MARINE DEPARTMENT: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911-12.

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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE DEPARTMENT: ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911-12.

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

My Lord,— Marine Department, Wellington, 6th July, 1912. 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, Geo. Laurenson. His Excellency the Right Hon. Baron Islington, Governor of New Zealand.

Sir, — Marine Department, Wellington, 13th May, 1912. I have the honour to make the following report on the work carried out by this Department during the year ended the 31st March last. Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1911. —This Act has been assented to by His Majesty the King. It came into force on the Ist instant. It provides that attendance at a course of mechanical-engineering classes recognized under Part VII of the Education Act, 1908, shall count as part of the qualifying service for exemption from examination as third-class engineer; remodels and amends the law relating to sick, and injured seamen; and enacts that all parties to any bill of lading relating to the carriage of goods from any place in New Zealand to any place outside the Dominion shall be deemed to have intended to contract according to the laws of New Zealand, and that any stipulation or agreement to the contrary shall be null and void. During October last the Harbours Association held a conference in Wellington to consider matters affecting Harbour Boards, and it submitted to the Department copies of resolutions passed by it to give effect to which amendment of the Harbours Act is required. These resolutions have been carefully considered, and it, is proposed to embody those with which the Department agrees in a Bill for submission to Parliament. Mercantile Marine Offices. —The work of these offices has been carried out in a very satisfactory manner. A return which is appended shows the number of seamen engaged and discharged at the various ports, and the amount of the fees received for the engagements and discharges. The number of men engaged during the year was 21,123, and the number discharged 19,749. The fees received amounted to £2,819 7s. In the previous year the engagements were 20,318, the discharges 19,420, and the fees received £2,701 13s. At the four principal ports the transactions were as follows: Auckland —engagements 6,305, discharges 6,191, fees £870 Is. 6d. ; Wellington—engagements 6,520, discharges 6,623, fees £891 Is. 6d.; Lyttelton— engagements 2,311, discharges 1,929, fees £317 19s. 6d.; and Dunedin and Port Chalmers — engagements 3,081, discharges 2,648, fees £399 18s. 6d. In the previous year Auckland showed 5,898 engagements, 5,701 discharges, and £800 17s. fees; Wellington 5,059 engagements, 4,897 discharges, and £633 15s. fees; Lyttelton. 2,320 engagements, 1,997 discharges, and £323 16s. 6d. fees; and Dunedin and Port Chalmers 3,797 engagements, 3,959 discharges, and £550 16s. 6d. fees. Besides the engagement and discharge of seamen, the following duties are carried out by the Mercantile Marine Office staffs —viz., surveys of ships, fixing of load-lines, supervision of deck cargo, measurement of ships, supervision of compass-adjustment, collection of survey fees and foreshore license charges, dealing with sick and injured seamen and seeing that their wages, maintenance, and medical and hospital expenses are paid by their employers, and various other

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duties which come under the control of this Department. The increasing work has necessitated the appointment of an additional Surveyor of Ships at Wellington, and a'cadet at Dunedin. Desertion and failure to join their ships at time of sailing are becoming too common. This causes loss and inconvenience to shipowners, as in many cases, especially at bar harbours, where delay means loss of a tide, ships have often to sail short of the statutory number of men, as it frequently happens that substitutes cannot be obtained. In cases where the circumstances justify it, the certificates of discharge of deserters and of men who fail to join their ships are withheld for short periods, so that during that time they are unable to join another ship. Under the provisions of section 15 of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, every British foreign-going ship of not less than 1.000 tons gross tonnage is required to carry a certificated cook or a cook who can prove at least two years' service as cook, and a number of certificates of service have been granted to men who have proved the qualifying service. Prior to the coming into operation of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, single seamen of home-trade ships coidd be discharged on board, but as it was found that this was detrimental to the interests of seamen, especially as regards their receiving the sick benefits of the Act, the law was altered by the Act of 1909, and all seamen are now required to be discharged before a Superintendent of Mercantile Marine. In connection with section 75 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, which requires the payment of the coastal rate of wages to seamen when their ships are engaged in the coastal trade, the question arose whether the s.s. ''Durham," a vessel trading between Great Britain and New Zealand, must pay the coastal rate of wages .when she shipped some cargo at one New Zealand poi't and landed it at another port in the Dominion, and on the matter coming before the Supreme Court the Court decided that a ship arriving from abroad is bound to pay the local rates of wages unless at all times between its arrival on the coast and its final departure it had wholly abstained from entering into the local trade. In other words, a ship, by engaging at any time during its presence on the coast in the local trade, thereby wholly forfeits the exemption granted by section 75 of the Act, and becomes liable to have its clearance withheld until it has paid the New Zealand rate of wages for the whole period which has elapsed since its first arrival on the coast. Returns are appended showing tin accidents to seamen, the amounts paid to sick and injured seamen under section 119 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and tin- prosecutions of seamen by masters and others for various offences. In connection with sick and injured seamen, it may be mentioned that the Supremo Court held that they were not entitled to expenses of maintenance, medical, and other attendance unless they went into a public hospital. The Department had previously, on legal interpreted the Act to mean that such expenses up to what would have been the cost in a public hospital were payable to the men in cases where they were treated elsewhere, and since the Court's decision the law has been altered in accordance witli this view. Another case of interest which came before the Supreme Court during the year related to the period for which a sick seaman's wages and expenses are payable when he has been discharged sick before the expiration of his agreement. A sick seaman's wages were payable until the end of his engagement, not exceeding three months, and where the agreement expired within one month from the commencement of the illness, then during one month after the expiry. A seaman was left on shore ill on the 14th February, 1911, and his agreement expired by effluxion of time on the 22nd of that month, by which date his vessel had gone to Australia, from which place she returned to her home port in the Dominion on the 4th March. The law provides that if a vessel is away from her home port on the date of the expiry of the agreement with the crew by effluxion of time, then it shall extend until her return to that poi't. The question was, did the month's wages which were payable after the expiry of the agreement date from the 22nd February or the 4th March? The Department held that they were payable from the latter date, and required payment to be made accordingly. This view was upheld by the Court on a case stated for its interpretation by the owners. When seamen who are not United States subjects desert from foreign ships in the States, the masters of their ships are required to pay a head-tax of 4 dollars in each case, and the Department has decided in the case of New Zealand ships that this amount may be deducted from the deserter's wages before they are paid over to the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine on the ship's return to the Dominion. During the year proceedings were taken by the Department against the following persons for offences in connection with seamen : W. Smith, for making a false declaration to enable him to obtain a permit to ship : he was convicted and ordered to be placed on his ship on her arrival. The master of the s.s. "Mokoia," for discharging a seaman on board: the case was dismissed on the ground that the man was left on shore on account of illness. The master of the s.s. " Wairoa," for carrying five seamen without entering into an agreement with them : he was fined 10s. and costs. The master of the s.s. "Mararoa," for discharging a seaman on hoard : lie was convicted and ordered to pay costs. Another information against him for a similar offence was dismissed on the ground that the man was left on shore on account of illness. The master of the s.s. " Pateena," for discharging a seaman on board: he was fined £2 and costs. The master of the s.s. " Kiripaka," for carrying a fireman without entering into an agreement with him :he was convicted and ordered to pay costs. For a similar offence he was fined £2 and costs. M. Wall, who had deserted from the s.s. " Pakeha," for making a false declaration that he was entitled to ship : he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Masters, Mates, and Engineers. —The examination of candidates for certificates of competency has been carried out in a satisfactory manner at the various examination ports. 297 candidates passed and 159 failed. Of those who passed, 182 were masters, mates, and engineers

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of seagoing ships, 44 were masters and engineers of steamships plying within restricted limits, 12 were masters of fishing-boats and cargo-vessels up to 25 tons register, 19 were engineers of seagoing ships propelled by oil-engines, and 40 were engineers of similar vessels plying within restricted limits. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, which came into force on the Ist Maj', 1911, made provision for granting certificates of service to masters and engineers of oil-engine boats up to 6 tons register who had served in the respective capacities for at least a year before the coming into operation of the Act, and who applied for them within six months of that date. Under this provision 790 certificates as master and 769 as engineer were issue] during the year. Regulations have been made for the examination of candidates for certificates of competency as masters of sailing-ships in rivers and harbours. Under the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, any person who has served as master or engineer of a steamer plying within extended river limits prior to their being reduced in area may continue to serve in those capacities within what were the extended river limits before the reduction was made. The reduction of the Auckland extended river limits which has been made since the Act came into force does uot, therefore, affect masters and engineers holding river certificates who were plying in the old limits before reduction. Power is given by the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, to the Minister to exempt an}* steamer plying exclusively on. any lake, and any steamer plying within river and extended river limits, from carrying a certificated master or engineer, and during the year exemption from carrying certificated master and engineer has been granted to two vessels, from carrying a certificated master to three vessels, and from carrying a certificated engineer to nine vessels. Captain S. G. Stringer, Assistant Superintendent of .Mercantile .Marine, Wellington, has been appointed an Examiner of Masters and .Mates, and Captain 0. J. W. Lake, Harbourmaster at Napier, has been appointed Examiner of Masters of River Steamers and of Masters of Sailingvessels in Rivers and Harbours. Appended are returns showing the certificates granted. Registration of Shipping. —Returns are appended showing the vessels registered in New Zealand on the 31st December last, and the numbers of seamen and boys employed on them. On the date mentioned there were 244 sailing-ships, of 35,05! register tonnage, and 361 steamships, of 114,973 register tonnage, as against 254 sailing-ships, of 38,631 register tonnage, and 352 steamships, of 112,475 register tonnage, which were on the register on the 31st December, 1910. Survey of Ships. —Prior to the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, coming into force, all home-trade sailing-ships and also vessels propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam up to-5 tons register were not required to undergo periodical survey, but the Act referred to altered the law and provided for annual survey, giving, however, an exemption in the case of home-trade sailing-vessels up to 5 tons register, ami all fishing-boats and pleasure yachts up to 10 tons. This was a much-needed reform, as prior to the Act coming into operation the Department had no effective control over these vessels, unless it had reason to believe they were unseaworthy. As the number of vessels affected is very large, the work of survey has been considerably increased, and the number of survey certificates issued by the Department is much larger than formerly. During the year certificates have been issued for 252 steamers, 166 oil-engine vessels, and 89 sailing-vessels. The following limits have been defined to be river and extended river limits for steamers :-— Auckland : River limits—Rangitoto Channel inside Rangitoto Reef, Tamaki Strait, to Koherunui Point and Waiheke Channel; extended river limits —inside a line from Hautapu Point to Shearer Hock, and thence to Tawharanui Point. Gisborne : Restricted limits for fishing-boats between Portland Island and Cape Runaway. Napier : River limits within 2 nautical miles from light on eastern side at entrance of the harbour, and extreme limits between Portland Island and Cape Turnagain. Port Underwood. —River limits inside a line from Robertson Point to the southernmost point of Ocean Bay, and extended river limits between Port Underwood and Blenheim. Preservation Inlet : River limits inside a line from Cavern Head to northernmost point of Coal Island produced to land on the opposite shore, and extended river limits inside a line from Gulches Head to Puysegur Point. Captains Dowd, Brown, Kasper, Lake, and Collins have been appointed to act with Surveyors of Ships in fixing the load-line of vessels employed in carrying cargoes of sand, shingle, gravel, cement, and other dead-weight. The life-saving appliances rules have been altered to provide that oil-launches up to 40 ft. in length carrying passengers within river and extended river limits may carry a reduced number of life-saving appliances. In making the life-saving appliances rules, those ma.de by the Board of Trade have been followed, except when the circumstances of the Dominion appeared to require modification. The principal departure which we have made from the Hoard of Trade rules is to require ships' boats to be provisioned. In view of the " Titanic " disaster, it will be advisable to review the rules in regard to the number of boats to be carried, and this will be done. The following fire-extinguishing appliances have been approved for use on motor-boats, viz. : Minimax, Merryweather, Empire Crown, Dick's Little Fire Queen, Favourite, Handy, Kemik, Matther and Platts, Millar's, New Era, Simplex, Star Motor Extinguisher, Vigor, Quenchee, Rex, and Invicta. Appended is a return of the vessels to which survey certificates have been issued. Captain C. M. Renaut, Surveyor of Ships at Auckland, has been appointed an Inspector of Compasses.

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Deck (Jargo. —The regulation which requires deck cargoes to be inspected by an officer of the Department before the carrying vessels leave port is having a very beneficial effect. It tends to the safety of life and property, as it prevents vessels sailing with more cargo on deck than their licenses allow, and also from having it improperly stowed. The regulations have been amended to enable the Minister to authorize the issue of licenses for the carriage of motor-cars and agricultural implements on the promenade or top or shelter deck of steamers, when he is satisfied that the deck is of sufficient stability to carry them without danger to passengers and crew, and that they cannot be carried on the main deck; and also that ships under 200 tons register trading to bar harbours where only small ships can enter may be allowed by a Superintendent of Mercantile Marine to carry a greater amount of deck cargo than allowed by the regulations, provided the vessel is laden or ballasted to carry such deck cargo and it is compatible with the stability and safety of the ship. Regulations for preventing collisions at sea which were made by His Majesty in Council, and which under the provisions of section 191 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, are in force in New Zealand, have been gazetted for public information. Deceased Seamen's Estates. —Moneys belonging to the estates of thirty-five seamen, amounting to £304 9s. 10d., have been received during the year, and the sum of £136 7s. has been paid to relatives and other claimants. The sum of £32 ss. 5d., which had remained unclaimed for over six years, has been paid into the Public Account. Wrecks and Casualties. —Tables showing the casualties to ships and an analysis thereof are appended. Those on or near the coasts of the Dominion numbered 105, representing 46,815 tons register, as compared with 76, of 29,063 tons register, in the previous year. The total wrecks within the Dominion were 6, of 457 tons register, as against 3, of 1,110 tons register, in the previous year. The number of lives lost was 2, as compared with 7in the previous year. Of the lives lost, one was from the oil-launch " Reremoana," and one in the wreck of the ketch " Bell Flower.:' , The barquentine "Mary Isabel," 307 tons register, timber-laden, left Whangape for Sydney on the Bth September last, and has not since been heard of. When she sailed her crew consisted of the master, two mates, six able seamen, one ordinary seaman, and a boy. An inquiry was held by the Marine Court at Sydney, to which port the vessel belonged, and the Court found she was well found and provisioned, and that she probably foundered with all hands in bad weather, which occurred soon after sailing. In consequence of its having been ascertained that the Three Kings Islands were shown in the wrong position on the chart at the time of the wreck of the s.s. " Elingamite," Parliament passed an Act last year to provide for a rehearing by "the Supreme Court of the matter of the wreck. The rehearing took place before the Chief Justice, assisted by Captains R. E. Smith and A. D. Chrisp. The rehearing resulted in Captain Atwood, who was master of the vessel at the time of the wreck, being exonerated from blame. Coastal Surveys and Dangers. —During the time the Antarctic ship "Terra Nova, " was in New Zealand last year arrangements were made with Lieutenant Pennell, R.N., who was in. command of her, to take soundings off the Three Kings, and between, there and Cape Maria van Diemen. The work was carried Out in a very satisfactory manner, and plans of the soundings have been sent to the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, so that the soundings may be shown on the Admiralty chart. Lieutenant Pennell also took soundings between the Clarence River and Amuri Bluff. It is proposed to arrange for him and a party of his men to make a survey this year between Jackson's Head and the French Pass, as this locality is traversed by a great deal of shipping, and it is therefore important that a fresh and more exhaustive survey should be made. Captain Bollons, of the s.s. " Hinemoa," has made surveys of a rock near the Twins Rock, Bay of Islands, a rock off Cook Rock in Cook Strait, and a sunken rock off Moko Hinou. The results of the surveys have been published for the information of mariners. Nautical Publications. —The Nautical Almanac, which is prepared by Captain Blackburne, Nautical Adviser of the Department, was issued in December last, and a very large number of copies have been sold. It contains a large amount of information which is of special value to shipmasters and other nautical men. A fresh issue of the Azimuth Tables issued by the Department has been printed. Notices to Mariners. —Appended is a return of Notices to Mariners affecting the Dominion which have been issued by the Department during the year. Copies of these notices are sent to the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, and to some of the foreign Hydrographie Offices, to all the marine authorities in Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji, and to all the harbour authorities, shipping offices, and Customhouses in the Dominion. In addition to these notices, the Department has also issued a large number of notices received from the Imperial Board of Trade, the United States Hydrographie Office, and from the Australian marine authorities. Meteorological and Weather Office. —The duties connected with this office have been carried out in a very satisfactory manner, and the value of the work, especially of the weather forecasting, is thoroughly appreciated throughout the Dominion. This work will become more valuable as the use of wireless telegraphy becomes more extended, as further data than is now available will be obtainable. Additional stations have been established during the year, and the question of establishing 100 more is now under consideration. At present this Department pays the Post and Telegraph Department £8 a year for wiring the daily forecasts to each station, but that Department has offered to send the messages to the 100 additional stations for £400 a year, as by a system of grouping the work of writing and transmitting the forecasts will be reduced. If the arrangement is completed, the Department will then be paying the Postal Department £1,200 a year for telegraphing the daily forecasts.

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A new observatory is being erected on the Thorndon Esplanade, Wellington, on a site leased from the City Council at a nominal rental, and the thanks of the Department are due to the Council for allowing the occupation of this site, which is a very good one, for the purpose. Appended is a report by the Rev. Mr. Bates, Director of the Meteorological and Weather Office, giving full information concerning the work of the office. Government Steamers. —The " Hinemoa " has carried out the work of attending to the lighthouses and buoys and beacons under the control of this Department, and has performed the work in a very satisfactory manner. She made a special trip to the Chatham Islands with passengers and cargo, owing to the ordinary steamer service being interrupted for a time. She also made a trip with His Excellency the Governor from Auckland to Whangarei, the Bay of Islands, and back to Auckland, and conveyed His Excellency's household from Wellington to Lyttelton and back. The " Tutanekai " has carried out repair-work to the Cook Strait cables. During most of the year she has been laid up in Wellington Harbour. During the time she is laid up only the nucleus of a crew is kept on board. The Post and Telegraph Department pays to this Department the sum of £2,000 a year in consideration of her being available for cable-work when required, this Department providing the remainder of the cost of her maintenance. During the year she has had a new funnel put in her and new bridge deck laid down, towards the cost of which the Post and Telegraph Department contributed. A house for a wireless-telegraph room has also been built on her bridge deck. Arrangements are being made to install the wireless on both steamers. During last winter-the training-ship " Amokura" was moored in Wellington Harbour, and the boys underwent the usual courses of training on board, and also attended classes at the Technical School. At the conclusion of the classes they passed very creditable examinations. The Department has purchased the building on the Thorndon Esplanade which was formerly the Thorndon Yacht Club's shed. The ground floor will be used for a storeroom, and the upper floor for a schoolroom for the boys, in which they will be taught during the winter months by teachers from the Technical School in subjects which are specially selected as being of value to them in after-life at sea. The vessel made her first cruise after last winter in Cook Strait, and she then proceeded to the Southern Islands to search for castaways and examine the depots for castaways. On her return she proceeded north, and went from Auckland to the Kermadec Islands to search for castaways and to examine the depots. She then made a trip to the Chatham Islands to render assistance, if required, to the stranded steamer " Himitangi," and from there she went to Akaroa and on to the Southern Islands. A new boat-deck and better means o: storing fresh water on board are required, and it is proposed to provide these while the vessel is in port during the winter. With very few exceptions, the boys have conducted themselves well, and the value of their training is evidenced by the demand there is for their services on other ships when they have completed their training on the "Amokura." Attached is a return showing the boys who have passed through the ship, and those still on board. Lighthouses. —A contract; has been let for an iron tower for the lighthouse which is being erected at Castle Point, the site for which is being got ready. A road to it has been formed, the erection of the keepers' dwellings and the necessary outbuildings and stores are being proceeded with, and the lantern and apparatus have been received from England. It is anticipated that the works will be completed and that the light will be exhibited early in November next. The light will be a second-order incandescent group-flashing white light, flashing at intervals of fortyfive seconds, with intervals of eight seconds between each group-flash. The work of forming the necessary track from the landing-place to the site of the lighthouse which is being erected on Chicken Island, and the erection of the tower, is now in hand, and the apparatus has been procured, and will be sent to the island as soon as the tower is ready for it. The light will be an automatic acetone-acetylene light, so that no keepers will be required. The acetone-acetylene gas is manufactured in Napier, and will be sent to the lighthouse by the "Hinemoa" in specially made cylinders about every three months, when the vessel makes her periodical visits to the northern lighthouses. The light will be a flashing light, a quarter of a second flash and three and one-twelfth seconds dark, giving eighteen flashes a minute. A vote of £1,500 was taken last year for a lighthouse at the North Cape, and the lantern and apparatus have been ordered from England. A further vote will be asked for next session of Parliament, in order that the erection of the tower, dwellings, and other necessary buildings may be proceeded with. The light will be a second-order incandescent group-flashing white light, giving three flashes in quick succession every half-minute. When the lighthouses on Chicken Island and the North Cape are completed the coast from Cape Maria van Diemen to Auckland will be very well lighted indeed. The new tower at Tuahine Point, near Gisborne, has been completed by the Department, and an acetone-acetylene light, provided by the Gisborne Harbour Board, installed in it. 'Ihis light, which was exhibited on the 16th October last, is being maintained by the Board. During the year incandescent lights have been installed at Cape Palliser, Cape Egmont, Cape Saunders, Waipapapa Point, and Farewell Spit. In addition to these places, similar lights are in use at Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Brett, Cuvier Island, Pencarrow Head, Brothers, Stephens Island, Centre Island, and Puysegur Point; and the apparatus for installations at Portland Island and Kahurangi Point have been obtained, and will be fitted up in the lighthouses as soon as the expert, who is at present engaged on the lighthouse-works at Castle Point, is available to do the work. These installations give a much better light than is given by the use of the Doty paraffinburners formerly in use, and their maintenance is much less expensive, as they burn less oil, and kerosene, which is a cheaper oil than paraffin, is used. I recommend that provision for installations for some of the other lighthouses be made in the estimates for the current year.

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Some years ago the Department decided to keep a stock of reserve provisions at isolated lighthouses, from which the keepers could obtain supplies in the case of there being delay in the visits of the attending steamer; but it has been found that very few of the stores were used, and it has therefore been decided that in future the only things that will be kept in the reserve stock will be Hour, sugar, and tea. Captain Bollons, of the s.s. " Hinemoa," has continued to inspect the lighthouses on the vessel's periodical trips with oil and stores, and I have made inspection visits to those at Bean Rock, Ponui Passage, Tiritiri, Cuvier Island, Mokohinou, Cape Brett, Cape Maria van Diemen, Kaipara, Manukau North and South Heads, Nelson, Cape Foulwind, and Godley Head. I found that these stations were in good order, and that the keepers were carrying out their duties in a, satisfactory manner. One principal keeper retired on superannuation during the year on account of ill health, and six assistant keepers resigned. To fill the vacancies thus caused, and vacancies which arose through the deaths of two keepers in the previous year, nine new appointments were made. A fresh contract has been let for carrying a monthly mail between the French Pass Postoffice and Stephens Island Lighthouse, and a new contract for the mail-service between Opoutama and Portland Island Lighthouse is being arranged for, as the man who has been carrying on the service has given it up. The following works have been carried out at the lighthouses : — Mokohinou : The drains have been renewed and the fowlhouses repaired. Tiritiri : Wash-houses and coal-sheds have been erected. Cuvier Island : Two rooms have been added to the second assistant keeper's house. Cape Egmont : A new fence has been erected. Kaipara Head : A wash-house has been moved and re-erected. Akaroa Head : The wash-houses have been enlarged and coppers fitted in them. Cape Saunders : Roofs have been renewed and coppers put in wash-houses. Nugget Point : A wash-house, coal-shed, cfec, have been erected at the first assistant keeper's house. Waipapapa Point: Porches have been erected at the dwellinghouses, and material has been procured for new fences. Dog Island : A new roof has been put on the principal keeper's wash-house. Centre Island : A flaghouse, boat-shed, and fowlhouse have been erected. Farewell Spit : A new fence has been erected. An Order in Council has been made providing that vessels arriving from outside the Dominion shall pay oversea light dues at the first port of arrival, and coastal dues at other New Zealand ports at which they call, and also that vessels arriving from the Chatham, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands shall pay coastal dues. The amount of light dues collected was £38,232 Os. lid., as compared with £36,749 3s. 9d. during the previous year. Fog-signals. —The explosive fog-signals at Pencarrow Head, Godley Head, Taiaroa Head, and Cuvier Island have worked satisfactorily, and have been maintained .in an efficient manner. It is proposed to procure a fog-signal for erection at the North Cape when the lighthouse is erected there Harbours. —'the work of overhauling and cleaning the buoys and beacons in the harbours under the control of the Department has been carried out by the s.s. "Hinemoa." One of the beacons at the entrance to Whaugaparapara Harbour was blown over, but it has been re-erected and is now in good condition. General Harbour Regulations to ensure the protection of life and property on vessels in harbours have been made. A large number of logs which were dangerous to navigation have been removed from Hokianga Harbour. In the case of those of which the owners can be identified from the brands, the cost of removal will be recovered from them. A wall is being erected at Kohukohu to enable a shallow part of the harbour near the wharf to be reclaimed. It is intended when the reclamation is completed to cut up the land and lease it for building purposes. The oil-launch used by the Harbourmaster at this port is becoming unfit for the heavy work which she lias to perform, and it is intended to substitute the launch now used by the Inspector of Fisheries and Beaches at Auckland as soon as the new launch which is now being built for that officer is completed. An acetylene light is being erected at Shelly Beach, in the Kaipara River, for the benefit of vessels plying to and from Helensville, and the channel of this river has been further improved by the removal of some more of the rock that obstructed navigation. A beacon has been erected on a rock in Okahumoko Bay, Whangaroa Harbour. An acetone-acetylene light giving o'3 seconds light and 27 seconds darkness, or twenty flashes of o'3 seconds' duration every minute, has been erected on Dieffenbach Point, at the junction of Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel, and has proved to be of great benefit to shipmasters. This is an automatic light, and does not require a keeper to attend to it. When a fresh supply of gas is required, a charged cylinder is taken down from Picton by the Harbourmaster, who brings the empty cylinder away and sends it to Napier to be refilled. One cylinder of gas lasts sixty days, and should it be desired to visit the light less frequently, all that would be required would be to send down and connect with the light more than one cylinder of gas. A similar light, but of higher power, has been procured for Bean Rock, in Auckland Harbour. During the year-the system of issuing licenses to take shingle and sand from certain portions of the foreshore in the Hauraki Gulf, and at Tutukaka and Whangaruru, has been adopted, a royalty being charged on what is taken. A large number of vessels are engaged in the trade, as there is a large demand for the material in Auckland. Mr. J. P. Bennett has been appointed Inspector of Beaches, and instructions have been given to him to see that, in taking the material, no damage is done to the adjoining land.

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Mi. A. D. Bayfield has; been given a twelve months' license to prospect for ironsand on the foreshore between the Wanganui and Wairoa Rivers. The General Harbour Regulations require vessels when in harbours to have on board a sufficient number of men at all times to perform the services required, for the safety of the ships, unless the Harbourmaster gives a written exemption from this requirement. The Shipowners' Federation at Auckland asked that all vessels up to 100 tons should be exempted from this requirement, but the Department lias not seen its way to alter the regulations to allow this. Vessels under 100 tons would be as much a danger to other ships as larger vessels should their lights go out and there be no one on board to relight them. It is therefore considered that the responsibility of granting exemptions should remain with Harbourmasters, who would know whether, the vessels where they are moored would be in the way of other ships. J. R. Sigley has been appointed signalman at Awakino, in place of W. J. R. Avery, resigned. A contract has been let to Messrs. Stevenson and Cook, of Port Chalmers, to make and supply four iron buoys, and a contract to Messrs. Niven and Co. to make one large buoy. The following prosecutions for offences in connection with harbours were instituted by the Department, viz. : J. Condon, for putting nightsoil into the Wairoa River, Kaipara—a fine of .£5 and costs was imposed; E. Hapeta and R. Harris, for carrying passengers in unlicensed launches in Hokianga Harbour—the former was ordered to pay costs, and the latter was fined 10s. and costs; J. Johnson and J. Grogan, for taking shingle from the beach at Station Bay, Motutapu Island, without a license to do so—they were convicted and ordered to pay costs; J. Harrison, for depositing sand in Whangape Harbour —a fine of 10s. and costs was imposed; J. B. Andrewes, for towing an unlicensed pontoon with passengers on it in Hokianga Harbour— he was fined Is. and costs; T. W. Baker, for running a launch without being licensed—a fine of Is. and costs was imposed; E. Dixon, carrying more passengers than his license allowed —he was fined ss. and costs. The sum of £1,946 17s. lOd. has been collected for pilotage and port charges in respect of ports under the control of this Department, as compared with £1,860 during the previous year. A return showing the ports at which these charges were collected, and also the pilotage and port charges collected at ports under the control of Harbour Boards, is appended. A return of harbour-works approved by the Governor in Council, and of the foreshore licenses issued, is appended. Plans of these works are submitted to the Marine Engineer for examination and for his report thereon before they are approved, and all foreshore licenses are gazetted. The examination, preparation of licenses, correspondence in connection therewith, and gazetting involve a great deal of work. Fisheries. —The rock-oyster beds in the north which are worked by the Department were picked last season between the Ist May and the 'list July, and 4,782 sacks of oysters were picked and sold, a ready sale being found for them at 12s, 6d. a sack. The ordinary season within which they may be taken extends from the Ist May to the 31st October, but it was deemed advisable to close on the 31st-July, so that the beds should not be overpicked. The amount received from the sales of those picked was £3,013 6s. Bd., and the expense of picking and selling was £2,447 75..7 d., so that a profit of £565 19s. Id. was made. Owing to the heavy demand a higher price could easily have been obtained, but it is the desire of the Department to sell them at such a price as will place them within the reach of all, and to sell them direct to consumers so far as this can be done, hast season it was found that, owing to the limited supply, some dealers who could not obtain all they wanted were arranging with individuals to purchase at the Department's depot ostensibly for themselves but really for dealers, to whom they resold at a higher price. If it is found that this practice continues, the Department will arrange to deliver them itself at the houses for which purchasers say they are bought, and, if this does not stop the practice, other steps will be taken. The profit from the sale of the oysters is being used to replant the beds which were destroyed by overpicking and indiscriminate picking before the Department took over the picking and sale. During the last two years replanting lias been done on the Coromandel coast at Huieh, Kepuki, Rabbit, and Green Islands, Kirita Bay, south shore of Coromandel Harbour, and from Coromandel South Head to Manaia Head; and I strongly recommend (lie continuance of the replanting of other depleted areas. Recently some persons were found illegally taking oysters from the replanted beds. They wore prosecuted and fined, but in most of the prosecutions for poaching oysters the fines imposed are too low to have much of a deterrent effect. When the Fisheries Act is next amended, it would, in my opinion, be wise to make provision for a higher minimum fine for taking oysters from replanted beds than is already provided for in the case of oyster-beds generally. The Foveaux Strait beds yielded a sufficient supply of oysters last season to meet requirements, although they were in rather poor condition early in the season. Of the quantity taken, 266,192 dozen, valued at £2,057, were exported to Australia. Experience having shown that the oysters have not fully recovered condition by the Ist February, it was decided to alter the open season, which had been from the Ist February to the .°>oth September, and to make it from the Ist March to the .'ilst October. This has accordingly been done. On several occasions fish caught from steamers, especially when waiting for the tide outside bar harbours, have been sold, although the steamers are not licensed as fishing-boats. This is a breach of the law, and is unfair to fishermen who have to take out licenses for their boats. As a warning, proceedings are now being taken against a person for doing this. It is to be regretted that the municipalities have not so far established fish-markets, but i understand that the Wellington City Council is moving in the matter. lam convinced that the establishment of such markets would have a, beneficial effect on the fishing industry, and would enable the public to get better and cheaper supplies of fish. The report of Mr, Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, which is appended, gives full and detailed information concerning the fisheries.

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Amendments of the Fishery Regulations have been made to allow netting for indigenous fish in the Taieri River up to the ferry; to extend the close season for seals; to increase the minimum weight at which blue-cod may be taken and sold to 16 oz., and to make the minimum weight at which they may be sold when gutted and headed 11 oz.; prohibiting taking fish except eels in Victoria Valley, Toatoa River, and Lake Ngatau; to close the Kaipara Oyster-fishery; to make a two-years close season for oysters on the Waimea mud-flats; to alter the dates of the open oyster season in the South Island and Stewart Island; and as to the use of whitebait setnets in Westland and Taranaki. The close season for Risso's Dolphin (" Pelorus Jack ") has been extended to the 31st May, 1914. The Chatham Islands has been made a place of registry for fishing-boats. Whaling. —The Department has received a great many communications from firms in Norway, Great Britain, and Australia, asking for information concerning whaling concessions in the Dominion. Some of them desire to moor floating factories in suitable harbours, and others want sites on which to erect shore factories. They have been informed that there is no law to prevent any one whaling in New Zealand, or to prevent the mooring of floating factories, provided the Harbour and Public Health Regulations are complied with. In reference to shore sites, they have been told that nothing can be done as regards these until specific sites are applied for. Messrs. Cook Bros., who have had a whaling-station at Whangamumu, near the Bay of Islands, for several years past, have extended their operations to Campbell Island. Ihe lessees of that island also carry on whaling there as a part of their occupation, but it is understood that the number of whales taken has not been large. Returns showing the number of registered fishing-boats at the various ports, and the prosecutions for breaches of the Fisheries Act, are appended. Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery. —l visited this station on the 24th ultimo, and found that a good deal of improvement-work has been carried out since my last visit. Alterations have been made in some of the ponds, and improvements made in the hatching-shed. An addition has been made to the cottage of the curator's assistant, and a garden laid out, fenced in, and protected by a breakwind on the south-west side. The whole work has been done in a most economical manner, and reflects credit on the Board, the curator, and his assistant. The station is managed by an honorary Board, which carries out the administration duties without expense. Valuable investigation-work in connection with New Zealand fishes is being carried out, and large number's of flat-fish eggs are taken and put into the harbour. Nothing so far has been seen of the young lobsters and edible crabs which have been liberated, but it is early yet for them to be seen. It is advisable to import a fresh supply of live lobsters and crabs from England for breeding purposes, and this can be done when importing a trial shipment of herring-ova if it is decided to obtain such ova. The whole cost to the Department of the hatchery during last financial year was £458 17s. 4d., being a grant to the Board of £330 for the salaries of the curator and his assistant, and £128 17s. 4d. for alteration of ponds and repairs. Valuable and interesting reports by Mr. G. M. Thomson, M.P., Chairman of the Hatchery Board, and Mr. Anderton, curator, are appended. Herring. —For some time past the Fishery Board of Scotland has, at the request of this Department, been making experiments in retarding the hatching of herring-ova, with the view of seeing whether they could be retarded long enough to enable them to be brought out to New Zealand. The result of the experiments is that hatching has been retarded for fifty days. The Board's Scientific Superintendent advises that a trial shipment of fertilized ova should now be made. The value of the herring as an addition to the food fishes of the Dominion would be so great that I strongly recommend that an attempt should be made to introduce the ova during the coming season. Even if the first attempt is not successful, the experience gained would doubtless result in success with later shipments. If it is decided to make the attempt, it would be advisable to send Mr. Anderton, curator of the Portobello Hatchery, to England to arrange for the shipment and to bring it out, as his experience in treating and dealing with delicate fish-ova at the hatchery has been such that I think if any one can bring the ova out successfully he can. He could at the same time arrange for and bring out a further supply of live lobsters and crabs, and also a few live haddocks. The following; persons have been appointed Inspectors of Sea-fishing, viz. : W. A. Brookes, W. G. Wohlmann, J. M. O'Connor, T M. Condon, W. E Cobeldick, J. Main, W. J. Williams, and F. A. Franks. Salmon. —No salmon-ova were imported last year, but it is advisable that a shipment, of at? least a million Atlantic-salmon ova should be obtained from Great Britain during the next season. It is still too early to see whether the former shipments will prove successful, but importation should go on until time shows whether the attempts to introduce this fish have succeeded or not. The success obtained with quinnat salmon justifies the belief that there will also be success with Atlantic salmon. Last season 240,000 quinnat ova were collected from fish taken in the tributaries of the Waitaki River, and of these 22,500 were supplied to the Tasmanian Government, 157,500 were put in a tributary of the" Hokitika River, 3,000 fry were liberated in the SeaforthMackenzie River, and the balance were kept at the Hakataramea Hatchery for liberation later on. Ova is now being collected from fish which are spawning in the tributaries of the Waitaki, most of which will be put into the Hokitika River. Trout. —Last season requests were received from acclimatization societies for 760,000 browntrout ova, but, owing to floods carrying away some of the nets set to catch the spawning fish, the Department was able to take only 580,000, and it therefore had to obtain 180,000 from, the Otago Society to enable all the requests to be complied with. The ova were sold to the societies at ss. per thousand. 100,000 rainbow-trout ova were also taken and supplied to the Queensland Government. T have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Marine, Wellington. George Allport, Secretary.

