MARINE AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENT. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1921-22.

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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

MARINE AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENT. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1921-22.

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

Marino and Inspection of Machinery Department, My Lord,— Wellington, 27th June, 1922. I do myself the honour to transmit herewith, for Your Excellency's information, the report of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department of the Dominion for the financial year ended the 31st Maroh last. I have, &c, G. J. Anderson, Minister of Marine. His Excellency Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, G.C.M., 0.M., G.C.V.0., Governor-General of New Zealand.

REPOET. The Secretary, Marine and Inspection op Machinery Department, to the Hon. the Minister of Marine. Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department, Sir,— Wellington, 7th June, 1922. I have the honour to make the following report on the work of this Department during the year ended the 31st March last. Head Office. The staff has carried out the work in a satisfactory manner, and has been strengthened by the replacement of temporary with permanent officers. Mercantile Marine Offices. Notwithstanding the fact that a large numbe ■ of vessels in New Zealand have been laid up for varying periods during the year, owing to the prevailing trade depression, departmental officers have been kept fully employed, and I am satisfied that, had normal conditions prevailed, a record year would have been experienced. Captains J. A. H. Marciel, C. E. W. Fleming, and N. Beaumont retired from the service on superannuation, after 24|, 22§, and 16| years' service respecively. These gentlemen at all times showed the highest efficiency in the performance of their duties, and earned the esteem and respect of the public with whom they were brought into contact. Their retirement was much regretted. Captains T. A. Dykes, T. A. G. Atwood, and ft. Fraser were promoted to fill the vacancies. Appended is a statement showing the number of seamen engaged and discharged at the various ports during the year, and the fees received for such transactions. The total number engaged and discharged was 16,925 and 17,575 respectively, as against 23,125 and 22,904 respectively during the previous year. The decrease is due to the laying-up of ships consequent on the trade depression.

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The transactions at the four chief ports were as follows (the figures in parentheses being those of the previous year) :—

The total amount paid to sick and injured seamen, under the provisions of section 6 of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1911, was £15,228 10s., as compared with £20,288 6s. 6d. in the previous year. Masters, Mates, and Engineers. During the year 430 candidates passed their examinations and 121 failed. Of those who passed 232 were masters, mates, or engineers of seagoing ships, 4 were masters of fishing-boats or of cargoboats under 25 tons, 29 were masters or engineers of steamers plying within restricted limits, 60 were engineers of seagoing motor-pro pel led ships, and 105 were engineers of such boats plying within restricted limits. The report of Captain G. S. Hooper, Nautical Adviser and. Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, is appended. The examination of masters and mates is carried out by Captain Hooper at Wellington, Captain Whiteford at Auckland, and Captain Dykes at Lyttelton ; the examination of engineers is carried out by the Inspectors of Machinery, who are also Examiners of Engineers at the. various places where they are. stationed. Registration of Shipping. On the 31st December last there wer ■ en the register of vessels in the Dominion 161 sailingvessels, of 23,201 tons register, and 401 steamers, of 68,705 tons register, as compared with 163 sailingvessels, of 21,223 tons register, and 384 steamers, of 64,837 tons register, at the end of the previous year. The number of seamen and boys employed on board was 3,448, as compared with 3,270 at the end of 1920: Survey of Shi\s. Certificates have been granted to 278 steamers, 532 oil-engine, vessels, and 51 sailing-vessels, as compared with 250, 4-12, and 55 respectively in the previous year. The regulations governing the inspection and safety of ships' and waterside cargo gear have been well carried out by the Inspectors specially appointed at the four main ports, and by the ordinary Surveyors of Ships at the other ports. A very large number of inspection visits have been made, by these officers, and defects found and remedied. Attached are returns of seagoing vessels to which certificates have been'issued. Government Steamers. Owing to the necessity for retrenchment and economy it was decided to lay up the s.s. " Hinemoa," which has for very many years carried out the work of attending to lighthouses, harbour buoys and beacons, and to replace her by the s.s. " Tutanekai," which underwent an extensive overhaul and refit for the purpose, and which will now carry out the whole of the departmental work. The " Hinemoa," which was built in 1876, has proved a very valuable vessel to the Government, as she was very economical and had run without practically any mishap during the, whole, period. Her expenses for upkeep have consequently been small until recently, when more money had. to be expended on her in view of her age. She is still a very serviceable vessel, but in any case, during the last few years, had proved rather small for the large quantity of stores, &c, required to be carried. The " Tutanekai " is now in good condition, and should be useful for some years. For the reason first given above the Government decided to abolish the training of boys for the sea and to place the training-ship " Amokura " out of commission. This training scheme was brought into force in 1907, since which time 516 boys have passed through the vessel, and a good number of these have passed for their masters' and mates' certificates, and occupy responsible positions in the mercantile marine, while others have gone into the Navy ; many of the trainees served (some of them with distinction) in the late war. While the Department has not, of course, been able to kcepi track of all the boys who have passed through the vessel, sufficient information has been gained from various sources to indicate that the object of the scheme —viz., to supply a good class of well-trained boy to the mercantile marine—has been attained. In addition to this work, the " Amokura " was of much use to the Department in visiting outlying islands and harbours in search of shipwrecked mariners, and to examine and replenish the food and clothing depots maintained by the Government at these places for the benefit of such people. The auxiliary ketch " Te Waipounamu," which was purchased by the Government for use in connection with the, picking of rock-oysters and the cultivation and extension of these oyster-beds, has received a thorough overhaul and is now in first-class condition.

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Engagements, Discharges. Fees. Auckland Wellington Lytic I ton Dunedin 5,139 (7,869) 6,059 (8,114) 2,111 (2,582) 1,565 (2,141) 5,451 (7,846) 6,266 (8,068) 2,156 (2,467) 1,705 (2,129) £ s. d. £ s. d. 923 2 0 (1,211 1 6) 1,059 3 0 (1,201 9 0) 395 0 0 (391 3 0) 297 18 0 (334 11 0)

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Deceased Seamen's Estates. The estates of ten deceased seamen, amounting to £136 13s. 5d., have come into the hands of the Department during the year, and, including estates previously received, eighteen have been finally administered. A statement is appended showing the estates dealt with and those outstanding. The sum of £9 16s. lOd. has been paid into the consolidated revenue for estates unclaimed for over six years. Wrecks and Casualties. Sixty-two inquiries, involving seventy-one vessels, have been held during the year, of which fifty-five were preliminary and seven Magisterial. Those, on or near the coast of the Dominion were sixty-seven, of 40,470 tons register, as compared with seventy-five, of 76,259 tons, for the previous year. The number of lives lost was one, as compared with thirty-one in the previous year. Harbours. This Department has the control of harbours for which Harbour Boards have not been constituted, and the buoys and beacons at these places have been overhauled, cleaned, and painted under the direction of Captain Bollons. of the, s.s. " Tutanekai." He has also attended to the coastal buoys and beacons during the. vessel's periodical lighthouse trips. A large number of plans of harbour-works, including wharves proposed to be constructed, has been submitted to and dealt with, by the Department. Those which met the Department's requirements were approved by the Governor-General in Council in accordance with the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908. A return of the Orders in Council giving the necessary approval is appended. The sum of £647 15s. 6d. was collected for pilotage and port charges in respect of harbours under the control of the Department, as compared with £1 ,009 16s. 4d. in the previous year. A return of the amounts collected at the various ports, including the amounts collected at ports under the control of Harbour Boards, is appended. Appended is a report by the Marine Engineer on the works dealt with by him. during the year. Lighthouses. The duties connected with the maintenance of the various coastal lighthouses have been satisfactorily carried out during the year. The work of tendering the various stations was carried out by s.s. " Hinemoa " until the end of January, when she was laid up. The, s.s. " Tutanekai " has been rocommissioncd and thoroughly overhauled, to enable her to take the " Hinemoa's " place. Inspections of the various stations have been made by Captain Bollons as opportunity permitted. The sum of £41,31 I 9s. 6d. has been received as light dues on shipping during the year. The following repairs, renewals, &c, have been carried out : Erection of two new dwellings at Cape Campbell; one new dwelling at Kaipara Head; erection of new outhouses at Nugget Point; repairs to dwellings at Penoarrow Head. The removal of the lighthouse and dwellings from East Cape to the mainland, for the purpose of safety, is under way. Owing to the large slips which have occurred on East Island, endangering the safety of the lighthouse and dwellings, it was decided last year to transfer the station to the mainland. A suitable site at East Cape has been selected, and the work is now well under way and should be completed in about two months' time. During the year two keepers retired on superannuation, three resigned, one, was dismissed, and one was transferred to another department. Seven new keepers were, appointed to fill vacancies. Issue of Explosives. During the year sixty-five permits were issued at the port of Wellington for the carriage of explosives on ships. Meteorological and Weather Office. The work of this division has been well maintained during the past year. The following is the report of the Director on the work. " Every morning at 9 o'clock about five hundred observers throughout the Dominion arc each making from one to twenty notes upon weather-conditions. These observers arc mostly volunteers, who record and forward their observations in monthly returns to the Meteorological Office. Some climatic records go back over seventy years, and were made by some, of the earnest and capable pioneers who came to settle this country. A small part of the observations are, however, telegraphed daily to Wellington, and are then collated and published, in all the chief centres, being also used its the basis for weather-forecast. It is as if a curtain were raised for a moment throughout the Dominion, giving a glimpse of the atmospheric states prevailing then over the whole country. This general report is not only printed in the newspapers of the day, but it has also historic and international aspects. It is our privilege to utilize the work done in the past for comparison, and avail ourselves of the fruits of the labours of other countries ; but we must not lose sight of the fact that this country is a special field for meteorological research for which we of the present generation are under obligation not only to the past and to other countries but also to the future. Although the ordinary every-day records may be far from striking or unusual, yet each item goes to make a mean or sum total representing one of our chief assets —viz., the climate of this Dominion. " The Meteorological Office was founded in 1867, and great attention was given to the work until 1880, when, in a time of severe retrenchment, the work was greatly crippled. Again, during the late

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war and since, in consequent divergence from normal conditions, when the need for advance was felt to be greatest, we have been short of instruments and restricted for want of funds : and observers throughout the country have also been changing their stations more frequently, and observations have been generally more irregular than in former times : it is, indeed, an age of transition. " Our staff has recently been reduced by the removal of a cadet-observer, who was trained in the office for two years. " The Meteorological observatory was removed from the Domain at New Plymouth to the Kawaroa Park, but the committee of the latter objected to it because of its white picket fence. Mr. G. H. Dolby, M.A., came to the rescue, and the observatory for this important centre has now found a temporary home at his private residence. " The Oawthon Institute has established an observatory at Nelson. " A supply of terrestrial radiation thermometers has enabled us to continue frost records, but we are quite out of Robinson anemometers for wind records. " Tin; wireless station at Awarua is' equipped with a new standard barometer and a barograph, so that weather reports are available from that station for ships, and for Sunday and holiday reports, when the usual post-offices are closed. Awanui is also to be similarly furnished, so that gradients between our fartherest north and south may be available at all times. " Chatham Islands reports its weather regularly every evening by radio. This is also cabled by us to Australia every day of the year with other reports, at the expense of the Commonwealth Government. " One important source of information- from ships at sea— is not available to this office ; but weather-reporting from ships is well organized, and has been found most useful in other countries which need such reports far less than we do in these isolated islands. " No reports are available from the Pacific islands, the sum voted in a former year being insufficient to obtain even one daily report from one island. As tropical cyclones are generated in these regions, it, is hoped that these reports will be secured in future, and, when the Kermadecs are inhabited, that a radio-station may then give us weather reports, which may at times prove of inestimable value for saving life and property. " There is a prospect of East Cape Lighthouse, an important weather-reporting station, which has been lost to us for over three years, being soon reopened at Matarehua on the mainland. " Centre Island station (in Foveaux Strait) has not been connected by cable for a similar period, but it is hoped that the advent of wireless telephony may shortly bring this and other useful reportingstations into touch with weather-work for the benefit of shipping. " Radio weather-forecasts and 4 p.m. barometer readings arc sent out broadcast nightly from Wellington and Awanui, but have recently been discontinued from Awarua. " New barometers have replaced those out of order at the Bluff and Port Chalmers ; but many of our daily readings are gradually becoming unreliable and in constant need of correction by estimation, which is, to say the least, highly unsatisfactory. " The observatory site at Wellington has been acquired by the Railway Department, but, removal is not yet contemplated, and a better site would be hard to find in the restricted area of the city. " Some of the science students at Victoria College are utilizing our instruments, and have commenced upper-air research with pilot balloons, which the University is supplying for this effort. " I have frequently urged the fact that our climatic records are the cheapest and most effective advertisement of this Dominion, and this was forcibly impressed upon me in my visit to tin; hist International Conference in 1919. With a, view to publication abroad, I wrote an article which was first published in Dr. Herbert's book on " The Hot Springs of New Zealand " and reprinted fully in the Year-book. It has also been quoted and utilized very widely in geographical and other publications." Fisheries. Attached is a very complete report by Mr. L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, on the work of his division during the past year; also an interesting and instructive report by the Hon. G. JVJ. Thomson, M.L.C., Chairman of tin; Portobello Fish-hiftchery Board. The success which has attended Mr. Ayson's efforts in the acclimatization of quinnat salmon and the cultivation of the rock oyster is very gratifying, and I desire to record my appreciation of the good work which he has done. As regards Atlantic salmon, it will be seen that there are very promising indications that these have been successfully acclimatized also in some, of the southern streams, in which case it should shortly be possible to stock suitable rivers in other parts of the Dominion. Inspection of Machinery and Boilers. The number of boilers inspect: d during the year was 8,188, as compared with 7,746 during the previous year. The total number of defects discovered was 1,757, of which 349 were considered dangerous. No boiler-explosions occurred during the year. The number of inspections of gas, oil, water, and electrically driven machinery was 23,688, as compared with 20,807 during the previous year. Special attention has been paid by the Inspectors to the adequate guarding and fencing of dangerous machinery driven by prime movers, with a view to protection of the workers from injury. Examination of Land Engineers and Engine-drivers, etc. These examinations were held at the principal centres throughout the Dominion in the months of May, August, November, and February, which are the dates specified in the regulations. Also, in order to suit the convenience of candidates, occasional special examinations took place at these

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centres and at various country places visited by Inspectors on their periodical tours. The full list of places where examinations were held is as follows : Auckland, Blenheim, Carterton, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Featherston, Gisborne, Greymouth, Hamilton, Herelrino, Invercargill, Manaia, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Otaki, Owaka, Pnhiatua, Palmerston North, Takaka, Tauranga, Te Kopuru, Timaru, Waikaremoana, Wanganui, Wellington, Westport, Whakatane, Whangarei, and Whitianga. A.return showing the number of candidates examined at each place is appended. The examinations held were for extra first-class engineers, first-class engine-drivers, second-class engine-drivers, winding-engine drivers (steam and electric), locomotive-engine drivers, traction-engine drivers, and locomotive and traction engine drivers. The total number of candidates examined was 51.0 ; of this number 100 failed in their examinations. The appended return gives the names of persons to whom certificates were issued during the year. For each quarterly examination throughout the year new examination-papers for first-class engine-drivers' examinations were prepared at Head Office and issued to the various District Offices. Recognition of Engine-drivers' Certificates from Abroad. Under section 49, Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908, reciprocal certificates were granted, without examination, to holders of certificates from abroad, as follows : Canada, 4 ; Queensland, 2 ; Tasmania, I ; Western Australia, I : total, 8. Examination of Electric-tram Drivers. A total of fifty-seven candidates were examined for electric-tram drivers' certificates. All of these were successful. The examinations were held at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Wanganui, and Wellington. Generally, these examinations were held at the regular intervals provided for in the regulations—namely, during the months of May, August, November, and February, but, besides these, some special examinations wore held to suit the convenience of applicants and of tramway services. Accidents. During the year eight fatal and 114 non-fatal accidents in connection with machinery were reported to the Department. In most cases these accidents were unavoidable, while in others they were due to carelessness on the part of persons operating machines. In all cases the machinery responsible for the accident has been inspected with a view to providing against recurrence of the accidents. In the case of three accidents in the Westland District an inquiry was held in pursuance of the irrovisions of section 40 of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1908. In the first case a youth had sustained injury through falling between the boiler and fly-wheel of a portable engine while putting the belt on. The Court of inquiry found that the accident was not in any way due to any defect in the machinery, or to any want of guarding. In the second case a man was hurt by the belt-fastener on the top-saw belt of the breaking-down bench striking him on the head and causing him to fall on the lower belting. The Court found that the accident occurred through the man going quite unnecessarily into an unusual and dangerous position instead of taking the usual route ; and, further, that adequate protection of belting was provided, and that the accident was not due to any defect in the machinery. In the third case, a man was severely injured through the breaking of a wooden platform erected in front of an engine, owing in some degree to an old fracture in one of the beams carrying the platform, which had not been detected although the timber comprising the platform had been frequently tested by the manager of the mill. The Court found that no blame was attachable to any one in connection with the accident. The report of Mr. N. D. Hood, Assistant Chief Inspector of Machinery and Assistant Surveyor of Ships, is appended. Westport Harbour. Pursuant to the provisions of the Westport Harbour Act, 1920, the control and management of this harbour was, on the Ist April, 1921, taken over by the Government. The maintenance of the, harbour, lights, beacons, &c, and the breakwaters and dredges, is undertaken by this Department, while the ftailwav Department controls the wharves and railways. The dredge " Eileen Ward " underwent an extensive overhaul at her annual survey, and considerable repairs were effected. The vessel is now in first-class order. The dredge " Rubi Seddon," which had been chartered by the late Harbour Board to the Wanganui Harbour Board, completed her work in September last, and, after being overhauled and reconditioned pursuant to the terms of her charter, resumed work at Westport in first-class order. The other vessels belonging to the port have been kept in good working-order. The work of the port generally has been well carried out during the year by the port officers, who were taken over with the harbour on the Ist April, 1921. During the year 499 steamers and 4 sailing-vessels entered the port, aggregating 273,706 tons register, as against 461 steamers and 4 sailing-vessels, aggregating 247,435 tons register, during the previous year —an increase of 4 steamers and 26,271 tons register. The total tonnage entering and clearing the port during the year was 546,186, as against 494,471, an increase of 51,715 tons. The average depth for the year on the bar at high-water was 25 ft. 2 in., as against 25 in. 3 in. for the previous year ; and in the river, from the Crane wharf to the bar, it was 27 ft. 8 in., as against 27 ft. 10 in. for the previous year.

