0 24 0 0 74 10 4 290 0 0 12 10 7 411 8 3 340 0 0 313 13 4 61 15 8 514 10 4 15 9 7 302 16 7 84'J 17 3 111 16 9 25 0 0 6 2 11 190 0 0 72 6 7 202 6 7 2 0 0 145 0 0 22 5 1 167 5 1 98 12 7 10 0 0 25 0 0 4 17 0 29 17 6 35 0 0 24 3 0 59 3 0 40 0 0 I 118 8 4 38 19 8 50 0 0 56 17 9 197 S 0 Okuru, — Signalling and contingencies Little Wanganui,— Signalling and contingencies Waikawa, — Salary Riwaka, — Maintenance of light Pictou Harbour, — Contingencies Iron buoys Lamps, repairs to buoys, and sundries .. 106 17 9 41 3 1 26 8 6 10 0 0 10 0 0 3 19 0 21 18 9 '517 7 5 3,420 0 8 C irried f-rw-rd .. ■■ i 4,650 12 6

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

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. Brought forward Lighthouses:— Salaries of keepers Oil, inoluding freight and storage Stores and contingencies Keepers' travelling-expenses Lighthouse artificer Pension of widow of Keeper Deck Enlarging Marine store £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,257 2 6 1,668 11 10 3,749 18 8 223 3 8 210 0 0 24 0 0 142 15 10 £ s. d. 4,650 12 6 Superintendents of Mercantile Marine :— Salaries Contingencies 15,275 12 6 1,060 0 0 218 5 5 1,278 5 5 Fisheries :— Protection of fish and oysters,— Salaries.. Travelling-expenses Contingencies Wages of attendants, Hakataramea Hatchery 490 6 1 199 2 5 118 8 5 264 17 0 1,072 13 11 16 13 6 401 5 1 455 1 7 101 14 9 Fish-hatcheries Import of Balmon-ova from Great Britain Salmon-hatohery at Hakataramea Supply of fish-ova and acclimatisation of fish, animals, &c. 2,047 8 10 Weather-reporting :— Salary Contingencies 350 0 0 48 1 0 398 1 0 • Less amount of credits to vote 23,650 0 3 247 14 3 Government steamers: — S.S. " Tutanekai " —working-expenses.. Compensation under Workers'Compensation Act S.S. " Hinemoa " —working-expenses .. S.S. " Hinemoa " —new machinery, repairs, &o. Compensation for C. Campbell, late Chief Engineer 10,700 7 3 6 15 0 6,786 3 10 4,845 0 9 396 0 0 23,402 6 0 Less amounts received for freight, passages, &c. 22,734 6 10 3,270 14 1 19,463 12 9 Departmental travelling-expenses Expenses supervising excursion steamers Coastal buoys, beacons, and surveys Charts Examination of masters and mates—contingencies Inquiries into wrecks and casualties Expenses connected with survey of unseaworthy ships Rolief of distressed seamen Sundries 1 12 3 123 4 0 36 2 7 131 17 4 72 3 1 570 3 11 13 14 7 9 0 8 481 1 4 Less amount of credits to vote 1,438 19 9 198 10 3 1,240 9 6 Total .. 44,106 8 3

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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 31st March, 1903.

Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons consumed. Oil. Value. Stores and Contingencies. Totals. Cape Maria van Diemen Moko Hinou Tiritiri Bean Book Ponui Passage Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island Napier Bluff Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head Somes Island Cape Egmont Manukau Head Manukau South Head leading-lights Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Head 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 Stephens Island French Pass .. .. .. £ s. d. 388 6 8 318 6 0 251 5 3 160 0 0 160 0 0 346 4 6 343 3 6 364 13 6 20 0 0 276 15 6 272 1 8 110 0 0 280 0 0 261 13 4 112 5 2 273 0 7 457 0 5 90 0 0 270 0 0 253 6 1 280 0 0 275 12 9 270 0 0 249 15 0 391 5 0 277 19 5 337 12 3 316 4 5 380 1 1 12 0 0 270 13 11 344 17 11 281 19 6 350 19 1 210 0 0 961 856 526 76 1,614 875 738 Gas 890 926 730 568 508 136 240 558 698 158 569 520 571 546 509 645 864 672 798 868 9f2 Gas 577 666 281 1,697 124 £ s. d. 72 1 6 64 4 0 39 9 0 6 7 11 5 14 0 121 1 0 65 12 6 55 7 0 11 15 11 66 15 0 69 9 0 54 15 0 42 12 0 38 2 0 10 4 0 18 0 0 41 17 0 52 7 0 11 17 0 42 13 6 39 0 0 42 16 6 40 19 0 38 3 6 48 7 6 64 16 0 50 8 0 59 17 0 65 2 0 68 8 0 9 12 6 43 5 6 49 19 0 21 1 6 127 5 6 9 6 0 £ s. d. •179 10 7 t357 5 7 119 5 0 63 9 6 6 5 9 138 9 8 133 14 7 111 17 8 128 3 9 133 1 3 142 11 7 77 11 1 60 17 11 2 16 8 48 17 2 122 16 2 {177 13 7 7 8 9 §133 13 0 ||118 5 11 63 3 3 1i95 9 0 ♦*54 16 10 t+72 9 3 80 0 0 85 19 2 126 2 2 121 17 8 {{216 5 3 £ s. d. 639 18 9 739 15 7 409 19 3 229 17 5 171 19 9 605 15 2 542 10 7 531 18 2 31 15 11 471 14 3 474 11 11 307 6 7 400 3 1 360 13 3 13 0 8 179 2 4 437 13 9 687 1 0 109 5 9 446 6 6 410 12 0 385 19 9 412 0 9 363 0 4 370 11 9 536 1 0 414 6 7 523 1] 5 503 4 1 664 14 4 21 12 6 492 6 5 557 18 4 352 10 10 632 6 1 244 7 2 §§178 7 0 163 1 5 49 9 10 154 1 6 25 1 2 Totals 9,257 2 6 21,877 1,668 11 10 3,749 18 8 14,675 13 0 Note. —This return does not include the cost with oil, stores, and provisions. The proportion < of the periodical Df the steamers' e visits mad< spenses chai s to the lighthoui rgeable to this set lses by the Goven rvice is about £5,0 ament steamers 00 a year. ♦ Includes £43 2s. 5d., cost of repairs. +1 § Includes £63 18s. 5d. for repairs. |j Include £5 11s. 9a. for repairs. tt Includes £12 11s. 8d. for repairs. tncludes £161 Os. is £24 8s. 2d. for ] . for repairs. 9a. lor repai repairs. tl Includes irs. I Include 11 Includes £7 2s £45 6s. 4d. for re] es £61 0s. 10d., cot s. 6d. for repairs, jpairs. §§Incl it of provisions. ** Includes udes ,629 6s. 6d.

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

Return showing the Fees, &c., received under the Shipping and Seamen's Acts, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Sea-fisheries Acts, and for Pilotage and Port Charges, &c., during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Name of Lighthouse. Cost of Erection. Pencarrow Head Nelson Tiritiri Mana Island* .. Taiaroa Head Godley Head Dog Island Farewell Spit Nugget Point Cape Campbell Manukau Head Cape Foulwind Brothers Portland Island Moeraki Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Maria van Diemen Akaroa Head Cape Saunders Cape Egmontt Moko Hinou Waipapapa Point Ponui Passage { Kaipara Head French Pass Cuvier Island Stephens Island Cape Palliser East Cape Cost of telegraph cable to Tiritiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ s. d. 6,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,513 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 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 6 3 3,353 17 11 8,186 5 0 5,969 18 11 5,571 8 0 1,427 17 5 7,406 16 11 9,349 9 11 6,243 16 1 7,594 8 8 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £181,490 3 3 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egm< + Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparai moved from Mana Island, is not included in 1 I Built by Provincial Government of A known in Marine Department. ont. tus, which were rebhis. .uckland; cost not

Nature of .Receipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen's Acts :— Fees for shipping and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms Survey of steamers Measurement of ships Examination of masters, mates, and engineers Light dues Merchant Shipping Act Pilotage and port charges Sundry receipts under Harbours Acts Sea-fisheries Act Sundries £ s. d. 2,203 11 3 1,416 10 0 37 10 0 280 7 6 26,596 10 0 197 8 6 1,711 4 6 312 2 6 34 10 0 256 1 3 Total 33,105 15 6

