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Jan. 1 Rotomohana, s.s. Aa 1, 100 Lloyds, 7 months Schooner Rock eff Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf 865 63 350 Coal Stranded; slight damage S.W. Light breeze The sending of. the Rotomohana on a pleasure excursion, with a large number of passengers, to a, place seldom visited by large steamers, and prescribing a route by a channel not usually employed, was highly injudicious and reprehensible; and the engagement of a pilot who did not understand the chart was blameable, but the responsibility did not rest with the master Casualty caused by failure of wind Thomas Underwood. ft 3 Prairie, 34 years Penguin, s.s., 15 yeara Brig Kaipara Heads 139 7 ... Ballast Stranded; total loss Stranded; slight damage Stranded; total loss Variable John Crawforc Hiscox. James Malcolm. tt 13 Schooner 442 31 70 General and Coal Taur*nga Harbour Easterly Gale Vessel grounded when entering harbour tt 23 Progress, 2 years Brigantine 210 Ballast Near Muka Muka Eocks, Palliser Bay Calm Calm Casualty caused by master thinking he had a flood tide when there was only an ebb Master was guilty of default, as although the Portland Island Lighthouse was seen at 2 p.m. on the 28th, and its bearing observed, no other observation of it was made until 9.30 p.m. When first observed it bore N.N W., and ship's course was N.N.E., and she was going about 4 knots an hour ; thus even an occasional notice of her position by her steering and the bearing of light would have shown that she was not keeping her N.N.E. course, but was setting inshore. The lead was not hove. Master's certificate suspended for one month, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Casualty caused by heavy sea striking vessel when running in over bar. Samuel Hyne. II 28 Sophia Schooner 200 Stone Stranded; partial loss E.S.E. Light William Burk. Bull Rook, East Coast North Island, New Zealand ■eb. 20 'eb. 21 Clyde, i.s. 2 years. Beautiful Star, s.s., 18 years Ketch 34 5 14 General Stranded; partial loss Loss of life Wairoa Bar, Hawkes Bay Shag Point Robert Baxter. Schooner 146 15 10 General 1 N.E. Light Frederick Jones. ,. 27 Sophia R. Luhrs, 6 years Barque 661 13 Coal Stranded; partial loss Sunken rock about i mile S.E. of the reef on the western point Lyell Bay, Cook Strait Island of Kmango, lat. 20'198S.;lon. 174-14W White Island, Bay of Plenty North Spit, Waimakariri Bar Mouth of the Ure River, about 6 miles from Flaxbourne, East Coast Middle Island of New Zea-, land N.N.W. Fresh breeze Master did not act prudently ; but as rock was not defined on the chart, he was exonerated from blame John Paton. Caledonia, 2 years. Energy, 6 years Saxon, 4 years Rosannah Rose, 33 years Schooner General Stranded partial loss Stranded; total loss Stranded; partial loss Stranded; total loss Very hard . • William Lamb. Mar. 5 58 5 4 N.N.W. Mar. 10 Cutter 12 2 Sulphur S. Strong gale Hamiora Arona. „ 20 „ 21 Schooner Schooner 58 130 4 7 Timber General S.E. S.S.E. Light Whole gale Wind failed when vessel was entering the river The principal sails having blown away, the vessel was beached to save life and property George McKenzie. John Anderson. L