MARINE DEPARTMENT: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1908-9.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, H-15

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1909. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE DEPARTMENT: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1908-9.

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

.My Lord, — Marine Department, Wellington, 7th August, 1909. I do myself the honour to transmit herewith, for Your Excellency's information, the report of the Marine Department of the Dominion for the financial year ended the 31st March last. I have, &c, J. A. Millar. His Excellency the Right Hon. Baron Plunket, Governor of New Zealand.

Sir, — Marine Department, Wellington, 26th April, 1909. I have the honour to make the following report on the work of this Department during the financial year ended the 31st March last. Shipping and Seamen Acts. —The Shipping and Seamen Acts, 1903 and 1905, have been consolidated by the Statutes Consolidation Commission, and the consolidated Act was passed by Parliament last session. The Act has since been assented to by His Majesty the King, and a Proclamation of such assent was gazetted on the 11th March last, which brought the Act into force on that date. An amending Bill to embody certain provisions of recent Imperial Acts, and to make certain other amendments, is now being prepared for introduction into Parliament during the coming session. Mercantile Marine Offices. —The duties connected with the engagement and discharge of seamen have been satisfactorily carried out at the various ports, and everything has worked smoothly. When " The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," was passed, provision was made to enable single engagements and discharges to be effected on board ships, subject to their being afterwards ratified at a mercantile marine office. This is a convenience to shipmasters, but cases have occurred in which the certificates of discharge given on board have not been properly filled in, which has prevented men obtaining employment until the matter could be rectified. The only way to prevent this laxity is to make it compulsory that the transactions shall be effected before a Superintendent, and the question of doing so will have to be considered if masters are not more careful in preparing the discharges. The arrangement under which the Superintendent at Lyttelton received assistance in his office-work from a Customs officer not having proved satisfactory, it has been discontinued, and Captain Wilcox, chief officer of the training-ship "Amokura," has been appointed Assistant Superintendent and Surveyor of Ships at the port. The work at Dunedin and Port Chalmers having increased to such an extent as to render the appointment of another officer necessary, Captain Fraser, master of the Defence steamer " Janie Seddon," has been transferred to the position of Assistant Superintendent and Surveyor of Ships, and he has also been appointed an Inspector of Compasses. Owing to the increase of the work in the Auckland office another clerk has been appointed. _ At the four principal ports the Superintendents have taken over the duty of seeing that sailing-vessels leaving for Australian ports are provided with sufficient provisions, of collecting fees for the survey of steamers and sailing-ships, and of selling charts, <vc. Appended is a return showing the number of seamen engaged and discharged at the various ports, and the fees received therefor. Returns are also appended showing the accidents to seamen, the amounts paid to disabled seamen under section 119 of "The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908," the accidents to persons other than seamen employed in connection with ships, and the prosecutions of seamen by masters and others for various offences.

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Proceedings have been taken by the Department, and fines imposed, for breaches of the law in the following cases in connection with seamen : viz., the master of the " Saucy Kate," the "Duco," the "Dorset," the " Wimmera," and the " Tutaea," for carrying seamen to sea without entering into an agreement with them; the master of the " Moana " (two masters on two different parts of voyage) and the master of the " Warrimoo," for going to sea with less men than the number required by the Act; the master of the " Rakiura," for discharging the whole crew on board instead of before the Superintendent, and for failing to send his expired articles of agreement to the Superintendent; J. Swindley, for using a discharge as a trimmer which did not belong to him. In one case a fireman was transferred from the s.s. " Tongariro " to the s.s. " Rimutaka " without being discharged from the former vessel in the presence of a Superintendent. The master of the former vessel was prosecuted for two breaches of the Act, one being for not discharging in the presence of the Superintendent, and the other for not giving the man a certificate of discharge. The Magistrate dismissed the first charge, holding that there had been merely a transfer, but convicted on the second charge. The Department appealed to the Supreme Court against the dismissal, and the appeal was allowed. The Magistrate then entered a conviction, but did not impose a fine. Masters, Mates, and Engineers. —The examination of candidates has been carried out in a satisfactory manner at the various ports. Appended is the report of the Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates. Candidates for extra masters' certificates are* now required to show practical proficiency in both the Morse and movable-semaphore methods of signalling, and this examination is open, as a voluntary examination, to officers holding masters' and mates' certificates, and to candidates for such certificates. Candidates for all grades of foreign-going and home-trade certificates are required to be conversant with the Morse and semaphore alphabets, and with the British Signal Manual, and they must also pass an examination in first -aid to the injured. Classes for instruction in first aid are arranged for by the local centres of St. John Ambulance Association, and the examinations are conducted under the auspices of the association. The Imperial Board of Trade has recently made some alterations in the rules for the examination of engineers, and it is proposed to alter the New Zealand rules in a similar manner. Captain W. Cumming, Harbourmaster at Gisborne, has been appointed an Examiner of Masters of riversteamers at that port. For certificates of competency 338 persons passed their examination, and 176 failed. Of those who passed, 233 were masters, mates, and engineers of sea-going ships, 55 were masters and engineers of steamships plying within restricted limits, 5 were masters of fishing-boats and cargo-vessels up to 25 tons register, 1 was master of fishing-boat under 5 tons register, 23 were engineers of sea-going ships propelled by oil-engines, and 21 were engineers of similar vessels plying within restricted limits. Tables showing the names of the persons who have received certificates, the classes and grades of the certificates, and the certificates of exemption from examination as third-class engineer, are appended. A list of all the New Zealand certificates which have been cancelled and withdrawn has been printed and circulated to the various shipping officers. The Regulations for the Examination of Masters and Mates have been amended as follows : — (a.) Allowing one and a half years' service as second mate of a coasting-vessel to qualify for examination for a home-trade master's certificate. (&.) Allowing service as master of cargo-boats under 25 tons while holding a certificate of competency for such boats, and allowing service as master in vessels while holding a service certificate to qualify for examination for a home-trade master's certificate of competency, (c.) Providing that candidates must pass in first aid to the injured. (d.) Providing for the recognition of training-ship service as qualifying for examination, (c.) Providing that candidates for restricted-limit certificates are not to be required to be conversant with the Morse and semaphore alphabets and with the British Signal Manual. Registration of Shipping. —Appended are returns showing the vessels registered in New Zealand and the number of men and boys employed in them. Survey of Ships. —During the year certificates have been granted to 289 steamers, 73 oilengine vessels, and 18 intercolonial sailing-vessels, as shown in the appended return. It is proposed to make provision in the Bill which is being prepared to amend the Shipping and Seamen Act to make the annual survey of sailing-vessels engaged in the coastal trade compulsory, as this is advisable in the interests of the safety of life and property. Until January last the whole of the annual survey of steamers and intercolonial sailing-vessels at Lyttelton was carried out by the Engineer Surveyor, but on the appointment of Captain Wilcox at the time mentioned arrangements were made for him to make the deck-surveys, as is done by the Nautical Surveyors at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. Most of the deck-survey work at Dunedin and Port Chalmers is now done by Captain Fraser, who has been appointed a Surveyor of Ships. Fees have been fixed for the survey of sailing-ships, for the measurement of ships, for surveying and defining load-lines, and for the inspection of berthing and sleeping accommodation of crew, and of lights and fog-signals. Two vessels alleged to be unseaworthy have been detained for survey. The reports of the surveyors having shown that repairs were necessary, they were executed before the vessels were released. Restricted Limits. —River and extended river limits have been defined for steamers and vessels propelled by other mechanical power than steam for the ports of Ngunguru and Timaru, river limits for Tairua Harbour and for that part of Stewart Island between Port William and Anglem Point, extended river limits for tugs at Wellington, and extended river limits for tugs, pilot-vessels, and dredges at the Bluff.

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Ballast Regulations. —The regulations have been amended to provide that, when ballast is composed wholly or partly of shingle or sand, one or two tiers of it in bags are to be stowed on top of the loose shingle or sand and on each side of it to prevent it shifting. Ballast and sawdust having been put in Whangape Harbour, the necessary action has been taken to stop it. Proceedings have been taken and fines imposed in the following cases: viz., the master of the oil-engine vessel " Dolly Varden," for carrying passengers without having a certificate entitling the vessel to do so; the owners of the s.s. " Karoro," for carrying more passengers than allowed by her certificate; the owner of the launch "Dot," for running the boat without life-saving appliances; the masters of the s.s. "Daphne" and " Ngapuhi," for carrying more passengers than allowed by the vessels' certificates; the owner of the " Norah Bradshaw," for not carrying the prescribed life-saving appliances; and the master of the scow " Alma," for having the vessel's load-line submerged. The Life-saving Appliances Rules have been amended, making provision as to the size of life-belts, the material with which they are to be covered, and as to the breaking-strain of their tapes. Deck Cargo. —The regulations have been amended to enable special licenses to be issued as annual licenses instead of being granted for one trip as formerly. The Department has been urged to amend the regulations to allow scows to carry more deck cargo in the intercolonial trade than provided for in the existing regulations; but this has not been done, as it is considered that these vessels, when making voyages so far away from land where they could not run for shelter in very bad weather, should not be permitted to carry more than already allowed. Deceased Seamen's Estates. —The estates of fifty-one seamen, amounting to £365 13s. Bd., have been received by the Department, and the sum of £25 ss. lOd. has been paid to relatives and other claimants. Of the estates, eighteen were those of seamen lost in the "Loch Lomond," and twenty-one of seamen lost in the wreck of the "Penguin." The "Rio Loge " belonged to New South Wales, and the wages due to her crew have not yet been obtained. The sum of £129 9s. sd. belonging to estates which had been in the Department more than six years has been paid into the Public Account. A list of the estates is appended. Wrecks and Casualties. —Tables showing the casualties to ships and an analysis thereof are appended. Those on the coasts of the Dominion numbered 90, representing 55,239 tons register, as compared with 79, representing 48,436 tons register, in the previous year. The total wrecks within the Dominion, including the " Loch Lomond," the place of the wreck of which is uncertain, were 16, of 6,537 tons register, as compared with 8, of 3,442 tons register, in the previous year. The number of lives lost was 119, as compared with 30 last year. Those lost within the Dominion were 117—viz., "Moonah," 1; "Eunice," 1; "Matakana," 4; "Jane," 1; "Loch Lomond," 19; "KiaOra," 3; " Ngatiawa," 1; "Penguin," 75; and " Rio Loge," 12. As regards the "Loch Lomond," this ship left Newcastle, New South Wales, on the 16th July, 1908, for Lyttelton with a cargo of coal, and has not since been seen. Wreckage from her has been picked up between Cape Maria van Diemen and the North Cape, and a life-buoy bearing her name was found north of Hokianga. The "Rio Loge" left Kaipara for Dunedin on the 6th January last with a load of timber, and she was in the company of the " Waratah " and "Isabella de Frame" off Banks Peninsula on the 14th of that month, and shortly afterwards a southerly gale came up which drove the other two vessels back, and on the 19th the " Isabella de Frame " passed through floating timber off Kaikoura Peninsula. Timber has since come ashore between Kaikoura and Cape Campbell, and a life-buoy bearing the name " Rio Loge " has been picked up near Island Bay, outside Wellington Harbour. * Appended is a wreck chart showing where the casualties occurred. Coastal Dangers. —The existence of a dangerous sunken rock on the seaward side of Open Bay Islet, on the west coast of the South Island, has been reported by Captain Bollons, of the Government steamer " Hinemoa," and a Notice to Mariners regarding it has been issued and circulated for the information of mariners. Attention having been drawn to the fact of a difference of longitude existing in two of the published Admiralty charts, a Notice to Mariners has been issued explaining that the difference is due to the fact that on the charts published from recent surveys made by H.M.S. " Penguin " the official longitude of the Dominion has been adopted, whereas the other charts still keep to the longitude based on determination of a few years back. In transferring positions or courses from one chart to another it is, therefore, advisable to plot the bearing and distance from some point of land rather than to use the actual latitude and longitude given on the chart. Meteorological and Weather Office. —Commander R. A. Edwin, R.N., who has been in charge of this office since the 18th February, 1871, retired on pension on the 31st, ultimo. During the long period he has been in charge he has been most assiduous in the discharge of his duties, which have been carried out to the satisfaction of the Department. Pending the appointment of his successor the office is in charge of the Rev. D. C. Bates, who has been Captain Edwin's assistant since December, 1906. Two branches of meteorology—namely, weather, which is concerned with the passing phases or conditions of the atmosphere day by day, and climatology, which relates to average, extreme, and seasonal conditions—are carried on together. Morning weather-forecasts are made and issued to ninety towns, where they are exhibited at the telegraph-offices, and to ten lighthouses, where they are shown by signals for the information of masters of vessels. 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morning newspapers. Special warnings have also been issued in the evening to lighthouses when any sudden changes in the weather are likely to occur to endanger shipping. Rainfall statistics have been collected, and the Rev. Mr. Bates has, outside his official duties, collated and presented to the Department all the statistics available since observations were first taken in any part of the country. Twenty-four stations report to the office rainfall, air-temperatures, humidity, sunshine, earth-temperatures, &c, and 191 report rainfall, &c. The results of the observations are published in the New Zealand Gazette monthly. Since January last the Department has published a monthly Meteorological Journal containing such results, and maps and diagrams illustrating climatic and weather conditions, as well as brief summaries of the weather and its effects. The annual statistics of the chief stations are also prepared in the Meteorological Office for publication by the Registrar-General in the Statistics of the Dominion, and it is proposed to issue a more comprehensive annual report, which will include maps and diagrams. The Notice to Mariners regarding the weather-forecast signals which are shown at the various stations has been revised and published. As Stephens Island and Centre Island have been connected with the telegraph system of the Dominion, forecast signals are now shown at the lighthouses on those islands. Government Steamers. —The " Hinemoa " has continued to carry out the work of attending to lighthouses, and to the buoys and beacons in harbours under the control of the Department. She has also made trips to the Three Kings, Kermadec, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands to search for castaways, and to examine and replenish provision-depots. When she visited the Kermadecs a new depot for castaways was erected on Macaulay Island, and when at the Auckland Islands a boatshed was erected on Disappointment Island, and a boat, with a supply of provisions and tools, was put in it. The " Tutanekai " has been employed on cable laying and repairing, including the laying of cables to the Great Barrier, Centre island, Stephens Island, and Dog Island. She has also attended to some of the lighthouses and has done general work, including the making of a search for the " Rio Loge " between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. Training-ship " Amokura." —During last winter the vessel remained in Wellington Harbour, where the boys underwent courses of training, and during the spring, summer, and autumn she has been a good deal at sea. Besides trips for ordinary training purposes, • she visited Auckland while the American fleet was there, made a trip to the Chathams in search of the " Loch Lomond," and made two cruises in Cook Strait, and went down the east coast for some distance past Kaikoura to search for missing vessels and reported derelicts. The boys have been well-behaved, and apt at learning their duties. Employment has been found in other ships as ordinary seamen and boys for several who have proved themselves qualified, and there are now others ready to go in other ships as soon as the Department can obtain employment for them. There are a few vacancies for boys on board, and, judging from the number who come forward, I think that for some time to come the ship will be iarge enough to take all those who desire to join her. Indeed, it appears to be very doubtful whether it would be possible to obtain employment in merchant ships for more than can be trained on her. She has accommodation for sixty. Regulations have been made providing that if boys leave the training-ship before the expiration of the time for which they have engaged to serve, or if they do not take employment on other ships at the expiration of their time when the Department can procure it for them, their parents or guardians shall pay the cost of their training and maintenance to an amount not exceeding £50. I attach a return showing the boys who have passed through the ship and those who are still on board. Lighthouses. —The lighthouses have been inspected by Captain Bollons, of the "Hinemoa," when making his periodical visits with oil and stores, and I have paid visits of inspection to Cape Palliser, Brothers, Godley Head, Jack's Point, Akaroa Head, Moeraki, Taiaroa Head, Cape Saunders, Nugget Point, Waipapapa Point, Dog Island, Centre Island, and Puysegur Point. The stations are in good order, and the keepers have carried out their duties in an efficient manner. During the year incandescent lights have been installed at the Brothers, Cuvier Island, and Cape Maria van Diemen, and similar lights are now being installed at Nugget Point, Centre Island, and Puysegur Point. Besides providing better lights, these installations effect a great saving in the consumption of oil, and I recommend that provision be made in the current year's estimates for ten of these lights for other lighthouses. Cape Brett: A contract has been let for an iron tower for Cape Brett, and the erection of the keepers' dwellinghouses, outbuildings, and stores at that place is now being carried out. The lantern, apparatus, machine, and lamps have been received from England. A telegraph-line to the station is being constructed, which will enable it to be used as a signal-station for reporting vessels. Jackson's Head beacon: The Wigham light on this beacon not being satisfactory, a Pintschgas occulting light has been procured, and steps will be taken at an early date to erect it on the beacon. The gas for this light will be obtained from the Railway Department, and will be conveyed from Wellington to Jackson's Head by the Government steamer when she makes her periodical trips to the Brothers lighthouse. Tuahine_ Point: The necessary tower, lantern, apparatus, and acetylene-generating plant for an occulting acetylene light for this point have been procured, and are now being erected. The work of erection is being carried out by the Department, but the light will be under the control of and maintained by the Gisborne Harbour Board. A plan for improved dwellinghouses for keepers has been adopted. This provides for a larger kitchen than formerly, for three fireplaces instead of two, for a bathroom with bath, for fixed cupboards in three rooms, and for a wardrobe in one room.

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Three keepers have retired from the service during the year on superannuation allowances, one of the retirements being on account of age, and two on account of ill health. Seven keepers have resigned. Ten appointments have been made to fill the vacancies caused by the retirements and resignations. The following works have been executed at lighthouses during the year: — Cape Maria van Diemen : An incandescent light has been installed, a landing-store erected, a new tramway laid down, and the landing-place improved. Ponui Passage: A landing-store has been built, and a new stairway has been constructed in the tower. Cuvier Island: An incandescent light has been installed. East Cape : An oil-engine has been obtained to haul stores and oil up from the landing-place, and arrangements' are being made to construct an overhead tramway, the old tramway having been destroyed by a landslip. Portland Island : A landing-store, wash-houses, and a porch to one of the houses have been erected. Pencarrow Head : New roofs have been put on the dwelling-houses, and the chimneys have been rebuilt. The incandescent installation in the lighthouse has been replaced by an improved type. Kaipara Head: The coalshed has been raised in consequence of the sand banking up round it. Godley Head: Wash-houses, coalsheds, workshop, fowlhouses, stable, and cowshed have been elected, and the yard has been asphalted. Cape Saunders : A new crane lias been made for this station, and will shortly be placed in position. Nugget Point: A combined workshop and outlook-house at the flagstaff has been erected. Waipapapa Point: The galvanised iron covering the dwellinghouses having worn out, it has been taken off, and replaced with malthoid. Dog Island: The lighthouse has been connected with the telegraph system. Centre Island: Repairs have been made to the dwellinghouses and other buildings, and a flagstaff lias been erected. The lighthouse has been connected with the telegraph system. Puysegur Point: The Post and Telegraph Department has extended the telegraph-line to the lighthouse. Nelson : Wash-houses, coalsheds, and fowlhouses have been built, and repairs have been executed to the dwellinghouses. Brothers: An incandescent light has been installed and a flagstaff erected. A report by the Marine Engineer is attached. The amount of light dues collected during the year was £34,590 17s. lid., as compared with £32,377 Bs. Bd. during the previous year. Fog-signals. —Explosive fog-signals have been erected at Godley Head and Cuvier Island lighthouses. There are now four of these signals in operation in the Dominion, the other two being at Pencarrow Head and Taiaroa Head. They are all worked by the lightkeepers; but in the case of that at Godley Head, owing to its being situated a good distance from the lighthouse, the two keepers cannot attend to it and the light at the same time without assistance. Arrangements have, therefore, Been made with the Lyttelton Harbour Board for one of its men to go out and help the keepers during the times it is necessary to work the fog-signal. Harbours. —The various harbours under the control of the Department have been properly attended to, and the buoys and beacons have been kept in good condition. A light has been established on the beacon which was erected last year in the Helensville River, Kaipara. A masthead light which had to be attended to daily was placed on the beacon and first lighted in July last, but this has recently been replaced by a Wigham light which will burn without attention for over a month. The light is attended to by the Kaipara Steamship Company without charge, this Department providing the necessary oil, wicks, &c. A large number of logs which were impeding navigation have been removed from the Wairoa River, Kaipara, and the cost of doing this work is being recovered from the owners of the logs. Some rocks which were obstructing the navigation of the Helensville River have been removed. Some new beacons have been erected at Catlin's River, and the old beacons have been repaired and painted. A request was made for the appointment of a signalman at this place owing to the revival of the timber trade, but it has been decided to defer the matter until it is seen to what extent the shipping trade increases. A tender was accepted for the.removal of some rocks which are obstructing the navigation of the Holyford River, Martin's Bay, but the contractor threw up the contract as he found that he could not carry out the work. The Department is now sending a party of men to remove the rocks. New beacons have been erected at Whangateau Harbour. Captain Neale, Harbourmaster at Manukau, and Captain Martin, Harbourmaster at Hokianga, have retired from the service on superannuation allowances on account of age, and Captains R. H. Gibbons and F. A. Hardy have been appointed to succeed them. As the shipping to Picton and the regulation of the oil-engine boat traffic in the Sound required more attention than could be given by the Railway Wharfinger, it was decided to appoint an officer who should devote the whole of his time to these duties, and to the performance of the duties of Customs Officer ; and Captain J. W. Burgess has been appointed Harbourmaster, Pilot, and Customs Officer. An Act was passed last session constituting a Harbour Board for Foxton. The Board has been set up, and the control of the harbour has been handed over to it. The Governor in Council lias, under the power given by the Counties Act, declared that the Cook County Council shall exercise the powers of a Harbour Board in Tolaga Bay, and that the Waiapu County Council shall exercise similar powers in Tokomaru Bay.

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A return showing the harbour-works approved by the Governor in Council and the licenses granted for the occupation of sites for wharves and other works is appended. The sum of £1,770 17s. 6d. has been collected for pilotage and port charges in respect of harbours under the control.of the Department, as compared with £2,143 lis. 4d. collected during the previous year. Fisheries. —Reference was made in last year's report to the decision that this Department should pick and sell North Island rock-oysters. This was done during last open season, with very satisfactory results. A depot was established in Auckland to which the oysters were sent for sale, and they were forwarded from there to purchasers in any part of the Dominion. The sale price at the depot was 12s. 6d. a sack, and at Russell and on the beds lis. 6d. a sack, and the purchasers paid freight and charges from the depot. A few sacks which were not in good condition were sold at lower prices. Purchasers could either forward their orders with the money for what they wanted direct to the depot, or could order and pay for the oysters at any Customhouse, the orders being sent on to the depot by the Collector of Customs either by post or telegraph as required. The oysters were obtained from Waiheke, Ponui, and Sandspit Islands, in the Hauraki Gulf, from Great Barrier Island, and from the Bay of Islands. Eleven thousand and five sacks of oysters were sold, realising, with refund of cartage, wharfage, &c, £6,938 10s. 6d. The cost of picking and sale was £5,705 6s. 3d., which includes £160 for salaries of two Inspectors for six months, £35 15s. for depreciation at 5 per cent, on cost of launches, £17 17s. 6d., being six months' interest at 5 per cent, on the cost of launches, and £65 paid as gratuities for services rendered, so that a profit of £1,233 4s. 3d. was made. There is no doubt that the new system conduces to the preservation of the oyster-beds, as oysters of marketable size only are taken off the rocks, and sufficient are left to enable the beds to be picked each year. Some of the beds have not yet recovered from the depletion which took place when they were open for licensed pickers under the old system in 1907 and previous years. As the old system of picking resulted in the total depletion of the nicks in many places, it is advisable that the Department should plant oysters in these places. The building used for the depot in Auckland last season was only obtained for that season, and arrangements have been made with the Auckland Harbour Board to lease a site from it near the Railway Wharf on which a suitable building is now being erected. The oysters left on Waiheke and Ponui after last year's picking have spawned well, and the beds are in a very healthy condition, and will be fit for picking during the coming season. The beds in the Northern Subdivision are looking well, and it is proposed this season to pick those between Ti Point, in the Bay of Islands, and Whangaruru. The oyster-beds in Kaipara Harbour are in good condition, but most of the oysters are of small size. The only oyster-beds worked in Manukau Harbour were those which are leased, and the demand for the oysters was not very large. There is a marked improvement in the oyster-beds in Hokianga Harbour. Rock-oysters are still scarce, but mangroves are plentiful. The question as to establishing fish-markets, which was referred to in my last year's report, lias been brought under the notice of the municipal authorities at Auckland, Wellington, Chris!church, and Dunedin, with a request that the City Councils would take the matter into consideration ; but so far markets have not been established. The Christchurch City Council replied that if power was given to compel all fish sold or exposed for sale within a borough to be sold only in a market provided by the Council, the Christchurch Council would no doubt endeavour to establish markets. It would require an alteration of the law to give such power. A better marketing system in the chief centres, and better facilities for sending fish inland by train, would undoubtedly result in an increased demand for fresh fish. A return showing the number of sea-fishing boats registered and licensed at the various ports on the 31st December last is appended. This shows that the number registered was 1,299, and licensed 1,246. In the previous year the number registered was 1,189, and licensed 1,175. It is impossible, in the absence of a proper system of collecting fishing statistics, to give anything like a correct estimate of the fish taken, or to trace the progress made in the industry from year to year. " The Fisheries Act, 1908," provides that the owners of licensed fishing-boats, and fishcurers, shall make returns to the Department in such form and at such periods as may be prescribed by the Governor in Council of ail fish caught or cured by them, but, as no action has been taken by the Governor in Council, the provision has so far been inoperative. The information that would be obtained from such returns would be valuable, and I recommend that the necessary forms and periods for making them be prescribed. Considerable attention to whaling in the Dominion is now being given by Messrs. Cook and Co., who have been engaged in the industry for some years at Whangamumu, and also by some foreign firms. The Chief Inspector, who has been looking into the matter, is of opinion that whaling on modern lines— i.e., from whale factories—would mean establishing a very important industry, as a large amount of capital would be invested in buildings and plant, and a large number of persons would be employed in manufacturing the various products obtained from the whale. Mr. Ayson eonsfders that, from the fact that whales have been very little disturbed during the last thirty years, from his own observations and from information received from officers of steamers, they are plentiful round the coasts and south of New Zealand, and he is strongly of opinion that every encouragement should be given to any one who may wish to engage in the whaling industry with factories on shore. Killing whales for the oil alone is now considered by Canadian, American, and Norwegian whalers to be simply waste, as the carcase when treated at a properly equipped whale factory can be made to yield other products of considerably more value.

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The Chief Inspector reports that, as regards the Wellington District, the supply of fish has not been equal to that of the previous year, and that some of the salesmen state that the demand has been considerably less, but that this is, no doubt, only temporary. The enterprise shown by fishermen and others in procuring additional and better-class fishing-vessels proves that they have confidence in the future of the industry. The local supply of blue-cod has not been up to the average of previous years, and several of the dealers complain of the small size of the fish brought in. The warehou season lias been a fairly good one. Some good catches were made in the early part of the season, but the fish took off earlier than usual. The following is the purport of the reports received from the local Inspectors : — At Auckland during last autumn and up to the end of August schnapper were so abundant that the dealers had to limit eacli boat to a certain number of dozen per week. They are still plentiful in the Hauraki Gulf, but scarce in Tamaki Strait. Kahawai, rock-cod, and hapuka have been plentiful, but mullet have been very scarce. Flounders have been fairly plentiful. There are about a hundred boats, employing over two hundred men, engaged in the industry, and there are five fish-curing establishments, employing about thirty fish-curers and five carriers. At the Thames there are thirty-eight boats, employing about eighty men, engaged in fishing, the fish taken being mostly flounders and schnapper, of which there have been good supplies. There are two fish-curing establishments and a fish-freezing works in the district. At the Bay of Islands the principal fish that have been taken were schnapper, mullet, flounders, crayfish, parori, tarakihi, maumau, kahawai, and hapuka. Other kinds which have been taken in smaller quantities are rock-cod, red-cod, barracouta, butterfish, garfish, kingfish, and yellowtail. There are two fish-canneries and ten smokehouses in the district. There are forty-five registered fishing-boats, whose crews consist of sixty-seven Europeans and fifty-four Maoris. At Kaipara a large quantity of fish has been caught all over the harbour. The principal fish taken were flounders, schnapper, and mullet. Mullet have not been so plentiful as during the previous two seasons. Kahawai are plentiful, but are not used by local people. Trevalli and gurnard have been scarce. There are two canning factories in the district. Thirty-one licenses were issued to fishing-boats. Trawling has been prohibited within this harbour. There are nineteen licensed fishing-boats in Manukau Harbour, and the principal fish whicli have been taken during the year are schnapper, mullet, and flounders. All the fish taken in Hokianga Harbour have been consumed locally. The principal kinds caught were schnapper, mullet, kahawai, flounders, rock-cod, kingfish, herring, moki, tarakihi, whitebait, and crayfish. The number of licensed fishing-boats is seventeen. There are seventeen smokehouses in the district, and a few rough structures which are being used by the Maoris for their private use. Shellfish which are taken are mussels, pipis, cockles, and escallops. In Hawke's Bay eleven steam trawlers are employed, and it is stated that all of them did well up to the end of January last, but since then fish"have been scarce. There are about sixty persons employed in all branches of the industry. The trawling fleet was increased during the year by the addition of the Hawke's Bay Fishing Company's large trawler "Countess." This vessel is equipped in a very complete manner. The trawler " Nora Niven " has worked the grounds in Cook Strait, in Tasman and Golden Bays, and in the Bay of Plenty with very good results. Some of the fishermen in Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds are reported to have done very well, whilst others have obtained only fair catches. The principal fish which have been taken are groper (hapuka) and flounders. In Westland the whitebait season was short, but fairly good while it lasted. The other fish taken have been principally herring and flounders, but the supply has not been very good. In Otago and Canterbury there has been an improvement in the industry. Fishing operations have been carried out along the whole of the coast-line, with good results. Off Rangiora, Kaiapoi, New Brighton, Redcliffe, Sumner, and Lyttelton large and "increasing quantities of fish have been taken, and delivered daily to the Christchurch markets. Steam trawling is carried on profitably. At Akaroa all the estuaries and shallow bays have been worked with good results. At Timaru daily catches of considerable magnitude are taken. Sixteen new boats have been built, and equipped with the latest appliances. At Oamaru there has been a steady supply. At Moeraki the catches have not been up to the standard of former years. From Waikouaiti to Catlin's River there has been continued improvement. At the Nuggets the Department has improved the fishermen's landing-place. Considerable additions have been made to the Otago fleets, and another steam trawler has been procured. Seventeen ordinary fishing-boats fitted with oil-engines and the latest appliances have been launched, and a large number of boats are on the stocks. There are forty-three fish curing and preserving establishments in existence, from which 7,000 pounds' worth of goods have been exported, besides the quantity manufactured and supplied for local consumption. Freezing-stores with chambers capable of storing 1,000 tons are now in course of erection. The principal kinds of fish taken are kingfish, groper (hapuka), trevalli, tarakihi, schnapper, trumpeter, moki, barracouta, blue-cod, and flounders. At the Bluff the industry has not been so successful as during the previous year. Seventy-six vessels, aggregating 639 tons, were licensed during the year. Of these, four were steamers A fishing-station with a freezer has been established at Broad Bay, Stewart. Island, where a large number of men and boats will be employed. The Bluff Fish and Oyster Compan'v has procured a good-sized vessel, which is being.fitted with a refrigerator and all the latest requisites for fishing Flounders are not so plentiful as formerly, but more groper are taken, and they meet with ready sale. During the year 335,050 dozen oysters, valued at £2,551, and 8.004J cwt fish valued at £1,200, were exported; 1,109,732 dozen oysters and 3,241 cwt. of fish were distributed from the Bluff for consumption in the Dominion. 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Prosecutions have been instituted and fines imposed for being in possession of undersized fish, for illegally taking oysters, for carrying firearms in a fishing-boat, and for assaulting an Inspector. In one case the Inspector at Auckland found a boat containing flounders which had recently been taken by stalling. The boat, nets, and fish were seized and forfeited. There was no one with the boat, the owners having apparently gone away when they saw the Inspector coming. Mr. R. Henry, Caretaker at Kapiti; Captain J. B. Hall, Harbourmaster at Foxton; Mr. A. Hooker, Acclimatisation Society's Ranger, New Plymouth; and six members of the Police Force, have been appointed Inspectors of Sea-fisheries. Portobello Marine Fish Hatchery. —The five-years period for which a grant of £250 a year was made for the maintenance of this hatchery expired on the 31st ultimo, and it is, therefore, necessary to decide as to what is to be done to provide funds for the future. The Hatchery Board has been successful in introducing lobsters and crabs from Great Britain, from which large numbers of ova have been obtained, hatched out, and the fry liberated in Otago Harbour. It has also obtained large numbers of ova from flounders and soles, and liberated the fry in the harbour. Besides this, it has carried out a large amount of experimental work, and has been in correspondence with Great Britain in regard to the introduction of sea-fish. It will thus be seen that good work has been done by the Board, and that it is desirable that it should be in a position to continue its work. To enable it to do this, funds will have to be provided by the Department. A report received from the Board is appended. As regards the experiments which are being made in Great Britain in connection with the question of the feasibility of introducing British sea-fish, the Chief Inspector made some inquiries when in England recently, and a report by him is appended. Seals. —The close season for seals has been extended until the 30th June, 1910, and the question as to making an open season and granting licenses to take seals is under consideration. Salmon. —A further vote was taken last session for the introduction of Atlantic salmon, and as ova could not be obtained from America one million were ordered from Great Britain, and Mr. L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, was sent to England to bring them to New Zealand. The number required could not be obtained for one shipment, and therefore they had to come in two. The first lot, of 499,800, came by the " Turakina," in charge of the chief and second engineers of the vessel, and arrived in first-rate condition. They were taken to Lake Te Anau, where they were hatched out, and the fry were liberated in the Upukororu River. The number of ova which went bad on board the " Turakina " was 29,228, and the deaths from the time of unpacking until liberation of the fry were 23,465. The fry liberated numbered 447,104. Mr. Ayson brought out the second lot of 500,000 by the " Rakaia." It had been arranged that this shipment should come by the " Corinthic," an earlier steamer, but that vessel was unable to take it, and some of the ova which had been collected before it was known that the vessel would not be able to take them had to be kept in a cool-chamber for the " Rakaia." As this portion of the ova was overripe when the vessel reached Dunedin, it was decided to send it to the salmonstation at Hakataramea, where it commenced to hatch out two hours after being put in the hatching-boxes. The whole of the " Kakaia's " shipment was in ten cases, of which three went to Hakataramea and seven to Te Anau. The number of fry hatched out from the two shipments was 932,104, being 447,104 from the ova by the "Turakina," and 485,000 from those by the " Rakaia." This is a very good result indeed considering that many of the ova were taken very late in the season, and that a portion had to be kept in store in England waiting for the steamer. A report by Mr. Ayson on the ova is appended. Last season, 78,400 ova were taken from quinnat salmon running up the Hakataramea River. Frequent floods prevented more being taken. The river is now being netted for ova, and it is anticipated that a quarter of a million will be obtained and hatched out at the Hakataramea Station this season if the run of fish is as good as it was last year. During the year the following fish have been liberated from the ponds at the Hakataramea Station: viz., 43 four years old, 199 three years old, 611 two years old, 14,624 one year old from imported ova, 8,000 one year old and 51,000 three months old from ova taken from fish in the Hakataramea River. Trout. —Regulations regarding trout-fishing have been made for some districts, and amended in the case of others. Last season the Department collected 1,095,000 brown-trout ova in the Temuka and Opihi Rivers for acclimatisation societies which required them. A charge of ss. a thousand was made to defray the cost of collection, &c. It is proposed to collect a further supply of ova on similar terms for the societies that require them during the coming season. When the Chief Inspector went to England for the salmon-ova the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts arranged that he should bring out some minnows for the purpose of increasing the food-supply for trout, but he was unable to arrange for a shipment. Appended is a report made by him in regard to the introduction of this fish. George Allport, Secretary. The Hon. the Minister of Marine, Wellington.

The Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates to the Secretary, Marine Department. Office of the Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, SlR > . Customhouse, Wellington, 27th May, 1909. I have the honour to submit my annual report on the examination of masters and mates in New Zealand. _ The work, as usual, has been carried out by the Examiners at the four principal ports in a satisfactory manner, and I am very pleased to have as my colleagues in the examination work

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gentlemen whom I can thoroughly rely on to do their duty faithfully and impartially, and at the same time maintain an even temper and pleasant manner, so that no candidate has ever had cause for a word of complaint. The number of candidates for foreign-going and home-trade certificates has again steadily increased, though the increase, as in the previous two years, is principally confined to Auckland, where the total number of examinations has considerably exceeded that of all the other principal ports put together. The total increase in the number of examinations held during the last year for foreign-going and home-trade examinations is nearly 25 per cent., but the number of successful passes for the year only shows an increase of 15 per cent. In January of this year two very important additions were made to the work and knowledge required of candidates for foreign-going certificates, viz.: — (1.) A candidate must have attended the course of five St. John Ambulance Association lectures, and must produce the authorised certificate signed by the surgeon instructor, as also a certificate in the approved form of the association from the surgeon examiner that he has attended the full course, and has successfully passed the required examination showing that he is qualified to render first aid to the injured. (2.) Candidates for examination for certificates of competency for all grades of foreigngoing and home-trade certificates are now required to be conversant with the Morse and semaphore alphabets, and with the British Signal Manual. Candidates for the extra-master certificate are, in addition to the ordinary examination in the method of signalling, required to show practical proficiency in both the Morse and movable semaphore methods of signalling — i.e., the ability to make and take in signals by both these methods with reasonable speed and accuracy. It has been no easy matter for the Examiners to find time, in the midst of their many and various other duties, to study, exercise, and make themselves proficient in this latter very important examination. I am glad, however, to be able to report that having lately paid a visit to the Examiners at Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, I find that at each port one at least of the Examiners is conversant with the methods of signalling by both the Morse and semaphore, and at the first two places the Examiners are getting fairly expert at both reading and making the signals. Captain Marciel, of Lyttelton, even exceeded the test speed of six and ten words a minute. Captain Beaumont, of Dunedin, hopes soon to make himself an expert, but he has been somewhat handicapped lately by a rheumatic arm. As it requires constant practice, which it would be very difficult for the Examiners to get, to keep themselves up to the mark of being able to read and make signals at the rapid rate required for the voluntary examination —viz., six and ten words a minute respectively for the flag waving and semaphore signals—the senior officers of the Defence Department at the various ports have kindly promised to lend one of their expert signallers to assist the Examiner, should he so desire, when such an examination is being conducted. Captain Dykes, whose appointment was mentioned in last year's report, has conducted nearly all the examinations in Auckland during the past year, Captain Fleming or Captain Atwood assisting in the viva voce examination when necessary. The examination rooms in Auckland are now in the Customhouse, which has lately been enlarged. No candidate has yet applied to be examined for the grade of second mate home-trade, notwithstanding that the regulations have been amended to allow one year and a half of service as second mate to count towards qualifying for a master's certificate. There have been very few examinations this year for fishing-boat or cargo-vessel master, and not one for the restricted limits sailing-vessel master. With regard to this latter examination and qualification, I mentioned in my last year's report about the curious anomaly arising, and it will be unnecessary for me to repeat myself again. Regulations were made last year to entitle the master of a cargo-vessel plying in the home-trade, or extended river limits, whilst holding a certificate of competency as master of a fishing-boat or cargo-vessel under 25 tons register, to be examined for a certificate as master of a home-trade vessel. No alteration has yet been made in the law allowing a master with only a river steamer's certificate, and only one year's service in a harbour, lake, or river, to command passenger-vessels running to all ports of the extended limits, such as between Auckland and Whangarei. Although ship-owners, in their own interests, generally secure masters with hometrade certificates, or with many years of experience in the trade, to take charge of their larger steamers when running in the extended limits, yet there is the possibility, under our present laws, of the lives of passengers being risked by some young man without experience taking charge of his own vessel to save the expense of a more competent and experienced master. In August of last year Mr. John King Davis, chief officer of the Antarctic exploration ship "Nimrod," passed very successfully the examination for extra master. It was pleasing to see the pains lie must have taken to acquire such a grasp and knowledge of the subject of naval architecture as he showed that he possessed, both by his written answers and the viva voce examination. In January of this year the extra master's examination has been still further stiffened by requiring candidates to be proficient in the Morse and semaphore signalling, in addition to all the other work, and the proficiency required can only be obtained by frequent and constant practice. No doubt the increased difficulty of the examination will deter some from attempting it but I believe there will still be found in New Zealand, as in other countries, those who will be spurred on by the very difficulty of the examination to fresh determination to overcome the difficulties, especially as the new work is of a practical and useful nature. I wish the navigational part of the examination could alsp be made more practical and of a more useful nature to navigators. I have, &c, Harold S. Blackburne, Principal Examiner of Master and Mates

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The Marine Engineer to the Secretary, Marine Department. 16th June, 1909. I have the honour to report as follows on the works which have been carried out during the twelve months ended 31st March, 1909. Cape Brett Lighthouse. —During the year plans were prepared of the tower, and a contract let to Messrs. Judd, of the Thames, for its manufacture, which was in a forward state on the 31st March. Plans were also prepared for keepers' dwellings and usual outbuildings, workshop, oilstore, landing-store, water-tanks, landing-crane, and horse-whim. The materials for the buildings were obtained principally from the Government sawmill at Kakahi, and were stacked for some months for seasoning. A contract was let for the manufacture of the landing-crane, and duly completed. A survey was made of the land required to be taken for the lighthouse. A survey was also made for the tramway leading up to the lighthouse. Nearly all the materials required, with the exception of the tower, are now landed at the Cape. At the end of the year two of the cottages were rather more than three-fourths completed, and the third was about halfcompleted. The formation of the tramway along the top of the hill-from the top of the incline to the tower was nearly completed. Tuahme Point Lighthouse. —A small cast-iron tower, together with the lantern-lens and apparatus for generating and burning acetylene gas, was ordered from England, and duly arrived in the Dominion. The erection of the tower lias been put in hand. Cape Foulwind Lighthouse. —Some repairs have been effected to the keepers' dwellings. Cape Saunders LAghthouse. —A new landing-crane has been made and landed at the Cape, and is now in course of erection. Jackson's Head Beacon. —The necessary apparatus for lighting this beacon by means of Pintsch gas has arrived in the Dominion, and is now awaiting a suitable opportunity to be installed. Cape Maria Van Diemen Lighthouse. —The construction of a pedestal to the landing-crane in order to place it beyond the reach of the seas during heavy weather was put in hand, together with the reconstruction of the line of tramway for a short distance up the hill from the crane and the building of a new landing-store. Centre Island Lighthouse. —Some repairs to the keepers' dwellings, &c, were carried out. Point Anglem Lighthouse. —A small timber lighthouse was constructed on the Point, with an iron-framework lantern It was furnished with a fifth-order light. Ponui Passage Lighthouse. —-A small store was built on the structure, steps were substituted for the ladder, and sundry repairs were effected. Cuvier Island. —A heavy landslip having almost wholly destroyed the keepers' dwellings, they have had to be rebuilt. This work has been completed. East Cape Lighthouse.— -Plans have been prepared and materials obtained for the construction of an aerial tramway between the beach and the lighthouse to replace the tramway, which was continually being damaged by slips. The construction will be put in hand as soon as an opportunity occurs for landing the materials. Waipapapa Point. —Considerable repairs were effected to the keepers' dwellings. The iron on the roofs was replaced by malthoid, as it is considered that it will better stand the action of the salt spray than the usual corrugated iron. Godley Head Lighthouse. —Some repairs to the keepers' dwellings, and the reconstruction of some outbuildings, were carried out. Taiaroa Head Lighthouse. —An entrance-porch to the tower was erected. Harbourmaster's House, Hokianga. —A plan was prepared and a contract let for the erection of anncrw r dwelling, rendered necessary by the decay of the old one. Oyster-depot, Auckland. —The construction of a depot near the Railway Wharf was commenced at about the end of the year. Okuru Wharf, South Westland. —Plans were prepared and a contract let for the erection of a small wharf at Okuru. Kaipara River. —A patch of rocks in the river below Mount Rix interfered considerably with navigation at low tide. It was therefore decided to form a channel through the patch. The work has been carried out, and a channel about 60 ft. wide, with the bottom corresponding with the general level of the bottom of the river, has been formed. Priestman Grab Dredge. —For the purpose primarily of carrying out the work of removing rocks in the Kaipara River, and for subsequently doing work at the various small harbours throughout the Dominion, a small Priestman grab dredge was imported. It has successfully carried out the work at Kaipara, and has also done some dredging for the Railway Department at the berths of the wharf at Helensville. Okiwi Wharf, Great Barrier. —Considerable difficulty having been experienced in settling the best site for this wharf, owing to the different views held by settlers, the matter has been referred to the District Engineer, Auckland, who, at the first possible opportunity, will visit the island and decide upon the site. Waitara Harbour. —A survey was made of the river-encroachment at the upper end of the town, and plans and a report were prepared covering recommendations as to protective works. Patea Harbour. —At the request of the Harbour Board, the works in progress were inspected and a report prepared; a report was also prepared upon the effect of the construction of the west breakwater and the proposed extension of the east wall. Kaipara Harbour. —A survey has been made of the sites for lighted beacons, which it is proposed to erect in Beacon and Shelly Bay Reaches. Preparation of plans of the beacons is now in hand.

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Nuggets Landing. —Some rocks which interfered considerably with the landing of the fishingboats in the small bay to the north of Nugget Point have been removed, and, in order to afford some slight protection"and to cause the sand to collect on the beach and cover up the point of rocks upwards from low-water mark, a small breakwater has been built, consisting of rock and concrete blocks. The cost of the whole work was limited to £400. I have just learnt that the construction of this breakwater has had the desired effect, and that the local fishermen are pleased with and are deriving great benefit from the work. They are looking forward to a further grant to enable an opening in the reef to be blocked on the south side of the channel, in order to break the force of a cross-sea, which causes considerable danger. Buoys. —Drawings were prepared and contract let for the manufacture of a bell-buoy for Tauranga and for several similar mark-buoys. The work was duly completed. Godley Head Fog-signal. —The erection of the fog-signal imported from England was carried out during the year. The work necessary consisted of the construction of a track down the face of the cliff, the preparation of the site for the signal, the sinking of the well for the drivingweights, and the construction of a magazine for the gun-cotton explosives used. Tautuku Harbour. —An inspection was made with a view to devising some means of facilitating the shipment of timber, and a report is in course of preparation. Karamea Harbour. —Reports on works for the improvement of this harbour have been prepared, and a contract is being prepared for the extension of the shed on the wharf. Paratutae Wharf, Manukau Heads. —Plans are in course of preparation for a new structure to improve the wharfage accommodation at this place. Kaikoura Wharf. —The erection of this wharf, which is being carried out by the County Council, has by request been inspected from time to time. Matakana Harbour. —This harbour has been inspected, and a report prepared upon the silting which has occurred. Motueka Harbour. —A scheme for providing accommodation for shipping by the construction of a small wharf and small amount of dredging was prepared for the information of the Harbour Board. Holyford River. —A contract was prepared for the removal of some rocks which interfered with navigation at the entrance of the harbour, and let. The contractor, however, considerably underestimated the difficulties, and had to be relieved of the work. Arrangements are now being made for the carrying-out of the work by Mr. McLeod, who so successfully removed the rocks in the Kaipara River. Okarito Harbour. —A report was prepared upon a proposal to block the Western Channel, and a further report was prepared upon the harbour-works generally. Collingwood Harbour. —An inspection was made of this harbour, and a site for a new wharf reported upon Pakawau. —The site of proposed tramway across the mud-flats was inspected, and the proposal reported on. Brighton River, —The navigable part of this river was inspected, and reports furnished upon the fords, and proposed removal of rocks and construction of tide-gates. Port Chalmers. —A pinnacle rock in front of one of the wharves was examined, and the practicability of its removal reported upon. Ijeigh Wharf. —Plans for the construction of a new wharf have been prepared. Amokura Wharf, Wellington. —Plans of a small jetty and landing-store for the convenience of the "Amokura" training-ship were prepared, together with estimate of the cost of construction. Beacons, West Wanganui. —Plans of these beacons submitted by local authorities were approved of. Puerua River. —The site of proposed tide-gates was inspected, and their construction by the local authority approved of. Westport Harbour. —Plans of proposed cut in the West Breakwater were approved of for the purpose of facilitating the launching of the s.s. " Taviuni." Preservation Inlet Wharf. —The site of proposed wharf was inspected. As required by the provisions of the Harbours Act, the following plans were examined and approved of: — Wharves. Herald Island. Rattray Street, Dunedin. Half-moon Bay. Dannaher Bros., Hokianga. Horseshoe Bay. Pine Island. Golden Bay. Jetties, Dunedin. Uretara River. Wairangi. Kaiapoi River. Union Steamship Company, Port Chalmers. Whangarei. Wairupe. Dominion Canning Company, Helensville. Devonport, Bond Bros.' Extension. Takapuna Tramway Company. Moehau. Motukaraka. Matata. Wanganui Railway. Onawi. Waikawa. • Omokoroa. Niagara. Elmslie's Bay. Tongaporutu. Whangarei. Rona Bay. Tauranga. Timaru. . Matakohe. Pelorus. Dredge Wharf, Otago Heads. Lyttelton. Bluff, Oyster.

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Boat Sheds and Slips. W. H. Horn, Dunedin. Tunnage's, Port Chalmers. Lester's, Hokianga, Rawene. D. Wall's, Port Chalmers. Hartley's, Hokianga, Kohukohu. Worser Bay. Star Club's, Wellington. Whangaroa, Sanderson's shed. Taieri River mouth. Boat Club, Onehunga. Reclamation-works. West Wanganui. O'Neill's Point, Auckland. Invercargill. Waikouaiti, Karitane Domain. Karitane. Bridges. Awakino Creek, Northern Wairoa. Mangawhare. Huntly. Mangarata. Parliamentary Bills. Otago Harbour Foreshore. Tauranga Foreshore. Evans Bay Reclamation. Manukau Harbour Board Constitution. Whakatane Foreshore. Auckland Drainage. Miscellaneous. Pahi timber-booms. Waiuku sluice-gates. Mangonui, Mr. Wrathall's house site. Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) Wharf sheds. Hauarahi River booms. Patea, snag-removal. Waiomo Dock. Wellington,— Land taken for railway purposes, Thorndon. Te Aro Baths extension. Reclamation-wall, Thorndon. Bathing-shed, Kilbirnie. Dredging Falcon Shoal. Septic tank, Island Bay. Bluff — Baths-site. R. W. Holmes, The Secretary, Marine Department. Marine Engineer.

SALMON-OVA. The Chief Inspector of Fisheries to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— Wellington, 22nd April, 1909. I have the honour to supply the following report on this season's importation of Atlanticsalmon (S. salar) eggs from England and Europe. As instructed by you, I left for England by the R.M.S. " Athenic " on the sth November last for the purpose of procuring a shipment of one million eggs and attending to them on the voyage out. On arrival at Teneriffe on 11th December I received a letter from the High Commissioner's Office advising me that, owing to the order from New Zealand for salmon-eggs being sent rather late, there was some difficulty in procuring them, and instructing me to leave the steamer at Plymouth and come on to London by train. Arriving in London on the 17th December, I at once reported myself at the High Commissioner's Office, and Mr. Kennaway advised me of the steps which had been taken to secure the million eggs required. Arrangements had been made to get from three to four hundred thousand from the River Tay, in Scotland, and about a hundred thousand from Ireland. This would make up about half of the million required, and as those on hand were ready to pack, arrangements were made to ship them by the first steamer. In order to facilitate the work before my arrival, arrangements had been made with Messrs. Elliott and Richmond, of the Surrey Troutfarm, to incubate any salmon-eggs which might be collected from rivers in the South of England, and, if necessary, for Mr. Richmond to assist in collecting and in packing the eggs in Scotland. On my arrival Mr. Richmond had all the cases made for the eggs from Scotland. As it was imposible to procure all the million eggs to send by one steamer, I decided to forward the half-million on hand by the " Turakina," sailing on the 29th December, and to arrange for one of the officers to take charge of them on the voyage, and teach him and an assistant how to attend to them. As Mr. Richmond had gone to Scotland to pack the eggs there, it was arranged that I should go over and pack and bring back those arranged for in Ireland. Both lots were brought to London and put on board the " Turakina " on the 28th December. The shipment was put in charge of the chief engineer (Mr. Parker), and he chose Mr. Paterson, second refrigerating engineer, as an assistant to help him to look after them on the voyage. I took these men in hand at once, and instructed them with regard to the treatment of the eggs on the voyage. I went with

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the " Turakina " as far as Plymouth, and this gave me about four days with Mr. Parker and his assistant, and in that time I carefully instructed them in the daily attention which should be given to the eggs, and arranged everthing in proper order in the egg-chamber. The whole of the eggs in this shipment were good sound eggs obtained early in the spawning season, and they were just at the right age for shipping on such a voyage. From the appearance of the eggs when I left the steamer at Plymouth, and from the intelligent grasp Mr. Parker seemed to have of the work, I was convinced that they would arrive in New Zealand with a small percentage of loss. To procure the other half-million eggs required, permission had been obtained by Mr. Fryer, Chief Inspector of Fisheries for the Board of Agriculture, from the Board of Conservators for the rivers Test, in Hampshire; Dee, in Wales; and Wye, to take eggs from a limited number of salmon. Offers of eggs, to be ready to pack in January, had also been received from Germany. After leaving the " Turakina " at Plymouth, I set about gathering up the other half-million eggs required. I proceeded to the River Test, where I met Mr. Richmond on the 31st December. We netted the river on the Ist and 2nd January, and were successful in getting a number of ripe salmon. Altogether about 55,000 eggs were obtained from this river, and taken to the Surrey Trout-farm to be incubated. Word having been received that a number of salmon had been caught, by the water-bailiffs in the Dee, I left for there on the 4th, and on the sth 1 stripped 65,000 eggs from the fish which had been secured. These eggs were also taken to the Surrey Trout-farm. On the 14th January another lot of 55,000 eggs were taken on the Dee by Mr. Richmond. As a run of salmon was daily expected in the Wye, I went to that river on the 7th January. On the Bth, along with two water-bailiffs, I inspected the Wye and Elan, but saw no sign of spawning salmon. Both rivers were low, and the conditions were unfavourable for a run of fish. Steady rain, however, set in on the Friday night, and continued all Saturday and part of Sunday, causing a heavy fresh in the rivers. We watched the rivers on the Sunday and Monday (10th and 11th January), but no fish appeared, and as it seemed useless to remain any longer I returned to London on the 12th. As there seemed to be very little chance of obtaining any more eggs from English rivers, and as we had several offers of eggs from hatcheries on the Rhine, in Germany, it was arranged that I should go over and inspect the eggs under offer, and, if satisfied as to their age and purchase the balance required. As the eggs under offer from Air. Riedel, Bergstedt, Hamburg, appeared to be of a more suitable age than any of the others offered, I went first to inspect his lot. As he had disposed of all the salmon-eggs at his Bergstedt hatchery before my arrival, we went south to another salmon-hatchery on a tributary of the Rhine, near Triers. Being satisfied as to the quality and age of the eggs there, I agreed to take 340,000. I had the packing-cases made, and showed Mr. Riedel how the eggs should be packed. As it had been arranged that the second shipment of eggs should go by the " Corinthic," sailing from London on the 4th February —and I required to see Dr. Fulton, of the Marine Laboratory and Fish-hatchery at Aberdeen, with regard to the importation of sea-fish or their eggs to New Zealand—l left the packing and forwarding of the salmon-eggs to Mr. Riedel, and I left Triers for London on the 21st January by way of Brussels and Ostend, arriving in London at II p.m. that night. Mr. Riedel arrived in London with the salmon-eggs on the 30th January, and as in the meantime a hitch had occurred about getting them away by the " Corinthic," they were placed in a cool-chamber at the Colonial Consignment and Delivery Company's stores until the " Rakaia " sailed on the 10th February. A special cool-chamber was provided on the " Rakaia," and all the eggs were put on board on the 9th February. The steamer sailed on the 10th, but owing to a damaged steampipe had to put into Plymouth on the 12th for repairs. In the meantime 1 had decided that, owing to the delay in London after the eggs were packed, and the prospect of a protracted voyage out on the " Rakaia," probably it might be necessary to repack the furthest-advanced eggs on the voyage, and while at Plymouth I procured some packing-material. Considering the advanced condition of more than half the shipment, and the prospect of a long voyage, I decided to keep the egg-chamber at as low a temperature as was consistent with safety. The average temperature of the chamber was 34°, and a thermometer was placed inside every case. The inside of the cases in which the youngest eggs were packed was kept at a temperature of 34° Fahr., and by the use of crushed ice placed in the end ice-spaces of the cases we were able to keep the furthest-advanced eggs at a temperature of 33° Fahr. The general treatment of the eggs on the voyage was similar to that so successfully practised for a number of years in bringing salmon and whitefish eggs from America — i.e., all the dead eggs were removed at regular intervals, and at each picking the position of the egg-trays in the cases was reversed; rather more than a pint of chilled water was poured over each stack of egg-trays once every twenty-four hours, and once a day all the lids of the cases were thrown open for two hours in order to admit fresh air to the inside of the cases. After half the voyage had gone, I found it was advisable to repack all the trays. The packing-moss was washed out, and fresh cloths put under and over the eggs. The result obtained from this repacking was very satisfactory indeed. On arrival at Dunedin on the sth April the cases were transferred to an insulated railwaywagon, in which was placed a good supply of ice. On the 6th, the manager of the Hakataramea Salmon-hatchery left by the first express with seven cases en route for Te Anau Lake Hatchery, and I took three cases which were at the point of hatching on to the Hakataramea Hatchery the same day. The three cases which I took to Hakataramea were unpacked the following morning, and they turned out in first-rate, order. The number of dead eggs picked out was very small These eggs commenced hatching within two hours of being put into the hatching-trays T !} e lot sent to Te Anau arrived there on the evening of the 7th, and opened out very satisfactory indeed. The Rhine eggs commenced hatching soon after being unpacked, and the eg«-s from one case of the English eggs commenced hatching the second day after arrival

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The loss with the Rhine eggs from the time they were received in London on the 30th January until their arrival in New Zealand was 23,414. No. 1 case English eggs, taken from the River Test, had a loss of 906; No. 2 case English eggs, taken from the River Dee on the sth January, 660; and No. 3 case English eggs, taken from the River Dee on the 14th January, 1,430: making a total of 2,996 deaths in these three cases. The total loss was 26,410 for the whole shipment for the voyage, equal to 4'B per cent. The cause of the larger death-rate with the German eggs was owing to their being longer packed and the developmpent further advanced than with the English eggs. They were seventytwo days from the time they were packed in Germany until they were unpacked in New Zealand. Had these eggs been shipped by the " Corinthic " as intended, or had we known in time that the "Corinthic" would not take them, then younger eggs could have been obtained at the same hatchery. These younger eggs were not far-enough advanced to pack for the " Corinthic," but would have been just at the right age to pack for the " Rakaia." Either way the loss on the voyage would have been similar to what had occurred with the English eggs. The greatest number of deaths occurred with the German eggs during the last two weeks of the voyage. This loss would not have taken place had they come by the "Corinthic," as they would have arrived and been placed in the hatcheries here fully two weeks earlier than by the " Rakaia." As I anticipated, the " Turakina's " shipment arrived in first-rate condition. The total loss on the voyage from London to Wellington was 29,228, equal to sB per cent., and the loss from Plymouth to Wellington was 27,998, or 5"6 per cent. This speaks very well indeed for the care and attention given to the eggs on the voyage by Mr. Parker and his assistant. I do not know of any previous shipment of salmon or trout eggs which has arrived from England with a loss of less than 20 per cent. Usually the loss amounted to from 20 to 40 per cent. The previous shipments of salmon-eggs brought out in the "Gothic" and " Paparoa " in 1903 had a loss of about 40 per cent. This importation, therefore, establishes a record for being by far the largest shipment of Atlantic-salmon eggs ever brought to New Zealand, and for being landed with the smallest percentage of loss in transportation. With regard to future importation of salmon-eggs from England, orders for eggs should be received in London not later than the end of September. If the order is sent early enough there will be no difficulty in getting half a million eggs for one shipment, but it would be a very difficult matter indeed to at any season procure a million eggs all at the right age to send in one shipment. While in Scotland I interviewed some of the members of the Tay Fishery Board and their Superintendent (Mr. Lumsden). Mr. Lumsden stated that if he received an order any year by the beginning of October, he could arrange to collect for the New Zealand Government when he commenced collecting for their own hatchery about the first week of November. At that time the spawning fish are running, and two or three days' netting when a fair run of fish is on would give all the eggs required. If the order was given early enough, the cost of collecting and incubating half a million eggs would be very small. As stated in a previous communication to you, Mr. Ridler, the chief engineer, and Mr. Dugdale, the chief refrigerating engineer, gave me very valuable assistance on the voyage. The captain of the " Rakaia " and his officers, and the New Zealand Shipping Company's officials in London and at Dunedin, were very courteous, and gave me every assistance in getting the eggs on board at London and off the steamer on arrival at Dunedin. In London the High Commissioner and his officials did everything possible in procuring the salmon-eggs well, and in the quickest time possible, and 1 was afforded every facility in connection with the collection, packing, and shipping of the eggs, and I wish to express my appreciation of the very courteous treatment which I received from the officials in that office. The thanks of the Department are, I consider, due to Mr. C. H. Fryer, Chief Inspector of Fisheries for the Board of Agriculture, for the very valuable assistance which he gave in connection with the collection of the salmon-eggs. • I have, &c, L. F. Ayson, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Chief Inspector of Fisheries.

The Chief Inspector of Fisheries to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— Wellington, 28th April, 1909. I have the honour to report as follows on the marine biological stations and hatcheries visited when in England. As the collection and preparing for shipment of the salmon-eggs occupied practically all my time, it was impossible to go into the sea-fish work as I should have liked ; I was. however, able to visit the marine laboratories at Plymouth and Aberdeen. At Aberdeen I met Dr. Fulton, who showed me over the station and explained the fish-hatching appliances and the work which was done there. He is very much interested in the experiments which are being made with regard to the importation of useful food-fishes to New Zealand, and there is no doubt but that the authorities can depend on his able assistance in connection with all future work. Both at Aberdeen and Plymouth it was pointed out to me that, as the staff of experts was limited, and as they were fully occupied with their own work, it was very difficult to find time to devote to outside work, such as they were doing for the New Zealand Government. At the same time they were deeply interested in the experiments which they had undertaken to do, and would have them carried out as expeditiously as possible. With regard to the experiments that were recently made with herring-ova, Dr. Fulton is !»f the opinion that they were not conclusive, but he is sanguine of better results from the further

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experiments which he intends carrying out. He recommended that, until the herring experiments are worked out, we should go on with the importation of other fishes, such as the cod, turbot, haddock, &c, which he thinks can be carried alive provided due consideration is given to the season when the fish are in the best condition, as they would then be able to stand the confinement and stress of the journey better, as well as requiring less food, which he considers an important matter as regards their health on the voyage. The laboratory is well equipped, and very valuable work is being done by Dr. Fulton and his two assistants, Drs. Scott and Williamson. Dannevig's hatching-boxes are used in the hatchery. The supply of sea-water for the ponds, observationtanks, and hatchery is pumped up into a large reservoir-tank by means of an ordinary centrifugal pump. Ordinary gaivanised-steel pipes are used throughout, but, as there is an ample supply of water, it is never used a second time. At the Plymouth Station Dr. Allen showed me over the laboratory and hatchery. With regard to the experiments with the turbot and other fish, Dr. Allen stated that, owing to the illness of one of his assistants and pressure of other work, it had been somewhat delayed, but that he expected to be able to get on with it at once. The water-supply for the station is pumped up from the bay. A vulcanite pump was used for a time, but it was so liable to get out of repair that it was abandoned, and 'ordinary centrifugal pumps put in instead. The large pipes used are enamelled iron and the smaller pipes are vulcanite. Dr. Allen stated that at some stations lead piping is used with satisfactory results. When the experiments which are being made by Drs. Fulton and Allen are completed, and it is decided to import some species of fish or their ova, it would, I think, be advisable to send Mr. Anderton from, the Portobello Hatchery to England to assist in collecting the fish, and to attend to them on the voyage out. It will probably take a considerable time to collect and prepare the fish for shipment, and I think that this work could be better and as cheapty done by Mr. Anderton than by a special expert employed in England to do it. The experience which Mr. Anderton would gairr in connection with the marine-fish work while in England would also be of the greatest value to the Dominion in the future work which will require to be done here. I have, &c, L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries. The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Sir,— Wellington, 27th April, 1909. I have the honour to report as follows with regard to the minnows which the Tourist Department wished brought out from England. Owing to the difficulty in procuring the salmon-eggs in England, I could not devote much time in arranging for a supply of minnows to bring out with me. I was, however, able to visit some trout-hatcheries from which it was thought a supply of minnows could be obtained. A few days before the " Rakaia " sailed, Mr. Richmond, of the Surrey Trout-farm, offered to supply a number; but, as I was aware by that time that the voyage would be a protracted one, and that there was no suitable place on board where they could be kept at a fairly regular temperature, I considered that it would be unwise to attempt to take any, as there would be but little chance of their surviving the voyage. When in England and Germany I made considerable inquiry from fish-culturists and other experts, as I travelled about, with regard to the value of the minnow as a means of increasing the food-supply for trout, and every one with whom I discussed the matter gave a most unfavourable opinion as regards his utility in that respect, the unanimous opinion being that he did a great deal of harm to streams by eating up the food of young trout, and that he did not by any means provide, himself, a corresponding amount of food for larger trout. I attach a letter from Mr. Riddel, of Bergstedt, Germany, on this subject. I have, &c, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. L. F. Ayson. Forellenzucht Saselbek. C. Riedel. Dear Sir,— Bergstedt, beii Hamburg, 6th March, 1909. In pursuance of our recent conversation as to the importation of the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus) into the waters of New Zealand, I should certainly not advise you to introduce this fish, as this little fellow will do fifty times more harm by eating up the food for the young fry and small trout than he will do good by providing food for the larger trout by his body. We consider the minnow rather bad company in a good trout-stream, and, when using a small brook for rearing fry and yearlings, we are most particular to get all the minnows out of that brook, as we find that the result in trout without this fish is a far better one than when left to stock the brook together with trout. If I am asked what fish I should recommend to you to stock your rivers and lakes with, besides trout and salmon, I would draw your attention to another fish of the species of Salmonidae— i.e., Coregonus mara-na. This is a splendid fish indeed, and would suit your New Zealand waters admirably. In good rivers, and lakes especially, this fish runs in size up to 25 in., spawns plentifully, and provides food for trout of all sizes, and not only for trout, but also for the table. Here, on the Continent, it is, indeed, considered finer eating than even trout or salmon, and fetches higher prices. I could supply you wjith fertilised ova of this fish, and they could very well be carried to your country together with ova of S. salar. These eggs would stand the journey very well, I should thrnk, as they hatch slower than ova of trout or salmon. Shipment would have to be made about December. t am & c t t.i a T1 ~r „■ Curt. Riedel, h, r. Ayson, Es., Wellington.