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The total output of coal from the Westport mines for the year was 500,864 tons, of which 482,770 tons were, shipped from the port, as against 465,968 tons and 450,097 tons respectively for the previous year. Conclusion. As my appointment to the position of Secretary was subsequent to the 31st March, 1922, I am submitting sectional reports from the, respective controlling officers. I. have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Marine, Wellington. A. D. Park, Secretary.

The Marine Engineer to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — I have the honour to report as follows upon the various works dealt with during the year ended 31st March, 1922:— Cape Maria Van Diemen. —The erection of two new keepers' dwellings has been completed. Cape Brett. —A new oil-engine winch has been installed for hauling up stores, &c. The tramway has been overhauled and repaired, and new tracks graded to the residences. East Cape. —Owing to the unstable nature of the island on which this light is situated, it was decided to shift on to the mainland, and the work is well in hand. So far two lightkeepers' cottages have been erected, approximately one mile of road constructed, excavation for foundation of the light is in hand, material has been procured and delivered for the erection of carpenter's shop, paintshop, &c, and a considerable amount of joinery-work is in hand. A start has been made with the dismantling of the old light, and a temporary light erected in its place. Kaipara Head Beacons. —New beacon has been erected at the South Head, and proposals arc in hand for repairs to the North Head beacon. Gable Island.— A site has been selected for the installation of a light on Gable Islet, and plans were prepared accordingly. It is proposed to utilize a lantern-house which is at present available, but it has been necessary to order a new lens to suit the. locality. A contract has been let for excavating the site and preparing foundation for lantern-house. Contract has also been let for the manufacture of a landing-crane. Ohena Island (Mercury Bay). —A light has been procured and surveys are being made and plans prepared for its erection. Meanwhile, the light has been installed as a temporary light for East Cape. Ninepins (Chetwode Island) .—A new Aga light with lantern-house tower, landing-crane, &c, was erected during the year. This is an unwatched white light showing a flash of three-quarters of a second, followed by an eclipse of three seconds. It is 55 ft. above high water, and should be visible for at least ten miles in clear weather. Cape Campbell. —Two new lightkeepers' dwellings have been completed. Motueka Wharf. —Plans and specifications have been prepared. Kaikoura Boat-harbour. Considerable improvements have, been effected in the boat-harbour. A new slip and dingy-landing has been constructed, and a number of rocks which interfered with the boat-moorings have been blown out. Karamea Harbour.- Repairs have been carried out to tin; training-wall. Chatham Islands Wharf. —Plans have been prepared. General. The following proposals, submitted for approval, have been dealt with as below ; — Wharves. —Castlecliff Wharf —construction of wharf approved. Hicks Bay Wharf - erection of wharf authorized. Kaikoura Wharf- erection of goods-shed approved. Freeman's Bay —erection of jetties approved, also a number of smaller wharves in various localities. Foreshore Leases. —Dargaville foreshore vested in local body. Evans Bay —yacht-slip and clubhouse. Kaihu Creek —launch-shed. Kohukohu mud flats vested in Town Board. Napier —launchlanding. Paterson Inlet- boat-shod. Purakanui —boat-shed. Wairoa River —metal-landing. Reclamations. —Mahurangi River—reclamation of mud-flat approved. Opua—- mangrove reclamation. Pukapuka River —reclamation of mud-flat approved. Onerahi Beach —proposal for groynes examined and reported on. Harbour-works. —Gisborne Harbour- proposal for outer harbour approved. Muturoa Harbour, New Plymouth —extension of breakwater approved. Wanganui Harbour- proposals re wharfextension approved. Hokianga Boatman's Residence.—A contract was let and completed for the, transference of this residence to Rawene. Yours, &c, The Secretary for Marine. F. W. Furkert, Marine Engineer.

The Nautical Adviser to the Secretary for Marine. Sir,— Marine Department, Wellington, 12th July, 1922. I have the honour to submit the following report for year ended 31st March, 1922 : — Adjustment and Inspection of Ships' Compasses. During the year the adjustments of the compasses of home-trade vessels and of foreign-going vessels have been inspected, and tested at my office. In the majority of cases the adjustments were

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found to have been carried out in a very satisfactory manner, whilst, in few cases the adjustments have been performed as well as could be expected under the existing circumstances. The latter applies to some of the older vessels, in which it would appear that sufficient attention had not been given to the position allotted to the. compass when the vessel was built. This, however, has been largely overcome by artificial compensation. In view of the inadvisability of excessive artificial compensation under similar corcumstances, it is advisable in future, in all cases where vessels arrive in the Dominion for the purpose of engaging in local trade, that the position of the compass should be inspected for the purpose of ascertaining that the -compass is placed in a satisfactory position, and that it is not contiguous to masses of iron, particularly steering-engines, as in such cases the directive force of the compass is minimized by excessive artificial compensation. The Department's Inspectors of compasses at the various ports have carried out their duties in a very satisfactory manner, and the compasses of the vessels inspected have, been found to be, in good order and condition. Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables. The annual publication of the " New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables " has been carried out as in previous years. The size of the publication has been somewhat reduced, on account of existing expense of production. Some of the substance, principally relating to modern methods of navigation, has been deleted ; whilst the more essential and more important matter has been retained. Any important information published by the Imperial Board of Trade or other authority for the purpose of making safer the navigation of vessels has been included in the publication, which continues to be much used by both overseas and local vessels. Marine Casualties. Cases of vessels grounding, stranding, missing vessels, vessels in collision, &c, have been investigated, and the Department has been advised to take further action in cases where it has been considered that risk had occurred to life and property, or in cases in which it appeared that the Collision Regulations had been infringed. Notices to Mariners. During the year the various changes in the Dominion coastal and harbours " aids " to navigation, and of local, and overseas obstructions to navigation, has necessitated the issue of the customary notices warning mariners of their existence. Examination of Masters and Mates. The examination of masters and mates has been carried out at Wellington by the Principal Examiner on the, first and second weeks in each monffti, at Auckland by Captain W. Whiteford, whenever required, and at Lyttelton by Captain T. Dykes on the third and fourth weeks in each month. Examinations for certificates for restricted-limits vessels have been carried out when necessary also at Dunedin and Napier. The total number of candidates who sat for the ordinary examinations during the year was 104, and the total number of failures was forty-nine ; of this number fifty-one were candidates for foreigngoing certificates and thirty-nine were candidates for home - trade certificates. There were also fourteen candidates for restricted-limit certificates, and thirty-eight candidates were examined in the form and colour vision test. The percentage of passes for foreign-going certificates was 45, and for home-trade certificates 60. The percentage of passes in the form and colour vision rests was 83. Four candidates were found to be subject to defective form-vision, and three were found to be subject to colour-blindness. During the year three examinations were, held for the higher examination for a certificate as extra master. The only candidate who was successful in passing the higher examination was Mr. A. R. Ness, of Lyttelton. As this examination involves a knowledge of naval architecture and stability, also of elementary science and advanced magnetism, in addition to the ordinary subjects, t is not surprising that few are successful in obtaining this certificate. Two candidates were examined in the voluntary examination for high-speed signalling ; both were successful in passing the examination. One candidate was successful in passing the examination for a license as colonial pilot. The examinations appear to have been well carried out, and have, as nearly as possible, been conducted in a manner similar to that in which these examinations are conducted by the Board of Trade in Great Britain. G. S. Hooper, Nautical Adviser, Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates, and Editor " Nautical Almanac."

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The Assistant Chief Inspector of Machinery and the Assistant Chief Surveyor of Ships to the Secretary of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department. Sir,— Head Office, Customs Building, Wellington, 17th July, 1922. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the operations of the Inspectors of Machinery and Surveyors of Ships during the twelve months which, ended on the 31st March, 1922. Considering the general depression in trade, one would have expected a decrease in the number of inspections. The number of surveys of ships arc much the same as those of the previous year, but there has been a marked increase in the numbers of land boilers and machinery inspected. The increase in the number of old boilers is 5 per cent., and in new boilers and in machinery about 15 per cent. Amendments have been made to the regulations governing the shipment and. landing of petroleum.. For all vessels required to carry petroleum a license must be obtained. Before it is issued a special inspection of the spaces in which the petroleum, is to be carried is made, bulkheads in holds are tested where a license is necessary, and attention is drawn to any matters not. in accordance with the regulations or affecting the safety of the ship. Regulations regarding the use of coal-hooks came into force on the Ist March, 1922. No hook may now be used in hoisting and/or loading coal unless it is of a pattern approved by the Minister of Marine, and until it has been passed by a Surveyor appointed by the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department. The regulations specify the quality of the material of which the hooks shall be made, and also what tests are required before the hooks are, passed. During the year under review approval has been granted to hooks of three different patterns. The Board of Trade have issued a revised circular, No. 16/33, giving a comprehensive statement of the recommendations and requirements of the Board as to the means of dealing with fires occurring on board ship. The Board of Trade state that the whole question of the proper provision of fire-extinction appliances was considered by the Marine Shipping Advisory Committee in 1915. In so far as these recommendations apply to foreign-going passenger-steamers, they will in substance be made compulsory when the Marine Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914, comes into force. In the meantime the Board desires to urge upon all owners the extreme desirability of equipping their vessel in accordance with these recommendations. Losses by fire at sea even in normal years arc very considerable, and the adoption of the most efficient means of preventing and extinguishing fires is a real economy. They also urge that great care and watchfulness be exercised in the loading, stowage, and discharging of cargo, as many fires are attributed to smoking and carelessness on the part of men working cargo. Certain 'kinds of cargo are liable to take fire spontaneously, and, should not bo stowed where they will be exposed to heat. Information is given in the circular respecting the means recommended for extinguishing fires for steamships and sailing-ships in general, and specific requirements for various classes of ships are also given. • Survey of Ships for Seaworthiness. One hundred and. seven surveys for seaworthiness were made during the year. Several vessels were damaged in collisions and stranded, some in heavy weather, and several developed hull, engine, or boiler defects. The " Port Caroline " was delayed for some time through the turbine-shaft bending as the vessel was leaving Napier on the Ist June last, and a new rotor shaft had to be made. The " Atua " struck a reef in the Toguru Passage, Suva, Fiji, and was considerably damaged. A number of frames, reversed frames, and hull-plates wore, renewed in the dock at Auckland. Survey of Government Vessels. Seventeen Government vessels were surveyed during the year. Their names are as follows : — Steamships —" Ben Lomond," " Earnslaw," " Hauraki," " Hinemoa," " Janie Seddon," " Lady Roberts," "Tutanekai"; oil-engine vessels —" Huia," " Irini," "Kohurangi," "Manurert," "Maroro," " Patiti," " P.W.D.," " Sybil,"' " Tarawera " ; paddle-steamer—" Mountaineer." Additional Steamers and Auxiliary-powered Vessels Surveyed for the First Time. The number of vessels surveyed for the first, time during the year is fifty-four. Included in this number are a number of sea-going steamers. Survey of Sailing-vessels. The number of sailing-vessels that have been surveyed this year is fifty. Many of them have been extensively repaired. The Survey of Steamships and Auxiliary-powered Vessels. The number of steamships and auxiliary-powered vessels surveyed this year is 736. The construction of two vessels, the hulls of which were built in the Dominion, was completed. These vessels are the s.s. " Makora," owned by the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, Auckland, and the auxiliary scow " Otimai." The s.s. "Makora" is a composite vessel, her registered dimensions being —length, 130-8 ft. : breadth, 31 ft. ; depth, 1 1-1 ft. Her gross and net tonnage are 290 tons and 194 tons respectively. The propelling-machinery consists of a set of triple-expansion engines, with cylinders 13 in., 20 : J in.,

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and 34|in. by 22 in. stroke, supplied with steam from a multitubular marine boiler, 12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 10ft. Sin. long, working at a pressure of 1601b. per square inch. The hull was built to drawings and specifications approved by the Department. The hull-planking, decks, keel, propellor, and rudder-posts are of wood, and the frames, reverse frames, floors, keelsons, transverse and longitudinal bulkheads, deck-beams, stringers, &c, are of steel. The auxiliary scow " Otimai " has a tonnage of 207 gross and 111 register, and is 99-8 ft. long by 24-9 ft. beam by 7 ft. depth. She is propelled by two sets of semi-Diesel oil-engines of 160 b.h.p. The plans and specifications of the hull were approved by the Department before the work of building was commenced. The hull is built of wood, principally kauri, on the diagonal principle. The planking is made up of two diagonal skins of 9 in. by I in. kauri, and one fore-and-aft skin of 3 in. by 2Jin. kauri, sheathed with 6 in. by grin, totara. Extensive repairs have been carried out to many vessels. A new water-tube boiler has been installed in the tug " Dunedin." The previous boiler developed a serious defect after about four years' use, and had to bo condemned. The defect occurred in the longitudinal seams of the cylindrical shell-plates, and was first detected by the leaking of the boiler at this part. An examination of the butt-straps and shell-plates showed that the plates and straps were very badly cracked. In addition to the main cracks visible to the naked eye, a very large number of fine branching cracks were found under the microscope. There have been a few, but very few, cases of similar defects. The matter was considered to be of so much importance and interest that portions of the defective plates were forwarded to England, to the Board of Trade and Lloyd's Register of Shipping, for Investigation. The material of the plates has been examined by the National Physical Laboratory. It does not appear from their report that there is any definite proof that the material of the plates used in the construction of the boiler was faulty at the time when the boiler was constructed. In view of the great importance of the subject the Board of ■Trade have advised that they are taking steps to have various similar cases investigated as fully as possible, with a view to seeing whether any definite conclusions can be drawn as to the cause of these failures. The result of these further inquiries has not yet come to hand. New Boilers inspected. The number of new boilers inspected during the year totals 400 : this is an increase of 15 per cent, on last year's total. 183 of the new boilers were made in the Dominion and 217 boilers were imported. As usual, the design of a number of new boilers submitted could not be approved for the desired working-pressure until amendments had been made. Unfortunately, quite a number of boilers were imported which did not comply with the Department's requirements. Alterations to these boilers were consequently more costly to make than if they had been carried out in the manufacturer's works. In one particular case a small imported boiler could not be granted, any useful pressure. The, material of which certain parts of the boiler were made was not suitable for its purpose, and the workmanship of the boiler was of the poorest class. Owing to the faulty workmanship of the boiler the parts could not bo renewed in more suitable material without practically rebuilding the boiler. The owner of this small boiler was reported to have been seriously embarrassed financially by the Department's action, but the boiler was manifestly unsafe for the pressure required. Inspection of Boilers. A number of boilers were found to have serious defects. Increasing use is being made of the electric and oxy-acetylene processes of welding for boiler-repairs. These processes may be employed for repairs to cracks in plates not wholly in tension, for re-enforcing of the landing-edges of leaky seams reduced by repeated chipping and caulking, for thickening small patches of corroded surfaces, and for filling in pit-holes. In no circumstances should stays or shell-plates which arc wholly in tension be welded. There are numerous records of satisfactory tests of welds, tested in a testingmachine, and an all-welded ship has been constructed (her name is " Fullagar," and from all accounts she is a success) ; nevertheless, welding in. boiler-work must be treated cautiously. For want of confidence, and experience, engineers at present can only approve of welding to a limited extent. The efficiency of a weld depends as much on the integrity and conscientiousness of the welder as upon his skill. Properly trained and trustworthy men only should be. employed for welding-work. All facilities should be given the Department's Surveyors for inspection during the progress of such work. Welds must be well hammer-tested after the repairs are completed, and unless the welding is of a trifling character a hydraulic test of one. and a half times the working-pressure should be applied to the boiler after the hammer-testing is effected. Opinions differ as to what is an adequate test for a weld. One of the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, who have given much attention to this matter, is that a welded plate, should be struck on both sides of the weld sharp vibratory blows with an 81b. to 101b. hammer. The blows should be struck 2to 3 in. apart, and they should be as rapid as a man can conveniently strike a sharp swinging brow, and as hard as can be struck without indenting or distorting the plate. The boiler should be filled with water during the test. The Department's experience is that welds are sometimes unsatisfactory. Cracks which have been welded have given out and have had to be rewelded. Whether this was due, to a defect in the welding or to fatigue in the original material it is difficult to state. In welding corroded portions of a plate, it should be borne in mind that there might be a difference in the electrolytic qualities of the original material and the added material of the weld which would accentuate corrosion. The co-operation of the engineer, welder, and surveyor are necessary to maintain confidence in this new art, which has been very helpful to many of those interested in repairs to boilers and machinery.