Port. Amount collected. Auckland Onehunga Wliangarei Whangaroa Russell Mangonui Hokianga Kaipara Thames Coromandel Tauranga Poverty Bay Napier New Plymouth Waitara Wanganui Patea Wellington Wairau Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Lyttelton.. Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Bluff and Invercargill £ s. d. 8,155 11 9 134 18 4 118 11 6 0 19 8 22 5' 7 3 15 5 12 10 1 219 16 4 78 13 11 14 19 6 20 9 0 503 16 2 901 13 2 202 0 7 49 17 6 160 14 2 11 16 10 6,484 14 3 17 12 1 374 2 10 351 2 7 732 15 0 235 13 5 3 3 4 2,439 7 0 545 7 7 193 11 11 2,051 10 3 2,555 0 3 Total £26,596 10 0

Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* Onehunga Hokianga Kaipara Thames* Gisborne* Wairoa* Napier* New Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* Patea* Foxton Wellington* .. Wairau Nelson* Hokitika* Lyttelton* Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Invercargill* .. Bluff* £ s. d. 497 12 8 3 18 4 88 0 11 169 11 3 94. 8 8 28. 0 6 66 0 0 1,099 10 5 78 11 9, 88 19 6 481 8 1 46 3 8 191 4 10 342 9 5 164 5 11 1,961 6 2 £ s. d. 4,776 15 3 152 10 0 941 13 3 1,276 19 4 4 2 6 5,007 4 10 165 4 8 104 5 2|. £ s. d. 5,274 7 11 156 8 4 88 0 11 1,111 4 6 94 8 8 1,304 19 10 70 2 6 6,106 15 3 243 16 5 | 193 4 8 481 8 1 56 19 11 191 4 10 13,644 18 1 164 5 11 2,168 14 3 31 1 7 14,205 10 8 4,448 13 9 1,027 15 5 14,859 11 1 11 14 2 1 6,833 6 5 l6'l6 8 13,302' 8 8 8,496' 7 8' 1,624 13 3 207 8 1 +31 1 7 5,709 3 0, 2,824 0 6 +1,627 15 5 6,424 17 ll. 11 14 2j 2,058 6 10 ! 8,434'l4 0 4,774 19 7, Totals .. 28,732 6 7; 44,636 6 7 73,368 13 2 * Harbour Board revenue. + Tonnage rai :e on cargo.

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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 31st March, 1903.

Return of Licenses as Colonial Pilot issued in pursuance of Section 31 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Act, 1894," during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Return of Licensed Adjusters of Compasses in New Zealand.

Name of Seaman. Balance to Credit of Estate on lllst 'March, 1902. Amount received. Amount paid. Balance to Credit of Estate on 31st March, 1903. J. Perry Thomas Drake Stanley Charles Davis James Glen James Gormley .. Robert Johnson .. John William Hartley Thomas Beveridge S. Hamilton Ernest Malmberg Robert Packer .. W. Lang T. Olsen E. Daniel T. Lemon W. Rasmussen .. E. Nelson G. Anderson W. Hansen W. Gamford G.Oliver J. Weeks John Urquhart .. Frank Jannson .. John Mcintosh .. Robert Griffin Alexander Milne Ernest Knight .. Albert Jorgensen Ellis Thomas Tree Karl Kavander .. George Littlewood £ s. d. 16 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 6 2 £ s. d. 0 14 2 8 4 8 8 14 8 6 3 8 15 0 8 1 18 0 9 11 10 43 1 0 4 0 8 14 4 3 10 12 0 7 12 0 9 4 4 6 15 0 5 11 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 5 14 0 3 14 8 3 4 0 3 4 0 3 4 0 2 13 4 3 4 0 2 10 0 0 14 2 8 4 8 8 14 8 6 3 8 15 0 8 1 18 0 0 4 3 9 11 10 42 16 9 4 0 8 14 4 3 10 12 0 7 12 0 9 4 4 0 15 0 5 11 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 5 14 0 3 14 8 3 4 0 3 4 0 3 4 0 2 13 4 3 4 0 2 10 0 86 4 6 4 15 11 1 3 10 86 4 6 4 15 11 1 3 10 Totals 93 10 5 202 15 11 137 13 9 158 12 7

No. of License. Date of Issue. Name of Licensee. Port of Residence. Date of Expiry of License. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 18 July, 8 Aug., 21 Oat., 6 Nov., I 17 Doc, 26 Jan., 6 Maroh, 1902 1903 Richard Groombridge Butt.. Edward Wheeler Gordon MoKinnon Hugh MoLellan Arcbibald Kennedy Henry Fisk Frank Lawton .. Wellington .. 20 July, 1903. .. 12 Aug., .. Port Chalmers .. 4 Sept., .. Lyttelton .. 11 Nov., .. Wellington .. 21 Dec, .. | Blenheim .. 26 Jan., 1904. .. Wellington .. 3 Maroh,

Date of Issue. Name of Licensee. Address. 9 April, 1896 15 . 5 May, HD.c, 1 Feb., 1897 27 April, 27 May, 27 July, 1 Sept., 13 Aug., 1898 26 April, 1899 26 June, 1900 27 July, 27 Nov., 27 March, 1903 Frederick Macbeth Robert Strang George Urquhart Thomson William Bendall Hugh MoLellan Frederic William Cox Thomas Fernandez .. Robert Hatch well Arthur G. Gifford .. Herbert John Richardson Robert Heddleston Neville .. Charles Frederick Sundstrom John A6*amson Thomas Basire George Samuel Hooper Dunedin. Wellington. Lyttelton. Nelson. Auckland. Lyttelton. Wellington. Dunedin. Auokland. Port Chalmers. Wellington.

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Return showing the Number of Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Colony issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Port or Place. Subject of Notice. Astrolabe Roads .. Awanui Doubtless Bay .. East Cape Foveaux Strait .. Gisborne Greymouth Kahurangi Point.. Kaipara Manukau Moeraki.. Moko Hinou New Plymouth .. Oamaru Okarito Pelorus Sound .. Portland Island .. Queen Charlotte Sound Thames Waikato River .. Wellington Buoy disappeared and replaced (two notices). Sunken rook off Wharariki Point, near East Cape. Beaoons to mark line of approach of Pacifio cable. Time of high water, F. and C. Position of uncharted rooks. Alteration in position of red buoy marking rooks in Poverty Bay. Alteration in colour of buoys, Poverty Bay. Signal-station, South Breakwater, shifted seaward. Dredging operations. Configuration of coast-line, West Coast, South Island. Shoal water off North Sandspit. Leading-marks for main channel. Position of McKenzie Cairn, south of Moeraki Lighthouse. Repairs to light on Burgess Island. Alteration in day and night signals. Dredging operations. Exhibition of light on flagstaff. Beacon on Dart Rock, Tawhitinui Beach, disappeared. Breakers reported off island. Light on Jackson's Head beacon. Buoy outside Opani Point, mouth of Thames River. Leading-beacon blown down. Position of two shoal patches. Red buoy laid down S.S.E. of Hope Shoal buoy (two notioes).

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. Description. Period ofEevolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower Dwellings built of built of Date first lighted. Cape Maria van J Diemen 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed 1' White Red, to show over Columbia Reef. White White, with red aro over Flat Rock White and red White Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Moko Hinou Tiri i iri .. 1st order dioptric 2nd Flashing Fixed 10" Stone Iron Timber 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 Ponui Passage .. Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island j 5th 1st 2nd 2nd Revolving Flashing Revolving Fixed 30" 10" 30" Timber Iron Timber 29 July, 1871 22 Sept., 1889 9 Aug., 1900 10 Feb., 1878 Red, to show over Bull Rock. White Iron Timber 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head.. Capo Egmont Manukau Head .. Kaipara Head .. Brothers .. -j 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Revolving Fixed * iff' 10" Timber Flashing Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rock. White Timber Stone Timber Timber Stone Timber 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 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 Revolving Fixed Flashing Revolving i' io" i' Red '.'. '.'. White Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone i6" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point .. Cape Foulwind .. Farewell Spit 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving 10" 30" 1' White, with red aro over Spit end White, with red aro to mark limit of anchorage Red and white, with white light on beacon White .. Iron 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884 Stephens Island .. 1st Group flashing t 29 Jan., 1894 * Flashing twice every half-minute, with interval ivery half-minute. if three s. ionds between flashes. t Twi flashes 1: quick succession

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Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