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The Chairman of the Portobello Fish-hatchery Board to the Minister of Marine. g IBj Ist June, 1909. On behalf of the Board of the Portobello Marine-fish Hatchery, I beg to report as follows on the work of the year ending 31st March, 1909: — Owing to the. limited means at the disposal of the Board, this work has been chiefly confined to looking after the stock of lobsters and crabs in confinement in the ponds, isolating the spawners as their eggs approached the hatching season, liberating the fry as they were hatched, and keeping the station in as good order as possible. The large measure of success attained in connection with the spawning of these crustaceans, full particulars of which are given in the very valuable report (appended herewith) made by Mr. T. Anderton, the Curator, was due to the unremitting care bestowed on them by him. It would appear that failure to secure such good results elsewhere has been almost entirely due to lack of this scrupulous care in keeping the surroundings absolutely clean. Had the Board been able to employ two men at Portobello right through the season, instead of one, the results achieved would have been even much more satisfactory than they have proved. As it is, we estimate that some 36,000 larvae of the lobster and about 6,000,000 of the crab were liberated. Had there been more tank accommodation and more assistance during the critical period of spawning and hatching, the number of larvae obtained from the stock now in the ponds would probably have been between 135,000 and 200,000 lobsters, and between 10,000,000 and 15,000,000 crabs. Under the circumstances the results already achieved are really remarkable, and reflect the highest credit on the Curator. Arrangements have again been made for a further importation of both lobsters and crabs, in order that the success of the experiment may be absolutely assured. The acclimatisation of these valuable Crustacea in our coastal waters will not only supply a most excellent addition to our fish food-supply, but one that will have a great commercial value in years to come. In connection with this further importation of lobsters and crabs, an attempt will be made to introduce haddocks, or some other hardy kind of edible fish from Britain. Mr. Anderton has kept the buildings, fittings, &c, of the station in very good condition, but these all require a complete overhaul to prevent their falling into decay, and the Board cannot do this for lack of funds The expenditure of a comparatively small sum of money now will not only preserve all the property of the station, but will enable it ,to enter on a further period of usefulness. The Board would respectfully point out that on the 31st March the term of five years for which the late Hon. R. J. Seddon granted a subsidy of £250 per annum expired. The Board considers that not only has the station justified its existence, it has done far more : it has added greatly to the wealth and to the knowledge of the Dominion, and this at a ridiculously small cost to the public. The following are some of the results achieved : — (1.) A station has been built comprising (a) a comfortable four-roomed dwellinghouse and outbuildings, fenced garden, planting of valuable trees and shrubs, &c. : (b) a hatchery building, with (i) hatching-house, with hatching-boxes and Macdonald jars capable of dealing at one and the same time with many millions of fish-ova as well as lobsters, crabs, &c, and also furnished with eight large plate-glass-sided exhibition tanks; (ii) laboratory furnished with microscopes, glassware, valuable books, &c. ; (iii) workshop; (iv) oil-engine and pumps : (c) two large ponds concreted on three sides, and one deep lobster-pond concreted all round and on the bottom, and all three furnished with screw valves to control the water-supply : (d) a large excavated concrete-lined tank at high level, holding 17,000 gallons of sea-water, for supplying the hatching-house with a constant supply : («) a long jetty extending into the deep-water channel between the station and Quarantine Island : and (/) a good oil-launch with covered-in cabin, well-found boat, launchingslips, &c. (2.) European lobsters and crabs have been successfully conveyed to these shores from Britain, and are now established and are breeding in the ponds, a feat the importance of which may be estimated from the fact that the United States fish-hatcheries, with all their magnificent appliances, have never yet been able to transport the Atlantic lobster alive to the Pacific coast. (3.) Observations have been made on the spawning, ova, and fry of a number of our native food-fishes—viz., blue-cod, sole, lemon-sole, flounder, brill, gurnard, as well as of pig-fish, kokopuru, crayfish, prawns, " whale-feed " (Grimothea gregaria) (one of the most important of our fish-foods), porcelain crabs, &c. It is only on such observations and such knowledge that fishery legislation can be based, and until this station took up and recorded such our knowledge of the life-histories of these fishes was almost nil. (4.) Many millions of the larva? of sole, lemon-sole, flounder, gurnard, crayfish, and prawn have been reared for a longer or shorter period in the hatching-boxes and Macdonald jars in the hatchery, and turned out in the waters of Otago Harbour. The Board would respectfully point out that no part of Australia, nor of Cape Colony (which has a special Fisheries Department) has been able to do such work; and to arrest this now would be to take a singularly retrograde step in the development of the natural resources of this country. It may also be pointed out that all work of supervision, correspondence, and, indeed, all secretarial work has been carried out by members of the Board as a labour of love, and has not cost the country one penny during all .these years. We trust, therefore, that the scheme suggested in September last may be given effect to, as we feel assured that no money spent in the public service will give a better return. On behalf of the Board, I have, &c, Geo. M. 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Gentlemen,— 30th May, 1909. I have the honour to present the following report of the experiments that have been conducted under your direction, with a view to the introduction of the English lobster (Homarus vulgaris) and crab (Cancer pagurus) into New Zealand waters, with notes of observations made as to their habits in confinement, spawning, moulting, hatching, &c. The Lobster (Homarus vulgaris). For our own future guidance, for the benefit of those who have so kindly assisted in making the experiment a success, and as some of the facts in regard to the life-history of the lobster that have been brought to light were, I believe, hitherto unknown, I will endeavour to set forth these observations as fully and yet as concisely as possible, and will avoid as far as possible the use of any technical terms that will not be readily understood by all. Owing to a very marked decrease in the supply of lobsters, a good deal of attention is now being paid to the subject of lobster-culture in the Eastern States of America, in Canada, Great Britain, Norway, France, and other countries. The reports.of most of these experiments are in the station library, and have proved most valuable in the present case. In these countries the lobster is indigenous, and, of course, the necessity for keeping a large stock in confinement in such condition that moulting, impregnation, spawning, and hatching will take place in their natural sequence does not arise. In almost all cases the egg-bearing lobsters are caught as near the egghatching season as possible, and are placed in suitable ponds or tanks until the eggs are hatched. If the external eggs are not well advanced and almost ready to hatch out when the lobsters are caught, most, and in many cases all, the eggs, for some reason, become detached from the adult, and are lost, and when the time of hatching arrives very few, if any, eggs remain, and of course very few larva? are obtained. So far as I can gather from these reports, the artificial propagation of lobsters is admitted by all to be a very difficult matter indeed, even where a plentiful supply of egg-bearing females is available, and I cannot find a single instance in any of these reports of a lobster in confinement spawning and carrying her eggs until hatching took place. Although repeated efforts have been made in this direction, instances of lobsters spawning in confinement are few and far between, only one case being reported from the Marine Laboratory at Port Erin ; one, I think, at Peel; and one at Dunbar. Several other isolated cases are reported, but in all cases the results have been the same —the eggs, for some reason, are lost, or nipped off soon after extrusion. Professor Ehrenbaum, of Heligoland, who has devoted a great deal of time to the study of the Norwegian lobster, states in his report, " It is useless to hope for the entire development to take place under artificial conditions, and no station can work so precisely that the eggs will remain quite normal during so long a period of incubation." This period is stated by him to be from eleven to twelve months, under local temperatures. Experiments have been conducted by the U.S.A. Fish Commissioners in confining lobsters that were already egg-bearing in large tidal enclosures; but in this case also the results have proved abortive : the bottom of the ponds soon became foul, and the eggs were soon found to be missing. With these facts before us at the outset of the undertaking, it appeared as if we were about to repeat an experiment which has proved unsuccessful wherever attempted, as, in addition to the difficulties experienced elsewhere, several other most serious problems presented themselves. Not the least of these was the question of transporting the lobsters a distance of some twelve thousand miles through the tropics under such conditions as would allow them to arrive in a perfectly healthy condition. Then there was the question of the effects of the great range of temperature experienced in our shallow ponds consequent upon the small rise and fall of tides. The most serious problem, and at the outset apparently the one least likely of solution in the present case, was their known abstention from spawning in confinement, and their failure to carry their eggs during the long period of fosterage when kept under artificial conditions. Previous to the introduction of the lobsters and crabs a good deal of time was devoted to the study of the hatching of the eggs of local Crustacea, and no difficulty was experienced in hatching the ecgs of such forms as the crayfish (Palinurus edwardsii), porcelain crab (Petrolisthes elongatus), prawn (Palaimon affinis), and "whale-feed" (Grimothea gregaria). These were, however, only placed in the tanks when the eggs were almost ready to hatch out. Some seven million crayfish larva? were produced with no further effort than merely to place the " berried " adults in the glass tanks until hatching was completed. There is considerable diversity of opinion as to the frequency of moulting and spawning of the lobster. Most workers are in favour of the biennial-spawning theory—that is, that an individual lobster spawns only once in two years, with an intervening moult. There is also some doubt as to the time coition takes place. Owing to the great economic value that would result from their successful importation, the Board have kindly allowed me to devote the whole of my time for the past three years to the observation and care of the lobsters and crabs, and it is due entirely to this that so great a measure of success has attended the results of the first year's operations. Transportation. Four shipments, each consisting of twenty-five lobsters, have been made by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer " Karamea." On the first three occasions the lobsters were forwarded by rail from Plymouth to London in fish-baskets. They were packed in damp seaweed, and the large claws were securely fastened. They were thus about fourteen hours in transit, and, after being placed on board, the only water available for the first two days was from the ballast-tanks.,. From the report, of'the chief engineer, Mr. Naismyth, who had charge of the shipment, the combined effects of these circumstances appear to have given them a very serious set-back, and they began to sicken and die even before the water became excessively warm. The cooling apparatus on these three

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occasions was very crude, and proved altogether inadequate to sufficiently reduce the temperature of the water whilst passing through the tropics, when 84° Fahr. was recorded, and it was only possible to reduce this by 4° Fahr. Only two lobsters, both females, were landed alive the first voyage, and seven on each of the two succeeding voyages. Almost all the deaths occurred in the tropics," and the first three experiments proved conclusively that the most serious difficulty to be overcome was the high temperature experienced in this region. A great improvement was effected in the cooling apparatus previous to making the fourth shipment, and, as this has proved entirely satisfactory, it may be as well to describe it in some detail. The chamber in which the wooden lobster-tanks are situated is about 20 ft. by 12 ft., and is insulated at the sides and ceiling. It is also fitted with a chute through which a current of cold air may lie forced when desired. The supply of water is laid from the sanitary supply-tank on the' upper deck into a 300-gallon tank situated in the 'tween-decks close to the tank-chamber. This tank is also insulated, and is pierced with a number of 1 in. pipes, through which a c6nstant current of cold air is forced. The water is led direct from this tank to the wooden tanks containing the lobsters, each compartment being served with a separate cock. By this means it was found possible to reduce the temperature of a full and sufficient supply to the tanks by about 20° Fahr. Each lobster was confined in a separate compartment in the tanks, and the large claws were not tied during the voyage. Each compartment measures about 18 in. by 12 in. by 15 in. deep, and provision is made for emptying them for cleaning purposes. This process necessitated frequent handling of the lobsters, and was seldom resorted to on the last voyage, the cleaning being done by means of a siphon. They were fed daily on frozen herrings and haddocks, a piece about 2 in. square being placed in each division daily, and the portion not consumed was removed after a few hours In addition to the improved cooling apparatus, the success of the last shipment was in a very large measure due to the Shaw-Savill Company kindly allowing the " Karamea T ' to call into Plymouth for the lobsters and crabs. The long railway journey and confinement in stagnant ballast-tank water were thus avoided, and the lobsters and crabs were placed on board in the very best condition. Twenty-five lobsters were shipped, but to these were added eight others that had been placed on board for ship's use, making a total of thirty-three. Only two deaths occurred during the voyage, and seventeen males and fourteen females were landed in the very pink'of condition, and were at once transferred by launch to the ponds. Mr. Naismvth, chief engineer, was in charge of the first shipment, and it is greatly to his credit to have succeeded in keeping even two alive through the most adverse conditions. The second, third, and fourth shipments were under the charge of Mr. Finlayson, chief to whom belongs the credit of having overcome every difficulty in connection with the successful importation of both crabs and lobsters. The scrupulous cleanliness of the tanks, the businesslike appearance of the chamber, and the healthy state of the stock of lobsters and crabs bore evidence of the care that had been taken throughout the voyage. These experiments have proved conclusively that a very large percentage can be successfully imported. The present apparatus is capable "of considerable extension, and I think we may reasonably conclude that, with the same care as has been exercised in the past, the limits of the numbers imported are determined only by the amount of accommodation which is provided. With larger apparatus it would be almost as cheap to import a hundred or so on each visit of any vessel on board of which permanent accommodation is provided. Habits in Confinement. Up to the present only two lobsters out of forty-four that have been landed have died. One, a male, appeared to have been unable to get rid of the cast shell at the second moult, and was found dead, in the pond. The half-moulted portion was not eaten by the other lobsters. The second, a female, was killed by its mate in a glass tank, where the two, both egg-bearing females, were unfortunately placed on arrival without the precaution of securing their large nipping-claws. Before being placed in the ponds on arrival the large claws of each lobster are "muzzled" by means of small tight-fitting rubber bands. If this is not done the lobsters are apt to more or less seriously injure each other, not, in my opinion, due altogether to a pugnacious disposition, but to their confinement in separate compartments and frequent handlings during the voyage, which, by reason of their purblind condition, causes them to acquire a habit of seizing at anything that comes near them. The action of the salt water rots the rubber bands, and the claws become free in about a month's time, by which time they have become accustomed to their surroundings and make allowance for each other's presence. No act of cannibalism has taken place, and even the defenceless newly moulted ones have rarely been even injured by the others. A number of suitable shelters are placed in the ponds, and within a day or two after arrival each lobster has taken up its abode in one of these. When choosing a shelter the lobster is generally seen to insert the antenna? and large claws, and, when satisfied that the shelter is unoccupied, slews round and backs in, tail first, the large claws forming an efficient guard to the entrance. As a rule, each lobster sticks to its own shelter during the daytime, and they are rarely seen about the pond except at feeding-time and towards dusk. An occasional fight takes place for the possession of a shelter, which not infrequently results in the loss of a limb to one or other of the combatants. Many instances of regeneration of lost limbs have occurred, and the earlier arrivals have increased very greatly in size. They arc fed irregularly on fish, chiefly red-cod, skinned and boned, and cut into pieces about 2 in. square. Moulting, Spawning, and Hatching. Most of the egg-bearing lobsters that have been shipped have lost their eggs before arrival. In'several cases a few eggs still remained attached to the swimmerets, but on examination the greater portion of these were found to be coated with a profuse growth of algse, diatoms, &o. None of these eggs have ever hatched out,

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The period of fosterage is given by various workers as from nine to ten months—one, at the least, gives so long as eleven to twelve months. This period is not given in any case from actual observations of lobsters in confinement, but is calculated from the time the first and last berried lobsters are caught in the pots, and from other observations taken at various seasons. In the case of the first two lobsters mentioned in the tables the date of moulting, coition, and spawning, and the date of the hatching of the first and last of the eggs, is known. In the case of one of these two the subsequent moult was observed, and the date of the second spawning is known within a few days. The following is the history of the first-mentioned from the time of its arrival on the 29th June, 1906 (egg-bearing on arrival), to the present date, May, 1909 : — Arrived, June 29, 1906; a few eggs still attached. Moulted, January, 1907; no male present. Moulted, November 21, 1907; copulated same date. Spawned, January 24, 1908. First eggs hatched, October 13, 1908. Last eggs hatched, November 23, 1908. Moulted again, December 28, 1908. Spawned again previous to March 12, 1909. Throughout this period the above-mentioned lobster was seldom handled, but was very easily distinguished in the pond by having lost the large right claw at the first moult and the left one at the second, and by the miniature regenerating claws. Being so readily recognised, this particular lobster was kept under very close observation, and has served as an excellent example as to the exact dates of moulting, &c. The exact dates of these events in the history of the other lobsters individually are not known, but they vary very slightly, if at all, from those given above. The temperature of the pond was carefully taken daily, and it should be possible in future, the date of spawning being known, by calculating on a temperature unit basis, to determine within a few days when the hatching of the brood of each individual will commence. This would effect a great saving in time and labour, and would avoid a long confinement in the small aquariumtanks, which has a detrimental effect on the eggs, however carefully the tanks may bo cleaned out. The stock of lobsters available on the 10th October, 1907, consisted of nine females and six males. These were, placed in the No. 3 pond on that date for breeding purposes. Two of the females had been berried in June, 1906, both had cast in January, 1907, but as no males were present no spawning took place. Four of the other females arrived in February, 1907, and bore eggs at that time. The remaining three arrived in August, 1907 : one still bore eggs on arrival, the others had shed them during the voyage. The pond in which they were placed is a small natural basin with clean rocky walls on three sides, and is enclosed by a concrete wall, through which the water is controlled by means of a screened valve and a 9 in. earthenware, pipe. The bottom of the pond is concreted and cemented, and, in addition to the natural crevices in the rocks, a number of shelters were provided. The capacity is about 20,000 gallons. Each day, at about one hour flood tide, the valve is lifted, and the water is allowed to run down to a depth of about a foot. The valve is closed again at high water, at which time the depth of the pond is from six to eight feet. This insures a constant change of water, and has a very beneficial effect. The first moult took place on the 18th November, 1907. The others moulted on the following dates : 1 male cast November 18; 1 female cast November 21 ; 1 female cast November 27 ; 1 female cast December 5; 1 female cast December 10; 1 female cast December 25; 1 female cast December 29; 1 male cast January 1, 1908; 2 (sex?) cast February 12, 1908; 1 male cast March 3, 1908. The remaining three must have cast during my absence in January, as all had certainly cast by the 3rd March, 1908. A female cast her shell on the 21st November, at 3 p.m. As is usual after casting, it lay for some time alongside the cast shell. Two hours afterwards it was seen roaming round the pond and frequently approaching the various shelters, returning regularly and fearlessly to a shelter containing a large male. On approaching the entrance to this shelter the large claws were extended in a direct line with the body, and the antennae were thrust within the shelter. After a few moments the rostrum of the male appeared, the female meanwhile rapidly whipping her antennae across the now projecting rostrum of the male, which in turn showed increasing signs of excitement, the antennae being whipped very rapidly over the female in the same manner as those of the female. After an interval of perhaps* a minute the male gradually withdrew from its shelter, the female at the same time turning over on its back. Coition took place at once, the act occupying only a few seconds, the male retiring at once into its own shelter and the female into another. The following day both were observed to be living in one shelter, and they continued to do so, on and off, for several weeks. The probability is that the eggs are not at this time fertilised, but that fertilisation takes place (as is the case with the crab) when the eggs are extruded. The male was hard-shelled, and had not cast since the previous May, six months before. Copulation was again witnessed between a hard-shelled male and a female that had cast the previous night, on the 10th December. On this occasion the pond had just been run down to a depth of about 9 in., and during the act a considerable portion of the male was actually out of water—that is, the antenna? and about one-half of the anterior portion of the cephalo-thorax. On two other occasions the act has been witnessed, and has taken place in all cases within a- few hours after the female has moulted, and always with a hard-shelled male. The female that cast on the 21st November, 1907, spawned on the 25th January, 1908, sixty-five days after coition. The one that cast on the 27th November, 1907, spawned on the 30th January, 1908, sixty-five days after casting. Every one of the nine females had spawned a full and healthy batch of eggs by the 19th March, 1908, on which date the males were removed to another pond, as they appeared to harass the females. By the middle of June the temperature of the water had fallen to 4° C, and it was feared that a heavy fall of snow might reduce this to freezing-point, and to avoid the risk of leaving all the eggs, as

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it were, "in one basket," four of the earliest spawners were removed to the indoor tanks. In order not to injure the attached eggs, the adults were captured by placing a kerosene-tin in front of the shelter, and removing the wooden cover. The lobster soon retreats into the darkness of the tin, which is carefully tipped up and transferred to the glass tank. The process is then reversed, the tin being lowered in front of a wooden shelter in the tank, and slowly tipped up. The slightest movement of the abdomen was thus avoided, and not an egg became detached. The eggs were by this time five months spawned, and an examination of one revealed the gratifying fact that considerable development had taken place. The eggs were remarkably clean, and free from any growth. The bulk of the egg was still composed of greenish-black yolk, but the rudimentary limbs could easily be made out, the eyes were well defined, and the pulsations of the embryonic heart could be seen. Slight bright-red pigmentation was visible over various parts of the limbs, and was particularly noticeable on the telson, which was folded and extended slightly over the rostrum and hid it from view. Drawings of the eggs were made at this stage and at intervals between this and hatching, but, owing to their opacity and the difficulty of tracing the various limbs, these drawings are useless for the purpose of this report, but will no doubt be valuable in future in determining the age of any eggs about which a doubt may exist. The water in the glass tanks was kept slightly warmer than that of the pond for a few weeks, but an accident to the heating apparatus put a stop to this being kept up. The water having become slightly warmer by September, two of these adults were returned to the pond, and the remaining two were kept under the closest observation in separate tanks, each measuring 5 ft. by 5 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. deep, until in one case all the eggs were hatched, and in the other a number had commenced to hatch out. A wooden shelter was provided for each. These shelters were so constructed that only the two sides rested on the clean concrete floor of the tank. Every particle of unconsumed food, sediment, or detached eggs could be forced out daily by a piece of hose connected with a cock and fitted with a glass tube at the end being inserted in a hole in the roof of the shelter, and the water turned on for a few minutes. Wherever the experiment has been attempted it has been found that, if egg-bearing lobsters are placed in small aquarium-tanks for any considerable length of time, the loss of eggs is far greater than when they are allowed the greater freedom of the ponds. It was necessary, however, to ascertain when it would be advisable to transfer the other seven spawners to the tanks, and these two were therefore retained in the tanks as a guide in this direction, and at the same time a most determined effort was made to reduce the possibility of the loss of eggs to a minimum, and if possible to discover the cause of this loss. Very few eggs became detached during the first month's confinement —one lobster had lost twenty-three in thirty-five days and the other eighteen. The eggs were by this time six months spawned. By the middle of September the loss of eggs had amounted to about one per day, being ninety-four in ninety days and sixty-four in sixty-seven days respectively, the eggs being now seven months spawned. The loss of eggs gradually increased as development proceeded, the average daily loss during the eighth month being eight per day in one case and only one per day in the other. By the Ist November one had shed 630 eggs in 143 days; the other had shed only 228 in 120 days. The eggs were now spawned a little over nine months, and some had already commenced to hatch out. From this time until hatching was completed large numbers of eggs became detached, the total being 2,082 in one case during a period of close confinement extending over 169 days, and in the other 1,637 eggs were lost in 147 days; and of these 1,559 in one case and 1,430 in the other were shed during the last month of fosterage. The first larva? appeared on the 13th October, and numbers were liberated daily in various parts of the bay from this date until the Ist December. The total number liberated from the first-men-tioned lobster was 3,952. No attempt was made to rear the larvae : they were liberated when from one to four days old, and none had undergone their- first moult. The other seven lobsters that spawned during February were left throughout this time in the No. 3 pond (see photo), and had nrvrv been disturbed or handled, but the pond had been kept as clean as possible under the circumstances. Weeds, remains of fish, food, &c, were removed daily when the pond was run down, and the lobsters were allowed to remain in as wild a state as possible. This pond was required by the beginning of December to accommodate the last shipment of fourteen females for spawning purposes, as, most of them having already moulted, it was considered advisable to transfer them to this, the only suitable pond, before the eggs were produced. They were therefore removed to the glass tanks on Ist December, 1908. This was the first time they had been handled since spawning in February —nine months. Two of them had lost about three-parts of the batch, two had lost about one-half, the other three still retained practically the entire batch. All the eggs were within a week- or two from hatching. The supply-tank had by this time become very foul, the engine and pump were in need of an overhaul, the launch and engine, boat, screens,, valve-rubbers, and in fact the whole plant was in need of a thorough overhaul after the compulsory neglect during the previous twelve months, and it was with great regret that the experiment had to be abandoned at this stage, and could not be proceeded with until the hatching of the last larvae. It was, however, decided to place the egg-bearing adults in their permanent pond, No. 2, rather than to risk the increased loss of eggs that would have occurred had they been kept in the supply-tank water. They were accordingly transferred to this pond the same day. The larvae would, of course, escape from this pond daily when the valve was lifted and become scattered by the currents; but we are, unfortunately, almost completely in the dark as to the numbers that were actually hatched from these seven lobsters. The average number of eggs carried by each of the nine lobsters when first spawned would be about 15,000, making a total of 135,000 eggs. Although several of those transferred to the No. 2 pond still carried almost a full bunch, these were the most backward eggs, and, as the loss is greatest during the last few weeks, the probability is that these would lose a large percentage before hatching was completed, and I do not think that the average number hatched by each may be estimated at more than the number produced by the one kept in the glass tank until the last egg was hatched- —namely, about 4,000. This would mean that some 36,000 larvae w-ere produced, and about 100,000 eggs were lost.

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The subsequent history of these nine females is very interesting indeed. The first moulted on the 27th December, 1908, thirty-four days after hatching the last egg. The other eight moulted during January and early in February, 1909. One had spawned again some time previous to the 12th March, and all had spawned again by the 15th April, 1909. Seven of them are therefore now carrying eggs for the third year in succession. The other two did not spawn after their moult in January, 1907 (no doubt owing to the absence of males), but are now carrying eggs for the second year in succession. There is still a considerable diversity of opinion in Europe as to the frequency of moulting and spawning of the lobster. The generally accepted theory is that of biennial spawning—that is, that a given lobster spawns only once in two years, with one intervening moult. Several workers point out the probability of a lobster carrying eggs two years in succession, but without an intervening moult, the supply of spermatozoa which remain in the spermatheca owing to non-moulting being sufficient to fertilise the second crop of eggs. This is known to be frequently the case with the crab (Cancer pagurus), and it has been proved that a single impregnation suffices for all subsequent spawnings in the case of at least one species of crab (Gallinectes). Professor Herrick states that the American lobster (Homarus aniericanus) spawns only once in two years, his reasons for this deduction being that several months are required for the complete hardening of the shell; newly laid eggs are not found on a soft-shelled lobster; moulting does not occur whilst the eggs are on the swimmerets ; and a dissection of a lobster that has just hatched her eggs shows that the ovaries are in an immature condition, and that eggs will not be yielded until the following year. This theory is also strengthened by the fact that the proportion of berried hens during the incubatory season is only 36 to 40 per cent, of the total number of females captured. During the experiments conducted at the Marine Laboratory at Dunbar by Dr. Williamson only one lobster was known to spawn. The lobsters were confined in small wooden tanks, which necessitated frequent handling for cleaning purposes. The experiments were continued over a period of three years, and, although nearly all moulted several times, no other case of spawning occurred. The proportion of berried hens to the total number of females captured was found by Professor Ehrenbaum, at Heligoland, to be from 35 to 40 per cent., and by Dr. Cunningham up to 50 per cent, off the coast of Cornwall. That these statistics are of much value in arriving at a definite conclusion as to the number of berried lobsters existing in any locality is open to question. The egg-bearing lobster is much more cautious in its movements than the males or when it is not egg-bearing, and as a rule it is very reluctant to leave its shelter. Its movements are much slower owing to the position of the abdomen, wilich is almost always folded under as a protection to the eggs, and they are very rarely seen about the pond or at any distance from their shelter unless evicted by a male or an unbended female. It may thus quite easily happen that although there are large numbers of egg-bearing females in a certain locality hidden away in the crevices of the rocks, very few of these are caught at any little distance away from their hiding-places, and the few that are captured would not represent a true proportion of egg-bearers at that time or place. Whilst in charge of a threemonths experimental trawling expedition for the New Zealand Government during the months of June, July, and August, 1907, large numbers of crayfish (Palinurus edwardsii) were taken at various parts of the coast of New Zealand and at the Chatham Islands. As many as twelve sacks were taken at one haul. Almost every one of these was examined by myself and Mr. E. R. Waite, of the Christchurch Museum, and we failed to discover a single female. The eggs of the crayfish hatch during November and December, and the greatest proportion of the females should be eggbearing during June to August. Our experience during the past three years has shown that moulting takes place in the early summer, November and December ; coition follows within a few hours; the eggs are laid about two months later, and are carried under the abdomen attached to the swimmerets for between nine and ten months, under local temperature; hatching taking place in the following year, in the same month as each individual had previously moulted. The next moult occurs about one month after the hatching of the last larva?, another batch of eggs being spawned as before —that is, about two months after the moult. From this it will be seen that the whole process is performed in thirteen months in our waters; but it is highly probable that the extra month is accounted for by the low winter temperatures of our shallow ponds and the consequent retardation in the development of both the external and ovarian eggs. I have not been able to obtain particulars of the daily temperatures experienced around the English coast, and am therefore unable to institute a comparison, but in a private letter from Mr. H. C. Chadwick, Curator of the Biological Station at Port Erin, Isle of Man, he states that the lowest temperature is 40° Fahr., in February. The following are the maximum, minimum, and average monthly temperatures (in degrees Centigrade) of the spawning-pond from moult to moult: —

The fourteen females and seventeen males of the last shipment were of smaller size than the previous lots, their average length being about 8| in. These were placed in the No. 2 pond on

"i l Maximum. Minimum, j Average. -Month. Maximum. Minimum. Average. Month. November December January February March April .. 12-1 8 11 16-8 i! 13 154 10 13 14-4 11 12-5 11-8 10-2 11 12-2 6-4 9-4 May . . Judo . . July .. August September October 8 5-8 5-2 3-8 8-4 9-8 5 •i !•! 1-2 4-8 8 6 1-2 3 3 6 8-5

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arrival on the 6th March, 1908. Ten of them (sexes doubtful) cast during May-July. Two of them produced a full batch of eggs at the end of June, hut these very soon became detached, as the bottom of the pond was unsuitable, being of soft mud, and at that season considerably overgrown with clumps of filamentous alga?. So far as 1 am aware, none of these had carried eggs the previous year. Many of these females moulted during November and December, and they were all placed in the No. 3 pond for spawning purposes on the 10th December, 1908. Six males were put in along with them. The first spawned on the 27th December, 1908, one month earlier than the first of the previous year. They have not yet been examined, but, as they are sticking very closely to their shelters, and an occasional one is seen with the abdomen bent under, it is very probable that most of them have spawned. Casting. —The actual process of moulting has only been witnessed in the ponds on one occasion. In most cases this takes place during the night. The cast shell is usually found entire, lying upside down on the bottom of the pond. When about to moult the lobster seeks a position as far away from the others as possible. The shallow end of the pond is almost invariably chosen. A lobster that is about to cast becomes very vicious on the approach of an intruder. On the 3rd September, 1908, a male lobster was seen to be behaving in a very peculiar manner in the shallow end of the pond : it would walk along the concrete dividing-wall for a. distance of about 5 ft., halt, and then, turning round, would retrace its steps the same distance in the opposite direction. In this manner a rut several inches deep was formed in the gravel, and at one end of this the lobster scooped out a hole about 4 in. deep and 12 in. in diameter. The shell was very dirty and overgrown with weeds, shells of serpula, &c, and a slight opening could be seen between the carapace and the first abdominal segment, and the lobster was evidently about to moult. When the pond was run down at low tide the lobster had to be driven awaj ? to the deeper end to prevent its being stranded. As soon as the depth of water allowed, the lobster resumed its peculiar walk, and continued to do so throughout the night and the following day. Moulting commenced at 4.30 p.m. that day. The lobster laid over on its side with the large claws in a direct line with the body. The opening before observed between the carapace and abdomen commenced to widen, so slowly as to be almost imperceptible, the cephalic shield being gradually worked forward until at right angles to the abdomen. No violent effort was made by the lobster ; the process was slow and regular, and continued so until the tip of the rostrum was freed from the pressure of the posterior edge of the cephalic shield. The whole of the anterior portion of the body, with the exception of the large claws, antennae, and walking-limbs, was now dear of the old shell, and gradually resumed its normal position in relation to the abdomen, the remaining limbs being withdrawn during this straightening process. The lobster was by this time practically over on its back, ami by a few violent movements, somewhat similar to the action of the animals when swimming, the abdomen was withdrawn from the told shell. The process occupied thirty-five minutes. *rhe habit of scooping out a hole in the gravel has been noted on several occasions, and the newly moulted lobster has been found lying alongside the cast shell. The shell is usually cast entire, and by removing the gelatinous skin that is cast with the shell, and replacing the parts in their respective positions until dry, an exact model of the lobster is obtained. The cast shells of all females are preserved and labelled in this manner, and, as each has some characteristic distinctions in the way of size, lost or regenerating limbs, scars, spines, &c, it is an easy matter to distinguish them so as to bring them indoors in their order when the eggs are nearly ready to hatch. The photograph is of a cast shell of a male. (Plate 3.) The external eggs when newly spawned vary considerably in size and colour. They are from 1"8 to 22 millimeters in diameter, and usually of a very dark-green colour. Some are almost jetblack. The photo (Plate 4) is of a female that spawned in February this year. Little difference in size of the eggs is noticed until about the last month of development, when they increase in some cases to as much as 3 millimeters in length, but at this time they are not spherical, but oblong, and conform somewhat to the shape of the contained embryo. The eggs spawned in January were not examined until the 16th June. Their condition at this period has already been given. From this date onwards one or more eggs were examined daily. The green yolk is gradually absorbed as development proceeds; the colour of the pigmentation of the embryo is usually of a very bright red, but in a few cases it is streaked with or wholly green. During the last month sharp spasmodic movements are seen, in some cases so violent as to move the egg from under the object lens. Three instances of twin embryos contained within the one egg-capsule were observed. In two of these cases the one larvae issued earlier than the other, and a rotary motion was maintained until the second larva? was free. The hatching of the one brood extended over about thirty days. This is longer than the time given by various workers, and is much longer than the time taken to hatch the brood of all local Crustacea dealt with at the station. Although every effort was made, it is somewhat difficult to account for the loss of so many eggs during the last month of fosterage. XV will be seen by the foregoing account that very few eggs are lost during the first nine months, and I am very much inclined to the belief that in the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream the majority of these eggs would by this time have hatched out, and the loss of eggs would have been very slight. Another probable cause is the not unnatural neglect of the female to properly aerate and cleanse the eggs when kept for a long time in close confinement. The effect of this neglect is made apparent about the seventh month, when the outer layers of eggs commence to become slightly coated with diatoms, algse, sediment, &c. This growth appears in time to rot the outer shell, which is in reality only the attaching membrane, and the egg becomes detached with the slightest movement of the abdomen. The inner shell is very thin, and if the egg is left on the bottom of the tank the shell is soon pierced, and the contents are seen being devoured by parasitic infusoria. There are, no doubt, other contributing causes, such as the bright light in the glass tanks, and, towards the latter part of the experiment, the presence of excessive numbers of diatoms, the spores of alga?, infusoria, &c, in the supply-tank water. For the same reason —rust, sediment, <fee, owing to having

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only one supply-tank, and no filtering apparatus —it was not possible to hatch out the detached eggs by means of the Macdonald jars unless they were within a few days from hatching. The method adopted by the U.S.A. Fish Commissioners for artificially hatching lobster-eggs is by collecting as many egg-bearing lobsters as can be obtained for some months before the hatching season commences. The eggs are combed off the swimmerets, and placed in Macdonald automatic hatching-jars. Repeated expel iments with various apparatus have proved that the motion obtained by the use of these jars is by far the best, and the eggs are frequently carried throughout the winter in this manner for as long as six months. The report of the Commission for 1908 is just to hand, and the output of lobster-fry for the year is given as 181,000,000. from 90 to 95 per cent, of the eggs placed in these jars are hatched. A remarkable increase of lobsters is reported by the fishermen along the New England coast, and this is attributed to the tremendous numbers of fry that have been hatched, and liberated in the most suitable localities. The Crab (Cancer pagurus). Twelve crabs were shipped on each of the third and fourth voyages of the " Karamea." Three males and five females on the first and seven males and one female on the second occasion arrived safely, making a total of six females and ten males. Since their arrival several have died, and only seven or eight are now to be seen in the pond ; but, owing to their habit of burrowing in the mud, under stones, and under the foundations of the walls, it is quite possible that others have survived. Owing to this habit, it has not been possible to maintain anything like as close an observation on their habits as was kept on the lobsters. The complete life-history of the crab is well known, and a very complete report by Dr. C. H. Williamson, M.A., B.Sc, will be found in the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 1899. This report deals very fully with the.size at maturity, migrations, fertilisation, frequency of casting, Ac. There appears to be some doubt as to the length of time which elapses between casting and spawning. I am unable to throw any definite light on this. The period of fosterage is given as between seven and eight months. If this is so, the length of time elapsing between casting and spawning is about the same as for the lobster —that is, about two months, as the crabs that cast in January and February hatched their eggs in November and December. The stock of crabs on the 19th November, 1907, consisted of nine males and five females. Two of these females died s i afterwards. On this date they were all placed in the No. 1 pond. A female cast on the 18th January, 1908. One male and one female cast on the 11th February, 1908, and a third female cast on the 24th February. No other casts are known to have taken place. The male crab takes possession of the female a few days before the latter casts, and they were generally seen with the abdomens together in the mud or under the edge of a large stone. On one occasion the male crab was seen to carry the newly cast shell of the female to a distance of about 6 ft. away, and to return at once to the female. The male continues to protect the female for several days after the moult, and it is during this time that coition takes place. The females were not examined until the 30th June, when two were found to be egg-bearing. A third, that could not previously be captured, was found to be egg-bearing on the Bth October, 1908. The eggs are carried externally attached to the swimmerets, and the whole mass is protected by the abdomen. The greatest breadth of carapace of these three crabs was 8 in., and the average number of eggs carried by each individual of that size is three millions. Two of these crabs were placed indoors on the Ist July, 1908. The third one was returned to the pond. When examined on the Ist July the eggs were in a solid compact mass, which completely hid the swimmerets from view. They were of a pale-pink colour, and no trace of the larva' could be discerned. On the 27th October the eggs were lighter in colour and were faintly "eyed"; the yolk-area had considerably decreased in size. On the 19th November the eyes were very prominent : the pulsations of the heart and the flow of the bodyfluid was easily detected under a power of fifty diameters. The eggs were by this time almost transparent, the yolk was reduced to a very small area, the greater part of the egg being quite transparent, with black-pigment markings. There was considerable difference in development, even in the eggs attached to one hair. During the earlier part of their confinement in the tanks the adults remained during the daytime in their shelters, but were often found at night climbing up the dividing-wire, and even walking across the under-side of a wire screen placed across the top of the tank to prevent their escape. This wire netting was about 6 in. above the water, and the crabs were at these times completely out of the water. Towards November they more frequently left their shelters both by night and day, and were often seen standing, as it were, on tip-toe waving the abdomen and swimmerets for the purpose of aerating the eggs. By this time the mass of eggs was not compact, each swimmeret with its attached eggs being waved independently. A good view of the completeness of the circulation of water through the egg-mass was often obtained when the abdomen was close to the glass. The first larva? were seen in the tanks on the 26th November. They were then in the second stage, and congregated at the front of the tank, where the light was strongest. The following day, when siphoning out the bottom of the tank, the end of the siphon was led into a large glass jar, and many thousands of first-stage larva? were found amongst the sand, &c. On emerging from the egg the larvae are not very active, and lie on their sides on the bottom of the tank ; the lateral and dorsal spines are indiscernible, but they appear to either undergo a moult or, more probably, only a. kind of transformation within a few minutes after hatching, and at once commence to ascend towards the surface and swim vigorously about. The adult was at this time almost constantly waving the abdomen, and large numbers of larvae were freed at each movement. The last pair of walking-limbs were frequently probed into the mass of eggs as if to loosen them. Some few of the larva? appeared to me to hatch out directly in the second staji'e. Numbers of these first-stage larva' were kept under observation by Mr. Thomson and myself under the microscope, but no moult was detected, and, as no cast shells were found in the

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receptacle, the process would appear to be one of transformation only, the lateral and dorsal spines being slowly unfolded from their earlier position alongside the carapace. Numbers of larva? were seen with these spines in the intermediate stages, some having the dorsal spine lying close to the carapace, some semi and others wholly erect. Thousands of larva? continued to hatch out daily, and were liberated on the first of the ebb tide between the station and Quarantine Island. The two adults were replaced in the No. 1 pond on the 10th December, 1908, the remaining eggs being allowed to hatch and the larva? to escape through the valves in the same manner as the lobsters. None of these have since moulted, and I am unable to say if any have yet spawned again. The hatching of the eggs was proceeding in such a satisfactory manner when the adults were replaced in the pond that the slightest doubt of the vast majority of them hatching out need not be entertained. Unlike the lobsters, very few eggs were shed during confinement. The period of fosterage is about two months shorter, and the results of the first year's experiment may safely be estimated at from six to seven million larva? being liberated. A number of these larvae may easily fail to escape through the valve (this has frequently been the case with the larvae of flounders), and a close watch is being kept on the bottom of the pond for the young crabs. Although more of the adults have died from various causes, the final results of the season's operations have proved much more satisfactory with the crabs than the lobsters, and, in fact, leave little to be desired; and I think we may safely look forward to the time when their successful acclimatisation will be an established fact. The rapid spread along the coasts of Victoria of the accidentally introduced English shorecrab (Carcinus moznas) tends to lead one to conclude that the edible crab, once established, will spread with equal rapidity along our coasts. This report has drawn out to far greater length than I anticipated, but I trust that I have been able to place the facts clearly before you. The results of the experiments have been very encouraging so far, and justify their continuance and enlargement. With one important exception it is a record of complete success, and we are now in a position to place a finger on the one serious obstacle to be overcome, and that is the failure of the egg-bearing lobster to carry a full batch of eggs until all are hatched. I have before referred to the method adopted by the U.S.A. Fish Commissioners, and I think that method suggests the best lines on which future operations should be conducted by us. Our experience has gone to prove that the lobsters, if kept in suitable ponds (not unless), will carry their eggs in a perfectly clean and healthy condition for at least six months. With the provision of an efficient filter, the substitution of hard-rubber piping instead of the iron at present in use, and several other alterations to the existing plant, there is no reason why the eggs should not be at this stage combed off the swimmerets, and the hatching completed by means of Macdonald jars with no greater loss than is experienced elsewhere—namely, 5 to 10 per ceut —instead of the enormous loss of something like 75 per cent, as at present. Two of the present ponds were not constructed for the accommodation of egg-bearing Crustacea, and, although they are altogether unsuitable for this purpose, they are all that is required for the male lobsters and male crabs after being removed from the spawning-ponds, and they could be utilised for this purpose until specially constructed ponds were provided. In conclusion I would beg to point out to you the fact that, under existing conditions, the good results from last season's labours are not likely to be repeated. Already the nine berried lobsters in No. 2 pond are losing a great many eggs. The pond is unsuitable. Not only is this so at present but with the arrival of another shipment the confusion would be greatly increased, and no good results may be expected until such time as specially constructed ponds are provided for the isolation of the egg-bearing female lobsters and crabs. I have, &c, The Marine Fish Hatchery Board. T. Anderton, Curator. The following literature has been consulted almost daily, and I beg to acknowledge my indebtedness to the various authors; also to Dr. C. H. Williamson, M.A., B.Sc, and Mr. H. C. Chadwick, A L S , for so kindly supplying other information and reports : — _ 'Williamson, Dr. A Contribution to the Life - history of the 'Lobster (Homarus vulgaris) : Twenty-third Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Part 111. Williamson, Dr. Contributions to the Life-history of the Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) : Eighteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Part 111 Mead, A. D., and Williams, L. W. Habits and Growth of the Lobster, and Experrments m Lobster-culture. _ .. • ~ , \ n Ehrenbaum, Professor. Kiinftliche Zucht und Wachstum dcs Hummers (translated by Dr. Benham, Otago University). .„ . , „ .• . ™ • o United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries : Artificial Propagation of Marine Species ° f F Annualßeport of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries of Rhode Island, 1903 and 1904. Herdman, Dr., and Chadwick, H. C. Guide to the Aquarium, and Various Reports of the Marine Biological Station at Port Erin, Isle of Man.