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The Principal Examiner of Masters and Maxes to the Secretary, Marine Department. Office of the Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, Sir, — Customhouse, Wellington, 10th "May, 1912. I have the honour to submit my annual report on the examination of masters and mates in New Zealand for the year ended on the 31st March last. The work, as usual, has been carried out by the Examiners at the four principal ports in a satisfactory manner. In October, 1911, the Harbourmaster at Napier, Captain Osmond J. W. Lake, was appointed Examiner of Masters of Sailing-ships plying in Harbours and Rivers at that port, and Captain S. G. Stringer, Surveyor of Ships in Wellington, was appointed as an Examiner of Masters and Mates in Wellington, to avoid candidates being delayed in their examinations when Captain Smith is away from Wellington in connection with his duties as Naval Registrar. There has only been a very slight increase during the last twelve months in the number of candidates who have presented themselves for examination for masters and mates, but notwithstanding the small increase the number of successful candidates during the last twelve months is fourteen less than in the previous year. Fifty per cent, of the whole number of candidates have failed, and no less than 64J per cent, of the candidates for foreign-going certificates have failed. Notwithstanding the fact that the Examiners have had the unpleasant duty of failing such a large percentage of candidates, there have been no complaints of unkind treatment, which speaks will for the temper in which the candidates have taken their failures, and also for the Examiners, all of whom I believe to be gentlemen of pleasant and even temper, who conduct their duties of examination in a faithful and impartial manner. Nothing new in the examinations has been brought in this year except that a new examination for a special class was instituted—viz., on the 29th June, 1911, regulations were gazetted for examination of masters of sailing-ships plying in harbours and rivers. Only two of this class have passed during the year. We have received notice from the Board of Trade that the form of questions in connection with the problem given in the chart-examination work has been changed. The Marine Department has therefore gazetted a Notice to Candidates for Foreigngoing Masters and Mates in New Zealand (4th April, 1912) to the effect that these changes will be made in the New Zealand examinations in January, 1913, and copies of the new form in which the questions will be set have been printed and sent to the Superintendents of Mercantile .Marine and the officers in charge of Customs at the principal ports of New Zealand, and may be seen on application by intending candidates or teachers of navigation. No candidates applied to be examined for extra master during the year. lam not surprised, as few consider that the time, money, and labour expended over this examination is likely to be repaid, and in my opinion the time allowed for working the problems, &c., is insufficient. Also, some of the navigational problems demand an expenditure of energy which in my opinion is quite unjustifiable and utterly impracticable, and serves no good purpose, and, moreover, leaves an impression on the minds of many officers that stellar navigation outside the meridian altitude is a difficult thing, whereas with the help of present-day aids to navigation, such as our own New Zealand Nautical Tables, it is a simpler matter than when dealing with the sun, and much more reliable. I am firmly convinced that if the problem of finding the ship's position from two or three stars at twilight were given in the Board of Trade examinations, and candidates were allowed the use of such tables as they know for facilitating the work of this problem, it would be the means of saving many a ship from disaster. On pages 122 and 123 of the last edition of our Tables for Azimuth, &c, I have given several cases to illustrate this which have come under my own observation. I have also written to the Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates in London, who is responsible for the Regulations relating to the Examinations of Masters and Mates, but my letter and previous letters from the Secretary of the Marine Department have been of no avail, and, notwithstanding the fact that these regulations and our own, which are copied from them, state that " candidates will be allowed to work out the various problems according to the method and tables they have been accustomed to use," we are still prohibited from using my tables and methods, even in the ordinary examinations for masters and mates, although I have very clearly and publicly shown and illustrated that by them the " Sumner " problem is not only much more quickly solved, but results are more accurate. Notwithstanding the above-quoted rule, and the fact that our tables have been acknowledged by reviewers in the principal shipping papers in England and the United States of America to be the most complete and comprehensive azimuth tables yet published, the Board of Trade authorities will not give permission to use them even in our New Zealand examinations of candidates for foreign-going masters and mates. This has sometimes put us into rather an awkward position. On one occasion a candidate for second mate, foreign-going, was on the point of failure over his azimuth problem, after having passed a short time before for home-trade master, when he was allowed the use of our New Zealand tables, and he naturally felt that he had a grievance because he was not allowed the same privilege when sitting for his foreign-going certificate. I never set an azimuth problem which is outside the limits of Bnrdwood's or Davis's Azimuth Tables, and otir hometrade masters are perfectly free to use whichever tables they prefer, but five out of six candidates use our tables in preference. Several candidates have now voluntarily passed the higher standard of form-vision which will come into force for all candidates when passing their first examination after the Ist January, 1914. I would again draw the attention of those interested that boys, or parents intending to send their boys to sea, should note that unless they are in possession of a certificate of competency by the Ist January, 1914, they will after that date be required to pass the new standard of formvision as laid down in Appendix A of the regulations, whether they are coming up for a certificate of competency or for examination in sight-test only. In this examination the candidate will be tested with each eye separately, and he must not be allowed to use spectacles or glasses of any kind. . I have, ire., Harold S. Blackburne, Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, The Secretary, Marine Department,

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The Director, Meteorological Office, to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— Wellington,, Bth May, 1912. The work of this branch of the service has been carried on regularly throughout the year, and with some rather important developments. Special storm warnings have from time to time been issued and posted up on all telegraph and telephone offices in the areas affected, and each warning has hitherto been amply justified by results. This, through the generosity and enterprise of the Telegraph Department, has not been made a charge upon the Weather Bureau. Master mariners have also in greater numbers applied for special forecasts by prepaid or collect telegram, and expressed their appreciation of services rendered. There have been a larger number of inquiries in other directions for forecasts by telegraph. The Mackenzie Country settlers have also expressed gratitude for warnings of all the storms that have affected their interests, and warnings are now sent to Fairlie in code at 6d. per word for distribution by telephone to various post-offices in that area. In that district, in which a snowstorm has in days gone by killed 75 per cent, of the sheep, it is now proposed to have greater extension of telephones, and the wider distribution of the forecasts will undoubtedly add to their value. Wireless telegraphy has been carefully watched and experiments made which, as soon as the new high-power stations are equipped, will, we hope, lead to greater confidence in prediction and wider knowledge of atmospheric conditions. The corrections for the barometers will, however, have to be carefully attended to, and great care and judgment exercised, or false alarms may be raised through trusting to erroneous readings which would predicate violent storms. A few aneroids of superior construction have been supplied to some ships, and very interesting results have been attained. His Majesty's warships the "Pioneer," '''Challenger," "Powerful," "Encounter," and "Cambrian" have given the fullest and most useful reports; and the "Moeraki," "Moana," "Wimmera," "Aorangi," " Ulimaroa," " Remuera,' " Roseric," "Manuka," " Maheno," "Tahiti," "Athenic," " Marama," "Talune," "Turakina," " Makura," " Maitai," and other vessels have also sent in ocean reports from time to time. With the experience gained it is now proposed to issue a short code for position of ship, wind (direction and force), barometer, weather, and sea, in five words giving the necessary particulars to our registered address, "Weather, Wellington." Both to the officers of the ships and the wireless operators our very best thanks are due for their praiseworthy efforts, which will, we trust, lead to the establishment of a useful ocean weather service. The Secretary of the General Post Office will, as soon as the time is ripe and codes have been distributed, allow us in return to issue at 11 p.m. every night weather reports for Russell, Wellington, and Bluff, giving the state of sea in the straits, and occasional advice as to storm-centres. Master mariners who have taken marine meteorology as a subject for examination, or studied the science, will appreciate these reports. Examination of ships' logs and reports from intercolonial and Home boats in the Southern Hemisphere, hitherto neglected in this country, now assume an importance undreamt-of before the advent of wireless telegraphy. The publications of the British Meteorological Office, the American Weather Bureau, and the Deutsche Seewarte are of immense value to the shipping of the world, and many ships travelling in New Zealand waters regularly report to those offices, and it is to be regretted that we cannot avail ourselves of the stores of information on marine meteorology, which are of special interest to us regarding storms, <vc, that now pass by our doors. A Dine's anemometer is being installed on Mount Etako, the new wireless station at Wellington. This will show the force of every gust of wind as well as give a record for the twenty-four hours. A Robinson anemometer has been established at the station during building operations, and comparisons made between its results and those at the observatory at the Alexandra Barracks. The total daily velocity is nearly double at the higher altitude than at the lower. Another Dine's anemometer has been ordered for the new observatory on the Thorndon Esplanade, and then very interesting comparisons will be possible not only for averaging the daily force and velocity, but for the several gusts and squalls from time to time. The new observatory-site upon Thorndon Esplanade near the old saluting battery meets every need, and is leased from the City Council at a nominal rental. It is hoped that its exposure to sunshine, rain, &c, will not be interfered with for many years by buildings in the vicinity. The instruments will all be moved as soon as possible, and it is believed that the site will afford truer means than have yet been obtained for all the climatic elements of AVellington. At the suggestion of G. C. Simpson, Esq., D.Sc, Chief Meteorologist to the British .Antarctic Expedition, a small building containing the Dine's anemometer, (fee., will be used for cloud observations through a lens in the roof, and probably also a camera obscura. As an adjunct to the CampbellStokes sunshine-recorder, a sundial will be erected; it is engraved to show appropriate mean and true time at a glance. This observatory will, it is to be hoped, next year take rank as a first-class station, the first in New Zealand, keeping continuous records of all climatic elements. There has been considerable delay in obtaining the full order of instruments from England, partly on account of strikes, and I regret to say that the stations at Dunedin and Hokitika in the South Island have not yet been renewed, and the higher-level stations at Bealey and Mount Egmont are not yet established, but the instruments are now ready. The North Island inspection has not yet been completed, but must shortly be undertaken. During the past, year I have had occasion to visit Australia on private business, and took advantage of the opportunity to visit the Head Office of the Commonwealth AVeafher Bureau at Melbourne, where, Mr. H. A. 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observatories at Wagga and Newcastle, and made careful inquiries and inspection, and these were very helpful and instructive. Much more display is made of meteorological results throughout Australia than is possible in this country, but a large staff enable the work to be done very effectively. The daily weather forecast for Australia is made by consultation of four Chief Meteorologists with the Commonwealth Meteorologist, who issues the general forecast to the Divisional Officer of each State, who in turn has authority to publish, revise, and amplify the same when necessary. During my three weeks' absence the work of the office was carried on very satisfactorily by my assistant, Mr. B. V. Pemberton, and since my return I have been able to make more advantageous use of his abilities and experience, and the result has been that we have expedited the issue of the morning forecasts. There has been a greater demand for the daily weather forecast from towns both coastal and inland, and, at the suggestion of the Agricultural Department, it is proposed to add another hundred stations to the list of places receiving the same. By a system of grouping, the work of writing and transmitting these forecasts will be somewhat reduced, and the Telegraph Department will take the extra hundred stations at half the former rates. This proposal will cost £400 extra, and will be submitted in the forthcoming estimates. The total cost for telegraphing all these reports will be £1,200 per per annum. Further additions to the list which may be made in the future will cost £4 each per annum. The evening reports and general forecasts are published through the Press Association of the Dominion at the cost of the receivers, but, at the request of the master mariners, the reports are exhibited at the General Post Office, Wellington, at 5 p.m., or as soon as possible afterwards; but there are often delays, and corrections have to be made, so that these reports and forecasts always mean extra labour after office hours. During the past years these general summaries and forecasts have met with such appreciation that the work has been gladly and voluntarily undertaken even on ordinary Government holidays. The rainfall map published in the Official Year-book is now being exhibited at two thousand post-offices in the Dominion. It has also been republished in the Agricultural Journal, the Auckland Graphic, &c. Several additions have been made to the number of rainfall or third-class stations. The observers at all these places perform public service voluntarily and regularly for their districts, and are only supplied with the necessary forms and monthly extracts containing the results for all parts of the Dominion. These efforts are deserving of the thanks and recognition of their own district and the community at large. At least ninety thousand observations of rainfall were made during last year alone, and for sixty years previously this work has been performed by voluntary observers pro bono publico. Our records are each year becoming more and more valuable, and the foundations have been laid for still greater usefulness. Ten times the number of stations could well be established with advantage and with small cost to the country. The cost of a gauge complete to the Department is only about 10s., and invaluable results could be obtained. A large number of schools have made application for meteorological instruments, but these have had to be declined, for school observations have been found to be very unreliable. The removal of teachers, entrusting the observations to different pupils, interference of children, and, above all, frequent holidays, militate against continuity, regularity, and accuracy in the results. The publication of the statistics of the chief stations is made each year in the blue-book issued by the Registrar-General, and monthly rainfall and climatological returns in the Government Gazette. Articles, reports, and statistics upon the climate and weather are prepared for the Year-book. Monthly reports were prepared for a time in the Agricultural Journal, but were discontinued because the reports from the observers, with the statistics, could not be in hand in time for publication; but the notes upon the weather of the month have been resumed by this office, and now supplement valuable reports by officers and inspectors of the Agricultural Department in all parts of the Dominion. Mr. F. W. Simms has attained rank as a permanent Civil servant by five years' work as a temporary clerk. He has proved a diligent, painstaking, and regular observer. The Secretary, Marine Department. D. C. Bates, Director.

The Chief Inspector of Fisheries to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— Wellington, 7th May, 1912. I have the honour to supply the following report on the condition of the fisheries throughout the Dominion during the year ended 31st March. Commencing with the Wellington District, I have to say that the market on the whole has been much better supplied with fish than during the previous twelve months. The small boats working on the local fishing-grounds are reported as having done much better than for the last two or three years, and there has been a decided improvement in the supply obtained from the Napier trawling-grounds. This improvement applies to round fish, as I have again to report a shortage in the supply of flat fish both from the Napier and the local fishing-grounds. For a short time during the early part of the summer a fair supply was brought in by the trawlers, but it only lasted for a few weeks, and, on the whole, the supply coming forward has been far short of market requirements. With regard to warehou, there was a fair run of fish in January, but the supply so far this season has been below the average for these fish. The supply of fish obtained from the various fishing-grounds off the Canterbury coast is reported as being better than for several years past. During the spring and summer there has

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been a decided increase in the quantity of flounders netted from Lake Ellesinere. This proved a very welcome addition to the supply of flounders for the Christchurch market, which was, with other places, experiencing a short supply of these fish. Trawling in Pegasus Bay and off the Akaroa Peninsula has been rather poor for some time. The local Inspector reports that the result of this condition is that at the present time only one vessel is working out of the six which were employed before the beginning of the year, four of the others having left for other fishinggrounds, and one gone out of commission. The extensive fishing-grounds off Timaru are now attracting the attention of those interested in the trade in the south. Since the beginning of this year two trawlers from Lyttelton have commenced operations, and up to the present time they are reported as being well satisfied with the results obtained. During the year there has been a considerable increase in the quantity of fish brought in by the smaller fishing-boats. The catches from most of the fishing-grounds off the Otago coast during the past year are reported by the local Inspector as having been unusually good, and the market well supplied with fish. When I visited Moeraki in November last the fishermen complained of a scarcity of blue-cod on the local fishing-grounds. Some of the oldest fishermen stated that there had been a steady decrease for a good many years. One man made the statement that " Fifteen years ago one of the old sailing-boats would bring in as many blue-cod in a day as all the boats could do now." The Collector of Customs at Oamaru in his report of the 19th April says, " Bluecod are now very scarce." The large fish-salesmen in Dunedin report the supply of flounders and soles as poor during the year. At Invercargill and Bluff during the past winter the quantity of fish brought in was about the average for that season. A decided improvement, however, took place during the spring and summer. At Picton the local Inspector in his report on the fisheries indicates that, with the exception of blue-cod, the catches of other market fish have been equal to the average of other years. With regard to blue-cod he says, " There is certainly a decreasing tendency, owing no doubt to small fish having been caught." At Westport the Collector of Customs reports a marked increase in the quantity of fish caught during the year. At Napier eleven trawlers have been employed during the year. During the winter months the supply of fish was so poor that a good many of the trawlers and small fishing-boats were laid up. The fish,, however, commenced to show up in the early spring, and since then the fishing has shown a decided improvement on the previous year's catches. The Collector of Customs at Napier gives the quantity of fish brought in for the twelve months at 2,731,4001b., valued at £25,536. The number of boats engaged in fishing he gives at sixty-five, employing a total of 152 hands on board. In the Auckland District fish have been fairly plentiful during the year, and on the whole the market has been well supplied. Complaints have been made about the scarcity of schnapper on some of the grounds most easily reached, but all the boats that worked well out are reported as having made very large catches. Inspector Bennett reports mullet as being very scarce in the Hauraki Gulf. The Inspector for Kaipara reports them as being fairly plentiful, and the Inspector at Onehunga reports very large hauls as having been made. Flounders are reported as being fairly plentiful in the Manukau and Kaipara, and the supply from the Thames floundergrounds has been well maintained during the year. Inspector Bennett reports a poor supply from other parts of the Hauraki Gulf, and recommends increasing the trawling-area so as to allow 1 trawlers to work the off-shore flounder-grounds which exist in the Thames Gulf south of Cabbage Bay, and which cannot be worked by the small boats. I would recommend that this should be done, as the fish on these grounds can be taken only by trawling, and the supply is very much needed to supply market requirements throughout the country. At Whangarei the Inspector reports fish as having been fairly plentiful during the year. When I visited the Bay of Islands in December last fishermen stated that, with the exception of mullet, the catches during the winter and up to the time of my visit were equal to the average of other seasons. There is a steady and increasing demand for fresh and smoked fish inland, and the opening of the railway through from Opua to Whangarei has opened up an important market for fish from these fishing-grounds. Chatham Islands. —The Inspector of Fisheries reports that during the year the fishing operations carried on at the Kaingaroa and Owenga fishing-stations have been fairly successful. From September to the end of November very little fishing could be done, owing to continued stormy weather. In December and January the weather conditions improved; fish were plentiful, but they would not take the bait, owing, it is supposed, to the abundance of natural feed at that season. Since the beginning of February fish have been very plentiful, and have taken the bait well, and large quantities of blue-cod and hapuka have been landed. The stranding of the s.s. " Himitangi " caused heavy loss to the owners and the fishing industry generally. Bock-oyster Beds. —The beds in the Hauraki Gulf and at the Bay of Islands were picked last season, and yielded a total of 4,782 sacks, 2,431 being obtained from the Bay of Islands and 2,351 from the Hauraki Gulf beds. These beds are again being picked this season, and it is expected that they will yield a larger quantity than last season. The method of picking which the Department has given instructions is to be carried out is that only a certain percentage of the marketable oysters are to be taken off each year. This ensures a sufficient quantity of mature oysters to supply brood being left everywhere, and also allows a crop being taken off for market every year. The beds depleted by licensed pickers in the Hauraki Gulf are recovering steadily, and it is expected that in about two years all these parts will be ready to pick. There is a very large and increasing demand for oysters, and to meet this it is necessary that the Department should continue a vigorous policy with regard to the extension and protection of the beds in all

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parts of the Auckland District. From Whangarei northward there are many large beds and inlets which were in.time past well stocked with oysters, but which have been depleted by overpicking for market and by continual poaching. By replanting and strict protection all these areas can again be made productive, ..and I would recommend that this matter be fully gone into next summer. I would recommend that a detailed inspection of the mangrove-beds be made next summer from Manukau to Parenga, in order to find out what quantity of these oysters is available, with the object of having them, picked the following season. If the people of this country will not buy them there is practically an unlimited market in Sydney for them at a very high price, and I see no reason why the Department should not derive a revenue from their sale, which would be a set-off to the expenditure in connection with the fisheries generally. Foveaux Strait Dredge-oyster Beds. —These beds seem to be as prolific as ever they were, and the increasing quantity taken each year to meet market requirements is obtained without having any apparent effect on the supply. Last season the oysters were in rather poor condition from the opening until well on in the season. This year, however, they were in prime condition from the opening-day on the Ist March. Last year an alteration was made in the open season for these oysters. This w r as found to be advisable owing to the oysters not having recovered condition after spawning in February, and the loss which frequently occurred in shipping them long distances to market during the warm weather which is usually experienced through that month. The open season now commences on the Ist March and closes on the 31st October. Mussels. —Some attention is now being given to bottling mussels for market in the Auckland District, and this is being carried on in a small way at T'apu and Coromandel. In America mussel-canning is a very important industry, but in many places the beds have been worked out, and the supply is not sufficient to supply market requirements. Inquiries have lately been received from Australia about the supply of mussels available in this country, with the object, I understand, of establishing canning-factories. In many places round the coast there are very l,arge beds, and from the information to hand there would seem to be very good prospects of canneries being established in the near future. Whaling. —The revival in the whaling industry which I anticipated a few years ago has now practically taken place. Messrs. Jagger and Cook, who have been following it up energetically for a good many years, have now extended their operations to the whaling-grounds south of New Zealand. It is understood that several whaling companies have been formed in Norway for the purpose of operating off the New Zealand coast and about the islands further south, and it is generally reported that at least one of these firms has its vessels on the way out, and expects to commence operations almost immediately. Salmon. —The largest run of quinnat salmon which has yet taken place came up the Waitaki River last spawning season. Ihey were found spawning in the main river itself, from a few miles up from the sea to where it branches off at the junction of the Aliuriri, Ohau, Pukaki, and Tekapo Rivers. Large numbers were seen spawning in these four large tributaries, and in the case of the Ohau and Pukaki they had run right through the lakes at the heads of these rivers and were found spawning in the rivers beyond. These fish spawn in much deeper and heavier water than trout, and are therefore very difficult to capture for spawning purposes, as only a very small percentage of the fish which come in from the sea run up the smaller streams, such as the Hakataramea and Gray's Hills Creek, to spawn. The number of eggs collected last season was 240,000. These were disposed of as follows : 25,000 were sent to Tasmania, 157,500 to the Hokitika River, 3,000 salmon-fry to the Seaforth-Mackenzie River, and the balance were retained at the Hakataramea Hatchery. This season the Manager reports a good run of salmon spawning in the Tekapo, and the collection of eggs for this season is now being proceeded with. During the year the following fish were liberated from the Hakataramea ponds : Quinnat salmon—l 37 three years old, 1,011 two years old, 8,317 one year old, and 12,426 four months old; also 181 three-year-old Rhine salmon, and 49 three-year-old Atlantic salmon. On the 31st March the stock of fish in the ponds consisted of 60 three-year-old quinnat salmon, 645 two-year-old quinnat salmon, 17,931 one-year-old quinnat salmon, 93 three-year-old Rhine salmon, and 87 three-year-old Atlantic salmon. Atlantic Salmon. —No importation of eggs was made this year. In order, however, to give the acclimatization of these fish a reasonable chance of success it is necessary that another shipment should be brought out this season. Repiorts have come to hand about a large number of salmonsmolts having been seen in Te Anau Lake, but I do not place much reliance on these reports, for I consider it is too soon tc expect to see any result from the work which has so far been done to stock the AVaiau River with these fish. Reference was made in my report last year regarding the establishment of fish-markets in the principal centres. Although markets have not yet been actually established, yet it is satisfactory to know that the authorities in three of the largest cities are moving in the matter, and it is to be hoped that before this year is out something practical will be done. New Zealand has extensive and prolific fishing-grounds round her coasts, yet the people of the Dominion have not anything like the plentiful and regular supply of fish which they should have. Larger vessels to work the fishing-grounds further afield, and more up-to-date methods of catching than is being employed on some of the fishing-grounds, suitable marketing facilities in the principal centres, and better facilities for transporting the catches by rail from the fishing ports and distributing the fish inland, are required to provide a larger and more regular supply of fisli. There has undoubtedly been a great improvement in the class of vessels used by the smaller boatmen of late years, and it is to be hoped that soon still larger vessels will be used, and " long-line " fishing, " purse-seining," and trawling employed in many places where the older methods of fishing are still in use. The transport of fish to market and its distribution inland are principally dependent on our railways, so that the development of our fisheries is largely dependent on the facilities which are provided.

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The fresh-water fisheries, in my estimation, are not utilized as a food-supply to anything like the extent which they might be. Even in a great sporting country like England, and in the countries of Europe, America, and Canada, trout are allowed to be marketed, and I am convinced that in this country, from certain waters, it can be allowed to be marketed under certain restrictive regulations without risk to the interests of sportsmen. I have, &c, L.. F. Ay sou. The Secretary, Marine Department. Chief Inspector of Fisheries. The Chairman, Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery Board, to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Dear Sir,— Dunedin, Bth May, 1912. Ihe accompanying report by Mr. Anderton, Curator of the Portobello Marine Fishhatcherj-, summarizes the work that has been done there during the past year. There are a few points which we desire to emphasize and draw special attention to. In regard to the lobster experiments, we would point out that Mr. Anderton lias not only succeeded in rearing lobsters in confinement for a length of time that has never been reached anywhere else—a result due to the minute and ceaseless care and attention which has characterized all his work—but he has also made very valuable additions to the knowledge of the life-history of the lobster, and has placed on a basis of fact statements which formerly were only surmised to be true. Another point worth noting is that, from his observations on the east shells both of adult and young lobsters, we believe that about an inch per annum represents the average rate of growth. It has hitherto been assumed that lobsters come to maturity in about five years; we are now led to the conclusion that probably they are from seven to nine years old before they are egg-bearing. No young lobster of all those turned out in the past has yet been met with; but, considering that the young after reaching the fourth stage —when they cease to swim freely and sink to the bottom—at once get under cover and practically remain under shelter all their lives, only coming out to feed, we are not surprised that none have yet been taken here. We hope to make some traps similar to but much smaller than those used in Europe and America for catching them, and by sinking these in localities whore fry have been liberated we hope to meet with some of the growing ones. Those first liberated ought to be now between 4 in. and 5 in. in length. In regard to crabs (Cancer pagnrus), as the larvae were all liberated in the free-swimming stage, the chances of their being very widely distributed are much greater than in the case of the lobsters. Many of the latter were liberated at the stage when they seek the bottom, and they probably sought shelter at once, besides which their free-swimming stage is normally a short one. But crabs take a much longer time to pass through their zocea stages, hence the English crabs are as likely to be found at Akaroa and in any of the sheltered bays along the coast — Blueskin, Waikouaiti, Moeraki, &c. —as in Otago Harbour. We hope during the coming season to make special hauls with seme nets on the banks of the harbour, and will carefully examine the weed and dragged material for young imported crabs. As the station is now thoroughly equipped for the experiment, we think the time has come when the Government should send Mr. Anderton Home to try and obtain a shipment of herringova. He should renew the stock of lobsters, and especially crabs, and perhaps attempt to bring out a small number of live haddock. We suggest Mr. Anderton because he has studied the question very thoroughly, and is expert in dealing with marine-fish ova. He is also a competent and ingenious mechanic, and will make a success of the experiment as far as it lies in his power to do so. If it is decided to send him Home, he ought to leave New Zealand in August if possible, in order to give him time to look around him before making final arrangements. The boxes required should be made here. I have, &c, Geo. M. Thomson. The Secretary, Marine Department. Chairman, Marine Fish-hatchery Board. Marine Fish-hatchery and Biological Station, Gentlemen, — Portobello, 4th May, 1912. I have the honour to present the following (the sixth) annual report of operations at the Marine Fish-hatchery from the publication of the last report (13th May, 1911) to the present date. Reports of previous years' operations wall be found in the " Transactions of the New- Zealand Institute," Vols. 38 and 39, and in the New Zealand Marine Department's Reports for 1.908-9, 1909-10, and 1910-11. Lobsters. —At the date of the last report the stock of lobsters in the ponds consisted of twenty females and fifteen males. Several deaths have taken place during the year, and the stock now stands at fifteen females and twelve males. All that have died have been more or less injured by their fellows. Many had lost both their large claws, and all had lost a larger or smaller number of their walking-limbs. Knowing their extremely pugnacious nature, a considerable amount of mortality is to be expected through these injuries. The present proportion of the sexes should be quite satisfactory. The females were not examined until the 20th November, 1911. Of the fifteen females, eleven were found to be carrying eggs in greater or lesser quantities. Eight of them had retained practically full batches; the other three varied from about half a batch to a few dozen; and it is quite probable that the other four had spawned in the spring, but had already either hatched or lost their brood. The females were on this date placed in the newly constructed small ponds for convenience of capture, and none were removed to the indoor tanks

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until numbers of larvae were seen swimming on the surface of the pond on the 7th December. From this date onwards the females carrying eggs just ready to hatch were in turn taken to the indoor tanks until their broods had hatched. The last larva? hatched- on the 19th January, 1912, and all the females were returned to the largest pond along with the males. It will be seen from this that as far as we have been able to ascertain the period of hatching this season was from the 7th December, 1911, to the 19th January, 1912, as against the 20th November to the 27th December the previous season. In earlier experiments we have proved, to our cost, that frequent handling and long confinement in the small tanks whilst egg-bearing is most injurious, and the newly divided small ponds have considerably facilitated the work at hatching-time. The egg-bearing females can now be placed in the small ponds early in November, at which time the condition of each individual's brood is noted, and by keeping a record of each, which can usually be done by some peculiarity in size, colour, loss of limbs, &c, it is not again necessary to handle them all in order to ascertain just when to remove each one into the glass tanks. At the same time it is quite certain, from the numbers that arc daily at this season seen swimming about the pond, and from the diminished size of the egg-bunches, that large numbers are hatched in the pond of which we have no tally. These escape sooner or later through the valves, and are doubtless scattered in all directions by the currents. Only about ten thousand were known to

have hatched from six that were brought into the tanks, and a large number of these were hatched by means of the McDonald jars after they had been nipped off by the female. Almost all of these were reared in the hatching-boxes until they had reached the second and third stages, when they were planted in what were considered to be suitable localities about the harbour. A large proportion was again liberated amongst the kelp on the north side of Quarry Point. None were kept beyond the third stage this season. The larvae were fed in the boxes entirely on the contents of the tow nettings, and did not appear to settle towards the bottom so much as in previous seasons, when they were fed on minced cockle, &c. By the time the third stage was reached, however, their cannibalistic habits had developed to such an extent that it was considered advisable to put them all out. We are now experimenting with a revolving apparatus worked by a waterwheel, with the overflow water for the hatching-boxes, and expect to be able to rear the majority to .the fourth or bottom stage before liberating them next season. One lobsterling has survived from a number that were retained in the tanks in December, 1909, and one from a number retained in December, 1910. Their ages are now therefore 2 years 4 months and 1 year 4 months respectively. The shells cast by them during this time have been preserved and labelled, and, of course, represent size for age of young lobsters reared in confinement only. I enclose two sketches made from measurements of their last casts, at which time their ages were 2 years 2 months and 1 year 2 months respectively.

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A vast amount of time is being devoted to the study of the lobster, both from a scientific and practical standpoint, in America, Great Britain, and Europe, where the lobster is indigenous. The necessity for this has arisen owing to a diminishing supply, and attempts are being made in several countries to increase the supply by artificial propagation. We are in receipt of a report of some 300 pages on " The Natural History of the American Lobster," by Professor H. Herrick, Ph.D., Sc.D., in which he refers at considerable length to some of the observations made in our report of 1908-9. Professor Herrick, and, in fact, most of the workers in Europe, appear to be quite certain that the American and English lobster spawns only once in two years. Professor Herrick also says in his report, "It is interesting to notice that, while the seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere, the local range of temperature in New Zealand is similar to that at bottom of Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts." The temperature of the water, owing to the effects of the Gulf Stream, around the English coast does not go so low as that of our ponds during the winter, and with the above facts before us it is particularly gratifying to find that in almost all cases spawning has taken place annually, eleven out of fifteen in 1911, nineteen out of twentyone in 1910, and twenty-three out of twenty-three in 1.909 having produced eggs. Many of the females are now seen in the characteristic attitude of the berried hen, and, although we do not usually handle them at this season, one was lifted out on the occasion of Mr. Allport's visit on the 24th April, and found to have a full, healthy bunch of eggs. Crabs. —The stock of English crabs remains the same—only two —both of which are females. One of these spawned in the spring, and the larvae were hatched between the 14th and 19th December, 1911. The brood was a small one—about one-third the usual size—-and the number of larvae would probably* not exceed one million. It was not expected that either would spawn this season, as no cast had been detected, and the last male had died on the 2nd January, 1911. Local Fishes. —The thanks of the Board are again due to Mr. F. J. Sullivan and to the crew of the s.s. " Express " for their kind assistance in granting every facility for collecting the eggs of the flat fishes during the spawning season, and for the opportunity to examine the stomachcontents, ovaries, (fee., of all fishes taken by the trawlers throughout the year. The first soleeggs were collected on the Ist July, 1911, and between this date and the 30th August 4,067,000 eggs of the sole, brill, and turbot were collected. The spawning season of the flat fishes appears to be well defined, the dates between which collections were made during 1910 being the 21st July to the 21st August. Ripe eggs of the turbot (Am.motretis nudipinnis), witch (Caulopsetta scapha), and kelp-fish (Cordidodax pullus) have been secured for the first time, and drawings have been made of the eggs and larvae during their early development. A stock of fifty-five of the latter, the kelp-fish, has been placed in the wharf-pond for breeding purposes. Considerable progress has been made with the preparation of a volume in which all previous station records are being placed in tabulated form. Tables have also been drawn out showing the number of larvae of all descriptions which have been liberated each year. Other tables give particulars of the nature and size of the eggs, spawning season, locality, (fee, of all fishes and Crustacea whose early life-history we have been able to study. The best available plate of each fish has been pasted in the volume, and, where our knowledge permits, drawings of the eggs and larvae have been added. One or more tabulated pages have been allowed for monthly notes on stomach-contents, ovaries, locality where taken, (fee, of each species. The volume greatly facilitates the recording of present and future observations, and presents all past notes in a readily available form. The library has been more than doubled by the temporary addition of a large portion of Mr. G. M. Thomson's private collection of zoological works. Annual reports of the Scotch Fishery Board, the Marine Biological Station at Fort Erin, and a large number of pamphlets have come to hand during the year. General. —Two rooms, a scullery, wash-house, and cellar have been added to the assistant's cottage. The ground has been laid out in paths and lawn, and a substantial breakwind built on the south-west side. The subdivision of the No. 1 pond w*as completed by the end of June, all the metal and sand for which was conveyed by the station launch. By this means and by employing no outside labour for the cottage alterations and very little for the ponds, a great saving was effected. The rear of the new walls has been soiled and planted in grass and small shrubs. Accommodation is now provided for a more varied and extensive stock of local or introduced fishes. The old wooden tanks have been removed and replaced by three concrete and angleiron ones, with glass on four sides. They are similar in construction to the other three, and are eminently suitable for the tiny larvae with which we have to deal. The new 4-horse-power Standard engine in the launch has now been in use for fifteen months, and has given no trouble whatever; in fact, we have not yet found it necessary to use a spanner on it. The launch and boat have been regularly scrubbed and painted, and are in first-class order. The report of the experiment carried out in the spring of 1911 by Dr. AVilliamson in regard to the retardation of the development of herring-ova has just come to hand, and, in view of the possibility of an attempt being made this season to transport the eggs to this country, I would like to give a brief outline of the results of this experiment. Dr. Williamson does not state the exact number of eggs with which he commenced his experiments, but as two of the plates contained respectively 2,600 and 2,800, and each box contained four glass plates, we must presume that each box box contained about 10,000 eggs. Dr. Williamson gives a plan of an apparatus suitable for the transport of the ova to New Zealand, and this plan show*s six boxes; but as in his report he refers to the "box" containing the ova, I think we may safely consider that he started his experiment with about 10,000 eggs on the glass plates. The temperature of the water was gradually reduced from 43° Fahr. until by the twelfth day it was down to 36° Fahr., from which time until the 52nd day it remained fairly uniform between 345° and 36° Fahr. The total number of larva 1 hatched was 1,499, between the 39th and 51st days. By far the greater number of these were hatched previous to the 48th day, which is, I think, the minimum time necessary for our purpose, Only sixty-seven larvse w*ere hatched after the 48th day, and only

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ten were hatched after the 50th day. Dr. Williamson says, " The cooling was doubtless not sufficiently low. I think a slightly lower temperature —34° to 35° Fahr. —would not injure the ova, and would probably be sufficient to retard the ova for the requisite period." The ova were attended to practically every hour of the night and day. The difficulties to be contended with on board ship would be considerably increased, and it would be necessary to have the cooling and filtering apparatus fitted up in as perfect a manner as possible. Mr. Adams has constructed a small water-wheel and model box to hold the revolving plates, and I think it would be advisable to have a full set of the necessary apparatus made at this end. A very great advantage would be gained by making the collection of ova at Plymouth, where Dr. Allen states they could be secured in December or January. Dr. Williamson has kindly consented to assist in the experiment at whatever port the trial is to be made. I wish also to point out the desirability of replenishing the stock of lobsters and crabs, and would suggest that if a trial shipment of herring-ova is to.be made this year, every other inch of available space in the chamber provided should be fitted up for this purpose. The overflow water of the herring-boxes cooled to about 34° would go a long way towards maintaining a sufficiently low temperature (about 60°) for the lobsters and crabs. I have, &c, The Marine Fish-hatchery Board. F. Anderton.

The Marine Engineer to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir,— 15th June, 1912. I have the honour to report as follows on the various works dealt with during the year ended 31st March, 1912 :— Tuahine Lighthouse. —The construction on the foreshore of a concrete pedestal to carry this light, which had to be removed from the position on the hill through a slip, has been completed, and the permanent light apparatus has been erected on its summit, and is now in use. The construction of the pedestal was carried out by contract, the light apparatus was erected by the Department's artificer, and on its completion the whole was handed over to the Gisborne Harbour Board, which body attends to the maintenance of the light. Hokianga. —The erection of the new residence for the boatman has been completed. Kohokohu breastwork : The construction of a timber breastwork to the east of the wharf, in order to provide a repository for ships' ballast and sawdust from the sawmill, has been put in hand. The reclamation thus protected will provide some useful land in addition to the very limited existing flat ground which is suitable for township purposes. Kaipara. —Shelly Beach beacon : The erection of the concrete pedestal which is to carry an automatic light has been nearly completed. The apparatus for the light is at Kaipara awaiting the erection. This work has been very much delayed through the constant westerly winds which have prevailed during the past season, the work having to be entirely abandoned on this account for some time in the spring. Removal of rocks in Kaipara River : The deepening of the channel over the rocky bar a short distance below Mount Rex Wharf, supplementary to some work which was carried out a short time ago, has been put in hand. When this Work is completed, any boat which can proceed up to Helensville will be able to navigate the channel at all states of the tide. The present position with regard to this bar is that there is a channel near the centre of the river but a little to the south, and there is also a channel close along the north bank. A small extent of rock remains between, which the money available would not permit of removal. North Cape Lighthouse. —Apparatus for the new lighthouse to be erected at the North Cape has been ordered. Cape Brett. —The determination of the correct latitude of Cape Brett Lighthouse is under investigation by the Survey Department, but considerable difficulties have arisen through the somewhat incomplete character of the existing geodesical work. It is anticipated that the work will be completed shortly. Chicken Island Lighthouse. —The work in connection with the erection of an automatic light on the outer Chicken Island is in the following position : The apparatus has arrived; the small pedestal or tower to carry the apparatus has been designed, and tenders for its construction are now being dealt with; the site has been prepared to receive the pedestal; the tracks necessary to give access to the light from the foreshore are nearly completed. Mokohinau Lighthouse. —A report was prepared of the work required to improve the drainage in connection with the keeper's dwelling. Manukau Leading-lights. —A £50 grant for improving the road to Huia, which will ultimately give access to the lights, has been expended. Cabbage Bay Wharf. —-Plans for this structure were prepared, and the erection was carried out by the County Council. The work is now complete. Mercury Bay. —The Waiwawa River Wharf and snagging were examined and reported on. Auckland Beaches. —The various beaches in the vicinity of Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula were examined, and reported on with regard to the issue of permits for the removal of gravel for building and other purposes in and around Auckland. Auckland - Kaipara Canal. —A short report was prepared on the proposal to construct a canal connecting Auckland and Kaipara Harbours. Auckland Naval Base.- —The existing store and yard accommodation are being examined in conjunction with the Defence Department with a view to reporting upon their suitability in connection with the requirements of His Majesty's Navy when Auckland becomes its base.

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Bean Bock Lighthouse. —An automatic apparatus to replace the present one has been procured. Matakana. —The river at this place has been examined and a report prepared on the question of deepening the navigable channel up to the wharf. Turanga Creek Wharf. —Plans have been prepared with a view to inviting tenders for the erection of this structure. Mayor Island. —The title to the ownership of the island has been inspected and reported on. Instructions have been issued to have inspection made of the shingle beaches on the island in connection with the question of allowing the removal of gravel, but up to the present an opportunity has not occurred to have the inspection made. Whakatane Harbour. —Inspection of this harbour was made by myself. A survey has been made, and a report on the works necessary to improve the entrance is in course of preparation. Opotiki Harbour. —This harbour has been similarly inspected, a small amount of survey made, and a report is in course of preparation. Marakopa River. —Plans were prepared for a wharf on what is known as the up-stream site. These are now being modified to suit the down-stream site, and will shortly be completed, when instructions will be required as to putting the work of erection in hand. Onetehia Biver, Waikato. —A report has been prepared upon the removal of obstructions to navigation in this river. Waikato Biver. —A private ferry over this river, at Rangiriri, recently installed, has been inspected and reported as satisfactory. Awakino Biver .—A report has been prepared upon the work necessary to deepen the channel through a small papa-rock reef near the entrance. Gisborne Harbour. —A report was prepared upon the works necessary to prevent wave-action between the moles at the entrance to the river, and plans and specifications were prepared for the Harbour Board for the purpose of having the work recommended carried out, which took the form of an extension of the eastern breakwater. The Board has since let the contract for the work. A further report upon the whole question of harbour accommodation at Gisborne was prepared, as it was found that both questions were so intimately connected that the former could not be dealt with effectively without taking the latter into consideration. Wanganui Harbour. —At the instance of the Harbour Board, and in connection with the proposal to obtain a Bill authorizing the raising of moneys for the carrying-out of extensive harbourworks, a report was prepared. This report required close investigation, and occupied a considerable time in its preparation. Castle Point Lighthouse. —The works in connection with the establishment of a new lighthouse at Castle Point are in the following position : A survey has been made of the land required, and steps are now being taken to obtain a title by proclamation; negotiations in connection with the compensation to be paid are being undertaken by the Public Works Department and Land Purchase Officer; the whole of the materials required for the dwellings, signal-station, and outbuildings have been procured, and nearly all have been conveyed to Castle Point; the erection of the dwellings is now about three-quarters completed; the apparatus, &c, is on hand in readiness to forward to its destination; a contract has been let to Messrs. Luke and Co. for the manufacture of the cast-iron tower, but unfortunately they are very much behind with the work. It is not likely that it will be completed by the time the contract expires. This is likely to cause considerable delay. Foxton. —Proposals for harbour-works at this place were examined and reported on. A drawing of a small hand-scoop dredge was prepared and supplied to the Harbour Board for the purpose of maintaining the depth in the river along the face of the wharf. Gape Palliser Lighthouse. —A report was prepared on the advisability of constructing approach steps to the tower to enable the keepers to avoid passing over the ground rendered dangerous by stones falling from the cliff's above. Wellington. —The Yacht Club shed at Thorndon was examined and valued with a view to its purchase by the Department for use in connection with the training-ship " Amokura." Marine yard : The new site for the Marine yard has been fenced, and a temporary coal-shod has been erected to hold about 150 tons of coal as a reserve for the use of G.s. " Hinemoa." Meteorological Observatory : Plans of the building required in connection with this observatory have been prepared. Queen Charlotte Sound. —The question of constructing a tunnel at the head of the Onahau Inlet as a means of communication with the Pelorus Sound by motor-boat and other small craft has been shortly reported on, and tidal observations have been made with a view to preparing plans for having the construction of the tunnel carried out. Nelson Lighthouse. —The assistant keeper's house requiring repairs, instructions have been issued to the Resident Engineer, Nelson, to examine and report on same, with estimate of cost of carrying them out. Nelson Harbour Works. —Some inconvenience being experienced through the formation of a bar at each end of the new entrance-channel, a report was prepared at the instance of the Harbour Board advising that dredging be carried out in order to maintain the depth of water required. Pakawau. —Some difficulties having arisen between the coal-mine proprietors and landowners in connection with the construction of a tramway required to convey coal to a place of shipment the Superintending Engineer, Mr. C. R. AHckerman, proceeded to Pakawau, examined the place' made full inquiries into the position, and reported fully upon the same. Little Wanganui Wharf. —Plans for a small extension of this wharf have been prepared. Karamea. —Training-wall : The second contract for the erection of an extension of this wall has been completed. A third contract has been let for a further extension, and the work is now in hand. It is anticipated that when the third extension is completed the river will be maintained

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in a direct course to the sea. It would, however, be more satisfactory if a further extension of a few hundred feet could be made. Irvine and Stevenson's whitebait factory : The question as to whether this factory had been erected upon Marine Department's land was inquired into and reported upon. Godley Head LAghthouse. —Some repairs have been carried out to the track leading to the fogsignal, and some repairs have also been carried out to the signal apparatus. Akaroa. —Some inaccuracies in the coast-line of Banks Peninsula as delineated on the Admiralty Chart have been investigated, and details supplied enabling the matter to be rectified. Moeraki. —The beaches along this part of the coast have been examined, and a report prepared as to the advisability of allowing the removal of shingle. Taiaroa Head Lighthouse. —Some repairs have been effected to the assistant keeper's house. Brighton. —The boat-harbour at this place has been inspected, and a report prepared in connection with certain improvements being carried out under Government subsidy by a private individual. Waihola Lake. —The silting-up nf the channel connecting the lake with the Taieri River causing considerable inconvenience in connection with navigation, a report has been prepared and recommendations made of the best method of maintaining the required depth. Nuggets Boat-landing. —Through the small groyne built by the Department for the purpose of causing sand to collect at the landing, and also through the handling of the fishing-boats having been so much facilitated by the oil-engine winch provided by the Department, the fishing-boats have increased both in number and size; consequently the small winch provided is not now sufficiently powerful. The Government has therefore consented to provide a larger one, which work is now in hand. Westport. —This harbour has been inspected, and a report on same is in course of preparation. Greymouth. —A personal inspection was made by the Secretary and Engineer of the Marine Department, and a report prepared advising the Minister to permit the Harbour Board to extend the river wharf down-stream right to the entrance of the lagoon. Okarito. —A small work affording protection to the wharf where damage was occurring through scour by the river has been completed. Buoys. —A contract was let to Messrs. Niven and Co., of Napier, for the manufacture of a pillar buoy to mark the position of the Barclay Rock. The buoy is now completed, and awaiting shipment by the " Hinemoa." A contract has been let to Messrs. Stevenson and Cook, of Port Chalmers, for the manufacture of four mark-buoys, which work is still in hand. Plans of the following works have been examined and dealt with as indicated :— Wharves. —Northern Wairoa: Kirikopuni —approved; Dargaville—extension approved; Te Kopuru—Messrs. Rope Bros.' wharf approved; Tangaihi—plans approved; Oruawharu River — plans of wharf for Mr. G. J. Smith approved. Leigh : Approved. Auckland : Graham's Beach— extension approved; Chelsea —extension approved. Coromandel: Tukituki Bay—Messrs. Rich and Jeffries' wharf approved. Collingwood : Repairs to Messrs. Burford's wharf approved. Elmslie's Bay : Extension approved. Golden Bay : The Cement Company's wharf was shown on the chart for the information of the Admiralty. Greymouth : Extension of wharf down-stream approved. Okain's Bay: Amendments in. design of wharf approved. Beclamations. —Kohukohu : Approved. Auckland : George's Bay —approved. Onehunga : Captain Spring's road approved. Wellington : Dock-site protection wall approved. Dunedin : Plan and schedule for authorizing Act approved; protection wall approved. Kaitangata Lake: Approved. Invercargill: Amended plans and schedule for authorizing Act were prepared. Boatsheds and Skids. —Rawene : R. Symons —approved. Wellington : Messrs. Croucher and Mitchell's and Mr. P. Elliott's —approved. Foreshore Leases. —Rawene :R. Symons—increase in area approved, Kohukohu : Messrs. Andrews and Sons' reported on; Messrs. HalHwell Bros.' approved; Mr. E. Fell's approved. Whangarei: Between Limestone Island and Manga.pai was not approved. Coromandel: Tukituki Bay—Messrs. Rich and Jeffries' approved. Bridges. — Gisborne: Sewer-bridge over Waimata River approved. Wanganui: Dublin Street —Vesting Bill examined and reported on. Collingwood : Coal Creek Bridge approved. Kaiapoi : Temporary bridge approved. Greymouth : Proposal to make bridge over Grey River at Tainui Street reported on. Harbour-works. —Waipu : Extension of training-walls approved. Kapiti : boat-harbour approved. Motueka : New harbour scheme approved. Kaiapoi: Extension of training-wall approved. Hokitika : Amended plans of moles approved. Miscellaneous. —Hokianga : Band-stand enlargement approved. Auckland : Sewer outfall —temporary construction-works approved; repair slips in Freeman's Bay approved. Mercury Bay; Whenuakite River timber-booms approved. Umangawha River: Timber-booms approved. Manukau : Westfield Company's sewer outfall approved. West Haven : New survey reported on, with estimate of cost. Karamea : Barrage of lagoon-channel approved. River Avon: Bankprotection at Bromley approved. Dunedin : Groynes at Ocean Beach reported on. I have, &c, R. W, Holmes, Marine Engineer.