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Name of Person. Kank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Hugh McDermid Young Charles Frederick Harper William James Irvine Aron Gustaf Oberg Reynolds Hamilton Kitson Charles Perriam John Nathaniel Beighton George Buckham Brown Joseph McMahon Donald James Stuart Julius Richard Madsen Frederic John Blencowe Walter Henry Cheshire George Samuel Hooper Robert Rodger Hugh Hosking Williams John George Bowen Richards Alexander Reginald Pryde Holmar August Dillner William Thomas Woods Hereward Wilfred Doucette Bold.. John Henry Godmond Henry Montague Garrick Ebenezer Halley Guy William August Alfonso Martens .. Joachim George Sorensen Arthur Haines Fletcher William Gardiner William Gillies John Wilson John Hampden Barton Alfred Cash James Lent Martin Robert Rodger Edward Dorling George Benjamin Corby Julius Richard Madsen Honry Warren Johnston.. Charles Dale Jorgen Christian Ipsen Benjamin Chellew Henry Edgar Adamson David Mclntyre John Brown Charles Anderson Walter Parker Anton Peterson Alfred Casson James Lent Martin Adolphus McNabb Theodor Frikke .. William Edward Wahlstrom Henry Weston Hargraves Edward Pook Frederick William Wellm Richard John Knaggs Wenzl Schischka Charles Colman Bascombe John Mathew Jackson Fredrio William Soppet Albert Hansen Frederick William Jones Theodor Frikke Laurence Inkster Cyril McKinlay George Hadfield Smith Walter White William Edward Allen Alfred Beehre Thomas James Atchison William Webb Luke Frederiok Mair Silver Walter Goodman Sandes William Robert Waters Arthur Rennie Watson Ernest Herbert Noy Henry Livingstone Chandler John Weir Edward Looney, jun. William Patterson Hunter Vincent Henry Fama Wesley Johnston Albert Coad George Robert Pirie Francis William McCowan Master, ordinary .. Second mate First mate Master, ordinary .. First mate Master, ordinary .. Only mate Master, ordinary .. First mate Only mate First mate Extra master Second mate First mate Second mate * First mate Seoond mate Master, ordinary .. First mate Master, ordinary .. Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Foreign trade Home trade 1 April, 1902 .. 9 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 10 June, „ 5 July, „ .. 28 „ , .. 28 „ „ .. 16 Aug., . .. 28 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 9 Sept., „ .. 22 „ „ .. 1 Oct., „ .. 20 Nov., „ .. 20 , „ .. 27 „ „ .. 11 Dec, „ .. 11 „ „ .. 16 Jan., 1903 .. 3 Feb., „ .. 14 „ . .. 10 March, „ 10 , „ .. 16 April, 1902 .. 5 May, 1 Julv, „ 1 , . •• 5 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 31 „ „ .. 2 Aug 16 „ „ .. 9 Sept., „ .. 9 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 11 Oct., „ .. 21 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 27 Nov., „ .. 4 Dec 8 „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 7 Feb., 1903 .. 7 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 21 March, „ 5 May, 1902 .. 12 „ „ .. 20 Aug., „ .. 28 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 28 „ „ .. 10 Sept., 7 Nov., 14 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. 23 Dec, „ .. 3 Feb., 1903 .. 7 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 27 „ „ .. 10 March, „ 11 April, 1902 .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 29 „ „ .. 5 May, 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 917 918 850 771 919 920 822 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 878 936 5485 5486 5487 5488 5423 5269 5489 5452 5490 5491 5379 5470 5492 5493 5494 5495 5468 5496 5467 5479 5497 5498 5480 5499 5490 5500 5501 5502 3346 3347 3348 3349 3350 3351 3352 3353 3354 3355 3356 3357 3358 3359 3360 3361 3362 574 421 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 39 381 585 586 Mate Master Mate Master .. River trade 3rd-class engineer.. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer.. Foreign trade lst-class engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. * Steamship only.

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Percy Edmond Brewer Malcolm Buckland Harold William Mason Harry Francis Blaokie James Hull Alexander Murray Swhan John George Hand Oscar Dillner Robert Andrew Gibson John Paterson Geoige Maxwell Charles Henry Gell Charles Robert Furness Walter Williams Daniel .. Henry Borton Perry John McDonald.. Harry Hambleton William Peterson Leonard Douglas Seldon Dale George Grey Andrews John William Bird Peter Haywood Thomson William George Teixeira.. Frederick Charles Davys.. John Johnson Thomas Henry Davidson George Henry Baird George Mathew Humphreys James Powell Arthur James Parker John Manson Cecil Houghton .. Arthur Hossack Black James Henry Havelock Speedy Ralph Cleave Alexander William John Sutton Kenneth Sinclair Harry Ross Dix Peter Duncan Russell Alfred William Joseph Williams .. Leonard Bushe Harris John Fairley Bell Robert Charles Green Frederick Lewis Harrison James Hambleton Thomas Alexander Lawson Frank Robert Kilgour Lewis Cornelius Calnon Robert George Huggins Henry Michael Dixon Valentine Barrett William Rose McKenzie Charles Edgar Wetherilt Edward Allan Thomson John Campbell Thomas Alexander Pain .. Leslie Claude Davies Frank James Webster Pope Harry Weenink Charies Thomas Swanell.. John Coutts Reynolds William Jacobsen Benjamin Henry Brown William Evans Dive Albert Errington Exley Harold Kemp William Kemp Peter Nurse Brown Walter Stanley Rentoul Thomas Richard Jones Reginald Seymour Williams Harry Tillman Christopher James Holford Henry Alexander Butters James Patriok Ryan George Thomas George Duthie Eugenio Charles Perano George Mathew Humphreys Frederick James Tattley.. John Neil Henry Nordstrum John Wheeler Arthur James, jun. 3rd-clas8 engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd class engineer .. lst-class engineer . . 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-olass engineer.. 3rd-claBs engineer .. 1st class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. lst-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3i'd-class engineer .. Foreign irade 24 May, 1902 .. 24 „ „ 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 10 June, 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 12 . „ .. 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 24 „ , .. 24 „ , .. 24 „ „ .. 5 July, „ 21 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 2 Aug., „ .. 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 13 13 „ , .. 16 „ „ .. 28 10 Sept., "„ .. 10 „ . .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 23 „ „ .. 3 Oct 3 „ „ .. 8 . „ .. 3 „ „ .. 3 9 „ „ .. 11 „ „ .. 11 „ „ ■■ 11 . . •• 20 Nov., „ .. 20 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 20 „ , .. 20 „ „ .. 20 , „ .. 20 „ „ .. 20 , „ .. 20 „ „ .. 6 Dec, „ .. 16 „ , .. 7 Jan., 1908 .. 13 . „ .. 13 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 3 Feb., „ .. 3 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 14 . „ .. 14 . „ .. 14 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ , .. 10 Maroh, „ .. 10 , , .. 8 May, 1902 .. 24 „ „ .. 24 . „ .. 24 „ . ... 24 „ , .. 11 July, , .. 10 Sept., „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 23 „ „ .. 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 467 482 597 598 599 600 422 601 602 603 439 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 457 611 612 613 614 615 616 454 465 617 618 619 620 621 622 466 226 473 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 338 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 lst-class engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd class engineer.. 3rd cl-iss engineer .. Engineer .. River trade

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Michael Rooney.. Joseph Cox Surtees John White Robert James MoDonald.. John Evans Peroy Arthur Nield Edward Thorneycroft Frost Arthur Maryohuroh William Dawson Thomas Joseph Cain Thomas Long James McGlynn Charles Hannigan Thomas Harris Harrison .. Antonio Perez Herbert Christian George Arohibald Arthur Maryohuroh Gustaf Tetzlaff .. William Alfred Ragg George David Nairn Glover William Allan Peter John Walsh William McFarlane Edmund James Lonsdale John Mollison Stewart .. Charles Robert Hyde Horace Pope Athol Ernest Sircom Foster Andreas Heinrich Schmidt Edward Looney.. Thomas Charles Baker .. Charles Barwell.. Henry Ohio Ivey Nathan Farrar Hall Henry Cornwell Christian Frank Henderson Horace Chadwick Archibald Weir Engineer Marine-engine driver River trade 3 Oct., 1902 .. 21 „ „ .. 20 Nov., „ .. 27 , „ .. 7 Jan., 1903 .. 3 Feb., „ .. 3 „ „ .. 3 „ „ .. 3 „ „ .. 8 . „ .. 3 .. „ .. 3 3 „ ., .. 3 3 14 „ „ .. 10 March, „ .. 24 May, 1902 .. 24 „ „ .. 12 June, 13 Aug 28 10 Sept., „ .. 13 Jan., 1903 .. 13 13 , „ .. 14 Feb., „ .. 10 March, „ .. 24 May, 1902 .. 27 „ . .. 13 Aug., , .. 20 Nov 20 „ „ .. 3 Feb., 1903 .. 26 „ , .. 26 „ „ .. 10 Sept., 1902 .. 10 , , .. 11 Oct 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 7 8 lBt-class engineer* Sea-going * * 2nd-class engineer* lst-class engineer* Engineer* * River trade * * For vessels propelled by other mechanical power than steam.

