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Summary of Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1904.

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Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside the Colony. Total Number of Casualties reported. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Colony. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total •utside Colony. Nature of Casualty. •M CD a 0 O CQ ■S-2 r4.S rr ■*- CO Kg CD DO cd S fl o o CD rA O Q S COrC CO „ _ a, O CO fl r, CD B rH ." CD CO O CD cG O h .co -■ .co O CO -3 O CO B rr CO ,„ CO ho 4h O CS cS Oreo™ g oS rrS O rr> > H rH 44 CO . CO O co 00 CO f 0.2 5 r4> CO . CO O 00 rA . CO O cn H r* 00 -1. CO ■- DO 6 CD r5£ 3 Strandings, — Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 7 2 10 4,927 136 2,422 1 6 2,835 1 6 7 2 11 2,835 4,927 136 3,309 1 1 2 798 •• •• •■ 2 798 6 9 2 11 2,835 5,725 136 3,309 12,005 1 1 1 1 2 1 '887 " Total strandings i 1 , 798 28 2 19 7,485 1 7 3,722 26 11,207 2 2 798 2 ■• Foundered, — Total loss 1 7 1 1 133 1 133 7 133 7 Capsized, — Slight damage i I 1 39 1 39 1 39 Collisions, — Total loss Partial loss Slight damage No damage 1 3 6 7 232 252 1,218 1 1 1 "93 122 •■ 1 4 7 7 325 374 1,218 1,917 1 •• •• 1 7 7 325 374 1,218 1 •• .. Total collisions.. 17 1702 2 215 19 1 1,917 1 •• •• 19 Fires,— Total loss Partial loss Slight damage 1 1 1 54 121 1,071 1,246 1,491 •• 1 1 1 54 121 1,071 •• •■ 1 1 1 54 121 1,071 •■ •• ■- ■■ Total fires 3 3 1,246 1,246 •• •• •• •• 3 Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, loss of masts, sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 5 1 66 6 1,557 1 699 1 699 7 2,256 Total casualties to shipping Loss of life only 45 1 12,057 43 9 1 11 1 4,042' 58[ 1 1 56 2 16,099 101 10 2 ! 2 798 1 2 699 263 "2 3 2 1,497 263 59 4 17,596 364 10 4 10 4 •• 2 Total number of casualties reported 46 12,100 10 12 4,100 I : 58 ' 1 1 16,200 12 2 1 : i 3 962 2 5 1,760 i 2 63 17,960 14 798 ••