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Inspection of Machinery. A considerable number of machinery plants was found to be without efficient guards. The assistance of Inspectors has been, sought by machinery-owners in many difficult matters of guarding and maintaining at the same time the efficiency of the machine. Their advice and sketches of approved, arrangements have been much appreciated. Examination of Marine Engineers. The total number of applicants who sat for examination (marine and land) are shown in a separate statement in this report. During the year new questions were prepared for the first-, second-, and third-class marine engineers' examinations. Many of the questions in the old papers were out of date, and, the old papers did not contain questions on modern improvements in, marine engines, boilers, and other machinery. I have, &c. N. D. Hood, Assistant Chief Inspector of Machinery, Assistant Chief Surveyor of Ships, Assistant Chief Examiner of Marine Engineers, Land Engineers, Stationary-engine Drivers, and Electric-tram Drivers. The Secretary, Marine and. Inspection of Machinery Department, Wellington. The Chief Inspector of Fisheries to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — Marine Department, Wellington, 12th June, 1922. I have the honour to present the following report on the fisheries of the Dominion for the year ended 31st March, 1922 :— During the year I visited the following fishing-ports and fishing-grounds, viz. : Whangaroa, Bay of Islands, Whangaroi, Kaipara, Hauraki Gulf, Manakau, Great Barrier, Thames, Hawke Bay, Wanganui, Cook Strait, Picton, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton, Hokitika, Greymouth, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Invercargill, Rivcrton, Bluff, and Stewart Island. I also made special inspections of the oyster-beds at Whangaroa, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hauraki Gulf, Great Barrier, and Manakau. During the last salmon-spawning season I assisted with the netting and collection of eggs at Pembroke, and also with the hatching-out and liberation of young salmon on the West Coast and Marlborough districts. From the reports and returns received from the Collectors of Customs and Inspectors of Fisheries at the various ports it would seem that fish were plentiful on most of the fishing-grounds, and on the whole the supply for the markets has been well maintained, throughout the year. In certain districts, particularly off the Otago and Canterbury coasts, unfavourable weather hindered fishing operations for some time, and this caused a shortage of fish on the Dunedin market, and also considerably reduced the fishermen's earnings. During the summer months jellyfish came in to the. Thames Gulf in such immense quantities that for weeks at a time the fishermen were unable to set their nets, and had to remain idle on that account. In the northern districts sharks and. dogfish were very plentiful during the warm months, and did a lot of damage to fishermen's nets. The fishing fleet has been increased by the addition of several up-to-date auxiliary launches, and by two modern steam trawlers from England. During the year the Marine Department advanced the sum of £3,220 to fishermen for the purchase of and for building now fishing-vessels. The advances were made on twelve launches, and the amounts ranged from £125 to £750. The total quantity of fish brought in from the fishing-grounds during the year was about 263,121, cwt., wholesale value about £362,396 15s. The total quantity of oysters marked, from the beds, including Foveaux Strait and the northern rock-oysters, last season was 31,706 sacks, the . wholesale value of which was £23,104. The quantity and value of whale-oil and other products from the whaling-stations was 362 tons of oil, 40 tons bonedust, and 7 cwt. whalebone, valued at £12,063 ; the, total value for the year being about £397,563 15s. The following proceedings have been taken for breaches of the Fisheries Act, viz.: Master of trawler " Cowan," trawling inside prohibited trawling-limits—convicted, fined £10, and £1 Bs. costs (vessel confiscated, but redeemed on payment of £100 and £50 for forfeited fish) ; George Westrupp, selling fish from an unlicensed fishing-boat—convicted and ordered to pay £1 7s. 6d. costs ; W. M. Bailey, stalling for flounders—convicted, fined £3, and 7s. costs ; J. Ball and S. Ramsay, for being in possession of undersized flounders —each convicted and fined £1, and 4s. 6d. costs ; W. Gabey, for poaching oysters —convicted, fined £5, and 7s. costs ; W. Merson and Mrs. B. Mueller, for poaching oysters —each convicted, fined, £5, and 7s. costs ; J. Gray, K. Austin, and L. Bagstrom, for poaching oysters -convicted, fined £1 each, and 7s. costs ; R. Huxley, J. Dunwoddic, A. Smith, and A. Reid, for poaching oysters —convicted and fined £2 each, and costs £1 Bs. (launch and gear forfeited, but redeemed on payment of £12) ; L. Lecaustre, for poaching oysters —convicted, fined £5, and £1 2s. costs ; J. Bakalich, for poaching oysters —fined £5, and 7s. costs ; W. .1. Doyle, for poaching oysters, fined £5, and 7s. costs ; C. M. Crowley, for poaching oysters —convicted and fined £1, and 7s. costs ; J. W. Jeffcote, for poaching oysters —convicted, fined £7, and 12s. costs ; Mrs. T. Mackenzie and Mrs. D. Johnston, for poaching oysters —convicted, fined £5 each, and 16s. costs ; E. H. Overton, for poaching oysters—convicted, fined £7, and 17s. costs ; T. Cross, for poaching oysters —fined £7, and

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17s. costs ; Miss Ethel Hall, for poaching oysters —convicted, fined £7, and 17s. costs ; Mrs. V. Edgar, for poaching oysters —fined £1, and costs 7s. ; T. Diamond, for fishing from an unlicensed boat— fined 75., and 19s. 6d. costs ; Tio Diamond, for fishing from an unlicensed boat —convicted, costs £1 6s. 3d. ; Tio Diamond, for fishing with an undersized net —convicted, fined £1, and £1 6s. 3d. costs ; J. Buchan, A. Meyrick, and A. C. Hansen, for killing fish with explosives —Buchan convicted and sentenced to two months' hard labour, Hansen convicted and fined £5, costs £6 135,, Meyrick convicted and discharged (launch " Sunlight" forfeited, but redeemed on payment of £10.) Foveaux Strait Oyster-beds. From the report supplied by the Inspector of Fisheries at Bluff it would seem that oysters were plentiful on the different beds in the strait, and the quality was excellent throughout the season. The beds which were principally worked were the Ruapuke, Bird Island, and West beds. The intercolonial steamer service has been resumed from Bluff during the year, and this has increased the export of fish and oysters to Melbourne. The quantity of oysters taken form the beds last season was 24,564 sacks, wholesale value £15,341. The quantity sold in the Dominion was 22,926, and the quantity exported to Melbourne was 1,620 sacks. Rock-oysters. The beds picked last season were as follows: At Bay of Islands —Kerikeri, Te Mongonui, Purerua, Moturoa, and Manowaro ; in the Hauraki Gulf—Whangaparoa, Mahurangi, Matakana, Ponui, Beeson's Island (Coromandel), and Great Barrier. The, total quantity taken for the, season was 7,160 sacks. Of this quantity 3,033 came from the Bay of Islands beds, 3,537 from the Hauraki Gulf, and 590 from the Great Barrier. The Government oyster-depot was opened for the sale of oysters on the Ist June, and the season finished on the 21st August. As for some years there has been a difficulty in getting a sufficient number of suitable oyster-pickers in Auckland, Inspector Flinn arranged for eight good men to be, sent down from Bay of Islands to supplement the number of pickers required for the Hauraki Gulf. Mr. Edmunds, overseer at Bay of Islands for a number of years, was in charge of the Hauraki Gulf pickers, and the work was carried out most satisfactorily, and the absence of friction amongst the pickers speaks well for his tact and ability in handling men. The beds as a rule were lightly picked over, and were left in such condition that a good supply of marketable oysters will be available for this season. The work of extending the beds was continued during the summer mouths. In Te Kumu Bay, Coromandel coast, 1,640 yards of rock walls was built; at Whangarei, 310 yards ; and at Bay of Islands, 1,654 yards : making a total of 3,604 yards, or over two miles, of now beds laid down during the year. Four loads of brood-oysters were taken' from Bay of Islands in the Department's oyster ketch " Te Waipounamu " to Whangaroa, to supplement the supply of brood-oysters which were taken there in 1917. The result of the work done at Whangaroa is very satisfactory indeed. The first broodoysters taken there in 1917 have spawned every year since they were planted, and there is now a good showing of oysters on several points in the neighbourhood of where the beds were laid down. With strict protection these beds in a few years will be fully stocked, and supply a quantity of oysters of the best quality for market. The rock walls built at Bay of Islands in 1920 and 1921 show a splendid fixing of young oysters, which are growing well. There was a poor fixing of spat on the rock walls built in Te Kumu Bay last year. During the year the Government bought the freehold of the foreshore of Kawau Island, and by doing so acquired the only privately owned oyster-bed in the Dominion. This season some of the beds which have been closed on the Coromandel coast for over twenty years, and which were replanted by the Department in 1909, and the Whangarei beds, which have also been closed for the same length of time, will be picked for the first time. The Department's ketch " Te Waipounamu " has been of great assistance in connection with the oyster picking and cultivation work, and has been kept fully employed most of the year. With the increasing demand for oysters, and also the great difficulty in properly protecting the beds, I think the time has come when a more comprehensive scheme for the extension and better protection of the beds should be undertaken. I have given this matter careful thought for some time, and I am now of the opinion that the most profitable, economical, and permanent way to protect and extend the beds is by leasing them in sections, and also leasing suitable barren foreshore areas for oystercultivation. Besides the advantage of leasing in the other directions mentioned, I think that it might be used as a means for finding remunerative employment and providing homes for a considerable number of intelligent, industrious workers and their families, including returned soldiers of the right class for such work. Atlantic Salmon. During the last angling season several salmon-smolts were caught by trout anglers near the mouth of the Waiau River in Southland. The fact that these, young salmon exist in the river proves that mature sea-run salmon must have spawned in some of the tributaries of that river. I have arranged to have a watch kept on the Upukuroro and some other tributaries this season, so as to find out if mature salmon are spawning there, and, if so, in what numbers, and, if possible, to secure specimens for identification. In 1908 the Marine Department imported 250,000 eggs from Canada, 1,000,000 in 1909, and another 1,000,000 in 1911. Each shipment arrived in perfect condition, the loss during the voyage out being not more than 1 per cent. They were hatched out at the Department's hatchery at Te Anau Lake, and the young fish were liberated in its tributaries, about 50 per cent, being turned out into the Upukuroro Stream.

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If it is found that salmon are spawning there, it would be; possible next season to net the Upukuroro and Whitestone Rivers, and secure as many eggs as possible for the purpose of stocking suitable rivers in other parts of the Dominion. The, Department's hatchery at Te A.nau is in good order, and will be available for incubating the eggs collected. Qulnnat Salmon. The run of quinnat salmon last season (1921) was the largest on record up to that time, and this season there has been a decided increase on last year's run in the Waitaki and other rivers on the east coast as far north as the Waiau (North Canterbury). The Department is indebted to Constable Berry, at Glenavy, for keeping a careful lookout on the lower reaches of the Waitaki, and recording the dates of the runs of salmon from the commencement to the end of the season ; and I attach a report from him, for publication with this report, which gives interesting information with regard to the first appearance of salmon this season, on the sth January, to the last run, which came in on the 9th June. He reports that the catch of salmon by anglers this season has been disappointing. This, he says, is accounted for by the state of the river, which was in fresh and discoloured condition from the Ist January to the end of April. The best catches were made in the Rangitata, and some very fine fish were also taken by anglers in the Rakaia, and some good fish were taken from the Waimakariri, Hurunui, and Waiau. The results obtained in stocking the Hokitika River on the west coast with salmon have not been as successful as could be wished. I think, however, that the work should be persevered with for another season at least. The work of stocking the Molyneaux River has been attended with satisfactory results. A good run of fish went, up the Clutha branch during the last two seasons, and from reports this season it would seem that there is a good run of large, fish in tributaries of Wanaka Lake at the present time. So far none have been seen in the Kawarau branch. This season arrangements have been made with the Lakes District Acclimatization Society to hatch out a quantity of eggs at its new hatchery at Queenstown, and liberate the fish in tributaries of Lake Wakatipu and the Kawarau. Satisfactory results have been obtained in stocking the Wairau, in Marlborough. Reports have come to hand that specimens have been seen and caught in the Wairau, and during the last summer specimens have been taken in the Lower Wairarapa Lake and in the Rangitikei River. The fact that these salmon have now spread through and across Cook Strait is an interesting development in the Department's salmon work, and is undoubtedly the result of stocking the Wairau River on the south side of the strait with these fish. The hundreds of thousands of young salmon which have been liberated in the Wairau since 1917 would, when they reached the sea in Cloudy Bay, spread along the coastal waters east and west. Those which travelled eastward would find abundance of feed in the strong ocean current which sets northward of Cape Campbell, and which strikes into Palliser Bay, and the fish, would, find their way into the brackish water of the lake which empties into the bay. Those which travelled west and northward would meet strong tidal currents in the strait, and would be liable to be carried through and past the entrance to the Sounds, and across to the northern coast off the mouths of the Manawatu, Rangitikei, and Wanganui Rivers. It would thus seem that, by systematically continuing the liberation of young salmon in the Wairau, it may be possible to stock suitable rivers flowing into the north side of the strait as well. As already stated, this season's run has been decidedly the largest we have experienced not only in the Waitaki, but also in all the rivers as far north as the Waiau (North Canterbury). The quantity of eggs collected exceeds last year's take by over two hundred thousand. River conditions were unfavourable at the commencement of the netting in the Dobson and Ahuriri Rivers ; the first pound nets put in were washed out by floods. The Hakataramca River, which a few years ago was our mainstay for getting eggs from, was again very low all through the season, and on that account the run of spawning salmon was disappointing. Four rivers were netted —viz., the Hakataramca, Otematata, Ahuriri, and Dobson. Some very fine specimens of salmon were handled this season ; while the average weight was about 18 lb., yet quite a number running from 30 lb. to 40 lb were taken, and several went from 45 lb. to over 50 lb. The total number of eggs collected is 1,510,000, and the, number of fish handled at all the collectingstations was about 920. The total allocation of the eggs collected this season has been approved: Tasmanian Government, 100,000 ; Kawarau River (Queenstown), 150,000 ; Upper Clutha (Pembroke), 200,000 ; Wairau (Marlborough), 600,000 ; Hokitika, 400,000 ; the balance to be hatched out at the Hakataramea Hatchery. These salmon are now so solidly established in New Zealand waters that the time has come when largo quantities should be put on the market, and I would recommend that next season fishermen should bo encouraged to catch them for market, and also that the Department should either hire a suitable vessel or use its ketch " Te Waipounamu " to prospect for schools of salmon off the north Otago and Canterbury coasts, and, by using the proper trolling-gear, demonstrate to fishermen how salmon are caught off the Pacific coast of Canada and America in the sea for market. lam convinced that once fishermen find out how the schools of salmon travel along the coastal waters at certain seasons they will be able to catch them in large quantities. Summary of Reports of Collectors of Customs and Inspectors of Fisheries. The following is a summary of the information contained in the annual reports suppled by the Collectors of Customs and Inspectors of Fisheries at the various fishing-ports : — Whangaroa. —Fish of all kinds can be caught in abundance, off this coast The greatest drawback to the industry at Whangaroa is that the, fishermen cannot get an outside market for their fish, most of which is sold locally, with the exception of crayfish, which is shipped to Auckland.