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Return showing the Total Ordinary Expenditure of the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,559 6 5 lead Office salaries larbours:— Manukau, — Salaries House allowance of Harbourmaster Stores and contingencies Hokianga,— Salaries Removal of logs Dinghy Stores and contingencies Kaipara,— Salaries House allowance Stores and contingencies Hauraki Gulf, — Inspection of beaohes Tauranga,— Salary Launch-hire Tongaporutu,— Salary Stores and contingencies Opunake,— Salary Whangaparapara,— Salary Stores Mokau,— Salary Awakino, — Salary Stores Marakopa,— Salaries Stores 530 0 0 24 0 0 136 12 1 468 0 0 389 15 0 15 0 0 101 19 3 689 0 0 26 0 0 171 17 5 ! 18 15 0 2 0 0 690 12 1 974 14 3 886 17 5 20 1 0 25 0 0 17 17 6 20 15 0 42 17 6 £5 0 0 25 0 0 5 4 5 30 4 5 40 0 0 20 0 0 0 9 0 20 9 0 5 16 8 1 11 0 Pieton, — Salary House allowance Stores, &c. Nelson, — Salaries of signalmen Waitapu,— Salary Stores, &c. Puponga,— Stores and oil .. Collingwood,— Salary Snagging Stores, &c. Karamea,— Salary Shifting beacons Snagging New boat Stores, &c. Greymouth,— Salary of Harbour Engineer* Okarito,— Salary Erection of training-wall Stores, &c. Okuru, — Salary Little Wanganui,— Piloting Stores, &c. Waikawa, — Salary 235 0 0 25 0 0 22 1 0 7 7 8 282 1 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 4 4 11 29 4 11 6 5 0 50 0 0 20 11 0 15 15 4 86 6 4 110 0 0 77 18 8 31 12 3 16 10 0 21 15 11 257 16 10 382 4 5 110 0 0 137 17 9 32 19 3 280 17 0 37 10 0 13 5 0 4 12 1 17 17 1 5 0 0 lalary of storeman and carpenter Juoy-chain Advertising position as Greymouth Harbour Engineer Joastal buoys and beacons Jeneral buoys and repairs Stores and contingencies 208 13 4 175 17 8 13 5 9 37 10 0 43 6 5 67 13 11 546 7 1 4,710 8 0 * Befunded by Greymouth Harbour Board.

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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 Lighthouse Expert Lightkeepers' travelling-expenses £ s. d. 10,684 17 10 975 5 2 4,572 4 9 250 0 0 164 0 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 16.646 8 R leteorological Office:— Salaries of staff and observers Postage and telegrams Instruments and repairs Rent Office equipment Cleaning office Telephones Stores and contingencies 1,139 0 0 870 15 0 157 12 7 140 0 0 40 2 5 20 13 4 16 7 6 18 5 9 lercantile marine offices :■ — Salaries Rent Telephones Cleaning offices Advertising for Surveyor Travelling-expenses Contingencies 2.402 16 . 3,786 1 1 91 13 4 64 6 8 46 0 10 6 18 0 46 10 6 24 10 1 4,066 0 6 •rotection of fish and oysters :— Salaries of Inspectors Picking and sale of oysters Planting oysters in Hauraki Gulf Casual labour Collection, &c, brown-trout ova Grant for maintenance, Portobello Fish-hatchery,— Salaries .. .. .. Repairs Printing scientific report on trawling Experiments with herring-ova Importation of Atlantic-salmon ova Stocking a Westland river with salmon Travelling-expenses Contingencies • .. 924 10 10 2,306 7 2 110 4 2 113 18 0 246 18 0 330 0 0 3 17 4 195 5 6 36 13 10 446 3 0 , 188 13 10 301 19 7 9 8 4 Hakataramea Salmon Station, — Salaries Working-expenses 5,213 19 7 5,213 19 7 356 0 0 65 13 6 421 13 6 421 13 6 5,635 13 1 Less recoveries 36,020 13 3 1,060 7 5 Total 34,960 5 10 government steamers :— Working-expenses, s.s. " Hinemoa " .. Engine-room repairs, s.s. " Hinemoa " Working-expenses, s.s. " Tutanekai " New circulating-pumps, s.s. " Tutanekai " Repairs to deck, &c, s.s. " Tutanekai " Working-expenses, training-ship " Amokura " .. Repairs to training-ship " Amokura " ■ Store and slip for training-ship " Amokura " .. 8,625 4 4 307 3 6 3,157 8 0 85 14 5 435 8 10 6,725 3 0 351 7 6 300 0 0 Less cable services, freights, passages, &c. 19,987 9 7 19,987 9 7 2,547 2 4 2,547 2 4 ilarine miscellaneous services : — Departmental travelling-expenses Administration of Shipping and Seamen Act, and inquiries into shipping casualties Buoys and beacons, — Jackson's Head Kaipara Harbour Cartage and freight Charts, books, &c. Checking overcrowding of steamers Contribution towards New Zealand Sailors' Room, England Extra clerical assistance Fog-signals—cartridges, &c. Compassionate allowance to Mrs. C. T. McGahey Grant for improvement to Foxton Harbour Grant for repairing Waipipi Wharf Grant for renewing Turanga Creek Wharf 17,440 7 3 41 4 4 284 11 8 45 5 2 203 5 10 58 18 10 373 4 9 324 2 3 10 10 0 78 10 0 22 6 10 100 0 0 62 10 0 51 16 9 3 1 0 * Value of oil purchased. For value of oil consumed see Maintenance Return, next 'ago.

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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, 1912.

ii\ ao. oollnna »r« kerosene (2) 282 gallons are kerosene. P) 103 gallons are kerosene. W 296 gallons are kerosene. (a) I l „cludS£?72los 1M for outbu ldtagf b) Includes ,630 7s. 3d. for repairs to dwellings. («) Includes £20 10s. 6d. for reoairs to lighthouse. (1) Includes £89 16s. 2d. for erecting steps. (c) Includes £46 os. lid tor erecting wash-houses, mS, £84 14s Id for repairs to dwellings. (s) Includes £51 18s. Bd. for erection of wash-houses. 00 Includes £130 9s Id to outbuildings and porchesTand £63 9s. sd. for fencing. (1) Includes £71 6s 3d. for landing stores, and £12 4s. Id. for new cart-shed (J) Includes £39 Bs. 6d. for fencing <k> Includes £24 10s. 9d. for mstallataon ot telephones.

Nature of Expenditure. Details. Totals. Grand Totals. £ s. d. 1,200 0 0 £ s. d. £. s. d. Grant towards cost of taking soundings off New Zealand coast by " Terra Nova " Hospital expenses sick seaman, F. Taylor Legal expenses Lithographing forms Maintenance Anglem Point light Morse signals at lighthouses New Zealand Nautical Almanac Office equipment Postage and telegrams, &c. Prosecutions under Marine Acts Railway fares, Royal Naval Reserve Relief of distressed seamen Relief of distressed New Zealand seamen and others in United Kingdom Rents and expenses re examinations Matakohe Wharf repairs Reconstruction of Waipipi Wharf Survey of unseaworthy ships Telephones Wages of G. McNabb, deceased, due to his father Contingencies 1 15 0 73 12 0 28 0 6 31 0 8 14 0 7 353 9 8 40 14 2 472 18 8 36 19 8 5 7 8 32 6 10 213 6 4 2 0 0 92 0 8 100 0 0 11 4 0 72 4 8 13 0 5 10 0 Less recoveries 4,447 1 6 542 4 2 3,904 17 4 Grand total £56,305 10 £

Oilcc jnsumed. Name of Lighthouse. Salaries. Gallons. Value. Stores and Contingencies. Totals. I Cape Maria van Diemen Cape Brett Mokohinou Tiriiiri Bean Rock Ponui Passage Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island Napier Bluff Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head 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 Poulwind Hokitika Kahurangi Point Farewell Spit Nelson French Pass Stephens Island £ s. d. 394 7 3 403 16 2 322 4 5 310 0 0 132 10 0 130 0 0 387 10 0 362 11 7 368 7 9 20 0 0 290 0 0 270 16 8 280 0 0 270 0 0 291 13 4 120 18 4 234 18 4 443 6 9 100 0 0 261 13 4 290 0 0 296 13 4 138 11 9 278 6 8 278 6 8 237 10 4 419 3 4 261 7 5 388 13 1 391 17 8 382 3 7 276 5 7 20 0 0 367 6 9 428 12 5 300 0 0 180 0 0 355 5 4 •664 •622 |-848 f530 •96 f83 •752 f872 -|-774 Gas t(!)666 •597 t633 t524 f584 1164 f259 |568 •751 tl83 1( 2 )740 f586 |606 *339 t589 1615 |f)578 •732 tC)716 1789 •656 •665 t595 Gas fl,012 t645 1257 taoi •695 £ s. d. 28 0 3 26 4 10 61 16 8 38 12 11 4 10 6 1 0 31 14 6 63 11 8 56 8 9 14 1 0 47 7 3 25 3 9 46 3 1 38 4 2 42 11 8 11 19 2 18 17 8 41 8 4 31 13 8 13 6 10 45 5 10 42 14 7 44 3 9 14 6 0 42 19 0 44 16 10 38 19 7 30 17 7 43 2 3 57 10 8 27 13 6 28 1 0 43 7 8 13 9 0 73 15 10 47 0 7 18 14 9 14 13 2 29 6 5 £ s. d. 157 9 2 108 1 7 221 3 2 (»)251 13 8 86 3 10 27 14 7 (i>)145 15 4 126 5 8 117 3 11 (<=) 23 6 4 (*)198 17 8 76 18 4 81 11 4 78 16 8 61 0 3 5 9 4 46 13 3 188 0 7 172 17 11 6 2 0 120 0 10 104 13 7 ( e )124 9 2 98 11 5 57 18 7 106 16 5 ( f )177 9 0 (8)137 3 6 (i')310 18 11 97 15 8 149 6 3 127 15 1 116 7 2 3 1 0 (1)222 17 4 (5)169 13 2 59 6 3 18 8 1 (k)188 8 9 £ s. d. 579 16 8 538 2 7 605 4 3 600 6 7 222 14 10 163 15 7 564 19 10 552 8 11 542 0 5 57 7 4 536 4 11 372 18 9 407 14 5 387 0 10 395 5 3 17 8 6 186 9 3 464 7 3 647 18 4 119 8 10 427 0 0 437 8 2 465 6 3 251 9 2 379 4 3 429 19 11 453 18 11 587 4 5 615 8 7 543 19 5 568 17 5 537 19 8 436 0 5 36 10 0 663 19 11 645 6 2 378 1 0 213 1 3 573 0 6 Totals .. 10,684 17 10 21,186 1,348 6 2 4,572 4 9 16,605 8 * Ki •osene. t Paraffin.

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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 Fisheries Acts, during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Return showing the Amount of Light Dues collected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Return showing the Amount of Pilotage, Port Charges, &c., collected during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

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 Egmont+ MokoMinou Waipapapa Point Ponui PassageJ Kaipara Head French Pass Cuvier Island Stephens Island Cape Palliser East Cape Kahurangi Point Jack's Point Cape Brett Cistle Point (building) Cost of telegraph-cable to Tiritiri Miscellaneous and unallocated £ s. d. 6,422 0 4 2,824 8 9 5,747 7 2 5,513 0 1 4,923 14 11 4,705 16 4 10,480 12 8 6,139 11 8 6,597 3 7 5,619 2 6 4,975 2 4 6,955 9 1 6,241 0 0 6,554 14 5 4,288 13 2 5,785 19 0 9,958 19 5 7,028 14 8 7,150 6 5 6,066 6 3 3,353 17 11 8,186 5 0 5,969 18 11 5,571 8 0 1,427 17 5 7,406 16 11 9,349 9 11 6,243 16 1 7,594 8 8 9,528 1 1 1,204 10 9 11,237 3 5 3,605 19 4 1,085 19 6 1,322 2 2 Total .. £207,065 17 10 * Light discontinued; moved to Cape Egmo + Cost of iron tower, lantern, and apparat moved from Mana Island, is not included in t I Built by Provincial Government of Ai known in Marine Department. >nt. ;us, which were rebhis. .uckland; cost not

Nature of Eeceipts. Amount. Shipping and Seamen Acts :— Fees for engagement and discharge of seamen, and sale of forms Surveys of steamers and sailing-vessels .. Measurement of ships.. Examinations of masters, mates, and engineers Light dues Sundry receipts Merchant Shipping Act Harbours Acts :— Pilotage and port charges Foreshore rents, and shingle and.sand permits Sundry receipts Fisheries Acts : — Sale of oysters Sundry receipts £ s. d. 3,811 0 10 2,490 14 0 29 0 0 424 6 0 38,232 0 11 870 2 7 212 5 6 1,946 17 10 1,011 17 6 225 4 0 3,013 6 8 289 2 6 Total £52,555 18 4

Port. Amount collected Auckland Coromandel Onehunga Whangaroa Whangarei Russell Whangape Mangonui Whangaparapara* .. Hokianga* Kaipara Thames Tauranga.. Poverty Bay Napier New Plymouth Waitara Wanganui Patea Wellington Wairau Pieton Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Bluff and Invercargill £ s. d. 14,193 19 11 18 9 10 136 0 5 10 10 7 143 16 6 51 8 1 1 2 11 1 15 4 0 11 8 45 13 2 129 12 8 80 18 0 42 6 1 808 1 10 933 19 3 233 10 6 121 18 0 203 13 11 19 7 10 9,567 4 11 30 18 4 524 9 4 440 19 10 854 14 4 400 1 11 5 19 7 2,818 8 2 565 13 6 192 14 2 2,677 19 11 2,976 0 5 Total .. £38,232 0 11

Name of Port. Pilotage. Port Charges, &c. Total. Auckland* .. Onehunga .. Hokianga Kaipara Thames* Gisborne* Wairoa* Napier* N. Plymouth* Waitara* Wanganui* .. Patea* Foxton* Wellington*.. Pieton Wairau* Nelson* Wesiport* .. Karamea Hokitika* Lyttelton* .. Timaru* Oamaru* Dunedin* Bluff* New River* .. £ s. d. 3,081 16 6 15 18 0 798 12 2 70 3 8 257 18 9 243 0 0 1,290 18 6 236 6 10 99 8 10 694 0 2 75 13 7 292 18 6 236 1 7 122 4 11 667 7 0 3,974 1 1 593 13 3 108 7 0 £ s. d. 11,462 1 10 178 11 6 66 6 4 471 13 8 286 0 4 4,324 13 0 13 4 0 6,865 14 3 275 2 9 222 13 6 151 8 4| 15 9 0 £ s. d. 14,543 18 4 194 9 6 66 6 4 1,270 5 10 356 4 0 4,582 11 9 256 4 0 8,156 12 9 511 9 7 322 2 4 845 8 6 91 2 7 292 18 6 18,640 16 1 307 8 10 667 7 0 5,067 5 0 593 13 3 108 7 0 30 5 3 21,813 2 9 7,732 14 7 2,188 13 3 20,267 19 1 5,873 12 5 11 10 8 18,404 14 0 185 3 11 1,093' 3 11 13,61516 7 3,675 17 0 +30 5 3 8,197 6 2 4,056 17 7 +2,188 13 3 6,905 12 9 2,844 16 5 11 10 8 13,362' 6 4 3,028 16 0 Totals .. 46,541 6 3|68,251 2 11, 114,792 9 2 ge dues. * Harboi ir Board revenue. t Tonnaj " A

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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, 1912.

Engagements and Disel Foreign and Intercolonii larges in d Trade. Engagements and Discharges in Home Trade. Engagements and Disc] Restricted Liujii larges in ;s. Total Engagements. Total Discharges. Grand Totals. Port. *H tO tO „ a g tc Fees -3m received. a ti Xt •o •o SB'S -mo fltiQ ui Fees received. -HH S FfH - to no r o p -x Fees g| S received. fl V BBS fl ti o FH-C (A •A fo Fees received. £0 - tt a =e bo Sua see qo Fees received. fl to u to tt s a is r° 3 2 fl s-fl C»l) Fees received. ii 9 Hh Fees received. o . to SCO Fees received. o . fl to SCO Fees received. Auckland Dunedin and Port Chalmers Greymouth Hokianga Hokitika Invercargill Kaipara Lyttelton Napier .. Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Onehunga Patea Pieton Poverty Bay Tauranga Thames Timaru Wairau and Havelock Waitara Wanganui Wellington Westport Whangarei Whangaparapara 2,703 1,342 45 14 117 5 674 28 7 "7 £ s. cl. 197 3 0 93 18 6 3 7 6 110 7 10 0 0 7 6 50 10 6 2 2 0 0 10 6 0 10 6 2,520 1,211 43 9 68 4 557 16 4 5 £ s. d. 184 7 6 86 13 6 ■346 0 13 6 3 13 0 0 6 0 41 15 0 14 0 0 6 0 0 7 6 £ s. d. 2,7S8 189 11 0 1,739 117 11 6 136 10 3 6 3 0 4 6 6 0 9 0 11 0 16 6 14 0 13 0 1,609 120 13 6 389 22 3 6 469 28 15 6 32 1 14 6 8 0 12 0 522 32 17 0 23 15 0 48 3 12 0 172 10 17 0 14 110 9 0 13 6 82 6 3 0 23 1 14 6 33 1 11 6 135 9 6 0 3,926 261 9 6 16i! 11 4 0 30 2 0 0 1 2,850 1,437 81 3 3 5 10 1,342 354 401 21 2 483 2 25 135 14 9 52 20 37 121 4,112 111 30 1 £ s. d. 194 14 0 101 15 0 6 10 0 4 6 0 4 6 0 7 6 0 15 0 100 13 6 20 11 0 23 4 6 14 0 0 3 0 31 8 6 0 3 0 1 17 6 8 9 0 1 1 0 0 13 6 3 18 0 1 10 0 1 13 0 8 5 0 268 18 0 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 16 I 814 28 24 158 £ s. d. , 51 15 6 2 2 0 1 16 0 10 5 6 821 .. ! 30 23 158 £ s. d. 52 10 6 •• " 2 5 0 1 14 6 10 5 6 - 6,305 3,081 181 17 6 128 19 2,311 441 634 32 15 522 23 53 185 14 9 177 25 33 151 6,520 211 30 £ s. d. 438 9 6 211 10 0 13 11 ■ 0 15 6 0 9 0 8 6 6 10 6 173 6 0 26 1 6 39 11 6 1 14 6 12 6 32 17 0 I 5 0 3 19 6 11 16 6 1 1 0 0 13 6 13 5 6 1 17 6 1 11 6 11 1 0 445 18 0 14 16 0 2 0 0 6,191 2,648 124 12 3 73 14 1,929 393 563 21 7 483 31 137 14 9 108 20 37 135 6,623 141 30 1 £ s. d. 431 12 0 188 8 6 9 5 6 0 18 0 0 4 6 4 0 6 110 144 13 6 23 9 6 33 16 0 14 0 0 10 6 31 8 6 .0 3 0 2 6 6 8 12 0 110 0 13 6 8 2 0 1 10 0 1 1'3 0 9 6 0 445 3 6 9 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 12,496 5,729 305 29 9 201 33 4,240 834 1,197 53 22 1,005 25 84 322 28 18 285 45 70 286 13,143 352 60 1 £ s. d. 870 16 399 18 6 22 16 6 2 3 6 0 13 6 12 7 0 2 16 317 19 6 49 11 0 73 7 6 2 18 6 1 13 0 64 5 6 18 0 6 6 0 20 8 6 2 2 0 17 0 21 7 6 3 7 6 3 4 6 20 7 0 891 1 0 24 9 0 4 0!) 0 16 I " •' 5 13 0 7 6 0 19 6 "3 2 0 4 6 0 3 0 ., 3 0 4 6 - .. • •• 95 2 7 2 6 0 3 0 56 4 4 0 •• - •• • •• .. 16 2,594 49 1 15 0 184 8 6 3 12 0 14 2,511 30 110 1.76 5 6 2 5 0 - .. I •• .. .. •• I •• I * 12,383 1837 2 0 •• Totals .. 7,716 555 9 0 7,053 506 13 6 11,661 787 3 6 1,024 | | 65 18 0 1,035 67 0 0 21,123 1,458 10 0 19,749 1,360 17 0 40,862 2,819 7 0

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Return of Masters, Mates, and Engineers to whom Certificates of Competency were issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

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Name of Person. Bank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. William Wigmore Stuart .. Robert Jackson Fowler George Watson Anderson Daniel O'Hara Franklin John Garfield Warren Francis Bell .. .. ... Herbert Michael Hurley Gordon Archibald Grey John Stewart Harry Archibald Daniel George Percy Evans Alexander Coe Smith John Lowry Arnold Raymond Hegarty Gerald G raham John Charles Barnett Keith Ditcham Frank Douglas Fletcher Herbert Hogan George Thorp John Anthony Martin Donald Mackenzie Henry George Hatchwell Albert Esdale Haydn Colin Mitchell Campbell .. William Cossentine Frank James Couldrey Frederick Kenneth Allen William Gash Henry Jean De Poroumb Roumanoff Alexander Mackenzie Arthur Henry Wedgwood Burgess Harold Fletcher Tomlinson Tommas Christian Thomsen John Frederick Kasper Alfred Stanley Hill Robert Seollay John Knox Alfred James Henry Frederick Jervase Lyons Radford .. Andrew Haraldsen Lester Clark Siguard Satre .. .. ... William Oscar Jarman Rutherford Dodds Peter Johnson John Arnold Henry Alexander Anderson Johan Alfred Norling John Eric Bergquist John Matthew Jackson Frederick William Bancks George David Fraser Frederick William Jones Stanley Deering Bott Johannes Sandvick Wenzl Joseph Schischka William Ralph Howell Thomas William Savage Hans Andersen George Henry King Thomas Scott William Jones Arthur Sutherland Gibson Robert John Edgar Thorp Leonard Owen Mikko Himainen Reinhold Palmer Albert Nalder Robert Goldie Leonard Owen Alfred Andrew Perano David Alexander Miller Cecil Stephen Wagstaff Charles William Sundstrum John William Laing Frederick Alfred Brock Alexander MacLeod Edward Knewstubb John Thomas Williams James Robertson Kennedy Bertrand Isaac Eaddy Gordon Butler James Salter Wilshire Second mate Only mate, steam .. Master Second mate Foreign trade 2 May, 1911 .. 2 „ „ .. 8 „ „ 11 „ „ ■• 9 June, „ 9 „ ,, •■ 9 „ „ .. 20 „ „ .. 21 „ „ 6 July, ,, .. 6 „ 8 Aug, „ 24 „ „ 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ 27 Sept., „ 6 Oct., „ 24 „ „ : .. 27 „ 15 Nov., „ 15 „ „ 23 „ „ .. 8 Dec, „ 10 Jan., 1912 .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ .. 10 „ „ 10 „ „ .. 18 „ „ .. 8 Feb., „ 8 Mar., „ 28 25 April, 1911.! 2 May, „ 11 „ „ ■■ 20 June, „ 21 „ „ 6 July, „ 6 „ „ .. 1 Aug., „ 1 „ 16 „ „ 4 Sept., „ .. 4 „ „ i i, „ 18 „ „ 18 „ „ 6 Oct., „ 6 , 27 „ „ 15 Nov., „ 15 „ „ 15 „ „ 28 „ „ 8 Dec, „ 8 „ „ 13 „ „ 13 „ „ 13 „ „ 13 „ „ .. 10 Jan., 1912 .. 30 „ „ 30 , 30 „ „ .. 4 Mar., „ 4 „ „ 8 „ „ 8 „ „ 20 „ „ .. 25 April, 1911 .. 2 May, „ 9 June 20 „ „ 1 Aug., „ 1 „ „ 16 „ „ 24 „ „ 11 Sept., „ .. 18 „ „ 27 , 24 Oct., „ 24 „ „ 24 „ „ .. 1133 1134 1135 1136 1.137 1138 1108 1139 1140 1141 993 1019 1102 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1024 1100 1078 1147 1148 1111 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 1099 1156 5650 5696 5697 5546 5698 5647 5560 5610 5699 5700 5701 5627 5656 5702 5703 5704 5705 5537 5706 5707 5708 5709 5710 5676 5711 5712 5683 5618 5672 5713 5714 5715 5716 5717 5679 5718 5719 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 3591 3592 3593 3594 3595 3596 3597 3598 3599 „ steam First mate Second mate First mate Master First mate Master Second mate First mate Master First mate, steam Master Second mate, steam First mate Second mate Master Second mate Only mate Second mate, steam Master Home trade Mate Master tt ,, Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master Mate Master ,, . . . . Mate Master Mate Master ,, •. River steamer ,, . . . • ,, ,,

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Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. j No. Name of Person. Edward Wallbank Thomas Lyons William Frederick Knight George Alfred Friers George Moore Robert Murrell Alfred Charles Hanlon Karl Fransen Walter Madigan Isaac William Jalfon Alfred Andrew Perano Master River steamer 27 Oct., 1911 .. 15 Nov., „ , .. ! 23 „ „ .. [ 5 Dec, „ 19 ,. „ .. 10 Jan., 1912 . . 10 „ „ 6 Feb., „ 4 Mar., „ i „ „ •• I 2 May, 1911 3600 3601 3602 3603 3604 3605 3606 3607 3608 3609 44 Fishing - boat, or cargo-vessel under 25 tons register Ditto Charles Ormes Archibald McCallum Arthur James Pearce .. James Douglas Bell Bryant Thomas Elsmore Julius Christoffersen Thomas Brown .. AVilliam John Lang Thomas St. Heliers Eaddy John Collings Charles Ludwig Kasper Frank Bernard Williams John William Dow Alfred Seymour Thomas Alexander Oliver Inverarity Stephen Collier .. .. Ernest Edgar Flamank Grimmett .. Watson Whitwell Richard Bentley Headdey Gerald Stanley Lewis Jay Grover Hooker Arthur George Rogerson Leopold Sydney Kendell Thomas Boyd Scott George Burt Thomas Steel Goudie Lionel Wilfred Morgan Herbert Lewis Barnett Lockett Ralph Beaufoy Vincent James Burns John Henry Holmes Henry Stuart Pauling Charles Scott Stanley Bassett Karl Hugo Vogeler Alexander Hope Gordon Grant Harry Brotherton Walter James Chaplin Leslie Jacob Mander John Mitchell William Donald Whyte Robertson Louis Isaac Ziman William Byers Stanley Sealy George Maxwell Alfred Joseph Robertson Alfred James Mathewson Herbert John Allen Knewstubb George Frederick MacLean Thomas Murray Woodrow Alexander Miller James Robert Latta Kenneth Alexander Gunn Ernest Winsloe George Roy Lewis Diteham Charles James Hally Gordon Keith Wilson Thomas Moore Campbell Horace Charles Delaney Charles Edward Storer Roy Jocelyn Grainger Hugh Fairchild Smith Harry Grainger Sydney George Fuller Alexander Ledingham Smith Cassie William Henry Munn John George Whyte Robert Laurie Cecil Roy McLean Baird Arthur Reginald Sommerville Frederick Theodore Okeby Thomas John Gregg Brandford Robb t. 3rd-class engineer .. lst-class engineer 3rd-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer .. Foreign trade 22 May, „ 20 June 24 Aug., „ 4 Sept., „ 18 „ „ 27 Oct., „ 15 Nov., „ 15 „ „ 15 „ „ .. j 20 Dec, „ 28 Mar., „ 13 April, „ • .. 13 „ „ 13 „ „ 13 „ „ 13 „ „ 25 „ „ .. 11 May, „ 11 „ ■ „ 11 „ 11 „ 11 „ 11 „ „ 11 „ 9 June, ,, 9 „ „ 9 ,, „ 9 „ „ 9 „ „ 9 „ „ 9 „ „ 9 „ „ 20 „ „ .. 12 July, „ 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ .. 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 5 Aug., ,. 8 „ „ 16 „ „ .. 16 „ „ ..I 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 16 „ „ .. ! 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 16 „ „ 11 Sept., „ 11 „ „ 11 „ „ 11 „ „ 18 „ „ .. 18 „ „ 18 „ „ 18 „ „ 18 „ „ 18 „ „ 27 „ „ .. 6 Oct., „ .. 6 „ 6 „ 6 24 „ 24 „ 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 1390 1391 1392 881 921 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1218 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 467 1419 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1014 983 1177 1440 1441 1442 lst-class engineer .. 3rd-class engineer .. lst-class engineer .. 2nd-class engineer.. 3rd-class engineer ..

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certiflca Rank. Class of Certificate. ite. j Date of Issue. No. Roy Sortain Smith Allan Clyde Dickie Gilbert Stuart Mitchell Neil John McMurrich George Gordon Smith Frank Vincent Thomas Henry Joseph Schaw Sarsfield Daly Charles Cranfield Emmett Butcher.. William James Bowman William Patrick Kiely Harold Robins Barnes Percy John Gibson Ward Charles Frederick Hales West Roger Parr Walter Rogers Montague Charles Alexander Charles Cameron Begg John Thomas Kelman William Anderson Schaumann Harry Raynor Salmon Arthur James Mclndoe Reginald Gordon Houghton Norman Reginald Rawlings William Cameron Ferguson Harry Turner Stanley Howard Pilkington David Cuthbert George Gilbert Jamieson John Vereker Bindon Wentworth Augustus Johnson James Comrie Douglas Buckland William John Ormiston Charles Frederick Morgan Alston Hadfield McLean Ronald Gray William James Russell Ross Henry Lawrence Bettis Ronald Gordon Gallien .. William Edward John Marsden McCormick.. John McConchie Brown John Frankland Kirk John Seggie David Gilmour Stephens George Walter Haycock Frederick Oliver Harding Sydney James Munn John Peter Burns Thomas Lister Anderson Osborne Stephen Herbert Head Thomas Hamilton Murray Harold Croft John Pollock Faulds James Douglas Falconer George Henry Dean Thomas Mahoney James Campbell John Cochrane Charles Henry Cook Charles Herbert Gentil William Sumner William John Fisher Charles James Sandilands George Patrick Marchant Mayo Carlton Clark Robert Gillespie William Durry Charles Richard Hearn Alfred Keane Noel Peat Percy Thornton George Andrews William Latham Cutten Stanley Nelson Going John Cochrane William James Pollock Charles Siegmond Jacobsen Leigh Easton Baxter Frederick Thomas Slater Rhodes Dover Goddard Andrews William Archibald Smeed.. Arthur Stephen Lane Charles Herbert Gentil 3rd-class engineer . . Foreign trade lst-class engineer .. I ,, 2nd-class engineer.. j „ It • . I HH lst-class engineer .. ; „ 3rd-class engineer . . I ,, 2nd-class engineer.. ,, 3rd-class engineer .. „ lst-class engineer .. ,, 2nd-class engineer. . : „ lst-class engineer . . ,, 3rd-class engineer .. : „ 2nd-class engineer.. „ lst-class engineer .. „ 3rd-class engineer .. J ,, 2nd-class engineer.. „ 3rd-class engineer .. ,, lst-class engineer .. ,, 3rd-class engineer .. „ lst-class engineer .. ,, 3rd-class engineer .. „ .. I „ lst-class engineer .. „ „ ■. ,, 3rd-class engineer .. ,, 2nd-class engineer.. j „ lst-class engineer .. j „ Engineer.. .. River trade „ . . . . j H, lst-class oil engineer Sea-going 2nd-class oil engineer ,, lst-class oil engineer „ 2nd-class oil engineer ,, .. 24 Oct., 1911 .. .. 24 „ „ • . 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 24 „ „ .. 15 Nov., „ -. 15 „ „ .. 15 „ „ .. 1 23 „ „ .23 „ „ .. 23 „ „ .. 28 „ „ 5 Dec, „ .. 5 „ „ .. .. 19 „ „ .. .. 19 „ „ .. .. 19 „ ., .. 19 „ ,. .. 19 „ ,. .. .. 19 „ „ .. .. 30 Jan., 1912 .. .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. 30 ., „ .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. .. 30 „ „ .. 13 Feb., „ .. .. 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ -. 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. .. 13 „ „ .. i 13 „ „ .. .. 13 „ „ 4 Mar., „ 8 „ „ .. 11 „ „ 8 „ „ '.. .. 19 „ „ 28 .. 25 April, 1911 .. 25 . '. ; 11 May, "„ ..11 „ -. 11 „ ■ . 11 „ „ .. ! ii „ „ .. ! 11 „ „ .. 11 „ „ .. i 11 „ „ .. ! 5 Aug., „ .. 16 „ „ .. .. 11 Sept., „ .. 18 „ „ .. 15 Nov., „ .. 19 Dec, „ .. : 30 Jan., „ .. I 30 „ „ . . 13 Feb., „ .. 13 „ „ . . 12 May, „ .. ! 12 „ „ .. ! 12 „ „ .. ! 12 „ „ .. i 12 „ „ .. j 20 June, „ 5 Aug., „ -.5 „ „ .. 18 Sept., „ ... 18 „ „ ..18 „ „ '.. .. ! 26 „ „ .. 1443 648 860 1228 1095 1444 1445 1446 1447 1448 1003 1449 1450 1451 1002 1175 790 1452 1453 1454 1152 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1004 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 946 1477 1478 992 953 1479 936 1480 2155 2156 2157 2158 2159 2160 2161 2162 2163 2164 2165 2166 2167 2168 2169 2170 2171 2172 2173 2174 102 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180

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Return showing the Number of Masters', Mates', and Engineers' Examinations in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st March, 1912, showing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

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Name of Person. Rank. Class of Certificate. Date of Issue. No. George Walter Haycock Ernest Clyde Fowler Thomas Edward Tunnage Thomas Percival Lane David Reid Thomas Stewart Spencer Thomas Samuel Davies James McLean Clark John Jones George Williamson Hutchinson Charles Edward Chittenden Archibald Dargue Weir Charles Grey Crone Harold Hill Jagger Frank Kemp Morris Robert Withers Gunson Arthur Joseph Lennon Archie Fuller Percival Peter Gordon Alan Alexander William Russell William Ernest Eriksen Ralph Hardy Sydney Hunter Thomas Hunter Andrew Honeyman Bennie Harry Percy Bevis Joseph Hannam Bettenson Walter Cutten Alfred Munn George Sampson John Robert Murrell Clarence Arthur Fitehett William Edward Hayes Harold Arthur Norgrove Charles Edward Hansen James Henry McGinn Robert Ross Colley George Pinckney Ford John William Christopher Deeming John Harold Morrison Thomas Herbert Kelsey James Linster Passmore Michael Tants Walter Leslie Bayliss George Bastin Mead Andrew Campbell Frederick Richard Wilkin lst-class oil engineer 2nd-class oil engineer HH • ' Oil engineer »H ' ' »> * * ,, * * Sea-going River trade 15 Nov., 1911 .. 15 „ „ .. 23 „ „ .. 30 Jan., „ 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 13 Feb., „ .. 12 May, „ 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 12 „ „ 20 June, „ 29 „ „ .. 11 Sept., „ 11 „ „ ■• 11 , 11 , 11 „ „ •• 11 11 , 11 „ „ 11 „ „ •• 18 „ „ .. 18 „• „ 15 Nov., „ 15 „ „ 15 „ „ 28 „ „ 28 „ „ 19 Dec, „ 10 Jan., 1912 .. 30 „ „ 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 30 „ „ .. 13 Feb., „ 13 „ „ .. 13 „ „ .. 4 Mar., „ 4 „ „ .. 4 „ „ .. 4 „ „ 8 „ „ .. 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 ;; ::■ :: it • • ; >) * * I

Class of Certificate. Ai ! «' 1 <u ! cfl I at I. co ft tckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. inedh Othi irPli Totals. •d £ "3 —H 43 CO O ft I H tCt rrt tS I rrH "8 o "3 -9 i S F5 Cfl r-H CO Cfl -H CO Cfl —H HH CC I — 4H CO CO O CO I CO O ft li, H ft I ft Eh •d CD Hi lit tl ft '3 ft •d r-H tl CS 111 -n> at O cO tH ft •6 to fH "3 O •a rd to a -I HI -H tO 111 ■— HH ed CO O ft ft H 'oreign - going masters and 18 mates lome-trade masters and mates 20 liver-steamer masters .. 10 faster fishing-boat or cargo- 10 vessel under 25 tons register iea-going engineers (steam) .. 36 liver-steamer engineers .. 10 iea-going engineers (mechani- 11 ca.1 power other than steam) liver engineers (mechanical 24 power other than steam) 25 21 4 6 10 6 5 43 41 14 16 46 16 16 5 11 2 2 18 2 1 14 8 1 3 19 19 3 2 21 2 1 10 5 2 11 1 2 21 3 1 8 31 8 3 19 1 2 1 8 26 2 1 2 3 7 3 11 33 2 2 21 5 5 6 1 2 27 6 5 33 37 24 12 112 20 19 60 I 34 9 6 34 7 5 ; 93 71 33 18 146 27 • 24 1 .. 3 27 1 1 1 ! i 2 2 2 12 12 40 4 44 Totals .. .. 139 80 219 42 26 68 32 | 34 66 39 12 51 45 7 52 159 456 297

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Return of Certificates of Exemption from Examination as Third-class Engineers issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Return of Licenses as Colonial Pilots issued in pursuance of Section 190 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Return of Licensed Adjusters of Compasses in New Zealand.

Date of IsBue. Name. Date of Issue. Name. 16 June, 80 Aug., 6 Oct., 1911 Arthur Llewellyn Williams. „ Maurice William Mehaffey. „ Ernest Roland Morrison. 7 Dec, 1911 Robert Richards. 23 March, 1912 Silston Cory Wright.