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C a Number shipped. Number arrived. Date of Arrival. Egg-bearing when shipped. Egg-bearing on Arrival. Date moulted. Date spawned. Number of Eggs. Date hatched. Number of Larvse. Moulted again. Spawned again. Name of Vessel, Commander, and Chief Engineer. st 13 males, 12 females 2 females .. June 29, 1906 All females About 100 eggs attached to one ; other one clean 1 about half batch; 2 with small number Both in Jan., 1907 ; 1 on Nov. 21, 1 on Nov. 27,1907 2 in May, 1907 ; others in Dec, 1907, and Jan., 1908 Dec, 1907, to Feb., 1908 1, Jan. 24,1908; 1, Jan. 30, 1908 Full batch Nov. 23, 1908; Nov. 30,1908 3,900 (?): Dec 28, 1908; ; Jan., 1909 Before March 12,1909 (both) B.s. " Karamea," Capt. Burton, Mr. Naismyth. 13 males, 12 females 3 males, 4 females Feb. 26, 1907 All females All during Jan. and Feb., 1908 Full batch Dec, 1908, to Jan., 1909 ? All during Jan. and Feb., 1909 All during Jan. and Feb., 1909 • 6 are known to have spawned I' by April 1, 1909 S.s. "Karamea," Capt. Holmes, Mr. Finlayson. 13 males, 12 females 3 males, 4 females August 25, 1907 ? 1 about half batch All in Jan., Feb., and March, 1908 2 in June, 1908, and some others during Dec, 1908, and Jan., Feb., and March, 1909 Full batch Dec, 1908, to Feb., 1909 ? S.s. "Karamea," Capt. Holmes, Mr. Finlayson. S.s." Karamea," Capt. Holmes, Mr. Finlayson. 17 males, 16 females 17 males, 14 females March 6, 1908 1 1 about quarter batch 10 in May, June, and July, 1908; others, Dec, 1908 to March, 1909 * * Full batch . ; . * Report onl; compiled up to the 30th Ma; ', 1909.

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List of Boys who joined s.s. "Amokura" prior to 31st March, 1909.

Name. Date of Joining. Date of Discharge. Occupation taken up on Discharge. Whitelaw, L. C. Canavan, C. F. Hannan, J. M. Stemp, A. H. Maevean, D. E. J. Reeves, J. M. Campbell, J. A. Holder, R. Heaphy, E. A. Miller, C. .. Johnstone, J. A. Guthrie, T. J. Schlaadt, E. A. McKay, F. D. 12/3/07 12/3/07 20/3/07 12/3/07 12/3/07 17/3/07 .. I 15/3/07 22/3/07 20/3/07 27/5/07 14/3/07 j 12/3/07 ! 20/3/07 16/3/07 21/6/08 10/9/08 6/9/08 16/11/08 29/9/08 29/9/08 15/11/08 13/5/09 24/9/08 25/11/08 : 25/11/08 ! 27/11/08 10/12/08 13/12/08 Joined s.s. " Kittaw? " as O.S. Discharged owing to sickness. Joined s.s. " Tutanekai" as O.S. " Rippingham Grange " as O.S. " Pateena " as O.S. „ " Putiki" as O.S. " Tutanekai" as O.S. " Rotoiti" as O.S. Joined schooner " Clyde " as O.S. barquentine " Helga " as O.S. • „ as boy. " s.s. "Maori" as O.S. „ „ "Monowai" as O.S. Did not go to sea ; working j Fouud berths on ships, but on vessels in port. parents objected to their Working on dredges on River going. Molyneux. ' Joined s.s. " Warrimoo " as O.S. Discharged on parents' request. Joined s.s. " Waikare" as O.S. Discharged on parents' request. Joined "Joseph Craig" as O.S. „ ." Marjorie Craig" as O.S. „ " Jessie Craig " as O.S. „ s.s. " Wakanui" as O.S. „ „ " Manapouri" as O.S. ,, ' ,, " Kini" as O.S. „ „ "Hinemoa" as O.S. „ » as „ " Te Anau " as O.S. „ ,, " Maori" as O.S. „ ., "Takapuna" as O.S. Training completed, returned home at parents' request. Joined s.s. " Moana " as O.S. H.M.S. " Challenger " as boy. McKay, H. 16/3/07 13/12/08 McNabb, C. H. Tait, G. .. Varcoe, C. Macelister, J. Hay, E. D. Hay, V. J. Marshall, G. W. Mitchell, D. Neels, R. .. Scott, W. V. A. Ellisson, L. G. Taylor, W. H. Walker, J. E. Nelson, F. Seymour, W. Trudgeon, A. Davies, H. Burborough, W. H. Grace, I. W. Brown, D. M. Talbot, P. D. Wyllie, E. Kemp, R. Fea, D. .. Langmuir, I. Soper, A. H. McCullough, C. C. Hurley, G. A. R. Bond, B. .. Holder, F. Tindall, W. H. A. Diggle, N. Manson, R. V. Woods, G. Ford, J. J. Dyte, N. V. Groves, W. McNeilage, R. Carr, 0. G. Arthur, T. S. E. Sharpe, C. Sharpe, G. Lawton, C. J. Welham, R. F. Cullen, B. M. Powell, W. J. Jansen, G. Sarginson, E. C. Millard, W. G. W. Maisey, J. F. Clarke, V. CM. Martin, S. E. Breach, H. E. Mahoney, E. L. G. Miles, P. A. Olson, E. N. Inglis, A. L. Haines, H. F. Hucks, R. H. Carston, A. C. Burrows, J. F. Bennett, H. E. McGregor, A. Wagstaff, T. R. Jenkins, P. J. Burnside, V. Culling, S. G. Cree, J. .. Fisher, B. F. 30/5/07 21/3/07 31/5/07 22/3/07 21/3/07 21/3/07 14/3/07 5/7/07 12/3/07 17/5/07 27/6/07 15/7/07 15/5/07 24/6/07 28/5/07 22/5/07 17/10/07 3/12/07 30/10/07 22/10/07 3/7/07 .. I 7/11/07 29/3/07 15/5/07 18/6/07 3/11/08 .. ; 22/5/07 .. ! 22/2/09 .. ; 2/7/07 .. I 4/2/08 .. ! 3/11/08 .. i 22/7/07 24/7/07 15/10/07 .. ! 15/8/07 19/10/07 22/10/07 18/10/07 14/11/08 31/10/07 27/10/07 27/10/07 20/1/08 24/4/08 1/2/08 23/2/08 23/1/08 .. I 28/2/08 .. I 12/7/08 9/7/08 4/11/08 30/9/08 9/9/08 20/11/08 19/11/08 18/9/08 16/2/09 10/2/09 12/2/09 21/2/09 16/2/09 12/2/09 9/2/09 12/2/09 3/4/09 28/3/09 27/2/09 27/2/09 30/6/08 13/12/08 18/9/08 13/12/08 17/6/08 8/1/09 8/1/09 2/2/09 2/2/09 8/2/09 8/2/09 8/2/09 8/2/09 18/2/09 1/3/09 4/3/09 21/5/09 11/5/09 17/5/09 17/5/09 17/5/09 24/5/09 i 17/5/09 16/4/09 25/7/08 27/4/09 28/3/08 Joined s.s. " Maori" as O.S. „ „ " Hinemoa " as boy. Training completed, returned home at parents' request. Discharged on parents' request. Training completed, returned home at parents' request. Still on " Amokura." » " .J >> Discharged to return home. Still on " Amokura." 24/11/08 7/6/09 Discharged to return home. Joined s.s. " Rimutaka" at Lyttelton. Still on " Amokura." >> »» 25/i/08 Discharged to return home. Still on " Amokura." *> >» J > 1 I __

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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1909.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,221 11 2 £ s. d. 2,221 11 2 Salaries of Head Office Staff iarbours: — Manukau, — Salaries Flagstaff House allowance Extra wages Stores and contingencies Russell, — New office and fittings Stores and contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries New house (on account). . Stores and contingencies .. .. • • Kaipara,— Salaries Removal of logs from river Beacon, Helensville River House allowance Stores, repairs and contingencies Tauranga,— Salary Beacons, Katikati Contribution to salary of Postmaster for performing marine work Stores and contingencies Tongaporutu,— Salary Stores and contingencies Opunake,— Salary Foxton, — Salary Deepening channel Sounding and buoying river, &c. Stores and contingencies 530 0 0 40 0 5 30 0 0 32 2 0 137 11 10 58 6 10 12 1 0 389 0 0 15 15 6 93 17 6 663 0 0 326 6 8 214 6 11 26 0 0 177 9 4 769 14 3 70 7 10 498 13 0 1,407 2 11 31 5 0 30 0 0 18 15 0 40 9 9 120 9 9 17 10 0 9 0 10 26 0 10 25 0 0 210 0 0 32 1 6 162 10 0 71 19 4 476 10 10 Mokau, — Salary Grant towaids cost of snagging 40 0 0 144 8 9 Wairau, — Salary .. .. • • • ■ Removal of snags Contingencies .. .. .. '■ . Pioton, — Salary Office furniture Stores and contingencies Waitapu,— Salary Maintenance of lights Stores and contingencies Colhngwood, — Salary Stores and contingencies .. • • ■ ■ | Karamea, — Salary .. .. • • •• Removing and re-erecting flagstaff .. .. j Removing snags House (final payment) and land Beacons Stores and contingencies .. Okarito, — Salary Deepening Sandy Creek Opening the bar Assistance Repairs Removing shingle-bank at wharf Stores and contingencies Okuru, — Salary Stores and contingencies Little Wanganui,— Signalling vessels in and out Flagstaff Stores and contingencies.. ... .. Waikawa, — Salary Iron buoys .. •■ Salary, storeman and carpenter 12 18 4 11 0 0 5 7 3 184 8 9 53 4 6 24 19 8 41 5 8 29 5 7 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 17 6 119 9 10 50 0 0 27 0 3 75 17 6 100 0 0 45 2 0 36 7 6 35 0 0 21 0 0 35 7 2 77 0 3 272 16 8 100 0 0 30 0 0 28 0 0 23 15 0 22 17 0 20 0 0 9 16 2 234 8 2 50 0 0 20 6 8 70 6 8 16 0 0 14 4 0 4 7 9 34 11 9 10 0 0 19 19 2 196 12 6 Buoy-chain, general stores, and fittings Repairs to buoys and sundries 1 | | 329 7 9 137 2 8 466 10 5 5,185 (i 8

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

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. Lighthouses:— Salaries of keepers Oil .. Stores and contingencies Keepers' travelling-expenses Lighthouse expert Compassionate allowance to widow of late Lightkeeper C. Godfrey £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. 10,021 8 4 1,319 1 5 5,530 9 5 165 12 8 265 0 0 90 0 0 Meteorological Office :— Salaries of staff and Observers Postage and telegrams Instruments and repairs Rent Cleaning offices Fencing enclosure at Auckland Sundries .. .. ,. 17,391 11 10 995 18 5 791 2 0 50 16 9 128 6 8 30 0 0 71 15 6 47 9 4 Mercantile Marine Offices :— Salaries of staff Salaries of Surveyors and Inspectors Cleaning offices Office equipment and rent Subscriptions to telephones Sundries Travelling-expenses .. .. ... 2,115 8 8 2,107 3 0 645 0 0 14 6 11 152 15 10 35 10 0 65 19 11 53 12 9 3,074 8 5 Protection of Fish and Oysters :— Salaries Collection and sale of oysters Casual labour Collection, &c, brown-trout ova* Experimental trawling Grant to Portcbello Fish-hatchery Board Expenses re introduction of sea-fish Introduction of Atlantic salmon Introduction of British Crustacea " Oil launches and boats for fisheries Protective works, Hakataramea Stocking Westland rivers with trout Travelling and other expenses in connection with Fisheries Conf?rence at Washington Travelling-expenses Contingencies 885 7 6 5,491 13 9 12 16 10 253 9 11 51 9 0 250 0 0 222 15 0 473 11 1 6 6 0 728 2 11 17 1 5 50 0 0 178 11 10 82 18 7 17 12 6 Hakataramea Salmon Station— Salaries General working expenses 8,721 16 4 351 10 0 135 13 0 I 487 3 0 9,208 19 4 Less recoveries „. „ 39,197 6 1 633 2 10 Total, Marine and Harbours 38,564 3 3 Government steamers:— Working-expenses, s.s. " Hinemoa " .. Working-expenses, s.s. " Tutanekai " Engine-room repairs, s.s. " Hinemoa " Auxiliary condenser, s.s. " Tutanekai " Expenses, training-ship " Amokura " Repairs, renewals, &c. „ 8,419 8 9 10,534 9 1 1,035 9 1 184 18 11 7,007 12 11 95 10 0 Less contribution from Postal Department for cable work, freights, passages, &c. 27,277 8 9 2,699 17 3 Miscellaneous services:— Administration " Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908," and inquiries into shipping casualties Beacon, Jackson's Head (maintenance) Cartage and freight Charts and books Checking overcrowding of steamers Erection of light, Anglem Point, Stewart Island Extra clerical assistance Fog-signals—Cartridges and maintenance Horse-shoe Bay Wharf and protection Napier—West Shore protective works New Zealand Nautical Almanac Passage to England of Mrs. Mclntyre (widow of engineer, s.s. " Tutanekai ") and children Prosecutions under Shipping, Harbours, and Fisheries Acts 24,577 11 6 621 9 0 62 19 11 67 1 5 252 8 10 357 16 0 81 9 11 71 10 0 346 14 6 250 0 0 250 0 0 284 7 2 50 0 0 140 16 10 * The ova collected is sold to the acclimatisation societies at 5s. per 1,000, and the >roceeds credited to the voi

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

Return showing Total Cost of Maintenance of the New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1909.

* This column shows the actual value of the oil consumed. The amount actually paid for oil purchased during the year was £1,319 Is. sd. (a) Includes £296 17s. 2d. for improvements to landing-place and £38 12s. 2d. for repairs. (b) Includes £6 14s. lOd. for repairs. («) Includes £62 ss. Id. for repairs. (d) Includes £14 lis. 3d. for repairs. (c) Includes £14 7s. 4s. on account of repairs to tramway. (i) Includes £64 16s. 2d. for repairs. (8) Includes £97 16s. 3d. for repairs. (h) Includes £35 for compensation for land taken for road and £5 14s. lid. for repairß. (i) Includes £65 9s. 3d. for provisions and £28 ss. 4d. for flagstaff and erection. (k) Includes £7 os. Id. for repairs. (1) Includes £83 6s. 9d. for repairs. (m; Includes £28 17s. lOd. for repairs. (n) Includes £25 12s. Bd. for repairs. (o) Includes £61 19s. 6d. for repairs. (P) Includes £221 12s. Bd. for repairs and £95 10s. lid. for flagstaff and erection. (r) Includes £179 3s. 4d. for repairs. (s) Includes £70, cost of landing liehtuouse stores. (t) Includes £56 ss. Id. for flagstaff and erection. (v) Includes £119 19s. 2d. for repairs. (v) Includes £7 10s. 4d. for repairs. (w) Includes £81 16s. 2d. for flagstaff and erection and £69 Os, 4d. for repairs. Note.—ln addition to the total shown in the above return, £165 12s. Bd. was paid for keepers' travelling-expenses when being moved from one station to another, £265 for the salary of the lighthouse expert, and £90 for compassionate allowance to widow of a deceased lightkeeper.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. M itisoellaneoua services— continued. Postage and telegrams Printing, &c, ABC Azimuth Tables and Charts Relief of distressed seamen Remission of light dues on colliers to American fleet Rent, &c, connected with examinations Searching for bodies of persons drowned in wreck of scow " Surprise " Survey of unseaworthy ships Telephones Travelling expenses and allowances Sundries 505 8 11 285 8 3 247 0 0 280 2 8 79 7 i0 5 0 0 35 9 8 46 15 9 95 11 1 66 3 4 4,047 19 6 4,483 1 1 435 1 7 Less recoveries • Grand Totals £67,189 14 3

Oil. Stores and Contingencies. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Totals. Gallons consumed. Value.* Cape Maria van Diemen Moko Hinou .. .. • Tiritiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island Napier Bluff Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head .. . n Somes Island Cape Egmont Manukau South Head Manukau South Head leading-lights Manukau North Head leading-lights Kaipara Head Brothers Tory Channel leading-lights Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Jack's Point Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders.. .. \ Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Foulwind Hokitika Kahurangi Point Farewell Spit Nelson French Pass Stephen Island £ s. d. 376 13 4 372 19 11 280 0 0 170 0 0 153 6 8 373 0 0 355 3 3 ..I 370 7 8 20 0 0 266 17 8 290 0 0 161 13 4 179 11 8 283 5 7 .. 110 0 0 274 17 9 438 5 9 100 0 0 242 17 4 270 0 0 286 5 3 170 0 0 268 13 8 289 8 4 287 5 8 388 8 4 267 3 1 ..I 358 14 0 400 2 1 347 5 0 270 0 0 12 0 0 338 18 11 388 15 9 290 0 0 180 0 0 389 8 4 Gals. 950 878 543 90 80 1,241 870 740 Gas 923 504 644 581 736 167 238 590 750 193 551 585 620 444 603 634 651 1,023 622 780 893 934 615 £ s. d. 67 5 10 62 3 10 38 9 3 2 14 1 5 13 4 87 18 1 61 12 6 52 8 4 10 19 6 65 7 7 35 14 0 45 12 4 41 3 1 52 2 8 11 16 7 16 17 2 41 15 10 53 2 6 13 13 5 39 0 7 41 8 9 43 18 4 31 9 0 42 14 3 44 18 2 46 2 3 72 9 3 44 1 2 55 5 0 63 5 1 66 3 2 43 11 3 13 10 0 77 8 5 46 5 1 18 16 10 12 7 11 42 17 1 £ s. d. (")500 7 9 146 5 4 C>)88 17 10 50 8 5 (°)146 3 5 (<>)208 10 4 («)156 14 11 ( f )169 5 9 19 0 88 6 1 . (s)214 16 8 114 15 2 182 6 4 (")120 17 2 8 18 1 44 4 9 135 14 7 (j)165 9 11 12 10 3 ( k )100 3 0 (>)179 4 8 52 7 6 115 6 8 60 4 6 (m)102 19 1 74 9 2 ( n )195 3 10 (°)131 15 2 96 3 10 (P)451 10 1 150 4 4 ( r )270 6 2 0 9 11 ( 8 )214 16 7 (')163 15 8 (»)188 5 3 ( T )21 9 11 ( w )405 12 4 £ s. d. 944 6 11 581 9 1 407 7 1 223 2 6 305 3 5 669 8 5 573 10 8 592 1 9 32 8 6 420 11 4 540 10 8 322 0 10 403 1 1 456 5 5 20 14 8 171 1 11 452 8 2 656 18 2 126 3 8 382 0 11 490 13 5 382 11 1 316 15 8 371 12 5 437 5 7 407 17 1 656 1 5 442 19 5 510 2 10 914 17 3 563 12 6 583 17 5 25 19 11 631 3 11 598 16 6 497 2 1 213 17 10 837 17 9 Gas 1,093 653 266 175 605 Totals .. .. j 10,021 8 4 22,465 1,612 1 6 5,530 9 5 17,163 19 3

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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 Acts, the Merchant Shipping Act, the Harbours Acts, and the Seafisheries Acts, at Ports under the Marine Department, during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

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 Kahurangi Point Jack's Point Cost of telegraph cable to Tiritiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ 8. 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 9,145 18 1 1,204 10 9 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £191,840 12 1 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egm< t Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparai noved from Mana Island, is not included in i i Built by Provincial Government of A mown in Marine Department. ant. bus, which were rethis. Luckland; cost not

Nature of Beceipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen Acts :— Fees for engagement and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms, &c Surveys of steamers and sailing-vessels .. Measurement of ships.. .. •■ Examinations of masters, mates, and engineers Light dues Sundries Merchant Shipping Act Harbours Acts :— Pilotage and port charges Sundry receipts .. Sea-fisheries Acts : — Sale of oysters Sundry receipts £ s. d. 3,515 3 9 2,368 1 0 6 13 0 485 10 0 34,590 17 11 747 14 8 318 6 0 1,770 17 6 731 3 2 6,938 10 6 312 5 11 Total 51,785 3 5

Port. Amount collected. Auckland Onehunga Whangarei Russell Mangonui.. Whangaroa 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. 10,984 10 4 241 13 11 166 4 2 46 15 7 1 5 6 10 0 4 83 16 4 152 1 11 78 17 2 17 4 7 37 17 5 808 1 3 920 15 5 275 2 4 97 16 4 188 16 8 17 12 11 9,168 11 0 22 11 10 695 12 1 437 13 3 800 6 11 413 7 5 3 4 5 2,914 12 7 461 2 9 239 1 6 2,089 3 0 3,217 13 8 Grand total Less refunds £34,591 12 7 0 14 8 Net total .. £34,590 17 11

Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* . Onehunga . Hokianga Kaipara Thames* Gisborne* Wairoa* Napier* N-Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* .. Patea* Fon Wellington*. . £ s. d. 1,384 18 11 19 14 0 40 12 5 28 14 8 51 5 8 153 7 6 243 4 0 1,079 9 0 127 14 6 140 3 0 630 2 6 76 6 10 196 15 '9 402 2 0 j 45 8 11 { 190 9 7 2,719 4 8 462 1 4 £ s. d. 10,326 16 2 315 7 7 22 14 9 942 9 8 55 9 0 5,167 13 0 11 18 9 6,997 6 10 232 0 0 193 13 10 116 2 7 15 16 0 £ s. d. 11,711 15 1 335 1 7 63 7 2 971 4 4 106 14 8 5,321 0 6 255 2 9 8,076 15 10 359 14 6 333 16 10 746 5 1 92 2 10 196 15 9 15,527 13 3 Wairau* Nelson* Westport* Hokitika* t • Lyttelton* .. Karamea Kaiapoi Timaru* Oamaru* t • - Dunedin* Bluff and | Invercargill*) 15,12511 3 276 18 9 1,913 2 6 29 12 6 8,139 1 5 235 18 6 2,996 3 5 2,375 3 10 29 12 6 19,564 4 0 155 19 9 3 0 0 6,857 3 7 2,551 6 4 18,347 8 5 11,425 2 7 155 19 9 3 0 0 2,194 14 9 13,059 8 11 4,662 8 10 2,551 6 4 5,287 19 6 2,752 18 10 I 5,004 11 7 7,757 10 5 Totals .. 39,834 12 H 65,136 8 1 104,971 0 11 * Harbour Board revenue. tTom uge dues.

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Return of Estates of Deceased Seamen received and administered in pursuance of the Provisions of " The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Name of Seaman. Balance to Credit of the Estate on 31st March, 1908. Amount received. Amount paid. _ Balance to Credit of the Estate on 31st March 1909. £ a. d. 0 3 4 3 0 0 S s. d. 1 16 6 1 6 8 11 0 0 5 16 9 1 3 7 16 6 8 23 0 0 26 2 8 10 3 7 10 11 0 11 2 2 11 12 0 11 12 0 11 12 0 10 10 1 11 12 0 12 12 8 7 14 8 6 6 8 6 9 0 6 9 0 21 13 8 18 11 0 2 18 6 6 6 0 5 4 0 4 8 0 4 0 6 3 12 6 3 12 6 3 12 6 3 12 6 9 4 0 5 12 0 4 19 6 3 17 6 3 15 6 3 17 6 2 5 6 3 16 4 16 0 2 7 6 2 7 6 2 3 6 1 15 6 2 10 2 1 10 2 1 10 2 1 10 2 15 6 2 0 12 6 £ b. d. 0 3 4 3 0 0 •• 11 0 0 13 7 5 4 0 4 8 0 4 0 6 0 14 2 5 12 0 42 16 9 4 0 8 0 3 0 7 12 0 9 4 4 6 15 0 5 11 0 4 16 0 3 4 0 3 4 0 2 "i 1 16 2 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 5 14 0 3 14 8 £ s d. Edwarda, D. Maodonald, L. .. Sparnon, Sydney Smith, Frederiok Gilroy, John Kennedy, Duncan Sullivan, T. L. Court, J. Matheson, J. MeCoffet, J. Miller, J. Waddington, 0. .. Brierly, O. Blanche, J. Jones, J. Grey, T. Sornson, C. McKay, J. Baath, C. Bawett, E. Young, A. MoVicar, J. Harrison, F. Reid, K. Cooper, H. Owens, Walter .. Molntyre, A. M... Drisooll, F. J. .. Loosemore, G. Hayes, T. Henderson, W. .. Woodford, T. Stanley, Thos. D. Gale, E. Westacott, W. .. Urquhart, R. Rentoul, W. Gaffra, G. Rafierty, John .. Hamilton, S. Malmsberg, E. .. Pairburn, C. Ward, J. Connie, A. Barnes, G. Alexander, C. Claydon, J. Crook, E. Jacobs, Mrs. A. .. Wyatt, Thomas .. Olsen, T. Daniel, E. Lemon, T. Rasmussen, W. .. Nelson, E. Hope, Mrs. A. Hall, E. William J. McGuire, H. Cook, G. Hughes, Alfred .. Jannson, F. Mclntosh, John .. Dawson, J. Loftus, H. Iverson, J. Anderson, G. Hansen, W. Gainford, W. Oliver, G. Weeks, J. Urquhart, J. 0 14 2 1 16 6 1 6 8 5 16 9 16 6 8 23 0 0 26 2 8 10 3 7 10 11 0 11 2 .2 11 12 0 11 12 0 11 12 0 10 10 1 11 12 0 12 12 8 7 14 8 6 6 8 6 9 0 6 9 0 21 13 8 18 11 0 2 18 6 6 6 0 3 12 6 3 12 6 3 12 6 3 12 6 9 4 0 4 19 6 3 17 6 42 16 9 4 0 8 3 15 6 3 17 6 2 5 6 3 16 4 16 0 2 7 6 2 7 6 2 3 6 0 3 0 7 12 0 9 4 4 6 15 0 5 11 0 4 16 0 1 15 6 2 10 2 1 10 2 1 10 2 1 10 2 15 6 2 3 4 0 3 4 0 2 13 8 2 4 1 16 2 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 4 16 0 5 14 0 3 14 8 3 6 2 Totals 126 0 10 365 13 8 154 15 3 336 19 3

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Return showing Amounts received prior to 1st April, 1908, standing to Credit of Estates of Deceased Seamen and for which Claims have not been proved.

Return showing Amounts paid to Disabled Seamen under Section 119 of "The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," for the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Peroival Fulda, late steward, " Hawea " E. Quimar, late A.B., " Sir Henry " Anton Callas, late A.B., " Sir Henry " E. J. Harper, late diver, " Huia " .. Henri Payne, late A.B., " Kini " Gustave Henry, late A.B., " Waikonini " James Brown, late fireman, " Hinemoa " Hugh Trimble, late cook, " Frank Guy " Nelson O. Stred, late A.B., " Helen Denny " T. Clark, late A.B., " Flora " Erick A. Osterlund, late A.B., " Gannymede " William Wood, late trimmer, " Arahura " E. Kelly, late O.S., " Surprise " K. Johansen, late A.B., "Surprise" M. Peterson, late first mate, "Constance Craig " J. Nelson, late sailmaker, " Constance Craig " A. Mailer, late of " Constance Craig " R. Hansen, late of " Constance Craig " T. Brown, late of " Constance Craig " M. Keogh, late of " Constance Craig" B. Stein, late of " Constance Craig " Thomas Christiansen, late A.B., " Haere " .. August Ferguson, late cook, " Toroa " — Neilson, late A.B., " Toroa" — Larsen, late A.B., " Toroa " — Hansen, late A.B., " Toroa " £ s. d. 2 8 5 1 14 2 2 7 6 0 0 4 68 14 9 3 7 6 9 8 10 6 15 3 0 11 3 10 0 16 1 6 4 6 11 1 11 6 1 16 2 7 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 10 0 0 2 10 2 10 0 2 15 0 2 15 0 2 15 0 £ s. d. Thomas Devine, late A.B., "Hoanga" .. 3 3 6 H. S. Molvig, late chief officer, " Countess of Ranfurly" .. .. .. .. 11 6 5 Fred Berger, late fireman, " Awaroa " .. 4 15 11 M. Peterson, late of " Ronga " .. .. 0 10 0 E. Olsen, late of " Ronga " .. .. 0 8 0 J. Johnston, late of " Ronga" .. .. 0 8 0 J. McAlister, late A.B., " Hoanga " .. .. 2 15 0 F. McNeil, late A.B., "Hoanga" .. .. 2 15 0 (Name not known), late cook, " Hoanga " .. 2 7 8 Pierre Johann, late A.B., " La Bella " .. 8 5 5 J. McPherson, late of " Ronga " .. .. 0 8 0 Kristopher Hansen, late of " Southern Isle " 0 15 11 Alfred Tronson, late mate, " Rangi" .. 4 17 4 John Beer, late of launch " Akitio " .. 18 0 9 Thomas Thomas, late A.B..schooner " Medora" 3 5 6 A. Sorrenson, late A.B., " Haeremai " .. 2 12 0 J. Wallen, late A.B., " Haeremai " .. .. 3 13 8 E. Hargreaves, late mate, " Aotea" .. 0 19 0 David Davies, late cook, " Aotea" .. .. 1 4 10 A. Bagley, late engineer, " Aotea " .. .. 5 11 0 O. Blanquist, late A.B.," Aotea" .. .. 1 18 2 Rosso Concetto, late A.B.," Aotea " .. 16 2 N. Tan3ley, late O.S., "Aotea" .. .. 116 A. Jorgensen, late A.B., " Whangaroa " .. 2 10 0 Charles Roberts, late O.S., " Morning Light " 3 4 11

Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Adlard, G. Anderson, C. Anderson, D. Warrimoo, s.s. Pendie Hid, ship .. Kini, s.s. Fever and ague Rupture Killed by falling into hold £ s. d. 16 8 6 19 12 6 3 16 8 £11, funeral expenses, paid by Union S.S. Co. 9 1 10 3 8 4 Passage to Home ■ port. Anderson, J. Anderson, R. Arahura, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Pleurisy Injured shoulder Andrews, A. Archer, T. Bailey, J. Bakkers, T. Bergner, R. Bertanes, N. A,, Bolger, A. Boylan, P. Breslin, J. Buchan, J. Campbell, B. Campbell, C. Campbell, J. Carlstade, B. Waipori, s.s. Pukaki, s.s. Maori, s.s. Indravelli, s.s. Kazembe, s.s. Komata, s.s. Zingara, s.s. Pareora, s.s. Maori, s.s. Mangapapa, s.s. Poherua, s.s. Waikare, s.s. Moana, s.s. Kaituna, s.s. Effects of fall .. Piles Effects of fall .. Pleurisy Fever and cold Injured finger „ elbow Crushed finger Broken rib Injured foot Broken rib Cold in kidneys Iritis Fingers jammed (permanently injured) 4 11 2 24 4 0 37 5 0 1 10 0 10 10 0 27 3 9 32 5 4 6 15 8 10 10 7 6 1 0 16 10 0 10 4 0 15 1 0 16 5 8 Settled by action under Workers' Compensation Act. Carroll, F. Coneboy, J. Cook, F. Cooper, J. Cotter, J. Culling, T. Dacey, J. Daly, J. Davies, T. Mararoa, s.s. Kanieri, s.s. Maheno, s.s. Waitemata, s.s. Senorita, schooner.. May Howard, schoonerNorfolk, s.s. Hauroto, s.s. Kumara, s.s. Poisoned leg Injured shoulder Poisoned hand Injured knee Broken leg Injured finger Eye trouble Swelling in right side Stomach trouble 7 5 4 4 0 2 11 0 0 28 10 8 27 0 0 9 6 9 4 17 6 22 16 0 11 4 0 Davis, C. Dawe, J. Deary, E. Dines, G. Doddrill, W. Donovan, J. Donovan, R. Downey, J. Poherua, s.s. Wimmera, s.s. Wairuna, s.s. Poherua, s.s. Indravelli, s.s. Welcome, scow Oreti, s.s. Kia Ora, s.s. Injured finger Swollen hand Ricked back Injured shoulder Epilepsy Broken wrist And passage to England. 11 3 10 13 11 8 14 10 10 7 8 0 1 15 0 18 15 0 16 6 1 7 4 0 And passage to London. 21 9 8 7 8 4 „ arm Insanity Duncan, A. Elliott, G. Monowai, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Crushed hand Strained back .,

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Xajnii of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages Maintenance, <fcc. Erskine, A. Evans, H. Everson, F. Fairburn, C. Fairburn, G. C. . . Farrell, W. Findlow, A. Fisher, A. Fixter, H. Fleming, R. Forsyth, T. Furlong, F. Gaul, P. Geige, H. C. Gill, A. .. Girgey, J. Glover, W. Graham, J. Grant, D. Guzzwell, J. Hill, R. Hall, T. Halvrise, H. Hansen, A. Hardy, E. Harris, F. Harris, W. Harvey, G. Hassell, A. Healey, J. Henderson, L. Hendry, F. Hendry, G. Hill, M. Hind, L. H. Hudson, S. Hughes, J. Hurley, E. Irwin, J. Jacobs, L. Jenkins, W. Johnson, 0. Jorgenscn, H. Kennedy, J. Kidd, H. Krug, F. Lamont, D. Lane, Ellen Langton, H. Lavelle, R. Leers, W. Liftwiik, R. Lindahl, A. Linnen, J. Linton, C. Lovelock, E. Lush, D. Macdonald, D. Macdonald, K. Macey, J. Madsen, A. Mansfield, T. E. . . Maheno, s.s. Mahurangi, s.s. Fanny, s.s. Maori, s.s. Maheno, s.s. Manuka, s.s. Moa, s.s. Tokomaru Maitai, s.s. Monowai, s.s. Mararoa, s.s. Navua, s.s. Kittawa, s.s. Storm, s.s. Wanaka, s.s. Rotomahana, s.s. .. Marama, s.s. Hauroto, s.s. Waipori, s.s. Clansman, s.s. Waikare, s.s. Endeavour, s.s. Apanui, s.s. Rona, s.s. Huia, s.s. Waratah, s.s. Daphne, s.s. Mangapapa, s.s. Delphic, s.s. Penguin, s.s. Canopus, s.s. Koi, s.s. Tay, cutter Ulimaroa, s.s. Lizzie Taylor, schooner Waimate, s.s. Ionic, s.s. Rarawa, s.s. .. I Moncwai, s.s. Hauroto, s.«. Navua, s.s. Mana, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Rarawa, s.s. Sivah, barque Moeraki, s.s. Ngatiawa, s.s. Wakatere, s.s. Waitemata, s.s. Kereru, scow Waihora, s.s. Queen of the South, s.s. Maori, s.s. .. j Opawa, s.s. .. j Maoii, s.s. .. j Manapouri, s.s. Surrey, s.s. Pateena, s.s. Wootton, s.s. Matatua Scarlet fever Injured elbow „ shoulder Burnt arm and chest Injured head ,, ribs Scalp-wound Fever Burnt arm Dislocated shoulder Injured hand ,, ankle Bruised back Dislocated ankle Loss of finger Phthisis Injured knee Effects of island fever Injured finger Dislocated arm Injured finger .. ,, knee ,, hand Injured foot Rheumatism Inflammation in head Blood-poisoning.. Injured hand Cancer Strained abdomen Ear trouble Blood-poisoning.. Injured arm Poisoned finger Poisoned hand Insanity Abscess Severe cold Poisoned hand Island fever Poisoned hand Injured arm ,, head Sprained ankle Insanity Rheumatic fever Severe cold Injured leg Strained back Crushed finger Injured hand ,, finger Rupture Sprained ankle Injured eye Crushed finger Sprained ankle Phthisis Internal injuries Inj ured leg Concussion of brain £ s. d. 12 19 0 9 14 6 8 3 0 18 17 I) 3 6 5 14 4 0 7 17 6 (i 15 0 15 4 0 9 11 2 20 8 10 6 15 0 22 7 0 15 3 8 7 16 0 39 2 (i 28 5 0 20 1 4 14 (i 0 20 11 0 8 2 0 10 15 0 11 10 0 13 0 0 23 5 0 25 11 0 10 II 8 7 9 0 24 13 10 14 8 0 Died in hospital. 10 12 8 19 6 8 8 18 4 9 19 8 19 I Ii 4 18 4 4 4 4 13 10 0 4 16 8 23 10 6 25 10 8 14 14 0 36 4 11 12 10 10 9 4 6 26 17 8 6 5 9 9 112 10 18 10 35 4 0 8 14 6 6 2 4 118 8 4 9 5 44 13 8 9 14 0 8 12 9 14 3 8 10 14 6 19 19 6 117 4 3 3 0 Marsh, G. Matheson, F. Mathias, G. F. Matthews, H. Miller, W. Missat, E. Monk, H. Monk, H. W. Moore, D. Murdoch, W. Murphy, J. Murphy, T. McCallum, J. McDavitt, J. McDermott, R. .. McDonald, W. .. McGaw, R. Westralia, s.s. Rotomahana, s.s. . . .. | Waikare, s.s. .. ; Invertay, s.s. Fbra, s.s. .. i Pateena, s.s. .. ! Monowai, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Invercargill, s.s. Maitai, s.s. Victoria, s.s. ■ Taviuni, s.s. Maori, s.s. .. ! Pelican, s.s. .. ! Claymore, s.s. Komata, s.s. .. I Ngapuhi, s.s. Bladdei trouble Sprained ankle Strained back Varicose veins Injured hand Poisoned hand Rheumatism Injured hand And passage to Wellington. 8 18 0 8 9 1 8 10 0 17 0 0 9 17 4 8 2 8 6 9 0 2 19 0 3 6 0 5 6 7 15 8 4 11 3 10 13 11 9 I 12 3 4 17 0 6 10 8 7 5 6 Broken ribs and injured knee Strained knee Scalded arm Injured finger .. ,, hand ('ut hand Severe swelling in neck .. Injured hand

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Return showing Amounts paid to Disabled Seamen—continued.

Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Mcdrath, G. McGunk, .1. Mr I ndo-, E. Mcllroy, C. Mclver, 8. MoKinnon, G. McKinnon, J. McLean, P. .. MeLennan, D. MeLennan, J. McLeod, D. McLeod, H. Mcleod, J. McLeod, P. McLeod, R. McLeod, R. McMahon, H. McManus, F. McPherson, C. McPherson, D. McRae, A. McTighe, J. Nelson, H. Nelson, P. Neville, G. Morris, W. Norwood, W. O'Kane, J. Oliver, W. Olsen, J. E. Olsen, N. Orr, J. .. Owens, F. Owens, T. Parker, .1. Partridge, P. Patience, D. Parfiing, J. Payne, William .. Peake, T. Perkins, W. B. .. Perry, William Tofua, s.s. Kamona, s.s. Orewa, s.s. Rakaia, s.s. Clansman, s.s. Moeraki, s.s. Queen of the South, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Ngapuhi, s.s. Maheno, s.s. Monowai, s.s. . . I Mangapapa, s.s. Navua, s.s. .. | Rosamond, s.s. Talune, s.s. Kotuku, s.s. Hauroto, s.s. Waratah, s.s. Kotare, s.s. Penguin, s.s. Petone, s.s. Kanieri, s.s. Herald, scow Maori, s.s. Hauroto, s.s. Mokoia, s.s. Wanaka, s.s. Mangapapa, s.s. Tasman, s.s. Waimate, s.s. Mararoa, s.s. Moeraki, s.s. Petone, s.s. Wakatu, s.s. Kotuku, s.s. Ngapuhi, s.s. Takapuna, s.s. Aotea, s.s. Waikare, s.s. .. ; Wootton, s.s. Delphic, s.s. Rippingham Grange, s.s. Injured knee Broken finger Injured head Internal trouble Severe cold Fractured skull Strained arm ... Injured wrist (Kit hand Sprained wrist Measles Pleurisy ... Injured hand .. ; Gasti itis Inflamed eye Injured hand Inflammation in groin Effects of fall Injured foot „ leg Stomach trouble Injured knee ,, arm Broken rib Injured head Poisoned thumb Injured arm Burns .. .. Injured hand Crushed foot Injured finger Abdominal pains Injured leg Quinsy Pneumonia Pleurisy .. • Burnt foot .. Blood-poisoning Injured hand ... ,, head and arm Stomach trouble Concussion of brain Inflammation of groin Injured elbow Broken rib Cut hand Injured leg Lung trouble Inflammation of eye Injured elbow .. ,, leg and shoulder .. „ leg .. Blood-poisoning.. Rupture .. ... Injured head Ulcer .. Injured hip Poisoned hand Strained back Stomach trouble Broken thumb Injured knee ,, nose .. ('olic Sarcoma of shoulder Bruised body Rheumatism Appendicitis ., Excema ... Crushed hand Poisoned hand ... t S. 11. I 12 6 21 0 3 1 12 0 10 4 0 10 7 0 6 16 4 9 9 4 9 19 8 0 18 10 3 10 12 14 (i 12 18 4 8 .2 8 13 . 2 10 7 15 0 18 18 8 14 17 6 27 5 0 12.13 4 19 1 0 11 2 (i 37 7 8 8 15 6 15 18 9 9 9 6 19 3 4 7 14 4 7 16 4 9 16 8 25 17 7 7 IS 0 9 9 0 9 1 2 (i 10 Q 15 18 10 3 .5 4 14 1 6 13 6 8 27 6 0 16.88 12 4 0 3 1 6 And passage to port of engagement . 18 10 0 12 15 0 12 12 7 3 .6 8 37 5 0 20 14 11 9 0 o And passage to Sydney. 12. 12 0 7, 14 0 16 18 4 28 1 10 21 7 8 5 13 2 4 14 I) 6 11 3 .17 15 0 And passage to Samoa. 8 17 6 50 0 0 14 18 3 (13 0 14 18 4 7.20 8 16 4 10 10 8 4,46 And passage to Dunedin. 14 4 0 And passage Home. II) Hi 0 .12 il O 11 14 2 Petersen, H. Pope, T. Prescott, A. Price, W. H. Quinn, P. Raddings, T. Ramsay, A. Northern Chief, s.s. Jane Douglas, s.s. Waikare, s.s. Kamona, s.s. Arahura, s.s. Falcon, s.s. .. [ Monowai, s.s. Reid, C. Renton, W. Rice, C. Rice, C. Robson, J. Rodgeis, H. Rumble, W. Ryan, P. Sango (Samoan) .. Navua, s.s. Maori, s.s. Rakanoa, s.s. Wanaka, s.s. Navua, s.s. Aupouri, s.s. Selwyn Craig, s.s. .. Moeraki, s.s. Samoa, schooner .. Seville, G. Shattock, G. Shear, J. Sherblad, M. Sievertsen, T. Smith, B. A. Snaith, J. Snellgrove, H. Snowden, .1. .. | Manuka, s.s. Rippingham Grange, s.s. Penguin, s.s. Wakatere, s.s. Inga, s.s. Maitai, s.s. Wairuna, s.s. Penguin, s.s. Corinna, s.s. Stephenson, F. H. Ruapehu, s.s. Stevens, H. Stewart, A. Stewart, 3. Arahura, s.s. Wanaka, s.s. Whangape, s.s.

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Return showing Amounts paid to Disabled Seamen — continued.

Return of Certificates of Exemption from Examination as Third-class Engineer issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Return of Licenses as Colonial Pilots issued in pursuance of Section 190 of "The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages Maintenance, &c. Stilston, E. Stobie, W. Stone, P. Stuart, C. Sturrock, D. H. Sullivan, W. Sullivan, T. Symons, W. Takabury, F. Taunt, C. Tergi Lieni Thompson, J. Thorp, Townsend, —. Turksma, E. Urquhart, W. Vidal, E. Ward, W. Ware, (.'. Ware, (A. Warren, H. E. Washington, R. . . Watson, G. Watson, J. Webb, W. White, G. Wild, R. St. Ivilda, s.s. Talune, s.s. Tomoana, s.s. Kotare, s.s. Gael, s.s. Warrimoo, s.s. Ngapuhi, s.s. Rotomahana, s.s. .. .Kanieri, s.s. Kaiapoi, s.s. Three Cheers, ketch Rakanoa, s.s. Waipori, s.s. Ziugara, s.s. Oreti, s.s. Wakatu, s.s. Tongariro, s.s. Tomoana, s.s. Mararca, s.s. Broken leg and wrist Cut leg Injured hand leg Loss of foot Rheumatism Pneumonia Cut shin .... Severe cold in kidneys Pneumonia Injured hand Fell from upper deck t:> wharf Broken wrist Pleurisy .. Gored by a bullock Strained back Appendicitis Bronchitis Kidney trouble Blight's disease Injured leg Scalded leg Injured leg Pleurisy Injured thumb .. „ hand Broken arm £ s. d. 19 1 0 JO 14 2 (i 10 0 4 16 4 49 10 8 9 15 0 Iβ 0 3 13 18 4 35 18 5 116 8 8 15 6 17 1 10 32 2 0 6 15 4 27 8 8 9 4 10 Ki 10 0 6 3 0 8 7 6 40 0 0 10 16 0 5 18 0 8 (i 0 18 0 0 5 15 4 14 17 0 11 14 8 And passage to London, £17. 7 16 3 9 18 0 13 14 0 5 4 4 4 7 6 ,, • • Maheno, s.s. Moeraki, s.s. Atheuic, s.s. Tramp, scow Curlew, scow Pharos, ship Williams, A. Williams, A. Wilson, G. Win'berg, A. Woods, E. Pukaki, s.s. Talune, s.s. Pateena, s.s. Mana, s.s. Sildra (Norwegian) „ rib Acute rheumatism Gastritis .. Influenza Quinsy Woods, J. W. Zawado, A. . . Kaitangata, s.s. Marjoiie Craig, barque Sprained ankle Sciatica And passage to Sydney, £4. 13 2 0 10 0 0 Total .. £2,986 9 11

Date of Isi Date of Issue. ssue. Name. Date of Issue. Name. Name. July 21, Aug. 21, Sept. 10, 1908 George Pellew Anderson. Stanley Bailey Watson. „ | Walter Hugh Moore. Dec. 22, 1908 John Ernest Lelliott Cull. Jan. 18, 1909 Robert John McKay.

i Lufens'e. ' Date of Is8ue ' I Name of Licensee. Port of Residence. i Date of Expiry ol License. 36 14 Aug.. 1908 37 8 April, 38 5 Aug., .40 23 Feb.. 1909 41 18 Dec, 1908 42 26 Jan., 1909 Hugh Paterson John Grant Edward Wheeler Charles McArthur.. Thomas Fernandez George Napier Lindsay Dunedin Onehunga Wellington Gisborne Dunedin .. 11 Aug., 1909. 3 April, .. 12 Aug., .. 18 Feb., 1910. .. 18 Dec, 1909. .. 26 Jan., 1910.

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Return of Licensed Adjusters of Compasses in New Zealand.

Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Date of Issue. Name of Licensee. Address. 9 April, 1896 15 „ 5 May, 11 Dec, 27 April, 1897 27 May, 27 July, 1 Sept., 18 Aug., 1898 26 April, 1899 26 June, 1900 27 July, 27 Nov., 27 March, 1903 19 Oct., 1 Nov., 1906 6 Feb., 1907 22 „ 1909 Frederick Macbeth Robert Strang George Qrquhart Thomson William Bendall Frederick William Cox Thomas Fernandez Robert Hatchwell Arthur G. Gifford Herbert John Richardson Robert Heddelston Neville Charles Frederick Sundstrum John Adamson Thomas Basire George Samuel Hooper John MoLennon McKenzie Frederick Pryce Evans David Todd Norman Macdonald ■'.. Dunedin. . . j Wellington. .. J Nelson. .. Auckland. .. Lyttelton. . . Wellington. .. Dunedin. .. Auckland. Port Chalmers. .. j Wellington. .. Dunedin. '.. Bluff.

Name of Person. Eank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. William Bernard Robertson Thomas Webb Alexander Reginald Pryde Archie Howard Brookes George Andrew Drummond James Plowman Bert Burk Hereward Wilfred Doucette Bold .. Walter Scott John Perceval Shipton John Richard Clarke Wilfred Charters George Percy Evans William James Cowling .. Walter Thomas Manson Alexander Walter Ivon Morrison Barr Huntley Dryden Edmund Christian Slade Richardson William Knowles Thomas Walter Spence John King Davis John Bruce Alexander Coe-Smith Gerald Oliphant Morrison George MacLeod John Sinclair Stuart Henry Claydon Thomas Bartlett Sewell Alfred Herbert Woodnutt Thomas James Skye Albert George Barnett Gustav Herman Peterson Mark D'Arcy John Anthony Martin William McKinnon Frederick John Gaulton Edward Carlyon Vellenoweth Eric John Macfarlane Appleyard .. Bernard Charles Lovett Alfred Reed Richard Thomas Crowe Frank James Driscoll Andrew Risk Stewart Henry Martin Henry Edgar Rutter Alexander Smith David Robertson Murdoch Kenneth MoGregor Edward John Grey Richard Garsdale Holmes Alexander MacRae Percy Matthew Davison Poole William Whiteford Andrew Joseph Lockie Thomas Henry Ellis Lane George Haynes Wilson Master Second mate, steam Master, steam Second mate Master .. .-. Second mate, steam Second mate First mate Second mate Master „ steam Master Extra master 1st mate F. & A. First mate Master First mate Master First mate Master First mate Foreign trade 1 April, 1908 .. 9 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 16 „ 24 „ „ .. 20 May, 20 „ ., .. 28 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 10 June, 17 18 „ „ .. 26 „ „ .. Uuly, „ .. 3 „ , .: 3 „ „ ,. 11 „ „ .. 16 „ „ .. 17 13 Aug., „ .. 26 27 . „ .-. 17 Sept., 18 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 , „ .. lOct., „ .. 7 „ „ .. 8 „ , '.. 8 „ , .-. 17 17 „ ., .. 29 „ „ .. 5 Nov., 5 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 20 2 Dec, „ .. 10 , „ .. 11 , „ .. 14 „ „ .. 17 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 24 30 „ „ .. 13 Jan., 1909 .. 27 „ „ .. 6 Feb., „ .. 25 „ „ .. 25 „ „ .. 12 March, „ 18 „ , .. 29 „ , .. 984 1059 931 1060 1061 1062 1063 934 916 1064 1065 1066 993 1067 1068 1069 1070 943 1071 983 1072 1073 1017 1019 1074 1075 998 1021 992 1025 1013 1076 966 1077 1078 1079 1080 1030 1081 963 1031 1082 1083 999 1084 1040 1085 1086 1004 1087 978 1088 1089 979 953 1090 1091 First mate, steam Master, steam Second mate, steam Second mate First mate, steam .. First mate Master First mate Second mate Master First mate, steam .. First mate Master First mate Master First mate Master First mate, steam .. Master First mate

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Name of Person. Bank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. 4 April, 1908 .. 5616 10 „ „ .. 5617 24 „ , ... 5527 15 June, „ .. | 5618 25 , . ..' 5619 1 July, „ .. | 5620 1 „ „ .. 5444 11 „ „ ..' 5553 16 „ „ .. 5535 16 I 5579 16 , „ .. j 5588 30 „ „ .. 5569 3 Aug., „ .. 5577 12 „ „ .. 5621 13 „ „ .. 5582 19 „ „ .. 5622 26 „ „ .. 5623 27 5624 27 „ „ .. 5625 10 Sept., „ .. 5026 17 5549 17 . „ , . 5627 17 „ ... 5628 15 Oct., „ .. 5629 15 „ „ .. 5630 23 „ . .. 5631 29 „ „ .. 5632 31 i 5584 5 Nov . 5543 5 „ „ .. 5633 5 . „ .. 5589 12 „ , ... 5536 19 „ „ .. 5634 19 . „ . . 5635 25 „ „ .. 5564 9 Dec, „ .. 5636 11 . „ .. i 5637 11 . „ .. 5638 16 „ „ .. 5639 24 „ , ... 5640 24 „ „ .. 5641 30 „ „ .. 5642 30 , „ .. ! 5593 27 Jan., 1909 .. 5643 IT) Feb., „ .. 5603 20 . „ .. 5644 25 . , .. 5645 10 March, „ .. 5609 12 . ».,.., 5646 12 „ „ .. 5647 12 „ „ .. | 5552 15 „ , .. 5533 9 April. 1908 .. ■ 3505 16 . „ .. | 3506 24 3507 7 May j 3508 20 „ „ .. j 3509 26 „ . .. 3510 30 June, „ .'. 3511 11 July, „ .. 3512 16 „ „ .. 3513 30 „ „ .. 3514 12 Aug., „ .. 3515 27 „ . .. 3516 10 Sept., „ .. 3517 15 Oct., „ .. 3518 15 „ „ .. 3519 23 „ „ .. 3520 19 Nov., „ .. 3521 24 Dec, „ .. 3522 18 Feb., 190'J .. 3523 27 March, „ .. 3524 27 „ „ .. 3525 1 April, 1908 .. 16 Robert Lendric Sproule Donald McLeay Bertram Moore Carpenter Frederick Gartner Archibald Christopher Ingram Thomas Walter Spence John Freeman Thomas Couper Lewin Kingaon Oliver Frederick Mclntyre William Earl Anton Johan Holm Harry Joseph Treurn William Lyell Leers Thomas Matheson Jackson Carl Sevrin Larsen William Gustav Deily Frederick Green Shirley Thomas St. Helliers Eaddy William Henry Sawyers William Mcintosh Rutherford Dodds Joseph Harris George Bell Thomson Charles Dahl Ivan Vasta Henry Arnold Johnson Thomas Henderson Arthur Percy Gibson Emil-lohanssen .. Algernon J ohn Howe Francis George Wilkinson Gordon Archibald Grey Edward Strom William John Grigg John Patrick Hume Swenney Hakansson George Henry King Harold Walter Parker John Vaughan Ruthe Harold England Schmidt John McQueen Robert Henry Ainsworth Francis Bateman Wells Charles Henry Gibson John Jonathan Elven George William Heatley Peter Petersen .. .. • Francis Edward Roff Alfred James Henry Hans Johansen George Harry White Anders Godfrey Nordlinger Victor Emanuel Johansen George Herbert Vause Kiyohei Tsukigawa John Osborne Ewing Samuel Duncan Gilray Mervyn Kenny Alexander Ferguson William Turner James Christian Eli Heilesou Archibald MoCallum Kenneth McDonald William James Mason John Patrick Hume James Robb Joseph Higgerson Emtage Andrew Hampton Russell Leonard Kenneth Harnett Frederick Morgan Charles Leopold Rogers James Gifford Tait William Ralph Howell Mate .. .. Home trade Master Mate .: Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master .. .. „ .. River steamer .. Fishing-boat orcargovessel under 25 tons register .. Ditto Harold Constance Joseph Higgerson Emtage Peroy Robert McGill George Henry King Kenneth Robert Murray-McGregor 6 June, „ .. 17 5 Nov., „ 18 5 „ „ .. 19 2 Dec, „ .. 20 17 July i 23 .. Fishing-boat under 5 tons 3rd-class engineer .. Foreign trade William Malcolm Foot Albert James Kelman Andrew Charles Gordon Smaill 6 April, „ .. 1058 10 „ ... 1059 10 . „ .. 1060

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Name of Person. Bank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Edgar Vallance Meikle Arthur Selwyn Crosbie Dudley Vaughan Hood James Allan Knowles Alexander Lang Robert Henry Whitfield .. Douglas Addington McGilp Robert Gilmour Slade Charles Albert Kunst Arthur Bruce Charles Stanley Wilks Franois Howard Lorking .. John Owen Stanley Joseph Jenkinson Robert Bramwell Horsley John Bruce Eric Hutchinson Harold Crewe Laird Andrew John Mouat Henry Allen George Albert Ritson Alfred Peter Hawkins Montague Charles Alexander William George Thomson Vincent Henry Fama Thomas Goodall Martin Atridge Scott Alexander MoKenzie Henry Joseph Kelly Francis James Ramsden .. Sidney James Scott Ernest Richard Taylor Eric Robert Booth Stuart Pullan Bernard Louis Arrowsmith Nicol James Webster Daniel MoAlpine CharleB Mayes Graham .. William Herbert Cockburu Francis Percival Hewitt .. William Webb Luke William Mowatt William Reid Douglas Frank Naismith James Henry Fuller William Young Stephen Collier William Patrick Whyte .. Paul Cuthberc Graham .. Ernest James Seymour .. George Gordon Smith Charles James Muir Fredeiick John Newton .. Harold Eugene Melhop .. Frances Thomson William Elliot Gordon Alexander Campbell Alfred Robert Millar Samuel Smith George Harland Arthur Edmensen William Leonard Dodd .. Hector Harry Robson Watben Wallis Houghton Franois John Petchell Charles Arthur Elvines .. David Henry Ronton William Hutson John Ellis Dugdale Charles Herbert John Holley William Peterson Pat Leonard Johnston Foster Laurence Keelan McMurrich Angus John McDiarmid .. Ashleigh Bruce Fitchett .. George Esther McNaught.. Murdoch Maodonald Oscar Camille Miiller David William Bennie Joseph Frank McPherson Edward Lewis Morgan James Matthews Charles Edward Hampton Cecil Willie Croll John Patriok Logan 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-olass engineer .. lst-class engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. lst-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 1st class engineer . 3rd-class engineer .. lst-olass engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. lst-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. Foreign trade 10 April, 1908 .. 10 „ „ .. 9 May, 9 . 14 14 . „ .. 14 14 ,, . .. 14 . „ .. 14 14 14 » „ .. 14 • 14 » •■„■.. 14 . . .. 18 ,, . .'. 20 14 » ., .. 20 . .... 4 June, 15 . „ .. 15 . 18 . „ .. 15 15 15 . .... 15 . 16 15 . 25 30 ., „ .. 30 14 July, „ .. 14 . ■ ., .. 14 .. . ... 14 14 21 „ „ .. 6 Oct., 6 » „ .. 18 Aug; 18 „ „ .. 18 . „ .. 20 . „ .. 10 Sept., 17 . . .. 18 . . <U 25 . „ '.. 25 . „ .. 6 Oct., „ .. 6 „ ■ „ .. 6 ., „ .. 6 ,. „ .. 6 ■ . „ .. I 6 . „ .. ! 6 . „ .. (i 6 . 6 6 . , ■ .. 6 . „ .. 6 6 . „ .. 6 6 8 . „ .. 6 . „ .. 8 „ „ .. 8 ■ 8 „ „ .. 9 . 16 . „ .. 30 . „ .. 31 „ „ .. 12 Nov 12 „ „ .. 18 , „ .. 18 „ , .. 18 „ „ .. 19 „ „ .. 19 ., , .. 25 26 „ „ .. 22 Dec, „ .. i 22 „ .. | 1001 1062 1063 818 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1078 1074 686 1075 1076 820 1077 1078 1079 790 983 584 1080 520 546 451 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1990 1091 421 934 826 1092 1093 1000 . 921 779 929 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 859 1109 1110 1111 1112 1118 1114 601 1115 925 1116 1117 1118 1110 1120 924 1121 1122 1123 1124 900 751 lst-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-cla8s engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer.. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd class engineer..

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Name of Person. Kank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Arthur Russell Scott David John Aitken William Archibald Smaill Sidney Black Crawford George Watt Alexander Inverarity David Gilmour Stephens Charles Evers Bell Allan Clyde Dickie Cecil Gladstone Downie Burton Wells Robert Dawson Milne Hugh Goodrich Dobbie William Innes Wilson George Blackwell Robert Burns Aitken Louis Alexis Walters James William Wheatley.. Andrew Smart Young William Daly Revington Rawdon Somerville Rutherford Arthur Rennie Watson Bryan Palmes Charles James McPherson Eric Neill Tewsley George Moodie Angus Charles Mclnnes John McLeish Maxwell Sidney Herbert Perry George Luke William Sidney Hall William Bell McKenzie Charles Emery Taylor Francis Kenworthy Jehn William Lester .. • .. John Murray Donn David Alexander Head George Anderson Otto Rudolph Neumann Thomas -William Lapwood Robert Mackie Edward Clarence Wyness Robert Aitken Henderson Lorenzo Patterson John Albert Irwin Pearson Francis Robert Nichols Riohard George Millar Charles Doherty David Rodgers Edward Stone George Ernest Barnes William Gardiner Henry Thomas Graves Cunningham James Joseph Mohan Charles Ruff Alfred Edwin Curtis Adam Leopold Davies Thomas Walsh Ransom David Andrews Leopold Edgar John de Erneste .. Frederick William Howlison Robert McDowell Frederiok William Kirby Herbert William Pearce Peter John Walsh William Henry Brioknell Thomas Edward Higgs Robert Clinton Savage William Arthur Tomlinson Hans Christian Hansen Willie Hodge Archibald Arol Stewait Arthur Marychurch William Bolasses Dixon William George Pearce William Henry Jackson .. William Houston King Clement Solloway Brown Arthur Cecil Bowman Arthur Thomas Gill George Carey John Arthur Palamountain George Leonard Gregg Robert Stephen Wilson James Odey .. 2nd-olass engineer.. .. 3rd class engineer .. .. lst-class engineer .. .. 3rd-class engineer .. .. 2nd-class engineer.. .. 3rd-class engineer .. . . lst-class engineer .. .. 2nd-class engineer.. .. 3rd-class engineer .. .. lst-class engineer .. .. 3rd-class engineer .. .. 2nd-class engineer.. .. 3rd-class engineer .. .. lst-class engineer .. .. 2nd-class engineer.. .. 3rd-olass engineer .. .. 2nd-class engineer.. .. 3rd-olass engineer .. .. Engineer .. 2nd-class oil engineer lst-olass oil engineer .. 2nd-class oil engineer .. lst-class oil engineer 2nd-class oil engineer Foreign trade River-steamer 22 Dec, 1908 .. 22 „ . ... 22 „ „ .. 22 „ „ .. 6 Jan., 1909 .. 8 18 „ „ .. 18 „ . ... 18 „ „ .. 18 „ 18 18 18 18 18 18 „ „ .. 21 „ „ .. 6 Feb 6 „ „ .. 6 „ „ .. 6 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 1 March, „ 1 „ „ .. 8 „ „ .. 3 „ „ .. 3 5 „ „ .. 5 5 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 19 „ ,. .. 19 „ „ .. 19 . „ .. 19 „ . .. 22 April, 1908 .. 9 Mav 14 „' „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 „ „ .. 4 June, 30 „ „ .. 30 July, „ .. 5 Aug 10 , „ .. 13 13 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 8 Sept., ., .. 10 10 „ „ .. 10 „ 10 „ „ .. 10 „ 10 „ „ .. 25 20 Oct., „ .. 19 Nov., „ .. 25 Jan., 1909 .. 25 „ „ .. 25 25 25 „ „ .. 6 Feb.. „ .. 1 March, „ 2 April, 1908 .. 2 „ „ .. 2 „ . .. 8 „ „ .. 9 May, „ .. 14 „ „ .. 10 Sept., „ .. 10 „ „ .. 11 „ ,. .. 17 „ ,, .. 17 „ „ .. 8 Oct., „ .. 18 Nov 18 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 886 1125 1126 706 1127 881 946 856 648 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 673 1133 321 1009 888 1134 1135 1136 1137 701 1138 1139 784 825 1140 870 670 650 1141 1142 1143 1144 2083 2084 2085 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2l05 2106 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2116 107 108 67 109 110 111 112 113 83 114 115 116 117 118 119 Sea-going

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Return showing the Number of Masters', Mates', and Engineers' Certificates issued in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st March, 1909, showing the Number fo Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. Edwin John Tall William Roxburgh Eadie William James Mallet Allan James Rollo John Russell Burr William Henderson Murdoch Herbert Garnet Luke Sydney Frank Waite Henry Hazlewood Giles Sydney Herbert Bitidle Henry Herbert Marshall John Raymond Morris Charles Cuthbert Lucius Fagan Robert Frederick Hinton Aldworth Charles Edwin Nicholson.. Thomas Thorne Seccombe Henry O'Brien Geoffrey Rogers Alfred Meredith Cosslett Roland Edgar Neale George Simpson Hackett Fred Garnet Asher Charles Henry Lane George William Holland Robert Blundell Bertram Hunter Lionel Innes Stephenson Samson Johanns Salamonsen Charles Young 1st class oil engineer Sea-going.. 2nd-class oil engineer lst-class oil engineer 2nd-class oil engineer j lst-class oil engineer 2ndolass oil engineer Oil engineer .. River trade 22 Dpc, 1908 .. 22 18 Jan., 190!) .. 18 18 „ . .. 21 „ „ .. 6 Feb., „ 6 „ „ .. 22 April, 1908 .. 22 „ „ .. 14 May, 14 „ ... 14 . „ .. 14 „ „ .. 14 15 June, 25 „ „ .. 19 Aug., „ .. 10 Sept., „ .. 8 Oct., „ .. 4 Dec, „ .. 22 „ „ .. 18 Jan., 1909 .. 18 . „ .. 18 18 18 „ „ .. 1 March, „ 1 . . .. 53 120 121 122 123 62 124 125 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 181 132 183 134 135 136 137 138

Auckland. Wi dlini ion. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Oth< ier Places. Totals Class of Certificate. <6 .a . 13 tO ! CO T5 CO in X cs en en -h +j en et d Ox ft. ! fe | H -j Cm '5 O- . *5 ifl • "3 tt . : r- ; CO ' rr \ CO CO 9 - rj, X ez ei 0% * en 4» ei. — h> et. — h. en O - -t O ' bo" 03 O et EH_H.fcHrH.EHE J r- \ a * si +H / *H e3 o ce as rV \ & ■ f- fe o '- I i roreign - going masters and mates Some-trade masters and matesj liver-steamer masters .. | rfaster, fishing-boat or cargovessel under 25 tons register faster, fishing-boat under 5 tons register Sea-going engineers (steam).. liver-steamer engineers Seagoing engineers (other mechanical power than steam) iiver engineers (other mechanical power than steam) 25 49 . 74 9 | 27 26 i 53 14 | 9 2 ' 11 6 ,5 4 9.. 1 .. 1 .. 34 6 40 38 24 8 i 32 2 11 1 12 3 11 4 15 1 j I 25 49 I 74 9 M 23 16 20 36 | 7 6 | 13 2 2 I 4 3 .. 3 1 1 .. .. 57 .. .. 52 2 21 5 89 146 27 I 9 j 5 26 53 14 2 11 6 4 9 .. 6 1 20 7 9 1 1 1 ID 2 2 35 4 5 87 25 10 1 34 24 11 1 .. 6 40 38 8 32 2 1 i 12 3 6 44 2 3 15 2 8 23 2 24 7 31 13 6 8 .. .. 1 .. 13 124 1 7 34 1 9 23 27 9 2 1 151 43 25 i :: - i 11 4 15 1 1 3 .. 8 6 1 7 21 5 26 Totals .. .. : 147 147 100 247 i 73 j 100 247 i 73 27 100 43 30 73 40 16 56 i 35 3 ! 38 338 I 176 514

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Return showing the Number of Seamen engaged and discharged in the Foreign and Intercolonial Trade, the Home Trade, and within restricted Limits respectively, together with the Amount of Fees received for the same, during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1909.

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En gas Fori [ements an< sign and Int€ J JDiscl ircolonii [arges in tl Trade. Engagements and Discharges in Home Trade. Engagements ai Restrict* id Disci id Limit larges in ;s. Total Engagements. Total Discharges. Grand TotalB. Port. °Brj rl H O O g DC x a it pen J r5 Fees received. o "d ~ eo U ev h H P ~ eo eo SCC to Fees received. °a« sag r5 o "d Fees S S S Fees received. g =a x received. SCC to rn '"3 HH °ad u eo c? eo a On X H & g c3 be SCC <D Fees received. o „'d a eo h eo DC sec I Fees received. a x8 8$ Pen Fees received. %8 8% Pe/l r5 Fees received. . a Ha a <d Pen Fees received. Auckland Dunedin and Port Chalmers Greymouth Hokianga Hokitika Inveroargill Kaipara Lyttelton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Onehunga Patea Picton Poverty Bay Thames Timaru Wairau Waitara Wanganui Wellington Westport 2,223 3,183 53 11 167 36 786 90 14 15 £ s. d. 162 19 6 •228 2 6 3 15 6 0 16 6 11 7 6 2 14 0 58 19 0 6 15 0 110 1 "2 6 2,025 3,177 59 4 51 36 708 42 2 "7 £ s. d. 155 19 0 230 12 0 4 8 6 0 6 0 2 7 6 2 14 0 53 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 10 6 2,248 1,433 281 10 39 27 134 1,528 218 754 9 22 857 85 74 121 10 152 12 24 363 2,672 138 £ s. d. 151 14 0 87 16 0 21 1 6 0 15 0 2 2 6 1 15 6 9 17 6 114 12 0 12 8 6 51 0 6 0 13 6 17 6 55 15 6 5 12 0 4 18 6 8 4 0 0 15 0 11 5 6 0 18 0 2 2 0 23 7 0 162 11 6 10 6 6 2,073 1,585 266 6 36 31 125 1,435 199 700 7 21 847 85 61 106 10 122 12 22 355 2,870 128 £ a. d. 137 3 0 108 11 0 19 7 6 0 9 0 1 18 0 2 10 9 4 0 107 12 6 11 7 6 47 1 0 0 10 6 15 6 53 16 6 5 2 6 4 4 0 7 2 6 0 15 0 9 0 6 0 18 0 1 19 0 22 17 0 167 13 6 9 11 6 1,019 14 37 33 £ a. d. 63 19 6 110 2 0 6 1 10 0 1,021 14 37 30 £ s. d. 65 19 6 1 1 0 2 0 6 1 10 0 5,490 4,616 334 21 39 194 170 2,328 345 801 9 37 857 85 81 137 10 182 12 24 392 4,664 183 £ s. d. 378 13 0 315 18 6 24 17 0 1 11 6 2 2 6 13 3 0 12 11 6 174 12 0 21 4 0 53 11 6 0 13 6 2 10 0 55 15 6 5 12 0 5 7 6 9 8 0 0 15 0 13 10 6 0 18 0 2 2 0 25 10 6 289 4 0 13 14 0 5,119 . 4,762 325 10 36 82 161 2,157 278 732 7 28 847 85 70 127 10 144 12 22 374 4,658 188 £ s. d. 359 1 6 339 3 0 23 16 0 0 15 0 1 18 0 4 8 6 11 18 0 161 15 6 16 11 0 48 14 0 0 10 6 1 16 0 53 16 6 5 2 6 4 17 6 8 H 0 0 15 0 10 13 6 0 18 0 1 19 0 24 5 6 283 16 6 14 6 6 10,609 9,378 659 31 75 276 331 4,485 623 1,533 16 65 1,704 170 151 264 20 326 24 46 766 9,322 371 £ s. d. 737 14 e 655 1 6 48 13 C 2 6 e 4 0 e. 17 11 e 24 9 e 336 7 £ 37 15 C 102 5 e 1 4 C 4 6 C 109 12 C 10 14 e . 10 5 c 18 2 C 1 10 c 24 4 C 1 16 C 4 1 C 49 16 C 573 0 € 28 0 e o 16 0 4 6 14 0 "e 21 0 12 0 1 11 6 4 0 *4 6 "l 0 16 '30 2 5 0 22 1 13 0 - 29 1,992 45 2 3 6 126 12 6 3 7 6 19 1,788 60 18 6 116 3 0 4 15 0 Totals .. 8,693 613 10 0 8,029 579 8 6 11,211 740 19 6 11,102 729 10 6 1,107 68 15 6 1,103 20,234 1,379 11 6 41,245 2,802 16 6 70 12 6 21,011 1,423 5 0

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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, 1909.