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Russell. —The principal market fish were plentiful throughout the year, and fishermen found a ready market for their catches, both locally and at the Auckland market. There being only one direct boat per week to Auckland, the fishermen depend chiefly on finding sale for their catches in the country townships, where the fish is sold at the following prices, which are very reasonable indeed : Flounder and mullet, 3s. a dozen ; snapper, ss. a dozen ; and crayfish, 12s. a dozen. After being closed down for some years Mr. Mountain's mullet-canning factory at Puroru commenced work during the year. The quality of the acid, also the quantity of the product, turned out since commencing operations has been quite satisfactory. Sharks have been more numerous during the last summer than for a good many seasons, and have caused considerable loss to fishermen. The owner of the whaling-station at Whangamumu reports having taken thirty-nine humpback and one right whale for the season. Taken as a whole, the oyster-beds at Bay of Islands are in good condition. Last season 3,033 sacks were picked for market; of these 288 were sold locally, and the balance, 2,745, were shipped to the Government oyster-depot at Auckland. There is an increasing demand for oysters from the inland townships ; orders are now coming from as far as Hokianga and Kaitaia. With the exception of the Rawhiti section, there was a poor " fixing " of spat on the natural beds last season, but on the artificial rock walls built in 1920 and 1921, both at Korikeri and Purerua, there was a splendid " fixing," and the young oysters on these artificial beds are growing well. As a result of the brood-oysters taken to Whangaroa in 1917, there is now a good showing of one- and two-year-old oysters on the rocks in the vicinity of where the beds were laid down. The size and quality of the two-year-old oysters shows that Whangaroa will produce oysters equal to the best in the Hauraki Gulf. With strict protection these beds will in a few years be again productive. Oyster-cultivation work was continued during the summer months. Four more loads of brood-oysters were taken in the Department's oyster-ketch " Te Waipounamu " to Whangaroa, and 1,964 yards of rock walls were built at Bay of Islands and Whangarei. Hokianga. —The usual market fish caught inside the heads have been plentiful and of good quality. There has been no improvement in the condition of the oyster-beds. Whangarei. —The principal market fish caught on the local fishing-grounds have been fairly plentiful, and good catches have been made by fishermen. Kaipara. —Fish in the Kaipara Estuary have been fairly plentiful, and the. fishermen generally have had a successful year. The mullet-cannery at Batley, which had been closed down for a good many years, recommenced operations during the year. In comparison with 1921 there has been a considerable increase in the quantity and value of fish taken. The oyster-beds are in good condition, and should yield a good supply for market this season. Auckland. —According to the Inspector's report the total quantity and value of fish brought in to Auckland during the year was about the same as in 1921. Outside the Hauraki Gulf all kinds of market fish have been plentiful, and when fine weather prevailed good catches were made by both the line men and the trawlers. Inside the gulf the Inspector says that fish, especially snapper, are becoming scarcer every year, and. recommends that the trawling-limits should be extended. The oyster-beds in the gulf and Great Barrier are looking very well. It is estimated that fully 3,000 sacks can be taken for market this season. Thames. —Fish have been fairly plentiful throughout the year, but fishing operations have been interfered with by the enormous quantities of jellyfish which were in the gulf during the summer months, and on that account the total quantity of fish taken was below that of the previous year. Tauranga. —The Inspector's report for the year shows no development in the industry, as about the same number of boats wens licensed and number of men employed as during the previous season, and the quantity of fish brought in shows very little increase. The increase in population in the Bay of Plenty of late years warrants a substantial increase in the catching-power of this port, in order to give the people a sufficient supply of fish. Gisborne. —Fishing has not varied much from previous years. Lack of other employment accounts for any increase in the industry during the year. The usual market fish caught on the local fishinggrounds have been fairly plentiful. Napier. —The past year has been very good. From July, 1921, till January, 1922, good catches were landed ; in fact, during that period fish were at times a glut on the market, the fishermen having to sell them at public auction, and even then large quantities had to be stored in the freezingchambers. Owing to the glut, trawlers were not permitted to fish regularly, as they could not find a market for the catches. However, from the beginning of February to the present time, fish have not been plentiful, and the quantity brought in has not been sufficient to meet local requirements. Taken as a whole the past year has been exceptionally good, both with regard to the quantity of fish caught and the wholesale price, which has been on a par with the previous year. New Plymouth. —The report supplied by the Collector of Customs shows that about the same quantity and value of fish was marketed as during the previous year. Extensive fishing-grounds exist off the Taranaki coast, but on account of the coast being exposed, and no natural shelter harbours for boats, there is no likelihood of any development until more powerful fishing-vessels are employed. Wanganui. —The quantity of fish caught locally is very little in excess of what was brought in during the previous twelve months. The most of the fish used in the Town of Wanganui and district is brought from Napier, Wellington, Auckland, and Thames. Foxton. —The past season has been a poor one for whitebait. The catches of flounder, snapper, and kahawai have been about the average of other seasons. Wellington. —There has been an increase in the quantity and value of fish taken, but a slight decrease in the number of fishing-boats licensed. The Cook Strait fishermen have been carrying out

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their work under favourable conditions, and good catches have been made. Flounders are still fairly plentiful betweeiiiWaikanae and the Rangitikei River. The whitebait season has been a poor one throughout the district. Picton. —The quantity of fish taken has been equal to that of previous years. One steam trawler and twenty-four motor-launches have been engaged in fishing. Thirty-three whales were taken at the Tory Channel whaling-station, as against forty-three last, year, showing a decrease of ten whales for the year. Blenheim. —Fishermen have enjoyed better weather during the past year than usual, and have been able to work almost continuously. There has been abundance of fish, jjarticularly flat fish, and the industry has had a very prosperous year. Nelson. —The fishing industry has been about normal, and does not show any signs of expansion. The quantity and value of fish brought in have been about the same as in 1921. Fishermen report fish as plentiful on the fishing-grounds in Tasman Bay. Westport. —The year has been, an exceptionally good one for all kinds of fish, with the exception of whitebait. The whitebait season was again disappointing, there being no runs of these fish in the river to speak of. Greymouth. —The Collector of Customs' report states that the past year shows an increase in the quantity of sea-fish caught over the previous year. The run of whitebait in the Grey River was exceptionally poor last season. Hokitika. —With the exception of whitebait there is now no fishing from this port. The run of whitebait in the Hokitika River was exceptionally poor. In South Westland a fair run in. all the rivers is reported. Kaikoura. —The year has been a successful one for the fishermen. Fish were plentiful, on the lining-grounds, and good catches were made. The total quantity and value of fish caught shows a substantial increase on the previous year's operations. Sixteen humpback and two " right " whales were caught, and treated at the whaling-station. Rangiora. —The fishing for the past year has been satisfactory for fishermen. The, run of whitebait in the Ashley was earlier than usual, and the season has been a fair one for these fish. Kaiapoi. —Flounders and other fish, with the exception of whitebait, have been scarce throughout the year. The run of whitebait in the Waimakariri and Styx Rivers has been fairly good, and compares favourably with past seasons. Southbridye (Lake Ellesmere). —From the local Inspector's report it would seem that there has been a falliug-off in the number of fishing-boats licensed, and in the number of men engaged in fishing, and consequently in the quantity of fish taken during the year. Lyttelton and Sumner. —The Inspector reports that all classes of fish have been plentiful, especially Hat fish, and fishermen have had a successful year. Timaru. —Flat fish have been fairly plentiful during the past year, and comprise the bulk of the local catch. The weather-conditions, especially during the summer months, were very bad for line fishing, and fish were scarce on the usual grounds. The cost of fuel tends towards a scarcity of fish, as the fishermen do not venture so much, on account of the high expense. Oamaru. —Groper were fairly plentiful during the summer months, but fell away to nothing during the winter. Deep-sea. fishing is, during the winter months, generally relied on for payable returns, but last winter it was a complete failure, the boats being run at a loss. The, high cost of benzine has been one of the chief difficulties encountered, and this has militated against prospecting for new grounds. Moeraki. —A, year of unusually windy weather resulted in returns disappointing to the fishermen. It is stated that this year has been the worst experienced for the past eight or nine years. Otago District. —The Inspector reports that all kinds of fish have been plentiful on the fishinggrounds. On account of unfavourable weather-conditions prevailing for practically the whole year, the line fishermen have only averaged about three days a week, and on several occasions they were unable to get out for a week at a time. The trawling-boats have taken large catches of flat fish, and also round fish for practically the whole of the year. The catches by the seine-net fishermen have varied considerably, but on the whole they have had a fairly good year. The Nugget Bay fishermen now send their catches to southern markets ; the price realized is from 3d. to 3|-d. a pound. The Puketerki fishermen continue to supply the Dunedin market with crayfish. Invercargill. —Reports from Te Waewae Bay, Colac, and Riverton are to the effect that market fish have been plentiful, and fishermen have experienced a fairly good year. Fair catches of flounders have been made in the New River Estuary. With regard to marketing sea-run trout, the Collector of Customs says that " since the regulation allowing these fish to be taken for market has been revoked, less of these fish have been caught by angling. The fish have been migrating to sea, and when they get into salt water, where food is plentiful, they rarely return to fresh water, and with the restrictions now imposed they are consequently lost to trade. I would recommend that the acclimatization society be allowed to retain the waters in the upper reaches of tidal rivers, but where netting for indigenous fish in any estuary is carried on, all fish, including trout, should be allowed to be taken without restriction over a certain size." A fair run of whitebait came up most of the Southland rivers last season. Bluff. —The local Inspector reports oysters as being plentiful on the Foveaux Strait beds, and in excellent condition. The quantity brought in last season from these beds is given in the return appended to this report. Stewart Island. —Blue cod and other market fish were plentiful on the usual fishing-grounds during the year, and fishermen have had a prosperous year. The total quantity of fish brought in was considerably in excess for the year 1921.

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Chatham Islands. — When weather-conditions were favourable good catches of blue cod and hapuku were made. The quantity and value of fish taken during the year show a decided increase on the previous year's operations. Returns. The following returns are appended herewith :— (1.) The various kinds of fish caught, and approximately the total quantities and. value of fish landed at the different ports, for the year ended 31st March, 1922. (2.) The total quantity of oysters taken from the different beds, the quantity disposed of in the Dominion, the quantity exported, and total value. (3.) The total quantity and value of fish imported into and exported from New Zealand during the year ended 31st December, 1921. (4.) The number of steam trawlers, oil-engine trawlers, and other vessels employed in net and line fishing, with the number of fishermen employed, and approximately the total number of persons engaged in the fishing industry at each port, for the year ended 31st March, 1922. (5.) The number and kinds of whales taken at each winding-station, and the quantity and value of oil, bonedust, or fertilizer produced. 1 have, &c, L. F. Ayson, The Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. Chief Inspector of Fisheries. Report of Constable E. T. Berry, No. 1140, re Salmon Season 1922. Police Station, Glenavy, 9th June, 1922. I respectfully report that the 1.922 salmon season has seen a record run of salmon in the Waitaki River. The run commenced on the sth January, 1922, and they have been coming into the, river in large numbers ever since. The number of salmon caught with rod and line up to the end of April is twenty-four fish, a very poor showing, which is accounted for by the state of the river, which has been in fresh from the Ist January to the end of April. The river was only fishable for a few days during that period. There were some extra-big fish seen, estimated to be up to 60 lb. The first salmon was caught on the Bth February, and the last one on the 20th April. Since the fishing season ended, on the 30th April, I have kept a good watch on the river, and I have seen a fair number of salmon running since then. The caretaker at the Waitaki fishing-camp has also been keeping a lookout for me, and he reported to me that a big run came in on the 13th May and 25th. May, and this morning there was another big run of salmon. Ido not think that these last runs will go far up the river, which is getting low now. The weights of the salmon taken in the Waitaki River during the 1922 season ranged from 7 lb. up to 31 lb.

The Chairman, Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery Board, to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington. I have the honour to report as follows regarding the operations carried on at the Portobello Marino Fish-hatchery during the year ending 31st March, 1922. The station was officially opened in January, 1904, and its history, written by the chairman of the Board, and incorporating the researches and the fine work done by Mr. Thomas Andorton, the first curator, was issued as a bulletin by the Board of Science and Art in October, 1921. Copies of this document have been sent far and wide to other biological stations, and to scientific workers whose publications have been presented to the hatchery library. One of the primary functions of the hatchery was intended to be the introduction into the seas surrounding this country of the best kinds of foreign fishes and other marine animals. Owing to the high cost of freight and of all shipping-charges which have resulted from the dislocation of trade produced by the war, a continuation of this work has become impossible for the present. When conditions become more favourable the Board would recommend to the Government that a further shipment of turbot, lobsters, and crabs be made to this country from Britain. It is advisable to confine efforts to the species whoso introduction has already been accomplished until their establishment is assured. Meanwhile the Board suggested to your Department that it might be possible to obtain a fresh stock of lobsters and crabs by offering a bonus of £5 per pair for their introduction. We are glad that the suggestion received the approval of the Minister, and that " The High Commissioner for Now Zealand was requested to bring the matter under the notice of owners of vessels trading to New Zealand, with request that they will bring it under the notice of the officers of their vessels, and suggesting that Professor Williamson, of the Scottish Fishery Board, would be glad to assist." It has also been suggested that a printed slip containing the offer of the bonus be issued to the Collectors of Customs at those ports at which overseas steamers call, with the request that they bo handed, to the chief officers and engineers of all steamers trading direct to this country. The position of the stock at the hatchery is stated by Mr. W. Adams, curator of the station, in his annual report to the Board, to be as follows :— " The stock of turbot still stands at fourteen, none having died since January, 1919. Although the fish have not increased in size during the past two years, all are in excellent condition, and free from fungoid disease. There is no doubt that we have been exceedingly fortunate in. being able to keep these fish so long. The turbot, in confinement, is very liable to ulceration on the under-side, due to friction against the bottom of the pond. There is no sign of development of the ovaries in any of the fish. Young turbot in Europe frequent the shallow water close inshore, but after reaching a

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length of 9 in. to 10 in. they seek the deeper water for their breeding-ground. In the turbot-tank there is only a depth of 20 in., and I am of opinion that the insufficient depth is the sole reason why the turbot have not already spawned. Turbot spawn in 20 to 30 fathoms, and the conditions at this depth would be totally different from those of the shallow water in our tanks. " At the time of my last annual report the stock of lobsters stood at five males and two females. One male and two females died during the year. The cause of death was not apparent. [Presumably old age was the cause.—G. M. T.] The female had but recently cast her shell after having hatched out a full bunch of eggs. The remaining two females hatched out their broods during February, one casting the same month and the other early in March. All the larvee were hatched out in the large, pond, and were allowed to escape by the outlet-valve, which is opened at least once daily. I estimate that 30,000 larvae were hatched during the season. The few lobsters we have in the ponds require almost as much time in tending them as it would take if the ponds were fully stocked. The ponds require to be regularly cleaned, and a fresh supply of fish-food secured three times a week. " It is now two years since wo started to experiment in the rearing and cultivation of the southern rook-oyster (Ostrea tatei). Our first attempt was not a success, owing to the rapid growth of weed on the concrete slabs. The following season we altered the racks so that two-thirds of the slabs were in a horizontal position, and the remainder lying at an angle of 45°. The rack was close-boarded on top so as to exclude as much direct sunlight as possible. During February the plates were examined, and it was found that the under-sides of those lying on their flat were covered with oysters measuring 1 in. in diameter, while the plates lying at an angle, although free from weed, had very few oysters attached. Our past experience has shown us that to make, this experiment a success the plates need to be placed in a horizontal position and kept as dark as possible during the spawning season." Drift Bottles. —Since January, 1920, when the liberation of bottles off Otago Heads was commenced, 464 bottles have been set free. Of these sixty have been picked up, and their contained papers have been returned to the Hon. Secretary of the Board. This represents 12-9 per cent, of the whole number, and, considering the fact that all bottles liberated more than six miles from the heads drift north (as far as Wellington) and north-oast (thrco having been returned from the Chatham Islands), and that the chances of the bottles being picked up on sandy beaches seem relatively small, we consider the results both interesting and satisfactory. In selecting a site for the fish-hatchery and biological station prior to 1904, a strong reason advanced for choosing Otago Harbour was that owing to the occurrence of a north-easterly current along the coast anything set free in the ocean there would almost certainly tend to go up the coast in a northerly direction. This drift-bottle experiment has shown the accuracy of the forecast. It is not intended to carry this experiment further. Research Student. —The Government having authorized the appointment of a research student to carry on biological work at the hatchery, candidates were invited early in the year to apply for the position. Mr. Maxwell Young, of Wellington, and lately of the Cawthron Institute, was selected for the post, and entered on his duties in June last. Mr. Young brings enthusiastic interest to his work, and has made a very satisfactory start. Material for Biological Research. —The Board, recognizing that university and other workers require from time to time well-prepared material for their biological studies, is preparing a list of the animals which they can supply through their biologist, and this will bo printed and distributed. Such material, carefully preserved, will be a boon to all biological professors and teachers. The other work of the station is thus recorded by Mr. Adams in his report to the Board : — " The record which was being taken of the rate of growth of the sole, flounder, tarakihi, and wrasse was discontinued during the latter part of June. Owing to a break in the suction-pipe connected to the oil-engine, the reservoir could not be refilled until repairs were completed. There was no wind during the four days that the engine was out of commission, and. consequently the windmill was also out of action. We were only able to keep a supply of water running in the turbot-tank, so the flow in the other tanks was stopped and the fish placed in one of the outside ponds. The weather was extremely cold at the time, and the sudden change of temperature killed the majority of the fish, only a trumpeter and a kelp-fish surviving. We are collecting another stock of small fish, and the record of their growth will be again started. " Stormy and unsettled weather was experienced during the last four months of the year, when off-shore fishing operations were greatly interrupted. Some of the local fishermen stated that the season has been the worst experienced for some years past. When the work of the station and the weather permitted we, spent as much time as possible in trawling and line fishing. The stomachcontents of all fish caught were noted. All small specimens taken in the small-mesh net in the codend of the trawl were secured by Mr. Young. " Mr. Bradley has paid a visit to the Dunedin fish-market at least once every week, and the outlying fishing-ports twice during the year. The, quantity and prices of fish sold on the market during his visits were recorded. " The. station, which is always open to the public, was visited by a large number of people ; during the summer months the tanks contain a number of local fishes, and are of great interest to visitors." The collection of tow-netting material from the tidal water flowing past the station is regularly carried on, and an attempt is now being made to work out some at least of this large mass of material. It is hoped that some of the sorted-out material may be worked out by specialists in certain lines.

