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REPORT OF MARINE DEPARTMENT.

becks on wl L1C. Inquiries avo een hold, &c—continued.

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel; also, Age and Class when known. Eig. No. of Crew. No. of Passengers. Nature of Cargo. Nature of Casualty. No. of Lives Lost. Place where Casualty took place. Wind. Finding of the Court of Enquiry. Name of Master of Vessel. Force. 1870. Aug. 24 Constant 7 years GoAhead, s.s., and Ivanhoe Kate Ketch 13 3 General... Capsized ; total loss Collision ; partial loss to both Stranded ; total Iosb 2 Grey Kiver Bar ... W.S.W. Moderate Error in judgment on part of master. Masters of both vessels to blame J. Pascoe. Sept. 3 Schooner ... SI [ ! Bream Bay, about 2 miles S.E. of Wangarei Heads Catlin River Bar ... S. A. Farquhar. •i ]6 Ditto Ketch to 40 4 Timber ... W. Moderate No blame attached to master. The wind died away while the vessel was on the bar. Signalman at Wuiinakiriri River to blame for having made signal to " take the bar ;" his instructions being not to signal to outward bound vessels as to state of the bar. No blame attached to master ... A. M'Gregor. F. Keenan. u 21 Sturt, p.s , About 16 years Ditto 104 9 Grain, &c. Ditto ... Waimakariri River Bar N.E. Gentle breeze R. Dyason. Wallabi, s.s., 7 years Ocean Wave, 5 years Schooner ... Grey River Bar ... Light breeze R. Daniel. Nov. 5 101 11 2 General... Stranded ; partial loss Ditto ... S.W. Dec. 3 Three-masted Schooner 118 7 3 Timber... Sunken rock off Mahurangi Island S.W. Strong Negleot of master in not allowing sufficiently for set of tide, and not taking cross bearings. Parted from her anchors by reason of the ground tackle being bad. Master beached her to save life. Master exonerated from blame ... J. Galbraith. h 6 Supply Cutter IGi 2 Ditto ... Stranded; total loss Near Penr arrow Head N.W. Whole gale ... J. King. 1871. Jan. 1G Mary Louisa ... Ketch 19 2 Ballast ... Capsized by sudden gust, and foundered Stranded ; total loss Foundered Mouth of Pelorus Sound Variable fromNW Light breeze.., W. Carstens. „ 26 Shamrock, 11 years Caroline ,., Cutter 3 2 Timber ... West Spit of Wangapoa Bar Lat,, 3535 South ; Long., 156-11 E. About i-mile Kast of the mouth of the Waitara River Cabn Loss through defective state of windlass and chain. Stress of weather A. Eagleton. 23 ,. 28 Brig 149 7 General... 1 S.E. Moderate gale J. Ferguson. Feb. 14 Airedale, s.s., 14 years Ditto 286 30 20 General... Stranded ; total loss E. Light That the Airedale was lost in consequence of an extraordinary deviation in her compasses, occasioned by the abnormal condition of the atmosphere. The Court decided that no b'ame could be attached to master or officers or crew. A. Kennedy.