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Return showing the Orders in Council which have been issued during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Date of Order. Purpose of Order. 1902. April 3 Approves plan of Major J. Whitney's protective works, Puhoi River, and licenses him to occupy foreshore for construction of such work. Approves plans of Rangiora Timber Company's wharf, Hokianga. Licenses Rangiora Timber Company to oocupy foreshore, Hokianga, as site for wharf. Approves plans of C. R. Ralph's boat-skids at Petone, Wellington Harbour. Approves plans of F. Foothead's boat shed and skids, Evans Bay, Wellington. Makes regulations regarding Motueka Wharf. Approves of Westport Harbour Board procuring two cars and a locomotive for Westport-Mokihinui Railway. Vests management of Waiuku Wharf, Manukau, in Mauku Road Board. Prohibits trawling in portion of Hauraki Gulf. Consents to Thames Harbour Board fioensing Thomas Mellett to oocupy foreshore for mining purposes. Approves of Westport Harbour Board constructing roof over machine in Railway Workshops, Westport. Approves plans of repairs and extension of training-wall and groin, Aorere River, CoUingwood, and authorises CoUingwood Road Board to execute works. Approves plan of C. Gothard's boat-shed site, Whangaroa. Lioenses C. Gothard to occupy foreshore, Whangaroa, as site for boat-shed. Approves plan of training-banks and groin, Waipu River, and authorises Waipu River Board to exeoute works. Approves plans of J. Taylor's proposed wharf at Puponga. Licenses J. Taylor to oocupy foreshore, Puponga, as site for wharf. Fixes harbour light dueB for Nelson. Approves plans of J. J. Craig's wharf, Auokland Harbour. Revokes Order in Counoil licensing W. Hayes to ocoupy foreshore, Whangaroa. Approves plans of proposed raising of eastern breakwater, Westport. Revokes Order in Council licensing J. A. Anderson to ocoupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for boatshed. Vests management of Kawhia Wharf in trustees. Approves planB of Waitemata County Counoil's wharf at Waiwera River. Licenses Waitemata County Council to occupy foreshore, Waiwera River, as site for wharf. Approves plan of inner breastwork, westward of Hobson Street, Auokland. Approves of Westport Harbour Board extending goods-shed accommodation on Westport Wharf. Fixes dues, &c, for Rangiora Timber Company's wharf, Hokianga. Approves of Westport Harbour Board erecting verandah at Granity Creek Station. Approves of Westport Harbour Board procuring canopies and oovers for open trucks for WestportMokihinui Railway. Approves plan for removal of shingle in Hutt River. Approves plan of Northern Union Steamboat Company's wharf, Hore Hore, Kaipara. Lioenses Northern Union Steamboat Company to pooupy foreshore, Hore Hore, as site for wharf. Approves plan of western breakwater, Patea. Makes special order authorising Patea Harbour Board to construct western breakwater, Patea. Approves alteration of seaward end of landing-jetty, Cape Turnagain. Approves plans of George Mackie's wharf, Glory Harbour, Stewart Island. Lioenses George Maokie to occupy foreshore, Glory Harbour, as site for wharf. Approves plan of extension of concrete sea-wall, Te Aro, Wellington. Approves plans of S. J. Best's landing-stage, Whau Creek, Auckland Harbour. Approves plans of Awhitu Road Board's wharves at Graham's Beach and Orua Bay, Manukau. Licenses Awhitu Road Board to ocoupy foreshore, Graham's Beach and Orua Bay, as sites for wharves. Approves plan of Waipipi Road Board's wharf at Sandspit Point, Manukau. Licenses Waipipi Road Board to occupy foreshore at Sandspit Point as site for wharf. Makes Bpeoial order authorising construction of tidal dock and wharf in lagoon at Greymouth. Approves plan of concrete sea-wall and extension of Tory Street wateroourse, Te Aro, Wellington. Approves Okain'a Bay Road Board constructing bridge with moveable platform in plaoe of openingspaoe as approved. Approves plan of line of training-wall in Otago Harbour. Approves plan of stone loading-jetty, Otago Harbour. Approves plans of widening and reconstruction of Railway Wharf, Wellington. Approves plan of proposed shelter-shed, Waterloo Quay, Wellington. Approves plan of Opotiki Town Board's wharf and store at Opotiki. Licenses Opotiki Town Board to ocoupy foreshore, Opotiki, as site for wharf and store. 3 3 9 9 16 16 28 30 May 12 12 21 27 27 June 5 5 5 5 16 16 30 30 30 July 3 3 7 21 21 Aug. 6 6 25 Sept. 1 1 1 1 Oct. 23 23 23 27 27 Nov. 1 1 1 1 1 29 29 29 29 Dec. 5 15 23 23 1903. Jan. 5 10 20 20 26 26 30 30 30 Revokes Order in Council licensing J. Smyth and Co. to oooupy foreshore, Kennedy Bay, as site for boom. Makes regulations for election of members of Bluff Harbour Board. Vests management of jetty and shed, Waikouaiti River, in Karitane Domain Board. Appoints Job Lines member of Westport Harbour Board. Approves plans of Andrew Kelly's proposed wharf, Opunake. Licenses Andrew Kelly to ocoupy foreshore, Opunake, as site for wharf. Amends regulations as to election of members of Harbour Boards by looal bodies. Approves plan of Joseph Fell's building on foreshore at Kouto, Hokianga. Lioenses Joseph Fell to oocupy foreBhore, Kouto, as site for building for ship- and boat-building purposes. Approves plans of T, P. Burdett's booms, Wairoa River, Kaipara. Licenses T. P. Burdett to occupy foreshore, Wairoa River, as site for booms. Makes general harbour regulations relating to transhipment of coal. Approves plans of widening Evans Bay and Seatoun Roads, Wellington Harbour. Validates election of members of Mokau Harbour Board. Approves plan of Kauri Timber Company's reclamation, Hokianga. Licenses Kauri Timber Company to oocupy foreshore, Hokianga, as site for reclamation in connection with wharf. Approves plans of breastwork-staging, north-west of Glasgow Wharf, Wellington. Approves plans of Puponga Coal and Gold Mining Company's wharf, Golden Bay. Licenses Puponga Coal and Gold Mining Company (Limited) to oooupy foreshore, Golden Bay, as site for wharf. Feb. 13 13 28 March 9 9 16 16 19 19 19

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Return of Accidents to Seamen and Others on board Ship reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1903.

Date of Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, Name of p erao n ininred Accident. and Official Number. Name ot Person injuiea. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Pa"-'-"----'* -"> »<- Accid g^ 0 a n^4 t 5 n C q 7 e s s e t ' geld VerdiCt °' JUry Wher6 ' 1901. Sept. 23 Kennedy, s.s., Nelson, 52361 .. D. MoRae Knee injured Nelson .. .. D. McRae was injured on board ship through his knee being jammed while engaged in shifting a dredge-bucket in the ship's hold. He was sent to the Nelson Hospital for treatment. The cook, F. Birch, chopped a pieoe off the end of his thumb. 1902. Jan. 8 Charles Edward, s.s., Nelson, 47850 Ditto F. Birch Thumb injured .. Nelson „ 16 J. C. Hall Fall J. C. Hall, seaman, reported that he had a fall from a ladder while painting funnel of steamer. An A.B., W. C. H. Plunkett, while engaged in setting the fore-sail was knocked overboard and lost. While the Court of Inquiry was of opinion that everything was done after the accident to save the man's life, yet it considered the captain, chief and second officers were deserving of censure for neglect of various duties, and ordered them to pay costs of inquiry. Deceased died from injuries reoeived through accidentally falling down hold of s.s. " Haupiri." His hat was blown down the hold, and recovering it he fell in going on deck. He was removed to the hospital, where he died on 23rd April. An A.B., Thomas Beveridge, was washed overboard while vessel was laying-to during heavy weather. Mar. 18 Kumara, s.s., Southampton, 110258 W. C. H. Plunkett, A.B. Drowned Lat. 47° 6' S.; long. 120° 10' E. April 18 Haupiri, s.s., Dunedin, 89094.. John McNeill, labourer Fatal Greymouth . 28 Rio, Sydney, 83207 Thomas Beveridge, A.B. Fatal Lat.35° 33' S.; long. 155°06'E. On voyage from Clarence River to Auckland Lyttelton April 30 Kumara, s.s., Southampton, 110258 Edward Morrison, A.B. Ribs fractured While engaged cleaning paintwork on hurricane-deck, the stool on which Edward Morrison, A.B., was standing to reach his work slipped, and he fell on to it, injuring his ribs. An O.S., Gordon Trahair, while furling the fore-royal, fell from aloft overboard and was drowned. May 8 Kinfauns, Dundee, 93465 Gordon Trahair, O.S. .. Fatal Lat. 42° S.J long. 2° 10' E. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington Oamaru 28 Corinna, s.s., Launceston, 79252 R. Crawley, A.B. Right hand lacerated broken and ribs R. Crawley, A.B., while assisting in discharge of oargo was attending to the rope on winch-end, and in some inexplicable manner his right hand got caught, and he was dragged round the barrel of the winch several times whilst it was in motion. On removal to the hospital it was found that the thumb of his right hand was badly lacerated, and several of his ribs on the right side broken. A. Schultze, A.B., was working on a staging alongside vessel, and in getting aboard slipped and fell upon his arm. He was attended by a doctor, who did not consider the injury serious enough to warrant his staying ashore, and the man left in the ship the same evening for Lyttelton. The master, Frederick Irving, was working with a mate discharging logs, when he accidentally got between two logs, which crushed his legs. He died in the Auckland Hospital the same day. A labourer, Joseph Byfield, employed in discharging cargo from the Corinna, was rolling truck-wheels along the wharf, when he was struck by a sling of cargo and his hand was badly torn. June 3 Rosamond, s.s., Dunediu, 89594 A. Schultze, A.B. Bruised arm Greymouth . 21 Hawk, Aucklandi 102337 Frederick Irving, master Fatal Freeman's Bay, Auckland .. July 4 Corinna, s.s., Launceston, 79252 Joseph Byfield Hand torn Wharf, Greymouth