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Table showing the Number of Steam-trawlers, Oil-engine Trawlers, and other Vessels employed in Line and Net Fishing, with the Number of Fishermen employed, and approximately the total number of persons engaged in the Fishing Industry, at each Port, for the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Table showing the Various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities and Value of Fish Landed at the different Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

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Niimn of Port.. £ 01 rH S 9 — ■ V '3>£ i 3 £ ca J I 5 'ompi! lee ■g A Number of Pi V A, t» employed a .9 *- . "■Si °a= I fsl »s I i-i fc' 5 rom LO 1'01 lurns given arsons i I. in t: he District Inspectors' reports.) -g ot Numb » <i 'Ai> El S §fe -3* 9 2 i£ s 2» _ig 2 5 OJ M d «4 i * J | -jH ses I a tO O r-H" | [L >er of Persons mptoyed. o H Name of Port. 1 I O H Whangaroa Russell Hokianga Whangarei Kaipara Auckland Thames Tauranga Gisborne Napier .. New Plymouth Wanganui Foxton .. Wellington Picton .. Blenheim Westport '.'. 8 2 1 10 .'. i i '.'. i 5 7 0 ; .. 46 95 18 28 17 30 6 42 50 12 184 121 136 32 78 24 30 30 30 68 10 27 159 4 28 60 5 14 16 .. 21 45 . 4 64 140 ! 105 24 55 j 10 14 4 14 24 10 7 46 18 17 42 184 32 30 30 27 28 14 21 64 24 10 14 6 95 28 36 62 257 102 30 78 163 65 16 49 245 55 18 34 I Greymouth Kaikoura Rangiora j Kaiapoi Southbridge Lyttelton Akaroa (no return I Timaru | Oamaru Moeraki Otago district Invercargill Bluff (included in In Stewart Island Chatham Islands .. Totals 11 20 25 50 18 20 26 26 13 15 2 3 12 32 supplied.) 3 8 20 32 9 18 18 36 3 7 74 157 1 .. 37 30 verca rgill rotur n.) 29 75 12 24 20 4 54 20 26 15 30 5 37 8 40 18 36 100 257 16 46 100 16 8 8 8 83 8 32 5 32 24 912 1,554 484 484 2.038

lompil ompiled from the figures given in the District Inspectors' reports f >isl irict lol rtl he year.) I Name of Port. Kinds of Fisb Caught. Quantity. Total Value. Whangaroa Russell Hokianga Whangarci Kaipara Auckland Hapuku, kahawai, mullet, flounder, and crayfish Mullet, snapper, kahawai, flounder, hapuku, trevally, and crayfish Mullet, flounder, snapper, and kahawai Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku, trevally, and mussels Mullet, snapper, flounder, kahawai, gurnard, and trevally Snapper, mullet, flounder, gurnard, hapuku, kingfish, garfish, trevally, and whitebait Snapper, flounder, gurnard, trevally, kahawai, mullet, and eels . . Snapper, hapuku, trevally, kahawai, flounder, gurnard, moki, rid cod, kingfish, herring, garfish, mullet, and maomao Flounder, gurnard, hapuku, moki, red cod, snapper, sole, and torakihi Flounder, sole, brill, snapper, gurnard, butterfish, moki, kingfish, crayfish, and whitebait Snapper, hapuku, blue cod, flounder, gurnard, kahawai, and crayfish Blue cod, hapuku, snapper, flounder, kahawai, mullet, and gurnard Flounder, snapper, kahawai, and whitebait Snapper, hapuku ,moki, kingfish, warehou, tarakihi, gurnard, butterfish, blue cod, flounder, sole, and crayfish Hapuku, kahawai, snapper, moki, blue cod, red cod, butterfish, flounder, sole, and herring Blue cod, red cod, flounder, sole, snapper, groper, tarakihi, gurnard, kahawai, butterfish, kingfish, and whitebait Snapper, flounder, hapuku, blue cod, butterfish, moki, kahawai, gurnard, and crayfish Herring, sole, flounder, snapper, hapuku, red cod, gurnard, ling, moki, blue cod, and whitebait Sole, flounder, groper, snapper, and whitebait No return supplied. Groper, trumpeter, kingfish, butterfish, blue cod, ling, and tarakihi Whitebait, flounder, and herringWhitebait and flounder Flounder, herring, and red cod Flounder, sole, blue cod, red cod, ling, tarakihi, trevally, butterfish, kingfish, groper, and barracouta No return supplied. Flounder, sole, brill, groper, ling, red cod, gurnard, kingfish, barracouta, tarakihi, and elephant-fish Groper, blue cod, red cod, moki, barracouta, ling, warehou, and crayfish Groper, blue cod, red cod, moki, barracouta, crayfish, and ling .. Flounder, sole, brill, groper, kingfish, ling, tarakihi, moki, blue cod, red cod, barracouta, trumpeter, trevally, gurnard, garfish, skate, and kahawai Groper, ling, kingfish, barracouta, blue cod, red cod, mullet, sole, and flounder Blue cod, flounder, and groper Blue cod, red cod, trumpeter, moki, butterfish, and groper Blue cod, hapuku, and trumpeter Cwt. 580 23,000 No quantity 2,504 11,000 05,700 £ s. d. 1,075 0 0 17,200 0 0 r supplied. 2,614 0 0 11,950 0 0 99,000 0 0 Thames Tauranga 14,959 2,000 21,187 15 0 4,500 0 0 Gisborne 2,660 6,450 0 0 Napier 18,397 34,300 0 0 New Plymouth . . 800 1,200 0 0 Wanganui Fox ton Wellington 250 400 18,134 750 0 0 1,500 0 0 25,400 0 0 Picton 2,600 3,250 0 0 Blenheim 1,076 2,623 0 0 Nelson 1,130 1,264 0 0 Westport 1,065 1,847 0 0 Greymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Rangiora Kaiapoi Southbridge Lyttelton 53 148 0 0 7,112 107 250 240 6,200 14,050 0 0 750 0 0 1,680 0 0 1,250 0 0 11,625 0 0 Akaroa Timaru Mo return e supplied. Oamaru 2,825 2,769 0 0 Moeraki Dunedin 3,573 57,840 5,018 0 (I 51,840 0 0 Invercargill 1,239 3,860 0 0 Bluff Stewart Island Chatham Islands.. 7,285 6,478 3,664 16,248 0 0 10,405 0 0 6,643 0 0 Totals 203,121 362,396 15 0

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Table showing the Number, and Value of the Oysters disposed of in the Dominion and exported for the year ended 31st december, 1921.

Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish Imported into and Exported prom New Zealand during the Yeab ended 81st December, 1921. Fish Imported. r. ... Value. ■ r. ... Value. Quantity. t Quantity. t Anchovies, salted (in bulk).. .. 2cwt. 19 Fish, preserved in tins .. 1,287,8751b. 56,032 Oysters, fresh .. •■ .. Nil Nil Pish, smoked, dried, pickled, and Other fish, fresh or frozen .. .. 2 cwt, 9 salted .. .. .. 1,686 cwt. 6,596

Fish Exported.

Table showing Number and Species of Whales taken, and Value of Products.

Table showing the Total Payments of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Locality. Disposed of in Dominion. Exported. Total Number. Total Value. I Fovcaux Strait Dredge-oysters. Sacks. 22,926 Saeks. 1,620 Sacks. 24,546 £ s. d. 15,341 0 0 Rock-oysters. 3,0331 3,537 - 590 | Bay of Islands Hauraki Gulf , . !!i-i-al Barrier . . 7,160 7,763 0 0 Total 23,104 0 0

New Zealand Produec. Quantity. Value. Anchovies, salted (in bulk) .. .. .. Nil Nil Oysters, fresh .. .. ■• •• 92,340 doz. £965 Other fish, fresh or frozen .. .. .. 8,820 ewt. £25,291 Fish, preserved in tins . . .. .. .. 92,740 1b. £8,537 Fish, smoked, dried, pickled, and salted .. .. 137 cwt. £509 Not New Zealand Produce. Quantity. Value. Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 104,8351b. £4,894 10 cwt. £59

Whaling-station. Number of Whales taken. Species. Yield of Oil. Quantity of Bonedust or I'Yrlilizcr Produced. Total Value. /hangamumu .. .. j Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait.. .aikoura .. . . j Totals .. .. .. | 1 39 34 16 2 92 Right whale Humpback Humpback Humpback Right whale j Tons. 181 120 "i 362 40 tons bonedust . . 7 ewt. whalebone .. £ 8,000 2,520 1,403 I 10 12,063

m „,.... Rent. Office „,___„.__. salaries Wanes Travelling Postages, ,',,',„ ,7 Miscellaneous Division of Department S Suse«&c Allowances. Telegrams. ,,.' ."..•„„ and Totals. BonuseR, &c. 8nd Expenses, and Telcplioncs. ( . ; "S ,. :"' B Contingencies. Division of Department "£*£»£•■ Auowiinc," &££& OieSSlng Bonus, s, cvc. , lml Bxpen8eB , I and Telephones. < li.inuyj iintin„ Miscellaneous and Contingencies, anu stationery. Head Office Harbours Lighthouses ■ . - Meteorological Mercantile Marine,&c. Inspection of Machinery, &c. Protection of fish and oysters Government steamers & s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Head Office .. 8,349 8 9| 98 5 6 648 1 9 1,406 16 0 5,885 4 7(a) 16,387 16 7 Harbours .. 1,051 13 1 \ 196 16 4 16 10 0 29 9 5 1,578 15 6(A) 2,873 4 4 Lighthouses ..121,329 16 8 I 760 10 8 50 1 0 .. 15,170 15 5(c) 37,311 3 9 Meteorological ..11,832 13 0 59 0 1 1,500 10 10 343 4 7 184 3 2 3.919 11 8 Mercantile Marine,&c. 11,701 19 8 444 3 9 326 6 9 1 424 6 5 75119 4(d) 13,648 15 11 Inspection of Ma- 20,403 2 9 5,884 19 1 736 5 4 ! 845 8 1 371 19 6 28,241 14 9 eliinei'v Ae. £ s. d. i 8,349 8 9 1,051 13 1 121,329 16 8 j j 1,832 13 0 ! ill,701 19 8 20,403 2 9 cbincry, &e. Protection of fish and ! 2,917 1 5 537 14 4 .. .. 11,563 19 0(e) 15,018 14 9 ovsters 2,917 1 5 oysters Government steamers j 1,889 11 8 .. .. .. 32,404 14 0 (/) 34,294 6 2 Totals .. 69,475 7 0 7,981 17 0 3,277 15 8 3,049 4 6 67,911 11 0 151,695 7 11 i 1,889 11 8 Totals '69,475 7 0 i ! ! i («.) Includes £1,928 8s. 9d., grants and subsidies for repairs, renewals, and extensions to wharves, clearing rivers, repairs to lights and beacons, and assistance to Mokau Harbour Board; £1,811 8s. fid., expenses Inland Waterways Commission; CI5I 7s. 7d., checking overcrowding of passenger traffic; £321 Is. Id., war medals and ribands for erews of mercantile-marine vessels; £820, preparation of nautical tables; £430, Clutha River Board's dredge; £108 12s. 7d., cartage ami freight; £850 5s. Id.; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, £/*4 3s. Id., relief of distressed seamen. (6.) includes £1.8 Us. Id., repairs; £368 4s. 9d., buoy chain, stores, ami oil; 2256 Ss. 2d., buoys, beacons, and gas tor lights; £808 His. 3d., repairs to Kaipara beacons; £210 Os. 8d., re-erection of boatman's cottage at Hokianga Heads; £147 L8s. 6d., repairs Io beacon, Jackson's Head. (c) includes £144 18s. (id., books, etc.; £028 (is., carriage of mails; £618 18s, l()d., wis and stoves for automatic lights; £4,410 :Ss. 8ll., new dwellings at lighthouses; £5,373 Ills. 10d„ oil and stoves; £508 4s. 6d., purchase and shoeing of horses ami forage for same; £1,745 7s. lid., rebuilding Iightkceper's house at I'outo; £948 3s. 5d., repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, Ac; £300, sun-valves for automatic lights; £165 14s. 4d., fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance. (d.) Includes £278 19s. ml., administration of Shipping and Seamen Act, etc.', £4:12 Is. Id., expenses connected With examinations; £27 6s. 4d., prosecutions under Shipping and Seamen Act. (c.) Includes £449 Us. 2d., benzine, oil, and stores; £223 lis. Kid., maintenance, llakatarainea llalchcry; £687 10s., maintenance Portobello Fish-hatchery ; £1,892 His. 5d., launch for Hay of Islands; £4,53(1 16s. ltd., picking and sale of oysters ; £544 12s. 'l hi planting oysters; £.119 (is. :ld., purchase of nets and gear for sale to fishermen ; £1,203 9s. Id., repairs" Te Waipounamu " ; £823 2s. Oct, stoeldn- rivers with salmon ; £1,200, purchase of foreshore, k'awau Island. (/.) Includes £6,332 14s. (Id., upkeep " Aniokura " ; £1(1,085 lis. 3d., upkeep and working-expenses, " Hinemoa " ; £9,876 His. 9d upkeep ami working-expense*, " Tutanekai " : too. superannuation, El, 0. Hunter.

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Statement op Receipts of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department for the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Shipping and Seamen Act — £ s. d. £ s. d. Fees for engagement and discharge of seamen and sale of forms .. .. 3,698 6 6 Survey of steamers and sailing-vessels .. .. .. .. .. 3,353 15 0 Measurement of ships .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 24 12 0 Examination of masters, mates, and engineers . . .. .. .. 585 12 8 light dues .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 41,311 9 6 Sundry receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83 0 6 Fines and forfeitures . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 776 7 1 49,833 3 9 Merchant Shipping Act .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 192 5 0 Harbours Act — Pilotage, port charges, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 647 15 6 Foreshore rents and sundry receipts .. .. .. .. .. 1,175 12 6 1,823 8 0 Fisheries Act— Sale of oysters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,763 2 0 Sundry receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 323 15 0 8", 080 17 0 Inspection of Machinery Act — Inspection of boilers and machinery .. .. .. .. .. 13,101. 15 0 Examination of engine-drivers .. .. .. .. .. .. 601 16 9 13,703 11 9 Tramways Act — Examination of cleetrie-tram drivers .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 0 0 £73,696 5 6

Table showing Total Cost of Maintenance of New Zealand Coastal Lighthouses for the Year ended 31st March, 1922, together with the Cost of Erection in each Case.

Oil consumed. Name of Lighthouse, salaries una Wages. stores aim Maintenance. Cost of Erection. Callous. Value. Cane Maria Van Diemen Cape Brett Mokohinou Tiritiri Cuvior Island East (Jape Portland Island Castlepoint Cape Pallisor Penoarrow Head Cape lOgont Manukau Head Kaipara Head Brothers French Pass Stephens Island Cape Campbell Godley Head Akaroa Head Jack's Point Moeraki Taiaroa Headf Cape Saunders Nugget Point Waipapapa Point Dog Island.. Centre Island Puysegur Point Cape Foulwind Kahurangi Point Fare-well Spit £ s. d. 869 9 9 942 14 4 819 13 4 552 4 0 859 11 1 515 5 10 871 15 9 808 3 4 541 12 8 564 0 0 550 16 II 528 8 9 1,000 7 10 943 5 5 333 3 0 738 15 9 528 16 9 567 18 9 609 15 3 318 2 0 507 4 10 355 9 2 548 (i 1 834 6 2 531 0 1 770 10 8 811 8 9 800 13 10 550 1 5 805 11 0 835 14 2 814 746 720 571 617 736 804 633 708 867 711 659 865 715 183 713 680 659 613 309 675 338 637 762 712 397 733 814 723 649 699 £ s. d. 86 9 9 77 5 3 76 10 0 60 13 5 65 11 2 78 4 0 85 8 0 67 3 11 75 5 9 92 2 5 75 10 11 70 0 5 91 18 2 75 19 5 25 14 0 75 15 2 72 5 0 70 0 5 65 2 8 32 16 8 71 14 5 35 18 3 67 13 8 80 19 3 75 13 0 09 9 6 77 17 8 86 9 9 76 16 5 68 19 2 74 5 5 £ s. d. 231 4 3 245 2 4 209 17 3 79 II 2 211 7 11 128 14 2 129 10 9 78 3 0 132 18 9 199 7 7 120 6 4 117 5 11 306 12 0 250 9 2 62 5 4 277 0 11 129 13 7 73 12 5 87 7 5 113 10 10 53 7 4 19 9 1 131 9 9 191 18 3 121 2 11 139 18 3 152 4 9 104 0 8 114 15 9 214 6 4 169 9 0 £ s. d. 7,028 14 8 11,237 3 5 8,186 5 0 5,747 7 2 7,406 16 11 7,594 8 8 6,554 14 5 9,703 16 10 6,243 16 I 6,422 0 4 3,353 17 II* 4,975 2 4 5,660 8 0 6,241 0 0 1,427 17 5 9,349 9 11 5,619 2 6 4,705 16 4 7,150 (i 5 1,204 id <> 4,288 13 2 4.923 14 11 6,066 6 3 6,597 3 7 5,969 18 11 10.480 12 8 5,785 19 0 9,958 19 5 6,955 9 I 9.528 1 1 6,139 11 8 Totals . . . . £20,814 16 8 2,205 1.3 6 4,596 3 2 202,507 4 10 * Cost of iron tower, ianti t Automatic light lnstallei :f This total does not inclu em, and apparatus, w d in August, 1921. ide salary of lighthouse rhioh were ren loved from Mana Island Is not included in shis, e expert, whicl ii i'« included in return o' total expenditure.