No. of License. Date of Issue. Name of Licensee. Port of Residence. Date of Expiry of License. 43 41 44 45 11 Oct., 1911 Felix Black 18 Deo., „ Thomas Fernandez 17 Feb., 1912 Charles Mo Arthur.. 29 March, , John Grant .. Wellington .. Gisborne .. Wellington .. Onehunga .. 8 Oct., 1912. .. 18 Dec, .. 17 Feb., 1913. .. 3 April, „

Date of Issue. Name of Licensee. Address. 9 April, 1896 15 May 5 „ 27 April, 1897 27 May, 27 July, 1 Sept., 13 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 28 May, 23 Oct., 24 May, 1910 19 June, 1911 16 Nov., Frederick Macbeth Robert Strang George Urquhart Thomson Frederick William Cox Thomas Fernandez Robert Hatch well Arthur G. Gifford Herbert John Richardson Robert Heddelston Neville Charles Frederick Sundstrum John Adamson Thomas Basire George Samuel Hooper John McLennon McKenzie .. Frederick Pryce Evans David Todd Norman Maodonald Charles Cornelius Plunket Robert Crawford John James Reeves Frederic George Cooper Major William Solloway Lane Dunedin. Nelson. Auckland. Lyttelton. Wellington. Dunedin. Auckland. Port Chalmers. Wellington. Dunedin. Bluff. Auckland. Wellington. Auckland. Wellington. Totara North

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Return of Certificates of Service as Masters of Oil-engine Vessels not exceeding Six Tons Register issued during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of 1 Ho. of Certificate. ICertiflcate. Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of No. of Certificate. Certificate. 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto .. I 1911. Konrad Altherr .. .. May 1 Restricted 3234 limits Ditto .. 3235 . . 3236 ..I 3237 ... 3238 .. 3239 .. 3240 .. 3241 .. 3242 3243 .. 3244 .. 3245 .. j 3246 .. 3247 .. 3248 „ . . 3249 .. 3250 .. 3251 3252 3253 3254 .. 3255 ... 3256 .. I 3257 .. 3258 .. | 3259 ..l 3260 .. I 3261 .. j 3262 3263 3264 3265 „ " .. 3266 3267 3268 3269 3270 3271 3272 3273 3274 3275 3276 3277 3278 3279 3280 3281 3282 3283 3284 3285 3286 3287 3288 3289 3290 3291 3292 3293 George Poole 3154 James Crosbie Martin Herbert Howith Mountain Alfred ErnestJFuller Walter Clapham Mountain Leonard Sydney Irving George Gould Charles Herbert Eyes.. Charles Eyes Bertie Hawkins Charles Henry Lane Reddy George Cochrane Kahi Wirori Michael James Danaher Thomas Leo Danaher Herbert Charles Harris Hugh Jones Thomas Francis Hartley Selwyn Hardiman Watkins Edward Hardiman Henry Reginald Ernest Wright William Mayne Bryers Arthur Grover Frederick Albert Newton Henry Baxter Timothy Watson Bertie Purnell Andrews William John Berg Maxwell Mallow Carpenter George Thomas Clendon John Raymond Morris Walter Herberley Edward Dixon Harry Young Robert Sharon Turner Robert Caven Frederick James Foot Frederick Woodcock Arthur James Isles Frank Peter Flinn George Henry Cory Wright Thorwald August Johnson George Henry Cox Herbert Shepherd William Henry Stuart Richard Arthur Northwood Emilius George Le Roy John Gould John Snowball Edward Spargo James Phillip Bennett Thomas Donovan Ernest Woodward Boucher Daniel Robinson John Thomas Hay James Gibb Robert Gibb Matthew Gibb George Richard De Thierry William Henry Saies, jun. William Brown Albert Cecil Clark John Wilson Brownlee John Hutley Richard Cossill Harold Brouse Grant Isaac William Turner.. George Ferguson Andrews Otto Nickel Edward John Samuel.. Samuel Viall Albert Henry Bowman John Pearson Coulter.. Alfred Billing William Hill Blott Arthur Francis Leader Charles Henry Jennings Clare .. Henry Barton Charles Wilkinson Wilham James Belcher 11 ■*• J J J. 11 tt *■ tl ■*■ it A »* tt *■ tt A tt ■*- tt A tt J - HH • • II ' • 3155 3156 3157 3158 3159 3160 3161 3162 3163 3164 3165 3166 3167 3168 3169 3170 3171 3172 3173 3174 3175 3176 3177 3178 3179 3180 3181 3182 3183 3184 3185 3186 3187 3188 3189 3190 3191 3192 3193 3194 3195 3196 3197 3198 3199 3200 3201 3202 3203 3204 3205 3206 3207 3208 3209 3210 3211 3212 3213 3214 3215 3216 3217 3218 3219 3220 3221 3222 3223 3224 3225 3226 3227 3228 3229 3230 3231 3232 3233 Thomas Ernest Short .. j „ 1 Edward Norton Boult .. „ 1 Charles William White .. „ 1 Frederick William Newton .. ' „ 1 Arthur Henry Macartney .. j „ 1 Herbert John Franklyn Heley.. ' „ 1 Samuel Walter Morgan .. „ 1 John Hawthorn McCarrol . . „ 1 Charles Willoughby Leyland . . „ 1 Robert Coulson .. .. „ 1 William Henry McFarlane .. „ 1 Gerard Arnold Ward .. .. „ 1 Charles Gilbert Pool .. .. „ 1 John Alexander Pool .. .. ,, 1 William Charles Pool . . ,, 1 Charles James Millar . . .. „ 1 Howard John Hare .. .. ,, 1 Wilham John Hare .. . . „ 1 Guy Henry Hargreaves Jackman ,, 1 James Allison Stein Hemphill .. ,, 1 Arthur John Henderson .. ,, 1 John Daniel Henderson .. „ 1 William Haora .. .. »> 1 Harold Percy Burgess .. „ 1 Edmund John Frost .. „ 1 Frederick Russell Sanderson .. j „ 1 Puhipi Murray .. .. j ,, 1 Edgar Selwyn Hope .. .. „ 1 Willie Johnson .. . . „ I John Lupton .. .. I „ 1 Edward Nelder . . .. „ 1 Alfred Albert Wilham Yates .. „ 1 Ivan Hows .. .. .. „ 1 Alfred Wright .. .. „ I Henry Everitt .. .. ,, 1 Cecil Bruce Walrond .. .. „ I Claude Wells .. .. 1 John Lapwood .. .. ,, 1 William Jonathan Scott .. ,, 1 Joseph Tito .. .. ,, 1 Harry Oriano Grandi Haylock .. „ 1 Ernest Prescott .. .. „ 1 Frederick Hope . . .. ,, 1 Arthur Edward Meikle .. ,, 1 Percy Walter Bell .. .. „ 1 Ernest Henry Miller Bagley .. „ 1 Richard Crane .. .. i ,, 1 Wilham Roland Ogle .. .. „ 1 William Henry Berg .. .. ,, 1 Charles Albert Durham .. ,, 1 Alfred Henry Morgan.. .. „ 1 Edward Gerrish .. . . „ , 1 John James Mcintosh .. „ 1 George Aaron Wood . . .. ,. 1 Michael Coakley .. .. „ 1 Lawrence Henry Lane .. „ 1 Andrew Campbell .. .. „ 1 William Whittingham . . „ 1 George August Cholmondley ,, 1 Smith Henry Benjamin Butterfield .. „ 1 John Cantrick .. .. „ 1 Alexander Crocket .. .. „ 1 Thomas Henry Lee .. .. „ 1 Arthur Monkman Mcintosh .. „ 1 Charles William Reynolds .. „ 1 Henry Madigan .. .. „ 1 James Arthur Clark .. .. I „ 1 Richard Ernest Bowden .. „ 1 D'Arcy Baldick .. .. „ 1 James Baldick .. .. ,, 1 Edward Guard .. .. ,, 1 William James Urwin .. „ 1 William Billing .. .. ,, 1 Henry Bradshaw .. .. ,, 1 Hugh Farrelly . . .. „ 1 George Gordon Way .. .. ,, 1 William James Sutherland .. „ 1 George Thomas Reid .. .. ,, 1 3294 3295 3296 3297 „ .. 3298 3299 „ .. 3300 3301 3302 „ .. 3303 „ .. 3304 „ .. 3305 3306 3307 „ .. 3308 3309 3310 „ .. 3311 3312 " „ >' ' " »H • • 1

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Name of Person. Date of issue. Class of No. of Certificate. Certificate. Name of Person. Pate of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. ot Certificate. Richard Nightingale 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto . . 3314 John James Barfield Gullery .. 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto .. j 3394 Harry Bush Frederick Henry Alexander Carl Julius Carstensen William John Stirling.. Arthur Heberley Verner Bertie Turner George Edward Turner Thomas Moloney Walter Sanderson John Herbert Snook James Augustus Thomson Thomas Thorne Seccombe Thomas Daniel Gilchrist Alfred Joseph Moody Alexander Pollock Jens Peter Svendsen Francis John William Stallard .. Philip Brewster Edward George Stallard William Thomas Widdowson .. Alexander Walter Leask Harold Morgan Thomas Hardwick Abraham Wast Charles Stuart William Johnson Thomas Frederick Butland George Puckey James Knarston John Adamson Knarston Richard Evanson Beamish Norman William Nay lor Henry Pritchard Frederick Hayward Edward Morton Ernest Payne Albert Clarence Jamieson William John Kelly Daniel Redwood Walter Seymour l .. Whiu Himiona Arthur Sidney Snook Oscar Hugh Wright George Blackwell Alexander Stuart , Archibald McCarthy George McCarthy Frederick Ward Harry Gordon Harvey Turner William Alfred Oldham Bernt Alfred Arnisen William McKay John Thomas Heberley Robert John William Turner ... Adam Palmer Hamilton William Alfred Irwin Nicholas Gestro George John James Clark Alexander McLeod George Swanson Thomas Hunter Thomas Anthony Albert Palmerston Douslin William Herivel Thomas Richards Herbert George Hool William Martin William Hervey Cook Charles Hay Hepburn Stuart Forbes Frank Williams John William Taylor Leonard Cheriton Albert Rodley Edward Courtenay Kenny Walter August Thomsen William Reeves Heremia te Wake Henry Dangen 3315 3316 3317 3318 3319 3320 3321 3322 3323 3324 3325 3326 3327 3328 3329 3330 3331 3332 3333 3334 3335 3336 3337 3338 3339 3340 3341 3342 3343 3344 3345 3346 3347 3348 3349 3350 3351 3352 3353 3354 3355 3356 3357 3358 3359 3360 3361 3362 3363 3364 3365 3366 3367 3368 3369 3370 3371 3372 3373 3374 3375 3376 3377 3378 3379 3380 3381 3382 3383 3384 John Hall Galloway Joseph Fell Herbert Halliwell .. William Ansdell Leech Charles Winsburv Philpotts Alfred Baldick George William Wallace Webber Albert Sven Johnson Frank Edmund Danaher Reginald Guy Bellve Richard Alfred Northwood, jun. Cornelius Gothard .. George Gates .. James William Emmett .. I Charles Joshua Johnson Edward Berg .. Alexander John Glasgow Thomas Herbert Kelsey .. j Bernard Boese .. Thomas Edward Taylor Eric Gordon Hammond Nicholas Greenwell John Keenan William Alfred Sydney Gray .. Hedley Muncaster France Henry Hughes John Young Henry Stephenson Frank Ramsey John Senior Reynolds Woodhouse Henry Roper Porter Lars Gibson Harold Christian Gibson Harry Shortt Andrew Anderson Arthur Morgan Augustus Frederick Foot Lionel Hardiman Arthur Augustus Selwin Maxwell Hone Teihi William Sidney McMillan Henry Cornwell Christian Charles Shalfoon George Alfred J. Wiseman Isaac James Bradley Robert Sterling Arthur Lightfoot Thor Matisen Brick John Edgar John Crawford McBride Robert Holmes Joshua Brown James Jackson Herbert Roderique Mark Jurakovich Leonard Bennett Albert Edward Hope George Patchett John William Anderson Charles Norman John Lavrick Nordstrond Joseph Hammond Phillip Hocquard Natate Diracca Joseph Angelo Edward Samuel Dent Edgar James Jones Walter Joseph Menzes William Hamilton Arthur William Thomas Subritzky Richard Ward Veal James Kelly Thomas Frederick Atkins Thomas Partridge Charles Nelson Arthur Stephen Lane Cecil Hayward William John Coxhead Leonard John Dodd Robert Ewing 1 HH 1 II 1 HH HH 1 » 1 HH 1 3395 3396 3397 3398 3399 3400 3401 3402 3403 3404 3405 3406 3407 3408 3409 3410 3411 3412 3413 3414 3415 3416 3417 3418 3419 3420 3421 3422 3423 3424 3425 3426 3427 3428 3429 3430 3431 3432 3433 3434 3435 3436 3437 3438 3439 3440 3441 3442 3443 3444 3445 3446 3447 3448 3449 3450 3451 3452 3453 3454 3455 3456 3457 3458 3459 3460 3461 3462 3463 3464 3465 3466 3467 3468 3469 3470 3471 3472 3473 3474 3385 3386 3387 3388 3389 3390 3391 3392 3393

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. ClaRS of No. of Cevtiflnate. Ceitiflcate. Name of Person. Date of Class of Issue. Certificate. No. ot Certlficat Joseph Cuttance 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto .. 3475 Bowman Toi 1911. May 17 Restricted limits Ditto . 3555 Samuel Epiha Harold Vincent Copeland Shearman William Thomas Goldie Herbert Middleton .. ... Alexander Cowe Louis Godfrey Adam Nixon David Roberts Herbert Robert Arthur Thomas Henry Wilson Alexander Burt, jun. Isaac Newton Harvey Charles Murray Cowe Arthur James Blomfield Alfred Walter Girling David Reid Gilbert Sanford John Thomas Robert Nicholson Davies William Robert Twigg . .. Herbert Robert Foster Edgar Stannard Cole Walter Samuel Bailey William George Lowe Constantine Marquis George OUson .. ... Frank Bell .. John Howe Ernest Alfred Howe .. ... Henry Ingram Insley.. ... William Peter Bronlund Albert Bray Nicholas Bentzon .. .... Edward Stillwell Huntley Wilbert Howden Henry Arthur Haseman George Hodgson Albert Mokomoko Ernest Henry Chamberlin Adam Albert Dawson . .. Martha Beamish William Thomas Smith Duncan Murphy .. William Bond Henry Bond Robert Taylor Morrison iloseph Mitchell Nordstrand Vivian Frederick McLeod .. James Frederick Ross William Alexander Darrach ... Cecil Arthur Whitney . .. William Schutt James Reece James David Foote .. Archibald Glyn Fell Charles Burt Alfred George Patterson George Pearson James Bateman Charles Northwood William Harold Corbett Leonard England Schmidt Arthur Thomas Maunder David Wybrow • .. Vincenzo Moleta Antonio Moleta Domenico Russo Arthur William McNabb George James Gordon David Stuart Joseph Edward Paddison William Lee Robert Richard White . .. John Holbrook Welsford Francis William McGowan Arthur Kingsford Jeffs John William Perano Victor John Bryers Harold Cedric Osborne 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 3476 3477 3478 3479 3480 3481 3482 3483 3484 3485 3486 3487 3488 3489 3490 3491 3492 3493 3494 3495 3496 3497 3498 3499 3500 3501 3502 3503 3504 3505 3506 3507 3508 3509 3510 3511 3512 3513 3514 3515 3516 3517 3518 3519 3520 3521 3522 3523 3524 3525 3526 3527 3528 3529 3530 3531 3532 3533 3534 3535 3536 3537 3538 3539 3540 3541 3542 3543 3544 3545 3546 3547 3548 3549 3550 3551 3552 3553 3554 Roland Hunter Gerald Sainsbury Nairn William Howroid Hemingway .. William McNeil Clark Wei by Goodall Thomas Le Comte, jun. Thomas Dalton McManaway, jun. Nathan Alexander Harvey George Saunders Penney Dover Goddard Andrews William Edward Wade George Alban King William Henry Worrall Berry Cozens George Ravenhill William Kerby Thomas James Storey Carlo Smith William Goodyear Walter Lauritz Borck Tonihi Palmer Charles Bushett Christopher Nevin William Alfred BradleyJoseph Haney Thomas Norman Brocas John Arthur Crump Walter Clifford Patrick James Dowling Richard Charles Underwood Richard Lidstone Paige James Hamilton Peter John Hugh Munro James Cope Carl Ludwig Hansen Isaac William Turner James John Boniface Frederick Alfred Hansen William Thomas Wheatley Ernest Schenkel Joseph Hoi Wells George Frederick Spooner George Bastin Mead Rameka James Cope Thomas McPike " .. Joseph Edward Kassy William John Gribble Benjamin Patrick McCouley Arthur Colman William Michel Baker Andrew Gordon Hodge James Sinclair Thomas Dalton McManaway John Roland Hope Joseph Solloway Lane John Edward Glover Valentine Albert Ernest Rickcord Hans Christian Nilsen Walter Robertson Edward Tennyson Greensill Walter Mills.. Robert Charles Harvey Charles August Borck Clarence Lawson Lane William Jones James Cochran Nixon . .. William Morrison Henry Tuke Charles George Lee Alexander Duncan Goodall William Boyle Bennett Edward Wallbank John Whitney Alice May Whitney Niccoless Henry George Munro Harold Vivian Ramsey William Garton, jun. George Vanse John Frederick Owen Passan .. William Hutchinson 17 17 17 June 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 May 27 June 29 July 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 27 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 Aug. 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 » 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 18 „ 18 » 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 3556 3557 3558 3559 3560 3561 3562 3563 3564 3565 3566 3567 3568 3569 3570 3571 3572 3573 3574 3575 3576 3577 3578 3579 3580 3581 3582 3583 3584 3585 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 3220 3592 3593 3594 3595 3596 3597 3598 3599 3600 3601 3602 3603 3604 3605 3606 3607 3608 3609 3610 3611 3612 3613 3614 3615 3616 3617 3618 3619 3620 3621 3622 3623 3624 3625 3626 3627 3628 3629 3630 3631 3632 3633 3634 3635

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Name of Person, Date of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. of Certificate. Name of Person. Date of Issue. Cass of i No.of Certificate, j Certificate. Walter Leslie Bayliss 1911. Aug. 18 Restricted limits Ditto .. 3636 Daniel Scelly 1911. Oct. 6 Restricted limits Ditto .. 3717 John Glasgow Ernest Victor Johnson John Robertson Jonathan Ralph Blackwell Percy Neame George Wadsworth Donald Sutherland Edward Arthur Harvey Edward William Tait Percy James McLeod Horace Chadwick Harold John Hutchinson Thomas Little Abner Russell Albert George Eagle William Frederick Eagle Allan John Woodman Richard Norman Woodman Frederick Woldon Stringer Arthur Schenkel Thomas Lumsden Millar Thomas Jabez Gullery Joseph Weldon Hebberd Austin Loder John Joseph Grupin Charles Frederick Turner Godfrey McNabb Henry Duncan Goldsworthy .. Henry Hopper Adams Henry Gallagher James Alfred Vernon Carl Johan Norberg James Henry Crapper Joseph Alfred Grossi Charles Evans Ferry John Campbell .. ... Martin te Wake George Francis Wilson Albert Henry Bentley Frederick Nicholls Hone Toia James Howard Dougals Augustus Allwood Frederic Hugh Dodson William Robert Patterson Horace Alfred Lane Morgan Carkeek Thomas Lauritz Borck William James Pollock Arthur Octavius Lapwood Andrew Godfrey William Stuart Arnold Cecil Wallace James Sinclair Luther Hare Edward Collett Robert Aggrippa Waitiri Edward Lapwood Richard Adam James Nixon .. William James Connell Charles Howard Nicholls Carl Schrader John Gillibrand John Kelsey.. Albert Bennett White Percy Vivian Flexman Francis Leonard Taylor Frank Kemp Morris .. William Coupe James Cotter Herbert Pasquale Clarke James Herbert Wheatley Robert John Houghton Eustace Houghton James O'Malley George Hill David Faulkner Henry Archibald Williams Richard Lawrence Levi Lionel Collins Dodd Arthur Earle Elliers Dodd 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 „ 18 18 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 ,, 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 18 „ 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 Sept. 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 „ 20 3637 3638 3639 3640 3641 3642 3643 3644 3645 3646 3647 3648 3649 3650 3651 3652 3653 3654 3655 3656 3657 3658 3659 3660 3661 3662 3663 3664 3665 3666 3667 3668 3669 3670 3671 3672 3673 3674 3675 3676 3677 3678 3679 3680 3681 3682 3683 3684 3685 3686 3687 3688 3689 3690 3691 3692 3693 3694 3695 3696 3697 3698 3699 3700 3701 3702 3703 3704 3705 3706 3707 3708 3709 3710 3711 3712 3713 3714 3715 3716 Walter Hamilton Cecil Edgar Borck David Davis Thomas Henry Scandrett Edward Shenkel William John Grundy Samuel Barr Charles Henry Hough James Henderson Albert Edward Jennings Justley Charles William Hill .. George Albert Gamman Kareti Taharangi Alexander Gilbertson Joseph Wilfrid Senior John Bragg, jun. David Kelly.. Samuel Knowles Edward Robert Whitechurch .. Alexander Charles McKay Otto Hjalmar Gustafsson Henry Barrett Rose Frank Cuthbert White William James Lloydd Arthur Douglas Woolf Richard Albert Ellington Wade George Henry Bennett Alfred Harold George Shaw Toitoi Maki .. .. George Edward Robinson Robert William Wells John Todd Percy Charles Tiller David Richard Paul William Edward Redman George Wells Daniel Eli Wells Arthur Charles Gibbons Ernest Richard Lane Albert Edward Silcock Francis Robert Nichols James Lennan Daniel Fleming Watson George Campbell Joseph James Gough Robert Joseph Allely George Adam Blackwell Francis Archibald Nixon Newitt Charles Frederick Shaw John Webber John Hastings James Albert Silvester William Bailey Leonard Metcalfe Lane Maurice Topi Thomas Drew James Moore George Lacy Moody Welby Vivian Hadfield James Pennington Bates William Stewart Thomas Le Huquet Richmond Anthony Palamountain Thomas Alexander Franklin George Thomas Clifford Frank Lewin Gibbons John Smith Frederick William Bell Alfred Horace Wells Edward Adams Harry Blundell Angus Newton Gibbons John William Dougall Joseph Potter Nicholas Keyser Joseph William Bragg Edward James McAuley Thomas Stear Boucher William Mapple George Nicholls Millett 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Nov. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3718 3719 3720 3721 3722 3723 3724 3725 3726 3727 3728 3729 3730 3731 3732 3733 3734 3735 3736 3737 3738 3739 3740 3741 3742 3743 3744 3745 3746 3747 3748 3749 3750 3751 3752 3753 3754 3755 3756 3757 3758 3759 3760 376.1 3762 3763 3764 3765 3766 3767 3768 3769 3770 3771 3772 3773 3774 3775 3776 3777 3778 3779 3780 3781 3782 3783 3784 3785 3786 3787 3788 3789 3790 3791 3792 3793 3795 3796 3797 3798

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. of Csrtinrate I Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of No. of Certificate, iCertificate. 1911. Noble Johnston .. .. Nov. 3 James William Silcock .. „ 3 Thomas William Nield .. „ 3 Albert Edward Anthony Nield , „ 3 Arthur Benjamin Cox .. j „ 3 Frank James Evetts .. .. I „ 3 Bruce Stewart .. .. ,, 3 Orlando Roland Harold Wells .. : Dec. 19 Herbert Allison Paddison .. „ 19 Charles Pestell Harris .. „ 19 Walter Guy Witheford .. „ 19 George Taylor .. ... „ 19 William Sumpter Harris .. i „ 19 Edward Headley Harris .. „ 19 William Henry Edmund Fenwick ; ,, 19 Takarangi Keenan .. .. • ,, 19 Levi Keenan .. .. , „ 19 Jack Love . . .. .. „ 19 Mack Love .. .. .. „ 19 Arthur Maxwell Oliver .. „ 19 Frederick Cook .. .. „ 19 James Johnson .. .. „ 19 Kuru Love .. .. .. j „ 19 George Henry Bragg .. .. „ 19 John Thomas Fenwick .. ,, 19 Henry Symonds Beer . . I „ 19 William Richard Owen Wells .. „ 19 George Alymer Mervyn Kenny.. ,, 19 Charles Eric Thompson . . „ 19 Peter John Donaldson .. ! „ 19 Ludovic Cliffe Colquhoun .. ,, 19 John Spilsbury .. .. „ 19 James Frank Percival Howden ,, 19 Harold Breese .. .. I „ 19 Charles Wright .. .. I „ 19 Alfred Robert Foote .. .. 1 ■ „ 19 Hugh Alexander McCormick .. „ 19 Donald McCormick .. .. „ 19 Arthur Coleridge Seymour .. ,, 19 Henry Berg .. .. „ 19 Woolsey Allen, jun. .. .. „ 19 Alfred Wynn Bishop . . .. ; „ 19 James Houghton .. .. „ 19 Owen Arthur Taylor . . .. „ 19 John Alexander McNeil .. „ 19 George Gaynor .. .. „ 19 Thomas Wallen .. .. „ 19 Peter Bowker .. .. ,, 19 Desmond Royden Walker .. ,, 19 Harry Taylor . . .. „ 19 Bernard Demicheli .. .. ,,19 John Smith .. .. .. 19 Edward Fullerton Dorinan .. „ 19 Rupert Rennie Woodcock .. „ 19 Patrick Henry .. .. ,, 19 Charles James Collings .. ,, 19 Arthur Daken . . .. „ 19 Ivor te Puni .. .. ,,19 John Valentine Sofle .. .. ,,19 Wat kin Thomas .. .. „ 19 Alfred Stuart .. .. „ 19 James Knowles .. .. „ 19 John Alexander .. . . „ 19 Thomas Edward Montgomery .. ,, 1.9 William Sinton .. ., „ 19 Alfred Thomas Bell . . .. 19 Joseph Waterrens .. .. „ 19 Jacob Isaiah Potiki .. .. „ 19 James Campbell .. . . „ 19 George Hawkins .. .. ,, 19 James Adamson .. .. „ 19 Thomas Stanley Adamson .. „ 19 Donald John McKay .. .. „ 19 Charles Frederick Nelson .. „ 19 Restricted limits Ditto . . 3799 3800 3801 3802 3803 3804 3805 3806 3807 3808 3809 3810 3811 3812 3813 3814 3815 3816 3817 3818 3819 3820 3821 3822 3823 3824 3825 3826 3827 3828 3829 3830 3831 3832 3833 3834 3835 3836 3837 3838 3839 3840 3841 3842 3843 3844 3845 3846 3847 3848 3849 3850 3851 3852 3853 3854 3855 3856 3857 3858 3859 3860 3861 3862 3863 3864 3865 3866 3867 3868 3869 3870 3871 3872 Alec Christopher Thompson Alfred Charles Gibbs Albert Edward Cresswell Alfred Henry Scott Philip Oswald Andrew Albert Edward Dunstall Thomas Thompson Frederick William Nalder William James Ledder David Hamilton Garnet Bruce Mackie Robert Cyril Williamson Frederick Charles Coventry Fells Clifford Douglas Warren Charles James Vincent William Masefield Alfred Wicks William Arthur Williams Harold Le Grice Stanley Stillwell Charles Woods Frederick William Williams William Harrison John James Webb Hector Martin Glasgow Love Alfred Johnson John Hawkins David Perano Frank Carrick Charles Francis Frederick Blake William Woodgate Charles Joseph Back George Tulloch Daniel Barach Albert Josephus Craig Ernest Alfred Southerwood Charles Isaac Manning Thomas Lawrence Burden Samuel Kirkpatrick John Alfred Webb Stanley Myott Wiggins William George Evans John Harties Faulkner George Hardiman William Joseph Marsden Edwin Warmington Fairleigh Marriner Stewart Macdonald Hone Tautahi Pita William Arthur D'Oridant Thomas Crocket William Henry Sunderland Tuiri te Koau Rua Williams Akuhata Toitaha Henare Aterea William Hapi Chase Wairangi Thomas Lewis Allan O'Neill Donald McGregor Herbert Wilson John Smith 1911. Dec. 19 „ 19 19 19 „ 19 19 19 „ 19 19 „ 19 19 19 19 1912. Feb. 24 1911. Dec 19 19 „ 19 19 „ 19 19 19 ,. 19 19 ! 19 19 „ 19 19 „ 19 „ 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 „ 19 19 „ 19 „ 19 : 19 „ 19 i 19 „ 19 19 19 19 19 19 | „ 19 „ 19 19 19 19 19 I 9 „ 19 19 19 19 1912. Feb. 22 22 22 22 22 22 „ 22 ! 22 Restricted , 3873 limits Ditto .. 3874 3875 3876 .. j 3877 .. 3878 .. 3879 .. 3880 .. 3881 3882 3883 3884 3885 ... 3886 .. 3887 .. 3888 .. 3889 .. ! 3890 3891 3892 .. : 3893 3894 . . \ 3895 . . 3896 .. 3897 3898 .. | 3899 3900 3901 3902 .. i 3903 . . : 3901 3905 r . . j 3906 .. 3907 .. 3908 .. i 3909 3910 3911 3912 3913 ..I 3914 .. ! 3915 3916 3917 3918 3919 3920 3921 3922 3923 3924 392.5 3926 3927 3928 .3929 • 3930 3931 3932 3933 3934 3935 3936 „ .. 3937 3938 3939 3940 3941. 3942 3943 it • • Peter Petersen Laurence East Abraham Percy Harvey Percy Edwin Mills Clarence Harvey Mills John Nicholls Matthew Carroll Watson Oxley

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. of Certificati Name of Person. 1 Date of Issue. J Class of Certificate. No. of Certificate. 1911. May 1 HH 1 ", 1 Restricted limits Ditto .. 1073 Richard Arthur Northwood 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto . . 1153 William Saunders James Crosbie Martinj George Poole j] ssf® Joseph Hodgson 149- • Herbert Howeth Mountain Alfred Ernest Fuller Walter Clapham Mountain Charlie Edward Serle Leonard Sidney Irving Arthur Percival Blundell William Gould John Bernard Andrews Frederick Albert Newton Selwyn Robert Hardiman Frank Andrewes James HenryJRigden James Toi Henry John Baxter Timothy Watson Carl Johan Brunsell Selwyn Hardiman Watkins William Watkins Michael James Danaher Charles Herbert Eyes Sinclair William Ridland Thomas Cyril Broadbridge Charles Ludwig Erickson William John Berg William Herbert Gillice George Thomas Clendon Walter Heberley Harry Young William Alfred Sydney Gray .. Harold Christian Gibson Arthur Morton Arthur Morgan Ernest Christopher Arlidge Arthur Augustus Selwin Maxwell Thomas Joseph Cook Margaret Kate Baker Alfred Henry Morgan Septimus Reginald Smith Alfred George Baggett William James Irwin Edward Parsons James Arthur Clark Emma Guard Herman Baldick George Thomas Reid George Gordon Way Andrew Anderson William Tubbs Richard Daniel Cook Henry Charles King Thomas Henry Lee Frederick Henry Alexander .. Benjamin Bailey George James Baldick Frederick Ernest Nicholls Garnet Bruce Mackie.. Demetrius Koinomopolos William Henry Harvey Richard Henry Harnett George Edwin Whelch William Sutherland William Dowell George Henry Herring Maurice Roose Richard Evanson Beamish Robert Sharon Turner Robert Caven Frederick James Foot Frederick Woodcock Arthur James lies Frank Peter Flinu George Henry Cory Wright .. Thorwald August Johnson George Henry Cox Herbert Shepherd William Henry Stuart 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1094 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 Emilius George Le Roy John Gould John Snowball Edward Spargo James Phillip Bennett Thomas Donovan Ernest Woodward Boucher Daniel Robinson John Thomas Hay James Gibb Robert Gibb , Matthew Gibb George Richard De Thierry William Henry Saies, jun. William Brown Albert Cecil Clark John Wilson Brownlee John Hutley Richard Cossill Harold Brouse Grant Isaac William Turner George Ferguson Andrews Otto Nickel Edward John Samuel Samuel Viall Albert Henry Bowman John Pearson Coulter Alfred Billing William Hill Blott Arthur Francis Leader Charles Henry Jennings Clare .. Henry Barton Charles Watkinson William James Belcher Konrad Altherr Thomas Ernest Short Edward Norton Boult Charles William White Frederick William Newton Arthur Henry Macartney Herbert John Franklyn Heley.. Samuel Walter Morgan John Hawthorn McCarroll Charles Willoughby Leyland .. Robert Coulson William Henry McFarlane Gerard Arnold Ward Charles Gilbert Pool John Alexander Pool William Charles Pool Charles James Millar Howard John Hare William John Hare James Milne Guy Henry Hargreaves Jackman Harry Bush James Allison Stein Hemphill .. Arthur John Henderson John Daniel Henderson John William James Stirling .. William Haora John Alexander Leask Harold Percy Burgess Robert Brown Edward Harrison Arthur Sylvester Turner Edmond John Frost Frederick Russell Sanderson .. William Arthur Watkins Frederick Morgan Wilfred Morgan Puhipi Murray Edgar Selwyn Hope Willie Johnson John Lupton Geoffrey Noel Hcnning William Dawson Frederick William Meyer Bernt Alfred Arnisen 1154 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1170 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1120 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233

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Name of Person. D , ate of Issue. 1911. Thomas Irwin .. .. | May 1 Walter Thomas Webber .-. „ 1 Edward Nelder .. .-. ,-, 1 Alfred Albert William Yates ..-,-, 1 Ernest Henry Miller Bagley .. ,, 1 Alfred Edwin Bartley .. j ,, 1 Edward George Clark .. ,, 1 Ivan Hows .. .. .. „ 1 James Baldick .. .. ,, 1 Alfred Wright .. .. „ 1 Henry Everitt .. . . ,, 1 Cecil Bruce Walrond .. .. „ 1 Cla,ude Wells .. - - „ 1 Anton Middendorf .. .. „ 1 John Lapwood .. . . ,, 1 William Jonathan Scott . . ,, 1 Joseph Tito .. .. ,, 1 Edwin Harrison .. .. ,, 1 Harry Oriano Grandi Haylock.. „ 1 William Howroyd Hemingway.. ,, 1 Ernest Prescott . . .. „ 1 Frederick Hope .. .. „ 1 Arthur Edward Meikle .. ,, 1 Percy Walter Bell .. .. „ 1 William Henry Berg .. .. „ 1 Charles Albert Durham .. ,, 1 John James Mcintosh .. ,, 1 Frederick Hayward .. .. I „ 1 Edward Morton .. .. \ ,, 1 Ernest Payne .. .. j ,, 1 Daniel Redwood .. .. ,, 1 Walter Seymour .. .. ,, 1 Whiu Himiona .. . . i „ 1 Arthur Sidney Snook .. „ 1 Oscar Hugh Wright .. . . „ 1 George Blackwell .. .. ,, I Archibald McCarthy .. .. „ 1 George McCarthy .. . . „ 1 Frederick Ward . . . . „ 1 George John James Clark .. ,, 1 Alexander McLeod .. .. ,, 1 George Swanson .. .. ,, 1 Thomas Antony .. .. ,, 1 Albert Palmerston Douslin . . ,, 1 William Herivel . . . . ,, 1 Thomas Richards . . .. „ 1 William Martin .. . . ,, 1 William Hervey Cook. . .. „ 1 Charles Hay Hepburn Stuart- „ 1 Forbes Frank Williams .. .. ,, 1 Albert Josephus Craig .. ,, 1 John William Taylor .. . . ,, 1 Leonard Cheriton .. .. ,, 1 Richard Anthony Palamountain „ 1 Albert Rodley .. .. „ I Edward Courtney Kenny .. ,, 1 William Reeves .. .. ,, 1 Charlie Diaz .. .. ,, 1 Heremia te Wake .. .. ,, I Henry Dangen .. .. ,, 1 John James Barfield Gullery ,, I John Hall Galloway .. .. ,, 1 Joseph Fell .. .. .. ,, 1 Charles Eyes .. .. ' „ 1 George Wright .. .. ,, 1 Herbert Halliwell .. .. ,, 1 William Ansdell Leech .. ,, 1 Charles Winsbury Philpotts .. ,, 1 Alfred Baldick .. .. „ 1 William Henry Baldick .. „ 1 < ioorge William Wallace Webber „ 1 Albert Sven Johnson .. .. ,, 1 Frank Edmund Danaher .. ,, 1 Reginald Guy Bellve .. .. ,, 1 Cornelius Gothard .. .. ,, 1 George Gates .. .. „ 1 James William Emmett .. „ 1 Leonard Edward Bowden .. „ 1 Charles Joshua Johnson .. „ 1 Thomas William Henry Brookes „ 1 Class of i No. of Certificate. ;Certificate. Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of No. of Certificate. Certificate. Restricted 1234 limits Ditto .. 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 1259 1260 .: 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280 1281 1282 Henry Archibald Williams 1911. May 1 Restricted limits Ditto .. 1314 Edward Berg Alexander John Glasgow Thomas Herbert Kelsey Bernard Boese Stephen Paine Brown Thomas Edward Taylor Csesar Roose Eric Gordon Hammond Nicholas Greenwell Augustus Frederick Foot George Thomas Clifford Walter August Thomsen John Gray William Daniel Payne William Henry Perano Harold Owen Hayward Richard Nightingale William Arthur Reddish Hugh Pollock William McQueen George Arthur Howe John Sweeney Richard Jackson George Shalfoon Robert Anthony Hill Frederick Sterling George Henry Green William Willison Murray William Lewis Phipps Thomas Frederick Butland Richard Alfred Northwood Leonard Bennett Albert Edward Hope George Patchett John William Anderson Charles Norman John Lavrick Nordstrand Joseph Hammond Phillip Hocquard Natale Diracca Joseph Angelo Edward Samuel Dent Edgar James Jones Walter Joseph Menges William Hamilton Arthur William Thomas Subritzky Richard Ward Veal James Kelly.. Thomas Frederick Atkins Thomas Partridge Charles Nelson Cecil Hayward William John Coxheacl Leonard John Dodd Joseph Cuttance Samuel Epiha Harold Vincent Copeland Shear1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1315 1316 1317 1318 1319 1320 1321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328 1329 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 v^1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370 1371 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 .. 1288 1289 1290 „ .. 1291 1292 .. 1293 1294 1295 .. 1296 .. 1297 . . ! 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 .. 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 „ .. 1310 „ .. 1311 1312 „ .. 1313 man Robert Cyril Williamson James Brookland Thomas Edgar Jensen Thomas Henry Wilson Alexander Burt, jun. Isaac Newton Harvey Charles Murray Cowe Arthur James Blomfield Alfred Walter Girling David Reid Gilbert Sanford John Thomas Robert Nicholson Davies William Robert Twigg Herbert Robert Foster Edgar Stannard Cole Walter Samuel Bailey William George Lowe Constandine Marquis George OUson Frank Bell .. John Howe 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390 1391 1392 1393

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of No. of Certificate. Certificate. Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. of Certificate. Ernest Alfred Howe Henry Ingram Insley ijj William Peter Bronlund Albert Bray Nicholas Bentzon Edward Stillwell Huntley Wilbert Howden Henry Arthur Haseman George Hodgson Albert Mokomoko Ernest Henry Chamberlain Adam Albert Dawson Martha Beamish William/Thomas Smith Duncan Murphy William Bond Henry Bond Robert Taylor Morrison Joseph Mitchell Nordstrand Vivian Frederick McLeod James Frederick Ross William Alexander Darrach Cecil Arthur Whitney William Schutt James Reece James David Foote Archibald Glyn Fell George Pearson John Campbell William Joass John Gallagher John Griffiths William Billing Cyril Cory Wright Walter Jones Solomon Finey William George Hudson Thomas Chasland Edwards Charles Northwood William Harold Corbett Arthur Thomas Maunder Vincenzo Moleta Antonio Moleta Domenico Russo Arthur William McNabb George James Gordon David Stuart Joseph Edward Paddison Wilham Lee Robert Richard White Francis William McCowan William Steadman Fletcher Ivor Stanfield Bryers ... John Wilham Perano Harold Cedric Osborne Gerald Sainsbury Nairn Norman Warren Wilham McNeil Clark Wilby Goodall .. ■ .. Thomas Le Comte, jun. Thomas Dalton McManaway, jun. Nathan Alexander Harvey, jun. George Saunders Penny Dover Goddard Andrews William Edward Wade George Alban King William Henry Worrall Berry Cozens George Ravenhill William Kerby Thomas James Storey Carlo Smith Wilham Goodyear Walter Lauritz Borck Tonihi Palmer Charles Bushitt John James Beazloy Kato Hapeta Robert Clark Frederick Wilham Jones Reginald Osborne 1911. May 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 17 ,, 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 „ 17 17 17 17 17 17 „ 17 17 „ 17 17 June 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 „ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Restricted limits Ditto .. 11 • • 11 • • 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1.446 1447 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 Jeffrey Murdoch Roy Huxley Hugh Farrelly Gus Reitman Frank Edgar Hayward Charles Whittlesey Purchas Peter John Hugh Munro Carl Ludwig Hansen Frederick Alfred Hansen William Thomas Wheatley Ernest Schenkel Joseph Hoi Wells George Frederick Spooner George Bastin Mead Rameka James Cope Thomas McPike Joseph Edward Kassy William John Gribble Bengman Patrick McCouley .. Arthur Colman William Michel Baker Andrew Gordon Hodge James Sinclair Thomas Dalton McManaway .. John Roland Hope .Toseph Solloway Lane John Edward Glover George Wilham Hayward Bullen James Cope Eugenio Bedogni Eugenio Pitoni Joseph Pitoni Alexander Bennett White William Rouse Thomas Metcalfe Charles Robertson Martin Carkeek Walter Mills Robert Charles Harvey Charles August Borck Clarence Lawson Lane William Jones James Cochran Nixon Wilham Morrison Henry Tuke Arthur Herbert Lee Alexander Duncan Goodall William Boyle Bennett Edward Wallbank John Whitney Alice May Whitney Harold Vivian Ramsey William Alexander Garton George Vause John Frederick Owen Passan .. William Hutchinson Walter Leslie Bayliss Herbert Robert Arthur John Glasgow Ernest Victor Johnson Richard Henry Goldsworthy .. Jonathan Ralph Blackwell Percy Neame Donald Sutherland Edward Arthur Harvey Edward William Tait Percy James McLeod Harold John Hutchinson Albert George Eagle William Frederick Eagle Allan John Woodman Richard Norman Woodman Frederick Woldon Stringer Arthur Schenkel Edward Schenkel Thomas Jabez Gullery Richard Crane Joseph Weldon Hebberd Austin Loder John Joseph Grupen Charles Frederick Turner 1911. June 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 May 27 July 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 „ 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 „ -23 23 23 23 | 23 23 23 „ 23 „ 23 23 Aug. 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 „ 18 18 18 18 I 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Restricted limits Ditto .. ;; .. 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1484 1485 I486 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555 1556 11 • - it • • it • • ti • •

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Date of Issue. Class of No. of | Certificate. Certificate. Name of Person. Date of Issue. I Class of No. of Certificate. Certificate Name of Person. George Hadfield Smith Godfrey McNabb Hugh Shaw Clark Thomas Calvert Allely Henry Duncan Goldsworthy .. Nihita Haratiera James Reddy Webster Henry Hopper Adams Henry Gallagher James Alfred Vernon Carl Johan Norberg James Henry Crapper Joseph Alfred Grossi Walker Harris Martin te Wake George Francis Wilson Albert Henry Bentley Hone Toia Douglas Augustus Allwood Frederic Hugh Dodson William Robert Patterson Horace Alfred Lane Frederick Joseph Olds Arthur Octavius Lapwood Andrew Godfrey William Stuart Leopold Mcintosh James Sinclair William Samuel Aldridge Robert Campbell Stephen Shalfoon Edward Lapwood Richard Adam James Nixon .. Charles Howard Nicholls Henry Wesley Edward Hardiman Pauro Matiu John Thompson Gillibrand John Kelsey Henry Herbert Kelsey Albert Bennett White Francis Leonard Taylor William Coupe James Cotter Herbert Pasquale Clarke James Herbert Wheatley Toki Pungari James Howard Wills John Campbell Mclnnes Robert John Houghton Eustace Houghton James O'Malley George Hill Arthur Earle Elliers Dodd Richard Lawrence Levi Lionel Collins Dodd Hazel Oxley William Charles Wright Daniel Scelly Walter Hamilton Cecil Edgar Borck Thomas Henry Seandrett William John Grundy Samuel Barr Charles Henry Hough James Henderson Albert Edward Jennings Justly Charles William Hill .. William Ferguson George Albert Gamman Charles Nelson Alexander Gilbertson Joseph Wilfred Senior John Kihau James Henry Cleave David Kelly Samuel Knowles Edward Robert Whitechurch .. Alexander Charles McKay James Jeffs Henry Barrett Rose Frank Cuthbert White 1911. Aug. 18 Restricted limits 18 Ditto .. 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 „ 18 18 18 „ 18 „ 18 „ .. 18 I „ 18 ,, „ 18 „ 18 „ 18 18 18 18 18 „ Sept. 20 . „ 20 j „ 20 „ Nov. 3 3 j „ 3 „ 3 I „ 3 „ 3 3 3 3 ,, 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 r „ Sept. 20 „ 20 i „ 20 „ „ 20 „ „ 20 ! „ „ 20 „ „ 20 „ 20 „ .. „ 20 20 „ 20 „ Oct. 6 „ 6 6 6 „ .. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 „ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 „ ... 6 ! „ 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563 1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 Wilham James Lloyd I Timoti Nikora Arthur Douglas Woolf Richard Albert Ellington Wade George Henry Bennett Alfred Harold George Shaw . . Toitoi Maki George Edward Robinson ■ .. Robert William Wells John Todd Percy Charles Tiller ... David Richard Paul William Edward Redman George Wells Daniel Eli Wells Arthur Charles Gibbons Gerald John Lane Mark Jurakovich Louis Henry Hartmann William Nassau Stewart Alexander Forbes Leslie Tuku Rewi Robert Joseph Allely | George Adam Blackwell Henry Asbiord Featherstone . . ■ Charles Frederick Shaw Robert John William Turner . . Edward George Stallard Francis John William Stallard j George Henry Fyfe James Albert Silvester I John Alexander Thomson 1 Herman Schlutz ; George Henry Reeves j Peneha Hone Kingi Pita Mita Hepi Wepeha Ebenezer Rudolph Gibbons Thomas Drew George Lacy Moody Welby Vivian Hadfield Andrew Monson Roy Hubert Hadfield Philip Charles Grossi | James Pennington Bates William Stewart Thomas Le Huquet Frank Lewin Gibbons Frederick William Bell Alfred Horace Wells Edward Adams Vincent Herbert Wardell Angus Newton Gibbons Bertrand Harding Andrews i Frederick William Stout James Jackson Joseph Bradshaw Edward James McAuley Robert Wyles Farquhar I William Mapple Joseph Tonge Thomas Wilham Nield Albert Edward Anthony Nield Frank James Evetts Bruce Stewart Thomas Clifford James Albert Welsh Herbert Allison Paddison Charles Pestell Harris George Taylor William Sumpter Harris Edwin Headley Harris j George Dennett Braund Takarangi Keenan j Levi Keenan Jack Love Mack Love James Johnson Kura Love Henry Norman Beer John Hastings Stirling Weldon Arkell Hebberd 1911. Oct. 6 6 Nov. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Dec 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Restricted 1638 limits Ditto .. ' 1639 .. l 1640 ..' | 1641 .. I 1642 ..I 1643 .. 1644 .. 1645 ..'I 1646 .. j 1647 .. 1648 .. 1649 .. : 1650 .. 1651 .. 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 .. i 1663 1664 .. 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 .. 1671 1672 .. I 1673 .. 1674 .. i 1675 .. ! 1676 .. j 1677 .. 1678 .. | 1679 .. 1680 ... 1681 .. 1682 .. 1683 .. 1684 .. 1685 .. 1686 .. 1687 1688 1689 .. 1690 1691 1692 .. 1693 .. 1695 .. ! 1696 .. 1697 .. 1698 .. i 1699 .. i 1700 ..I 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. Class of ; No. of Certificate. Certificate. Name of Person. ] Date of Issue. Class of Certificate. No. of Certificate. William Richard Owen Wells.. George Aylmer Mervyn Kenny Charles Eric Thompson Peter John Donaldson Ludovic Cliffe Colquhoun John Spilsbury James Frank Percival Howden Harold Breese Wilham Lennox Cecil Montague Healey Alfred Robert Foote Louis John Gray Frederick Andrew Lees Hugh Alexander McCormick .. Donald McCormick Arthur Coleridge Seymour Henry Berg Alfred Mynn Bishop William James Gordon James Houghton Owen Arthur Taylor John Alexander McNeil Thomas Wallen Desmond Royden Walker Harry Taylor Bernard Demicheli John Smith Edward Fullerton Dorman Rupert Ronnie Woodcock John Dean Patrick Henry Patrick Mullany Arthur Daken William Reed Ivor te Puni Arthur Lyttelton Johnson David Monro John Valentine Soffe Watkin Thomas Alfred Stuart James Knowles Osmond John William Lake John Alexander Thomas Edward Montgomery .. Ernest Hall William Sinton Alfred Thomas Bell Allan Sinclair Joseph Waterrens George William Phillipson Henry Symonds Beer George Hawkins James Adamson Thomas Stanley Adamson George Henry Reading Donald John McKay Alfred Henry Lapwood Pene Pomaro Alec Christopher Thompson Alfred Charles Gibbs Alfred Henry Scott Henry Edmeades Nicldess 1911. Dec. 19 Restricted limits 19 Ditto .. 19 19 19 19. 19 19 19 . „ 19 | 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 „ 19 19 I „ 19 i „ 19 ! „ 19 19 „ 19 ! „ 19 19 19 19 19 ' „ 19 19 i „ 19 l „ 19 ' „ 19 ! „ 19 ! „ 19 ! „ 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 10 19 19 19 19 19 19 „ 19 i 1720 1721 1722 1723 i 1724 ! 1725 1726 1727 : 1728 j 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 •■ 1738 1739 ■ 1740 | 1741 1742 1743 1744 ! 1745 ! 1746 | 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1.762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 Philip Oswald Andrew Henry Luttrell Morton Albert Edward Dunstall Thomas Thompson Frederick William Nalder Claude Davey Frederick Charles Coventry Fell William Brereton Sewell Charles James Vincent William Masefield William Arthur Williams Harold Le Grice Stanley Stillwell Charles Woods Frederick Wilham Williams William Harrison Harold John Hail John James Webb Hector Martin Glasgow Love Alfred Johnson Martin John Hawkins Frank Carrick William Woodgate .. Robert William Woodgate Henry William Jackson John William Jackson Horace Harold Wood George Tulloch Ernest Alfred Southerwood Thomas Roland Burden John Alfred Webb Richard Stevens Webb Joseph Roderigues Charles Smith Henderson John Harties Faulkner William Joseph Marsden Robert Hugh Harris Thomas Smith Fairleigh Marriner William Arthur D'Oridant Edward George Hamerton, jun. Einnim Ashburnham Dugdale .. ilames Williamson Robert Josiah Potiki Arthur Edward Millard George Christopher Emmett .. Donald McGregor John Smith Archibald Coleman John King ! I 1911. Dec. 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 1.9 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 1912. Feb. 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Restricted limits Ditto .. 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1793 a 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1S09 1810 1811 1812 1813 .1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 .1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 Joseph Shotter Henry Richards Peter Petersen Laurence East Abraham Percy Harvey Percy Edwin Mills Clarence Harvey Mills John Nicholls Matthew Carroll Watson Oxloy 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841

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Table showing, for the Year 1911, 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 the Home and partly in the Foreign Trade, and wholly in the Foreign Trade, respectively; together with the Number of Men and Boys exclusive of Masters) employed thereon.