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Name of Vessel. B g s rt B o H r"CHC tO h O ft 2 > 33 U 9 -V D-cotS eo.P p, en Ofi 1 •h g Q 2 § £ » «io! lis" ■P*x u~ S c«0 rH t01 o . a en So a s ■Or) to a3 ■g ? .sS a o rH Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Cl»ss of Certificate. Mini ben Clas Law be Ci liniuni Ni Of follOH sses of C v require larried. umving 'rew is to Remarks. a' co V 03 a it I a s a ■a I en s 3 en « CO H 0 Admiral.. Advance (A'kland) Advance (Kaipara) Ahuriri Akaroa Albany Albatross Albatross Alert •Alexander Alice .. Anna Antelope Antrim .. Aotea Aorere Apanui Arahura Ariel •Atua Aupouri.. Awaroa Baden Powell Baroona Beatrioe Bell bird Ben Lomond Blanche.. Bonnie Jean Britannia (A'kland) Britannia (Bluff).. Canopus Canterbury Canterbury Charles Edward .. Chelmsford Clansman •Clajmore Clyde .. Cobar Colleen Condor Corinna.. Coromandel Cygnet .. Daphne.. Defender Defiance Despatch Dolly Varden Dorset Dot Doto Duchess •Duco Durham Eagle .. Echo Eliza .. Elsie (Auckland).. Elsie (Picton) Elsie Evans •Endeavour Endon .. Enterprise Erin Erlin Erskine •Eva Excelsior Exclsior Express Eveline Fairburn Fairy 82 12 36 31 43 8 111 43 185 21 14 35 157 49 135 771 13 1,895 220 211 92 79 8 52 33 18 6 108 18 835 1 145 79 379 99 28 8 30 17 28 8 37J 25 ii 72 H 10 2J 30 33 16J 28 147 24 329 55 62 30 24 10 15 15 9 24 40 24 250 24 133 48 24 90 54 40 40 24 24 141 25 43 49 7 298 64 197 1,772 2,450 408 450 150 1,122 1,000 192 67 547 878 Compound Non-condensing Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Compound Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound High-pressure .. Oil-engines Condensing Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engines Tri pie-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Compound Non-condensing Oil-engines Non-condensing Oil-engines Triple-expansion Non condensing Compound Triple-expansion Compound Screw Twin-screw Screw Tain-screw Screw Paddle .. Screw Twin-screw • Screw Paddle ! '. Screw River Extended river River Extreme river Home trade .. River Home trade .. River Home trade .. River Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Home trade .. River Extended river River Extended river Home trade .. River Home trade .. Extended river Extreme limits Home trade .. River 2 2 4 1 1 2 i 7 1 9 5 '2 "i 1 7 1 4 2 6 2 1 3 1 2 6 '91 3 a •■■ "z 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 'a 'a 3 3 'a 'a First survey. Fishing-vessel. Fishing-vessel. First N.Z. survey. Fishing-vessel. Fishing-vessel. Fishing-vessel. 57 15 122 820 67 66 113 117 5 24 19 39 1,059 180 Oil-engines Compound . .. Home trade .. Extended river Hume trade .. River Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. Extended Home trade .. 1 7 2 '3 "2 2 '3 Yaoht. 36 5 20 30 32 4 13 81 60 24 70 60 3 30 11 20 30 5 10 34 14 35 20 24 Compound Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Compound Triple-expansion "i '2 D .. 1 1 2 First survey. Fishing-vessel. 120 Twin-sorew Screw a First survey. 19 95 25 54 138 98 River Extended river River Extended river River Compound Paddle .. Twin-serew Screw Twin-screw Screw Oil-engines Non-condensing Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines Home trade .. River a 21 22 6 54 12 9 4 5 98 7 29 5 36 Extended river Fishing-vessel. Compound Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound River Oil-engines Home trade .. River Home trade .. River Home trade .. Extended river i 25 8 40 15 98 Non-condensing Compound .Non-condensing Oil-engines Non-condensing a i 69 33 2 * Surveyed twice.

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Name of Vessel. i •a M DO fl o EH HrJ*H £a° * 03 u -"$■& ■ a 9 to X to. M M ■ h g » . iS»Ba a a°a r. SB'S S„2.-h o omo rU <S o . a. in So rf'i 3 M S «a ■s " <3|3 '■Oh. a o M Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Mini ber 1 Clas Law be ci limui of fc sses 1 . req sarrit mNumillowing of Crew uires to sd. Komarlis. a © eo IS fl CD a <x> I n U SB 9 « fl OO £ s Eh « Falcon Fanny Ferro Fi refloat Flora Freetrader Gael Gannet (Picton) .. Gannet (Bluff) .. Gertie .. •Glenelg.. Gosford Gordon Greyhound Hamurana Haupiri Hauroto Himitangi Hinemoa Hirere Hobsonville Huia (Auckland) Huia (Wellington) Huia (Wellington) Invercargill Irini Ithaca Jane Douglas J.D.O. .. John Anderson .. John Townley Kaeo Kahu (Napier) .. Kahu (Auckland) Kaiaia Kaiapoi Kaipara.. 55 10 6 30 20 13 180 50 20 6 5 59 75 30 12 50 10 88 253 45 64 16 15 60 23 2 50 15 9 22 28 20 40 60 40 24 24 200 5 144 Non-oondensing Compound Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Oil-engines Condensing Compound Screw Extended river Home trade .. Extended river 2 2 838 94 55 15 18 119 156 57 9 83 50 1,045 Home trade .. River Extended river '7 "% 2 '3 329 248 Home trade .. 1 4 4 "3 a Fishing-vessel. River m 452 1,276 149 32 32 23 199 69 30 448 1,245 236 29 Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Home trade .. River Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Extended river 3 6 8 4 8 a 2 a '3 Triple-expanpion Non-condensing Compound Oil-engines Twin-screw Screw 121 Home trade .. 4 2 a 123 4 7 75 88 36 85 147 99 27 24 1,246 224 Compound Condensing Compound Oil-engines Compound River Home trade .. River Extended river Home trade .. Extended river Extreme limits Extended river Home trade .. 4 a '78 a 1 Fishing-vessel. Twin-screw Sorew a 237 Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines 4 2 1 1 7 2 First survey. 931 Triple-expanBion Quadruple expansion Triple-expansion Foreign trade River 8 "2 "s Kaipatiki Kaitangata Kaituna (Auckland) Kaituna (Dunedin) Kamona Kanieri Kapanui Kapiti Karoro Kate Kawau (Auckland) Kawau (Kaipara) Kekeno Kennedy Kereru Kestrel Kina Kini Kiripaka Kittawa Kiwi Koi Komata Koonya Kopu Koputai •Koroi Koromiko Kotare Kotuku Kotiti Kuaka Lady Barkly Lena Lena Little Jack Lomen .. 20 1,233 6 1,246 903 115 63 114 52 94 200 10 200 117 20 32 35 17 5 20 15 6 39 55 43 25 130 24 120 3 32 260 115 13 120 94 313 20 112 14 90 20 940 1,044 749 145 Oil-engines Triple-expansion Extended river Foreign trade River Foreign trade 7 7 6 4 '; : i 8 8 2 2 a 3 '3 First N.Z. survey, 208 § Compound Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. Extended river River "i 2 53 37 19 131 96 203 8 702 75 708 Non-condensing Compound First survey. 210 Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines Triple-expansion Compound Home trade .. 1 4 2 a Twin-screw 691 100 716 Screw Extended river River Home trade .. 6 2 6 8 2 3 53 1,194 663 "5 1,174 ,712 489 Condensing Compound Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Triple-expansion Twin-screw Sorew Paddle .. River Extreme limits Foreign trade Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. Extended river Foreign trade Home trade .. 2 7 6 1 8 8 'a 2 '3 Tug. 1,541 79 662 42 33 39 1,358 Screw 8 2 6 o a 8 First N.Z. survey. 707 87 5 Compound Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Oil-engines Non-oondensing Compound Extended river Home trade .. Extended river River a 8 1 Yacht. 13 8 14 6 * Surveyed twice.

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Name of Vessel. Jj i « w § r"CH Is £ * !S o © ' a 9 n> .a p. s° M 2T r* a 5 . S§2j W fl°a _ SW-a J«»n "£•3? 0 OCQO SB s t. 9 . P. TO So -rf-f £ * ■Sh a° Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Mini ber 1 Clas Law be ci imu of fc ises r req arrii rmJN olio' off luin ed. f umying !rew 38 tO Remarks. a a es a OJ a 00 U V a a •c en U CO m id eo U 5 Loyalty Lyttelton Magio Maheno Mahurangi Mahuta Maidi Maitai Makarora Mana Manapouri Manaroa Manchester Mangapapa Manukau Manurere 68 39 58 24 95 11 12 1,888 45 77 1,288 78 366 87 45 35 80 60 60 39 13 35 490 13 25 300 24 160 28 15 34 102 190 Compound Screw Home trade .. 2 2 2 2 2 Fishing-vessel. Oil-engines Twin-sorew Compound Oil-engines Screw River Extended river River First survey. 3,450 Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Foreign trade River Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. Extreme limits River '9 6 o 3 Formerly Miowera. 126 1,601 163| 1,400 228 2 8 2 2 6 2 • • 3 8 Triple-expansion Compound "2 a Quadruple-expan-sion Non-condensing Manuwai Maori (Auckland) Maori (Dunedin).. Mapourika Mararoa Mascotte (Auckl'd) Mascotte (Wang'ui) •Matara Matarere Matariki Matuku Mavis Mawhera May Howard Mere Mere •Moa Moana Moeraki Moerangi Mokoia Monowai Moturoa Mountaineer Mullogh Muriel Murihiku Mystery Napier Natone Naumai.. Navua Nellie Mason Ngahere •Ngapuhi Ngatiawa Ngunguru Nile Nina Niobe No. 121.. No. 222 .. No. 350 .. No. 404 .. Nora Niven Ohinemuri Ongarue •Onslow Opawa Opoutia Orewa Osprey Otunui Paeroa Pahiki .. Pania Pateena Patiti Pearl 75 17 1,433 718 1,381 • 30 8 130 530 5 3 4 2 13 4 44 168 45 3 33 7 357 274 255 290 10 50 15 17 70 6 30 24 12 220 15 118 160 55 24 20 2 3 100 120 93 78 35 26 40 20 18 5 17 70 35 15 11 11 250 15 6 5,600 1,063 3,721 Turbines Triple-expansion Screws Twin-screw Screw Home trade .. *8 15 9 '3 First N.Z. survey. Foreign trade River 's 9 6 '3 Non-condensing 13 ia Compound First survey. '(36 Non-condensing 292 55 1,000 Triple-expansion Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound Non-condensing Triple-expansion Oil-engines Triple-expansion Twin-sorew Screw Home trade .. River Home trade .. River Foreign trade River Foreign trade 4 2 8 2 3 95 6 2,715 16 2,154 2,137 10 66 46 38 369 7 48 50 29 1,813 14 556 299 220 68 21 7 181 2 '2 3,968 Twin-sorew Screw il 9 6 3 3,293 2,796 10 10 9 9 6 6 3 3 Compound Paddle .. Screw River Vertical Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engines Compound Extended river Fishing-vessel. 116 553 Twin-sorew Sorew Home trade .. 4 1 2 *3 Dredge. Fishing-vessel. 83 1 River 2,255 Triple-expansion Oil-engines Triple-expansion Twin-sorew Sorew Foreign trade River Home trade .. 9 9 *3 '3 First survey. 681 709 437 76 32 Compound Twin-screw 6 6 S 2 1 3 8 3 1 1 Screw Paddle .. Screw » . • River 394 502 488 211 57 73 10 16 64 Non-condensing Compound Twin-sorew Extended river Home trade .. 583 526 395 256 120 5 8 3 a Dredge. Triple-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Screw River Home trade .. 2 2 1 1 2 'a a Fishing-vessel. Oil-engines Compound 60 1 37 138 12 46 14 27 550 Non-condensing Compound River Extended river River Oil-engines Compound Paddle .. Screw '64 Home trade .. River Extended river Home trade .. River a 1 1,883 0 k *8 '3 "*9 Oil-engines Non-condensing I First survey. * Surveyed twice.

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Name of Vessel. ij © .2 a o r<n3*5 12° s * a 0 _ • a 9 eoX p. h a • . £»£s w s°S ■3§ w ia«* h-.h o oCQO & I o . CHen ;S Kg a* HI ® 2QQ "Ot! Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Mil ber CI a La' be 1 nimnm Num- ■ of following isses of Crew w requires to carried. Remarks. © 3 d S « I § • 8 a * a - c a ev £ 0 Pelioan Pelorus Penguin Petone Phantom Pilot (Dunedin) .. Pilot (Napier) Piraki Pitoitoi (Waitara) Planet Plucky Poherua Portare Presto Pukaki .. 1 18 517 388 18 27 11 10 29 13 29 749 8 57 12 180 82 11 15 13 4 15 8 40 128 15 3 110 288 Triple-expansion Oil-engines Compound Triple-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Compound Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Sorew Home trade .. River Home trade .. 1 8 882 541 (i 6 8 3 2 3 Extended river River Extended river River Home trade .. River Home trade .. i 238 702 Triple-expansion Oil-engines Compound Quadruple-expan-sion Compound 1 (i 'a 8 Tug. 917 587 Extended river River Home trade .. (i 3 First survey. Purau Putiki Queen of the South Rakanoa Rakiura (Dunedin) Rakiura (Bluff) .. Rarawa .. 'Regulus.. Reremoana Result Rimu Rio Loge Ripple Rita Riwaka Rob Roy Rosamond Rosetta Rotoiti Rotoiti Rotomahana (Auckland) Rotomahana (Dunedin) Rotokohu Rotorua Ruahine Ruru (Auckland).. Ruru (Napier) Ruruhau Scout Settler .. Shamrock SirWm.Wallaoe.. 'Sonoma Southern Cross .. Squall .. Stella Sterling Storm Stormbird Sunbeam Swan Sylph .. Taieri Tainui Takapuna (Auckland) Takapuna (Dunedin) Talune Tangaroa Tangihua Taniwha Taniwha (Timaru) Tarakihi Tarawera Tarewai Tawera (Waikato) 38 157 121 1,393 81 13 460 227 14 18 144 241 187 17 19 34 462 10 630 18 60 40 200 35 10 140 150 50 10 95 60 60 11 104 16 90 5 104 24 50 319 194 878 141 1,237 631 433 Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engines Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engines Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engines Triple-expansion Compound Twin-sorew Screw Twin-screw Screw Twin-sorew Sorew Extended river Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Extended river Foreign trade Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Home trade .. Home trade .. 4 4 7 2 1 6 4 4 4 4 1 8 2 8 2 3 3 3 " a a 3 8 Fishing-vessel. First survey. 269 8 Fishing-vessel. 442 Oil-engines Triple-expansion 2 5 1 7 1 3 Fishing-vessel. 1,133 Twin-screw Screw 3 2 '3 139 281 Compound River Extended river 915 450 2,588 Home trade .. 7 9 2 3 Fishing-vessel. 11 8 Oil-engines Extended river River Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. 12 11 58 16 11 8 60 30 "24 10 50 24 11 7 120 20 13 117 60 90 39 70 40 5 228 Compound Oil-engines i 2 1 1 'a Compound Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Triple-expansion Compound River Home trade .. Extended river River Foreign trade Home trade .. 2 • -i 403 133 157 26 186 129 8 4 5 1,071 60 58 548 285 245 197 280 205 Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Triple-expansion Compound Non-condensing 6 4 4 1 4 4 1 a a 2 2 a 2 Fishing-vessel. 8 155 24 20 River 730 144 Foreign trade Home trade .. River 7 2 '3 2 Paddle .. 472 165 1,481 Compound Screw Home trade .. 6 3 3 1,370 110 20 191 16 255 70 15 40 16 4 250 6 8 1,975 Triple-expansion Compound Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Sorew Extended river River Extended river 8 3 3 Non-oondensing River Home trade .. River 1,269 11 1,580 Compound Non-oondensing 8 3 '3 a . • * Surveyed twice.

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Name of Vessel. u <D HO 03 P3 w O o En uio<*. Is 0 r, • Pig SE ' □ ° 2>f.a> u a © -III o oWO © I o . Pien S3 ■a a • es 4h .2oo 'O'H ao rH Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Minimum Number of following Classes of Crew Law requires to be earried. Remark*. •1 § 1 • ill 1 I 1 a fi g s Tawera (Auokland) Tawera (Inver'gill) Te Anau Te Waipounamu.. Terawhiti Theresa Ward Thistle .. Thomas King Togo Tongariro Torgauten Traveller Tuatea ♦Tu Atu .. Tuhara •Tui Tui Tuirangi Tukua .. Tuna (Gisborne) .. Tuna (Kaipara) .. Uira •Uta Variance Vesper Victoria.. Victory Violet Vivid .. W Waiapu Waihi Waihora Waikare Waikato Waimarie (Auckland) Waimarie (Wanganui) Waione Waiora Waiotahi Waipori 'Wairau Wairere Wairoa (Nelson) .. Wairoa (Kaipara).. Wairua Waitangi Waitemata Waitohi Waiwera (Henley) Waiwera (Kaipara) Waiwiri Wakapai Wakatere Wakatu Wanaka Warrimoo Water-lily Wave Waverley Weka (Auckland) Weka (Napier) .. •Whakapara Whakarire Whan gape Whati .. Wootton Young Bungaree.. Zingara.. 44i 1,028! 20 47 9 77 70 40 14 250 24 95 90 16 14 56 1,245 524 448 Oil-engines Compound Oil-engines Triple-expansion Screw a . . Extended river River Home trade .. 8 1 2 1 2 '3 3 3 •• ''2 3 Fishing-vessel. Oil-engines Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Extended river River ••I First survey. "4 197 184 8 28 48 60 64 40 22 9 14 34 34 50 24 16 50 10 6 13 26 15 20 410 229 14 48 108 Sorew Home trade River Home trade .. Extended river Extreme limits Extended river River 4 a 58 30 74 242 Oil-engines Twin-screw "2 a First survey. 35j Screw 2 26, 72! 10 Non-oondensing Oil-engines Triple expansion Oil-engines Compound Non-condensing Extended river Twin-sorew Screw River 23 19 36 92 16 8 6 11 57 63 2,993 1,901 56 159 Oil-engines Home trade .. i 2 Fishing-vessel. Non-condensing Oil-engines Paddle .. Screw River Extended river Fishing-vessel. Non-condensing Oil-engines River First survey. 172 1,934 2,672 Compound Triple-expansion Home trade .. Foreign Foreign trade River Extended river 2 2 10 9 2 6 9 3 3 3 8 First N.Z. survey. Non-condensing Compound 65 20 Non-condensing Paddle .. River 43 80 66 292 966 151 Compound Screw 168 1,229 60 41 48 63 56 180 20 25 20 40 Triple-expansion Compound Non-condensing Compound Condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw Paddle .. Screw Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Home trade .. 4 7 2 3 8 2 2 3 First survey. '54 a 2 i 34 3,460 18 62 258 10 16 66 315 2,284 Twin-screw Screw River Home trade .. Foreign trade Extended river River 'a 11 3 9 3 3 First N.Z. surve-Triple-expansion Oil-engines 157 95 1,572 2,076 18 29 93 86 53 "n 10 140 23 280 490 10 11 25 27 20 2i 120 280 1| 33 35 14 100 142 1,181 3,716 104 Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engines Compound Paddle .. Screw " Twin-screw Extended river River Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. River Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. I Foreign trade River Home trade .. 2 9 10 1 1 2 2 3 9 a 'a 6 'a a First survey. 106 Screw '2 a Yacht. Dredge. 449 1,901 640 1,177 Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw 1 Sorew '5 8 '3 3 "2 a 90 47 99 157 178 80 2 2 2 2 2 1 First survey. I Twin-screw * Survi iyed twice.

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Return of Foreign-going Sailing-ships to which Survey Certificates were granted during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Return showing Number of Fishing-boats registered and licensed at each Port during the Year ended 31st December, 1908.

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Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Minimum Number of Seamen required by Law to be carried. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Able Ordinary B Seamen. Seamen. ' ■ Advance Dartford Era I Ganymede Hazel Craig .. lima.. Jessie Craig .. Jessie Niccol .. Joseph Craig .. Laira Louisa Craig .. Manurewa Rona Selwyn Craig .. Senorita Whangaroa .. •Ysabel 36 1,274 20 569 467 318 634 93 694 458 632 327 618 486 324 132 149 Intercolonial Foreign-going .. Intercolonial Foreign-going .. Intercolonial Foreign-going .. Intercolonial Foreign-going .. Intercolonial 2 10 1 7 7 6 8 2 8 7 8 6 8 7 6 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 'a a i i 2 a i 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 « Foreign-going .. ♦Surveyed t' rice.

Port. Number Number registered. licensed. Port. Number Number registered. licensed. Vuckland Blenheim Jluff .. Dunedin and Port Chalmers Jrey mouth Hokitika lokianga Invercargill < aipara liyttelton \Iangonui Napier Slelson 230 6 77 99 13 4 16 23 48 206 14 47 58 204 6 77 99 13 4 16 23 28 206 14 47 56 Brought forward .. New Plymouth Oamaru Pioton Poverty Bay Russell Tauranga Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 841 24 49 40 17 45 57 65 20 23 98 20 793 22 49 40 14 45 57 65 20 23 98 20 841 793 Totals 1,299 1,246 Carried forward ..

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Table showing, for the Year 1908, the Number and Tonnage of Registered Vessels (exclusive of River Steamers) of the Dominion of New Zealand which were employed wholly in the Home Trade, partly in Home and partly in the Foreign Trade, and wholly in the Foreign trade, respectively; and the Number of Men and Boys (exclusive of Masters) employed thereon.

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Table showing the Number and Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels which remained upon the Register of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1907 ; of those added to and deducted from the Register during the Year 1908; and of those which remained upon the Register on the 31st December, 1908.

Table showing the Number and Tonnage of the Registered Vessels (distinguishing Sailing from Steam) which belonged to each of the Forts of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1908.

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Sailing Vessels. Steam Vessels. Totals. ,v„l, Gross Net v esseis. T onnage. Tonnage. ., . Gross Net \ esseis. T onnage. Tonnage. .. . Gross Net vessels. Tonnage. | Tonnage. Upon the Register on the 31st December, 1907 46,373 43,967 150,628 88,629 628 197,001 132,596 323 305 Added to the Register,— Errors in Registrars' returns, 1907 Vessels registered for the first time— Built at ports in United Kingdom .. Built at ports in British possessions Vessels transferred from ports in the United Kingdom .. .. Vessels transferred from ports in British possessions abroad Vessels registered dt novo Tonnage added in consequence of remeasurement or alteration 7 2 4 217 2,576 5 133 2,474 1 4 10 54 20,331 791 5,374 46 12,556 402 3,107 1 4 J 7 4 58 20,331 1,008 7,950 51 12,5.56 535 5,58i 7 3 2,680 80 2,493 72 10 3 5,6i5 294 3,344 146 17 6 8,295 374 5,837 218 1 156 66 1 156 66 Total added 19 5,557 5,177 31 32,615 19,667 50 38,172 24,844 Deducted from the Register.— Errors in Registrars' returns, 1907 Wrecked or otherwise lost Broken up, decayed, &c. Transferred to ports in British possessions Registered de novo Tonnage deducted in consequence of remeasurement or alteration 1 8 5 8 50 2,041 652 i,877 332 43 i,939 619 1,728 297 I 8 2 225 1,425 48 11 134 691 48 1 9 5 16 6 50 2,266 652 3,302 380 54 2,073 619 2,419 345 4 1 104 152 20 89 1 124 241 Total deducted 2 7 5.056 4.778 II i,7i8 973 38 6,774 5-751 Vessels on Register on 31st December, 1908 640 315 46,874 44,366 325 181,525 107,323 228,399 151,689

Sailing Vessels. Steam Vessels. Ports. Vessels. Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage. Vessels. [Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage. Auckland Napier .. Wellington Nelson .. Lyttelton Timaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 207 6 24 9 22 i8,347 365 3,978 215 6,225 1,649 15,088 1,007 16,900 352 3,8n 209 5,974 I »577 14,581 962 141 22 38 10 17,869 2,311 9,57 J 1,345 2,952 942 145,484 1,051 10,147 1,452 5,138 755 1,133 488 87,69.+ 516 2 40 5 12 1 92 9 Totals 315 46,874 44,366 325 181,525 107,323

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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

Name of Lighthouse. Order of Apparatus. Description. Period ofEevolving Light. Colour of Light. Tower built of [Dwellings! built of ; Date first lighted. Cape Maria van I Diemen 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed V White Red, to show over Columbia Reef. White .. Timber Iron Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Timber Timber Building. Cape Brett ., 1st order dioptric Group flashing Flashing Fixed t Moko Hinou Tiritiri 1st 2nd 10" White, with red arc over Flat Rock White and red White Stone Iron 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 Ponui Passage .. Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island • 5th 1st 2nd 2nd Revolving Flashing Revolving Fixed 30" 10" 30" Timber Iron 29 July, 1871 22 Sept., 1889 9 Aug., 1900 10 Feb., 1878 Red, to show over Bull Rook. White Timber 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Revolving Fixed * Iron Timber Timber 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head.. Cape Egmont Manukau Head .. Kaipara Head Brothers .. j Flashing io" 10" Timber Fixed Red, to show over Cook Rock. White Cape Campbell .. Godley Head Akaroa Head Jack's Point Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders .. Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Revolving Fixed Flashing Fixed v i6" Red .. '.'. White Iron Stone Timber Iron Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Timber 1 Aug., 1870 Stone 1 April, 1865 Timber 1 Jan., 1880 1 July, 1904 22 April, 1878 Stone 2 Jan., 1865 Timber 1 Jan., 1880 Stone 4 July, 1870 Timber 1 Jan., 1884 Stone 1 Aug., 1865 Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Revolving Fixed Flashing Revolving "v io" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point .. Cape Foulwind .. Kahurangi Point.. 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Revolving Fixed .. 10" 30" White, with red sec tor to show over Stewart Breaker White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage Red and white, with white light on beacon White Iron 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 30 Nov., 1903 Farewell Spit 2nd Revolving 1' 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass 0th 1 Oct., 1884 Stephens Island .. 1st Group flashing t 29 Jan., 1894 flashes in quick succession * Flashing twice every half-minute, wii every half minute. ;h interval of three si londs between flashes. 1 Twi

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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, 1909.

Date of Accident. Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, and Official Number. Name of Person injured. „. „ . _ . , ... i>i„„„„i„.„i„„;j 0 „ ) „„», a Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury where Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. : Place where Accident occurred. Coroner's Inquest held. 1907. Nov. 12 Dec. 31 Whangape, s.s., Diutedin, 110641 Waimate, s.s., Plymouth, 105276 J. Finley, greaser .. Injured foot J. E. Olsen, carpenter .. Injured foot At sea Bluff Fell over lashings of deck cargo. .. I When putting on hatches one of the fore-and-afters fell on his foot and severely crushed it. 1908. Feb. 14 „ 27 „ 28 Mar. 10 „ 10 „ 14 „ 17 „ 24 ,, 27 ,, 29 April 2 8 Waipori, s.s., Dunedin, 101485 Penguin, s.s., Dunedin, 47849 Gael, s.s., Auckland, 118965 .. Pareora, s.s., Dunedin, 104735 Moonah (ketch), Sydney, 112546 Rotomahana, s.s., Dunedin, 75224 Waikare, s.s., Dunedin, 101480 Monowai, s.s., Dunedin, 84497 Whangape, s.s., Dunedin, 110641 Victoria, s.s., Melbourne, 110996 Taviuni, s.s., Dunedin, 84500 .. Wanaka, s.s., Dunedin, 95018.. L. Thorp, A. B. .. Broken wrist .. D. McPherson, A.B. .. Injured leg D. H. Sturrock, engineer Loss of foot P. Boylan, A.B. .. Injured finger .. Fred Smith, A.B. .. Drowned F. Matheson, A.B. .. Sprained ankle Thomas Hall, trimmer.. Injured knee L. Jacobs, steward .. Poisoned hand J. Stewart, cook .. Poisoned hand James Murphy, A.B. .. Strained knee .. T. Murphy, fireman .. Scalded A. Gill, greaser .. Loss of finger .. Dunedin Wellington Waipu Wellington Auckland Harbour Wellington Napier Wellington At sea Dunedin Wellington At sea Wellington At sea Auckland Dunedin At sea Onehunga Wanganui At sea .. . Auckland Wellington Wanganui A mooring-line slipped and struck his wrist. Winch end broke off and struck him. .. ; His left foot was caught in bight of wire hawser and dragged off. Jammed in a block. Drowned through collision with s.s. Wairuna. Slipped and fell. . . ) Fell down fidley. .. ! Caused through getting it cut when cleaning a tumbler. When cutting meat a piece of bone ran into his hand. When getting into his bunk, injured his knee. .. ; When blowing off donkey-boiler, scalded his arm. .. j When oiling the spindle, got his right-hand little finger taken off by the machinery. Slipped on stokehold plates. Caught in steering-gear. .. [ His right hand got jammed in a block and severely cut. Fell over a shovel in the stokehold. §^ When shifting ballast-box, it slipped and'jammed his legjagainst the bulwark. .. -j Occurred whilst driving winch. Whilst working the winch a piece of the machinery broke and his left arm was caught in the gear. Slipped on the stokehold plates. Left hand was caught in the starting-gear and top of little jfinger cut off. Slipped into a bunker-hole. Fell from masthead. „ 8 9 „ 14 „ 20 „ 21 Waikare, s.s., Dunedin, 101480 Kamona, s.s., Dunedin, 101486 Pelican, s.s., Auckland, 94185.. Manuka, s.s., Dunedin, 117582 Wakatere, s.s., Auckland, 102288 G. F. Mathias, fireman Strained back J. McGurk, A.B. .. Broken finger .. J. McDavitt, A.B. .. Injured hand .. George Saville, trimmer i Strained back .. W. Langton, A.B. .. I Injured leg ,, 22 „ 22 Kotuku, s.s., Dunedin, 101484 Oreti, s.s., Wellington, 75219 .. K. McLeod, A.B. .. Injured hand P. Donovan, A.B. .. Broken arm „ 23 „ 25 Wairuna, s.s., Dunedin, 118495 Daphne, s.s., Auckland, 122923 Edward Deary, fireman Ricked back G. Harvey, fireman .. Injured hand J. Breslin, fireman .. Broken rib E. Stilston, O.S. .. Broken leg, wrist, and rib „ 25 May 2 Maori, s.s., Dunedin, 117598 . . St. Kilda (schooner), Melbourne, 60367 Waipori, s.s., Dunedin, 101485 Pharos (barque), London, 112755 Kittawa, s.s., Dunedin, 106640 Wanaka, s.s., Dunedin, 95018.. Opawa, s.s., Wellington, 91800 Ngapuhi, s.s., Auckland, 102329 llaitai, s.s., Dunedin, 101935 .. Mangapapa, s.s., Auckland, 112600 Kaituna, s.s., Dunedin, 120467 Poherua, s.s., Dunedin, 98061.. Mataiua, s.s., Southampton, 114599 Wanaka, s.s., Dunedin, 95018 ■ At sea Wellington Greymouth Timaru Wellington Whangarei At sea Ohiwa Slipped and fell on deck. Fell off the main yard. Crushed whilst assisting to ship a large cylinder. .. A piece of wire ran into his hand and set up blood-pcisoning. Struck by a sling of cargo. .. ' Fell down hatch. Had his right arm severely burnt by flames from the furnace. A bag of coal fell out of a sling and struck his foot. 6 „ 15 „ 15 „ 16 „ 18 „ 18 „ 20 „ 22 A. Andrews, cook .. Injured foot R. Wild, O.S. . . Broken arm P. Gaul, lumps .. Bruised back and groin C. Rice, A.B. .. Injured hand .. C. Linton, A.B. .. Sprained ankle R. McGaw, A.B. .. j Right hand injured Henry Fixter, fireman .. Burnt arm J. Buchan, A.B. .. Injured foot „ 31 June 1 ,, 7 B. Carlstedt, A.B. .. Crushed fingers G. Dines, A.B. .. Injured shoulder R. Galway, 6th engineer Concussion of brain Greymouth At sea Gisborne At sea Caught between block and running wire rope. A lurch of the vessel threw him against the rail. Fell down after coal-bunker. .. ; The furnace-door swung open and caught his left arm. 8 W. Norwood, fireman .. Burnt arm

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Date of Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, w. mp nf Pprsin inirmWl incident, and Official Number. Jsame ot P erson 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. I 1908. June 9 i Mokoia, s.s., Dunedin, 101483.. „ 11 | Kini, s.s., Dunedin, 104337 .. P. McLean, A.B. .. j Injured wrist .. Napier .. Napier .. When mooring the ship a bight in the line caused him to receive a severe blow. Whilst fixing the hatches he fell into the hold and sustained injuiies from which he died on 15th June. Cut his hand when cleaning knives. When cutting bread the knife slipped and severely cut his left hand. Died from fracture; of the skull caused by the machinery of the vessel starting when he was working at it. The jury found that no blame was attachable to any one. Whilst the stevedores were discharging a heavy lift from the hold a ring-bolt in the shre of the derrick broke and caused the heel of the derrick to jump out of the shoe and break through the starboard skylight, striking Doherty, who was working below, and killing him on the spot. Verdict of accidental death was returned, and no blam? attached to any- ' D. Anderson, A.B. .. | Fatal .......... W. H. Price, steward .. Cut hand R. McDermott, steward Injured hand ,, 13 Kamona, s.s., Dunedin, 101486 ,, 15 Claymore, s.s., Auckland, 115188 Westport Auckland .. i ,, 19 Kaitangata, s.s., London, 125625 Dudley V. Hood, engineer Fatal Edward Doherty, greaser Fatal Port Chalmers „ 20 Cornwall, s.s., London, 105897.. . Auckland i • ,, 22 i Komata, s.s., Dunedin, 117593 „ 23 ; Wootton, s.s., Sydney, 112500 ,, 23 i Endeavour, s.s., Auckland, 118972 „ 23 I Tramp (schooner), Auckland, 102344 ,, 26 ; Maheno, s.s., Dunedin, 117588 July 2 : Ruapehu, s.s., Plymouth, 111357 N. A. Bertanes, A.B. .. Injured finger .. S. Peake, A.B. .. Injured head and right arm H. Halvoise, A.B. .. Injured finger .. W. Webb, A.B. .. Injured thumb Wellington Lyttelton Auckland one. Got his finger caught between the wincjp. wire and barrel. Struck by a piece of timber which fell out of a sling. The third finger of his left hand was badly torn by a ragged wire winch-rope. Jammed in timber. Auckland J. MeLennan, boy .. Sprained wrist A. Shapcott, 4th engineer Drowned J. McKechnie, greaser .. Injured ribls Albert Kinchett, A.B. .. Fatal Newcastle Wellington Slipped on accommodation-ladder. Missed from ship on 2nd July, and body found in harbour on 24th July. Jury's verdict, " Accidentally drowned." Fell on the hatch-combing. When trying to secure the main topgallant stay, fell from the crosstrees, struck the rail and fell into the sea, and was not seen again. Fell down hatchway. ,, 3 Waipori, s.s., Dunedin, 101485 „ 5 Daniel (barque), Sydney, 121172 Westport At sea . . „ 5 Matatua, s.s., Southampton, 114599 ,, 5 Welcome (schooner), Auckland, 118958 ,, 7 ' Herald (schooner), Auckland, 102313 ,, 8 Rotomahana, s.s., Auckland, 75119 Thos. E. Mansfield, A.B. Concussion of brain Dunedin J. Donovan, A.B. .. Broken wrist .. Auckland Fell on the deck. ! H. Nelson, A.B. .. Bruised hand .. Auckland When lowering the centre-board the handle struck his hand. W. Symons, fireman .. Cut shin Auckland Slipped on the stokehold ladder. ,, 8 Tay, s.s., Auckland . . ,, 10 Inga, Norwegian M. Hill, O.S. .. .. Injured arm T. Sievertsen, A.B. .. Injured nose Auckland Hokianga Fell off a plank. When heaving up ashes the handle of the lift slipped and struck him on the nose. Fell into the hold. A piece of timber fell from a sling and struckUiim. Accident occurred when lifting a case. A mooring-line carried away and struck Murdoch, breaking three ribs and injuring his right knee-cap. ,, 13 Kanieri, s.s., Auckland, 84490.. „ 14 Glimpt, Norwegian, Arundel .. „ 14 Monowai, s.s., Dunedin, 84497 „ 18 Maitai, s.s., Dunedin, 101935 .. J. Coneboy, A.B. .. Injured shoulder F. Odmark, A.B. .. Injured back .. R. Fleming, A.B. .. Dislocated shouldei William Murdock, A.B. Broken ribs, &e. Whangarei Lyttelton Dunedin Melbourne