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Table 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, for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

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I Engagements and Discharges in Foreign and Intercolonial Trade. Engagements and Discharges in Home Trade. Engagements and Discbarges in Restricted Limits. Total Engagements. Total Discharges. Grand Totals. Port. g 3 tc Fees g 5 g received. A U O tJC _ S- CD CO « 3 £ Fees g s at - ea jj received. 3 S A -9 I A Fees o 3 £ j Fees g = «> Fees received. , "2 5,3 received. *5 5 tc received. 3 cu o ' r-H © 3 j A -3 I A w 3 ca » 3 £ Fees a 3 received. 3 a o , A o . ,c fl fl © Fees received. o . •ri -D flee Fees received. Sao A Fees received. £ . s. d. • £ s. d. ! £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 2,302 222 10 0 2,417 232 1 0 2,533 201 18 0 2,728 Dunedin and Port Chalmers 944 95 7 0 1,160 110 13 0 621 ! 48 19 0 545 Grevmouth .. .. 34 3 8 0 - 16 1 12 0 50 ! 4 6 0 43 Hokianga .. .. 3060 3060 40 8 0 3 Hokitika .. .... .. .. .. 1016 3 Invercargill .. .. 59 5 18 0 52 540 40S0 4 Kaipara .. .. 1020 4 080 26 ,210 26 Lvttelton .. .. 921 91 5 0 928 92 6 0 1,190 103 15 0 1,228 Mangonui .. .... Napier .. .. 22 2 4 0 29 2 18 0 293 22 4 0 272 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 469 34 15 0 453 Neiv Plymouth .. .. 38 3 16 0 45 4 10 0 25 2 10 0 24 Oamaru .. .. 1020.. .. 80 16 0 5 Onehunga .. .. .. .. .. .. 525 43 2 0 500 Patea .. .... .. .. .. 9 0 7 0 16 Picton .. .. 3060! 1020 14 180 24 Poverty Bav .. .. 15 1 10 0 9 0 18 0 115 9 11 0 102 Russell .. .. 1020.. Tauranga .. .... .. • • .. .. .. 3 Thames .. .. I 15 1 10 0 18 1 16 0 .. .. 4 Timaru .. .. ] 18 1 16 0 18 1 16 0 35 ' 3 9 0 38 Wairau .. .. j .. .. .. .. 43 1 11 0 52 Wanganui .. .. j .. .. • • • • 73 5 9 6 62 Wellington .. .. :3,455 292 17 0 |3,551 301 9 0 2.604 ,227 15 6 2,715 Westport .. .. 9 0 18 0 11 0 18 0 80 | 6 19 0 96 Whangarei .. .... .. 11020 3 ! 0 0 0 2 Whangape .. ■• •• •• ■• •• 6 0 12 0 7 £ s. d. 218 0 0 304 42 19 0 3 12 0 0 6 0 0 5 6 0 8 0 2 10 107 14 0 21 3 0 49 33 3 0 2 8 0 0 10 0 40 8 0 0 12 6 2 8 0 7 17 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 3 15 0 1 13 0 4 13 0 237 16 8 6 0 0 4 0 0 14 0 £ s. d. 23 4 0 4 12 0 306 51 £ s., d. 25 9 0 4 16 0 I 5,139 1,565 84 7 1 j 63 j 27 j 2,111 364 469 63 9 525 ; 9 17 130 1 15 53 43 73 6,059 S9 3 ! 6 I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 447 12 0 5,451 475 10 0 10,590 923 2 0 144 6 0 1,705 153 12 0 3,270 297 18 0 7 14 0 59 5 4 0 143 12 18 0 0 14 0 6 0 12 0 13 16 0 016 3 056 4 07 0 6 6 0 56 5 12 0 119 11 18 0 2 3 0 30 2 9 0 57 4 12 0 195 0 0 2,156 200 0 0 4,267 395 0 0 29 0 0 352 i 28 17 0 i 716 57 17 0 34 15 0 453 33 3 0 922 67 18 0 6 6 0 69 6 18 0 132 13 4 0 0 18 0 5 0 10 0 14 18 0 43 2 0 500 40 8 0 1,025 83 10 0 0 7 0 16 0 12 6 25 0 19 6 1 14 0 25 2 10 0 42 4 4 0 11 1 0 111 S 15 0 • 241 19 16 0 0 2 0.. .. 1 020 3j060 3 060 1 10 0 22 2 4 0 37 3 14 0 5 5 0 56 5 11 0 109 10 16 0 1 11 0 52 1 13 0 95 3 4 (I 5 9 6 62 4 13 0 135 10 • 2 6 520 12 6 6,266 538 10 6 12,325 1,059 3 0 7 17 0 107 9 4 0 196 17 1 0 060 3 060 6 0 12 0 0 12 0 7 0 14 0 13 16 0 Totals .. .. 7,841 723 17 0 8,263 756 19 0 8,731 722 11 6 j 8,955 8,263 756 19 0 j 8,731 722 11 6 | 8,955 740 15 6 353 27 16 0 357 I 30 5 0 16,925 1,474 4 6 17,575 1,527 19 6 ! 34,500 3,002 4

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Table showing Number of Fishing-boats registered and licensed at each Port during the Year ended 31st December, 1921.

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, 1922.

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Port. Number registered. Number licensed. Port. Number registered. Number licensed Auckland Awanui Bluff and Invercargill .. Chatham Islands Dunedin and Port Chalmers Greymouth Hokianga Hokitika Kaipara Lyttelton Mangonui Napier Nelson New Plymouth 264 2 81 10 104 18 19 2 101 275 10 85 78 88 264 2 81 10 104 18 19 2 101 275 10 85 78 33 Brought forward .. Oamaru j Patea I Picton Poverty Bay Russell Tauranga Thames Timaru Wairau Wanganui Wellington Westport 1,082 35 4 36 32 46 39 35 22 8 20 122 12 1,082 35 4 36 32 46 39 35 22 8 20 122 12 1,082 1,082 Totals 1,493 1,493 Carried forward .. I

Name of Seaman. Balance to Credit of the Estate on 31st March, 1.921. Amount received. Amount paid. Balance to Credit of the Estate on 81st March, 1922. < leoil Harvey .. F, Warelin Thomas Peeves A. Mackinnon L. P. Fauohelle l<\ J. Beach Alfred Warren Thomas Leigh John Manchin George Murdoch Eric Holtberg .Malcolm Mc.Leod I'ercy Brandon C. W. Thompson James Burns .. W. G. Totman W. L. Watson A. Dudfield Ii. L. Fowler H. Stapleton .. H. M. Rindodal Michael O'Connor Thomas Pope .. .. £ s. d. 4 14 8 5 2 2 45 13 7 40 11 5 7 4 0 59 12 9 8 2 7 4 19 9 10 14 3 8 14 2 14 11 10 .1.4 5 7 8 2 7 9 (i 7 19 10 10 6 8 0 £ s. d. 16 0 0 12 7 4 13 5 5 25 0 0 2 17 0 11 12 11 32 5 9 1.7 4 4 5 18 0 0 2 8 £ s. d. 4 14 8 5 2 2 16 0 0 70 13 7 5 13 0 40 .11 5 7 4 0 59 12 9 14 0 7 4 19 9 10 14 3 8 14 2 14 11 10 14 5 7 8 2 7 9 6 7 19 10 10 6 10 8 £ s. d. 4 14 8 5 2 2 16 0 0 70 13 7 5 13 0 40 11 5 7 4 0 59 12 9 14 0 7 4 19 9 10 14 3 8 14 2 14 II 10 14 5 7 8 2 7 9 6 7 19 10 10 6 10 8 £ s. d. 12 7 4 13 5 5 2 17 0 11 12 11 20 12 9 17 4 4 267 14 9 136 13 5 320 8 5 83 19 9

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Return showing Amounts received prior to the Ist April, 1921, standing to Credit of Estates of Deceased Seamen, and for which Claims have not been proved. £ s. d £ s. d. Ahlblad, A., late A.8., barquentine " Lyman Make-atu, A., late cook, s.s. " Ngatiawa ".. 2 3 0 B.Foster" ~ .. .. 13 16 10 Martin, Santiago, late A.8., barquentine Alick, —, late cook, schooner " Jubilee" .. 17 0 0 " Antiopc" .. .. .. 9 1 10 Carroll, David, late A.8., s.s. " Joan Craig ".. 414 0 Millet, D., late A.8., barquentine "Lyman Cossar, B„ late cook, s.s. " Karamu " .. 3 8 5 I). Foster" .. .. ..17172 Dcvere, A., late boatswain, s.s. " Flora " .. 15 16 5 " Mitchelson, F., late A.8., s.s. "Te Toko "..4 14 11 Dick, —, late A.8., schooner " Jubilee " .. 15 17 4 Monaghan, James, late fireman, s.s. "MonoDoran, G., late trimmer, s.s. " Waihora ".. 18 8 7 wai " .. .. .. ..467 Engdahl, A., late A.8., barquentine " Lyman MoEvoy, J., late trimmer, s.s. " Koromiko " 0 6 10 D.Foster" .. .. .. ..13 16 10 Mclntyre, A., late A.8., s.s. " Ulimaroa" .. 42 10 4 Fisher, M., late mate, schooner " Jubilee " .. 28 6 8 Mclntyre, A., late A.8., barquentine " Lyman Flynn, W., late trimmer, s.s. " Kamo" .. 11 13 0 D.Foster" .. .. .. 11 8 7 Fowler, Charles, late A.8., s.s. " Kokiri " .. 518 9 McKendrick, J., late trimmer, s.s. " Maitai ".. 012 • 4 Geige, Charles, late A.8., s.s. " Alexander ".. 20 16 3 MoLauchlan, J., late fireman, s.s. " Flora ".. 314 8 Courlay, John, late fireman, s.s. " Kaiapoi " 316 9 O'Brien, R., late fireman, s.s. " Karori " .. 115 11 Healey, Patrick, late fireman, s.s. " Monowai " 814 7 ()' Flaherty, 8., late fireman, s.s. " Whangape " )17 8 Hilditoh, H. C, late fireman, s.s. " Ngaherc " 6 3 5 Pake, —, late A.8., schooner " Jubilee " . . 15 17 4 Hogg, W., late cook, barquentine " Lyman D. Puleiki, —, late boy, s.s. " Awanui " .. 17 8 Foster" .. .. ..' .. 19 18 7 Rawlins, A. W., late boy, s.s. " Storm" .. 512 5 Hopkins, W. 11., late brassboy, s.s. " Maori ".. 19 6 Riley, John, late fireman, s.s. " Poherua " .. 8 9 0 Hunter, J., late fireman, s.s. " Stormbird ".. 1 611 Saintsbury, F. H., late cook, s.s. " Ngatiawa " 113 Karautu, James, late deck hand, s.s. " Pono " 214 0 Staw, Charles, late A.8., s.s. " Waihora " .. 7 1 4 Kerfontain, P. M., late A.8., s.s. " Kaituna ".. 412 10 Stead, F. R., late fireman, s.s. "Maori" .. 13 16 3 Kyle, R., late fireman, s.s. " Stormbird " .. 16 1 Suskoner, W., late fireman, s.s. " Whangape " 5 7 7 Larson, A., late A.8., s.s. " Queen of the Tautonga, —, late cook, s.s. " Mahurangi " .. 4 8 0 South " .. .. .. ..7160 Tohata, —, late A.8., schooner " Jubilee "..15 17 4 Larsen, Jacob, late A.8., s.s. " Houto " .. 5 2 8 Tohatata, —, late A.8., schooner " Jubilee " 15 17 4 Larscni, Carl, late fireman, s.s. " Manuka "..21 16 7 Vasseau, C. R., late lamps, s.s. " Tongariro " 817 0 Linddahl, J., late A.8., s.s. " Kapuni " .. 5 2 5 Victor, Charles, late cook, s.s. " Kiritona ".. 17 8 4 Lockyer, Edward, late A.8., s.s. " Wanaka ".. 71 18 6 Wallace, Robert, late cook, s.s. " Tarawera " 7 8 1 Logan, John, late scullion, s.s. " Monowai ". .511 10 Williams, John, late cook, s.s. " Regulus " .. 517 6 Landgren, V., late A.8., barquentine " Lyman Wold, H., late A. 13., barquentine " Lyman I). D. Foster" .. .. . . 13 16 10 Foster" .. .. .. .. 10 5 4 Lupo,—, late steward, schooner " Jubilee ".. 15 12 4 Wright (or Ree'ee), Edward, late A.8., s.s. Maguire, William, late fireman, s.s. " Maori " 816 0 " Simplon " .. .. - .. 18 16 I

Summary of Examinations for Certificates of Competency as Master, Mate, or Engineer.

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Ai ickland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Other Ph ices. 'otals. Class of Certificate. •e 05 t_ CO 03 ft CO 05 '3 ft "3 ■4O EH CO' <u CO cd ft rrj . tJ •r, +3 CO S O soft 'EH Ph i 13 19 7 CO 05 'eg _____ o Eh 05 CO CO CC] ft 05 '3 ft ]3 o EH CO -H „ CS '3 ft ft "3 o EH ■a Q ■n ■a 31 Ph ca •rH 4= cd o ft H foreign-going masters and mates Home - trado masters and mates River-steam or masters Mastor, fishing-boat or cargovessel under 25 tons register Master, sailing - vessel in harbours and rivers Seagoing engineers (steam) River-steamer engineers .. Seagoing engineers (mechanical power other than steam) River engineers (mechanical power other than steam) 12 11 23 6 6 13 25 30 j 55 9 9 18 6 1 7 2 1 3 17 11 28 6 3 3 2 9 5 2 2" 4 2 2 10 4 fl 15 4 8 i - 2 ~3 '.'. .. 1 .. .. I 1 1 1 .. j 1 65 10 31 11 I 3 76 II 34 46 2 U 11 57 ! 16 2 .. ..11 3 4 20 34 11 45 2!) 6 .. 15 12 2 3 II 8 18 190 18 60 49 239 3 21 7 67 239 21 67 i 4 1 17 .. 28 116 28 1 60 28 6 34 16 1 5 65 105 12 117 46 210 88 12 Totals 164 40 37 13 50 113 22 135 430 121 651

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Return or Steamers and Oil-engine Vessels to which Certificates of Survey were issued in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st March, 1922. (River-limit Vessels not included.)

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Name of Vessel. u I 1/) 'fl M CO a o Eh r,-3<r. Is F= _ Fh O 05 .05 £ 05.3 ft »CJ), -i a oi . 0 S co „ w|sg •3§ K '3> 1 S= oVtcO ■A % o i 2 „'5c MP .a s * ,C5__ a o Nature of Engines. ' of gj*™^-, OIhss of Certificate. Mn off. limum Number illowing Classes nf Crew Law oquires to be carrier!. a S co ® S « a § 1 E g a a CD 01 S3 05 • Akaroa Alexander (Nelson) Apanui Arab u ra *Ara|)av\'a ♦Aupouri.. Avarua Awahau Baroona Blenheim .. I Breeze Calm .. Canopus Chelmsford Clansman Claymore Clifton Corinna Coronation Countess Cowan Cygnet (Lyttelton) Daphne (Auckland) Despatch Dredge " 222 " .. Dredge " 350 " .. Dunedin Echo Elsie (Auckland) .. Endeavour (Auokl'd) Excelsior (Auckland) Express ( Dunedin) Fairburn Fanny Flora (Dunedin) . . Gael Gale Glcnclg Hananui II Hawera Houto Huia (Wellington) Huia (Auckland) . . invercargill Isabella dc Eraine James Oosgrovc .. Jane Gifford John John Anderson Kahika .. Kaiaia Kaikorai Kaitangata Kaitoa . . *Kaitoke Kaituna Kaiwarra *Kakapo Kamo Kamona Kunieri (Auckland) Kami a . . Kapiti .. Kapurrj Ivarori Karu Katie S. Katoa Kauri Kawatiri Kawau (Auckland) Kekerangu "Kennedy 29 185 135 772 128 220 73 151 54 87 286 523 835 79 379 119 14 791 59 57 30 70 100 10 502 488 125 98 24 54 6 36 60 55 838 55 452 156 44 92 88 65 166 123 76 111 (i 134 34 528 24 1,860 1,195 118 1 ;862 1,208 1.847 949 725 903 115 1 ,049 114 97 1,194 197 6 1,382 1,830 1 ,856 53 I.S66 131 28 722 28 145 47 55 45 74 24 50 84 550 250 25 99 54 12 141 50 28 24 43 55 20 140 117 500 103 30 30 46 25 60 30 180 20 102 75 58 31 45 25 47 41 ()0 61 19 90 25 103 46 430 200 65 434 200 200 90 159 117 20 158 35 30 147 27 12 335 304 429 20 430 38 82 366 212 1,655 264 418 310 149 204 403 ,.i;s 1,122 63 567 420 984 ISO 140 217 270 897 670 936 86 139 877 98 744 253 266 190 ('oiupound . . Screw Compound . . Twin-screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Twin-screw Triple-expansion Twin-screw Triple expansion Twin-screw Oil-engine .. Twin-screw Compound .. Twin-screw Compound .. Twin-screw Compound .. Twin-screw Triple-expansion Twin-screw Triple expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound .. Screw Compound .. Screw Triple-expansion Screw Oil-engine .. Screw Compound .. Screw Oil-engine . . Screw Compound . . Screw Compound . . Screw Compound .. Screw (lompound . . Screw Compound .. Screw Compound .. Twin-screw Triple-expansion Twin screw Triple-expansion Twin-screw Oil-engine . . Twin-screw Oil-engine . . Twin-screw Oil-engine . . Screw Oil-engine .. Twin-screw Compound .. Screw Oil-engine .. Twin-screw Compound .. Screw Compound .. Screw Compound • ■ Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound . . Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound .. Screw Oil-engine .. Screw Compound .. Screw Oil-engine .. Screw Compound .. Screw Oil-engine .. Twin-screw Triple-expansion Screw Oil-engine .. Twin-screw Compound .. Screw Compound .. Screw Triple-expansion Screw Oil-engine .. Twin screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound .. Twin-screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Scrow (lompound .. Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound .. Screw Compound. . . Screw Triple-expansion Screw Compound . . Screw Oil-engine .. Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw Triple-expansion Screw (lompound .. Screw Triple expansion Screw Compound .. Twin-screw * Surveyed twice. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Nome trade . ■ Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. I lomc trade . . I Ionic trade . . I tome trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. I Ionic trade . . Home t radc .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign I radc Home trade . . Home trade . . I Ionic trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Hume- trade . . Home trade . . Home ta-ade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Home- trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade 1 loiiie trade . . Foreign trade I [ome trade .. 1 4 4 7 4 5 2 4 2 2 5 5 6 2 5 4 1 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 5 6 4 2 I 2 1 2 2 2 6 2 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 4 1 4 2 5 1 9 7 4 9 7 8 6 6 6 4 7 42 7 4 1 8 9 8 2 8 4 i .. .. 3 .. 2 .... 6 3 3 3 .. .. 3 .. 3 .. 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 .. 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 .. .. 3 .. .. 3 .. .. 3 2 3 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 .. .. I .. .. 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 i '.. .. 2 .. .. 3 2 3 2 .. .. 3 .. 3 .. 3 .. 2 .. .. 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 121 2 '.'. '.'. 225 2 '.'. '.'. 480 3 . . 204 80 673 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 .. .. 1.517 976 295 1,588 1,036 1,779 740 734 739 156 1 ,084 217 190 920 119 "'a '3 'i 3 2 3 3 . . 6 3 3 3 2 3 6 3 3 3 .. .. 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 .. .. 3 2 3 2 .. .. I 2 .. .. 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 1,65:! 1,172 1,386 92 1 ,682 156 6 3 3 3 2 3 6 3 3 1 .. .. 6 3 3 2 .. .. 3 2 3 3 3