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Date of Accident. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury where Coroner's Inquest held. 1902. . 12 Te Anau, s.s., Dunedin, 75225 George Murphy Fatal Queen Street Wharf, Auckland George Murphy, a wharf-labourer, while employed on board the Te Anau loading cargo, was fatally injured by tbe breaking of the derrick, and died the next day. Verdiot: That cause of death was fracture of the base of the skull, and that the said George Murphy came by hiB death accidentally and by misfortune. A labourer, James Burman, while employed unloading the Ruapehu, fell down the hold and fractured his skull. He was removed to the hospital, where he died the next day. Verdict: Death due to fracture of the skull oaused by falling down the hold. A Chinese fireman, Mak Chin, while employed in trimming coal in bunker, was buried with a fall of coal. Verdict of jury : Accidental death through suffocation. Wm. McNaughton, A.B., while engaged taking anchor on board, fell overboard just as vessel got under weigh and was drowned. Owing to some bars of iron slipping from a sling, the second mate, C. August, was injured about the head, and was sent to Nelson Hospital for treatment. Duncan Gray, A.B., was in the hold stowing away luggage, and on returning to the deck slipped and fell a distance of about 14 ft. After being attended to by the doctor he was removed to the hospital in an unconscious state. During a heavy gale and sea Ernest Malmberg, A.B., was While making fast the main-topmast-stay sail W. Harms, O.S., injured his thumb, and on arrival at Lyttelton was sent to hospital for treatment. As Robert Hull was going down into ship's foreoastle to turn in, vessel gave a heavy lurch, and the handrail attaohed to the ladder giving way, he was thrown on to the forecastledeck, breaking a rib. He was sent to the hospital on arrival at Lyttelton. Clarence Anniss, a boy employed on board, had his leg broken by a basket of coal striking him in discharging cargo. Charles Dawson, a guest on board, standing on sponson aft attempting to get a bucket of water was dragged overboard and drowned. A. T. Watson, boatswain, was driving a winch on board, and at the same time attending a rope, when his left arm was caught round the barrel of the winoh and torn from his body. He was attended by two doctors, and afterwards removed to the hospital for further treatment. H. Sloss, steward's assistant, was scalded through accidentally stumbling on deck while carrying a bucket of boiling water. He was sent to the hospital for treatment. . 14 Ruapehu, s.s., Plymouth, 11357 James Burman Fatal Queen's Wharf, Wellington „ 19 Mercedes, s.s., London, 114846 Mak Chin Fatal Buller River, Westport . 19 Dandy, scow, Auckland, 102335 Wm. McNaughton, A.B. Fatal Auckland.. . 30 Kennedy, s.s., Nelson, 52361 .. C. August Head injured Nelson Aug. 10 Rotoiti, s.s., Dunedin, 101481.. Duncan Gray Head injured Queen's Wharf, Wellington . 10 Sept. 1 Sir Henry, Sydney, 93566 Ronga, schooner, Lyttelton, 76076 Ernest Malmberg, A.B. William Harms, O.S. .. Drowned Thumb injured .. Cook Strait Off Brothers, Cook Strait .. " 29 Poherua, s.s., Dunedin, 98061.. Robert Hull, donkeyman Rib broken At sea Oct. 6 La Bella, Lyttelton, 76077 .. Clarence Anniss, boy .. Leg fractured Timaru .. . 12 Awarua, p.s., Auckland, 57650 Charles Dawson, passenger Drowning 3J miles off Kaitoke Beach, Great Barrier Island Nov. 10 Karamea, s.s., Southampton, 110964 A. T. Watson, boatswain Loss of arm Glasgow Wharf, Wellington.. . 25 Kennedy, s.s., Nelson, 52361 .. H. Sloss Scalded Nelson

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Date of Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, Accident. and Official Number. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury where Coroner's Inquest held. 1902. Dec. 27 Herbert Manning, A.B., was removing the hatches, and standing on a part of the hatch which had already been partly removed; he fell down the hold, sustaining so severe a shaking that it was deemed advisable to remove him to the hospital. washed overboard and drowned. George Francis, A.B., was, in the ordinary course of his duties, engaged in unshackling the lower-topsail sheets. Having finished the work, and when getting up off the foot-rope, he missed his footing and fell to the deck, a distance of 50 ft., and was killed instantaneously. Verdict: Accidental death. Walter Arkins, chief engineer, slipped on the deck, breaking his collarbone, and was removed to hospital on vessel's arrival in Wellington. T. E. Jackson, A.B. while putting a stopper on the tow-rope, lost his thumb, the tug going ahead before the men could make the rope fast to the bitts, in consequence of which his thumb was jammed between the stopper and the tow-rope and taken off. William Cooklin, fireman, went on board under the influence of drink, and, although ordered by the chief engineer to go and lie down for a while, he began to assist four'other men who were standing on a plank cleaning the inside of the engine-room skylight, and while thus engaged he overbalanced and fell a distance of about 30 ft., breaking his thigh-bone. Frederick Field, a labourer, was engaged discharging coal from the hulk " Oceola " into the " Corinthic." He was on a tramway on the steamer attending to the baskets full of coal, when one basket overturned, causing him to fall between the bulk and the steamer into the water. In falling he struck the hulk, and was much cut about the head and face, and six ribs were broken. He was removed to the hospital, where he died soon afterwards. Verdict: We find that Frederick Field's death was caused by a fall while coaling on board the s.s. " Corinthic," such fall being accidental. We wish to add that no precautions were provided for preventing such an accident, and we recommend that special provision be made in future when similar work is being done. On returning to vessel at 11 o'clook at night, Mrs. Coulter fell over wharf and was drowned. Verdict: Accidental death. The jury added a rider calling attention to necessity for wharves being better lighted, and for chains or ropes to be provided to prevent similar accidents in future. After calling watch and returning to his duties, J. Lucas slipped on an iron plate and fell, hurting his left elbow. Oreti, s.s., Wellington, 75219.. Herald Manning, A.B... Severe shaking .. Greymouth 1903. Jan. 5 Letterewe, Liverpool, 76394 .. George Francis, A.B. .. Fatal Queen's Wharf, Wellington Westralia, s.s., Melbourne, 106415 Walter Arkins, chief engineer Broken collar-bone Gisborne 7 9 Kumara, s.s., Southampton, 110258 Thomas Edwin Jackson, A.B. Loss of left thumb Lyttelton Corinthic, s.s.,Liverpool,l]5296 William Cocklin, fireBroken thigh-bone Wellington 9 man 10 Corinthic, s.s., Liverpool, 115296 Frederick Field, labourer Fatal Wellington t Victoria, s.s., Melbourne, 110996 Drowned Alongside wharf, Dunedin .. W 22 Mrs. A. W. Coulter, forecabin stewardess Corinna, s.s., Launceston, 79252 J. Lucas, fireman Injury to left elbow At sea Mar. 9

