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Evening Star, Issue 3485, 24 April 1874, Page 2

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PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. April 24.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Hart, from Oamaru. Passengers : Messrs • Campbell, Giliies, Fraser, Johnson, and five in the steerage. Undine, ship, 796 tons, Michael Powell, from London; no passengers. Pioneer, 22 tons, Mattheson, from Shag Point. Maori. s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Watkinß, Mr and Mrs Barratt, Mr and Mrs Shaw. Mrs Moray, Misses Besurch. Dodds, Shaw (2). Thomson,' Major ffornhrook. Captains Peebles Clark, T)r Richardson, Master Richardson, Messrs Prince. Young, Goulbourne, Bowker, B. Jones, Handy. P. Guffray, O'Oalligan, Langdown, Cornish, Hobbs, Taylor, Milson, Maoris (3), and twelve in the steerage. Ladybird, s.s., 286 tons, Andrews, from the North. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Turton and S children, Mr and Mrs Eadie and 4 children, Mrs and Miss Thorpe, Misses Hall and Brodie, ,Rev. Mr Maxwell, Messrs Galbraith, M'Leod, G. Coates, Wallace, Calder, M'Pherson, Brehner, Hayzen; and nine in the steerage. Trial, 12 tons, Porman, from Waikouaiti. SAILED. April 24.--Tokatea, 1,052 tons, M'Kinnon, lor Sydney. Huon Belle, 42 tons, Saunders, for Taieri. "Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. Mermaid, 12 tons, Kelly, for Waikouaiti. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Northern Ports, April 30. Alhambra, for Bluff, May 11. Dunfillan, for London, early. Dunedin, for Oamaru, April-25.