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Name nt Vessel, Fh 01 '5c OJ a o H FHTH4H si o K fe 60s k 05 .8 ft CO bl> ' ■h a %, ■a a "3 ca_i, l"SmS 1*1 Fh O ft . gi gf wS t_s 3 a. <s 43 <D *43 O W a ° r-i Nature of Engines. Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Mill of i'c ( ( n limum rjllowir nf Crei squirei can1 Num ng Clas w Law is to hi rled. iber .ssos V V 10 00 a 05 I Fh rH 05 "fi H Fh Fh Kiritona ■ .. *Kittawa Kohi Kokiri Komata Koranui Koromiko Koutunui Kowhai Kurow Lady Eva Lena Gladys Loyalty Lyttelton Mahoe Mahurangi Mako Mana Manaia Maori (London.) .. Mararoa (Dunedin) Muriel . . *Naumai (Auckland) Navua Ngaio .. *Ngakuta Ngapuhi Ngatiawa Ngatoro Nikau Nile Nora Niven *Nor' West Oban Ohincmuri Opawa .. *Opihi Opua Orepuki.. Otimai Paloona Paroto Pearl Kasper Phantom Plucky Putiki Rakanoa Rakiura Rama Rarawa Regulus Rimu (Auckland).. Ripple (Napier) . . *Rita (Invercargill) Ruru (Napier) Savaii .. *Simplon Southern Cross Stella (Auckland). . Storm Tasman *Te Aroha Te Awhina Terawhiti Theresa Ward Tiroa Tofua Tuatea (Dunedin} Tuhoe Vindex Vixen *Wahine Waikouaiti Waimea 75 708 20 713 1,294 728 1,541 98 404 1,564 3 5 24 24 14 95 247 77 630 1,567 1,329 22 18 1,773 718 944 299 220 584 98 18 66 6 24 52 59 638 288 226 111 1,725 48 16 20 29 168 1,367 1.3 244 460 232 169 187 5 62 9 69 403 122 186 87 57 87 102 9 • 94 2,634 58 98 16 5 1,798 2,379 207 150 120 60 135 260 126 313 26 128 333 120 27 35 108 45 80 65 25 104 5,000 530 .18 12 220 1.30 248 160 55 118 55 12 35 15 20 30 18 86 80 78 160 443 120 22 11' 40 60 200 10 97 140 150 95 80 11 50 16 75 117 90 70 45 85 99 99 95 31 354 28 120 32 12 720 327 100 695 770 1,250 710 1,327 140 521 1,500 290 181 473 135 1,147 2,784 116 1,867 1,143 1,236 810 394 748 281. 187 131 74 542 523 422 Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion 'Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Compound Triple -expansii in Triple-expansion Oil-engine Oil-engine Compound Compound Oil-engine Compound Tripl e -expansion Compound T riplo -ex pan sion Turbine Triple-expansion Compound Compound Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Compound Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engine Oil-engine Compound Compound Triple - expansion Triple-expansion Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Oil-engine Oil-engine Compound Compound Compound Triple-expansion Oil-engine Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Compound Compound Condensing Compound Triple-expansion Compound Compound Compound Oil-engine Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Compound Triple-expansion Compound _ .. Oil-engine Oil-engine Oil-engine Turbine Triple-expansion Triple-expansion Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Paddle Screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Triple-screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Sorew Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw-Twin-screw Screw Twin-screw Twin-screw Screw Triple-screw Screw Twin-screw Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade .. Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Homo trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade . . Foreign trade Homo trade .. Homo trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Homo trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Home trade .. Homo trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Homo trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. 2 6 1 6 8 7 8 2 5 8 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 2 7 9 8 1 1 9 7 6 5 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 6 5 4 4 9 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 4 6 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 6 4 4 2 2 2 4 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 9 9 4 3 3 3 3 (i 2 3 6 1 3 2 3 2 3 15 9 2 I 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 9 6 3 2 2 ■ . 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2,421 9 3 3 140 263 323 917 2 3 3 3 2 3 1,132 606 502 285 3 3 3 3 2 3 189 64 347 270 266 215 9 1 1 3 2 3 2 441 846 488 130 3,233 231 3 3 3 2 9 2 2 3 u 3 7,938 2,158 510 18 9 3 12 3 .3 3 * Slli-vtr r ed twice.

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Return of Sailing-vessels surveyed during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922, with Particulars of Tonnage, etc.

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ft* F> FS Fh £,'<_!* Hi - O 4) c "' «1_§I 1*11 R !h 01 o fi 'bf £ £ Nature or Engines. .Sec a o -H Minimum Number of following Classes. of Crew Law require- to be carried. Name of Vessel. "Fh CO a o H Natu re el' Propeller. (lass Of Certificate. ., & = S : E — - ® a _; «a s Is ■"<-- I ■ I s m ft H O Wainui (Dunedin) Waiotahi Waiotapu Waipori. . Waipu Wairau Wnii-oa Waitangi (Auckland) VV'aifangi ( Dunedin) Waitoino Wakaiti Wakatu *Wanaka Wanderer (Auckl'd) Waterlily Waverley Weka Westland Whakarcre ♦Whangape Wingatui Wootton Zita 411 167 3,736 1,221 76 56 48 74 32 2,7.19 15 95 1,572 23 29 93 53 8 449 1,900 1,344 90 73 99 56 750 180 .,(1 20 16 66 60 372 39 30 280 30 20 25 20 86 120 280 1,300 33 60 550 Compound 271 Compound 2,931 Triple-expansion 965 | Triple-expansion 208 Compound 136 Compound 66 Compound 285 Compound Compound I ,568 Triple-expansion ! Oil-engine 131 i Compound 1,020 Triple-expansion Oil-engine Oil-engine , Compound 80 Compound 445 | Compound 642 Compound 1,160 Triple-expansion 1,231 Triple-expansion 134 Compound 1 Oil-engine Screw Twin-serew Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw-Twin-screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Twin-screw Screw Paddle Twin-screw Screw Screw Screw Screw Borne trade .. Some trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade- . . Home trade .. Foreign trade Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign I rade Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade .. 6 3 .. .. 4 3 .. .. II 9 3 3 7 3 2 3 2 2 .. .. 2 2 2 i !! !! 2 3 .. .. 2 1 .. .. 10 6 3 3 1 2 2 .. .. 8 3 2 3 6 4 II 7 2 2 o •> 2 10 1 2 8 1 1 2 2 I 5 8 7 2 o 3 2 3 2 1 1 .... .. 2 1. .. .. 2 1 ! .. .. 1 3 .. .. 5 3|.. .. 8 3 ! 2 3 7 3 2 3 2 2 : .. .. o — •. j ■ • , • • ...... * Surveyed twice.

Haver-. limit Vessels Is not incl I uded.) I Minimum Nui Seamen require! to bo carri uiber of il by l_aw ied. Name of Vessel. Tons Register. ClaHs of Certificate. Able Seamen. Ordinary Seamen. Apprentices or Boys. I Alter Alma Altaic Combine * Dandy Deverim Edna Elsie Mary Ethel Wells .. (iladbmok II acre Herald *llero .. Iluanui Laura Manurowa Moa (Auckland) Ngahau Ngaru Oneralii Pahiki Hangi Raupo *l!era .. Rona Saucy Kate Scot Sea Gull The Portland .. Waikonini Waiti Wanganui War Lord Ysabel Zingara 98 23 57 24 82 26 22 99 19 999 99 73 25 99 326 327 99 85 66 25 20 86 683 105 010 25 18 25 59 23 17 309 99 148 90 Home trade . . Home trade . . Hume trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade . . Foreign trade Foreign trade Foreign trade Home trade . . Home trade . . Home trade .. Home trade .. Home trade . . Home trade .. Foreign trade Homo trade .. Foreign trade Home trade . . 2 I 2 1 2 1 1 2 I 9 2 2 1 2 6 8 ,> 2 2 1 .. ! 1 2 8 2 8 .. ! 1 1 .. ! 1 2 1 1 6 2 4 2 1 1 "■> 2 I 1 * Survey ei twice.

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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1921, to the 31st March, 1922

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. and Class. Iiig. % CD *- i ® _c Number of S3 I -PassenB H : g , gers. ® fcc Number of Cargo. Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Casualty. Direc- , tion. j Force 1920. ! let. 25 Stella, s.s., 44 years j 122 15 General Stranded ; partial loss - I ) 1 Danger Reef, Shag Point, Otago Lat. 25° 52' S., long. 178° 4' W. King's Wharf, Auckland Wanganui King's Wharf, Auckland Harbour Lat. 40° 8' S., long, j S.S.W. i Strong There was laxity on the part of the master in F. G. L. Radnot giving definite orders to be notified when ford. Moeraki Lighthouse was abeam, and that the chief officer failed in his duty in not notifying the master when the lighthouse was abeam, or, failing doing so, in not altering the course, which failure resulted in the casualty. The master was ordered to pay £2 2s. towards the cost of the inquiry, and the chief officer, £10 9s. E. Fresh Mainmast sprung through overstrain. New R. Anderson, breeze one fitted at Auckland In order to avoid collision with a launch which W. B. Robert - suddenly appeared round the end of the son. y . -. jetty the master of the " Hauiti " ported " his helm and put engines " Full astern," but in doing so fouled the boom of the scow " Maggie " and brought down the foremast '• S.E. Fresh The vessel was moored at the Castlecliff Wharf W. Brigden. breeze when the s.s. " Breeze," whilst berthing, struck her on the counter Calm .. The " Valmarie " was berthed at the wharf J. A. Olsen. when a lighter in tow of the s.s. " Karori " was carried by the strong tide across her bows, and her bowsprit was broken S. Light .. Fire was discovered in No. 1 hold. Cause not A. M. Edwin. known Schooner Dec. 22 ] Rira, 14 years .. , Ketch .. 105 8 Copra .. Damaged mast, £150 Collision; considerable damage Collision ; considerable dam1921. Feb. 9 Maggie, 19 years Schooner 20 9 Hauiti, s.s., 10 ; Schooner 82 ] .. years age 9 Waverley, s.s., 38 Schooner 93 | 10 years 10 General Collision; slight damage April 5 ! Valmarie, 2 years Schooner 256 10 10 j Timber Collision; slight damage ! i 5 j Tahiti, s.s., 15 Schooner 3,891 [143 years „ 10 ; Arrino, o.e.v. .. Launch 2 ' 1 143 250 General Fire ; no damage 1 3 3 Collision: damage, £20 Collision; no damage General Stranded; no damage General Damaged propellers, £126 Damaged propeller, £30 Coal .. Fire ; damage, £25 General Stranded; total loss I" J Black Point, Pelorus Sound French Pass [J. F. Wilson. Calm . . The collision was caused through the " Spray " not carrying proper lights j C. Laird. K.W. Fresh Due to error in estimating time of tide .. A. M. Stuart, breeze ,, 10 Spray, o.e.v. .. Launch .. 1 „ 12 Kennedy, s.s., 55 Schooner 131 I 12 years „ 15 Waipu, s.s., 5 Cutter 76 ! 11 years „ 23 Kahu, s.s., 5 years Schooner , 81 10 „ 30 i Fairburn, o.e.v., Schooner 60 6 15 years ,, 30 Turanga, aux. Schooner 19 [ 4 o.e.v. | 1 ! 12 11 1 Paeroa River Off Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty Tokomaru Bay Bar, Mokau River Vessel fouled submerged log .. .. W. B. Robertson. One of the trawl-boards struck propeller and J. F. Munro. stripped blades Calm .. Fire in engine-room caused by engine back- W. L. Singleton, firing and igniting kerosene S.E. Moderate When crossing the bar a succession of heavy E. F. Stearnes. seas overtook the vessel and capsized her, and she went to pieces on the rocks, the master being drowned in the wreck 10 6 I 4 I I

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April 11 Huanui, 11 years ■ Ketch .. May 12 Tasman, s s., 18 Schooner years 99 87 6 14 151 General 7 General General 1 General General Shingle 50 General General Cement General Coal . i General General Stranded; damage, £500 Stranded; total loss Accident to machinery : damage, £35 Collision; damage, ~| £4,000 Collision; considerable damage |J Broken crankshaft ; damage, £38 Stranded; considerable damage Stranded; slight damage Stranded; damage, £800 i Propeller slightly damaged Stranded; slight damage Collision; considerable damage Collision ; considerable damage J Poverty Bay .. S.S.W. , Calm .. Vessel was at anchor when heavy seas set C. Anderson. inshore and caused her to drag anchors Rurima Reef, Bay of S.W. Moderate The master and chief officer did not exercise W. J. Grigg. Plenty proper care in navigating the vessel. The chief officer was negligent in not taking steps to ascertain his correct distance from the land at Town Point, and when the chief officer drew the master's attention to the ship's proximity to the Rurima Rocks the latter in merely sending a message to the officer on the bridge to alter the course a quarter point to the south did not take sufficient precautions for the safety of the vessel. The master was ordered to pay £20, and the chief officer £10 towards the cost of the inquiry Hauraki Gulf .. .. Calm .. Junk ring-bolt in piston-head carried away E. Olsen. causing piston-rod to bend and jam The vessels were at anchor when a heavy J. B. Davies. squall caused the " Whakatane " to drag her anchor, and she collided with the bow Gisborne Roadstead.. N.E. Gale -{ of the " Admiral Codrington." The Court found the collision was due to abnormal R. R. Forbes, weather - conditions, and exonerated the I master and officers from blame Thames Gulf .. .. Calm .. Crack was found in shaft supposed to have A. McCallum. been caused by striking submerged object in Piako River Lat. 18° 6' S., long. S.E. Strong , Vessel struck uncharted rock J mile north-east J.D.Frew. 178° 14' E. of reef forming Tonagoro Passage. She was beached at Naitonitoni to save her. 702 tons of sugar were destroyed by water I Slipper Island .. S.E. ' Strong Whilst at anchor a sudden gust of wind blew vessel ashore Bar, Patea River .. W. I Strong When crossing the bar the vessel touched A. McKinnon. bottom and was carried broadside on against end of eastern training-wall Whangarei Harbour .. .. Calm .. ' Whilst berthing at Mangapai Wharf the pro- J. Wilson. peller struck some object and broke one of the blades Steeples Rocks, Wei- S. Gale .. Vessel anchored off Pencarrow Heads, but a G. W. Airey. lington Harbour hard southerly gale came up and the anchor was'slipped, but before being got full}' under control the ship drifted up harbour and j grounded off Steeples Rocks. She was subsequently got off The " Calm " was proceeding down the harbour when she ran into the " Rothesay Bay " lying at anchor. The Court found T. Braidwood. that the collision was caused solely by the Carey's Bay, Otago ! .. Calm <] ; failure of the master of the " Calm" to Harbour keep a proper lookout when steering a mid- Thos. Campbell. channel course in narrow water, and he was ordered to pay the Crown costs of the inquiry ,, 13 Kawau, s.s., 22 ! Schooner years 53 18 Whakatane, s.s., - Schooner 21 years 5,438 70 18 Admiral Codring- Schooner ton, s.s., 3 years '4,139 58 23 Kerepeehi, s.s., 27 Cutter .. years 55 5 24 Atua, s.s., 16 j'ears Schooner 1,895 150 84 June 4 Lena Gladys, aux., Ketch .. 12 years ,, 9 Hawera, s.s., 9 Ketch .. years 5 3 92 10 ,, 14 ! Waiotahi, s.s., 30 Schooner years 168 21 " ,, 26 ! Rona, 36 years .. Barque.. 610 20 July 7 Calm, s.s. 12 years Schooner Schooner 523 j 19 7 Rothesay Bay, 44 Barque.. years i Barque.. 699 j 16 ! I i '

