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SUMMARY of Casualties to Shipping and Seamen reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1896.

Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside tile Colony. Sailing-vessels. of Casualties reported. Steamers. Total within Colony. Steamers. Sailing-vesi :els. Total outside Colony. Nature of Casualties. ■*H CO 6 o EH =w o o O o eg ; 6 m o i! hi o o ta o- . °1 a o 6 o tag o K& 6 » 0) o ■si it Strandings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 4 4 4 2,582 2,632 6,842 ■• 6 3 1,972 194 •• 6 7 4 4 1,972 2,776 2,632 6,842 1 ••'• 3,661 •■ ■• 1 •• 3,661 •■ 6 7 5 4 I 1,972 2,776 6,293 6,842 •• i •• Total strandings I 12 12,056 9 2,166 2i: j.3,661 1 3,661 22 14,222 17,883 Founderings, — Total loss Partial loss .. .. ! ; ! i ' 1 1 58 14 4 1 1 i j 58 14 4 •• 2 418 2 418 3 1 476 14 4 Total founderings 2 72 4 2 72 4 2 418 i 2 418 4 490 ■■ 4; Collisions, — Slight damage No damage i : 2 1 2,096 1,276 3,372 2 1 2,096 1,270 I ■■ 2 1 2,096 ■ 1,276 ■■ Total collisions 3 I ! 3 j I 3,372 3 3,372 : i "■ Fires, — Total loss Partial loss I I 1 1 40 x ! 40 1 2,859 "l 2,606 2,606 2 5,465 5,465 1 2 40 I 5,465 * • •• •• Total fires 1 40 40 2,859 1 2 i 3 5,505 ■■ 1 Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, leaks, loss of sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 1 |. I 1 ! I 1,349 16,817 812 3 i 1,193 1 I 2,542 2 4,990 9 9,247 12,271 1,369 11 14,237 16,779 5 8 i I 19 I •• •• •• Total casualties to shipping .. Loss of life only 21 2 *2 1 14 3,431 4 I I 35 2 20,248 812 4 2 4 11,510 , ■ 12 2 2 16 2 I 23,781 1,369 - 2 51 4 44,029 2,181 4 4 i Total number of casualties reported J I 23 17,629 14 3,431 4 37 6 4 11,510 14 13,640 2 18 25,150 2 55 46,210 ; 21,060 I Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (exclusive of plan) 1,575 copies, £24 11s. 9d. Price 9d.\ By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington. —1896.