Under 50 Tons. | 50 Tons and 100 Tons and j 300 Tons and under 100. j under 200. under 300. 300 Tons and under 400. 400 Tons and under 500. 500 Tons and under 600. 600 Tons and : 500 Tons and I 800 Tons and under 700. j under 800. ! under 1,coo. 1,000 Tons and under 1,200. 1,200 Tons and 1,500 Tons and; under 1,500. j under 2,000. j i;2,oooTons and j under 3,000. 3,000 Tons and over. Totals. Class of Vessels. > I aa CQ -a a cd in CJ en > (O CQ S > °' B tt tt > o CQ a u O a s a g 0 c? CQ rt s 1 O tn a "a3 • cd lis I! ° j, "Si- -° ao » ' " : si ! " jn j 5 O* CQ c = 8 8 H I S i> o CQ a c > o o -a cd O CQ tn rt a o 09 O HS 5 j S I ■- a o 5 IT. > o ti > o > flj si lit In the Home (Coastal) Trade only — Sailing Steam ■ 502 !.. 2 7! 2 Aa 74 90 164 1,679: 2,165 3.844! no 4i 60 3.094 4,355 138 43° 568 5 33 38 691 14.779 25 444 1 217 11; 2,688; 197 5 1,896 73 '•8 3.659JI94 3,659,194 2,629 2 46 5 !3,6 4 8i 139 3 2 2,523 1,752 2 ! 49! 1 1 1,028 4 50 5 6,577 6,577 " 2g2 r ' 1 1,572] 31 1 .572] 31 1 2,137 77 ! •• •• 127 225 110,698 148,781 28: 2,39' H 12 2,905 Totals ■471 i 101 7.4491 5,47°| 1469 197I ! 5 1,896; 73 48 4.275 2 I 2,2l8| 54 5 292 h 1 H h ! I - 5| 139 L£ 5 I 1 2,137 77 I" ! I 352| 2,67 Partly in the Home and partly in the Foreign TradeSailing Steam I 1 '—: — - I I - — - i 1 Totals I j 44 9 3 2 i 281 : 158 439 13 3 1 H 499 ! 197 ! 1 21 j 10 1 i ■.. 1 .. I [ " I _! | 324| I ■ '3 3 1 1 "l I ! * : 5i6j I .. I 1 21 . . 21 I 24! 5 ; .. I 1 j 24 i 6 618I 618 13 •• — ••1 i| H 719 ! 19 4 .. 3.674 no " 4 4.508 4,508 109 I 6 !>274 7,651 8,925 23 204 '4 10602.279 10602 279 9 23082 23082 717 ■• 3 10689 274 9 _38 2,996 61,840 64,836 8; 1,76^ I x i 1 44 1 j 9 5 28' 4 696 31 " 1 324 I 3 i 1 : 5 id 13 11 ' 719 19 4 3,674 no 227 6 " 9 717 3 10689 274 47 ! 4 109 7 1,851 n the Foreign Trade only — Sailing Steam 53! 146 1 5 1.283 s[ 1.283 985 23 411 30 I >396 53 1,047 i 1 1 ! 9,"7 Totals I 2 ii68; 40 59 99 2 2 I - 4 6 i 3 2 434 293 21 29! I 45! ■• - I— 1 1 1,138! 1,1381 3,352 630 63 43 785 j_785J I 3 I "I ! T 915 52 1 H 1 18 18 I 1,258 _47 47 5661 I i,736 67 1,736 67 •• •• 2 8,762 8,762 268 21 12 20; 2 H — I 1,258 268 4 5 : 727 50 45 " 3.982 106' 1 ! 3 1 915 52 1 1,047 2 23.274 — — — " •• 33 747 - l - Grand Totals.. k.893 2,156] I - — ,987;. ■8 4 | 108I 8,034k 106 .47. 1550 17 4,188: I242; : i2,220| ; 86: 1 5,055.247! 52|H 17,229 167 7! 5.152 161 8,864 7.773 l8l 16760 I39i0i377 25219 I945I 13689 1 10I I213 13 IO: 7941 542 32: 5,268

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Descriptive Return of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses.

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Name of Lighthouse.I Order of Apparatus. Description, Period of Eevolving Light. Colour ot Light. Tower built of Dwellingi built of Date first lighted. Cape Maria van Diemen 1st order dioptric Eevolving Fixed 1' White Bed, to show over Columbia Beef. White Timber Timber 24 Mar., 1879 Cape Brett 1st order dioptric Group flashing Flashing Fixed * Iron Timber 21 Feb., 1910 Mokohinou Tiritiri 1st 2nd 10" White, with red arc over Flat Bock White and red White Stone Iron 18 June, 1883 1 Jan., 1865 , Ponui Passage .. Cuvier Island East Cape Portland Island \ Castle Point (buildin§) Cape Palliser Pencarrow Head.. Cape Egmont Manukau Head .. Kaipara Head .. Brothers .. Cape Campbell .. Godley Head Akaroa Head Jack's Point Moeraki Taiaroa Head Cape Saunders .. Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island 5th 1st 2nd 2nd Bevolving Flashing Bevolving Fixed 30" 10" 30" Timber Iron 29 July, 1871 22 Sept., 1889 9 Aug., 1900 10 Feb., 1878 Bed, to show over Bull Bock. White Timber 2nd order dioptric Group flashing Bevolving Fixed t Iron Timber (Building) 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd Flashing t i6" 10" White Timber rV 27 Oct., 1897 1 Jan., 1859 1 Aug., 1881 1 Sept., 1874 1 Dec, 1884 24 Sept., 1877 Fixed Bed, to show over Cook Bock. White 2nd order dioptric 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st order catadioptric 1st order dioptric Bevolving Fixed Flashing Fixed r i6" Bed .. '.'. White Iron Stone Timber Iron Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone Timber Stone 1 Aug., 1870 1 April, 1865 1 Jan., 1880 1 July, 1904 22 April, 1878 2 Jan., 1865 1 Jan., 1880 4 July, 1870 1 Jan., 1884 1 Aug., 1865 Bevolving Fixed Flashing Bevolving i' io" 30" Centre Island Fixed White, with red arcs over inshore dangers White Timber Timber 16 Sept., 1878 Puysegur Point .. Cape Foulwind .. Kahurangi Point.. 1st 2nd 2nd Flashing Bevolving Fixed .. 10" 30" White, with red sector to show over Stewart Breaker White, with red arc over Spit end White, with red arc to mark limit of anchorage Bed and white, with white light on beacon White Iron 1 Mar., 1879 1 Sept., 1876 30 Nov., 1903 Farewell Spit 2nd Bevolving V 17 June, 1870 Nelson 4th Fixed 4 Aug., 1862 French Pass 6th 1 Oct., 1884 Stephens Island .. 1st Group flashing * 29 Jan., 1894 * Two flashes in quick succession ev< leconds between each group-flash. } Fl iry half-minute. t sishing twice every half ■ Flashing every forty-) f-minute, with interval ve secondi if three se I, with an conds beta interval of eigtr ?een flashes.

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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, 1912.

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Name of Ves»el. Sc a; CO a o fel° £ * K fl ° «■£ ft cfi bb 1 u a a) . O 53 g CD m a HHsHH IH •-! o OfflO to te o . Ph m »s cd y ■sff H ® fl o Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Minimum N ber of follo-c, Classes of C Law require be carried. umving Jrew is to Remarki. to «j ca 9 8 " •§ 'C I as "fH ffl Admiral Advance (A'kland) Advanoe II. A.H.B. .. Ahuriri Akaroa (Auckland) Albatross „" Albatross Alert Alexander All Black, No. 1 .. All Black, No. 2 .. Annie Antrim Aorangi Aorere Apanui Aparima * Arahura Arapawa (Well'ton) Arapawa (Pioton) Arawa Aroha Arrino Atua Aupouri Awaroa Awarua Baden Powell Baroona Beatrix Beldame Benares Ben Lomond Bletsoe Breeze Breta Tui Brooklyn Canopus Canterbury Carola Centaur Chelmsford Clansman Claymore Clutha .. Cobar Condor Corinna.. Coromandel Countess Cygnet .. Daphne Dawn Defender Defender Dolly Varden Dolphin.. Doris (Napier) Doris (Pioton!) Dorrigo Doto Dove (Pieton) Dove (Fr. Pass) .. Dreadnaught (Port Underwood) Duohess Eagle Echo Echo (Maori Bay) Eclipse Elsie (Auckland).. Elsie Elsie (Pieton) Elsie Evans Elswick Endeavour 82 12 4 5 31 43 111 43 5 185 5 4 3 35 2,782 49 135 3,684 771 128 4 5 4 2 1,895 220 211 2 92 79 2 4 2 33 2 286 36 21 835 1 28 8 •8 15 17 208 87 25 15 72 18 12 4 30 550 16J 28 284 147 47 10 10 8 5 329 55 62 44 30 24 5 20 4 15 5 59 40 8 250 24 10 16 24 90 54 48 40 24 141 25 Compound Non-condensing Oil-engine Screw Eiver Extended river Bestricted limits Biver Extreme limits Home trade .. Biver Extended river Biver Home trade .. Extended river First survey. 105 Compound 2 2 '2 Oil-engine First survey. 335 Compound Oil-engine Twin-sorew Screw "i 3 First survey. Condensing Triple-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Biver 4,000 71 202 2,710 1,689 234 Twin-screw Foreign Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. 11 2 4 13 7 •1 9 1 2 . 9 6 2 '(3 '3 3 '3 3 3 First N.Z. survey. Oil-engine Screw Eestriotedlimits First survey. 2,672 417 450 Triple-expansion Twin-screw Screw Foreign trade Home trade .. Biver 9 5 9 3 '3 '3 215 Oil-engine Compound Home trade .. Eiver '2 First survey. '2 Oil-engine First survey. Extended river Biver 398 Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Home trade .. Biver Eestriotedlimits Home trade .. Extended river I Biver 4 3 First survey. 1,132 Triple-expansion Non-condensing Oil-engine '(> '3 2 3 First survey. I .. 3 6 79 379 119 96 i 57 188 812 67 57 66 113 14 117 4 17 6 4 2 195 19 2 2 6 Twin-screw Screw First survey. 68 592 366 Compound Home trade .. 2 5 4 1 3 8 Stern-paddle Screw Biver First survey. 1,066 Extended river Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. 7; 3 *2 3 Fishing-vessel. 43 55 173 188 240 2 2 4 2 2 2 36 18 26 15 20 4 144 Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine "i 2 First survey. Biver Home trade .. Eiver Extended river Bestricted limits Foreign trade Extended river Bestricted limits First survey. 200 Compound "i "2 First N.Z. survey. 13 4 4 16 Oil-engine First survey. 95 138 98 2 2 21 4 22 I 54 81 70 60 5 8 30 15 11 20 12 30 Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine Paddle .. Twin-screw Sorew Biver Home trade .. Eiver 2 First survey. Compound Oil-engine Extended river First survey. Biver Extended river First survey. * Surv* r ed twice.

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Name of Vessel. to i « at a o IS r as u O ft ftgg <s.y a f° w • u fl s . 3 ® S s ■3S7S? »uh-H OoMO Zt * o . QrOT H a ■eB £ « .203 irjrrr a o M Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Cl»ss of Certificate. Mil bex Cla La' be ilrjium Numof following S8es of Crew v requires to larried. Remarl.s. . ■> . a * ? * 8 8 a a § 2 a $ h 5 o Endor .. ... 11 'Energy .. .. 17 Erin .. .. 4 Erskine .. 98 Eva .. 7 Eveline Express.. .. 36 Fairburn .. 69 Fanny .. .. j 55 Ferro .. .. 10 'Firefloat Flora (Dunedin) .. 838 Flora (Bluff) .. 3 Foam .. .. 2 Gael .. ..I 55 Gannet (Pieton) .. j 10 Gertie .. .. ! 119 Glenelg .. .. 156 Glenlie .. .. 5 Gosford .. .. 54 Greyhound (Auck- I 83 land) Greyhound (Have- 1 2 lock) Greyhound (Por t ■ 5 Underwood) Hananui II .. 44 Hapai .. ... 363 Haupiri.. .. | 452 Hauroto .. |1,276 Heathcote .. : 94 Heather .. 2 Himitangi .. 149 Hina (Nelson) .. ! 39 Hina (Havelock).. 1 Hipi .. .. 13 Hirere .. .. 32 [ Hobsonville .. 23 Holmdale .. 197 Houto .. .. 78 Huanui .. 59 Huia (Auckland) 200 Huia (Wellington) j 69 Huia (Wellington) t .. Independence .. I 1J| Iris .. .. 3 Isa (Whangerei) .. 4 Isa (Pieton) .. 3 Jane Douglas .. 75 Jane .. .. '| 20 Jersey Lily .. 4 John Anderson .. 36 John Kennedy .. 4 John Townley .. 85 Kaeo .. .. 147 Kahu (Napier) .. 99 Kaiaia .. .. 1 24 Kairaki .. .. ] 182, Kaitangata .. 11,219 'Kaitoa .. ..118 Kaituna (Dunedin) 1,24.6 Kamona .. 903 Kanieri .. .. 115 Kanna .. .. 1,049 Kapiti .. .. 114 Kapui 30 Kapuni .. .. 97 Karoro .. .. 52 Kate .. Kawa .. .. 3 Kawau (Auckland) 53 Kawau (Kaipara) 37 Kea .. .. 3 Kennedy .. 131 Kestrel .. .. 203 Kia-Ora ... 11 Kini .. .. ] 702 Kiripaka .. • 75 11 17 4 98 7 36 69 55 10 838 3 2 55 10 119 156 5 54 83 4 15 31 35 20 8 25 40 30 20 13 180 6 5 20 6 59 75 10 30 50 '48 .. I 99 147 50 1,132 1 Oil-engine .. Sorew .. Home trade .. ! Compound .. „ .. „ Non-condensing „ .. Eiver Compound .. „ Oil-engine .. „ .. „ Non-oondensing Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. Oil-engine .. „ .. » Compound .. „ .. » Oil-engine .. „ .. Extended river I Non-condensing Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. j Oil-engine .. ] „ .. Eiver Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. Condensing .. „ .. Extended river „ .. „ .. Home trade .. Compound .. „ .. „ Oil-engine .. „ .. Eiver .. j Compound .. „ .. Elxtended river Oil-engine .. „ .. Home trade .. 1 1 2 2 2 6 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 6 1 1 1 i 2 3 2 '.8 Fishing-vessel. Fishing-vessel First survey. 98 2 1 295 262 "i 4 3 3 First survey. 130 "2 2 5 First survey, „ .. 1 .. Biver .. | 12 .. .. iBestrictedlimits: First survey. 45 239 155 454 1,343 Triple-expansion „ .. ! Foreign trade .. I Extended river Compound .. ,, .. Home trade .. „ .. Foreign trade „ .. „ .. Extended river Oil-engine .. ,, .. Bestricted limits] Triple-expansion „ .. Home trade .. j Compound .. „ Oil-engine .. „ .. Eiver Triple-expansion , .. Extended river Compound .. Twin-screw „ Oil-engine .. Screw Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. Oil-engine .. „ .. j „ „ .. ,, .. I Foreign trade 1 „ .. - » .. Home trade .. 1 Compound .. i „ .. I „ .'. Condensing .. „ .. Eiver Oil-engine .. „ 2 6 8 .. I "i\ 21 "i 2 2 4 2 2 Dredge. 88 258 35 8 45 20 41 11 16 15 181 45 45 22 23 2 21 12 71 5 22 10 12 20 12 40 60 40 24 92 200 65 200 117 20 l .. *3 3 First survey. 248 89 '2 1 i Late Lady Barkly, First survey. " i .. I 112l . . 1 2 First survey. 121 2 First survey. 168 239 559 948 296 1,009 749 138 1,043 208 .. 1- „ .. Eestriotedlimits Compound ,. „ .. Home trade .. Oil-engine .. I „ .. Extended river ] .. „ .. Biver .. j Compound .. j „ .. Extreme limits Oil-engine .. „ .. Extended river Compound .. Twin-screw Oil-engine .. Sorew .. ; Home trade .. Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion „ .. Home trade .. „ .. Foreign trade Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. Triple-expansion „ .. Foreign trade Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. Triple-expansion ,, .. Foreign trade Compound .. „ .. j Home trade .. Non-condensing „ .. Extended river Compound .. „ .. Home trade .. „ .. „ .. Extended river Non- condensing ,, ' .. Biver Oil-engine .. „ .. Bestricted limits Compound .. „ .. Extended river Oil-engine .. „ ■■ Bestricted limits Compound .. Twin-screw Home trade .. .. Sorew .. Extended river Oil-engine .. „ .. « Triple-expansion „ .. Home trade .. Compound 2 1 "i 2 1 4 7 4 7 6 4 7 4 2 "i "& 2 '2 i 2 1 4 7 4 7 6 4 7 4 i 2 3 3 8 3 3 2 3 2 ! .. ! .. I 2 1 .. ! 2 I .J ! ..! ! 2 ~3 3 3 Wrecked. First survey. First survey. 35 30 30 17 5 5 20 15 4 39 43 4 130 24 First N.Z. surve; 191 2 '2 First survey. 1.34 "i *2 First survey. First survey. 697 108 6 2 'a 2 * Surve; •ed twice.

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Name of Vessel. u at s 5c <D fi no fl O '-"CIS is £ ca u 0 H, © ' a ° S.-0, ? &°r -i a * . Bo! ■3« w "a ° ocqo fa CO * o . ft 00 • s K o ■oS co ca ■gS .28 F8»H Nature of Engines. Nature ot Propeller. Class of Certificate. Minimum Number of following Classes of Crew Law requires to be carried. Remarks. fl rjj 0 0Q m a a P at m £ B 3 at gag .a -c <h ft B o Kiritona Kittawa Kiwi (Te Kopura) Kiwi (invercargill) Kokiri Komata Koonya Kopu Knputai.. Koromiko Kotare Kotiti .. Koutunui Kura Kurow Kyra La Mascotte Larola Lauderdale Little Jack Lomen Lupe Lyttelton (Auckl'd) Lyttelton (Lyttel'n) 75 708 16 1 4 1,194 663 18 5 1,541 79 42 98 16 1,564 2 4 4 719 150 120 20 2 8 260 115 13 120 313 20 14 26 35 333 1 10 10 135 11 6 10 80 133 732 1,232 748 472 1,460 128 90 178 Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Triple-expansion Compound Screw Paddle .. Screw Home trade .. Extended river Eiver Foreign trade Home trade .. Extended river Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. 2 6 *7 c 1 8 2 2 2 3 3 8 3 6 2 1 2 2 3 3 *3 First survey. Tug. Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Twin-sorew Screw Biver Foreign trade Restrictedlimits 1,718 's 3 2 3 First survey. First survey. 734 Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Oil-engine Compound Foreign trade River 6 3 3 24 1 First survey. 231 1,000 Home trade .. Extended river 'i 2 Magic Maheno Mahurangi Mahuta Maidi 58 24 95 13 12 60 60 39 13 10| Oil-engine _Twin-screw Sorew Twin-screw Screw Home trade .. River Extended river Eiver 2 Late " Canterbury" ; tug. Compound Formerly oil-en-gine. •Maitai .. *Mana Manaia Manaroa Manuka.. Manukau Manurere 1,888 77 3 78 2,784 45 490 25 7 24 357 15 3A 3,626 150 Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine Compound Triple-expansion Compound Quadruple-expan-sion Turbines Oil-engine ForeigD trade Home trade .. Eiver Home trade .. Foreign trade .Kxtreme limits Eiver 9 2 9 2 3 3 151 4,155 Twin-screw Screw 2 11 2 2 9 '<3 3 First survey. Maori (Dunedin).. Maori (Havelock) Maori (Portage) .. Mapourika Maranui Mararoa Maritana Mascotte (Wang'ui) Matariki Matuku Maui Mavis Mawhera May May Howard Mere Ana Merlin (Auckland) 1,433 6 3 718 4 1,381 4 8 10 130 5 530 8 3 10 4 5,859 Triple screw Screw Home trade .. Biver 8 15 9 3 First survey. 1,182 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Non-condensing Oil-engine Non-condensing Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Home trade .. Eiver Foreign trade Eestriotedlimits Eiver 7 3 2 3 3,071 '8 9 6 3 First survey. First survey. 4 First survey. 251 3 292 1 55 4 484 Home trade .. Eiver Home trade .. Eiver Foreign trade Restrictedlimits Eiver 4 8 Dredge. First survey. Dredge. First survey. 10 168 4 45 12 1,012 4 2 3 2 3 Compound First survey. Formerly oil-en-gine. First survey. Merlin (Pieton) .. Mermaid Meteor Midlothian Miro Mizpah Moana (Pioton) .. Moerangi Mokoia Monarch Mongonui 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 16 2,154 4 Under 20 29 2,137 2 10 66 1,247 46 5 5 7 5 5 4 5 8 271 255 10 2,807 "5 Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound Twin-sorew Sorew Restrictedlimits Eiver Eestriotedlimits Biver Eestriotedlimits River Foreign trade River 10 9 6 3 First survey. Monica II Monowai Mororo Moturoa Mountaineer Moura Mullogh Muratai 20 290 5 10 50 275 15 14 2,795 Triple-expansion Twin-sorew Sorew Extreme limits Foreign trade River 1 10 9 3 3 First survey. 1,865 Oil-engine Compound Compound Triple-expansion ' Vertical Oil-engine Paddle .. Twin-screw Screw ./ . • Foreign trade Extended river Restricted limits '! k 3 3 First survey. * Surveyed twice

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Name of Vessel. i 01 "5i> fi Oh ra a 0 ti is F oB u O <D ' o ° at.H tcti ? *h a ? . WAo! ~H«-B 5.8 » a o offlO Zt t9 i* O . fllOD SS K o •«a -g ° .2 8 <s rS Nature of Engines. Nature ol Propeller. Class of Certificate. ber Clai Lav be ti limu of f< sses v req ;arrii im Numollowing of Crew juires to ed. Remarks ID 3 a" a CD TH W <n u a <a fl » fl £ fl « 'C ft Muritai Namu Naomi II 'Napier Natone Nautilus (Gisborne) Nautilus (Onehunga) Navua Nelly Nellie Mason Never Despair Ngapuhi Ngaru (Onehunga) Ngaru (Thames) .. Ngatiawa Ngatoro.. Nicola Nikau Nimrod Nina No. 121 .. No. 222.. No. 350 .. No. 404 .. Nopera Nora Niven Norval Novelty Nydia Ohinemuri Ohura O.K. Oleo Ongarue Opawa Opoutia 'Orete Orewa Osprey Otunui Paeroa "Paritutu Parua Pateena Pauline.. Pearl (Auckland).. Pelican Pelorus Petone Petrel Phantom Pilot (Wellington) Pilot (Napier) Pitoitoi (Waitara) 10 2 22 3 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Sorew Biver Eestriotedlimits First survey. 48 50 29 6 30 24 18 6 '96 Compound Home trade .. Eiver Extended river Eiver '2 i Trawler. Oil-engine First survey. 1,813 3 14 220 8 15 11 160 41 4 55 1,967 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Twin-screw Screw Foreign trade Biver 9 6 3 3 First survey. ' 299 2 3 220 583 4 98 4 7 394 502 488 211 3 57 50 99 1 73 34 4 5 10 64 613 Non-condensing Triple-expansion Oil-engine Twin-sorew Sorew Home trade .. Biver k 3 Yacht. First survey. 450 735 Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine Compound Twin-sorew Screw Home trade .. "5 5 3 3 20 256 Extended river Home trade .. Biver 2 3 First survey. 20 2 100 120 93 78 5 35 20 11 4 26 25 14 20 40 18 5 60 17 70 35 15 90 10 250 728 630 436 184 50 '(38 Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine .. ' Triple-expansion j Oil-engine .. \ Compound .. | Oil-engine Triple-expansion Condensing Oil-engine Twin-sorew Sorew Sorew Twin-sorew Sorew Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. Extended river Foreign trade Biver Home trade .. Biver Extended river Biver "5 5 2 "2 "2 '3 3 3 1 i Dredge. First survey. Trawler. First survey. First survey. '82 Compound Non-condensing Oil-engine Compound Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. "2 i 92 37 138 12 46 233 3 550 3 6 1 18 388 3 18 27 11 19 '72 "2 2 i Oil-engine Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine Paddle '. . Screw River 82 654 Twin-screw Sorew Home trade .. "2 4 1 3 1,966 Biver Home trade .. Eestriotedlimits Extended river Home trade .. Eiver Home trade .. Eiver Extended river Eiver Extended river Home trade .. 6 'o '3 3 Dredge. First survey. First'survey. 57 12 82 10 11 15 13 15 292 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound Triple - expansion Compound 1 '3 495 4 '3 First survey. Under 50 i 1 Tug. Pitoitoi (Auckland) Planet Plucky .. Poherua Pukaki 28 4 29 749 917 131 Extended river Eiver Home trade .. 40 128 110 267 703 646 Triple-expansion Quadruple-expan-sion Compound a • • 1 6 6 3 3 3 Purau Putiki Queen of the South Ralaoo Rarawa Redwing Regal Regulus Reliance Bene Eeremoana Eesult Rimu Eipple (Auokland) Ripple (Lyttleton) 38 157 121 2 460 5 11 227 18 60 40 10 140 12 10 150 24 10 50 10 95 296 188 Twin-sorew Screw Extended river Home trade .. "i 4 '3 2 First survey. 1,082 Oilengine Triple-expansion Oil-engine W r • Eiver Home trade .. Extended river River Home trade .. River 6 3 *2 "3 First survey. 659 Compound Non-condensing Oil-engine Twin-sorew Stern-wheel Screw '4 3 4 14 18 144 8 187 Late Kia Ora. First survey. 537 Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion Extended river Foreign trade River Home trade .. "i 3 60 289 "l "2 *. Survi syed twice.

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Name of Vessel. tu to 43 ca I s CD a o SH tHTS^* is 0*8 1 a o cd.- p. tn be 1 a as . _SW-9 •tj * 6» P tr. tH ,-i o OfflO I s§ s'i •dfl g " .2 5 5° Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. ClaBS of Certificate. Minimum Num. ber of following Classes of Crew Law requires to be carried. Remark* i i 8 hi co ® • a ® 5! 1 I 1 Bongotai Eosamond Eose Eotokohu Botomahana (Auckland) Bubi Seddon Euru (Napier) St. George • Samson Savaii Soout Sea Gull Sea Wolf Selwyn Settler (Kaipara) Settler (Thames) Shamrock Southern Cross .. Southern Isle Sparrow Spray Standard Stella (Auckland) Stella (Whangarei) Sterling (Helensville) Sterling Storm Stormbird Success (Auckland) Sumner Sunbeam Swan (Whangerei) Swan (Gisborne) .. Tainui Takapuna (Auckland) Takapuna (Dunedin) Talune Tangaroa Taniwha (Auckland) Taniwha (Timaru) Tarakihi Tarawera Tarewai Tasman.. Taviuni 5 462 4 11 139 10 ! .. 90 451 10 8 50 241 Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine Compound Screw Restricted limits Home trade .. River Extended river Home trade .. 5 3 First survey. 4 2 First survey. 3491 58' 2 4 31 4! 3! 51 15 8 6 60 403! 59: " i 9 1571 341 26 80 ! .. 50 212 8 : .. 16 16 j .. 20 .. 7 I .. 28 .. 30 ! .. 7 ' .. 18 120 i 117 j 518 28 ; .. 14 ' •• 3 10 90 238 8 39 261 Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine Twin-sorew Sorew Extended river Home trade .. River "2 '2 First survey. Condensing Oil-engine Extended river Extended river Foreign trade Biver i Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Biver 2 6 2 '3 First survey. Compound Oil-engine Compound Home trade .. Eiver Home trade .. 4 '3 First survey. - i '31 4 186 129, 8 94; 2 4 16 60 58 12 70 271 40 205 8 ! .. 85 I -.-. 4J .. '.'. io .. j 147 20 : .. Oil-engine Compound Extended river Home trade .. First survey. 4 4 3 2 Oil-engine Compound Oil-engine Compound Biver Extended river Biver First survey. First survey. Screw. Restrictedlimits Home trade .. Biver Screw Paddle .. 2 2 Non-condensing 472 1,370 110 191 165 .1,413 255 1,765 70 40 j .. Compound Triple-expansion Compound Screw Home trade .. Foreign trade Extended river 8 6 8 3 Twin-screw 16 1,269 11 87 974 16 .. 4 , .. 250 11,500 6 45 i 203 811 Non-condensing Screw Compound Non-condensing Compound Quadruple-expan-sion Oil-engine Compound. Biver Foreign trade Biver Home trade .. Foreign trade *8 2 (i 6 2 3 3 '3 '2 3 Tawera (Auokland) Tawera (Te Anau) Te Anau Te Aumiti Te Awhina Te Kooti Te Pioneer Te Whaka Terawhiti Theresa Ward Thistle .. Thomas King Tio Tiro Tofua Togo Traveller Tuatea .. Tu Atu Tui (Nelson) Tui (Pioton) Tukua Turanga Uta Vaite Viking .. 44 1,028 3 2 2 24 140 47 9 77 70 3 3 2,634 '08 30 1 1 11 18 23 92 i 40 14 56 250 1,245 10 j 99 ' 544 5 58 45 90 I 846 95 464 90 16 10 5 355 3,234 14 8 28 230 48 5 11 •• 9 25 50 54 7 Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound Extended river Biver Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. 8 1 '3 3 2 "2 '3 3 First survey. Tug. First survey. i i Triple-expansion 2 1 2 '3 3 Tug. Oil-engine Non-condensing Oil-engine Extended river Eestriotedlimits Biver Foreign trade Biver First s rvey. " Triple-expansion Compound Twin-sorew ii. 9 6 '3 Sorew Home trade .. Extended river Eestriotedlimits "2 2 First survey. Oil-engine Twin-screw Screw Eiver Extended river Foreign trade Biver "2 First survey. * Survi sy-ed twice.

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Nam* of Vessel U CD +-■ w i « in a o H CD S O o ® Sgg • a ° SSfeb OggaoM a|| r iS C3 6J5 a-Sga .HCX04 CD a-, u~ °o«0 tH 0) I. ft on in 5 °fl as .2 co fl o M Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Minimum Number of following Classes of Crew Law requires to be earned. Remark,!. a" g otto g 51 S ■"8 a to ft 03 u tl a a h DO rto m <3 Vivid Vixen Waihora Waikana Waima Waimarie (A u 0 k - land) Waimarie (Wanganui) Wainui (Pieton) .. Waione Waiora Waiotahi Waipori Wairau Waireka Wairoa (Nelson) .. Wairoa (Kaipara).. Wairua Wairuna Waitangi (Auckland) Waitaria Waitemata Waitohi Waiwera (Thames) Wakapai Wakatere Wakatu Wanaka Water-lily Waverley Weka (Auckland) Weka (Napier) .. Whaka .. Whakarire Whangape Whati .. Wootton Young Bungaree.. Zealandia Zephyr .. 6 15 2,993 66 6 159 13 24 410 20 48 2,030 200 Non-condensing Oil-engine Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine Compound Screw Twin-sorew Screw Eiver Home trade Foreign trade Eiver Bestricted limits Extended river i 10 6 '3 3 First survey. First survey. 53 20 Non-condensing Paddle .. Biver First survey. 2 48 5 80 Oil-engine Compound Screw Eestriotedlimits Eiver 168 1,229 60 72 48! 49| 56 180 20 20 40 5 369 62 66 313 953 148 240 52 125 66 2,182 344 Triple-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Compound Condensing Compound Triple-expansion Compound Twin-sorew Screw Twin-sorew Sorew Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Eiver Home trade .. 4 7 2 '2 2 3 3 2 i 2 2 3 34 Twin-screw Eiver Foreign trade Home trade .. io 2 ti 3 '3 '3 2 3,460 18 5 258 10 2,391 Oil-engine Triple-expansion Screw Eiver Foreign trade Extended river Eiver 11 9 6 3 First survey. 10 140 23 280 10 25 27 20 10 120 280 If 33 35 41 7 100 Oil-engine Compound 157 95 1,572 18 93 86 53 2 449: 1,901: 149 1,008 Paddle !! Screw Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. 2 8 1 2 2 3 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Compound 2 S 104 Twin-sorew Eiver Home trade .. Biver Home trade .. Foreign trade Biver Home trade .. "2 98 Screw 2 2 630 1,186 Oil-engine Compound Triple-expansion Non-condensing Compound Twin-screw Screw 'a 8 '3 3 '2 3 First survey. Dredge. 90 47 1 4 121 107 'ii 2 2 2 First survey. Oil-engine Biver Eestriotedlimits

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Return of Sailing-ships to which Survey Certificates were granted during-the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

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Minimum Number of Seamen required by Law to be carried. Name of Vessel. Tons Register. Class of Certificate. Remarks. Able Ordinary „ Seamen. Seamen. J Alert.. Alma Amelia Sims Annie Hill Aratapu Atalanta Awanui Bee .. Bell Flower Bravo Carla Cead Mile Failte Clio .. Clyde Combine Comet Coronation Curlew Dartford Deveron Dominion Edna Eliza Firth 98 56 98 121 122 23 85 24 98 99 309 63 81 87 24 20 85 96 1,218 26 25 15 143 20 19 171 98 25 11 99 69 139 73 74 20 30 93 646 634 694 87 27 100 20 11 25 17 19 84 77 860 682 15 22 499 17 99 23 83 92 66 18 263 39 32 25 23 77 86 23 53 618 7 18 19 19 84 59 97 53 86 19 23 167 60 85 62 19 149 Home trade 2 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 10 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 2 8 8 8 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 8 1 1 7 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 8 1 .1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 ■ 2 2 1 4 1 Intercolonial Home trade i i l i Wrecked. Intercolonial Home trade 1 i i i i i Intercolonial Home trade • i i 2 Intercolonial Home trade Esme Ethel Wells Eunice Falcon Gannet Gleuae i l Haere Havoc Hawk Herald Hikurangi Huia i l Intercolonial Home trade i i i Irene Isabella de Frame James Craig Jessie Craig Joseph Craig Joseph Sims Kahu Intercolonial i i i i i 2 2 2 Home trade Kereru Kiatea Kaitere Kitty Fraser Kiwi Lady of the Lake Lily Lizzie Taylor Lobo Louisa Craig Maid of Italy Mana Marjorie Craig Matakana Intercolonial Home trade i Intercolonial l l 2 l Home trade 0 Intercolonial Home trade i Moa .. Moehau Moonah Morning Light Ngaru Nor'west Northern Chief Oban.. Orakei Pearl Kasper Pukapuka Bambler Eangi Besult Eimu Rona Rosalie Soot Sea Gull St. Ann Talisman The Portland Three Cheers Toafa Haamea l l l l Intercolonial Home trade i 1 i l Intercolonial Home trade i l 2 l l l l l Intercolonial Home trade Tramp Transit Vindex Violet Waikonini Wanderer Welcome Winnie Ysabel l l l "l i

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Return showing Number of Fishing-boats registered and licensed at each Port during the Year ended 31st December, 1911.

Statement showing Prosecutions instituted by the Marine Department in connection with Fish and Oysters.

List of Boys who joined s.s. "Amokura" prior to 31st March, 1912.