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Summary of Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside the Colony. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Colony. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total outside Colony, of Casualties reported. Nature of Casualty. of &; cd CD CLO ca a a o "co 4H O ' o g sh to CO CO O Eh CD o o ft o co CD CD ca a o EH -+H O O <-> SH r' . CQ o 5 CO CD c8 a a Eh SO <-M O o © 44 -^ O cc rH>> CO CC ca a o EH •3.2 ■ on O Q h3 43 CO CO 0-3 ca ° — 6 ™ § o 9 > SH r5 «H CO ■ CO O cc rH^ CO cc a o EH ■S3 fl Standings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 2 6 1 10 1,886 3,771 75 15,873 43 3 5 1 2 352 2,016 1,344 277 6 1 5 11 12 2,238 5,787 1,419 16,150 49 1 "l 90 •• •• •• 1 90 •• 5 12 2 12 2,238 5,877 1,419 16,150 49 1 .. Total strandings 19 21,605 43 11 j 3,989 7 30 25,594 50 90 1 90 I i 31 25,684 50 __ Foundered, — Total loss Partial loss 1 2,581 13 1 1 354 27 11 2 1 2,935 27 24 2 1 2,935 27 24 •• •• - Total founderinga 1 2,581 13 2 381 11 3 2,962 24 ! .. I ' .. ! j I ! 3 2,962 '• I 24 Capsized, — Partial loss 1 93 1 93 1 93 " Collisions, — Partial loss Slight damage No damage I I . 1 3 370 207 1 4 1 1,247 396 216 1 5 4 1,247 766 423 " ! i , - 1 5 4 1,247 766 423 I .. I I .. •• - I I " ■■ Total collisions.. 4 577 : 6 ! 1,859 10 , | 2,436 i " i I 10 2,436 i " Fires, — Partial loss No damage ! ! ! ! ' | ! I 1 98 3,070 1 1,641 2 1 1,739 3,070 2 J j 1,739 I 3,070 • • •• - I Total fires 2 3,168 1 1,641 3 4,809 ! ! ! ! j 3 4,809 j .. Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, loss of masts, sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 4 3,823 3 1,352 7 5,175 4 6,307 4 6,307 : i 11 11,482 Total casualties to shipping Loss of life only 30 1 31,754 100 56 1 9,315 95 j 18 1 54 2 41,069 195 74 2 1 1 90 3,906 4 2 6,307 1,270 5 3 6,397 5,176 59 5 47,466 5,371 52,837 24 1 "l "2 "3 74 5 Total number of casualties reported 31,854 9,410 56 41,264 76 2 1 6 : 7,577 o 2 1 ! ! 8 11,573 3 64 31 57 25 19 3,996 79

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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1902, to the 31st March, 1903.

Date of Name of Vessel, Casualty. Age 3 g; > Number of to J8 Nature of Number Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. •-fl M EH | Passeng gers. Place where Casualty occurrei Lives lost. Direction. Cargo. Casualty. Force. 1902. March 18 Schooner 3906 Loss of - life only 1 Kumara, s.s. .. General Lat. 47° 6' S., long. 120° 10' E. An A.B., W. C. H. Plunkett, was knocked overboard and lost. While the Court was of opinion that everything was done after the accident to save the man's life, yet it considered the captain, the chief officer, and second officer deserving of censure for neglect of various duties, and ordered them to pay the costs of inquiry, £11 lis. On vessel's arrival at Timaru a flaw extending over one-third round shaft was discovered in No. 3 length of tunnel-shafting. Three new lengths of shafting, including thrust-shaft, were fitted in Lyttelton before vessel proceeded on voyage Caused through crack in feed-pump.. William Scot land. April 8 Shaft flawed.. Timaru R. Carruther. Angola, s.s., 4 years, A 1 Lloyd's Schooner 12800 32 Ballast.. . 18 Napier, s.s., 32 years Heathfield, 8 years Schooner 48 6 General Breakdown of machinery Sprung a leak On voyage Dunedin to Bluff 30 miles off Holyhead, Irish Channel. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington At wharf inside Mokau Heads Peter Andre v Lyders. James Fraser. . 24 Barque.. 1534 24 General S. Gale .. Vessel encountered heavy gales and high seas after leaving port, causing her to strain, whereby she made water . 27 Mokau, s.s., 6 months Schooner Coal .. Fire on board; partial loss N.E. Strong breeze Court found that fire occurred through wooden partition in boiler-room igniting from stovepipe, and that the master was to blame in not taking warning by a previous partial ignition of the woodwork, and neglecting to have any hose or pump workable from deck and a proper watch kept while furnace and stove fires were burning. He was ordered to pay £10 7s. 8d., costs of the inquiry While vessel was hove-to on starboard tack during heavy weather an A.B., Thomas Beveridge, was washed overboard by heavy sea and lost An O.S., Gordon Trahair, while furling the fore-royal, fell from aloft overboard and was drowned Alfred Jonas. 98 May 28 8 Rio, 21 years .. Kinfauns, 16 years Sohooner Barque.. 289 .. Timber.. General Loss of life only 1 1 1 Lat. 35° 33' S., long. 155° 6' E. On voyage from Clarence River to Auckland Lat. 42° S., long. 2° 10' E. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington Reef off Cape Campbell Heavy gale H. C. Spruitt. Alexander Martii Creighton. 981 18 Loss of life only 1 W.N.W. Fresh breeze 13 Ururoa, 2 years Sohooner Timber.. Stranded; partial loss S.W. Strong breeze Master was held to be blamable in that he should have given more definite instructions as to the time he should be called, or that he should have instructed the mate to keep the deck till the danger off Cape Campbell was passed. The instructions he gave to the boatswain were too indefinite, leaving too much to the judgment of an uncertificated seaman. He was ordered to pay the cost of the inquiry, £4 4s. Charles Ludvij Olsen. 196 9

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. co » Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Wind. Date of Casualty. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. rU 'assengers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1902. May 14 Gladys, 12 years Barque.. 1345 20 General Damage . by heavy sea Lat. 42° S., long. 162° E. On voyage Liverpool to Wellington W.S.W. Hurricane Vessel was lying-to, when an exceptionally heavy sea struok starboard bulwark and flattened it in on the deck for about 140ft., damaging the deck-house and causing the fore-topmast, main- topgallant -maBt, and mizzen topmast to oarry away, and washing two boats overboard Casualty caused through defective steeringqualities of vessel, accentuated by lightness of her draught Vessel was dismasted during gale, and was picked up and towed into Russell by H.M.S. " Archer." Casualty supposed to have been caused through defective stowage of cargo Vessel took the ground when crossing the bar, being thrown out of her course slightly by the heavy sea In altering course to avoid oollision with another steamer, vessel grounded on mudbank in channel In getting the " Jessie Niccol" under way the sails filled on the wrong tack. She was kept away to clear the s.s. " Southern Cross " lying at anchor, but she would not pay off, there being no way on for Bteering purposes, and she drifted on to the steamer's port quarter S.s. " Monowai" in coming up to the wharf struck the stern of the " Herald," causing slight damage Vessel touched slightly on shoal during S.E. rain-squall, buoy being obscured Vessel got slightly out of fairway in the dark and took the ground Alexander Bedward Foote. June 3 Kanieri, s.s., 15 years Stranded; partial loss James Harvey Smith. 23 Ardencraig, 16 years Schooner Ship .. 115 1969 14 28 General Nickelore Loss of masts Sandbank on south Bide of entrance to Waitara River Lat. 31° 4' S., long. 168° E. On voyage from New Caledonia to Rotterdam North Spit, Hokitika River N.E. S.S.E. Light .. Moderate gale William Foster Ritohie. 25 Jane Douglas, s.s., 27 years Schooner 75 Coal and general Stranded; no damage W.S.W. Fresh breeze James Jamieson. 28 Waimate, s.s., 6 years Schooner 3629 3 General Stranded; no damage Entrance to Rangitoto Channel, Auckland S.E. Freeh breeze Joseph John Hamon. July 5 Jessie Nicool,32 Schooner 93 Ballast.. Collision; slight damage Off Pipitea Point, Wellington Harbour Moderate) breeze] / Robert Albert Grono. - years 5 Southern Cross, s.s. Herald, s.s., 18 years Schooner None .. Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage N. to N.E. - 175 - ) I Alongside wharf, Bluff Harbour 7 Sohooner 370 20 Coal .. \ T. Dewhurst. . 10 Huia, 8 years .. Schooner 200 8 Timber.. Stranded ; no damage Stranded; partial loss Collision; slight damage Collision; slight damage Foundered; partial loss Tory Shoal, Kaipara .. S.E. Fresh .. Daniel Mc - Kenzie. Hugh McGilvray. 10 Invercargill, s.s., 7 years Torea, 4 years.. Schooner 123 11 General Opposite Bushy Point, New River 16 Schooner 133 7 Coal and timber Ballast.. -I S.E. Light .. | I Daniel Savident. Charles Watohlin. 16 Lizzie Taylor, 10 years Felicity, 16 years Schooner 77 6 Wanganui River Casualty caused through " Lizzie Taylor" not answering her helm 19 Ketch .. 27 1 Nil 1J miles from south end Boulder Bank, Nelson S.W. Stiff breeze Thomas Reeves, an A.B., holding no master's certificate, undertook to bring vessel from Moutere to Nelson. Court held that it was rash on his part to have ventured to bring the vessel over by himself, knowing that she was in a leaky state and almost without ballast, and that she had no boat or life-saving appliances. He was ordered to pay £2 towards cost of inquiry.

