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

Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. _S So -_ - ■r. a Number of Nature of Number 'ind. Date of Casualty. Rig. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. _>§ Crew Passengers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Direction. Force. 1882. Jan. 17 East Lothian, 29 years Maria Virginia, 16 years Barque... 348 10 Ballast ... Stranded; partial loss Spars, rigging, and rudder damaged Fire in forehold Stranded; partial loss Outside edge, Tory Shoal, Kaipara Bar On voyage from Salaverry to Lyttelton put into Chatham Islands Port Chalmers Harbour Calm ... Wind falling light, tide carried vessel on to the bank Serious damage to spars, rigging, and rudder, caused by bad weather and vessel being indifferently fitted out Charles Brophy. Between Nov. and Jan. Topsail schooner 198 13 Sugar and tobacco I lowing the hard all voyage Alexandra Sauri. Feb. 6 Manx Q.ueen, 3 years, 100 Al Wakatu, s.s., 2 years Barque... Flour and wheat General... Fire broke out in forehold, and damaged part of the cargo The propeller was stripped on the apron of the groin, which caused the vessel to refuse to answer her helm and go ashore Vessel struck on snag alongside the coal-staith Robert Gick Kar303 10 „ 11 Schooner 75 13 2 About 100 feet inside end of groin, Patea River Buller River, Westport W. Strong breeze ran. Christen Eriksen Greager. „ 17 Westport, s.s., 6 months Griffin, 3 years j» 263 21 Coal ... Stranded ; partial loss Stranded; partial loss John Gibb. „ 21 Fore-&-aft schooner 48 4 jj Rangitoto Reef, Auckland Harbour Vessel stranded at 9 p.m. on the 21st February, but floated off on next tide, with loss of part of false keel. Considering the position of schooner, master ought not to have left the deck in charge of one man only, as by so doing he not only endangered the safety of his own vessel, but put lives and property in other vessels in risk of loss Vessel missed stays when entering Tory Channel, and struck on a reef of rocks at the West Head, and afterwards, from damage received, foundered about a mile from the entrance Captain was taking in jib when he fell overboard Collision caused through negligence of second engineer of " Waitaki," Matthew Craig Moffatt (uncertificated). Instructions were telegraphed to him by the master to go astern, when, instead of doing so, he went ahead. He was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry Casualty caused by tide setting vessel on to North Spit through her being too close to Tory Shoal when the wind failed William Bishop. West Head, entrance to Tory Channel John Hadfleld Smith. „ 23 Star of the Sea, 9 years ,j 38 General Stranded and foundered; total loss N.N.E. to W. Variable Mar. 13 Orpheus, 6 years Schooner Timber... Loss of life only Collision; partial loss 1 Off Banks Peninsula ... N.E. Strong breeze WilliamDoughty. 53 5 ,. 16 Waitaki, s.s., 5 j> 228 20 General - - At Port Chalmers, between the George Street and Bowen Piers North Spit, Kaipara Heads Fresh -j Joseph Hansly. years „ 16 Koputai, p.s., 5 years Vindex, 20 years j» None Collision ; partial loss Stranded; total loss N.N.E. Donald Sinclair. 5 6 S. Barque... 290 9 2 Timber ... u Joseph Stolling. „ 29 Very light