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Port. Number Number registered. licensed. Port. Number Number registered. licensed. Auokland Bluff .. Chatham Islands Dunedin and Port Chalmers Greymouth Hokitika Hokianga Invercargill Kaipara Lyttelton Mangonui Napier N elson 249 86 13 92 6 4 41 38 73 210 15 65 58 249 86 13 92 6 4 11 38 40 210 15 65 57 Brought forward .. New Plymouth Oamaru Pioton Poverty Bay Bussed Tauranga Thames Timaru Wairau Wanganui Wellington Westport .. " 950 29 35 36 26 59 103 40 30 10 6 130 16 886 29 32 36 11 59 30 33 30 6 6 57 16 Carried forward .. 950 886 Totals 1,470 1,281*

Name of Persons. Offence. Fine imposed. C. Clements ?. Lambert 5. Martin.. I. P. Levien I. Jarvis .. rl. Edwards and B. Wallas .. I. Jones .. '. Stratz it. Edwards -King .. L. Cuttush J.Hart .. V. Howe .. N. Clareburt V. Pollett 1. Avery .. T. Beer . Cosgrove 5. Legge .. i. MoGuinness i. M. Ellis I. M. Hansen . Brown .. I. Tate .. V. Moss .. V. Watson Using unlicensed fishing-boat Convicted, but no fine. Convicted, but no fine. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £3 and costs. £5 and costs each. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. 10s. and costs. £1 and costs. £1 and oosts. £1 and oosts. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £1 and costs. £5 and oosts. £5 and costs. £2 and costs. £2 and costs. £5 and costs. Convicted, and to pay oosts. £2 and costs. £1 and oosts. Illegally taking o\sters .. Allowing flax-mill refuse to go into river .. Illegally taking flounders Using an unlicensed boat Catching whitebait in illegal manner Illegally taking oysters Having in possession undersized flounders .. Illegally taking oysters Emptying net on dry land Trawling in prohibited area Illegally taking oysters

Name. Date Date of Joining. of Discharge. Occupation taken up on Discharge. Vhitelaw, L. C. "anavan, C. F. lannan, J. M. itemp, A. H. lacvean, D. E. J. teeves, J. M. 'ampbell, J. A. lolder, R. leaphy, E. A. {Tiller, C. .. "ohnstone, J. A. luthrie, T. J. ichlaadt, E. A. ilcKay, F. D. 12/3/07 12/3/07 20/3/07 12/3/07 12/3/07 17/3/07 15/3/07 22/3/07 20/3/07 27/5/07 14/3/07 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. " Kittawa " 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 on| „ , , ,, . . , . vessels in port Found on S !T> but Working on dredges on River P arents to their Molyrleux J gom S' Joined s.s. " Warrimoo " as O.S. Discharged on parents' request. Joined s.s. " Waikare " as O.S. Discharged on parents' request. rlcKay, H. 16/3/07 13/12/08 ilcNabb, C. H. fait, G. .. C... dacalister, J. 30/5/07 21/3/07 31/5/07 22/3/07 13/12/08 18/9/08 13/12/08 17/6/08

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Name. Date Date of Joining. of Discharge. Occupation taken up on Discharge. 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, 0. 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, O. 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, E. H. Carston, A. C. Burrows, J. F. Bennett, H. E. McGregor, A. Wagstaff, T. B. Jenkins, P. J. Burnside, V. Culling, S. G. Cree, J. Fisher, B. F. McDougall, J. F. Rutledge, R. Day, G. R. H. Sturgess, W. G. Grieve, C. R. Washer, H. L. Herring, C. Martin, E. W. Smith, V. Hood, J. J. Wait, A. C. Latimer, A. E. C. Darlow, F. J. Chappie, H. M. B. Dalzell, St. J. C. Stone, H. O. Hay, H. L. Soper, A. F. Watson, C. H. Moir, T. P. McLeish, D. N. Brennan, W. 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 7/11/07 29/3/07 15/5/07 18/6/07 3/11/08 22/5/07 22/2/09 2/7/07 4/2/08 3/11/08 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 28/2/08 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 29/3/09 6/4/09 25/5/09 25/5/09 30/5/09 31/5/09 4/6/09 8/6/09 11/6/09 11/6/09 17/6/09 28/6/09 21/7/09 27/7/09 6/8/09 28/8/09 5/9/09 8/9/09 14/9/09 18/9/09 22/9/09 29/9/09 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 17/5/09 16/4/09 25/7/08 27/4/09 18/5/10 1/6/09 8/8/10 2/7/09 14/12/09 12/6/10 10/8/09 28/8/09 27/9/09 22/9/09 28/3/08 ■ 24/10/09 9/7/09 24/11/08 7/6/09 9/9/09 12/6/09 8/2/10 1/11/09 28/9/09 26/8/09 25/1/08 22/9/09 29/9/09 14/12/09 24/5/10 30/5/10 14/12/09 3/9/10 5/5/10 24/5/10 22/6/10 5/8/10 18/5/10 10/10/10 18/5/10 6/9/10 4/9/10 19/10/10 16/1/11 5/8/10 7/9/10 6/10/10 4/5/10 1/8/10 10/10/10 16/1/11 18/5/10 29/11/10 16/1/11 16/1/11 16/1/11 16/1/11 15/12/10 20/1/11 21/1/11 8/2/10 21/1/11 25/5/11 8/6/11 1/5/11 17/6/11 12/6/11 17/5/11 2/5/11 12/6/11 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 boy. „ „ " 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. ,, 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. Joined H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. ,, s.s. " Pateena " as O.S. as O.S. ,, „ " Ngatiawa " as O.S. „ „ " Maori " as O.S. ,, „ " Kennedy " as O.S. „ „ " Manapouri " as boy. „ " Putiki " as O.S. „ barque " Joseph Craig " as O.S. ,, ship " Dartford " as cadet. Discharged to return home. Returned home, as training complete. Joined s.s. " Moana " as O.S. Discharged to return home. Joined s.s. " Rimutaka." ,, ,, " Nikau " as O.S. ,, ,, " Queen of the South " as O.S. ,, Union Steamship Company's shore staff. ,, s.s. " Ngapuhi " as O.S. „ ,, " Hinemoa " as O.S. „ „ " Tutanekai " as O.S. Discharged to return home. Joined ship " Dartford " as cadet. „ s.s. " Maori " as O.S. „ „ " Rotoiti " as O.S. ,, barque " Rona " as O.S. ,, s.s. " Maori " as O.S. „ „ " Moana " as O.S. „ " Putiki " as O.S. ,, ,, " Tainui " as O.S. ,, barque " Speculant " as O.S. „ s.s. " Warrimoo " as boy. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. „ s.s. " Kennedy " as O.S. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. ,, s.s. " Kennedy " as O.S. ,, ,, " Pateena " as boy. „ „ " Aorangi " as O.S. „ scow " Whangaroa " as O.S. ,, s.s. " Pateena " as boy. „ ,, " Moana " as O.S. „ „ " Moa " as O.S. ,, „ " Maori " as boy. ,, ,, " Rosamond " as O.S. „ „ " Queen of the South " as O.S. .. », H, '. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. „ s.s. " Mokoia " as O.S. „ „ " Rosamond " as O.S. ,, ,, " Himitangi " as O.S. „ " Putiki " as O.S. ,, ,, " Hinemoa " as boy. ,, „ " Nikau " as O.S. „ „ " Star of Scotland " as O.S. ,, barque " Helen Denny " as O.S. Written off as a deserter. Joined s.s. " Haupiri " as O.S. ,, ,, " Alexander " as O.S. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. „ s.s. " Nerehana " as O.S. ,, ,, " Arahura " as boy. ,, „ " Poherua " as O.S. ,, ,, " Aorangi " as O.S. „ ,, " Kaitoa " as O.S. „ „ " Kaiapoi " as O.S,

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Name. Date Date of Joining, of Discharge. Occupation taken up on Discharge. Lawson, B. Scaife, J. .. Wilson, J. .. Satherley, H. G. B. Foreman, J. W. King, C. F. Todd, C. C. Brown, J. P. G. Small, F. .. Swinbourne, T. H. .. Gfabv, C. J. M. Jenkins, W. H. P. Collans, G. M. Birse, A. S. lory,- H. D. Middleton, W. Magnusson, E. B. H. Healey, A. C. Patton, T. W. Eagle, C. L. Brown, C. E. Turvey, F. 0. Suddon, W. S. F. Silvester, G. Freeman, W. J. McNeil, W. H. Y7oung, H. B. Berry, N. L. Friston, E. O. Sole, S. E. Bradcock, S. H. Morrissey, W. Kelsey, W. G. Ellis, J. B. Frame, F. E. Lippert, L. 0. R. Rasmussen, C. F. Walker, L. Foster, A. G. Fitzsimmons, A. J. .. Fox, B. V. Sory, G. E. Sox, A. J. Miller, H. J. Martin, M. Drummond, G. Freeman, G. H. Bower, D. W. C. Kemp, H. E. Billett, L. J. Reeves, A. Page, B. K. Kevill, B. Fisher, S. F. Manson, P. C. Sain, W. G. Paterson, W. H. Shristie, E. G. Hood, J. L. Westrupp, A. W. Bray, H. L. McKenzie, A. M. B. Maney, E. 0. Asher, I. .. Dowell, A. J. Watt, J. W. Uridge, R. W. Gordon, W. J. Hastie, J. D. Lunn, E. S. Rawlins, A. E. Sarr, F. J. Gilbertson, P. A. Warren, G. N. Bromwell, M. C. Edwards, C. G. F. Prideaux, H. A. McFarlano, B. W. Farrow, V. B. rarbutt. G. S. Sullen, C. G. Morrison, A. P. Taylor, S. J. W. Burton, C. W. Brockett, H. A. 5/10/09 ,5/10/09 27/10/09 30/10/09 28/10/09 28/10/09 1/11/09 26/10/09 8/11/09 10/11/09 19/1/10 15/1/10 20/1/10 19/1/10 19/1/10 19/1/10 9/5/10 20/2/10 2/6/10 2/6/10 8/6/10 10/6/10 10/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 15/6/10 22/6/10 3/7/10 15/7/10 29/8/10 1/9/10 1/9/10 9/9/10 27/9/10 27/9/10 30/9/10 18/10/10 19/10/10 27/10/10 27/10/10 27/10/10 21/1/11 21/1/11 28/1/11 28/1/11 28/1/11 28/1/11 28/1/11 11/2/11 11/2/11 18/5/11 19/5/11 19/5/11 20/5/11 1/6/11 2/6/1.1 22/6/11 24/6/11 29/6/11 9/7/11 7/7/11 9/7/11 10/7/11 11/7/11 11/7/11 11/7/11 11/7/11 12/7/11 14/7/11 11/7/11 11/7/11 27/8/11 29/8/11 29/8/11 30/8/11 13/9/11 15/9/11 26/9/11 11/10/11 25/1/12 25/1/12 25/1/12 25/1/12 25/1/12 25/1/12 9/6/11 2/5/11 1/6/11 19/6/11 1/5/11 24/7/11 22/8/11 23/12/09 18/6/11 8/6/11 28/6/11 28/6/11 21/8/11 3/7/11 18/10/11 30/8/11 8/6/11 17/8/11 8/6/11 16/12/11 29/2/12 11/1/12 15/3/12 15/1/12 23/1/12 16/12/11 8/1/12 8/6/11 24/2/12 23/3/12 Joined s.s. " Kaitoa " as O.S. „ „ " Muritai " as O.S. „ ,, " Manuka " as O.S. „ ,, " Takapuna " as O.S. „ „ " Ngahere " as O.S. ,, „ " Stormbird " as O.S. „ „ " Maitai " as boy. Discharged, medically unfit. Joined s.s. " Moa " as O.S. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. ,, barque " Alexa " as O.S. „ ,, as boy. ,, H.M.S. " Challenger " as boy. „ s.s. " Putiki " as O.S. ,, ,, " Bosamond " as O.S. ,, ,, " Poherua " as O.S. „ H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. ,, s.s. " Himitangi " as O.S. „ H.M.S. '' Pioneer " as boy. „ s.s. " Arahura " as boy. ,, schooner " Lizzie Taylor " as O.S. „ s.s. " Mararoa " as boy. ,, „ " Waitemata " as O.S. ,, ,, " Poherua " as O.S. „ " Putiki " as O.S. „ „ " Kini " as O.S. Still on board. Joined s.s. " Putiki " as O.S. Still on board. Joined H.M.S. " Pioneer " as boy. „ s.s. " Mararoa " as boy. as O.S. Still on board. Discharged. Still on board. Returned to care of Education Department. Still on board.

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Return of Estates of Deceased Seamen received and administered in pursuance of the Provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, during the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Return showing Amounts received prior to 1st April, 1911, standing to Credit of Estates of Deceased Seamen, and for which Claims have not been proved.

Name of Seaman. Balance to Credit of the Estate on 31st March, 1911. Amount received. Balance to Credit of Amount paid. the Estate on 31st March, 1912. Andrew Logan Ross William Nockels John Jorgensen Lauritz Olsen Christopher Hasler Samuel A. Johansen Laurence Galacious John Alexander Crynes Christopher Moore John Grimshaw George Northcote Thomas Edwin Bird William Benjamin George Paton James Henry Sweetland Charles George Watson Michael Fitzgerald Jean Yviquel John Patterson J. Mercer Alexander McKenzie Joseph Snowden Charles Brusla Robert Stanhopo Peter Cawte Samuel Henderson Joseph Viscovich William Richardson Robert Bugby Peter Tiernan John Stevens Denholm.. Lars Andersen Abraham Sandstein Donald Campbell Thomas Doran Alexander McBae John Eichard Glanville Eric Baaseh .. J. Ward £ s. d. £ s. d. 42 2 6 7 17 0 42 12 5 17 7 0 £ s. d. 1 0 0 7 17 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 4 9 7 19 3 10 6 8 4 7 2 1 9 6 £ s. d. 41 2 6 40 12 5 15 7 0 7 4 9 10 6 8 7 i9 3 4 7 2 1 9 6 4 10 11 29 6 0 3 9 6 9 11 3 6 15 0 3 8 6 16 1 0 3 16 9 8 7 2 4 16 0 1 4 6 4 19 0 3 11 11 1 15 6 7 19 10 8 3 3 11 19 0 4 11 6 7 6 2 4 5 6 6 3 10 6 18 3 1 16 4 0 16 2 4 7 1 3 4 8 9 2 11 2 7 6 3 9 6 0 2 6 3 8 6 16 1 0 3 16 9 8 6 8 4 19 0 3 11 11 1 15 6 7 19 10 4 io 11 29 6 0 9 ii 3 6 12 0 0 0 6 4 16 0 14 6 8 3 3 11 19 0 4 11 6 7 6 2 4 5 6 6 3 10 6 18 3 1 io 4 0 16 2 4 7 1 3 4 8 9 2 11 2 7 6 12 i2 8 3 17 6 12 12 8 0 19 4 2 i8 2 Totals 34 1 7 304 9 10 136 7 0 202 4 5

£ s. d. GustavW. Lindbloom, late A.B., "Wanderer" 2 10 10 John For man, late A.B.," Waitemata " .. 3 4 5 Henry Payne, late A.B., " Kini " .. . . 70 7 11 Percival Fulda, late steward, " Hawea " .. 2 8 5 E. Quimar, late A.B., " Sir Henry " .. 1 14 2 Anton Callas, late A.B., " Sir Henry " .. 2 7 6 E. J. Harper, late diver, " Huia " ..004 Gustave Hanley, late A. B., " Waikonini " .. 3 7 6 Hugh Trimble, late cook, " Frank Guy " .. 6 15 3 Nelson 0. Stred, late A.B., " Helen Denny " 0 113 T. Clark, late A.B., " Flora " .. ..100 Eriok A. Osterlund, late A.B., " Ganymede " 16 1 6 William Wood, late trimmer, "Arahura" .. 4 6 11 E. Kelly, late O.S., " Surprise" .. .. Ill 6 E. Johansen, late A.B., " Surprise" .. 1 16 2 M. Peterson, late first mate, " Constance Craig" . . .. .. 7 10 0 J. Nelson, late sailmaker, " Constance Craig " 0 10 0 A. Mailer, late of " Constance Craig " .. 0 5 0 H. Hansen, late of " Constance Craig " .. 0 5 0 T. Brown, late of " Constance Craig " .. 0 5 0 M. Keogh, late of " Constance Craig " .. 0 5 0 Thor Christiansen, late A.B., " Haere " .. 0 2 10 Duncan Kennedy, late A.B., " Kini " .. 5 16 9 J. Court, late chief officer, " Loch Lomond " 16 6 8 J. Dawson, late A.B., " Talune" .. .. 3 6 2 C. Waddington, late A.B., " Loch Lomond " 10 11 0 J. Jones, late A.B., "Loch Lomond" .. 11 12 0 T. Grey, late A.B., " Loch Lomond " . . 11 12 0 C. Sornson, late A.B., " Loch Lomond " 10 10 1 J. McKay, late A.B., "Loch Lomond" ... 11 12 0 J. McVicar, late A.B., " Loch Lomond " .. 6 9 0 H. Cooper, late cook, " Loch Lomond " .. 18 11 0 Walter Owens, late A.B., " Kiripaka " .. 2 18 6 T. Woodford, late A.B., " Penguin " .. 3 12 6 E. Gale, late A.B., "Penguin" .. .. 3 12 6 W. Westacott, late A.B., " Penguin " .. 3 12 6 G. Gaffra, late donkeyman, " Penguin " .. 4 19 6 James Piercy, late A.B., " Kia Ora " .. 12 2 G. Barnes, late trimmer, " Penguin " .. 4 18 Mrs. A. Jacobs, late stewardess, " Penguin " H. McGuire, late sculleryman, " Penguin " .. J. Peterson, late of " Eonga " C. Olsen, late of " Ronga " J. Johnston, late of " Ronga " J. McPherson, late of " Bonga " .. C. Foreman, late A.B., " Eonga " .. Kristopher Hansen, late of " Southern Isle " Thomas Thomas, late A.B., " Medora " James Brown, late fireman, " Hinemoa " Lindvist M. Matsen, late A.B., " Huia " Frederick Clark, late O.S., " Flora " Bobert Lewis, late cook, " Clyde ".. Frederick Smith, late A.B., " Moonah " A. L. Menard, late chief engineer, " Duco ". . S. Annis, late fireman, " Duco " .. J. W. Mutton, late fireman, " Duco " W. Waddilove, late chief officer, " Duco " . . C. Williams, late second mate, " Duco " W. Murdoch, late A.B., " Duco " .. William Mackay, late A.B., " Duco " P. Holmegard, late A.B., " Duco " C. Hansen, late A.B., " Duco " J. Dahlborg, late A.B., " Duco " .. A. Cameron, late O.S., " Duco " .. A. Sorrenson, late A.B., " Haeremai " J. Wallen, late A.B., " Haeremai " E. Hargreaves, late mate of " Aotea " David Davies, late cook, " Aotea " 0. Blanquist, late A.B., " Aotea " Eosso Concetto, late A.B., " Aotea " N. Tansley, late O.S., " Aotea " .. Charles Eoberts, late O.S., " Morning Light " John Beer, late of launch " Akitio " Alfred Tronson, late mate, " Eangi " Arthur Penry Lewis, late engineer, " Pioneer " James Tall, late A.B., " Aorere " W. Henderson, late A.B., " Penguin " J. H. Waters, late second engineer, " Duco " J. Porter, late cook, " Duco " £ s. d. 2 3 6 I 10 2 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 8 8 0 15 11 3 5 6 10 12 1 4 10 8 0 10 0 0 16 0 1 6 8 1 8 0 0 10 8 0 10 8 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 13 4 0 9 4 2 12 0 3 13 8 0 19 0 1 4 10 1 18 2 1 6 2 1 1 6 3 4 11 18 0 9 6 8 7 18 8 3 7 11 6 0 12 6 0 13 0 2 11 2

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Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. 1 if Number of ] Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. Wind. 'nog to ~t | Passen-' Q gers. Cargo. Casualty. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Ma-iter Force. 1911. Mar. 8 Wairoa, s.s., 17 years Schooner 49 Nil Stranded; slight, damage Light .. Entrance Whangarei Harbour E.N.E. When towing a raft of logs the vessel grounded in a narrow channel, but floated off a few hours later Benzene fumes ignited owing to leaking vaporizer Benzene fumes ignited through a match beingstruck in the engine-room Thomas Cook. „ 25 Kuaka, 11 years Auxiliary barge Cutter .. 10 2 Fire ; total loss Auckland Harbour .. W. D. L. Chapman. G. Ollson. „ 29 Kestrel, 17 years 13 2 Fish .. Fire; damage, £20 Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage Collision; damage, £30 Collision; no damage Auckland Harbour .. April 4 4 Kotuku, s.s., 11 years Trusty, 47 years Schooner Lighter 662 21 Coal .. '! Port Ahuriri Calm 1 A line attached to the lighter parted, and she was caught in the current and bumped into the " Kotuku " John Flynn. 59 4 General „ 15 Gloriana Yacht .. 4 4 Nil ) Near Coromandel Wharf, Auckland Calm ( 1 The " Gloriana " was anchored in or near the fairway without a riding light, and the steamer ran into her J. Watterson. T. H. Hanson. „ 15 „ 23 „ 23 Eotomahana, s.s., 35 years Pupuke, s.s., 2 years Baden Powell, s.s., 11 years Moehau, 29 years Schooner Barge .. I 138 68 13 4 26 15 General Nil | Nil Collision; trifling damage I Northcote Wharf, Auckland N.W. Light .. Caused by mistaken order to engine-room -j J. Teixeira. T. Braidwood. Schooner 72 9 H. Peterson. „ 24 Schooner 23 3 Nil Collision; trifling damage Collision - no damage Steering - gear damaged, £65 Stranded; no damage N.W. Light I Caused by the steering-gear of the " Southern Isle " having fouled as she was approaching the " Moehau " „ 24 Southern Isle, j 10 years Whakatane, s.s., 11 years Moana, s.s., 14 years Schooner 59 5 Nil I Thames Biver, off Kopu F. Hammond. May 2 Schooner 3,686 58 General i M. McGregor. Off Cuvier Light S.E. Heavy gale The steering-gear carried away in heavy sea.. F. A. Hemming. 3 Schooner 2,414 91 125 General ■ Otago Harbour Calm Stranding caused by jamming of steeringgear ; floated off at high water Error in judgment on part of master of " Oban " in entering a sharp bend in the river knowing the other vessel was at hand The main pump broke down owing to a bolt getting loose When discharging timber on the beach a heavy swell got up and forced the vessel ashore Eunning in a heavy gale she shipped a sea which washed the master overboard and disabled the engine, and the launch was then beached to save further loss of life L. Worrall. „ 6 Opawa, s.s., 14 years Oban, 14 years j Schooner 64 12 General \ Timber J Opawa Biver S.E. Light I W. Nicholas. „ 6 Scow .. 39 2 Collision; no damage C. H. Gibson. „ 6 8 Tasman, s.s., 8 years Waikonini, 10 years Schooner Schooner 87 60 14 6 5 General Timber Slight accident to machinery Stranded; trifling damage Off Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Tokomaru Bay Calm S.E. J. Teixeira. Light .. G. W T hite. ., 10 Eeremoana, 18 months Oil launch Stranded; total loss 1 Maketu E. Gale J. A. Welsh. „ 16 Wairau, s.s., 11 years Himitangi, s.s., 12 years Schooner Coal .. Collision; damage, £500 Collision; no damage Manawatu Biver Light .. (E. Shaw. 1 W. Manley. 59 9 ,, 16 Schooner 149 15 Ballast E. The collision was caused by the " Himitangi" crossing to the wrong side of the river

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

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. a- a, tt im 3 to Number of Cargo. Natt Nature of ;ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. nd. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. at 6 Passengers. 1911. May 17 Clan Boss, s.s., 17 years Schooner 1,654 41 Timber Stranded; no damage Tauranga Harbour .. S.E. Strong breeze Stranded on a sandbank owing to vessel failing to answer her helm at a critical moment; came off undamaged Stranded through insufficiency of water at entrance to river at low water As the " Comhine " was coming up the harbour on a dirty night the " Pupuke," coming out from Ferry Wharf, collided with her F. Mee. „ 22 Echo, scow, 6 years Schooner 99' Timber Stranded; no damage Karamea Biver Calm A. J. Holm. „ 22 „ 22 Combine, 1 year Pupuke, 2 years Schooner Barge .. 24 68 5 4 •• 1 •• J 1 Collision ; slight damage Auckland Harbour .. N.N.E. Moderate j breeze 1 ! J. Williams. TR. Ryall. I J. T. Williams. „ 26 Admiral, s.s., 28 years Niwaru, s.s., 9 years Poherua, s.s., 21 years Ferry-boat 82 4 3 Coal .. Collision; trifling damage Collision • no damage Stranded; no damage ) Off Point Halswell, Wellington Harbour „ 26 Schooner ,170 62 Ballast 1 The Court found that the collision was due to the default of the master of the " Admiral " „ 27 Schooner i 7491 21 ■ Ballast Grey Biver E. Light .. When crossing the bar the vessel refused to answer her helm, and touched slightly on the north tip-head Stranded in fog ; floated off undamaged 1 J. E. Compton. R. W. Bohm. „ 28 Botomahana, s.s., 25 years Kawau, 20 years Schooner 139 14 Nil Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Off Motuihi Island, Hauraki Gulf Bangitoto Island A. Stephenson. „ 28 Schooner 37 3 Nil Calm Grounded on a submerged rock during fog, but got off undamaged The leading lights were obscured by fog when the vessel was entering the harbour, and she grounded on a sandbank, but got off almost immediately undamaged Fire was discovered in No. 2 hold, but was extinguished by vessel's own apparatus; origin not known The " Pelotas " was being towed to port by the oil-engine vessel " Shamrock," but the force of the current caused the latter vessel to strike the derrick at the end of the mole and thus lose control of the tow, which was carried by the strong current —the river being in flood —and stranded on the north beach The launch which was towing the vessel across the bar broke down, and she went on the rocks, damaging the centreboard A heavy flood in the river caused the vessel to run aground : she was got off three days later M. Scott. „ 28 Bimu, s.s., 13 years Schooner 143 18 23 General Manukau Bar S.E. Light .. T. H. Richards. June 5 Haupiri, s.s., 26 years Schooner 452 •29 14 General Fire ; no damage to ship Auckland Harbour .. S.E. Light .. P. C. Ross. „ 12 Pelotas, 14 years B'q'tine 257 Timber Stranded; total loss Entrance, Wanganui Biver W. Cozens. 10 Cead Mile Failte, scow, 1 year Stranded; slight damage North Head, Whangaroa Harbour 13 Schooner 63 Ballast S.W. Light .. C. Thomsen. 15 Gertie, s.s., 20 years Schooner 119 14 Coal .. Stranded ; damage, £125 South Spit, Manawatu Biver S.E. Light .. | R. Rodger. :t 18 Te Aroha, o.e.v., 2 years Tangaroa, 12 years Schooner 56 5 General Bar, Wairoa Eiver, Hawke's Bay Calm (A. McNabb. 1 H. Anderson. ,» 18 Schooner 110 s 25 r Collision; no damage Vessels collided when crossing the bar, probably owing to the " Tangaroa " following too close upon the " Te Aroha "

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, .41 Kahu, 12 years Schooner Firewood Stranded ; trifling damage Chamberhn Island, Hauraki Gulf L\. Strong breeze The master was making for shelter, when the vessel missed stays and her stern struck a rock Topgallantmast carried away in a sudden squall Fire was discovered in No. 3 hold amongst bags of chaff. No damage to ship When entering the Buller Biver two heavy rollers struck the vessel and disabled the steering-gear, and not answering the helm she struck the south mole The vessel was making for Orakei Bay and steering by a light which was supposed to be the wharf light, but proved to be a light on sewerage works, and the night being dark the vessel ran into the wharf Capsized whilst at anchor, there being no one on board at the time The vessel left Lebu, Chili, for Newcastle, N.S.W., and met with very heavy weather, sustaining considerable damage to machinery, steering-gear, boats, and boatdeck Vessel bumped into wharf when berthing owing to strong tidal current, and injured a strengthening stringer and two plates Fore rigging on port side carried away, causing fall of lower and top masts A. Berridge. „ 21 Laura, 32 years B'q'tine 326 11 Coal .. Dismasted ; damage, £100 Fire ; damage to cargo, £250 Stranded; damage, £300 Lat. 36° S., long. 164° 23' E. Cook Strait, 15 miles south of Pencarrow Breakwater, Westport W.N.W. Heavy gale Strong breeze Fresh hreeze G. P. Wood. „ 22 Victoria, s.s., 9 years Takapuna, s.s., 28 years Schooner 1,870 73 General W. G. F. Entwistle. „ 22 Schooner 472 47 36 General w. C. MacLean. „ 24 Altair, scow, 8 years Schooner Cement Collision with wharf; damage, £70 Orakei Bay, Auckland s. Fresh breeze C. L. Olsen. 57 „ 25 June and July Kiatere, 3 years Feliciana, s.s., 2 years Ketch . . Schooner 11 2^5 2 32 Drainpipes Ballast Capsized ; trifling damage Damage to machinery, <fcc. Off Nelson Wharf, Auckland Harbour Sundry places between Chile and New Zealand S.S.E. Various B. Burt. F. B. Clarke. nTuly 1 Kaipara, s.s., 8 years Schooner General Struck wharf • slight damage Bailway Wharf, Auckland Light .. B. de la Cour Cornwall. 5,608 91 S.S.E. 5 Haere, 8 years Schooner 99 4 Ballast Damage to rigging, £60 Collision; no damage Collision; trifling damage Stranded; trifling damage Off Cape Maria van Diemen S.S.E. Moderate G. Sorensen. 8 Beatrice, s.s., 10 years Phantom, s.s., 20 years Waikonini, 10 Ketch .. 7 2 Fish .. ] W. Light I Owing to accident to steering-gear of " Beatrice " she ran into the " Phantom" moored at the wharf W. Bain. 8 Schooner 18 5 Nil Iron Pot, Port Ahuriri D. A. Sharp. 9 Schooner 60 4 Timber Waikokopu Harbour, Hawke's Bay Calm The vessel was moored in Waikokopu Bay, when a heavy swell came in, carried away the mooring lines and caused the anchor to drag, and the vessel went ashore The Court held that the master, not being sure of his position, should have stood out to sea, especially as the casts of the lead indicated that he was out of his course. The master was drowned in the wreck A heavy swell caused the vessel to strike heavily against the wharf, resulting in considerable damage to vessel and wharf The starboard shrouds gave way, and the mainmast went by the board P. A. Poison. years „ 24 Bell Flower, 11 Ketch .. 98! 7 Produce Stranded ; total loss 1 1 Near Horseshoe Bay, Banks Peninsula S. Gale .. John Dowell. years „ 28 Hauroto, s.s., 29 Schooner General Collision with wharf; damage, £400 Dismasted Glasgow Wharf, Napier Light .. S. Vint. , 1,276 65 E. years „ 28 Jane Gifford, 3 Ketch .. 20 3 Ballast 1 7 miles south-west of Cape Colville Bangitoto beacon, Auckland Harbour S.S.E. Strong E. S. Chatfield. „ 31 „ 31 years Oceano, s.s., 11 years Vesper, o.e.v., 9 years Orete, o.e.v., 2 years Kereru, 5 years Schooner Schooner '3,050 20 41 4 General Cattle .. Collision; no damage Collision; trifling damage Loss of propeller Dismasted ; damage, £200 Calm S.E. - I Collision apparently caused by default of the A.B. on the " Vesper " in not keeping a proper lookout F. W. Davies. T. W. Edlington. K. Bruick. Aug. .9 Schooner 92 8 General i I 3 miles north of Kennedy Bay, Auckland \ mile west of N. Point, Niue Light . . Propeller-shaft broke, and the propeller broke off and was lost When beating to get into the anchorage the vessel missed stays, and in wearing round the mainmast carried away ,, 13 Ketch .. j 100 8 27 Ballast S.E. Strong breeze C. J. Harris.

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

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. at co '§» a So Number of dumber of Passen- £• gers. Cargo. Natu Nature of ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direc- ] tion. j Wind. nd. Force. Name of Master. Finding of Court of Inquiry. 1911. Aug. 23 Huia, 5 years.. | Schooner 20 Ballast Collision; damage, £55 | Light The Court found that the collision was due to the default of the second officer of the " Wakatere " in not keeping a proper lookout, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry, £28 10s. When near Takaka Point vessel missed stays twice and went ashore on a sandy beach Vessel was left at anchor with man in charge, but commenced leaking badly, and the man on board could not keep the water down with the pump and went for assistance, but the vessel overturned. She was righted next day The vessel touched lightly on Bark Bay Beef, being out of her course owing to compass being affected by iron cargo on deck Vessel stranded when crossing the bar, but got off next day Strong wind and heavy sea caused the vessel to strike the eastern training wall Insufficiency of water on the bar T. Higham. „ 23 Wakatere, p.s., 15 years Sept. 9 Saxon, 35 years Schooner 157 30 25 General Collision; no damage Stranded; damage, £60 Capsized; damage, £20 2 miles west-south-west of Ponui Point W.S.W. A. Farquhar. Schooner 58 10 General Mahurangi Heads E.S.E. Moderate A. Sandstron. „ 10 Moehau, 29 years Schooner 23 3 Nil Auckland Harbour .. N.E. Fresh breeze W. Findlay. „ 13 Hina, s.s., 50 years Schooner Stranded ■ no damage Off Bark Bay, Tasman Bay Light .. A. H. Fletcher. 39 General S.E. „ 14 Tu Atu, o.e.v., 8 years „ 14 Mana, s.s., 25 years „ 15 Wairau, s.s., 11 years „ 20 Bravo, 14 years Ketch .. 28 3 Ballast Stranded; no damage Stranded; slight damage Stranded; no damage Fire; damage, £40 Wairoa Bar, Hawke's Bay Patea Biver S.W. Fresh breeze A. Knight. Schooner 77 10 General s. Strong A. P. Gibson. Schooner 59 9 Timber Karamea Eiver w. Light .. E. Shaw. Schooner 99 Coal .. Auckland Harbour .. •• The vessel was lying at anchor, there being no one on board, when fire was discovered by the Harbour Board watchman. It was extinguished by the firefloat, and it was found that the forecastle had been broken into by some person unknown When the vessel was being towed into the harbour the towline parted, and as a gale was blowing it was impossible to get another line on board. She was therefore anchored, and the crew put off in the lifeboat and boarded the tug. The cables subsequently parted and she went ashore. She was towed off later on Fire was discovered in No. 4 lower hold, but was extinguished without damage to the ship Tail-shaft broke through flaw in metal A. Nelson. „ 20 Carla, 9 years.. B'q'tine ©0 Coal Stranded; considerable dam3 miles north of Wanganui Biver s. Gale C. Albertson. age Fire ; no damage At Queen Street Wharf, Auckland A. G. McGib. bon. Oct. 1 Kent, s.s., 12 years Schooner 3,547 58 32 General 7 Tainui, s.s., 8 years „ 17 Lauderdale, s.s., 1 year Schooner 60 8 General Broken shaft Cook Strait Calm M. Jensen. Schooner 719 23 Ballast Collision with wharf; damage, £150 Collision; trifling damage Collision; no damage Napier Harbour W. Light .. The ebb tide carried the vessel against the breastwork, and the blades of her propeller were broken F. W. Cox. „ 18 Gosford, s.s., 25 years • „ 18 Maui, s.s., 2 i years Schooner 23 4 Fish .. f In Gisborne Harbour W. Gale ) T. A. Franks. Dredge 250 12 Nil The heavy westerly gale caused the vessels ' to collide when entering the harbour D. Probert.

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19 | Chelmsford, s.s., i Schooner i 79 12 . .. Ballast j Collision; shght . 25 years damage ( Herald, 13 years j Schooner 73 4 .. Ballast Collision ; dam- f age, £20 ) Kini, s.s., 17 j Schooner 702 23 j .. .. Broken shaft years Moehau, 29 years Schooner 23 3 .. .) m Collision • triMay Howard, 25 ■: Schooner 55 5 I .. '- " fl . d ' e years ) ° ° Gannet, 30 years j Ketch .. | 25 2 I .. Cement Collision with i wharf; damage, £25 Tangaroa, s.s., i Ketch .. : 110 8 21 General Stranded; slight 12 years damage Chelmsford, s.s., Schooner 79 12 17 Nil .. Broken shaft, j 25 years £60 Matakana, 39 Cutter .. 17 2 .. General Foundered; years total loss Atalanta, 38 Schooner 23 3 . . Shingle Stranded; tri- j years fling damage j Rosamond, s.s., Schooner 462 21 .. General Stranded; no j 27 vears damage Altair, 8 years.. Ketch .. 57 4 .. Cement Damaged rigging, £50 Blenheim, s.s., 6 Schooner : 85 11 .. General Damaged pro- j years peller Awaroa, s.s., 7 j Schooner 211 6 12 Nil .. Collision with years wharf; damage, £30 Gertie, s.s., 20 Schooner 119j 14 .. Coal .. Stranded; damyears age, £250 Argus, 57 years Ketch .. 36 ; 3 .. Coal | Amelia Sims, 11 Schooner 98 ( 7 .. Ballast :- j Collision; slight years I j damage John Anderson, j Schooner 36' 5 10 } ■ s.s., 20 years ! j- Nil . . ; Collision; no Purau, s.s. .. j Schooner * 3 30 ) damage Taniwha, s.s., 13 ! Schooner 191 18 9 Nil .. Stranded; slight years damage Stanley, 20 years | Schooner 90 5 . . Iron pipes Collision with wharf; damage, £50 ■ I. . 79, 12 .. Off Point Rodney, W. j. Auckland Harbour i Off Cape Farewell . . W. Nelson Street Wharf, Auckland At wharf, Terakobe . . N.W. : Wairoa Biver. Hawke's I N.W. ! Bay 5 miles south - west N.W. Coromandel Harbour 7 miles east of Riwaka S.W. The Noisies .. N.W. Manukau Bar .. N.W. Tiri Island, Hauraki S.W. Gulf Opawa River .. N. Wellington Harbour S. Manawatu Bar .. E. Puponga Wharf .. S.E. Lyttelton Harbour .. N.E. Thames River, Auck- W.N.W. land ! Port Ahuriri . . W.N.W. ij The " Chelmsford " was proceeding to tow the j " Herald " to Whangarei, when, in coming alongside, the " Chelmsford " fouled the " Herald's " head gear Moderate Tail-shaft broke, and vessel was towed to gale Wellington by s.s. " Komata " I The "M.iehau" was lying at the wharf, when \ j the " May Howard," coming to berth, ( j bumped into her Gale .. i The vessel was caught in a north-west gale at the wharf, and was damaged by bumping E. H. S. Goertz. 19 j 73 4 23 j .. B. Donovan. 22 702 A. H. Davey. lov. 1 | 23 55 3 ! .. 5 .. W. Findlav. T. Jones. 3 j 25 , 2 j .. R. Goldie. 110 H. Anderson. 8 8 ; 21 Light .. i When proceeding up the Wairoa River the vessel struck a pile projecting from an old breastwork and ran aground, where she filled with water Fresh I Crank-shaft broke, and vessel was taken in breeze j tow to Auckland Gale .. | The vessel was suddenly struck by a severe squall, which was not seen approaching owing to the thickness of the weather, and capsized and sank. The crew got ashore in ship's boat Moderate | The vessel was beached to load shingle, and in heaving off an anchor failed to hold, and she went back on the beach and was slightly bumped about Fresh After entering the harbour the vessel grounded breeze on Emma Bank, owing to thick weather, but floated off in half an hour, without damage Moderate A squall struck the vessel and carried away gale her foretopmast and mizzen-mast Light .. When proceeding down the Opawa River the propeller struck a piece of drift wood and stripped one of the blades Light .. Vessel had. too much way on and ran into the wharf. The Court could not fix the responsibility, as the evidence was conflicting Light .. Grounded when crossing the bar. Rudder lost, and propeller stripped of blades I When coming to her berth the " Amelia Sims " Gale \ collided with the " Argus " owing to the ( anchor failing to hold | The " Purau" took a sheer to starboard Light -j owing to the shallow water, and collided ( with the " John Anderson " Calm .. When going up the river the vessel struck the bank, and was afterwards found to be leaking, the forefoot being damaged Gale . . When entering the inner harbour in tow of the " Ruru " the strong ebb tide and wind carried the " Stanley " against the western pier, breaking the bowsprit and causing other damage E. H. S. Goertz. tt 9 79 12 17 9 n 2 R. G. Tregidga. „ 11 23 N.W. T. Stephens. „ 13 21 N.W. H. S. Whyborn. S.W. C. L. Olsen. „ 15 4 „ 21 11 N. G. Wilkinson. „ 23 S. A. Watchlin. „ 24 E. R. Rodger. .. 24 „ 24 S.E. J. Reid. J. F. Johnson Dee. 10 N.E. W. Cameron. .. 10 ,. 11 W.N.W. G. Nelson. W. Sullivan. 12 W.N.W. H. W. Brock. I : * Not registered.

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Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. •h to Number of Nature of e of Casualty. Number ot Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. tea i| Passenu gers. Cargo. 1611. „ 26 Canterbury, s.s., | Dredge 521 1 year Nil ! i i 521 19 Stranded; trifling damage Cape Ras Shukhair, S.W. Red Sea S.W. Light .. , The master steered an inside course to avoid J. Stewart, heavy sea, and the land was obscured by a sandstorm Fresh j Passing between the islands near Port F. W. Baron. breeze j Chalmers the tide carried the vessel out of her course, and she struck the shore, but suffered no damage I Light .. } A bale of cotton was found to be on fire, but j S. Vint, was promptly got out of the hold. Trifling damage to cargo. Fire probably caused by i spark from funnel, the hatch being open for ventilation Strong 1 The Court found that the master did not use I C. Vendore. such vigilance as was expected of him, but not to the extent of rendering himself so . culpably negligent as to warrant the suspension of his certificate, but he was ordered to pay the cost of the inquiry, £24 13s. Moderate When the vessel was leaving Tairua the wind i G. Davis, dropped and she touched the rocks Light .. The port tail-shaft carried away inside the ! ,T. Corbett. stern bush Light .. Crank-shaft carried away ; vessel towed back i E. H. S. Goertz. to Ohiwa Moderate Slide valve-spindle broke .. .. : W. Bettis. „ 30 Waipori, s.s.. 10 Schooner 1,229 years 1,229 General Otago Harbour ... S.W. S.W. 27 Stranded; no ; damage „ 31 Aparima, s.s., 9 | Schooner 3,684 years 3,684 85 96 General Fire ; no damage to ship 23 miles north-east*"of >S.E. Cape Maria Van Diemen S.E. ! I i .... 1912. Jan. 10 Jane Douglas, j Schooner 75| s.s., 37 years j 75 General Stranded; total loss Stephens Passage. Cook i S.E. Strait ! ! i i i I - 1 „ 13 Lena Gladys, 2 Ketch .. 24 years „ 20 Waitangi, s.s., Cutter .. 34 23 years „ 22 Chelmsford, s.s., Schooner 79 26 years ,, 23 Rotomahana, j Schooner 139 s.s., 36 years j „ 25 i Flora, s.s., 30 j Schooner 838 years 3 9 12 Timber Nil 20 Nil _ _ i Stranded; trifling damage Broken shaft; damage, £25 Broken shaft; damage, £40 Broken valve; trifling accident Collision with wharf; trifling damage Stranded; trifling damage Stranded; no damage Fire; trifling damage Tairua .. .. S.E. Off Hen and Chickens S. W. 7 miles off Ohiwa . . : W. 11 30 I General Auckland Harbour .. ] S.W. Oamaru Wharf .. S. I General Moderate When berthing she struck the top of a moor- J. W. H. Holmes. ing post and damaged a plate ■ General .. Nil Patea River . . | N. Feb. 13 Kapuni, s.s., 2 Schooner 97 years 10 Light ... A link of the steering-chain broke, and the W. Mcintosh. vessel bumped into a stone wall on the ! river bank ; Strong The vessel being light the westerly set carried . W. Mcintosh. her against the end of the eastern wall Fresh ! Fire broke out in general cargo, causing slight ■ E. J. Harvey. breeze ■ damage to lining of hold „ 20 Kapuni, s.s., 2 Schooner 97 years 20 Queen of the Schooner 121 South, s.s., 35 years Mar. 2 Ngapuhi, s.s., 12 Schooner 299 vears 3 Defender, s.s., 9 Ketch .. 109 years „ 5 Pupuke, s.s., 3 Barge .. 68 years 10 Patea Biver . . W.S.W. Wellington Harbour N.W. 13 | General i 31 70 Loss of propeller, £40 Broken shaft; damage, £50 Collision with wharf; damage, £50 Collision with hulk; trifling damage Limestone Island, | E.N.E. Whangarei Off Stephen Island . . j S.E. Moderate | The port propeller struck some floating object E. Stephenson. and was carried away Gale .. j The vessel was labouring in a heavy sea when j J. Jamieson. the tail-shaft broke Moderate j The collision was caused by the default of the : T. Braidwood. gale engineer, who was a new hand, in failing to I carry out the master's orders Moderate \ When coming to anchor the vessel touched j F. Jensen, gale the ground, and control being lost she bumped into the hulk " Terranora "' 12 General 4 * | Nil Northeote Ferry Wharf, N.E. Auckland Nil „ (i | Korora, 7 years | Schooner 160 Freeman's Bay. Auck- ] N. land I ! I j I I * Not known.

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Summary of Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1912.

Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Dominion. Casualties outside the Dominion. Total Number of Casualties reported. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Dominion. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Tol r ;al outside lominiou. Nature of Casualty. z » I I ! i o g j 55.5 1-3 er. Ol r^3 CD c 01 ■3.2 • at O 0. *H » i . at ] O co r* a o i O" . *n O CD . co CD o CO HH C . at O II 1.5 6 at > at C3 H O ~lri tn o*-* o% • co . m 55.5 55° r) > to be ce a o CO • at O © rA •".2 • 00 O co 53.? ce a a o "33 rS Strandings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 2 3 6 11 75 710 547 7,013 1 2 2 5 2 355 368 24b 136 1 ! 4 5 11 13 430 : 1,078 790 7,149 2 1 521 •• | •• 1 j 521 5 12 13 430 1,078 1,311 7,149 .. I .. " ! I •• I •• ! •• i I 1 1,102 i i i Total strandings 22 8,345 11 i 33 9,447 2 i 1 521 •• 1 521 j .. 34 i j 9,968 i Foundered, — Total loss i j I j j i ! M \ » 17 .. ■■ i •■ .. I .. 1 I IT •■ Collisions, — Partial loss Slight damage No damage !— I 5 14 222 8,879 ! 9,101 •' I i 12 3 59 643 208 I " 1 17 17 59 865 9,087 10,011 I "• ! I 1 17 17 35 59 865 9,087 10,011 Total collisions 19 ! i 1 35 1 •• 16 I 910 .. I .. I i Fires, — Total loss Partial loss No damage 1 10 j 2 i.12 i 2 5 10 112 9,674 9,796 1 2 5 10 .. 112 ! .. 9,674 9,796 : .. "«l 9,674 9,684 " •• •• I •• ! I "' ! .. Total fires 6 2 112 8 .. .. —M- 1 ■" •• ! I | ! I 1 i I Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, loss of masts, sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 20 1 16,956 i 1 -• 8 ! 6S8J 28 > I 17,644 ; .. 1 1 i ! ; I 100 .. 1 1001 .. i 29 I 17,744 | .>. i 67 1 i 105 I I 46,815 | 2 521 100 .. 2 621 .. j 107 I 47,536 Total casualties to shipping 44,886 38 2,829! .. i i

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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, 1912.

Date of Accident. Name of Vessel, Port of Kegistry, i^ nnls of Pp ,. BOn jninred and Official .Number. Name ot Feieon injured. .. . , T . „ . , ... ,„ i. , .-, j 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. I - I 191 I. April 3 4 .. 1.0 .. 11 .. 22 .. 22 Warrimoo, Dunedin, 101901 .. F. Cannon, fireman Corinna, Launceston, 79252 .. W. R. Boys, lamp-trimmer Mararoa, Dunedin. 89380 ,. H. Standen, trimmer .. Lindstol, Norway ... ... Patrick Young, A.B. Ngatoro, Glasgow, 128651 .. John Grimshaw. A.B. .. Waitemata, Dunedin, 127801 .. William Moffatt, A.B. .. Injured finger . . Injured knee .. Scalded feet Drowned Drowned Drowned At sea Wellington Lyttelton Hokianga Timaru Samarang, Java .. Wellington At sea Westport Wellington Greymouth Auckland New Plymouth .. Got his finger caught in hook of ash-hoist. Struck his knee against ship's rail. He trod in some boiling water behind the boilers. Drowned whilst attempting to swim ashore. Fell into the water when attempting to board his vessel. Fell into the water off a lifeboat when at boat drill, and was not seen again. Fell over a sack whilst discharging cargo. Got thumb jammed in door. Caused by the bursting of a gauge-glass. Piece of iron struck his eye whilst chipping iron rail. Caused by rolling of ship on the bar. Fell off the gangway whilst going on board. Whilst unmooring the vessel a bight of mooring-chain struck his leg. .. 23 .. 24 .. 25 May 1 1 2 I Pateena. Launceston, 79262 .. I J. Wilson, fireman . . j Tarawera, Dunedin, 84480 .. I W. C'raigie, fireman Rakanoa, Dunedin. 101477 .. ; J. Parker, greaser .. ! Wanaka. Dunedin. 95018 .. ; S. Joyce, A.B. .. i Mapourika, Dunedin, 101482 .. E. Goodsell, steward .. Paparoa, Plymouth. 1 1 1346 .. G. Edbrooke. greaser .. Kini, Dunedin, 104337 .. D. Last, A.B. : Broken rib j Injured thumb.. Injured eye .. j Injured eye Injured leg Drowned Injured leg 2 9 Ionic, Liverpool, 115337 .. F. Davisson, G.S. Queen of the South. Wellington, M. Sareiet, A.B. 74793 Taniwha, Auckland, 102302 ..IS. Turner, cook Waikonini, Auckland, 102336 j P. Hangh, mate Concussion of spine Strained chest .. Wellington Foxton •- I ... .. ' Strained his chest whilst lifting wool-dumps. „ 10 ., 10 Scalded hand . . Injured leg Paeroa Tokomaru Bay .. Lyttelton He spilled some hot fat on his hand. Whilst heaving ship off beach he injured his leg against the windlass. . . A steam-pipe burst and scalded his foot. ,. 11 Whangape, Dunedin, 110641 .. ; C. J. McLean, 2nd engii Scalded foot I.. „ 11 neer Eliza Firth, Lyttelton, 59540 .. J. Griquet, A.B. j Drowned At sea At sea Auckland Auckland Auckland At sea Warkworth Bluff Geelong Havelock ., Lyttelton Kohukohu Wellington Auckland Kohukohu Wellington Auckland Suva, Fiji Wellington .. j Whilst overhauling reef-tackle he fell overboard and was drowned. Fell down forecastle-ladder, severely straining his back. Finger jammed whilst taking in railway-iron. Got his foot caught between points of railwaynlines. Whilst fitting new oil-pipe was caught in revolving shaft and severely crushed. .. Caused by breaking of a gauge-glass. A sling of cargo fell on him. Fell down hold. Injured his elbow whilst loading cargo. Got a splinter in his finger whilst chopping wood. He tripped and fell on the deck. Tripped over a rope and fell heavily. Case fell on his toe whilst working cargo. Whilst removing a steam-pipe. He was struck by the hooks of a sling. Whilst carrying a sack of potatoes he strained the muscles of his leg. Fell down hold whilst taking off hatches. Injury caused whilst opening a tank with spanner. .. j Got thumb injured by wire whilst working cargo. „ 12 „ 17 ., 20 .. 23 Kotuku, Dunedin. 101484 .. M. Heavy, O.S. Curlew, Auckland, 122921 .. H. Bourke, O.S. Ngapuhi, Auckland, 102329 .. John Hopkins, O.S. .. Hapai. Auckland, 130070 .. W. Bateman, engineer .. Strained back .. Crushed finger . . Injured foot Killed .. 24 ,. 29 .. 29 „ 31 „ 31 June 2 2 5 6 6 6 Maori, Dunedin, 117598 .. E. W. Ludwig, trimmer Daphne, Auckland. 122922 .. William Raques, O.S. .. Warrimoo, Dunedin, 101901 .. F. Taylor, A.B. Marjorie Craig, Auckland, 102333 H. Carter, A.B. Falcon, Lyttelton, 57585 .. A. Leith, cook Kaiapoi, Dunedin, 117592 .. G. Seonan, fireman Bimu, Auckland, 105235 .. A. Muncher, fireman Stormbird, Wellington, 31760.. W. McRae, A.B. Talune. Hobart, 57626 .. D. McFarlane, fireman Korora. Auckland. 122911 .. Peter Brask, A.B. Defender. Sydney, 112520 .. G. Button, A.B. Scalded chest . . Bruised Shock Injured elbow . . Poisoned finger Injured knee .. j Injured knee .. Split toe Scalded head .. Scalp wound . . Strained muscles .. 12 ,. 12 ,. 18 Ngatiawa, Auckland, 122916 .. Leonard Winters, O.S. Navua, Dunedin, 117583 .. W. E. Hooton, greaser Mararoa. Dunedin. 89380 .. P. Stoddart. fireman .. Fractured skull Lacerated hand Poisoned thumb

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., 18 Navua, Dunedin, 117583 .. A. Edwards, trimmer .. Injured knee ,. 19 Kahu. Napier, 37116 .. C. Phillips, A.B. .. Hernia ,, 20 Greyhound. Auckland. 102315 Thomas E. Bird, A.B. .. Killed .. „ 21 Wairuna, Dunedin, 118495 .. J. Harbinson, fireman .. General injuries 23 Hawk. Auckland, 102337 .. Peter Petersen, A.B. .. Injured side „ 24 Wakatere, Auckland, 102288 .. Bobert Lynne, fireman.. Bruised foot „ 28 Vulcan, Dunedin .. .. D. Finlayson, deck hand Drowned July 5 Regulus. Dunedin, 117596 .. J. B. Richards, 2nd mate Rupture ,, 6 Pukaki, Dunedin, 84491 .. George Adlard, greaser.. Injured knee .. 6 Ngapuhi, Auckland, 102329 .. George Kettleson, A.B. Bruised wrist 7 Rimu, Auckland, 105325 .. A. W. Emery, A.B. .. Injured knee .. ,, 7 Atua, Dunedin, 117591 .. W. Crawford, fireman .. Internal injuries ., 7 Kotuku. Dunedin. 78376 .. A. McKenzie. engineer Killed ,. 11 Tarawera. Dunedin, 84480 .. Joseph Snowden, A.B. Killed .. II Chelmsford, Auckland, 89398.. C. D. Miller, cook .. General injuries 18 . Bentinck, Newcastle, 118612 .. H. Logan, boatswain .. Injured chest .. ,. 19 Dandy. Auckland, 102335 .. William Saul, A.B. .. Injured arm .. ,, 20 | Mararoa, Dunedin. 89380 .. E. H. Garrett, steward.. Injured testicles ., 27 i Bravo, Bluff .. .. Peter Neilson, master . . Drowned 27 ; Rimutaka, Plymouth, 111355.. J. Dempsey, fireman .. Fractured pelvis 27 : Te Anau, Dunedin, 75225 .. J. Dagnell, A.B. .. Injured finger .. „ 28 j Wootton, Sydney, 112500 .. J. Watson, A.B. .. Poisoned finger „ 29 | Arahura, Dunedin. 117587 .. J. Gosling, fireman .. Sprained ankle and knee Aug. 3 j Ihumata .. .. .. Charles Dunn, fireman .. Injured wrist .. „ 5 | Alexander, Nelson, 93988 .. C. Jensen, A.B. .. Injured thumb.. 5 Hikurangi, Auckland, 102283.. A. Madsin, A.B. .. Scalded foot .. 6 ! Mararoa, Dunedin. 89380 .. N. Wilson, fireman .. Scalded arm 8 Mapourika, Dunedin, 101482 .. D. McRae. A.B. .. Strained back . . 8 : Queen of the South, Wellington, E. Brown, fireman .. Strained arm 74793 „ 10 Orari, Plymouth, 119350 .. T. French, fireman .. Muscles bruised „ 14 Pateena. Launceston. 79262 .. H. C. Geige. A.B. .. Injured ribs ,, 14 Koonya, Dunedin, 10964.1 .. Joseph Fahey, fireman.. Strained leg 14 Mararoa, Dunedin, 89380 .. i C. T. Luinter, trimmer Bruised ribs 17 Komata, Dunedin, 117593 .. C. Whittaker, fireman .. ; Strained back .. 21 Canopus, Dunedin, 101490 .. W. F. Brown, trimmer.. Injured ribs 21 Talune, Hobart, 57626 .. W. Mulcahy, trimmer .. Injured leg „ 21 Navua. Dunedin, 1.17583 .. R. Arnst, A.B. .. Strained back . . ,. 22 Rosamond, Dunedin. 89594 .. A. Cardell, A.B. .. Bruised foot . . 23 Hinemoa, Wellington, 69016 .. H. Morrison. A.B. .. Bruised foot .. 24 Wimmera, Melbourne, 120722.. A. Bracken, 1st mate .. Crushed foot .. 24 Maori, Dunedin. 117598 .. J. Paulsen, O.S. .. Poisoned finger ,. 26 Monowai, Dunedin. 84497 .. E. French, trimmer .. Injured leg „ 26 Breeze, Lyttelton, 29043 .. J. Bennett, trimmer .. Fractured fibula „ 28 Rarawa, Auckland, 11.5207 .. J. Graham, fireman . . Injured back Sept. I Maori, Dunedin, 1 17598 .. ,T. Benfleld, steward . . Injured shoulder At sea Napier Awanui At sea Auckland Auckland Dunedin Westport At sea Auckland Kohukohu At sea Manukau Heads . . Napier Auckland At sea Auckland Wellington Bluff .. At sea Wellington Lyttelton Wellington At sea Nelson At sea At sea Greymouth Foxtori Lyttelton . . j At sea At sea Lyttelton Westport Lyttelton At sea At sea New Plymouth .. Wellington Napier Lyttelton At sea Wanganui Auckland At sea . . .. ; Whilst trimming coal in stokehold, barrow skidded and knocked him down. Ruptured whilst lifting a case of cargo. .. A sling of cargo fell, through brake of winch slipping, and struck him on the neck. He slipped and fell whilst going down a ladder. He slipped and fell over rudder-chains. A hydrant fell on his foot. Fell into the water when getting into dredge's dinghy. Injury caused whilst assisting to land a sling of iron. Fell in stokehold. Sling of bales jammed his wrist against a stanchion. Ricked his knee whilst taking in cargo. He slipped and fell in the stokehold. Whilst working at the windlass the anchor was let go, and the buoy-rope caught him round the leg, completely amputating it. Whilst heaving the vessel alongside the wharf a piece of the mooring-chock broke off, flew up, and hit him on the head, killing him instantly. .. i Whilst ship was in dry dock he fell from the gangway to the bottom of the dock. He knocked his chest against hatch-coaming. Got his arm caught between piston-rod and cylinder of a winch. Strained testicles whilst lifting a mat. Found drowned at the Bluff wharf, but nothing to show how he got into the water. Was struck on the back by the handle of a winch. Got his finger crushed in steering-gear. He scratched his finger whilst splicing wire. He fell off a plank in the engine-room. Sprained his wrist whilst trimming coal. Scalded his left foot on voyage to Warkworth. .. j A mug of boiling water was upset on his arm. Strained his back whilst working cargo. .. ; Whilst dragging a basket of coal along the deck. .. i He fell off the gangway on to the wharf. Slipped on the deck His foot slipped on the stokehold-ladder. He fell down the stokehold-ladder. He slipped whilst trimming coal. .. I He fell down the stokehold-laddt r. Whilst trimming coal a wheelbarrow struck his leg. Whilst lifting a ventilator. His foot was struck by cat-block. . . A fencing-post fell out of a sling on to his foot. . . A case struck his foot and crushed it. Got finger jammed between wire and winch-barrel. He fell through the galley-skylight. He fell from the stokehold-ladder. He slipped on the deck. He fell on the deck.

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Return of Accidents to Seamen and Others on board Ship reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

Date ot I Name of Vessel, Port of Registry, Accident, i and Official Number. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherw: vise. I Place where Acci ident occ ,„„„.„,, ! Particulars as to Accident and its Canse, and Verdict of Jury where currea. Coroner's Inquest held. i !_... . 1911. 1 Sept. 4 i Duncrag, Norway .. A. Salvesen, carpenter .. „ 4 I Kowhai, London, 128040 .. James Mudie, donkeyman 9 Ngatoro, Port Glasgow, 128651 T. Naismith, A.B. 12 Tarawera, Dunedin, 84480 .. E. Harrison, trimmer .. 12 Rimutaka, Plymouth, 111355.. T. Woods, fireman 12 Ariel, Norway .. .. 0. Erickson, carpenter 14 Koonya, Dunedin, 1.09641 .. W. Dressier, A.B. .. 14 Waimea, Nelson, 93993 .. Martin Samuelson, A.B. ,. 15 Canopus, Dunedin, 101490 .. F. Hayes, greaser „ 20 I Kanieri, Auckland, 84490 .. G. Walters, fireman „ 20 i Hauroto, Dunedin. 84479 .. Peter Johanssen, A.B. .. „ 20 Kapiti, Wellington, 108078 .. P. Brien, A.B. ,, 20 Komata, Dunedin, 117593 .. J. Hagan, cook „ 21 Navua, Dunedin, 117583 .. F. Martin, fireman „ 2] Kapiti, Wellington, 108078 .. W. Nelson, A.B. „ 27 Tramp, Auckland, 102344 .. F. Huttgren, A.B. .. 27 Warrimoo, Dunedin, 101901 .. G. Oddv, O.S*. Crushed toes Fractured ribs Injured foot Strained back Poisoned foot Strained hip Bruised back and shoulders Fractured skull Strained back Injured finger Twisted ankle Severely bruised Sprained ankle Burnt hand Badly bruised Bruised leg Fractured ankle Finger cut off, and one crushed Strained and ruptured .. Strained arm Crushed finger Injured foot Injured kneecap Fractured ribs Injured back and side .. Scalded foot Scalded hand Ulcer on shin Broken toe Westport Greymouth Greymouth Napier .. Auckland .. Bluff .. .. ! Greymouth .. | Westport At sea .. Whangarei .. j Lyttelton .. | At sea .. At sea .. .. ■ At sea .. At sea .. .. | Auckland .. : Port Chalmers .. ! At sea . . Melbourne Wellington Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Wellington Auckland Auckland At sea .. .. j At sea . . .. j Kaiapoi Got his toes crushed in cargo-winch. He fell down the engine-room ladder. He tripped over some iron in the donkey-house. He cut his foot with a piece of brass. .. ! He fell down the hold. He fell into the cattle-race. He fell down the stokehold. A piece of coal fell on his finger. He slipped on the deck. He was knocked down by a heavy sea. He slipped on the deck. When firing, fire blew out and burnt his hand. He was knocked down by a heavy sea. A sling of railway-iron struck his leg. He was climbing up the back stay, when he slipped and fell to the deck. Whilst working in engine-room he got his hand caught by eccentric sheaves. Whilst lifting a heavy fore-and -after. Whilst lifting off hatches. Whilst mooring ship. He fell down the hatch. . . | He fell on the deck. He fell down the cabin-stairs. He slipped and fell down forecastle-ladder. Scalding occurred whilst cleaning the boilers. Whilst overhauling the deck donkey-engine. He slipped on the deck and knocked his shin. A piece of timber fell out of sling on to his toe. ,. 27 j Victoria, Melbourne, 110996 . . T. young, greaser .. 30 ! Wairuna, Dunedin. 118495 .. G. C. McCallum, A.B. .. Komata, Dunedin, 117593 .. E. Grey, A.B. Oct. 4 Poherua, Dunedin, 98061 .. M. Gregory. A.B. 7 Mokoia, Dunedin, 101483 .. M. McCorkendale, A.B. 9 , Huia, Auckland, 102268 .. J. Wymau, 2nd mate .. it Magic, Auckland, 102340 .. E. Walsh, cook ,. 10 Navua, Dunedin, 117583 .. Thomas Murray, fireman ,, 13 Mokoia, Dunedin, 101483 .. B. Staffenskn, fireman .. ,, 13 Te Anau, Dunedin, 75225 .. B. .lowers, fireman 14 ! Kaituna. Dunedin, 120467 .. W. McKenna, fireman .. .. 16 Wootton, Sydney, 112500 .. F. Salonem, A.B. j S. Johansen, A.B. ') 22 Fan nv \ T a,ra'er 87321 J. Jorgensen, A.B. I .. - ilanny, JSapier, 87d<5J .. L . olsen, A.B. 1A. L. Ross, A.B. ) ,. 22 Mokoia, Dunedin, 101483 .. H. Campbell, fireman ,. „ 24 , Koromiko, Dunedin, 117599 .. W. E. Ireland, A.B. .. „ 27 | Rio, Sydney, 83207 .. .. Louis Zavada, cook ,', 27 Poherua, Dunedin, 98061 .. J. Thomson, A.B. „ 3 1 Tarawera, Dunedin, 84480 .. F. Anderson, A.B. „ — Kamona, Dunedin, 101486 .. J. Walker, cook Nov. i Kini, Dunedin, 104337 .. H. Carroll, greaser 2 Southern Isle, Auckland, 102334 N. G. Brasler, O.S. 2 | Mararoa, Dunedin, 89380 .. T. Scott, steward 2 i Turakina. Plymouth, 114620 .. W. Beckman. fireman and greaser Drowned Whangaehu . . | Surf-boat capsized whilst carrying wool from the shore to the s.s. " Fanny." Strained inwardly Injured ankle Burnt on arms and face Ruptured Fractured fibula Scalded foot Broken ribs Scalded legs Ruptured Crushed finger At sea .. Auckland Port Chalmers Greymouth .. ! At sea .. Lyttelton .. | Greymouth .. | At sea .. .. : Wellington At sea .. He fell in stokehold. He fell from one deck to another. Whilst rendering fat it caught fire. ' Injured whilst putting on hatch fore-and-afters. He slipped and fell on forecastle-head. He scalded himself in galley. A kettle of hot water fell off the stove and scalded him. Injured whilst lifting luggage." The fnrnace-door swung back and crushed his finger.

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->■ ■£ Turakina, Plymouth. 114620 .. A. E. Darnell, fireman ant Ruptured Injured shoulder and elbow Contusion to hip and testicle Injured back Poisoned shin Bruised shoulder Bruised elbow Injured, foot Injured elbow Injured kneecap . . ■ Broken leg Bicked back Strained back Crushed arm Internal strain Injured finger. Ricked back Ripped hand Injured back Crushed foot Scalded back Bruised foot Sprained ankle.. Internal strain Bruised testicles Injured foot Poisoned finger Injured wrist Injured foot Injured hand Burnt foot Injured chest Swollen testicle Injured elbow Drowned Injured leg At sea At sea .. At sea Wellington . . ; Auckland j Lyttelton . . i Westport . . j Auckland Auckland Napier .. I At sea New Plymouth .. Whangarei Wellington . . At sea Auckland ■ Auckland At sea Whangarei Hobart Raraka Auckland At sea Wellington At sea San Francisco Auckland At sea . . . . ; At sea Dunedin At sea Wellington Wellington Tokomaru Bay .. Auckland Wellington .. i Ruptured by lifting. . . i Slipped when going down the companion. Slipped on the deck. .. i He slipped on the bridge deck. .. 1 He grazed his sh'n-bone on the galley-door. .. He fell into the hoi 1. . . ; He knocked his elbow on the furnace-door. .. [ Winch-barrel fell on his foot. Whilst washing paintwork the ladder slipped and he fell. •lammed by a bale of wool. Tackle-fall fouled his leg and broke it. .. ! Whilst assisting to work cargo he slipped on a case. Whilst attempting to lift a heavy piece of timber. .. | Whilst loading cattle he got his arm crushed on the side of the box. .. j Strained himself by lifting. . . : Whilst working cargo, he got his little finger under the yard-rop« and tore the nail off. .. I Whilst working with turning-gear. He ripped his hand with broken wire. .. | Whilst working cargo he got hit with a sling. Whilst working in stokehold a slice fell on his foot. Whilst working in stokehold got scalded by a jet of hot water. He got his foot caught in railway-line and bruised by a sling oi cargo. He slipped on the deck. He fell into the crank-pit. Whilst trimming coal he fell on a barrow. A piece of machinery fell on. his foot. Whilst reeving wire runner he ripped his little finger. He fell on the stokehold-plates. A piece of machinery fell on his foot. Whilst lowering the gangway he got his hand jammed. A piece of hot coal fell in his boot. On leaving wharf a rope slipped up and caught him in the chest. Fell over a rope. Whilst heaving boat up he got his arm caught in the fall of tht winch. , He fell over the wharf when going aboard at night. Whilst sending gear from aloft, he slipped and scarred his leg. 4 ,. 6 „ 11 „ 13 „ 14 „ 18 „ 18 „ 20 „ 21 „ 21 „ 21 .. 22 -, 22 Clansman, Auckland, 87520 .. Canopus, Dunedin, 101490 Wakatu, Wellington, 64818 .. Ngapuhi, Auckland, 102329 .. Lily, Lyttelton, 57552 Navua, Dunedin, 117583 Apanui, Auckland, 122906 Glenelg, Auckland, 76187 Haupiri, Dunedin, 89094 Lizzie Taylor, Launceston, 79299 Rarawa, Auckland, 115207 Joseph Craig, Auckland, 78615 Kapiti. Wellington, 108078 .. greaser R. Campbell, A.B. G. F. Lodge, trimmer .. A. Shivers, A.B. P. Partridge, cook H. Anderson E. Brookes, fireman J. Swinton, A.B. S. Poole, fireman L. Fredriksen, A.B. J. McEarden, A.B. B. Colhoun, fireman W. Peters, A.B. D. Livingstone, A.B. ,. 23 .. 24 Manuka, Dunedin, 117582 Ngatiawa, Auckland, 122916 .. T. Tulloch, A.B. F. Fitzgerald, A.B. „ 25 „ 28 Dee. 1 „ 1 3 „ 5 Talune, Hobart, 57626 Tasman, Auckland, 115196 Kanieri, Auckland, 84490 Warrimoo, Dunedin, 101901 .. Talune, Hobart, 57626 Ngapuhi, Auckland, 102329 .. H. Saunders, fireman . . F. Warnberg, A.B. T. F. Anderson, A.B. . . John Ward, fireman C. Clark, fireman S. Sussex, O.S. 8 9 „ 10 i, 11 „ 13 „ 13 „ 14 „ 17 „ 20 „ 21 „ 22 „ 22 Atua, Dunedin, 117591 Maitai, Dunedin, 101935 Wimmera, Melbourne, 120722.. Aorangi, Dunedin, 76068 Altair, Auckland, 115200 Corinna, Launceston, 79252 .. Tahiti, Dunedin Mokoia, Dunedin, 101483 Waihora, Dunedin, 123842 Takapuna, Auckland, 66540 .. Pateena, Launceston, 79262 .. Haupiri, Dunedin, 89094 R. Henry, fireman J. Wilson, greaser C. Blundell, fireman C. Reckson, greaser A. McLean, A.B. J. Keenan, fireman W. Webb, trimmer F. Treby, O.S. W. J. Smith, fireman .. J. R. Wiltshire, A.B. .. J. Tall, pantryman W. Beeves, A.B. ,. 28 „ 30 1912. Jan. 1 ,, 1 2 4 6 8 „ 14 „ 17 „ 20 „ 24 Opawa, Plymouth, 124566 Ngahere, Port Glasgow, 102580 W. Brown, trimmer J. H. Oldridge, A.B. .. Morayshire, Glasgow, 108778 .. Flora, Hobart, 82526 Taniwha, Auckland, 102302 .. Ngapuhi, Auckland, 102329 .. Welcome, Auckland, 118958 .. Rotomahana, Auckland, 75119 Napier, Dunedin, 37106 Whakarire, Wellington, 108079 Poherua, Dunedin, 98061 Clan Maelaren, Glasgow, 111188 N. Rowlands, A.B. W. J. Young, greaser .. J. Birchley, A.B. P. Partridge, cook J. Chappell, A.B. J. Cross, A.B... D. Bowman, engineer .. J. Barrett, deck hand .. C. Finch, A.B. J. Birkett, A.B. Drowned Crushed finger Injured knee Injured leg Injured foot and leg Injured leg Crushed toe Broken rib Ruptured Injured arm Lyttelton Greymouth Paeroa Auckland Auckland .. I Auckland Otago Harbour .. Napier Greymouth At sea The crank of the winch struck his knee. He struck his leg on the galley-door. Whilst wheeling a barrow of shingle he slipped and fell. He slipped whilst descending the engine-room ladder. Got his foot caught in crank. He fell on the companion-ladder. .. Whilst working cargo. Whilst trying to replace the gangway it fell on his arm.

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Date of ( Name of Vesf el. Port of Registry, Accident.! and Offieia.1 Number. Name of Person injured. Nature of Injury: Fatal or otherwise. Place where Accident occurred. Particulars as to Verdict of Jury where 1912. Feb. 1 i Kahu, Napier, 37116 .. J. W. Watson, mate .. Intercostal strain „ 5 Moa, Wellington, 40347 .. J. Woodthorpe, A.B. .. Internal strain „ 7 Chelmsford, Auckland, 89398 .. James Wylie, fireman . . Bruised side „ 8 Mokoia, Dunedin, 101483 .. C. H. Lee, steward . . Injured knee 9 Monowai, Dunedin, 84497 .. T. C. Gill, A.B. . . Injured elbow . . „ 10 ; Maheno, Dunedin, 117588 .. John Simpson, fireman. . Injured knee .. „ 12 j Arapawa, Wellington, 108090 T. F. Babbage, A.B. .. Crushed foot „ 13 ! Kiripaka. Auckland, 102275 .. J. Davis, fireman .. Injured ribs and sprained wrist „ 17 i Kimu, Auckland, 105235 .. G. Hague, A.B. .. ' Sprained foot .. „ 25 Tarawera, Dunedin, 84480 .. W. Doyle, steward . . Cut hand Mar. 1 Kotuku, Dunedin, 101484 .. H. Steinbruggers, A.B... Crushed hand .. i j „ 1 Rakanoa, Dunedin, 101477 .. C. Leith, A.B. .. j Strained back „ 5 Arapawa. Wellington, 108090 J. Brien. A.B. . . ! Injured hand „ 21 Waimea, Nelson, 93993 .. G. Mavlen. O.S. I I .. | Napier .. .. | Wellington .. ! Parenga . . I Dunedin . . | Auckland At sea .. Wellington Wellington Hokianga At sea .. Greymouth Port Chalmers Wanganui . . I He fell down a ladder on to the fore deck. Whilst taking in gum he slipped and fell on a case. A trunk slipped and injured his knee. Whilst opening a case of fruit he hit his elbow~ against a bin. Whilst firing he slipped and injured his knee. A coil of wire fell on his foot. . . i He fell down the hold. . . j Whilst shifting a ladder in the hold he fell and sprained his foot. . . | Whilst putting a bulb on the electric light the bulb burst. . . ] He jammed his hand between rope and clutch whilst swinging ship. Injured whilst hauling up a fender. i ;

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Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Adlard, G Allen, F. Anderson, F. Anderson, T. F. Arnst, R. Aston, T. Atwell, H. Babbage, T. P. .. Baggstrom, L. Baynes, W. Beckman, W. Bell, L. T. Benfield, J. Betts, 0. S. Bicknell, S. Birchley, J. Bird, T. E. Birkett, J. Blair, W. Blundell, C. Bond, J. Bourke, H. Bowman, D. Boys, W. E. Bracken, A. Brask, P. Brasler, D. G. Brien, J. Brien, P. Brigden, W. Brookes, E. Brooks, J. Brown, E. Brown, W. F. Bryan, J. Buss, H. Campbell, C. Campbell, H. Campbell, R. Cannon, F. Cardell, A. Carmichael, R. .. Carroll, H. Carter, H. Chappell, J. Chatfield, A. Clark, 0. Cockell, W. Colhoun, R. Coningham, T. .. Craigie, W. Crawford, W. Crawley, R. Crosby, H. Cross, C. Cross, J. Dagnell, J. Darnell, A. E. Darwartz, J. Davis, J. Davisson, F. Dempsey, J. Douglas, J. W. Downey, A. Doyle, W. Doyle, W. Dressier, W. Driscoll, T. Driver, A. Dunn, C. Dutton, G. Edwards, A. Edwards, A. Emery, A. W. Erickson, 0. Everitt, H. Fahey, J. Fercel, F. Ferguson, P. Ferguson, T. H. Finch, C. Pukaki Ngapuhi Tarawera Kanieri Navua Mahurangi Maori Arapawa Ngatiawa Daphne Turakina Kaikoura Maori Mapourika Poherua Taniwha Greyhound Clan Maelaren Komata Wimmera Matatua Curlew Napier Corinna Wimmera Korora Southern Isle Arapawa Kapiti Queen of the South Navua Hinemoa Queen of the South Canopus Ngatoro Arahura Kurow Mokoia Clansman Warrimoo Bosamond Kowhai Kini Marjorie Craig Welcome Maori .. Talune Maori Rarawa Monowai Tarawera Atua Navua Mararoa Clansman Rotomahana Te Anau.. Turakina Taviuni Kiripaka Ionic Rimutaka Wairoa Rarawa Tarawera Manuka Koonya Navua Te Anau Ihumata Defender Navua Maori Rimu Ariel Rimutaka Koonya Kanieri Manaroa Queen Amelia Poherua .. Contusions to knee Strain Broken fibula .. Injured back Strained back Crushed hand Congestion of the lungs .. Crushed foot S wollen logs and feet Injured back and legs Crushed finger Ulcerated stomach Injured shoulder Tonsilitis Boils Bruised knee Cargo fell on him (fatal) .. Injured arm Throat-catarrh Bruised testicles Liver-complaint Crushed fingers Crushed toe Injured knee Crushed foot Scalp wound Scalded legs Wounded hand Bruised body Influenza Bruised elbow Sciatica Strained arm-muscles Injured ribs Abcess in groin Influenza Subacute rheumatism Strained inwardly Injured elbow and shoulder Torn finger Bruised foot Heart-strain Broken ribs Injured elbow Injured foot and leg Pleurisy Scalded back Abcess on right eye Picked back Tonsilitis Injured thumb Internal injuries Injured foot Gastritis Pain in groin Injured leg Crushed finger Buptured Influenza Injured ribs and sprained wrist Concussion of spine Fractured pelvis Bronchitis Laryngitis Cut hand Influenza Bruised back and shoulders Severe cold Appendicitis Injured wrist Injured leg Injured knee Eczema Ricked knee Strained hip Swelling in groin Strained leg Injured back Rheumatism Enteric fever Ruptured £ s. d. 53 0 0 5 5 0 27 5 0 4 7 6 5 6 8 14 6 8 11 15 0 3 10 0 2 10 0 17 15 8 11 16 0 12 15 0 5 10 0 5 15 2 15 1 0 8 3 6 15 15 6 2 10 0 7 13 0 13 10 10 12 11 0 11 19 0 33 1 0 10 8 4 29 7 8 31 4 0 9 1 4 10 15 10 4 8 8 28 12 8 6 11 4 23 12 0 21 7 7 9 12 0 14 19 0 6 0 0 14 9 0 12 16 6 7 15 0 8 13 0 10 10 0 11 1 8 24 2 6 7 11 6 11 5 2 4 18 0 11 8 8 8 15 0 10 17 6 8 10 0 11 14 0 16 14 0 8 16 8 4 10 0 12 9 2 12 12 0 9 8 0 13 4 0 0 16 0 10 3 0 50 0 0 15 7 6 7 6 8 6 13 10 0 18 4 6 12 4 9 5 0 7 16 0 17 1 6 27 1 8 18 15 6 15 17 2 12 10 0 38 6 6 7 0 0 12 19 6 7 14 0 17 16 8 12 12 4 33 1 0 13 0 0

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Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Findlayson, J. Fitzgerald, F. Fodge, G. W. Fowler, I. Fraser, F. Frazer, E. Fredrikson, L. Galbraith, J. Garrett, E. H. Gayton, H. Geige, H. C. Gill, T. C. Goodsell, E. Gosling, J. Graham, J. Graham, T. Gregory, M. Grey, E. Grimshaw, J. Guyton, H. Haacke, A. Hagan, J. Hague, G. Hanson, 0. A. Harbinson, J. Hardwick, J. Harrison, E. Hatton, J. Haugh, P. Hayes, F. Heavy, M. Hendrickson, F. .. Hendry, G. Henry, R. Hill, PC. Hollingsworth, G. Hooton, W. E. Hopkins, J. Hoskins, N. Howlett, A. Huttgren, F. Ireland, W. E. Jensen, C. Johannsen, P. Johansen, S. Johnson, C. Johnston, A. Jorgenson, J. Jowers, B. Joyce, J. Joyce, S. Kearns, M. J. Keenan, J. Kelly, G. Kettleson, G. Lamb, H. Landgrap, W. Last, D. Lawrence, C. Lee, C. H. Leek, H. Leith. A. Leith, C. Livingstone, D. .. Logan, H. Long, G. Ludwig, E. W. Lumter, C. T. Lynne, R. Madsin, A. Maltby, G. Mann, H. Martin, F. Matheson, J. Mentzer, E. Mevers, C. Miller, CD. Miller, G. Molloy, P. Moncrieff, P. Moore, W. J. Mudie, J. Ulimaroa.. I Ngatiawa Canopus . . Kittawa .. Niwaru .. Maori Haupiri .. Wakatu .. Mararoa .. Putiki .. Pateena .. Monowai Mapourika Arahura .. ; Rarawa .. Kaitoa Poherua .. Komata .. Ngatoro . . Putiki .. ; Hina Komata . . Rimu Ariel Wairuna Arahura .. Tarawera Koonya .. Waikonini Canopus . . Kotuku .. Maori Koi Atua Arahura .. Maori Navua Ngapuhi . . Mokoia .. Ngapuhi .. Tramp Koromiko Alexander Hauroto .. Fanny Amelia Sims Manuka .. Fanny Te Anau Wakatu .. Wanaka .. Rotorua .. Corinna .. Talune Ngapuhi .. Taniwha Holmdale Kini Kittawa .. Mokoia .. Delphic .. Falcon Rakanoa Kapiti Bentinck Stormbird Maori Mararoa .. Wakatere Hikurangi Mapourika Tarawera Navua Waverley Canopus .. Aupouri .. Chelmsford Maori Rarawa .. Kurow Kaitoa .. Kowhai .. Acute rheumatism Finger-nail torn off Swelled testicle Appendicitis Poisoned thumb Ulcerated throat Injured kneecap Cold .. Strained testicles Chicken-pox Injured ribs Injured elbow Injured leg Sprained ankle and knee Ricked back Severe headaches Crushed finger Strained arm Drowned Paralysed eye Eczema Sprained ankle Sprained foot Pneumonia Injured by a fall Lumbago Strained back Severely scalded Injured leg Strained back Injured back Ulcerated throat " Breaking-out " on arm Sprained ankle Rheumatism Injured knee Lacerated hand Injured ankle and foot .. Abcess on buttock Pains in legs Bruised leg Injured ankle Injured thumb Twisted ankle Drowned Epilepsy Ulcerated throat Drowned Scalded hand Internal complaint Ulcer on eye Inflammation of inside .. Injured wrist Influenza Bruised wrist Cramp in stomach Cold on chest Injured leg Poisoned knee Injured knee Internal complaint Poisoned finger Strained back Crushed arm Bruised chest Tonsilitis Scalded chest Bruised ribs Injured foot Scalded foot Internal haemorrhage Eye trouble Burnt hand Asthma Muscular rheumatism Sick .. Rendered unconscious by a fall Influenza Poisoned leg Pneumonia Stone in bladder Fractured ribs £ s. d. 16 13 0 4 10 0 8 14 4 25 15 10 8 7 0 2 8 0 33 3 5 12 4 8 8 19 4 112 2 8 17 4 3 0 2 16 4 0 9 11 0 8 9 2 20 11 8 11 4 0 7 2 0 4 10 11 21 11 0 18 5 0 3 9 10 7 15 0 7 0 0 9 0 0 9 6 6 5 12 0 72 0 0 18 3 8 33 16 6 10 5 0 5 5 0 19 4 8 7 3 0 5 12 0 35 12 6 11 7 6 20 16 4 10 11 9 2 16 0 11 10 6 10 6 3 12 1 4 6 12 0 7 19 3 17 14 5 7 13 6 7 19 3 6 18 0 24 13 10 12 4 4 18 12 0 6 10 8 10 15 10 8 15 2 5 18 4 11 8 4 16 9 10 15 10 0 11 10 0 20 13 6 11 15 0 3 9 4 11 15 0 18 15 4 5 6 8 12 11 10 12 0 8 9 7 0 8 0 6 9 9 8 6 18 6 7 7 0 24 2 8 5 17 6 9 7 4 8 0 0 4 8 0 4 19 8 8 2 0 6 10 0 8 0 0

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i Name of Seaman. Name of Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Mulcahy, W. Muncher, A. Murray, P. Murray, T. McCallum, G. C. McCarthy, H. McCarthy, T. McCorkendale, M. McFarlane, D. .. McKenna, W. McKenzie, A. McKenzie, J. McKinnon, J. McLaughlan, J. .. McLean, A. McLeod, R. McPherson, A. .. McRae, D. McRae, W. Naismith, T. Nelson, W. Nicholson, T. Northcote, G. Oddy, G. Oldridge, J. H. Olsen, L. Olsson, H. Orley, J. Owen, J. Owen, L. Paitry, Y.Parker, J. Partridge, P. Partridge, P. Paton, G. Paulsen, I. Peters, W. Petersen, P. Phillips, C. Poole, S. Prendeville, J. Price, G. Quinn, P. Ransley, C. Reckson, C. Reeves, W. Richards, J. Richardson, W. .. Riley, W. Ross, A. L. Rowe, W. Russell, J. Samuelson, M. Sandstrom, C. Saunders, H. Sarciet, M. Saul, William Scott, T. Scouar, G. Sharp, C. Shivers, A. Silversten, O. C. Simpson, J. Skelton, J. Smith, A. Smith, E. Smith, W. J. Snowden, J. Sparks, S. Spurgin, H. Staffensken, B. .. Staker, F. Standen, H. Steinbruggers, H. Stevens, H. Stewart, G. G. Stoddart, P. Stokes, G. Swinton, James .. Sussex, S. Tall, J. Thomas, A. Thomson, J. Talune Rimu Rarawa Navua Wairuna Corinna Maori Mokoia Talune Kaituna Kotuku Matatua Ngapuhi Hauroto Altair Waipori Makura Mapourika Stormbird Ngatoro Kapiti Ripple Waverley Warrimoo Ngahere Fanny Mararoa Maori Marama Ngatiawa Taniwha Rakanoa Ngapuhi Ngapuhi Warrimoo Maori Joseph Craig Hawk Kahu Glenelg .. Kamona Victoria Maori Warrimoo Aorangi Haupiri Regulus Tangaroa Kini Fanny Poherua Mararoa Waimea Ruru Talune Queen of the South Dandy Mararoa ... Kaiapoi Arahura Wakatu Blenheim Maheno Stormbird Pateena Rosamond Waihora Tarawera Hauiti Mokoia Mokoia Kaiapoi Mararoa Kotuku Wanaka Ionic Mararoa Waiotahi Apanui Ngapuhi Pateena Linstol Poherua .. # r» Injured leg Injured knee Injured knee Injured back and side Strained and ruptured Influenza .. .. ' Quinsy Injured foot Scalded head Ulcer on shin Leg torn off (fatal) Broken leg Injured internally Cold in eye Poisoned finger Cold in eye Abcess on liver Strained back Split toe Injured foot Bruised Acute rheumatism Influenzal bronco-pneumonia Fractured ankle Injured leg Drowned ., Appendicitis Fever Appendicitis Swollen knee Ptomaine poisoning Injured eye Poisoned shin Injured leg Internal complaint Poisoned finger .. Strained back '.'•'. Injured side Hernia Injured elbow Appendicitis Mumps Bheumatics Pneumonia Injured foot Injured elbow Rupture Broncho-pneumonia Internal injuries Drowned Rheumatism Throat trouble Fractured skull Paralytic stroke Ricked back Strained chest Bruised arm Ruptured Injured knee Influenza Injured back Appendicitis Injured knee Cut leg Ear trouble Poisoned arm Burnt foot Fatal Bheumatic fever Bad cold Scalded foot Rheumatic fever Scalded foot Crushed hand Inflammation of knee Paralysis of legs Poisoned thumb Appendicitis Injured foot Injured foot Swoolen testicle Tonsilitis Ruptured £ s. d. 8 0 8 15 15 0 7 12 6 7 8 0 24 14 0 3 18 0 5 1 4 13 12 0 9 12 6 12 3 4 60 4 2 50 0 0 1.5 4 0 11 15 0 8 4 2 7 10 8 9 4 0 4 18 0 16 1 0 19 16 4 4 0 0 31 14 0 14 4 2 8 10 0 7 13 4 7 19 3 15 15 0 2 13 4 7 11 0 16 2 6 6 2 2 20 0 0 9 00 19 0 0 6 2 6 2 18 0 12 13 8 11 12 6 14 3 0 14 18 0 39 14 0 6 7 10 29 2 0 11 16 8 4 4 6 8 15 0 33 12 6 15 16 2 17 9 2 1 10 0 14 12- 6 8 19 10 9 17 8 50 4 0 8 12 6 10 10 7 9 11 0 16 17 6 11 14 11 6 6 0 5 5 0 15 10 0 13 3 2 14 5 4 6 10 0 7 17 6 9 8 4 17 19 7 1 14 8 11 15 8 8 2 0 21 17 0 15 13 0 13 16 6 9 0 0 50 0 0 12 19 0 16 4 3 26 18 6 8 12 10 3 0 0 3 14 0 37 7 0