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Date of Name of Vessel, Port of Registry Acoident. 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. 1908. Sept. 26 „ 28 Oct. 2 „ 3 .Storm, s.s., Lyttelton, 118090 .. Clansman, s.s., Auckland, 87520 Arahura, s.s., Dunedin, 117587 Mangapapa, s.s., Auckland, 112600 May Howard, s.s., Auckland, 93525 Ngapuhi, s.s., Auckland, 102329 Takapuna, s.s., Dunedin, 66540 Tasman, s.s., Nelson, 115196 .. Poherua, s.s., Dunedin, 98061.. Huia (schooner), Auckland, 102268 Waikare, s.s., Dunedin, 101480 Rippingham Grange, s.s., London, 109983 Manuka, s.s., Dunedin, 117582 Kotare, s.s., Dunedin, 117667.. Mahurangi, s.s., Auckland Three Cheers (schooner), Auckland, 112550 lloeraki, s.s., Dunedin, 101488 Mararoa, s.s., Dunedin, 89380 Rakanoa, s.s., Dunedin, 101477 Mokoia, s.s., Dunedin, 101483.. Apanui, s.s., Auckland, 122906 H. C. Geige, A.B. D. Gibson, cook P. Quinn, trimmer J. O'Kane, cook Dislocated ankle Injured shoulder Injured leg Burns Dunedin Auckland Greymouth Mercury Bay .. i When stepping ashore, sli pped and fell on the wharf. Fell on deck and struck his shoulder on the skylight. Some cargo fell on him. A pan of boiling fat took fire and burnt h is face and arms. „ 5 T. Cullings, A.B. Injured finger Auckland .. j Jammed when shifting timber. 5 9 „ 10 „ 10 „ 16 D. MeLennan, fireman.. D. Patience, A.B. W. Oliver C. Davis, fireman T. L. Sullivan, A.B. .. Cut hand Burnt foot Bruised hand .. Injured finger .. Drowned Auckland Onehunga At sea .. At sea .. At sea .. Cut his hand when cleaning fires. .. I His right foot came in contact with steam-pipe. Got his right hand caught in pump gear and badly bruised. .. i Got his finger caught in the machinery. .. I Jumped overboard. „ 16 „ 17 R. Hall, trimmer William Perry, fireman Poisoned finger Concussion of brain Wellington Port Chalmers .. : Caused through getting it bruised when trimming coal. .. j Fell off the ladder leading from bridge to main deck. „ 20 „ 25 „ 26 „ 28 W. Farrell, fireman Charles Stuart, A.B. . . H. Evans, O.S. Tergi Lieni, A.B. Injured side Injured leg Injured elbow .. Bruised hand .. At sea .. Dunedin Warkworth Whangarei Struck his left side with the fire-slice and injured his ribs. A sling of timber fell on his right leg and bruised it severely. Fell down the hatch. A piece of timber fell on his right hand. „ 28 Nov. 2 „ 3 „ 10 „ 11 George Watson, cook .. N. Olsen, trimmer C. Rice, A.B. G. Elliott, trimmer A. Hansen, A.B. Injured leg Inj ured finger .. Injured leg Injured back .. Injured foot Melbourne Lyttelton Wellington At sea .. At sea .. At sea .. Newcastle Auckland Lyttelton Suva Sydney .. At sea .. Auckland At sea .. At sea .. Gisborne Wellington Auckland Suva .. j A plank fell on his left leg and bruised it severely. ... | Got his finger jammed in the pump. .. I A derrick fell and crushed his leg. Strained his back when trimming coal. A fish-bone ran into his foot when washing decks and set up severe inflammation. Caused by a fall on deck. Fell from the condenser- pipe. A basket of coal fell on him. When at beat-drill the fall got round his hand and jammed it on the winch. Slipped on a piece of coal. Ran something into his thumb which set up inflammation and necessitated amputation ,f top. Slipped and fell on deck. Fell between the hatch and winch and cut his head badly. Caused by a fall. Fell whilst trimming coal. Got his right hand caught in cargo-hook. Got a finger of his right hand taken off through being jammed in chain sling. When slacking away the spring the line slipped off the bitts and struck his knee. .. Fell through fidley. „ 18 „ 18 „ 24 „ 27 Navua, s.s., Dunedin, 117583 Maheno, s.s., Dunedin, 117588 Fanny (ketch), Auckland Mararoa, s.s., Dunedin, 89380.. C. Reid, fireman G. E. Fairbairn, fireman F. Eversen, A.B. Thomas Forsyth, pantryman D. McDonald, trimmer W. Norris, 5th engineer Injured elbow . . Injured head .. Injured shoulder Injured hand .. „ 30 Dec. 2 Manapouri, s.s., Dunedin, 75229 Mokoia, s.s., Dunedin, 101483.. Sprained ankle Poisoned thumb 2 3 6 7 „ 11 Marama, s.s., Dunedin, 117597 Aupouri, s.s., Auckland, 122909 Mokoia, s.s., Dunedin, 101483.. Navua, s.s., 117583 .. Flora, s.s., Hobart, 82526 Queen of the South, s.s., Wellington, 74793 Waitemata, s.s., Dunedin, 127801 W. Glover, steward H. Rodgers, A.B. R. Anderson, sculleryman J. Robson, trimmer W. Miller, A.B. A. Lindahl, A.B. Injured knee .. Injured head .. Injured shoulder Rupture Injured hand . . Loss of finger .. „ 12 J. Cooper, A.B. Injured knee .. „ 16 Tofua, s.s., Dunedin, 117600 .. G. McGrath, trimmer .. Injured knee .. .. I

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Date. Port. 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 if Inquest held. 1908. April 22 ., 23 „ 29 May 1 Greymouth Greymouth Wellington Wellington " i Thomas Ford H. Mortimer Thomas Hickey G. Parkinson Injured back Injured head Concussion and injured spine Injured foot Greymouth Greymouth Wellington Wellington " Struck by sling of timber. Slipped off truck. A stack of chaff fell upon him in D shed. Whilst coaling the " Monowai," was knocked off a plank into the hulk and broke a small bone in his light foot. Fell down the hatchway into the hold of the s.s. " Ionic." Verdict : " Accidental death." A piece of ironbark timber rolled over on his right foot. Knocked over by the sling on to a case. A piece of timber fell on his foot. Fell off a stack of scenery. Struck by a piece of wood whilst putting a tarpaulin on some cases. Was knocked down by a sling of timber and had his right leg broken. Caught in bight of rope. Whilst discharging coal from the " Kaiapoi," was struck on the head by a piece which fell out of the basket. Jammed in iron girders. Whilst discharging ballast, was struck by a stone thrown by another worker. Jammed in wire rope. Slipped on a ladder coming out of hold. Struck with iron pipe. Got his left thumb jammed between the handle of a trolly and the shed. When berthing the " Pateena " the spring (rope) broke and struck Godfrey on the arm. Struck by piece of timber. A piece of timber fell out of a siing and struck Sharp on the head. Fell off a wagon. Struck by piece of iron. Strained whilst lifting. Jammed in timber. The hook of the winch-chain caught in his clothes and lifted him up over the hold, into which he fell a distance of 10 ft. Crushed between a sling of cargo and a stanchion. Fell on the deck whilst discharging coal. Had his leg ripped by a case falling against it. Jammed in timber. Jammed whilst hooking on coal-wagons. Strained himself lifting a coil of wire. Slipped off a stack of grain. A fly-wheel fell across his thigh and hand. A basket of coal fell upon him. Whilst receiving cargo at " Ruapehu," cut his wrist on a piece of hoop-iron and afterwards got the injury poisoned by liquid from hides which he was handling. Was struck by a sling of salt and knocked out of truck, sustaining slight injuries. Had big toe of left foot crushed whilst discharging cargo from " Ennerdale." A piece of iron fell out of a sling and struck his foot. 2 Lyttelton .. •■ s M. A. Bergmann Killed Lyttelton .. .. I 5 8 8 ,, 10 „ 11 ,. 16 ,, 21 Wanganui Auckland .. Lyttelton .. Gisborne .. Wellington Auckland .. Gisborne .. Timaru " ! George Clark William Bradshaw .. C. Kelly .. J. Byrne William Couper W. Kemp Joseph Goome G. Foster Injured foot Injured back Injured foot Bruised ribs Cut forehead Broken leg Injured hand and broken wrist Scalp wound Wanganui Auckland .. Lyttelton .. Gisborne .. Wellington Auckland .. Gisborne .. Timaru „ 22 „ 22 „ 25 „ 25 „ 25 „ 25 „ 27 Gisborne .. Lyttelton .. Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Wellington Picton James Young W. Daniels James Chimgrove Donald Forbes L. Hall P. Fagan W. Godfrey Injured thumb Injured finger Injured leg Injured arm Bruised leg Broken thumb Injured arm Gisborne .. Lyttelton .. Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Wellington Picton June 1 3 8 „ 10 „ 13 Greymouth Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Grevmouth Lyttelton .. Lyttelton .. ■• ! John Winter J. Sharp William Coburg Charles Brown John Blockage A. R. Wilson Alexander Longmore Injured foot Injured head Injured wrist and leg Injured foot Injured side Injured finger Broken arm Greymouth Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton .. Lyttelton .. ,, 13 „ IS „ 22 ,. 25 „ 27 „ 29 July 7 8 9 9 Oamaru Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Oamaru Wanganui Lyttelton . . Lyttelton .. William Kydd Percy King John O'Leary Ernest Cook P. J. Clark John Davis.. J. Wai kins W. Hopkins O. Salander F. Newfield Injured head, not serious Severe bruises on back .. Lacerated leg Injured fingers Injured thumb Strained Injured knee ; not serious Bruised thigh and fingers Broken ribs Cut wrist Oamaru Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Oamaru Wanganui Lyttelton .. Lyttelton . . „ 11 „ 17 „ 20 Lyttelton .. Nelson Lyttelton .. S. A. Marshall J. Talbot .. T. H. B. Webb Effects of fall Crushed toe Crushed foot Lyttelton .. Nelson Lyttelton ..

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July 20 Greymouth ,, 27 Greymouth ,, 29 Wanganui ,, 31 Greymouth Aug. 1 Lyttelton .. 3 Lyttelton .. ,, 5 Greymouth ,, 6 Wanganui ,, 11 Greymouth ,, 21 i Greymouth „ 28 Port Chalmers „ 29 Lyttelton .. W. G. Coburg .. Injured head and arm James Murray .. Crushed fingers A. Wilson . . .. Small bone of leg broken Greymouth Greymouth Wanganui Greymouth Lyttelton .. Lyttelton .. Greymouth Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Port Chalmers Lyttelton .. Auckland .. Port Chalmers Port Chalmers Port Chalmers Auckland .. Wellington Wellington Greymouth Wanganui Lyttelton .. Auckland .. Lyttelton .. Wellington Greymouth Greymouth Auckland .. Lyttelton .. Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Bluff Bluff Greymouth Greymouth Nelson Lyttelton .. Napier Auckland .. Napier Napier Greymouth Greymouth Auckland .. Was knocked off a wagon by sling of timber. Had two fingers jammed whilst discharging cargo. Whilst ascending the ladder in the hold of the " Star he missed the last rung and fell to the bottom of the hold. Jumped off a timber-wagon to avoid being struck by a sling. Was struck by a piece of timber which fell from a sling. A piece of timber fell from a sling and struck his right foot. Jammed in sling of timber. Was struck on the head by a sling of sleepers. Fell off wagon. Jammed in timber. A block fell from aloft and struck him on the back. Owing to a rope breaking Greer was knocked against the hatchway by a basket of coak Fell off a stack of stage scenery. When Corr was filling a lamp from a tin of benzine an explosion occurred. When Niccol was filling a lamp from a tin of benzine an explosion occurred. When Ewart was filling a lamp from a tin of benzine an explosion occurred. Was struck by box of soap which fell out of a sling. A basket of coal fell on his thumb and crushed it severely. The broken end of an earthenware pipe fell on his wrist. Struck by a rope from the capstan going at full speed. Was knocked off a truck by a basket of coal. Had his finger jammed in door of a truck. Was found in Calliope Dock badly cut about the head, but not he came by his injuries. Was jammed between two bales in a truck. Was caught by a sling of cargo and crushed against an iron column. Injured whilst lifting up ventilators. Skin knocked off by piece of timber. Fell into the hold. Got his foot caught between a sling of pipes and a truck. Struck by piece of timber. Crushed by piece of timber. Slipped and fell. Was knocked down by a truck whilst shunting and_had small leg broken and ankle bruised. .. ; A ease of rabbits fell on him. Jammed in timber. Crushed by wheel of railway wagon. When discharging cargo, got his finger jammed. A large piece of coal fell out of a basket and struck him on the head, injuring him very seriously. Struck by the winch-handle. When stacking some bales of kapok his hook slipped and he fell on the wharf and broke his right leg below the knee. A hawser broke, striking him on the leg. Fell off the wharf and received a severe cut on the forehead. Caught in chain sling. Lifting heavy weight. Was struck on the leg by a piece of timber when unloading the " Den of Ruthven," and had the small bone broken. Charles Millett .. Rupture C. Oppenheim .. Injured head William Norton .. Crushed foot H. Butcher.. .. Injured thumb . . S. Stafford .. .. Scalp wound ; not serious F. Williams .. Injured shoulder William Logan .. Injured finger George S. Gordon .. Injured back Alexander Greer .. Bruised hip ,, 31 Auckland .. Sept. 1 Port Chalmers ,, 1 Port Chalmers „ 1 Port Chalmers ,, 4 Auckland .. ,, 4 Wellington ,, 5 Wellington ,, 5 Greymouth ,, 9 Wanganui „ 10 Lyttelton .. „ 12 Auckland .. W. Bell .. .. Scalp wound T. W. Corr .. Severe burns J. A. Niccol .. Severe burns T. Ewart .. .. Severe burns C. O'Brien .. .. Concussion of brain George Smith .. Crushed thumb F. Anderson .. Cut wrist Peter Hansen .. Injured leg R. Burt .. .. Cut face and dislocated thumb C. Arnold .. .. Injured finger .. J. Coomar .. .. Badly cut on head „ 12 Lyttelton .. ,, 12 Wellington ,, 15 Greymouth ,, 18 Greymouth „ 19 Auckland .. „ 22 Lyttelton .. ,, 28 Greymouth ,, 30 Greymouth Oct. 10 Greymouth „ 13 Bluff George Smith .. Crushed Charles Nevis .. Fatally crushed John Keating .. Ricked back James Potts .. Poisoned leg D. Breekwith .. Shock F. Sadler .. .. Foot jammed James W T alker .. Injured foot Patrick Ellison .. Injured foot John Anderson .. Sprained wrist C. Murphy .. .. Injured leg „ 15 Bluff ,, 20 Greymouth „ 20 Greymouth ,, 27 Nelson Nov. 2 Lyttelton .. T. Cooper .. .. Sprained sides Joseph Jackson .. Crushed fingers Alfred Weinberg . . Crushed foot R. J. Oliver .. Injured finger C. Greer .. .. Injured head ,, 3 Napier ,, 5 Auckland .. J. Le Geyt .. Bruised chest William Kent .. Broken leg ,, 10 Napier ,, 10 Napier ,, 11 Greymouth ,, 12 Greymouth ,, 19 Auckland .. William Cullen .. Broken leg D. Hickey .. .. Injured head Thomas Mathieson .. Crushed hands Samuel Compton .. Ruptured muscles of back J. Millar .. .. Broken leg

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Date. Port. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury, fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident Particulars as to Accident and its Cause, and Verdict of Jury if Inquest held. r 1908. Nov. 30 Nelson Dec. 4 Auckland .. ,, 6 Gisborne . . ,, 7 Auckland .. ,, 7 Auckland .. „ 7 Auckland .. ,, 10 Greymouth ,, 11 Greymouth 11 Wellington ,, 12 Auckland .. E. Robb .. .. Injured hand Patrick Clare . . Broken wrist and injured knee W. J. Morris .. Injured shoulder N. O'Brien .. j Injured leg C. Hamilton .. Injured head William Salmon .. Injured foot James Outram .. Injured head John Davis .. I Crushed fingers .. T. Pressley .. Injured head William Johnston .. Cut face Daniel Callaghan .. Injured ankle H. Pearce .. . . Broken leg William Dalbaith .. Injured ribs Harry Peek .. Injured foot E. Anderson .. Injured hand Nelson .. .. Crushed whilst discharging timber. Auckland .. .. Fell into the hold of the " Monowai " when removing the hatches. .. ! Gisborne .. .. A bag of waste fell out of a sling and struck him. Auckland s ' m 8 timber gave way, and the pieces fell on O'Brien and Hamilton. Auckland .. .. Slipped on deck when carrying a case. Greymouth .. Struck by a piece of falling timber. Greymouth .. j Jammed whilst stacking sleepers. Wellington . . Fell and struck his head against the winch. Auckland .. . . A fellow-workman threw a shovel to him (at his own request), but he missed it, and it struck him on the face, inflicting a severe cut. Greymouth . . Caught in wire rope. Auckland .. A case fell on him. Aoroa .. .. Got jammed between logs. Tekopuru .. .. A sling of timber fell on his foot. Auckland .. .. The balance-box of a crane suddenly slipped and caught Anderson's left hand and crushed off two of his fingers at the first joint. ,, 14 Greymouth ,, 15 Auckland .. ,, 21 Kaipara .. ,, 24 Kaipara .. ,, 31 Auckland .. 1909. Jan. 2 Greymouth ,, 4 Lyttelton .. ,, 13 Auckland .. „ 30 Gisborne . . Feb. 1 [ Auckland .. ,, 8 Greymouth ,, 10 Greymouth ,, 15 Lyttelton .. ,, 17 Lyttelton .. I W. F. Rose .. i Injured hand A. Foote .. .. Injured leg Charles Richardson .. Effects of fall .. D. Hent .. .. Injured leg AV. Johnson .. I Bruised shoulder Neil Backman .. Crushed finger Charles Cook .. Injured legs J. Scott .. .. Injured thumb Alfred Cook .. Injured head and shoulder John Shepherd .. Effects of fall James Gray .. Injured leg Thomas McDonald .. Effects of fall Daniel Coakley .. Injured knee William Beckman .. Injured arm James Kelly .. Injured knee Frederick Mortimer . . Injured eye Alexander Campbell Strain Arthur Tullock .. Broken wrists .. .... Greymouth . . Jammed in timber. Lyttelton .. ., A case fell and struck his leg. Auckland .. .. i Fell off a railway truck. Gisborne .. .. I A case of iron, whilst being hoisted, struck him on the left leg. Auckland . . .. A case fell out of a sling and struck him on the shoulder. Greymouth .. Caught in brake of timber-truck. Greymouth .. Caught in rope of revolving capstan. Lyttelton .. .. Got his thumb jammed between two sleepers. Lyttelton .. .. A piece of timber fell out of a sling and struck him, causing severe wounds to head and shoulders. Lyttelton .. .. Was knocked out of a truck by a sling of iron and fell on the wharf and thence into the water ; not seriously injured. Port Ahuriri .. A coal-trestle overturned and struck him above the heel, breaking the tendons. Port Ahuriri . .. Fell into the hold of the " Marere," and was severely bruised. Greymouth .. | Struck by a lump of coal. Greymouth .. Fell off wagon. Lyttelton .. .. Fell whilst carrying a coal-basket. Greymouth .. Struck by piece of falling timber. Port Ahuriri .. Collapsed whilst at work, and became unconscious. Wellington .. Stepped on a hatch which he had not fastened properly, when it gave way, and he fell about 37 ft., breaking both wrists and sustaining shock to system. „ 18 Lyttelton .. „ 22 Napier ,, 25 Napier „ 27 | Greymouth Mar. 5 ; Greymouth ,, 6 [ Lyttelton .. ,, 11 I Greymouth ,, 23 Napier „ 30 Wellington

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Return of Convictions of Seamen, &c, for Offences against the Provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Act, under Proceedings taken by Masters and Others, reported to the Marine Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Name of Person. Position held. Ship. Particulars of Offence, &c. Date of Conviction. Penalty imposed. Abrahamson, Carl Addison, A. Allen, T. Almond, J. Andersen, C. Anderton, T. Bailey, E. Barkley, C. Black. James Blackwood, F. S. Board, F. J. D. .. Bowman, P. W. .. Boyd, N. Burnecle, A.' Burnecle, A. Butler, John Callaghan, James Callaghan, Patrick Cherriff, M. Copeland, J. Courtney, A. Crocker, J. Dennison, S. Doran, W. Doran, W. Doyle, A. Dunn, D. Dunn, D. Fox, F. Garrett, William .. Gibson, William .. Given, Christopher Gray, E. E. Gray, E. E. Grenole, Peter Gully, G. Harris, J. Harvey, Thomas Hazel, A. W. Hearns, E. Hope, Edgar A. .. Hutchinson, T. .. Jenkins, A. Johns, C. Johnson, R. Kelly, Archibald Keogh, M. Kyle, J. '.'. A.B. .. Fireman A.B. .. Fireman A.B. .. Steward A.B. .. Fireman O.S. .. Steward Carpenter A.B. .. A.B. . . A.B. .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman Fireman A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman Apprentice Fireman Fireman Steward Fireman Fireman Steward A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman Fireman A.B. .. Steward A.B. .. Steward Fireman Fireman Greaser A.B. .. A.B. .. Joseph Craig .. Desertion Waikare .. Broaching cargo and stealing beer .. Indradevi .. Desertion Aotea .. .. Desertion Helga .. .. j Refusing duty RippinghamGrange Absent without leave Turakina .. Disobeying orders Buceros .. Absent without leave Helga .. Refusing duty Athenic .. ■ Assaulting a street passenger Waimate .. Embezzling cargo RippinghamGrange Obscene language Helga .. . . Refusing duty Ruapehu .. Absent without leave Ruapehu .. Disobeying orders Norfolk .. Assaulting T. Anderson and other seamen Devon .. Drunk and disorderly Devon .. Drunk and disorderly Renfield . . Disobeying lawful commands on high seas Wanaka - .. Disobeying orders Corinthic .. Absent without leave Turakina .. Disobeying orders Rio .. ... Disobeying lawful commands Indravelli .. ' Assaulting chief engineer Indravelli .. j Absent without leave RippinghamGrange Broaching cargo Rangatira .. j Assaulting chief officer Rangatira .. Disobeying lawful commands Athenic .. Assaulting a street passenger Wakanui .. Desertion Norfolk .. Assaulting T. Anderson and other seamen RippinghamGrange Absent without leave Hawea.. .. I Disobeying lawful commands in harbour Hawea.. .. '■ Disobeying lawful commands on high seas Waratah .. j Theft of ship's stores Hawea.. .. Disobeying lawful commands Tomoana .. Absent without leave Norfolk .. Assaulting T. Anderson and other seamen Corinthic .. Absent without leave Indravelli .. Absent without leave RippinghamGrange Absent without leave Indravelli .. Absent without leave Athenic .. Assaulting a passenger Waikare .. Broaching cargo and stealing beer .. Waikare .. Broaching cargo and stealing beer .. Atua .. .. Assaulting third engineer Indravelli .. Absent without leave Otterburn .. ' Disobeying lawful commands 9/3/09 Fourteen days' imprisonment and costs. 22/6/08 £5, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. 20/9/08 Seven days' imprisonment, and costs 10s. 6/1/09 Twenty-one days' imprisonment. 4/4/08 One months' imprisonment. 2/10/08 Imprisoned until sailing of ship. 7/5/08 14s. costs, and tj be placed on board. 25/6/08 Costs. 4/4/08 One month's imprisonment. 3/12/08 Three months' imprisonment. 6/8/08 Four months' imprisonment, and to forfeit £8 wages, value of goods stolen. 30/9/08 Seveii days' imprisonment, or £2. 4/4/08 One month. 20/11/08 Forty-eight hours' imprisonment, or forfeit two days' pay, and costs 14s. 20/11/08 Twenty-four hours' imprisonment, and costs £1 8s. 31/8/08 £2 and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. 26/11/08 10s., tr two days' imprisonment. 26/11/08 10s., or two days' imprisonment. 26/6/08 £2, and costs £1 8s., or seven days' imprisonment. 26/3/08 5s., and costs 7s., or two days' imprisonment. 11/11/08 10s., and costs 7s., or two days' imprisonment. 7/5/08 14s. costs, and to be placed on board. 18/5/08 10s., and costs 7s., or twenty -four hours' imprisonment. 19/10/08 £1, and costs 5s., or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. 10/10/08 Forfeit two days' pay. 25/9/08 £3, or seven days' imprisonment. 5/1/09 £1, or seven days' imprisonment. 5/1/09 5s., and costs 7s. 3/12/08 Three months' imprisonment. 23/4/08 One month's imprisonment, and to be placed on board. 31/8/08 £1 10s. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. 2/10/08 Imprisonment until sailing of ship. 15/10/08 £2, or two days' imprisonment. 15/10/08 £2, or seven days' imprisonment. 11/5/08 £3, or one months' imprisonment. 15/10/08 £2, or two days' imprisonment. 9/7/08 Ctsts 7s., and fourteen days' imprisonment. 31/8/08 £1 10s. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. 27/6/08 Fourteen days' imprisonment. 10/10/08 Forfeit one day's pay. 2/10/08 Imprisonment till sailing of ship. 10/10/08 Forfeit two days' pay. 3/12/08 Three months' imprisonment. 22/6/08 £5, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. 22/6/08 £5, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. 8/2/09 £5 and costs. 10/10/08 Forfeit one day's pay. 8/7/08 7s. costs. ;

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Name of Person. Position held. Ship. Particulars of Offence, &c. Date of Conviction. Penalty imposed. Learney, J. Lowery, H. Lyiard, James Miller, A. Mitchell, William Moore, J. Moore, J. Morgan, O. Morrison, J. Murphy, J. Murphy, J. Murphy, P. Murphy, P. McCarthy, L. McDads, D. McDonald, A. J. McPherson, W. .. McPherson, N. O'Connor, M. Parris, G. Pauling, William G. Pietro, Santiago .. Cook .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman A.B. .. Cook .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. Steward Fireman A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. Fireman A.B. .. Whakatane Devon Wakanui Indravelli Rippingham Grange Rosamond Lady Wolsey Helga Invertay Hawea Hawea.. Indravelli Indravelli Manapouri Karamea Rosamond Indravelli Indravelli Indravelli Tongariro Wakanui Carraciolo Theft of case of stout Absent without leave Absent without leave Absent without leave Assaulting the boatswain and using offensive language Assaulting chief steward Assaulting second mate Refusing duty Assaulting Neumann and Prince (seamen) Disobeying lawful commands in harbour Disobeying lawful commands at sea Disobeying and assaulting chief officer Using obscene language Stealing watch, chain, Ate. Absent without leave Desertion Absent without leave Disobeying orders Absent without leave Absent without leave Absent without leave Desertion 27/1/09 16/4/08 16/7/08 10/10/08 5/10/08 10/9/08 26/3/09 4/4/08 9/9/08 15/10/08 15/10/08 22/5/08 22/5/08 12/5/08 28/10/08 10/9/08 10/10/08 10/10/08 10/W08 5/10/08 16/7/08 23/3/09 Two months' imprisonment. To be replaced on board. Ordered to pay costs and return to ship. Forfeit two days' pay. £4, and imprisonment until sailing of ship. £1 Is. costs. £2, or seven days' imprisonment. One month's imprisonment. £2 and costs. £2, or two days' imprisonment. £2, or seven days' imprisonment. £2, or seven days' imprisonment. £6, or fourteen days' imprisonment. Fourteen days' imprisonment. Three days' imprisonment and costs 6s. £1, and costs £1 8s., or seven days' imprisonment. Forfeit two days' pay. Forfeit two days' pay. Forfeit two days' pay. Seven days' imprisonment. Ordered to pay costs and return to ship. To be detained in custody until sailing of vessel, and thei placed on board. Fourteen days' imprisonment, and costs 7s. To be detained until sailing of ship, and then placed Ol board. Fourteen days' imprisonment, and costs 7s. One month's imprisonment. To be detained in custody until sailing of ship, and the] placed on board. Fourteen days' imprisonment, and costs 7s. £2 and costs. One month's imprisonment. 14s. costs, and to be placed on board. Ordered to pay costs. £2 and costs. Ordered to be placed on board. Fourteen days' imprisonmentConvicted and discharged. One month's imprisonment. £2. Imprisonment until sailing of ship. Forfeit one day's pay. Three days' imprisonment, and costs 6s. One month's imprisonment. £2 and costs. £1 and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. Forfeit one day's pay. Ordered to be placed on board. 10s. and costs. Pilgram, A. Rosa Antonio Fireman A.B. .. Tomoana Jeni Absent without leave Desertion 9/7/08 11/3/08 Ross, E. Reynor, W. T. Salvatoni, A. Fireman O.S. .. A.B. .. Tomoana Helga Carraciolo Absent without leave Refusing duty Desertion 9/7/08 4/4/08 23/3/09 Saville, G. Scott, H. G. Seinerton, M. Shackell, W. Sinclair, J. Slater, John Smith, M. Smith, W. J. Smith, W. J. Sukow, F. Taylor, A. Taylor, William .. Thurlow, G. Toad, H. Tremont, M. Watson, L. Wells, Henry Williams, H. Wilson, F. Woolston, Henry A. Fireman A.B. .. A.B. .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman Greaser Fireman Fireman A.B. .. O.S. .. Steward Fireman Fireman A.B. .. A.B. .. Cook .. Greaser Fireman Deck hand Warrimoo Invertay Helga .. Turakina Buceros Opawa Kaikoura Corinthic Corinthic Helga .. T asman Rippingham Grange Indravelli Karamea Helga Atua Norfolk Indravelli Kaikoura Papanui Assaulting fourth engineer Assaulting Neumann and Prince (seamen) Refusing duty Disobeying orders Absent without leave Assaulting second engineer Absent without leave .. .. ... Absent without leave Absent without leave Refusing duty Indecency Absent without leave Absent without leave Absent without leave Refusing duty Wilful disobedience of lawful commands Drunk and disorderly Absent without leave Absent without leave Disobeying lawful commands 20/9/08 9/9/08 4/4/08 7/5/08 25/6/08 16/10/08 16/1/09 27/6/08 8/7/08 4/4/08 9/12/08 2/10/08 10/10/08 28/10/08 4/4/08 20/6/08 4/8/08 10/10/08 16/1/09 3/2/09

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Plate I. —The Marine Hatchery at Portobello, after a Fall of Snow.

Plate II.— Lobster-hatching Pond. (See p. 19.)

Face p. 60.]

Fact p. 60.]

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Plate III.— Cast Shell of a Male Lobster. (See p. 22.)

Plate IV. — Female Egg-bearing Lobster. (See p. 22.)

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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1908, to the 31st March, 1909.

