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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. E t£ .__ G Ntu iber of Nature of Number ind. I. Force. Date of Casualty. Rig. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. _ o Crew Passengers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Direction. 1881. July 28 Australind, 19 years Neptune, 13 years Barque... 429 13 Coal and maize Coal ... Coal and Collision; maize partial loss Coal ... Collision; partial loss Burnt; total loss Henry Edward Hill. William Dow Wood. None. ,, 28 Brig ... 279 10 In Wellington Harbour N.W. Squally < "Neptune" overtook "Australind" while entering the harbour, and, while tacking, collided with her Aug. 12 XXX, 10 years Ketch ... 21 Non ,e ... Corsair Bay, Lyttelton Harbour Vessel was hauled up on shore when she was burnt, but by whom, or by what cause, no evidence obtainable Vessel drifted ashore bottom up, and was burnt by Natives J. D. Green, an A.B., washed overboard by sea breaking on board "Albion" was aground in channel, and officers of "Waitaki" did not see her until it was too late to avoid the collision. Blame may attach to "Waitaki" for proceeding down the harbour at night at more than half-speed Wind and heavy sea drove vessel ashore „ 12 about „ 15 Rona, 2i years Schooner 92 5 Ballast ... Ballast... Stranded; total loss General Loss of life only „ Collision; partial loss Supposed 5; all hands 1 20 miles south of South Head, Kaipara Lat. 46° 14' 8", long. 88° 22' E. Unknoi iwn Kenneth McKenzie. William Henry Kelly. Francis Holmes. Wave Queen ... General W. Strong ... ,, 17 Waitaki, s.s., 5 years Schooner 228 22 1 jj 1 ... J S.W. r Light -j „ 17 „ 26 Albion, s.s., 18 years Orwell, 10 years » 591 168 42 12 20 2 „ Collision; partial loss Balance of Stranded; general total loss cargo and SOTT1A Balance of general cargo and some One mile below Pulling Point, north side of Otago Harbour Lat. 1° 20', long. 176° 11' E., Kingsmill Group, South Pacific s. William Webster. James Robinson. » - Arawata, s.s., 5 j, some copra General Stranded; no damage Coal ... Supposed foundered; total loss Timber and Stranded; general partial loss Nil ... Collision; no damage copra General Poverty Bay w. Vessel touched lightly on rock in Poverty Bay William Christie Sinclair. Alexander Purdy, „ 27 623 ■13 25 years Owake, 9 years... „ Aug. — Topsail schooner 63 o Coal ... Supposed 5; all hands Unknown. On voyage from Greymouth to Dunedin North Spit, entrance to Waitara River Vessel sailed from Greymouth for Dunedin on or about the 22nd August, 1881; not since . been heard of. Reported missing Vessel touched on bar when crossing, and drifted on to beach The " Tainui," being a two-ended boat, was coming in stern first, when the master gave the order to go ahead. This order the engineer mistook to mean that he was to continue going up towards the wharf in the same direction as he was steaming at the time it was given, and, before his error could be rectified, the collision occurred Vessel sprung a leak, and subsequently sprung main boom Sept. 11 Tui, s.s., 6 years Schooner 55 13 3 Timber and general Nil w. Strong breeze James Wills. ,. 18 Tainui, p.s., 5 year3 47 3 15 . Calm -{ John Godfrey Carlquist. Enterprise, p.s., 15 years Croydon Lass, 4 years Ballast ... Collision ; partial loss N.Z. pro- Sprung a duce leak; partial loss Timber ... Stranded; partial loss General... Stranded; total loss Ferry tee, Auckland Wharf „ 18 Schooner Henry Miller. 61 4 S.E. „ 25 Topsail schooner 51 2 Waipapa Point, between Cape Campbell and Kaikoura Motenau Island Blowing hard James Braxford. Nov. 3 Hannah Barrett, 9 years England's Glory, 12 years, AA* : Lloyd's Schooner 57 4 Easterly Casualty caused by keeping too close in shore F. Renner. ,„" 7 Barque ... 751 19 About one mile to the west of entrance to Bluff Harbour id in shore. When she fi W.N.W. Moderate : breeze Casualty caused by error in judgment on part of pilot in altering ship's course so as to pick up pilot-boat, and thus bringing her too close ist resource, her anchors should have been let go William Knight. in si ithin th< influence of the eddies with, her he. iled to pa ty off, as a la tore, ai