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Name of Seaman. Name ol Vessel. Nature of Injury or Illness. Amount paid for Wages, Maintenance, &c. Thorner, L. Thyman, W. Topfer, M. Treby, F. Trench, E. Tullock, T. Udall, J. Walker, E. Walker, J. Walsh, E. Walters, G. Warnberg, F. Warren, F. Watson, C. J. Watson, I. Watson, J. W. Webb, W. Welsh, J. White, T. Whittaker, C. .. Wilson, J. Wilson, J. Wilson, N. Wiltshire, J. L. Winters, L. Wood, J. Woods Y. Woodthorpe J. Wylie, James Young, P. Young, T. Young, W. J. Zavada, L. Bangatira Tarawera Kittawa .. Mokoia .. Monowai Manuka .. Kennedy Kahu Kamona .. Magic Kanieri .. Tasman .. Monowai Korora .. Wootton .. Kahu Tahiti .. Warrimoo Canopus .. Komata .. Pateena .. Maitai Mararoa .. Takapuna Ngatiawa Warrimoo Rimutaka Moa Chelmsford Lindstol . . Victoria .. Flora Rio Injured back Internal pains Internal pains Injured hand Cut leg Strained inwardly Bronchitis .. Influenza Scalded foot Fractured ribs Bruised finger Injured hand Scarlet fever Appendicitis Poisoned finger Intercostal strain Injured foot Sprained wrists and injured knees .. Internal piles Strained back Broken rib Strained inwardly Scalded arm Injured chest Fractured skull Crushed foot Poisoned foot Inward strain Bruised side Drowned One finger cut off and another injured Crushed finger Burnt on arms and face £ ■ s. d. 7 11 7 18 3 0 11 18 0 3 16 2 6 12 8 5 4 4 24 10 6 9 0 0 14 10 8 9 1 4 8 15 10 6 15 0 15 18 8 12 *7 8 7 2 8 20 111 3 13 6 6 16 0 II 2 0 8 8 0 10 13 0 6 5 0 4 10 0 6 0 0 23 18 6 11 9 8 3 9 0 9 10 0 6 1.3 0 5 0 0 37 14 6 18 19 4 11 11 7 Total . . £3,668 17 10

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Return of Accidents to Waterside Workers reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Date. 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. 1911. April 1 1 3 6 6 7 8 15 15 15 20 24 27 28 29 Mav 2 9 9 13 20 20 25 25 25 27 June 1 2 5 6 „ 7 10 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 16 J. Scott . . N. S. Hempstalk .. A. McCormack F. Saddler Thomas Bidout W. Chandler C. W. Wadman .. C. Malune S. Bamford T. A. Smith William M. Henry J. McGurk W. Knott J. Smythe A. Beaumont J. McSwain William Jones R. Glen J. Grassam William Byrne J. Johnson M. Franklin W. Smith S. C. Gibson J. Halliday F. Ball J. Keane William Galland .. R, Ford J. Flynn H. Goodman William Blanche .. J. A. Sheppard J. Davy .. W. Strange Thomas Prosser .. John Buchanan A. Rodgers William Brewer Crushed finger .. Shght injury Crushed leg Injured leg Broken rib Injured leg Injured foot Slight injury Slight injury Rupture Injured hip Crushed foot Injured wrist Bruised body Crushed thumb Gashed nose Burnt arms and face Injured fingers Wounded head Injured hand Strained back Injured back Injured foot Broken leg Injured hand Fractured ribs Injured finger Injured hand Crushed foot Injured head Dislocated shoulder Lacerated fingers Injured leg Injured thigh Bruised leg Crushed Bruised leg Bruised leg Killed .. Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton .. j Lyttelton .. ' Wellington .. j Wanganui .. I Wanganui .. | Lyttelton .. ! Lyttelton .. j Greymouth .. j Auckland Greymouth Lyttelton Greymouth Lyttelton Wanganui Auckland Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Wellington Lyttelton Wellington Wellington Greymouth Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Lyttelton Nelson Nelson Auckland Auckland Greymouth Lyttelton Finger squeezed between lever of railway points. Knocked out of a truck by a basket of coal. Leg jammed between railway-wagon and chute. Piece of timber fell out of a sling and hit his leg. Kicked by a horse. Leg jammed by sling of timber. Struck on foot by roll of spouting. Shng of timber jammed him against a truck. Sling of timber jammed him against a truck. Injured while lifting fore-and-aft beam. Struck by a sling of cement. Piece of timber fell out of a shng on to his foot. He fell on his hand. A sling of timber fell on him. His thumb was jammed between sling of timber and railway-truck. His hook slipped whilst handling a large case. Flames blew out through furnace door. While coupling up wagon he got his fingers caught. Piece of timber fell out of a sling on to his head. Piece of timber fell out of a sling and struck his hand. Injured whilst hauling a shng in hold. A truckload of nails slipped, and the truck-handle struck him on back. A lump of coal struck his foot. Struck by a sling of cargo. His hook slipped and pierced a vein in his hand. Fell off a truck on the wharf. He injured his finger whilst trucking cargo. Struck with hook from sling. A piece of timber fell on his foot. His mate fell off a truck and struck him with hook. Fell down hold. Had his fingers ripped by a frayed snauter. A case fell on his leg. Whilst discharging sleepers one struck him on thigh. Whilst discharging sleepers one struck him on thigh. Crushed by shng of basic slag. Struck by bag of basic slag. Hit by sling of timber. Lump of coal fell on his head. Coroner's verdict, " Accidentally killed by a lump coal falling on his head on the s.s. ' Ngatoro.' " Struck by a piece of flying timber. Got hit by a sling of timber. Struck on hand by a lump of coal. Struck on hand by chain-hook. Struck by a sling of timber. Struck by an empty basket. i 16 16 „ . 26 27 29 July 6 M. Gibbins A. McDowell A. E. Jones William Rose W. Maxwell R. Savage Bruised face Bruised leg Crushed hand Bruised hand Scalp wound .. Injured back and bruised loins Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Greymouth Hokianga Wanganui

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Date. 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. 1911. July 7 15 15 18 19 20 Aug. 2 5 5 12 12 19 22 24 25 29 30 31 T. Saunders C. Cook H. Olsen .. C. Read F. Williams S. Stanley — Simpson A. Histed W. S. Vile A. E. O'Brien J. H. Cousins John Hill R. Long A. Patterson W. McBride S. Martin J. Weller Edward Travers .. H. M. Anderson .. Crushed toe Concussion of brain Injured shoulder Injured leg Twisted ankle Twisted leg Injured head Broken arm and leg Poisoned hand Bodily injuries Injured hand Crushed toes Injured groin Injured instep Lacerated fingers Sprained ankle Crushed hand Bruised back Crushed knee Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Auckland Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Lyttelton Auckland Wanganui Lyttelton Greymouth Greymouth Wanganui Auckland Auckland Toe crushed by sling of timber. Knocked off a wagon. A sling knocked him out of a truck. Slipped and hurt his leg. Jammed by some timber. Fell through manhole-door in bulkhead. A piece of coal fell out of a basket on to his head. Knocked out of cart by a basket of coal. Wood splinter entered his hand. Fell off a timber wagon on wharf. Whilst working cargo injured his hand with hook. Whilst unloading slag got toes crushed under a truck. Stepped down open hatchway. A piece of timber fell on his instep. Had his fingers lacerated by piece of timber. Slipped on deck. Whilst filling shng with cargo got his hand crushed. Fell from 'tween decks into lower hold. Whilst trying to place piano-case in sling it slipped and crushed him against anothei case. Fell off a railway-wagon. Sling of timber pinned his foot. Hook slipped whilst shifting a sack of wheat. Case of gum fell on him. Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Injured by explosion in hold of s.s. " Breeze." Wood splinter entered his hand. Got hand caught in sling of sugar. Fell down hold. Fell down hold. Knocked down hold. Piece of iron ran into his thumb. Caught his finger under irons on coal-basket. Hand jammed by piece of iron. Truck tipped up and threw him into the air, landing on his back. Finger cut by piece of hoop-iron off case. Knocked on to s.s. " Stormbird " by sling of cargo. Crushed by falling timber. Jammed by case of goods. Crushed between piles of wharf. Sack of raw sugar fell on his leg. He was knocked off a truck. Had his hand caught between sling of cargo and coaming of hatch. Lorry jammed him against a case. Sept. 5 8 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 25 25 Oot. 2 7 9 20 21 26 30 30 W. Knowles A. Hanan E. Davis William Baker T. Holden T. Harrison M. Cottle P. Healy P. Minchin Henry Davis P. Riley Harry Deason George Wadley A. Tyro .. W. Neilson E. Blocksage Charles J. Morrison F. Mclntyre C. Wadman R. Mason D. Murphy Arthur Casey Percy Green Thomas Spencer .. Albert Humby W. Usmar Stunned Sprained foot Injured hand Crushed arm and hand Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Burnt about face, head, and hands .. Poisoned hand End of finger torn off Fractured skull Broken leg and hurt arm Injured foot Injured thumb Strained tendon of finger Injured hand Seriously injured Cut finger Bruised and shaken Crushed leg Crushed fingers Crushed fingers Broken leg Scalp wound and injured shoulder .. Injured hand Crushed across stomach Lyttelton Hokianga Hokianga Auckland Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Dunedin .. Greymouth Auckland Oamaru .. Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Lyttelton Greymouth Auckland Greymouth Wanganui Greymouth Greymouth Auckland Auckland Bluff Auckland Wellington

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Nov. 6 6 8 21 25 25 30 Dec. 1 8 12 12 15 15 19 20 22 23 30 31 1912. John Carter J. Galland N. T. Bose Hiko Poreorira T. Croucher Thomas Kellett William Spencer .. J. P. Amos William Johnson .. — Cutman J. Field Wilham Wrixon . . James Craig G. Dallard J. McLeod G. Wintrow Walter Thomb Henry Randel Charles Smith Injured leg .. .. .. Auckland Finger nail torn off .. .. Greymouth Bruised leg .. .. .. Greymouth Injured leg .. .. .. Opua Injured hand .. .. . . Wanganui Drowned .. .. ... Helensville Injured hand .. .. .. Bluff Slight injury .. . . .. Lyttelton Crushed . . .. .. .. Auckland Injured face .. .. .. Auckland Small bone of leg broken . . .. Greymouth Fractured skull (fatal) . . . . Wellington Fractured skull (fatal) .. .. Port Chalmers Injured back .. .. .. Greymouth Crushed fingers .. .. .. i Greymouth Broken toe .. .. .. Greymouth Injured head .. .. .. Auckland Broken thigh .. .. .. Wellington Fractured skull .. .. .. Wellington Got his leg caught in winch and piece taken out ot it. Finger was nipped by chain-sling. Some timber fell on him. Struck by piece of timber. Another man's hook ran into his hand. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." A rail fell on his hand. Knocked out of a truck by a sling of timber. Crushed between bales of wool and hatch coaming. Knocked against train -line by a basket of coal. Some timber fell on him. SUng of cargo knocked him off s.s. " Manuka " on to wharf. A hatch-cover fell down the hold and struck him on the head. Injured whilst lifting a piece of timber. Fingers were nipped by chain-sling. Struck by piece of timber. Fell off motor-car case on his head. Knocked against ship's side by piece of timber. A case fell on him. Jan. 7 8 8 13 13 17 23 23 26 30 31 Feb. 6 6 12 12 12 13 16 21 Mar. 2 2 4 5 9 12 15 26 29 John Ross Harry Hoskin John Ciele Robert McCary W. Murray Richard Oakley Fredrick Saunders Thomas Fleming .. H. Brier .. W. Ewart A. E. Jones John Hawes Alexander Paterson W. Moore E. Foreman J. Parsons J. Springle Andrew Petersen .. J. P. Desmond William Morrison .. J. M. Devery A. Rodgers A. Ealem J. Nixon Wilham Leary G. Glasson Norman McPhee .. George Davis Fractured leg and broken collarbone Wellington Wounded forehead .. .. Auckland Bieked back .. .. .. Wellington Broken leg .. . . .. Wellington Contusion of scrotum .. . . Lyttelton Scalp wound and sprained wrist .. Lyttelton Crushed toe .. .. .. Wellington Bruised foot .. .. .. Wellington Injured wrists .. .. .. Greymouth Scalp wound .. .. .. Oamaru .. Crushed foot .. .. . . Greymouth Cut head and bruised arm .. .. j Auckland Injured privates .. .. .. Auckland Cut near right eye .. .. Wanganui Strained back .. .. .. Wanganui Crushed foot .. .. .. Greymouth Crushed finger -.. .. .. Greymouth Broken collarbone and scalp wound .. Auckland Broken ribs .. .. .. Greymouth Broken ribs .. Auckland Injured back .. .. .. Greymouth Bruised leg .. .. .. Greymouth Fractured rib .. Lyttelton Injured head .. .. .. Lyttelton Fractured leg .. .. .. Wellington Fractured arm .. .. .. Auckland Severe shock .. .. .. Wellington Broken ankle .. . . .. Lyttelton Struck by a dump of wool. Hit above eye by piece of iron. Struck by a basket of coal and knocked down. Sling containing sacks of peas fell on him. Whilst climbing over side of railway-truck. Struck by some timber. A steel girder fell on his toe. A truck-door fell on his foot. A sling of timber fell on him. Lurch of ship pushed chute on which he was working in front of passing engine. Iron rail fell on him. Whilst working on s.s. " Mamari." Struck by a trestle. Struck on face by a tier of goods in hold of s.s. " Storm." Strained by lifting a case of goods on to a barrow. A shng of iron fell on him. Jammed by a piece of timber. He fell down the hold of s.s. " Kaipara." He fell off a wagon. Crushed by a sling of cargo. Injured through lifting a sack of flour. A sling of timber fell on him. He fell on side of a truck whilst receiving timber. A lump of coal fell on his head. A barrel fell on his leg. Handle flew off hand-winch which he was working and broke his arm. Fell 12 ft. down hold. A sling of timber struck him on the ankle.

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Return of Convictions of Seamen, etc., 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, 1912.

Name of Person. Position held. Ship. Particulars of Offence, etc. Date of Conviction. Penalty imposed. -- Allen, B. Anderson, C. Backhouse, F. Batchelor, W. Bell, S. T. Bonny, S. Brown, E. Campbell, J. A.B. Fireman Stevedore Cook O.S. Fireman Fireman Fireman Waimate Indralema Moana Surrey Kaikoura Buapehu Clan Maelaren .. Corinthie Desertion Desertion .. .. .. .. Broaching cargo Using obscene language Desertion Drunk and disorderly Absent without leave Absent without leave 28/11/11 \ One month's imprisonment. 30/11/11 : Fourteen days' imprisonment. 20/11/11 | Fined £3. 21/9/11 j Fined £2. 9/11/11 I Ordered to be placed on board, and pay expenses £3 0s. 6d. 20/6/11 ' Fined 5s. 18/12/11 ; Fourteen days' imprisonment. 7/12/11 ■ Twenty-four hours' imprisonment, or two days' pay, and 7s. costs. 18/12/11 Fourteen days' imprisonment. 30/12/11 Fined two days' pay. 30/12/11 ■ Seven days' imprisonment. 12/5/11 Fined 10s. 30/1/12 ; Fourteen days' imprisonment. 30/1/12 Twenty-one days' imprisonment. 18/4/11 Convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. 21/9/11 Fined £1. 30/12/11 Seven days' imprisonment. 13/2/12 Fourteen days' hard labour. 20/6/11 j Fined £4, or seven days' imprisonment. 24/6/11 | Fined £2, and 7s. costs, or seven days' imprisonment. 17/5/11 Fined £5, or one month's imprisonment. 8/9/11 Fined two days' pay. 28/3/12 : Fined £3, and 7s. costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. 31/5/11 ; Fined two days' pay, and costs 7s. 13/2/12 Fourteen days' hard labour. 13/2/12 Fourteen days' hard labour. 13/2/12 Fourteen days' hard labour. 1/6/11 Fined 10s., and 7s, costs, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. 8/5/11 Fined £1, and 7s. costs, or seven days' imprisonment. 21/9/11 Fined £1. 20/2/12 One month's imprisonment, and costs. 7/2/12 Fourteen days' imprisonment. 1/6/11 Fined 10s., and 7s. costs, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. 6/2/12 Seven days' imprisonment, and costs. 20/4/11 Fined £3. 28/3/12 Fourteen days' imprisonment, and 7s. costs. 18/12/11 Fourteen days' imprisonment, and 7s. costs. 17/5/11 Convicted and discharged. 17/5/11 Fined 10s., and 7s. costs, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. 20/4/11 Convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Carribine, B. Carroll, L. Carter, A. Carter, P. Carter, W. Carter, W. Clansey, J. Fireman Fireman Steward Fireman Fireman Fireman Fireman Clan Maelaren .. Drayton Grange.. Zealandic Wairuna Arawa Arawa Tainui Absent without leave Absent without leave Assaulting steward Disobeying lawful commands Desertion False declaration (section 52 of Shipping and Seamen Act) Absent without leave Coleman, M. Cowan, J. Crawley, E. Daley, C. Donald, B. Duff, J. Facey, H. Fallon, T. Franklin, E. Frederickson, J. .. Frederickson, J. .. Frederickson, J. .. Goldham, A. Fireman Fireman Second cook Fireman Trimmer Fireman Fireman Fireman Boatswain .: Fireman Fireman Fireman A.B. Surrey Zealandic Delphic Buapehu Navua Clan Boss Ruapehu Waimana Morayshire Zealandic Zealandic Zealandic Drayton Grange Assaulting police Absent without leave Absent without leave Drunk and obscene language Assault on second engineer Breaking a window Desertion Desertion .. .. .. .. Disobeying lawful commands Absent without leave Assaulting chief engineer Assaulting police sergeant Absent without leave Gosling, J. Gregory, J. Gulbransen, 0. Hatch, W. J. Hazier, J. Fireman Fireman A.B. Trimmer A.B. Warrimoo Surrey Rio Kaipara Drayton Grange Disobeying lawful commands Assaulting police Desertion Absent without leave Absent without leave Higginson, G. H. Hindle, J. Hunter, A. Jarvis, A. Jenkins, A. Jenkins, A. A.B. Stevedore Fireman Fireman Quartermaster . . Quartermaster .. Mamari Moana Waimana Maelaren Tainui Tainui Absent without leave Broaching cargo .. .. .. Desertion Absent without leave Drunkenness Disobedience to lawful commands Jenkins, T. Fireman Tainui Absent without leave

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Johansen, K. Jones, W. T. Kelly, T. Langford, F. Lettler, W. .. i A.B. .. Carpenter Fireman A.B. .. A.B. .. Ariel Ruapehu Talune Kaikoura Drayton Grange Desertion Desertion Assaulting a steward Absent without leave Absent without leave 20/4/11 21/9/11 26/5/11 1/12/11 1/6/11 One month's imprisonment, and 7s. cost». One month's imprisonment. Six months' imprisonment. Fourteen days' imprisonment. „ Fined 10s., and 7s. costs, or twenty-four hours imprisonment. Convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. One month's imprisonment, and costs. One month's imprisonment, and 7s. costs. Fined 10s. Fined 10s. Convicted, and ordered to pay 7s. costs. Fined 10s. Convicted, and discharged. One month's imprisonment, and 7s. costs. One month's imprisonment. Fourteen days' imprisonmentOne month's imprisonment. Fined 10s. Fined two days' pay, and put on board. Convicted, and ordered to come up for sentem e when called upon. Committed to Supreme Court. One month's imprisonment. One month's imprisonment. Twenty-four hours' imprisonment, or two days' pay. and 7s. costs. One month's imprisonment. Fourteen days' imprisonment. One month's imprisonment. One month's imprisonment. Ordered to resume work. Seven days' imprisonment, or £3. Seven days' imprisonment, and costs. One month's imprisonment. One month's imprisonment. Fourteen days' imprisonment. Twenty-four hours' imprisonment, or forfeit two days' pay, and 7s. costs. Ordered to resume work. Fined £2, and 7s. costs. One month's imprisonment. Convicted, and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Fmed £7 10s., and £1 8s. costs. Fined £3. Lowe, J. Fireman Tainui Absent without leave 20/4/11 Lunn, W. Mars, J. Martin, T. Matthews, .1. Miller, G. Morrisey, J. Moss, J. r. Mott, E. S. Needham, P. Niblock, E. Norcott, H. Perchard, C. Peterson. P. Pollard, R. .. A.B. .. Fireman Fireman Fireman Fireman Fireman .. I Fireman Second cook Fireman Trimmer Fireman .. i Fireman .. | Fireman Fireman Rio .. Kaipara Wairuna Wairuna Rotorua Wairuna Indralema Corinthie Rotorua Zealandic Remuera Wairuna Indralema Tainui Desertion Desertion Disobeying lawful commands Disobeying lawful commands Absent without leave Disobeying lawful commands Drunkenness Desertion Desertion Absent without leave Desertion Disobeying lawful commands Desertion Absent without leave ■ ■ : 20/2/12 14/3/12 12/5/11 12/5/11 7/3/12 12/5/11 27/9/11 4/4/11 4/12/11 7/2/12 8/2/12 12/5/11 27/9/11 18/4/11 Pounell. P. Pye, F. .. Reinerholt, B. Rhymes, A. .. A.B. .. .. A.B. .. .. A.B. .. Fireman Clan Ogilvie Oteki .. Duncrag Corinthie Assaulting another A.B. Desertion Desertion Absent without leave 18/4/11 8/6/11 7/8/11 7/12/11 Ridell. ,1. Biley, P. Rugby, R. C. Santy, D. Shao, G. Smith, E. Stevens, G. Stevenson, H. Tiger, C. Tipton, E. Vale, S. Boatswain's mate .. A.B. .. Fireman Greaser .. O.S. .. Fireman .. A.B. .. .. A.B. .. .. A.B. .. Fireman A.B. .. Ruapehu Clan Maelaren . . Whakarua Remuera Volador Wanaka Mamari Waimate Duncrag Opawa Rimutaka Desertion Absent without leave Desertion Desertion Refusing to work Assault on second mate Absent without leave Desertion Desertion Absent without leave Desertion 22/6/11 18/12/11 20/5/11 8/2/12 20/9/11 7/4/11 6/2/12 28/11/11 7/8/11 7/2/12 25/9/11 Van Berg, E. .1. Wall, J. K. Watts, W. White, J. .. O.S. .. Fireman Fireman Fireman Volador Otaki Remuera Tainui Refusing to work Desertion Desertion Absent without leave 20/9/11 30/6/11 8/2/12 18/4/11 Winkie, T. Young, W. Fireman Stevedore Rotorua Moana Desertion Broaching cargo .. 28/3/12 20/11/11

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Port or Place. [ Subject of Notice. "-. I " """" ~" Auckland Harbour ,H ,H Bluff Harbour Collingwood Harbour Foxton Harbour Hokianga Hokitika Harbour Kaipara Kararnea River . I Explosives anchorage for vessels. : Explosives anchorage for small craft. I Dredger off Railway Wharf. Rocks in Rangitoto Channel. Explosives anchorage for vessels. Explosives anchorage for vessels. ! Morse system for night signalling installed. Protected anchorage for yachts. Reclamation at St. George's Bay. Lights on Orakei and St. Heliers Bay Wharves. Removal of rocks in Rangitoto Channel. Dredging in Commercial Harbour. Rocks in Motuihi Channel. Rocks in Motuihi Channel. Rocks in Rangitoto Channel Erection of dolphins in Freeman's Bay. Buoy to be placed in Motuihi Channel. Lights on Orakei and St. Heliers Buy Wharves. . Change in buoyage off Rough Rock. Warping buoys in Drunken Bay. Position of buoys in Motuihi Channel. Mooring buoy in Shoal Bay. Light on St. Helier's Bay Wharf. Warping buoy in Freeman's Bay. Removal of telegraph signal-staff at Stirling Point. Dredging on eastern end of Middle Bank. Rock in fairway at harbour entrance. New light tower at Stirling Point. Aorere River leading-lights. Signals for working bar. Soundings in channels. Changes in channel. Changes in channel. Night-signal lights. Training-wall lights. Shoals on bar. Dredging in Helensville Creek. Signal-staff shifted. Signals for entering and leaving river. Discontinuance of leading beacon lights. Morse signalling installed at Port Ahuriri. Colour of Pania B,eef buoy changed. Dredging off inner harbour. Wharf berthing signals. " New Zealand Nautical Almanac " issued. Newly determined position of Three Kings Islands. Sunken rock off Three Kings. Uncharted rock off Bay of Islands, in rock off Mokohinou. Buoy between Three Kings and Cape Maria van Diemen for survey purposes. Reported rock south-west of Cook Rock, off Brothers Island. " New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables for 1912," and Supplement to "New Zealand Pilot," eighth edition, 1908. Issue of new Nautical Tables. Newly determined position of West Island of Three Kings. " Tables for Azimuth Great Circle Sailing and Reduction to the Meridian," by H. S. Blackburne, errata. " New Zealand Nautical Almanac," errata. " Now Zealand Time Service Arrangements." Uncharted rock off Francis Head, approaching Admiralty Bay, Cook Strait. New beacons, lower harbour. New beacons, lower harbour, to be lighted. Tuahine Point new lighthouse. Tuahine Point new lighthouse (further notice). Change in light on Dieffenbach Point. Fog-signal on Patiti Point. Leading-beacons moved. Lights on leading-beacons. Bar-beacons. Bar-beacons. Temporary flagstaff re-erected. Lights on moles at entrance. Falcon Shoal dredged channel. Removal and change in position of Falcon Shoal beacon. Removal of dredge over Falcon Shoal. Lights for lifting span ori bridge at Kioreroa. Napier New Plymouth New Zealand coast Otago Harbour.. Poverty Bay ,, • .* - Queen Charlotte Sound .. Timaru Tokomaru Bay .. Waimakariri Harbour Wanganui Wellington Harbour H, Whangarei

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Return showing the Orders in Council which have been issued during the Year ended the 31st March, 1911.

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Date of Order. Purpose of Order. i ■ la 1911. April 1 Alters representation of Mount Peel Road District on Timaru Harbour Board, and appoints principal authority and Returning Officer. „ 8 Approves plan of approach to wharves at Timaru for Timaru Harbour Board. „ 8 Approves plan of Tauranga County Council's bridge over Wairoa River, and authorizes construetion'of same. „ ■ 8 Approves plan of T. Hartley and Son's shipping office at Kohukohu. 8 Licenses T. Hartley and Son to occupy foreshore at Kohukohu as site for shipping office. „ 12 Approves plans of timber-booms for Leyland-O'Brien Timber Company on Tairua River. „ 12 Licenses Leyland-O'Brien Timber Companj' to occupy foreshore, Tairua River, as site for booms. „ 12 Approves plans of wharves for Thames Valley Co-operativo Dairy Company on Waihou River, at Thames. „ 12 Licenses Thames Valley Co-operative Dairy Company to occupy foreshore, Waihou River, as site for wharves. „ 26 ! Extends close season for Risso's dolphin (Pelorus Jack). „ 26 Amends regulations under the Training Ships Act, 1908. „ 29 ■ Approves plans of harbour-improvement works for Wanganui Harbour Board. „ 29 : Approves plans of retaining-wall from Victoria Wharf to Black «Tack's Point for Otago Harbour Board. „ 29 Approves plans of slipways at Freeman's Bay for Auckland Harbour Board. „ 29 i Approves plans of wharf for 0. F. Burford in Collingwood Harbour. „ 29 I Licenses 0. F. Burford to occupy foreshore, Collingwood Harbour, as site for wharf. „. 29 ! Extends close season for seals until 30th June, 1912. „ 29 i Appoints A. C. Hansen to be a member of the Westport Harbour Board. „ 29 | Revokes Order in Council licensing Andrew Kelly to occupy foreshore at Opunake as site for a wharf. May 18 i Approves plans of Collingwood County Council's bridge over Coal Creek, and authorizes construction of same. „ 18 j Approves plans of Gisborne Borough Council's drainage swing-bridge over Waimate River, and authorizes construction of same. „ 18 ! Revokes Order in Council licensing Niagara Sawmill Company to occupy foreshore, Waikawa Harbour, as site for wharf. „ 18 Approves plan of reconstruction of ten bays in Matakohe Wharf for Otamatea County Council. „ 20 j Approves plan of river-protective works for Waipu River Board. „ 20 I Makes regulation fixing dues and otherwise re Kaipara Harbour and Hobson County Council's wharves therein. ,, 20 I Licenses J. Harrold, C. H. Lonneker, E. S. Peterson, and J. Leask to occupy foreshore, Half-moon Bay, as sites for fish-sheds. 31 : Extends time for election of Chairman of Lyttelton Harbour Board. June 1 : Grants a gratuity of £180 to Mrs. C. T. MoGahey, widow of late F. McGahey, Principal Keeper at Jack's Point Lighthouse. „ 1 : Approves plans of Quay Street landing for Auckland Harbour Board. „ I Amends Order in Council of 15th September, 1908, fixing lighthouse dues. 9 ' Amends regulations re netting in Taieri Biver and mouth. „ 10 : Approves plan of harbour-works in Moutere Lagoon for Motueka Harbour Board. ,. 14 | Approves plans of temporary landing-stage in Hobson's Bay, Auckland Harbour, for W. Forrest. „ 23 : Prescribes dues for use of H. C. Harris's wharf at Te Mate, Hokianga. „ 23 i Approves plans of boat-shed, &c., for A. C. Symons at Rawene. „ 23 i Approves plans of boat-shed and skids in Evans Bav. Wellington Harbour, for H. Croucher and A. H. Mitchell. „ 27 Prescribes dues for use of Elm she Bay Wharf. July 3 Approves plans of wharf for Coromandel County Council at Cabbage Bay. 3 Licenses Coromandel County Council to occupy foreshore at Cabbage Bay as site for wharf. „ 3 Licenses S. W. P. Peddle to occupy foreshore, Whangapoua, as site for wharf, and prescribes dues for same. n 3 Varies close season for oysters in South Island, Stewart Island, and adjacent islands. 6 Approves amending plans of Hokitika Harbour works. „ 25 j Approves plans of Colonial Sugar Refining Company's wharf-extension at Chelsea, Auckland Harbour. ,. 25 I Approves plans of wharf for Rich and Jeffreys at Tukituki Bay. 25 Licenses Rich and Jeffreys to occupy foreshore at Tukituki Bay as site for wharf. Aug. 7 Approves plans of concrete-wall across dock-site for Wellington Harbour Board. „ 7 Approves plans of extension of half-tide training-wall in Waimakariri River for Waimakariri Harbour Board. „ 7 I Authorizes Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim land in St. George's Bay. 7 | Approves plans of wharf for Rodney County Council at Leigh. „ 7 ! Licenses Rodney County Council to occupy foreshore at Leigh as site for wharf. „ 7 Approves plans of extension of Hokianga Brass Band shed at Hokianga. „ 7 Licenses S. Bacon and T. B. Hawkins, as trustees for Hokianga Brass Band, to oooupy foreshore at Hokianga as site for shed, 7 Approves plan of improvement-works for Buller County Council, and authorizes carrying-out of euoh works in Karamea River. 7 Approves plans of boat-skids for P. K. Elliott in Balena Bay, Wellington Harbour. „ 7 Approves plan of harbour-improvement works for Wairoa Harbour Board. „ ' 7 Approves plans of extension of Elmslie Bay Wharf, and authorizes occupation of necessary foreshore for extension. 7 i Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £1,800 on railway-station at Stockton. 21 ! Approves plans of Hobson County Council's wharf at Kirikopuni. 21 | Licenses Hobson County Council to occupy foreshore at Kirikopuni as" site for wharf. „ 21 I Approves plans of goods-shed on Dargaville Wharf, and authorizes Hobson County Council to occupy necessary foreshore for same. „ . 29 Approves plans of wharf and slip for Rope Bros, at Te Kopuru. „ 29 I Licenses Rope Bros, to occupy foreshore at Te Kopuru as site for wharf and slip. „ 29 I Approves plans of tramway for E. G. Pilcher at Pakawau, and authorizes construction of same. 29 ; Amends rules fixing life-saving appliances to be carried by oil-launches. 29 ! Grants gratuity of £180 to Martha Lyall, widow of D. Lyall, late Principal Keeper at Taiaroa Head, and i revokes Order in Council of 13th March, 1911, granting gratuity. 29 ; Revokes dues and rates for Hokianga County Council's wharves at Horeke, Kohukohu, and Rawene, I and prescribes dues in lieu thereof. '

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Date of Order. Purpose of Order. . 1911. Sept. 5 5 5 5 5 5 13 13 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 26 26 26 30 Oct. 10 10 1.8 18 25 25 25 Approves plans of wharf for G. J. Smith on Oruawharu Biver, at Kaipara. Licenses G. J. Smith to occupy foreshore, Oruawharu Biver, as site for wharf. Approves plans of timber-booms for Parker-Lamb Timber Company on Umangawha Biver. Licenses Parker-Lamb Timber Company to occupy foreshore, Umangawha River, as site for booms. Provides for registry and licensing of fishing-boats at Chatham Islands. Prescribes close season for oysters for two years at Nelson. Approves plans of shop for Halliwell Bros, on foreshore at Kohukohu. Licenses Halliwell Bros, to occupy foreshore at Kohukohu as site for shop. Makes special order authorizing Invercargill Borough Council to construct certain reclamation in New Biver Harbour, and approves plan M.D. 3736 in lieu of M.D. 3531. * IB Approves plan of extension of wharf at Graham's Beach, Manukau, for Awhitu Road Board, and licenses Board to occupy necessary foreshore. Approves plan of Hobson County Council's wharf at Tangaihi. Licenses Hobson County Council to occupy foreshore at Tangaihi as site for wharf. Approves plans of wharf for Turanga Road Board on Turanga Creek. Licenses Turanga Road Board to occupy foreshore, Turanga Creek, as site for wharf, and prescribesdues for said wharf. Revokes Order in Council licensing J. E. Sheaver to occupy foreshore, Doubtless Bay, as site for shed. Amends regulations for protection of life and property on vessels. Makes regulations re taking of whitebait in Westland and Taranaki. Approves plans of Timaru Harbour Board's wharf for fishermen. Approves plans of sheet-piling for Heathcote County Council on Avon River, and authorizes carrying out of work. Makes regulations re passage of fish up rivers in Taranaki Acclimatization District. Alters regulations for trout and perch fishing in Wellington Acclimatization District. Approves plans of timber-booms for Kauri Timber Company on Whenuakite River. Licenses Kauri Timber Company to occupy foreshore on Whenuakite River as site for booms. Appoints members of Greymouth Harbour Board. Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £750 on additions to sidings at Westport Station. Approves plans of Otago Harbour Board's jetty at Boss Point. Approves plans of Hokianga County Council's wharf at Motukaraka. Licenses Hokianga County Council to occupy foreshore at Motukaraka as site for wharf, and prescribes dues for same. Approves plans of wharf at Lemon Point, Kawhia Harbour. Approves plans of extension of Broad Bay Jetty for Otago Harbour Board. Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £200 on extension of railway goods-shed. Bevokes, Order in Council licensing Pieton Borough Council to occupy foreshore at Pieton as site for baths. Approves of plans for baths for Pieton Borough Council. Licenses Pieton Borough Council to occupy foreshore at Pieton as site for baths. Approves plans of staging from Jervois Quay to Taranaki Street Wharf for Wellington Harbour Board Approves plans of wharf for Auckland Harbour Board at Waipareira, Upper Auckland Harbour. Approves plans of reclamation for Bluff Harbour Board. Approves plans of addition to Upper Albany Wharf for Auckland Harbour Board. Vests management of Bickerstaffe Wharf, Kaipara, in Otamatea County Council, and prescribes dues for same. Approves plan of jetty for Union Steamship Company at Port Chalmers, Otago Harbour. Approves plans of jetty for W. D. Meiklejohn at Rangitoto Island, Auckland. Licenses W. D. Meiklejohn to occupy foreshore at Rangitoto as site for jetty. Approves plans of Hataitai Bathing Club's shed at Evans Bay. Approves plan of launch-landing for Kawhia County Council at Te Maika. Approves plan of launch-landing for Kawhia County Council at Oparau. Approves plan of launch-landing and shed for Kawhia County Council at Kiwi Bay. Approves plans of training-piles at Holmes Wharf, Oamaru, for Oamaru Harbour Board, Approves plans of wharf for J. Simpkin at Mangekuri, Wairoa River. Licenses J. Simpkin to occupy foieshore at Mangekuri as site for wharf. Approves plan of timber-booms for D. Goldie and Sons at Whananaki Harbour. Licenses D. Goldie and Sons to occupy foreshore at Whananaki Harbour as site for booms. Approves plans of boat-shed and slip for H. Paterson at Purakanui. Licenses H. Paterson to occupy foreshore at Purakanui as site for boat shed and slip. Revokes dues and rates for use of county wharves at Horeke, Kohukohu, Bawene, and Motukaraka, and prescribes other dues and rates in lieu thereof. Authorizes Westport Harbour Board to expend £125 on drilling-machine for Railway Workshops. Nov. 3 3 22 22 22 22 22 22 Dec. 12 12 1.2 ■ 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 1912. Jan. 4 : '.," 4 15 15 15 15 Feb. 13 13 13 Alters regulations re trout and perch fishing in Auckland Acclimatization District. Approves plans of vehicular landing and extension of wharf at Northcote for Auckland Harbour Board Approves plans of alterations to No. 7 Jetty for Lyttelton Harbour Board. Approves plans of extension of jetty at Patent Slip, Evans Bay, for Wellington Harbour Board. Approves plans of fixed ferry for Thames County Council over Waihou River at Cryer's landing, and authorizes construction of same. Prescribes dues and rates for wharf at Terakohe, Golden Bay. Appoints members of Westport Harbour Board. Approves of Westport Harbour Board expending £60 on shelter-shed or verandah near railway eoods-shed at Westport. Approves plans of .fixed ferry for Thames County Council over Waihou River at. Puriri, and authorizes construction of same. Approves plans of extension of Ricketts Bros.' wharf at Collingwood. Approves plans of wharf for Auckland Harbour Board at Pipimea Head, Kohimarama. Approves plans of outfall drain from septic tank at Kaiwarra for Wellington City Council. Licenses Northern Steamship Company to occupy foreshore at Manukau Harbour as site for slip and dolphins. Approves plans of wharf for T. Clotworthy at Mariekura, Kaipara. '„ Licenses T. Clotworthy to occupy foreshore at Mariekura, Kaipara, as site for wharf Approves plans of jetty and fish-shed for T. A. Double at Half-moon Bay. '•' ■„"■"' 13 13 13 13 13 ",; ■ i3 13

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Date of Order. Purpose of Order. 1912. Feb. 13 13 13 13 13 13 Licenses T. A. Double to occupy foreshore at Half-moon Bay as site for jetty and fish-shed. Approves plans of wharf for Waitemata County Council at Taiotea, Takapuna, Auckland. Licenses Waitemata County Council to occupy foreshore at Taiotea, Takapuna, as site for wharf. Approves plans of boat shed and slip for F. Pheasant at Matakohe. Licenses F. Pheasant to occupy foreshore at Matakohe as site for boat shed and slip. Licenses J. R. Thomson, W. Traill, and J. W. Squires to occupy foreshore at Half-moon Bay, Paterson's Inlet, and Golden Bay as site for fish-sheds. Revokes Order in Council licensing Walker and Mason to occupy foreshore, Whirinaki River, as site for booms. Restricts fishing in Victoria Valley, Toatoa ■ River, and Lake Ngatau, Mangonui and Whangaroa Acclimatization District. Licenses Opunake Wharf Company to occupy foreshore at Opunake as site for wharf and sheds, and prescribes dues and rates for wharf. Approves plans of booms for A. F. H. Smith on Te Pungapunga Creek, Coromandel County. Licenses A. F. H. Smith to occupy foreshore on Te Pungapunga Creek, Coromandel County, as site for booms. Makes special order authorizing Auckland Harbour Board to reolaim land in Meohanio's Bay, and approves plan M.D. 3791. Fixes lighthouse dues for Port of Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island. Approves plans of wharf for J. Drake and J. J. Abemethy on Waikouaiti River. Licenses J. Drake and J. J. Abemethy to occupy foreshore, Waikouaiti River, as site for wharf. Extends trout-netting season in Lake Hawea. Revokes Order in Council of 4th January, 1912, prohibiting fishing in Waihou River, Auckland Acclimatization District. Vests management of Russell Wharf in Bay of Islands County Council, and prescribes dues for wharf. Approves plans of Wellington Patent Slip Company's moorings in Evans Bay, Wellington Harbour. Approves plans of Auckland City Council's swimming-baths at Shelly Beach, Auckland Harbour. Approves plans of Whangarei Bowing Club's boat-shed at Whangarei. Licenses Whangarei Rowing Club to occupy foreshore at Whangarei as site for boat-shed. Amends regulations under the Fisheries Act re size of blue cod. Makes additional regulations for trout-fishing in Canterbury Acclimatization District. Approves plans of bridge to be constructed by Onehunga Borough Council and Mangere Road Board over part of Manukau Harbour, and authorizes construction of bridge. Approves plans of bridge over Big Omaha Creek for Matakana West Road Board, and authorizes Board to occupy necessary foreshore for same. Approves plans of Northern Steamship Company's jetty at Gray's landing, Waiheke. Licenses Northern Steamship Company to occupy foreshore at Gray's landing, Waiheke, as site for jetty. 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 26 26 26 March 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 22 22 22 22

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Ponui Passage Lighthouse.

Jackson's Head Beacon.

Cape Saunders Lighthouse.

Nugget Point Lighthouse.

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Tiritiri and Buildings.

Cuvier Island Lighthouse.

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Tuahine Lighthouse, Gisborne.

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Tuahine Lighthouse, Gisborne.

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NEW ZEALAND WRECK CHART. 1st APRIL, 1911, to 31st MARCH, 1912. Compiled from Official Records in the MARINE DEPARTMENT.