Emulous, for Oamaru, early. Excelsior, for Auckland, early. Freetrader, for Hobart Town, April 25. Helen Burns, for London, April 25. Isabella, for Hokitika, early. Ladybird, for Northern Ports, April 25. Margaret Galbraith, for London, April 25. Mikado, for San Francisco, May 5. Maori, for Lyttelton, April 26. Omeo, for Northern Ports, April 25. Hose M, for Auckland, early. Sarah and Mary, for Hokitika, early. Samson, for Oamaru, April 28. Tasso, for Auckland, April 25. Tauranga, for Wanganui, early. Tararua, for Bluff, April 27. Tokatea, for Sydney, early. Warwick, for London, April 25. Wanganui, for Bluff, early. The New Zealand Company's s.s. Ladybird arrived at eight o’elook this morning. She left the Manakau at 9 a.tn. on the 17tb and called • at the different interorovincial ports. We thank her purser, Mr Dougherty, for report and files. The p.s. Samson sailed , for Oamaru shortly after the arrival of the 7.30 train this morning. The s.s. Beautiful Star arrived last night from Oamaru and steamed alongside the baroue Jungfrau to discharge. The 8.8. Wallabi, which was aground in the cross channel, succeeded in getting off last night’s tide and sailed for the Bluff. The ketch Pioneer arrived this morning from Shag Point. The Harbor Company’s s.s. Maori arrived at seven o’clock this morning from her northern trip. We thank her steward for Lyttelton papers. The ketch Hnon Belle sailed this morning with a cargo of railway iron from the ship Scimitar for the Taieri. The barque Tokatea was towed to sea by the Geelong thismorning with part of original cargo from Hong Kong for Sydney. Captain Williams, late of the barque East Lothian, has been appointed to the command of the Anazi. The fine composite clipper ship Undine made the Heads early this morning, and the Geelong towed her up as far as the quarantine ground, •he having powder on board. She was immediately cleared by the Custom and health officers, who proceeded down in the s.s. esult The Undine is owned by Mr John R, Kessel, of North Shields, and was built in 18(7 by Mr Pyle, of Sunderland. Her length is 182ift: beam, 31$ ft; depth of hold, 19Jft; and previously to this voyage has been employed in the , China trade. She left Gravesend on January 31, the Downs on February 1, with N.W. winds down the Channel, and took her departure from Start Point on February 4. Caught the NE. trades on the 14th, in lat. 27.33N and lost them on the 26th, in lat. 0.6 N.; the equator was crossed on the 26th, in lone 36.1 W.; the S.E. trades were light, and were lost in latitude 26.255; crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 16th of March : and that of the Cape on the 21st, in lat. 44.335. ; on the Ist of April encountered a heavy gale off Kerguelen Land, which blow with such fury that it carried away nearly all her new sails out of the gaskets ; the vessel was hove to for 24 hours, during which the cases of acids on deck broke adrift and smashed the bulwarks* her eastmg was run down between the parallels of 48S. and 495, ; sighted the Snares on the 39th at daylight, and the Nuggets at 10 p.m. on the 20th, and was off the H>ads at 9.30 p.m. on the .alsf,, when she was caught in the heavy S.W. gale which prevailed, and was driven 51 miles i . t v ? ,rd Ljuade the Heads again at 7.30 last night. The only vessels spoken on thepassage were the Augusta, from Liverpool i Bat c a J l^ ll th * lst of March, in lat. 6.285.. long 50.3 W. and the M’Callum Mohr, from on thß Bth March, in lat. 6.365., long 25.38 W. On the 16th March, ® n ® of ,S* Arthur Weckbeeker, a German, died. The Undine comes consigned to Messrs Calvert and Campbell COMPULSORY SURVEY OF SHIPPING. The following letter has been addressed by Mr A. Boardman, Manager of the South British Life and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand, to the Hon. Julius Vogel South British Life and Marine Insurance Company, New Zealand. SIR, —I am instructed by the directors of this company tobnng under your notice the desirabilty of the Government introducing a Bill into Parliament to provide for—l. The compulsory survey and classification of trading vessels, steam and sailmg, built or registered in the Coionv- 2. The adoption of Lloyd’s rules in regard thereto, with such modifications as mav be necessary by the use of New Zealand matenal in the construction of vessels built in the Qolony. 3. The periodical inspection of vesseli 4. The determination of the maximum load-line of steam and sailing vessels, and providing means to prevent over-loading, g. § ur . veyw’s certificate being attached to ship’s register. At you are aware, English Lloyd’s does not classify vessels in this Colony, and there have been no means of having this ~ v ®ry recently, however, an agency +Lp enß s. n , Ll ° y ; ls ” kas been established m this port, but I am not aware whether there is any such agency at any other port in New Zealand. It would manifeitly be f haV + l a Now Zealand Lloyd’s” established for the survey and inspection of for wbdst buildmg, and a] so afterwards, and for their classification. Eminent men have for a considerable time written strongly in favor of Government interference, and the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain have piissed resolutions affirming “That a periodical inspection of all sailing and steam ships net carrying passengers, unclassed at Lloyd’s, or by the Liverpool Underwriters’Association, should be compulsory also that Government should consider the propriety of dealing with the important question of the maximum loadline of vessels. Under the present volun system of inspection in England it is found that not one-half of the registered ships are on Lloyd’s books. The failure pf voluntaryism to effect the desired object is one strong reason adduced for Government bringing in a measure that would jnajee survey and inspection compulsory. It SS* suc£ an Important work a* character (prtgsrolflly, Fith« ««ta£ limits, for both sWag and,

charter purposes) of a very valuable shipping property should not be left in the hands of any private persons or irresponsible organization, but this should be done through public officers responsible to the Government, anti entirely beyond the control of influence of either shipbuilders, shipowners, or underwriters. Even if desirable, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible to organize in New Zealand any voluntary system such as. Lloyd’s which would have public confidence Government now interferes as regards steam vessels. What I now ask is simply an extension of the principle. The commerce of the Colony is constantly increasing ; there is a very large amount of travelling by sea along our ex tended coast line, on vessels which may or may not be fit to carry passengers ; our ship-build-ing yards are sending out an increased number of vessels which cannot, under present circumstances, be surveyed and classed—a great drawback—which tends, no deteriorate their character in the market. It is not too mm hj to expect that a proper survey and classification of New Zealand built ships under competent authority would give an official character to ships built in the Colony, which would be most beneficial, and doubtless have a tendency to foster what ought to become a most important national industry. That there is an urgent necessity for the classification and regular survey of vessels registered aad trading in the Colony is evident; and as regards the cost, it is found that the moderate survey foes charged by Lloyd’s pay a highly efficient and organised staff, and leave a handsome surplus. We may then fairly anticipate that the work suggested can be done without any charge on the Colonial Exchequer, and without being a burden on the shipowner. Surveyors could be appointed in each ef the larger ports,—l have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant, A. Boardman, _ Manager. The Hon. Julius Vogel, Premier, Wellington.—Auckland, March 25, 1874.”

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