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Appendix R. RETURN of Steam Vessels to which Certificates have been issued in New Zealand during the Financial Year 1868-9.

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REPORT ON THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Name of Vessel. CD Si oo -Oj ett "S fl ■ag fH ffl . £ <D °v e-fl Sea M° Nature of Propeller. Class of Certificate. Nature of Engines. d . r-Hg, 02 HH O 6 £ 15 OCG Trade in which Vessel is engaged, and General Remarks. Enterprise No. 1 22 10 Paddle Eiver Noncondensing Enterprise No. 2 Blue Nose Waipa ... Maori Chief ... Gemini... Clyde Tauranga 43 42 30 15 10 27 67 32 30 25 26 7 32 40 jj jj jj jj Twin screw Paddle Twin screw Extended river Biver jj jj Extended river Sea-going Condensing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 Plies in Auckland Harbour. Auckland to Thames. Waikato Eiver. Laid up part of year. Waikato Biver. Laid up at Manukau. Tender to larger vessels at Shortland. Auckland Harbour. Auckland to ports in Hauraki Gulf. Part of the year laid up. Auckland, Bussell, and Tauranga trade. Has been altered to a sailing vessel. Not plying. At present engaged in shifting buoys in Manukau Harbour. Auckland to Shortland. Has recently been classed as a highpressure boat, and will be surveyed four times a year in future. Midge 56 24 Screw jj jj 2 1 Favorite 38 45 Paddle Extended river jj 2 2 Lady Bowen ... 26 34 jj jj jj Duke of Edinburgh ..,; Eoyal Alfred .. i Lalla Bookh ... 51 89 23 35 60 14 jj jj Sea-going Extended river jj 2 2 4 2 2 3 Auckland to Shortland. Auckland to Shortland. New vessel. Auckland to Shortland. Auckland and Bussell trade most of the year. At present laid jj Noncondensing Go-ahead 70 30 Twin screw Sea-going 4 4 John Bonn ..: 122 50 jj Condensing 2 2 up. Formerly in West Coast trade; now Auckland to Shortland. Coasting trade, mainly between Auckland, Bussell, and Napier. At present in the Auckland local trade. Waikato boat. Laid up. Star of the South 147 40 Screw 2 2 Comerang .., 152 60 Paddle ,j 2 2 Bangariri .. ; about 48 261 220 20 Stern wheel Eiver Noncondensing Condensing 4 2 Wellington Lady Bird 80 70 Screw Sea-going Eiver 2 2 2 1 Coasting trade. Long laid up. Until thoroughly repaired is only allowed a Biver Certificate. Coasting trade. jj Eangatira Storm Bird Ahuriri Phoebe Airedale Lord Ashley ... 144 67 130 417 286 296 50 30 50 120 60 80 Sea-going jj jj jj jj 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 » jj JO JJ jj JJ JJ Wanganui Halcyon 164 24 50 25 jj Twin screw jj jj jj Extended river jj Noncondensing 2 4 4 1 Coasting trade. Surveyed once in Sydney. Coasting trade. Surveyed once in Sydney. Becently removed from Auckland to Lyttelton. Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay. Now laid up. Steam lighter, Lyttelton. Betsy Douglas... 14 18 Paddle Eiver jj 4 4 Novelty Mullough Gazelle Moa ... Maid of the Avon 42 41 47 47 12 30 15 30 25 10 Screw j. jj Extended river jj jj jj Condensing Noncondensing Condensing 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 Lyttelton local trade. Paddle jj Eiver, jj ,j Lyttelton Harbour. Has been dismantled. Coasting, Dunedin and West Coast trade principally. Coasting: Dunedin, Lyttelton, and intermediate ports. Coasting. . Becently laid on between Wanganui and Manukau. Coasting : Dunedin and Oamaru. Coasting : Dunedin and neighbouring ports. Employed as a tug in Otago Harbour. Plies in Otago Harbour. Beautiful Star... 125 30 Screw Sea-going 2 2 Wainui 87 25 jj jj jj 2 2 Keera ... 146 50 jj jj jj 2 2 Wallace Tairoa ... 56 51 40 30 Paddle Screw jj Noncondensing Condensing 2 4 2 4 Geelong 137 70 Paddle 2 2 Golden Age 78 60 JJ Biver Noncondensing 4 4 Peninsula 24 20 )J jj 4 4 jj jj jj