Datb of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty, i and Class. ■3 g 1 Number of Number of | Passe'iu gers. 1 Cargo. Nature of Natu ire of Casualty. [ Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurrei Wind. Finding of Courj of Inquiry Name of Master. 50 H Jo Direc- j tion. j Force. 1907. Dec. 7 1908. Jan. 23 Feb. 18 Mar. 6 LordS tanley, s.s., 5 years Tasman, s.s., 5 years Manapouri, s.s., 26 years Alexander Craig, 17 years Schooner Schooner Schooner Barque 3057 87 1288 520 13 52 14 4 General Fire; trifling damage General Broken shaft General Breakdown of machinery Produce; Topgallant damages, mast carried £50 away Ballast.. Collision ; no . Coal .. : Collision ; total loss General General General Produce ; damages, £50 Ballast.. 1 Wharf, Wellington .. Off (.'ape Terawhiti .. Off North Head, Auckland Harbour Lat. 33-5 S., Long. 17 1-54 E. Auckland Harbour .. Calm E.N.E. Gale Fire in No. 1 lower hold ; cause unknown .. A flaw in the tail-shaft caused it to break Main engine reversing. gear bracket carried away During a heavy gale the topgallant mast was wrenched off the main topmast, carrying away some of the rigging If master of " Moonah " had continued on his course the collision would not have occurred. In porting his helm and bringing his vessel suddenly to starboard across the " Wairuna's " bow he committed a breach of Article 21, and is solely responsible for the collision. Certificate of master of " Moonah " suspended for six months, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel ran ashore in thick weather F. W. Cox. G. H.Lacy. Alexander Campbell. „ 10 Wairuna, s.s., 3 years Schooner 2530 James Robinson. Moonah, 6 years N.E. Mode- 1 rate „ 10 Ketch .. 83 Fresh .. Joseph Silveira. A. Noel. „ 13 President Felix Faure Eunice, 6 years French 2651 22 Nickel-ore Stranded; total loss Coal and Stranded; no produce damage Produce Stranded; no damage General Stranded ; trifling damage Collision; no \ damage Collision ; total i loss General Stranded ; partial loss 1 4 North Cape, Main Island, Antipodes Half-moon Bay, Pelorus Sound Patea Bar Davis Point, Campbell Island, South Pacific Pulling Point, Otago Harbour Buller Roads, 500 yds. off west Mole N.N.W. .pril 7 Scow .. j | 171 8 S.E. Fresh .. Vessel missed stays and drifted ashore J. H. Nelson. „ 12 Kiripaka, s.s., 14 years Jessie Niccol, 36 years Lady Roberts, s.s., 6 years Ketch .. | ! 75 11 N.W. Light .. Stranded when crossing bar, but got off uninjured Wind suddenly failed, and vessel missed stays and touched slightly on rocks The collision was solely due to an error of judgment on the part of Joseph Coddoi, the master of the " Matakana," who suddenly ported his helm and went astarboard, thus running right across the bows of the " Lady Roberts," when it was too late to avoid a collision Casualty was due to negligent navigation on the part of the master, whose certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry G. T. Dixon. „ 14 Schooner 93 8 W.N.W. Light .. W. J. McBride. „ 18 Schooner 37 7 Light -, H. Cashman. Matakana Oil-launch Calm Joseph Coddoi. 18 3 1 13 Calm 23 Taviuni, s.s., 18 years Schooner 910 31 4 General I C. Brophy. lay 2 Tasman, s.s., 5 years Weathers field, 43 years Takapuna, s.s., 25 years Schooner General General Collision; tri- 1 fling damage Timber Collision; no I I loss General Collision with wharf ; slight damages Timber Stranded ; total loss Nelson Harbour Wharf, Wellington .. 15 miles S.E. by S. of Kaipara Lighthouse ( 1 F. W. Cox. F. Holm. 87 13 4 Collision due to a wrongly executed order in the engine-room 2 Barque 1047 j Timber Calm 6 Schooner 472 ; 38 21 General S.E. Strong.. I Struck the wharf owing to the steering-gear ] failing to act C. McLean. Warkworth 34 years Cutter .. 25 Timber S.W. Gale .. Shipped heavy seas, which broke main boom, carried away port chain-plates, and sent mast over the side. Vessel thereupon drifted ashore high and dry at low water John Brown. 7

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

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. to <D ' is 5 Number of "ature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Cas occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. rAfH m Passengers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1908. May 12 May 12 Curlew, 1 year | Schooner 96 Timber Stranded ; trifling damage Collision with wharf ; slight damages Fire ; considerable damage to cargo Loss of life .. Whangapoua Creek .. W. Light .. . Vessel grounded on a sunken log, and damaged two bottom planks Caused by mistake of engineer in putting the engines ahead instead of astern W. Bourke. .. 19 19 Countess, 8 years; Ferry- , steamer 85 Ferry Wharf, Wellington Calm William Reid. ,. 20 ,. 20 Ionic, s.s., 6 ; Schooner years 7826 Wool, flax, and general General Glasgow Wharf, Wellington Calm The fire occurred through the flax becoming ignited by something extraneous to it J. 0. Carter. „ 22 I 22 Kumara, s.s., 9 Schooner years ,. 27 Muritai, s.s., 24 Schooner years 3907 1 Lat. 13° N., Long. 17° W. i W. Moore, fireman, was found on deck with his throat cut; confessed to having done it himself Light .. The second officer disobeyed .the express orders of the captain and first officer, and was guilty of culpable negligence. The captain erred only in not being on deck at Tutukaka Point. The captain and second officer each ordered to pay half the costs of the inquiry, £58 15s. Squally Accident caused by roll due to heavy crosssea A. Morton. ,- 27 134 11 Oysters Stranded ; total wreck West Chicken Island N.W. Charles Hopkins. June 9 Whangaroa, 15 Scow .. years ,, 17 Jane .. \ Cutter .. Dismasted Whangarei William Harris. 132 8 Timber S. Squally 3 2 Fishingboat General Loss of life .. 1 Hicks Bay S. Supposed to have gone overboard in~a fit of insanity ( The " Ingrid's " anchor was hanging from the _ I bow, and was fouled by the " Mapourika's " Breeze staunchions, which carried away the " In- [ grid's " cathead F. C. Must. „ 19 Mapourika, s.s., Schooner 10 years „ 19 Ingrid, 30 years Barque „ 20 Tally Ho, 11 Scow .. years „ 20 Kiwi .. Cutter .. 718 45 Collision; no damage Collision ; slight damage Collision; no damage Collision ; trifling damage Broken shaft ) S.W. f Breeze -: S.*Kennedy. 699 13 Coal .. ) r Crane^Wharf, Westport O.'Larsen. 51 3 Coal .. Between Bream Tail and Rodney Point S.S.W. Light ( The vessels drifted into contact through not ( having steerage-way in the very light breeze Light ( E. Welson. J. McCormack. 15 2 Stores .. . „ 21 Dorset, s.s., 25 One mast years 50 9 General Off Six-mile Beach, Waipapapa Point N.E. Light .. Port propeller-shaft broke, and, owing to the slipping-out of place of that propeller, the blades of the starboard propeller were stripped off The vessel grounded on west side of channel during thick feg ; the master, having a raft of logs in tow, kept too far to the westward to avoid the track of other vessels Light .. The vessel stranded owing to insufficiency of water on the bar Moderate No blame attached to any of the officers or gale hands on board the vessel, but the Court considered the signalman committed a slight error of judgment in allowing the vessel to take the bar about one hour after high water Light .. Whilst loading shingle on the beach the vessel grounded on a rock and injured bottom planks Moderate Grounded on a mud-bank in the river at ebbtide, but got off when the tide rose Light .. A. Running. „ 23 Akaroa, s.s., 33 Schooner years Towing logs Stranded; no damage Rangitoto Channel, Auckland Calm WalterjParker. 23 28 • N. Light .. July July 1 Manukau, s.s., Schooner 28 years „ 5 Moa, s.s., 44 Schooner years 1 Ballast.. Stranded ; no damage Stranded ; trifling damage Waitara Bar J. 0. Berg. 45 5 5 95 12 Coal .. W T anganui Bar E. Moderate gale W. H. Sawyers. ,, 13 Esme, 1 year .. Ketch .. »> 13 Ketch .. 20 Shingle Stranded ; trifling damage No. 2 Bay, East end, Chamberlain's Island, Firth of Thames Kaipara Harbour w. Light .. W. Findlay. „ 18 Ennerdale, s.s., Schooner 6 years J» IS Schooner 512 Timber Stranded ; trifling damage S.W. Moderate N. Waddilove. 21

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

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. and Class. Rig. « CO Number of Nature of Number Place where Casuslt; occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Masttr. * Passen- £ gers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives lost. Direction. Force. 1908. July 23 Haere, 5 years Scow .. 99 5 Timber Stranded, no damage Stone .. Broken shaft Hokianga River N.W. ! Squalls A link of the mooring-chain opened, and the vessel drifted ashore S.E. i Light . . Starboard tail-shaft was found to be broken when vessel was at Tonga, Blind Baj S.E. Light .. Whilst in tow, the vessel ran on a mud-bank, and the machinery of the tug having broken down, she had to abandon the " Polly," which was considerably strained when the tide fell S.E. Gale .. The vessel was struck by a squall, and sails[and rigging damaged N.W. Squalls W. E. Barnes. „ 30 Kennedy, s.s., 43 years Polly, 17 years Schooner 131 15 Tasman Bay S.E. I Light . . F. L. manH. Petterson. Aug. 4 Barque 315 9 Timber Stranded ; partial loss Whangarei River S.E. Light .. Falcon, 31 years Schooner Timber Sails and rigging damaged; trifling General Stranded; no damage Off Brothers, Cook Strait S.E. Gale .. 0. F. Mclntyre J) 5 98 10 s.s., 10 years Schooner 63 10 21 Mangawai Heads E. Light .. The stranding of the vessel was due to the gross neglect and indifference of the master, who admits that he did not keep a careful and vigilant look-out. His certificate was suspended foi two years, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry N.E. Moderate The vessel touched slightly on an uncharted coral head or patch, the master and officers being in no way to blame S.E. Strong The master committed a slight error of judgment in underestimating his distance from the reef on which the vessel touched W.S.W. Strong The steering-gear carried away when crossing breeze the bar, and the vessel went ashore E. Light .. E. J. Wann. Navua, s.s., 4 years Schooner Fruit . . Stranded ; trifling damage ; . Off Roadstead anchorage, Rarotonga G. H. Lacy. „ 11 1813 52 32 „ 18 Navua, s.s., 4 years Schooner 1813 52 32 Fruit . . Stranded ; trifling damage Off Mauki Island landing G. H. Lacy. „ 18 Waratah, s.s., 4 years Schooner 96 Produce Stranded ; eonsiderable damage General Stranded; no damage Coal .. Struck wharf ; damage, £170 Tory Shoal, Kaipara Bar A. Watchlin. „ 21 Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Rosamond, s.s., 24 years Schooner 114 12 Patea Bar S.E. Strong Set of the current caused the vessel to strand on the bar; got off uninjured Calm .. Struck a pile of the wharf (which was under repair), and damaged bulwarks and side of vessel Calm .. Cause of breakage not known Edward Shaw „ 25 Schooner 462 19 Onehunga A. M. Edwin. „ 25 Petone, s.s., 8 years Schooner 388 f 17 Ballast.. Broken crankshaft; £1,100 damage General Stranded ; trifling damage 30 miles N.N.E. of Lyttelton J. Christian. I „ 29 Ohinemuri, s.s., 17 years Schooner 73 Whangape Harbour .. S.W. Light . . The vessel grazed a rock at the entrance to the harbour, and slightly damaged two planks on port quarter ( The collision was wholly due to the " Penguin," being the overtaking ship, not keeping out of the way of the " Gertie," and the officer responsible was Frederick Raymond Gamble, the second mate of the " Penguin," who committed a breach of Article 24 of the N.W. Light Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea by not keeping out of the way of the " Gertie." Certificate of F. R. Gamble suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay £6 6s. towards cost of inquiry. The suspension of his certificate was subsequently removed by Court of ' Appeal J. Grubb. Sept. 3 Penguin, s.s., 44 years Schooner 514 30 General •* R. Stewart. 42 i Off .. i | Collision; trifling damage »» 3 Gertie, s.s., 17 years Schooner 119 14 Coal R. Rodger.

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Date of Jasualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Kig. * si CO CO Nui iber of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. ind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. ■H = eo o eo H Passengers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives lost. Force i 1908.' Sept. 8 Waikare, s.s., 11 years Kaipara, s.s., 5 years Petone, s.s., 8 years Schooner 1901 50 (50 General \ Ballast When leaving her berth at the wharf a heavy wind-squall caused the " Waikare " to bump into the " Kaipara " Collision ; trifling damage Jervois Quay Wharf, Wellington Gale J. Bennet. „ 8 Schooner 4741 04 N.W. N. de la C. Cornwall. J. Christian. S.S.E. I „ 9 Schooner 388 17 Ballast.. Breaking of low-pressure cylinder Collision; trifling damage Collision ; no ' damage Supposed foundered 20 miles N. by E. from Cape Foulwind Strong breeze The low-pressure cylinder broke down, and the vessel returned to Wellington under easy steam and sail „ 14 Agnes " Martin, 14 years Fanny, s.s., 19 years Loch Lomond, 38 yeafs Ketch lighter Ketch lighter Ship .. 41 3 General I Entrance, inner harbour, Port Ahuriri W. Strong breeze The two vessels were tendering the s.s. " Whakarua," when the strong current caused them to drift into each other T. Keogh. „ 14 55 9 General John Nelson. About Sept. 16 1200 19 Coal .. 19 Not known, but probably off N.W. coast of North Island, New Zealand The vessel left Newcastle, New South Wales, on 16th July, 1908, with a cargo of coal for Lyttelton, and has not since been heard of. She has probably foundered at sea with all hands. Wreckage was washed ashore at and near Cape Maria Van Diemen Stranded when crossing the bar, but was got off uninjured In consequence of recent flood the river had silted up at the entrance A heavy sea struck the vessel when crossing the bar, and carried away the rudder; the vessel then drifted ashore The channel had silted up owing to a recent fresh in the river, and the vessel stranded in crossing the bar The loss of the vessel was due to the neglect of Gustav Victor Olsson in not keeping the vessel further off the land as instructed by the master, who was not called in time to prevent the stranding The Court was of opinion that the vessel struck some partially submerged object. The first officer was reprimanded for not reporting the occurrence at once to the master A heavy swell threw the vessel against the wharf when she was being berthed J. Thompson. Tuatea, s.s., 5 years Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Ngunguru, s.s., 15 yeafs Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Stranded ; total loss Bar of Mohaka River A. Knight. 18 Ketch .. 28 3 Ballast.. Calm 18 Schooner 114 12 Coal .. Bar of Patea River .. W. Moderate E. Shaw. 23 Schooner 70 9 1 Timber Bar of Karamea River S.W. Stormy F. Fletcher. 24 Mana, s.s., 22 years Schooner 77 10 General Stranded; no damage Patea Bar N.W. Breeze W. Tinney. 30 Zior, 36 years.. Schooner 63 Ballast.. Stranded ; total loss Takatu Point, Haurpki Gulf E.N.E. Light .. E. Diaz. Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Schooner 114 General Struck obstacle; damage, £50 OffjTerawhiti Point .. Light .. E. Shaw. Oct. 19 12 w. „ 24 Takapuna, s.s., 25 years Schooner 472 45 General Collided with wharf; trifling damage Broken shaft New Plymouth E. Strong R. Crawford. „ 25 Akaroa, s.s., 33 years Kahu, 9 years Schooner 29 8 Towing Between Point Rodney and Takatu Point Kaituna River S.W. Strong Tail-shaft carried away W. Parker. „ 27 Ketch .. 50 4 Coal .. Stranded; no damage Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage W. Fresh breeze Stranding due to shifting of channel C. Johnson. „ 28 Apanui, s.s., 3 years Gr e yhound, O.E.V.,9years Schooner 135 15 General 1 Mouth of Awanui River S.S.W. Moderate The " Apanui," in trying to pass theH" Greyhound " in a narrow channel, collided with her and carried away some of her headR. H. Gibbons. „ 28 Schooner 83 6 General H. Subritsky. gear

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Date of Vessel's Name, Casualty. A S e , and class - eo aa Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurrei Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. h H - O PassenQ gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1908. Oct. 29 „ 30 Jane Gifford, 1 year Hawea, s.s., 11 years Ketch .. Schooner 20 1114 3 27 Bricks .. Timber Stranded; trifling damage Stranded; total loss Off Kauri Point, Auckland Harbour Mouth of Grey River w.s.w. S.W. Moderate Master mistook his position on dark night when beacons not visible Light .. The stranding was caused by an exceptionally heavy roller striking the vessel on the port bow, causing her to touch bottom on the inner bar and lose steerage-way. She was then unable to regain her position, and drifted bodily to the north tip and stranded Breeze Stranded when crossing the bar, but got off uninjured Stranded when crossing the bar, but got off uninjured Hurricane A heavy sea broke on board and damaged the starboard bulwarks and staunchions | j The launches were lying alongside the wharf, -j I and were both found to be on fire at 4 a.m. ( j The engines and boilers only were saved Strong ! The loss of the vessel was caused by the negligent navigation of the master in hugging the land and attempting to pass between Flat Rock and Kawau Island whilst a strong wind, almost a gale, was blowing from the north-east, with a heavy sea and very thick weather Gale .. The master and officers were considered free from all blame f< r the stranding of the vessel Moderate Port tail-shaft broke off at outer end of sternvalve ; cause unknown Fresh Stranding due to silting-up of channel breeze I E. S. Chatfield. J. W. Burgess. Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Mana, s.s., 22 years Carraciolo, 32 years Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Damaged bulwarks Patea Bar G. B. Corby. Nov. 1 Schooner 114 12 General s. „ 2 Schooner 77 10 General Patea Bar T. M. Jackson. 5 Barque 1355 17 Tiles .. 140 miles S. of Tasmania W.N.W. J. B. Woden. „ 9 „ 9 Planet, 30 years Matara, 5 years Launch Launch 13 13 Burnt Burnt I At wharf, Foxton Dec. 14 Kia Ora, 5 years Schooner 69 4 Timber Stranded ; total loss 3 Nelson Rook, Kawau Island N.E. Edward Piercy. ., 15 Stranded; total loss Broken shaft Bar, Wanganui River Edward Graham „ 16 Charles Edward, s.s., 45 years Arahura, s.s., 3 years Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Ururoa, 9 years Schooner Schooner Schooner 145 771 114 12 48 12 184 Coal .. Coal .. General Stranded; no damage Stranded; total loss 64 miles N. of Westport Patea Bar s. N.E. N. Gale .. Moderate Fresh breeze Gale .. G. Lambert. G. B. Corby. „ 17 „ 18 Scow .. j 196 9 Coal .. 3 miles off Wanganui Bar W.S.W. Dreeze j Gale .. ; The vessel was stranded in consequence negligence of the master, whose certificate was suspended for three months Light .. | Stranding due to insufficiency of water C. J. Harris. „ 20 Tangaroa, s.s., 9 years Ngatiawa, s.s., 2 years Daldorch, s.s., 1 year Ketch .. 110 7 20 General Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Bar of Wairoa^River, Hawke's Bay Opotiki Bar N.E. Light .. H. Anderson. Dec. 30 Schooner 220 22 General 1 N.N.W. Fresh Due to insufficient depth of water on bar .. breeze Fresh breeze Light .. P. A. Stein. .. 31 Schooner 3031 36 General Auckland Harbour .. N. breeze Light .. The master mistook the channel-marks when leaving Auckland Harbour, and vessel grounded on a mud- bank when trying to get back into proper channel C. M. Pearson. 1909. Jan. 2 Waimarie, s.s., 12 years Schooner Fire; damage, £130 At No. 3 Jetty, Auckland W. Bettes. 159 18 Fire occurred in pantry and spread to dininghall

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Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Kig. h » Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualt; occurred. Win Direction Wind. ad. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry. 1 Name of Master. rn&H B= PassenCargo. Casualty. 1909. Jan. 8 Elsie, s.s., 2 Cutter .. ' years 22 4 Wool .. Collapse of furnace ; considerable damage. Gula Gula Point, Queen Charlotte Sound N.W. Moderate The engineer, Arthur E. Dryden, was guilty of gross negligence, causing serious damage, whilst in charge of boiler and machinery of s.s. " Elsie," and the Court cancelled his certificate The vessel left Kaipara for Dunedin on 6th January, 1909, properly equipped and manned, and was seaworthy. There is no evidence to show what has become of her, and it can only be assumed that she has been lost with all hands. Vessel was struck by a heavy squall when in a narrow channel, and thrown ashore Main steam-pipe burst around top flange E. A. Kenny. About Jan. 15 Rio Loge .. Auxiliary barque Timber 12 Probably between Banks Peninsula and Kaikoura 241 12 Supposed to have capsized „ 15 Stranded; no damage Burst steampipe ; trifling damage Stranded ; trifling damage Tairua F. Jensen. „ 17 Zingara, s.s., 3 Schooner years Holmdale, s.s., 7 Schooner years 99 197 9 12 Logs .. General 2 miles off Curious Cliff W.S.W. Strong .. S.W. Gale .. W. T. Clark. „ 25 Marama, s.s., 1 Schooner year 3952 129 200 General Bluff Harbour E.S.E. Light .. When leaving Bluff Harbuur the vessel touched a rock on the side of the channel, and slightly damaged a plate on starboard side Master went out too early on tide L. C. H. Worrall. „ 31 Pitoitoi, s.s., 4 Cutter .. years Dandy, 8 years Schooner 19 6 General Stranded; no damage Stranded; slight damage Stranded;, total loss Bar, Waitara River .. S.W. * Light .. J. Williamson. Feb. 6 I 82 1 5 Logs .. Mouth of Whangapoua River Off Cape Terawhiti .. N.E. Moderate When beating out of the river the vessel missed stayB and touched the rocks. The cause of the casualty was the presence of an exceptionally strong flood-tide, coupled with a breach of Article 16 of Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea by the master of the vessel, and with his failure under existing circumstances to put to sea when he had run a course of eighteen miles. The casualty was contributed to by the default of the master in not putting his vessel's head to sea sooner. The Court suspended the master's certificate for twelve months Caused by the ebb-tide setting strongly on starboard bow of ship when turning into the channel between Quarantine and Goat Islands, causing the ship to ground on Quarantine Island, considerable damage to plates, frames, and bilge-keel resulting Sails, yards, and rigging on fore and main masts caught fire from sparks from a burning shed i R. McKinlay. „ 12 Penguin, s.s., 44 : Schooner years 517 • 41 64 General 75 S.E. Fresh by breeze S. F. E. Naylor. Quarantine Island, Otago Harbour S.W. Fresh .. „ 20 Ulimaroa, s.s., 2 years Schooner 2986 106 120 General Stranded; partial loss W. J. Wyllie. Mar. 9 Hip pal os, 17 years Fire ; damage, £200 Railway Wharf, Wellington N. Moderate breeze F. W. Whitton. Barque 299 11 Timber

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Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Dominion. Casualties outside the Dominion. iteamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Dominion. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total outside Dominion. of Casualties reported. Nature of Casualty. CD CL0 G o -m o . cc r* CO EC o Eh • tc ■ cc O © O cc Ht © o EH -M O twJ* I O" o © .cfi ,ai hi I & =M O I -+H CO d cp I 6 cc © o Ol O CD ! 6 co rl > © c EH Ol ■ cfi O © j rH "3.2 O © rO en eo > -M O 'cd © oj a o Stran dings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 5 2 6 16 1,980 4,211 8,258 4,328 75 5 2 5 3 3,004 96 311 320 3 " 10 4 11 19 4,984 4,307 8,569 4,648 78I 10 4,984 4 4,307 11 8,569 19 4,648 78 1 "l "2 2 , 76 15 3,731 I . Total strandings 29 18,777 4 j 44 22,508 80 44 22,508 SO Foundered, —Total loss I : 1,200 19 1 ' 1,200 i " 1 1 1,200 19 19 ! . ! , Collisions, — Total loss Partial loss Slight damage No damage 1 4 6 5 3 1,102 7,834 3,475 12,414 j 4 1 "3 2 83 755 1,098 1 j l\ 1 86 ! 1,102 i 8,589 i 4,573 5 " " " " \ " i " 2 86 4 1,102 9 ! 8,589 7 4,573 5 I ,, ■• 16 4 :— I ; 22 14,350 i j Total collisions.. 6 1,936 1 1 5 22 j 14,350 5 ! I I 1 : I 1 1 2 26 4 11,341 6 11,367 Fires, — Total loss Partial loss 2 3 26 11,042 1 299 2 4 26 11,341 " i • • .. " V 5 11,068 ; i 1 j 11,367 j Total fires 1 299 6 " " " Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, loss of masts, sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 12 3,706 12 4 2,105 i ■• 16 5,811 12 16 5,811 12 Total casualties to shipping 62 45,965 92 27 1 9,271 24 89 55,236 116 i I i • I .- 89 55,236 116 Loss of life only I 3 "H —: 3 ! 1 1 3,907. 1 •■ __ 3,907 il 3,910 Total number of casualties reported : 45,965 | 28 9,274| i 25 90 55,239 117 1 I 3,907' 1 ■■ I ■■ .. 3,907 1 I 91 59,146 118 62 92

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Return showing the Notices to Mariners relating to Matters within the Dominion issued by the Marine Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Return showing the Orders in Council which have been issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1909.

Port or Place. Subject of Notice. Auckland Harbour Cable across Waiheke Channel. Light-buoys, Rangitoto Channel. Yachts and other vessels prohibited from anchoring in channel. New beacons with leading-lights. Night signals from Stirling Point Lighthouse. Error in regard to light on new light-vessel. Fog-signal. Cable to mainland. Fog-signal. Harbour night signals. Wreck of s.s. " Hawea." Dredging. Set of currents off Kaikoura Peninsula. Helensville River Beacon. Pouto Point Light, red sector. Leading-beacons. Buoyed cable. Dredging-operations. Change in position of buoy. Correction re Greymouth Harbour Lights. Dredging-operations. Flagstaff. Sunken rock off Taumaki or Open Bay Islet, West Coast, South Island. Eastern channel between Harrington Point and Black Head closed. Signal light for Victoria Channel. Beacon, Black Head. North Mole light discontinued. Red buoy, main channel, Port Chalmers to Dunedin. New beacons, Waipaoa River. Rook in Half-moon Bay. Light on Anglem Point. Extension of shoai and alteration in position of buoy. New beacons. Changes in the channel and beacons. Alteration in position of leading-light. Places where exhibited, and explanation. Exhibited on Stephens and Centre Islands. Lambton Harbour, light on Jerningham Point. Azimuth Tables, &c, published. Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables published. Dredging on Falcon Shoal. New position of man-of-war buoy. Longitude difference between old and new charts. Bluff .. Cuvier Island Dog Island Godley Head Greymouth Kaikoura Kaipara Harbour Kawhia Harbour Little Akaloa Bay Lyttelton Harbour Napier Harbour New Zealand Nautical Almanac .. Oamaru Harbour Open Bay Islet Otago Harbour Poverty Bay Stewart Island Tauranga Harbour Waimakariri Harbour Wanganui River Weather-forecast signals.. Wellington

Date of Order. Purpose of Order. 1908. tpril 1 Approves plan of C. Gothard's stable on foreshore, Whangaroa Harbour. Authorises C. Gothard to ocupy foreshore, Whangaroa Harbour, as site for stable. Approves plan of wharf for E. T. Field on Northern Wairoa River. Licenses E. T. Field to occupy foreshore, Norther Wairoa River, as site for wharf. Fixes dues for Opotiki wharves. Authorises Waiapu County Council to exercise powers of Harbour Board, and defines limits of Port or Harbour of Tokomaru Bay. Approves of plans of proposed improvements to Waipu River. Approves plans of Hobson County Council's wharf at Tangiteroria, Northern Wairja. Licenses Hobson County Council te occupy foieshore, Northern Wairoa River, as site for wharf. Approves plans of F. Iredale's whaif and shed on Awakino River, Northern Wairoa. Licerses F. Iredale to occupy foreshore, Awakino River, as site for wharf and shed, and prescribes dues and rates for wharf. Approves plans of shelter-shed for W. Towler on foreshore, Otago Harbour. Authorises W. Towler to occupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for shelter-shed. Approves plans of and authorises Horowhenua County Council to construct bridge across Manawatu Rivetnear Shannon. Makes regulations for perch and trout fishing in Taranaki Acclimatisation District. Authorises W. H. Saies to occupy part of foreshore, Totara North, as site for building for stores. Makes additional rules re life-saving appliances on ships. Approves plans of wall and approaches to store-shed at Waikokopu. Amends regulations for trout-fishing in Whangarei Acclimatisation District. Extends trout-fishing season in Rotorua Acclimatisation District. Approves plans of Dunedin Amateur Boating Club's shed. Licenses Dunedin Amateur Bpating Club to occupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for boat-shed. Approves plans of Eastbourne Borough Council's culvert at Rona Bay. Licenses Mitchelson Timber Company to occupy foreshore, Aoroa, Kaipara, as site for wharves. Approves Karitane Domain Board carrying out certain works of improvement. Revokes regulations for carriage and stowage of ballast, and makes others. 4 11 25 25 25 25 lay 2 2 2 ,, 2 „ 18 21

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Return showing the Orders in Council, &c.— continued.

Date of Order. Purpose of Order. 1908. May 21 21 23 23 23 23 23 23 26 26 30 30 30 June 2 2 5 12 23 24 26 30 SO July II 21 24 28 Aug. 4 4 10 14 14 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 21 Sept. 7 7 7 7 7 7 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 22 22 22 22 22 22 28 28 28 Oct. 3 6 Approves plans of Spring Creek Road Board's bridge over Wairau River, and authorises Board to construct same. Approves plans of Half-moon Bay Wharf and extension of wharf in Golden Bay, and authorises Stewart Island County Council to construct same. Amends regulations re traffic on Lake Rotorua and management of wharves, and prescribes dues for same. Approves plans of Tauranga County Council's wharf and shed on Uretara River. Licenses Tauranga Councy Council to occupy foreshore, Uretara River, as site for wharf and shed. Prescribes dues for Otamatea County Council's wharves at Little Shag Creek, Raupo, and Tokatoka; and revokes existing dues. Approves plans of Chadwick's timber-booms on Pahi River, Kaipara. Licenses W. Chadwick to occupy foreshore, Pahi River, Kaipara, as site for timber-booms. Approves plans for shed on Grove Wharf. Licenses J. Duncan and others to occupy foreshore, Grove, Pelorus Sound, as site for wharf. Approves expenditure by Westport Harbour Board of £350 for additional railway-siding. Approves plans of boat-shed and slip for W. H. Horn, Otago Harbour. Licenses W. H. Horn to occupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for boat-shed and slip. Revokes Order in Council authorising Northern Wairoa Timber Company to occupy foreshore, Kaipara, as site for wharves. Licenses Northern Wairoa Timber Company to occupy foreshore, Kaipara, as wharf-site. Prescribes fees for surveying and defining load-lines of ships. Appoints T. E. Coates to be member of Greymouth Harbour Board. Approves plans of cut in West Breakwater, Westport. Approves Westport Harbour Board expending £300 for weighbridge at Westport-Stockton Coal-mine, and £90 on Granity Railway-station. Modifies lease of foreshore, Otago Harbour, to W. Towler as site for shelter-shed. Approves Westport Harbour Board expending £380 instead of £350 on additional siding at Westport Railway-station. Approves Westport Harbour Board extending breakwaters and procuring two suction dredges. Approves plans of Stewart Island County Council's wharf in Horse-shoe Bay. Declares that Cook County Council shall exercise powers of a Harbour Board at Tolaga Bay, and defines port or harbour. Makes regulations re taking of whitebait. Licenses J. Evans to occupy foreshore, Waipapakauri, as site for wharf. Licenses J. Harrison to occupy foreshore, Wairoa River, as site for wharf. Consents to lease of foreshore at Thames by Thames Harbour Board to H. H. Adams. Approves plans of additions to Rona Bay Wharf, Wellington Harbour. Approves plans of Dominion Canning Company's wharf at Kaipara. Licensing D iminion Canning Company to occupy foreshore Kaipara Harbour, as site for wharf. Approves plans of J. Bassett's wharf on Wairoa River, West Wanganui Inlet. Licensing J. Bassett to occupy foreshore, Wairoa River, West Wanganui Inlet, as site for wharf. Authorises Westport Harbour Board to procure a crane for Crane Wharf. Makes additional rules for life-saving appliances for ships. Approves plans of wharf and store for Kaiapoi Shipping and Trading Company, at Kaiapoi. Approves plans of wall round Te Aro Baths, Wellington Harbour. Approves plans of wharf for Niagara Sawmilling Company, Waikawa Harbour. Licenses Niagara Sawmilling Company to occupy foreshore, Waikawa Harbour, as site for wharf. Approves plans of Okain's Bay Road Board's proposed wharf at Okain's Bay. Approves plans of Timaru Harbour Board's proposed wharf. Approves plans of Brownlee and Co.'s wharf-extension in Pelorus River. Approves plans of New Zealand Shipping Company's shed at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. Licenses New Zealand Shipping Company to occupy foreshore, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, as site for shed. Approves plans of Upper Waikawa Sawmilling Company's wharf on Waikawa River. Licenses Upper Waikawa Sawmilling Company to occupy foreshore, Waikawa River, as site for wharf. Authorises Tauranga Borough Council to charge dues for shipping from Town Wharf. Approves plans of F. J. Sullivan's smokehouse on foreshore, Purakanui River. Licenses F. J. Sullivan to occupy foreshore, Purakanui River, as site for smokehouse. Vests management of Clevedon Wharf in Wairoa Road Board. Approves of Wesport Harbour Board expending £1,700 for overbridge at Westport Railway-station. Makes regulation for use of poles in netting fish. Abolishes light dues in force, and makes others in lieu thereof. Approves plans of D. Finlayson's bridge over Awakino Creek, Kaipara Harbour. Approves plans of Dannaher Bros.' proposed wharf on Hokianga River. Licenses Dannaher Bros, to occupy foreshore, Hokianga River, as site for wharf. Approves plans of C. B. Lester's boat-shed and slip on Hokianga River. Licenses C. B. Lester to occupy foreshore, Hokianga River, as site for boat-shed and slip. Approves plans of widening of Rattray Street Wharf, Otago Harbour. Approves plans of extension of Wanganui Wharf. Revokes license authorising L. G. Lane to occupy foreshore, Hokianga River, as wharf-site. Makes regulations for trout-fishing in Rotorua Acclimatisation District. Amends regulations for trout, perch, and tench fishing in Canterbury Acclimatisation District. Approves of Greymouth Harbour Board procuring dredge. Approves plans and authorises Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim land at O'Neil's Point, Auckland Harbour. Amends Order in Council fixing light dues. Makes regulations for taking of whitebait. Authorises Westport Harbour Board to procure steam crane. Makes regulations for keeping trout in cool-chambers during close season. Approves plans of Star Boating Club's shed, and authorising erection of same on Thorndon Esplanade, Wellington Harbour. Licenses Coulthard Timber Company to occupy foreshore, Kaipara, as site for wharf. Approves plans of three landings for Otago Harbour Board in Otago Harbour. Approvos plans of proposed harbour-improvement at Motueka. 6 6 6 6 12 » 12 12 12

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Return showing the Orders in Council, &c.—continued.

Date of Order. Purpose of Order. 1908. Oct. 16 Revokes Order in Council licensing Campbelltown Borough Council to occupy foreshore, Argyll Beach, as sito for baths. Approves plans of Campbelltown Borough Council's baths on Argyll Beach, Bluff Harbour. Licenses Campbelltown Borough Council to occupy foreshore, Argyll Beach, Bluff Harbour, as site for baths. Makes regulations for netting of trout in Lake Hawea. Amends trout-fishing regulations for Hawke's Bay Acclimatisation District. Approves plans of proposed dredging by Wellington Harbour Board at entrance to Wellington Harbour. Authorises T. Eckford to charge dues for his wharf on Opawa River. Approves plans of Union Steamship Company's repairing jetty at Port Chalmers, Otago Harbour. Makes regulations re trawling within Lyttelton Harbour and Pegasus Bay. Revokes charges for Town Wharf, Tauranga Harbour, and prescribes new ones. Approves plans of and authorises T. Telford to construct tide-lock on Puerua River. Amends regulations for trout-fishing in Rotorua Acclimatisation District. Approves plans of dock and tramway for Ferguson Gold-mining Company at Waiomo, Thames. Licenses Ferguson Gold-mining Company to occupy foreshore, Waiomo, as site for dock and tramway. Approves plans of Wellington City Council's bathing-shed at Evans Bay. Approves plans of proposed dredging, Evans Bay, by Wellington Harbour Board. Approves plans of Hokianga Dairy Company's wharf on Wairupe Stream, Hokianga Harbour. Licenses Hokianga Dairy Company to occupy foreshore, Wairupe Stream, Hokianga Harbour, as wharfsite. Approves plans of Bond Bros.' wharf-extension at Devonport, Auckland Harbour. Approves plans of Tauranga County Council's wharf at Omokoroa. Licenses Tauranga County Council to occupy foreshore, Omokoroa, as site for wharf. Approves plan of wharf for Akaroa County Council on Onawe Peninsula, Akaroa Harbour. Licenses Akaroa County Council to occupy foreshore, Onawe Peninsula, Akaro». Harbour, as site for a wharf. 16 16 22 22 22 22 Nov. 5 ,, •* 20 20 Dec 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19 22 22 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 1909. Jan. 14 20 20 20 20 20 Feb. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Approves plans of house for S. J. Wrathall on foreshore, Mangonui Harbour Licenses S. J. Wrathall to occupy foreshore, Mangonui, as site for house. Approves plans of tramway for G. B. Watson at Pakawau. Licenses G. B. Watson to occupy foreshore at Pakawau as site for tramway. Makes additional regulations for training-ships. Approves plans of fish-curing shed for J. H. Tunnage in Otago Harbour. Licenses J. H. Tunnage to occupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for fish-curing shed. Varies close season for mullet in North Island of New Zealand. Approves plans of Wairoa Road Board's wharf on Wairoa River, Kaipara. Licenses Wairoa Road Board to occupy foreshore, Wairoa River, Kaipara, as site for wharf. Approves plans of boat-shed for Messrs. Cording and Potley, at Worser Bay, Wellington Harbour. Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £350 on Ganger's house at Granity. Varies close season for mullet in North Island of New Zealand. Approves plans of wharf for W. T. Webber and others at Elmslie Bay. Licenses W. T. Webber and others to occupy foreshore, Elmslie Bay, as site for wharf. Approves plans of wharf at Moehau for R. R. Hunt. Licenses R. R. Hunt to occupy foreshore, Moehau, as site for wharf. Approves plans of timber-booms for D. Goldie on Hauarahi Stream, Hauraki Gulf. Licenses D. Goldie to occupy foreshore, Hauarahi Stream, as site for timber-booms. Approves plans of boat-shed and slip for D. Wall in Otago Harbour. Licenses D. Wall to occupy foreshore, Otago Harbour, as site for boat-shed and slip. Approves plans of boat-shed for F. W. Sanderson on Otawhiri Point, Whangaroa Harbour. Licenses F. W. Sanderson to occupy foreshore, Otawhiri Point, Whangaroa Harbour, as site for boat-shed. Revokes Order in Council licensing W. Christie to occupy foreshore, Whangaroa Harbour, as site for boatshed. Approves plans of wharf and tramway for A. Miller in Croixelles Harbour. Licenses A. Miller to occupy foreshore, Croixelles Harbour, as site for wharf and tramway. Approves plans of flood-gate on Otokia Creek, Brighton, for D. McKenzie, and authorising him to construct same. Approves plans of flood-gate at Waikouaiti for Karitane Domain Board, and authorises Karitane Domain Board to construct same. Approves plans of outlet from septic tank for Wellington City Council at Island Bay. Approves plans of repairs and alteration to Town Wharf, Tauranga Harbour. Varies close season for mullet in North Island of New Zealand. Makes regulations re issue of special licenses for Maoris to take trout in the Thermal-springs District. Approves plans of and authorises Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim land at O'Neil's Point, Auckland Harbour. Fixes pilotage rates for Port of Picton. Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £1,000 on increased siding-accommodation at Wesport Station. Approves plans of Matakohe Wharf repairs. Authorises Westport Harbour Board to expend £500 on installation of tablet system between Granity and Ngakawau Stations. Approves plans of Hobson County Council's bridge over Mangarata Creek, and authorises Hobson County Council to construct same. Approves plans of extension of Wellington Harbour Board's retaining-wall on Waterloo Quay. Prohibits trawling in Kaipara Harbour. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Mar. 13 22 22 22 22 31 31 31 31 Approxir. imate Cost of Paper. -Preparation, not given; printing (1,900 copies, including maps and illustrations), £87 Is. fid. Price Is. 9d. By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—1909.

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NEW ZEALAND WRECK CHART. 1st APRIL, 1908, TO 31st MARCH, 1909. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT. SYMBOLS.