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Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Rig. g & Number of co (- —: — ] 'gig | Passen«E- j g gers. Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. K I Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Cargo. Casualty. 1902. (July 21 i t 26 Tarawera, s.s., 29 years Jessie Niocol, 30 years Carin, 26 years Schooner Sohooner L... 1269 93 52 6 19 General Stranded; partial loss . Timber.. Collision; slight damage Timber.. Collision; no damage Ballast.. | Loss of life only West side of wharf, Napier Breakwater •' Alongside wharf, Grey mouth 1 Cook Strait Reversing-gear of engine broke suddenly as she was going up to the wharf, and she ran on to the beach, not being able to get the engines to work astern I Owing to range in river the stern-lines of " Carin " parted, and she ran ahead into the "Jessie Nicool,'' carrying away her stern rail and wheel Gale .. During heavy gale and sea vessel took a heavy lurch to starboard and a heavy sea broke on board, washing Ernest Malmberg, A.B., overboard. At the same time the ballast shifted, causing a heavy list to vessel, whioh made it impossible to render him any assistance Strong Vessel had no certificated officer on watch at breeze time of casualty, and the seaman in charge of the deck failed to call the master, and such negligence was the cause of the casualty. Master was negligent in not remaining on deok when he must have known the vessel was approaohing a somewhat hazardous part of the coast. His certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay £8 lis. costs of inquiry. Strong Stern-shaft broke through a fault inherent in breeze the shaft gradually working out to the outside Whole gale Casualty caused by coal - hulk "Gazelle," moored alongside, bumping heavily against side of ship, and causing ship to bump heavily against wharf Vessel left Lyttelton on 16th August for Kaipara, and was last seen by the schooner " Morning Light" on 24th August off Kaikoura, the weather then being very heavy. She is supposed to have foundered with the loss of all hands Fresh While engaged surveying bar and channel vesbreeze sel touched heavily on a shoal- bank ! Norman Beaumont. R. A. Grono. ' T. V. Sundberg. Charles Bonner. 26 Sohooner 216 9 Aug. 10 Sir Henry, 11 Schooner 95 6 S.S.E. Gale years 15 Oreti, s.s., 25 years Schooner 117 12 Cattle .. Stranded; no damage Farewell Spit S.E. Strong breeze Oscar Jarman. 20 i George Alfred Lobb. . 24 Taviuni, s.s., 10 years County of Ayr, 38 years Schooner Barque.. | 901 39 498 11 5 Fruit .. Breaking of tail-shaft Ballast.. Damage to plates and frames Fruit .. Ballast.. About 5 miles S.E. of Ariel Reef, East Coast, North Island Jer.ois Quay, Wellington Harbour S.S.E. N.W. William Tulloch. 24 (about) Timaru, 15 years Barque.. 354 11 Ballast & produce Ballast & Supposed founproduce dered; total loss Supposed Supposed Cook Strait, 11 (all on voyage from Lythands)! telton to Kaipara Alfred Johansen. I Sept. 1 Hinemoa, s. s., 27 years ' Lig'thouse stores & material Wool and f r o z e n meat Ballast.. John Bollons. Sohooner . 282 | 30 3 Lig'thouse Stranded; parstores & tial Iosb Kaipara Bar W.S.W. 4 Whakatane.s.s., 2 years Schooner ;3786 78 7 material Wool and Stranded; no frozen damage meat Ballast.. Vessel capsized About 1<} miles north of entrance to Timaru Harbour Off Ram's Head, Pelorus Sound Variable Light .. Casualty caused by heavy fog coming down and enveloping ship while making entrance to harbour. Vessel touched ground slightly Squally Vessel was too heavily sparred, and the only additional precaution master oould have taken was the reefing of the foresail. Reginald Claudius Clifford. 11 Ronga, 2 years Schooner 93 6 S.S.E. Otto Edward Peterson.

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Date of Name of Vessel, Age and Class. Kit •§f Number of Cargo. Nature of Natu: ire of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. §>3 | Passenf j gers. Direction. Force. Oct. H 1902. lept. 17 18 22 24 12 13 Hjertnes (of Norway), 11 years Emerald (of Norway), 22 years Samuel Plimsoll, 29 years Concordia (of Russia), 16 years Awarua, p.s., 18 years Lizzie Taylor, 10 years Barque .. Barque .. Ship .. Barque .. Sohooner Schooner 1459 711 745 949 100 12 14 24 17 7 5 7 40 17 7 5 9 9 Ballast .. Loss of anchors and cables Ballast .. Stranded ; partial loss General Loss of masts Ballast.. 'Stranded ; partial loss Cattle .. Loss of life only Produco Stranded; partial loss Timber.. Stranded ; total loss Coal, Chi- Foundered; nesecof- total loss fins, and fungus 1 1 6 13 Shoals, entrance to Kai- \ para Harbour Inner Shoals, Kaipara Entrance 60 miles S.E. of Cape Saunders. On voyage from Glasgow to Dunedin 14 miles south of Kaipara Heads 3J miles off Kaitoke Beach, Great Barrier North Spit, Wanganui River On coast midway between Kaipara and Manukau Off entranoe to Hokianga River W.S.W. S.W. S.W. S.W. S. W.S.W. S.W. S.W. . Strong Vessel being of shallow draught made consider T. G. Rove, breeze able drift in seaway. Master, after sighting light, was afraid she might, if kept hove-to, drift into breakers before daylight, so preferred risk of standing in before marks or signals were distinguishable Fresh Master could not from outside bar distinguish Launtz Walle. breeze any marks on land. As swell was setting vessel inshore master, seeing an opening in the break, surmised it to be the channel and stood in, and did not find it was not the proper channel until too far in to risk working vessel out again against the heavy sea running Whole Vessel when close to destination was caught Alexander Jaffgale in heavy S.W. gale, and lay-to under lower ray. main - topsail only, rolling heavily. She finally rolled the main and mizzen masts clean out of her Heavy Vessel was driven on shore by heavy gale. She M. Wickman. gale was subsequently sold, and relaunched by the purchasers Fresh Charles Dawson (a passenger guest), in at- Lauchlan Alexbreeze tempting to get a bucket of water while ander McLean, standing aft on the starboard sponson, was dragged overboard and drowned Light .. In weighing anchor and setting sails to take Thomas Lowery. bar in accordance with signals, vessel drifted some distance toward north. Pilot should have signalled to the master to tack to the west so as to bring her into position, and master should have cast his lead and taken soundings as he approached the bar-channel Whole Vessel was in tow of s.s. " Pilot," and cast off John Urquhart. gale tow-line by order of master of " May," which was unable to get off lee-shore during a gale which arose very suddenly with very heavy sea. The master and five of the crew were J drowned Vessel left Wellington for Hongkong on the i Henry George 26th Ootober, but got out of the course al- Ferry, leged to have been set to clear Cape Egmont, and she struck on rooks, probably near Opunake. Master decided to proceed to Auckland ; but at 9 p.m., when a little distance south and west of Hokianga, Heads, the fore bulkhead gave way and the vessel foundered, the master and twelve others being drawn down as vessel sank. Responsibility for casualty rested on master alone, and the officers were exonerated and their certificates returned to them 77 17 May, 33 years.. Schooner 237 237 7 Timber.. Ventnor, s.s., 1 year Sohooner 2581 40 Coal, Chinese coffins, and fungus 28