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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. £ S Number of "gg | jPassen-j P.H g ] gers. Cargo. I Nature of Number of Lives lost. I Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Direc- Force, tion. i Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Casualty. Z_ ! I ! ! ! • ~ i 1921. July 16 I Daphne, s.s., 15 Schooner 192 14 .. General years ., 17 Corinna, s.s., 40 Schooner 791 33 .. General years „ 17 ■ Ngatiawa, s.s., 15 Schooner 220 22 2 General years ,, 18 Valmarie, 2i vears Schooner 256 11 .. Timber „ 21 Glenelg, s.s., 43 Schooner 156 12 .. General years „ 23 Excelsior, o.e.v., Schooner 6 4 28 years „ 27 Coronation, 19 Ketch ... 58 6 .. Timber years „ 27 Bulli, s.s., 16 years Tug .. 29 2 „ 30 Albatross, s.s., 17 Ferry- 111 4 8 years boat „ 30 Kestrel, 16 years Ferry- 159 4 100 j boat Aug. 4 Onewa, s.s., 11 Cutter .. 31 3 20 General vears 4 Seabird, s.s., 2 .. 6 1.. years I ,, 9 Huanui, 11 years Ketch .. 99 6 .. Cement „ 14 Maggie, 19 years Schooner 20 2 .. Sand .. „ 17 Ngatiawa, s.s., 15 Schooner 220 24 20 General years Sept. 8 Cecilia Sudden, 17 Schooner 545 10 .. Coal years 9 Port Lyttelton, Schooner 4,170 64 .. Genera! s.s., 19 years „ 16 Waikonini, 20 Schooner 23 4 .. General years „ 24 Paroto, s.s., 7 Ketch .. 48 7 .. General years Damaged in gale Collision with wharf; slight damage Broken crank-shaft; damage, £30 Damaged in gale Collision at wharf; trifling damage Damaged hull, £50 Stranded; trifling damage Damaged bulwarks, &c. £50 Collision; no j] damage Collision; slight f damage Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage j J Leaking; slight damage Stranded; damage, £75 Broken piston; slight damage Fire ; total loss .. Collapse of furnace Fire ; damage, £60 Collision with bridge; slight damage Off Tauranga .. N.E. Gale .. Vessel ran into a heavy gale, and a sea break- T. Donovan. ing on board smashed starboard bulwarks Taranaki Street Wharf, N. Light .. Whilst berthing the vessel canted in towards C. Elders. Wellington wharf and struck, damaging some plates Bay of Plenty .. , N.W. Moderate Crank-shaft of port engine carried away, due F. G. Shirley. to an old flaw Lat. 34° S., long. 164° S.S.W. Gale . . Vessel encountered heavy gale which carried J. A. Olsen. 20' E. away bobstay and bowsprit and caused other damages King's Wharf, Auck- .. Calm .. Damaged her stem when going alongside the J. Quin. land wharf through striking the dredge moored there 1 Nelson Wharf, Auck- .. Calm .. : The propeller fouled a line, and in order to E. Hall, land clear it the vessel was placed on the hard, and when the tide fell she settled down on I two old piles which pierced the bottom Bar, AVesthaven .. N.W. Moderate Vessel struck when crossing the bar which ; A. M. G. Taylor. caused her to leak Albert Wharf, .luck- W. Strong The " Bulli " was lying at the wharf when a F. M. Olsen. land Harbour sudden squall caused the " Mahurangi," which was backing out, to bump into her | fC. Williams. Northcote W h a r f, N.W. Light .. Vessels collided when berthing at the wharf <* „- „. , Auckland Harbour j W ' Blsho Pf F. C. Bradney. Hobsonviile Wharf, N.W. Strong When the " Onewa" was berthing she ran <[ T t, r , Auckland into the " Seabird's" bow I ' „ u " n P" bell. Canoe Rock, Auckland | S.S.W. Fresh Vessel had been stranded for six weeks, and T. Stephens. this was the first voyage after repairs had been effected. Owing to the heavy weather the oakum worked out of the seams, causing vessel to leak, and she was towed to port Kennedy Bay, War- W. Light .. Vessel had landed a cargo of sand on beach A. F. Ragg. heke Island and had been floated off at high tide, when the wind suddenly changed and drove her on the rocks Off Ohiwa, Bay of j .. Calm .. ! Port low-pressure piston broke. No cause A. Parris. Plenty apparent Six miles south of Try- .. Light .. The vessel was burnt to the water's edge E. W. Jay. phena, Great Barrier through coal cargo taking fire. Supposed spontaneous combustion iVuckland Harbour .. .. Calm .. The crown of starboard furnace came down F. A. Renaut. through shortage of water in boiler Auckland Harbour .. N. Moderate Fire was discovered about the galley of the E. W. Norton. vessel and was extinguished by the firefloat. Supposed to have been due to defective stove Whangarei Harbour .. E. Strong i Strong wind caused vessel to sheer and strike L. McDonald. bridge carrying away her bowsprit and I headgear ' 220 545 4,170 23 48

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Sept. 26 Pitoitoi, s.s., 13 Cutter .. j 33 | 4 years Oct. 1 Daphne, s.s., 14 Schooner 100 15 vears „ 11 Mararoa, s.s., 36 Schooner 1,328 73 years Nov. 3 Ngapuhi, s.s., 21 Schooner 299 years „ 15 Storm, s.s., 17 Schooner ' 186 16 years „ 22 Cygnet, s.s., 2 Launch 3 2 3'ears ,, 25 Seagull, 0 years Launch 25 4 ,, 26 Centaur, o.e.v., Cutter .. 6 2 14 years Dec. 13 Kennedy, s.s., 56 Schooner 131 12 years „ 19 j Rimu, s.s., 23 Schooner 169 22 years „ 23 Waireka, s.s., 10 Cutter .. 72 5 years „ 24 Orepuki, s.s., 13 Schooner ' 225 17 vears 1922. Jan. 10 I Mana, s.s., 36 Schooner 77 1 years „ 12 Wahine, s.s., 8 Schooner 11,798 117 years „ 12 Lyttelton, s.s., 15 Tug .. 1 8 years „ 22 Malahat, aux., s.s., Schooner 1,544 17 & 23 4 years Feb. 4 Tairoa, s.s.. 2 Schooner 5,047 82 vears 4 ; Joan Craig, 19 Schooner i 698 22 years „ 8 ! Wingatui, s.s., 7 Schooner 1,344 31 years „ 2] Pelican, s.s., 21 Tug .. 62 5 vears „ 21 Cobar, s.s., 19 Ferry 90 4 years ■ boat ,, 21 Wakatu, s.s., 44 Ketch .. 95 6 years 21 War Lord, 5 years Schooner 99 : 7 Mar. 11 Vera, s.s. .. Launch 4 „ 17 Hatipara, s.s., 4 Schooner 4,893 106 years General 149 General General 38 General 16 General 20 Timber 479 General Coal .. General General General 50 Wool .. General General Fall off slip ; damage, £100 Broken rudder; slight damage Accident to machinery ; trifling damage Fire; damage. £200 Accident to machinery Fire: total loss, £600 Stranded; damage, £40 Fire : no damage Stranded; slight damage Damaged by heavy sea ; £350 Fouled traw-ling-gear; slight damage Broken hawsepipe ; damage, £50 Foundered; no damage Collision; slight ~| damage Collision: dam- f age, £500 j Damaged in gale Collision; dam- "j I age, £150 I ! Collision; no f damage J Stranded; trifling damage Collision; no "| damage Collision; no j damage J Fire; damage, £100 ! Damaged in gale, £300 I Fire : total loss. £500 I Fire 1 slight damage Auckland Harbour .. Urquhart Bay Wharf, Hauraki Gulf Cook Strait, off Pencarrow In dock, _-uckland .. Off Akaroa light 10 miles south of llanukau Harbour Maori Rock, Kawau Island Auckland Harbour .. Foxton Beach Manukau Bar Wharf, Dunedin 1 No. 3 Jetty, Lyttelton Castleeliff Wharf , Lyttelton Harbour .. Lat. 33° X. long. 164° 59' E. Glasgow Wharf, Wellington Napier Harbour Off Queen's Wharf, Wellington Harbour No. 3 Wharf, Lyttelton Matakawa Point Shortland Creek, Thames King's Wharf, Wellington W. Light .. E. Light .. Calm .. vv. E. | When being hauled on to the slip the cradle F. C. Bradney. came off and the vessel crashed Wheel chains carried away, and the -vessel J. Wilson. grounded, breaking her rudder Radial rod broke. Cause not known .. J. McLean. ney. N.W. Fresh breeze N.W. Moderate S.S.E. Moderate S.W. Moderate S. Gale .. S.S.W. S.W. Strong N.W. Fire occurred in second saloon. Cause not known The bolt connecting the high-pressure cross- J. McLachlan. head-slipper to the crosshead carried away. High-pressure engine was disconnected, and vessel proceeded with low-pressure engine Explosion occurred in engine-room. Cause C. C. Moore. not known Vessel hugged the buoy too close and struck ! F. R. G. Jensen. the rock Engine back-fired, causing a little damage to Thos. Hunter. electric wires When crossing the bar the vessel grounded, A. P. Stuart. and became unmanageable and drifted on j to the beach When crossing the bar vessel shipped a heav-3' C. J. Keatley. sea, doing considerable damage to deckfittings and damaging cargo to extent of £1,050 When leaving her berth the " Waireka" J. S. Dea. fouled the gear of the trawler " Express " N.W. S.W. Strong The anchor-fluke fouled a pilehead on the R. Pearson, wharf, breaking hawsepipe-casing N.W. Light .. Calm .. Hurricane The vessel foundered at the wharf through a D. Bonner. seacock having been left open fWhen proceeding up the harbour the ("W. D. Came- < " Wahine " came into contact with the < ron. [_ tug, which was towing the " Port Darwin" [_R. Sproule. Vessel experienced a fierce gale which damaged j H. C. Neilson. rudder-stock and carried away sails S. Fresh breeze N. Light .. S.S.W. Light C fThe Tairoa was berthed at the wharf when fW. G. SumHi the s.s. "Joan Craig" in leaving the < mers. [_ wharf bumped into her 1_G. G. Manson. When berthing at the wharf vessel touched W. Paul. bottom The approach of the " Pelican " was not T. M. Jackson, observed by the officers of the " Cobar," and a slight collision resulted Calm .. E.S.E. Gale .. S. Light .. N.W. Light .. Fire occurred in engine-room due to waste D. Robertson, saturated in oil Encountered heavy gale on voyage from W. C. H. Watt. Gisborne to Auckland, and suffered considerable damage to sails and rigging Vessel was lying off wharf ; no one on board, j Cause of fire not known Fire broke out in No. 1 hatch. Origin not , R. W. Hocking, known

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Summary of Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

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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. Total outside Dominion. Nature of Casualty. HH °i d $ > 0 o h-h O : -h-JS -h! > CO s fl o m O CD rl O oi o CD 4H O o — o g •A 2 . cc CO cc . ri O" o*3 ■ fl C CD o CE ' o A> Ar? CO ri o Cfl *Z AS VH > CD ri EH Cfl rH O *Q - CO j O to AS CD cu: o en o © Stran dings — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 2 2 3 1 106 1 .. 214 .. 2 119 1,533 .. 3 640 131 •• 2 j 4 ! 6 ! 1 j 106 333 ! 2,173 131 1 "l 1,895 1 1,895 2 j 5 6 1 106 2,228 2,173 131 Total standings 8 1,984 , 1 5 759 13 2,743 1 ! 1 1,8951 .. - 14 4,638 —H— 1 1,895 .. Foundered — No damage 1 77 1 77 .. .. 1 77 1 CollisionsPartial loss Slight damage No damage ! -11 " !"_ 5 5 7 15,148 2,058 .. 2 j 719 1,074 5 7 i 7 15,148 2,777 : 1,074 •• 5 7 7 15,148 2,777 1,074 Total collisions.. Fires — Total loss Partial loss Slight damage No damage Total fires 17 2 2 2 2 I 18,280 .. 2 719 7 .. 1 545 394 ! -- 1 23 4,953 3,897 : 9,251 •• 2 568 8,378 -. 3 454 37,970 1 12 2,500 - .. " i 19 3 3 2 2 10 18,999 552 ; 417 I 4,953 | 3,897 9,819 : •• •• __ •• •• •• - I ' 1 19: 3 3 2 2 I j 18,999 ! 552 417 4,953 3,897 i 8 ! •■ " 10 9,819 Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, loss of masts, sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 21 | 24 | 8,832 1 1,544 2 361 .. 3 1,905 .. 27 10,737 44,270 55 67 40,470 .2 3,439 ' 2 361 5 71 Total number of oasualties reported __ 4 i 3,800 ..

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Return of the Number of Land Boilers and Machinery inspected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Machinery. Class. Number. Class. Number. Hydraulic lifts .. .. • .. .. 268 Electric motors .. .. .. .. 6,794 Gas-lifts .. .. .. .. ..14 Gas-engines .. .. .. .. 1,493 Electric lifts .. .. .. .. ..726 Oil-engines .. .. .. .. 12,947 Steam-lifts .. .. . . .. 18 Steam machinery . . . . .. . . 6 (las, hydraulic, and electric-motor hoists.. ..8)2 . ■ Water-engines, peltons, turbines, and water-wheels 610 Total.. .. .. .. 23,688

Return of New Boilers inspected for the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Return of the Number of Service and Competency Certificates issued to Engine-drivers and Electric-tram Drivers during the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

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Iio%ters. Class. Not, exceeding 5 Horsr-power. Exceeding 5 liut not exceeding 10 Horsepower. Exceeding 10 Horse-power. Total. Stationary Portable Totals 3,075 931 224 1,048 3,299 1,979 2,472 438 2,910 2,472 438 0,478 1,710 8,188

Made in Dominion. in iported. Total. District. Ninn lirr. Horse-power. Number, Horse-power. Number. Horse-power, Auckland Auckland North Auckland South Canterbury North Canterbury South Gisborne Hawke's Bay Marlborough . . Otago Southland Taranaki Taranaki North Wellington Wellington North Westland 59 558-14 6 .30 29 190-41 1 5 25 89 1 13 17 128-91 8 83 1 5 . 4 20 24 402 1 5 7 58 58 12 25 19 7 4 5 3 17 9 8 6 32 10 2 816-72 671 -5 989 105-86 10 78 131 15 232-7.8 158 355 127 625-86 365-75 15 117 12 31 48 7 5 30 4 34 17 9 10 56 11 9 I..374-80 671-5 1,019 296-27 10 83 220 28 361-69 241 40-5 147 1,027-86 370-75 73 Totals 183 1,587-46 217 5,276-07 400 6,863-53

Class. Number. Class. Number. Service— First-class engine-driver Locomotive and traction-engine driver .. iimpetency— First-olass engine-driver Second-class engine-driver Steam-winding-engino driver .. 10 2 35 233 9 Competency— continued. Electric-winding-engine driver l-iocomotivc and traction-engine driver . . Locomotive-engine driver Traction-engine driver I*lleotiio-tram driver Total I 3 80 1 79 72 524

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Return of Land-engine Drivers' Examinations held throughout New Zealand during the Year ended 31st March, 1922, showing the Number of Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates.

Approximate Cost of.Pnper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (625 copies, including chart), £02 Ills.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 922.

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Winding. LocoExtra first Second motive LocoEirst. Class. Class. and motive. Place, Steam. Electric. Traction P. F. P. F. P. F. "P. F. P. F. P. F. P. F. Traction. Electric Tram Toi Driver. P. I F. P. tal. 1 H .__ 1? vFS _, tF. a; P. i F. ♦Auckland " 6 9 43 6 1 11 2 .. .. ''Blenheim 2 Carterton 1 *Christehurch 1 1 (i 1 6 Dannevirke .. ' 2 .. ♦Dunedin 4 2 23 3 3 1 Keatherston 1 I ♦Gisborne .. .. 1 I 1 2 .. ♦Greymouth .- 5 3 13 3:2 13 1 .. .. ♦Hamilton 5 3 19 7 .. .. 5 .. 6 2 1 .. Herekino i .. .. 1 ♦Invercargill 2 1 20 1 6 3 Manaia .. 1 Masterton 1 ♦Napier .. 5 8 1 j ♦Nelson .. 1 1 15 .. i 1 3 1 .. ♦New Plymouth 18 B 1 Oamaru I Otaki .. j Owaka .. 1 j * Pahiatua 2 ♦Palmerston North .. .. 1 2 6 6 1 1 Takaka .. 1 .. ] Tauranga 1 Te Kopuru I ♦Timaru .. 5 1 2 Waikaremoana 1 ♦Wanganui .. 7 2 ♦Wellington 5 4 17 4 4 .. .. 1 ♦Westport 6 1 ♦Whakatane 2 ♦Whangarei 4 1 2 ...... 3 1 . . VVhitianga 1 6 1 4 5 5 2 i i 2 3 3 1 5 1 9 43 2 1 (i 2 23 I 13 19 20 1 1 8 15 18 6 i 3 1 3 7 i i 6 1 3 2 i 5 11 '<> i i 13 6 1 6 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 i i 5 4 2 18 15 2 8 1 4 5 2 4 .. 2 .. 13 I i r. 15 .. *> 2 8 .. 1 1 I 4 1 1 12 .. 78 6 10 . . 36 .. .. 2 10 .. 56 .. .. 2 .. . . 33 .. .. 38 .. .. 1 6 .. 42 . . .. 1 .. .. 1 1 .. 10 .. .. 24 .. .. 19 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 19 3 ■ 5 1 3 7 12 5 i 7 3 7 19 97 6 3 3 39 2 5 61 1 1 3 5 7 40 12 50 1 5 47 1 1 2 7 17 3 27 7 26 1 1 1 1 2 10 19 1 1 1 1 27 1 1 2 11 10 55 7 2 2 11 I 1 1 1 .. i 1 .. 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 I 5 6 i 1 1 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 9 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 26 io i 2 19 l l 2 10 i 19 .. 5 4 7 17 6 i 2 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 3 3 1 2 in 2 .. 9 16 .. 45 .. .. 7 .. .. 2 .. .. 9 .. .. 1 i 2 3 i '2 Totals .. .. 1 30 32 226 44 9 . . 5 .. 60 12 1 1 30 32 226 44 5 60 I 1 79 79 10 57 .. 467 100 100 567 12 57 lion mis he » imi tees where lore Mini one exai tinal ild.

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NEW ZEALAND Wreck Chart.

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