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Big. tH & » So ■a a M-h Number of j Nature of Number 1 of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Wind. nd. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. | Passeng gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1902. Oot. 31 Nov. 9 Jane Douglas, s.s., 27 years Elingamite, s.s., 15 years Jane Douglas, Sohooner 75 9 s.s., 27 years Elingamite, s.s., Schooner 1675 58 15 years Eliza Firth, 8 Brigan- 143 j 8 years tine Aotea, s.s., 6 Schooner 90 | 13 months Athenio, s.s., 1 Sohooner, 7833 124 year 4-masted Sohooner Schooner General Stranded; slight damage 136 General Stranded; total loss Produoe Loss of mast.. None .. Stranded; partial loss 7 General Stranded ; no damage Stranded; slight damage Stranded; total loss 48 Mouth of Hokitika Calm .. Casualty caused by vessel failing to answer her River helm owing to tide catching her bow, and the channel being too narrow and crooked to give room to turn Western King, Tnree .. .: Vessel was going slow when she struck on the Kings Islands Three Kings in a fog. Court found that master was guilty of grossly negligent navigation, and that after the wreck he committed a grave error of judgment in allowing No. 1 boat to leave the ship, and to leave with only half the complement of people the boat was able to oarry. The master and first officer were to blame for not having all the boats properly equipped, and the tackle in proper order, and the orew efficiently exercised in boat-drill. The rafts were abandoned by the boats. Those in the boats should have stood by the rafts as long as possible. The master and officers should have kept both rafts together until a concerted plan of action was arrived at. While returning the certificates of the first and second officers to them, the Court was of opinion that their oonduct was not commendable either in handling the boats or in i leaving passengers adrift on rafts. The Court ordered the certificate of the master to be suspended for one year, and to pay £50 towards the cost of inquiry Queen Charlotte Sound N.W. Hurricane Foremast cut away to save ship going ashore in a gale Lizard Island, Queens- S.E. Moderate Casualty caused through wrong course being land steered. The navigation was handed over by the master to the chief officer, which the Court considered to be by no means desirable. The master's certificate was suspended for three months, and the ohief officer was severely censured for not ascertaining the ship's position more accurately before altering the course to the southward Wellington Harbour .. N.N.W. Moderate j Vessel was proceeding down Wellington Harbour when she took the ground at a place where shoaling had occurred without the knowledge of the authorities. She remained aground between 5 and 6 hours, when she floated off with the rising tide James Jamieson. Ernest Bacot Atwood. 15 25 John Frederick Hansen. Matthew John Bunny. Deo. 11 Charles Howard Kempson.

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Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Eig. 53 g, Number of •S ca •2 a — J o 5 PassenrH q gers. Nature of eof Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. ud. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. . Name of Master. «o £ PassenO gers. Cargo. 1902. Dec. 14 ; i Stranded; no damage Stranded ; no damage Extreme north end of N.E. , Light .. North Spit, Wairau bar Entranoe to Wanganui W. Gale River Casualty caused through heel of vessel striking Carl August bottom, causing the vessel to pay off with Nielsen. a heavy trawl astern. Engines could not be reversed to go astern, and she drifted further on the Spit and stranded Vessel touched training-wall in entering river. Oliver Powell. Casualty caused by vessel failing to answer her helm owing to strong wind blowing and heavy set of tide Vessel was slowed down and stopped on ao- G. A. Lobb. count of fog, and was carried by tide on to danger Stranding caused by vessel not being stopped James Jones. or anchored when fog came on Phantom, s.s., 7 Schooner years ] 18 5 18 i . 5 Fish .. ! I 16 116 12 i Coal .. Oreti, s.s., 25 Sohooner years 11 16 j 1: L2 . 16 Taviuni, s.s., 13 Schooner years i4e 1465 I 38 65 j 3: S8 49 Fruit .. Stranded; partial loss Off Rough Rock Buoy, Auckland Harbour 25 Duchess, s.s., Cutter .. 5 years Gairlooh, s.s., Schooner 18 years 21 60 j 6 60 | l 11 ! 2! 6 !2 130 None Stranded ; no damage Stranded; total loss J mile north of wharf, .. Calm Day's Bay, Wellington Harbour Oakura Reef, 3 miles W. I Moderate north of Cape Egmont 1903. Jan. 5 211 | 22 General Master committed an error of judgment in Arthur Henry hugging land so olosely on so dark a night. Austen. His certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay £10 towards cost of inquiry Whilst vessel heading for sandbank, and in ' Julius Barry. the act of putting the helm down to come in stays, the upper pin of rudder unshipped, , rendering rudder unworkable. Anohor was immediately let go and sails lowered, but vessel was too olose to shore to pay out sufficient chain to hold her in position. The tide and swell drove her into the broken water and up on the shoal, where she eventually got badly strained and filled Collision due to masters racing their vessels, /Thomas Anderand to the " Moerangi" not keeping out I ton. of the "Onslow's" way when the former | was the overtaking vessel. The " Onslow " j should also have taken the starboard instead of the port side of the channel. Master of " Moerangi " ordered to pay £6 12s., and master of "Onslow" £3 6s. towards cost of Clifford Wilinquiry \ liams. Fire caused through spontaneous combustion Herbert C. of coal in bunkers Kiddle. Peculiarity of tide near wharf caused vessel to Charles Thomas. run into wharf stern first, twisting rudderpost and damaging steering-gear Vessel was running behind Kawau for shelter, Frederick Jenthe landmarks not being visible, when a sen. wash on the reef was seen, and the vessel paid off, but struck in about 30 seconds. She was subsequently floated off and brought to Auckland for repairs 9 Opotiki, 32 years Sohooner 3 38 ' 3 38 ' i 3 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Lady Franklin Bank, W. Moderate Kaipara Harbour breeze 11 2 163 . Prnllidinn • nr% Moerangi, oilengine vessel, 2 years Launch.. 16 Collision ; no damage Collision ; no damage • • i ") I Opposite Macandrew's } Bay, Otago Harbour "' l i I 11 Onslow, s.s., 14 years Waikato, s.s., 11 years Wellington, 29 years Cutter .. 16 2 51 140 Collision ; no damage Fire on board ; no damage Collision ; partial loss Collision ; no damage Fire on board ; no damage Collision ; partial loss J I j Wanganui Roadstead, E. Light .. and off Terawhiti Railway Wharf, Nelson .. Calm .. • 16 Sohooner 3070 N.Z. produce General E. Light .. 16 Ship .. 1247 27 j Calm .. 19 Waikonini, 1J years Schooner 60 . 4 None .. Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Reef, about two cables E.N.E. Strong .. off south-west corner of Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf E.N.E. [ Strong ..

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Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Kig. CO CD ■h. ca .h a cca QJ o Number of .ture of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Passeng gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. I 1903. tTjJan. 31 Gladys, 12 years Barque.. 1344 20 Wool Stranded; slight damage Kaite Beach, Poverty Bay I N.W. | Gentle and breeze S.W. At time of lifting anchor wind was N.W., but before vessel gathered headway wind Bhifted to W.S.W. and canted her the reverse way on to the port tack. Yards were then thrown aback to send her head off, and as soon as she appeared not to go off anchor was let go. Shortly after she grounded forward Accident occurred through great rush of stormwater breaking the backing-rope of kedge off port bow, and kedge dragged home. Vessel was then swept with great force on to the rocks on starboard side of creek. Court found that the officers were free from all blame in the matter; but that the fire was not the result of accident but of design, although there was not sufficient evidence beyond a suspicion to point out those who carried out the design Vessel touched rocks during fog. Master appears to have done all he could to find his position : navigating with all caution, sounding, and going slow, and being himself on the look-out Casualty caused by wind failing Alexander Bedward Foote. H- 1 I Feb. 5 Ngaru, 5years.. Stranded ; partial loss Big River, Kahurangi Point From N.E. Francis Fletcher. Schooner 66 General 6 Maohrihanish, 19 years Ship .. Wool .. Fire on board ; partial loss Ernest Laurence And on. 11641 26 Alongside W T ool-wharf, Wellington Harbour 17 Wakatu, s.s., 25 years Schooner 95 14 General Stranded; no damage Davidson's Rock, North Bay, Kaikoura Peninsula Calm James Wifls. 21 Lizzie Taylor, 10 years Penguin, s.s., 38 years Ketch .. Flour .. Stranded; on damage Stranded; partial loss South Spit, Wanganui • Bar Wailii Point, Jackson's Head Thomas Lowery 77 5 N.W. 26 Schooner 517 40 53 General Calm.. Stranding due to dense fog enveloping ship at a critical time when nearer land than on her usual course. This nearness was due to current. Master and offioers were acquitted of all blame, and Court considered tneir conduct alter the occurrence worthy of all praise Thick weather obscured the light at Cape Farewell, and an undue set of the current seems to have taken vessel too far east on her course Shoe connecting outer stern-post breaking, caused outer stern-post to break off at the bottom of the rudder-trunk, carrying the rudder away with it. Cause of shoe breaking supposed to be striking submerged log of wood Charles McArthur. i 26 Rimu, s.s., 4 years Schooner 144 16 Ballast.. Stranded; no damage 1 mile east of Farewell Spit Lighthouse N.N.W. John Abraham Bergquist. March 24 Nambucca, s.s., 5 years Schooner 74 4 General Damage to stern-post Grey's Reach, Opawa River Calm.. William George North. 11

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