Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3813, 14 May 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads. | Pt. Chalkrrs. ( Dunedin. 11.89 p.m. | 0.9 p.m. | 1.04 p.nj.

PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED.

May 13.—Samson, p.a., 194 tons, Edie, from Oanaaru. Alva, ship, 589 tons, Lousa, from Hong Kong, with 200 Chinese. -

DETENTION OF THE DON JUAN.

At 7 p.m. yesterday the steam-tug Geelong was chartered to convey the Customs and harbor authorities alongside the ship Don Juan, which, as we stated in our issue of yesterday, was anchored inside the Heads. These steps were taken by the General Government on account of the report by Captain William Thomson, harbor-master, and Mr David Stephens, who had been appointed to survey the vessel. In of their report, which we append, an order in Council was obtained under his Excellency the Governor’s signature, and addressed to the master and owners of the vessel, restricting them from proceeding to sea until the matter had been before a Court of Appeal or his Excellency’s permission was obtained for the ship’s departure. Precisely at the time named the Geelong cast off from the wharf, having on board Mr Monson, Tide Surveyor, Mr Crowdthers, landing waiter, and the Customs’ boat crew, Captain Thomson, harbormaster, Captain M‘Cullam, pier-master. Sergeant Neil, two police constables, and the reporters of the Press. After making a smart run to the Heads, the Geelong went alongside the ship, and Mr Monson, Captains Thomson and M’Oallum, with Mr Crowdthers went on board. After serving copies of the Governor’s order on Captain Clark, as master and part owner of the vessel, Mr Monson placed Mr Crowdthers on board on behalf of the Customs department. Captain Thomson issuing orders to Pilot Stevens to also remain on board. The party then returned to Port Chalmers.- No resistance was offered on the part of any person belonging to the Don Juan to either Pilot Stevens or tho party of Government officers when going on board the ship. The lollowing is the surveyors’ report

Dunedin, May 11,1875. in accordance with instructions received from his Excellency the Governor, we the undersigned yesterday and to-day made a thorough survey of the ship Don Juan, of Dunedin, 648 tens register, as she now lies at Port Chalmers, and certify to the following: —The seams in the decks and waterways are very wide, and in many parts soft and leaky, and the deck planks in several puces partially decayed. Many of the hanging knee and strop bolts in the ’tween-decks and lower hold are loose and several of them broken; also some of the knee screw bolts that were recently fitted up with new nuts to he quite siact. The treenails are more or less soft and slack. One iron breasthook is broken in the throat, alongside of which a small one has been placed, but not sufficient 1 ? strength or fastening to compensate for the break m the original. The beams lower hold, though comparatively sound, have all been working more or less. One iron hangmg knee in the lower hold is broken j oat ’ m . oß t of the lodging knees in the lower hold and some m the tween decks are soft through mtnral decay. The timbers, as far ns could be seen, with some exceptions, ore comparatively sound! ceding m the lower hold is so decayed Tf 7 htt ]° longitudinal strength, but in the ’tween decks not so bad. The v! could be seen > 016 sound. tbe^ e BX6 msmy graving pieces, the butts and seams of same are very wide, and the b % sbeen s * ;ri PPod off the bottom and not retS £ re thr «* boats in ordinary cond!: tion. The windlass, rudder, pumps, masts, and tw!’ 88119 a f e in £° od condition. There are three bower anchors, two of the same without stocks, and therefore useless; there are also two a* °^ ain cables,of full size. 18 in good order. bn d tba* the length of this vessel exceeds twelve times her depth, therefore more than ordi- ?* xy longitudinal bending is necessary, which she has not got, and m consequence the vessel is hogged ‘ ? he , was buHt in Swedenahout a f-°’ lß pme throughout, and acg to rules would have no character ft tcfe r « The ceilmg affords almost no strength to bmd tno vessel longitudinally, #r to spcore the through fastenings properly,* and f^^pL+^ Cll riv Stei i in *‘ s OX6 and broken. In ftherefore, of the whole defects ennS the ship Don Juan is unfit tojTproceed to sea,(without endangering nf'fVmV 1 * 6 'v'^+* e l eg Ixl forward herewith samples fastenings 8 . 61 S tunbers * iSknees » [treenails, and iron i'uOMSON, Master Mariner. D. G. Stephens, Shipwright. that through the courtesy of the hon. Mr Reynolds, Commissioner of CusJKwSjT® e +^ bled t0 ins P ect the specimens f l the Bur ,T, e y° re - The various p ecea of timber were like tinder, being completely rotten, and some also worm-eaten. taken . f fom the ceiiing of the lower hold, the frame of the lower hold, a staple knee In the tween decks, a staple from the lower hold, and tree-nails from the ’tween decks. The bolt-a hanging knee bolt of the lower hold—was originally an inch thick, but was completely eaten through by the action of salt water. At 4 p.m. to-day the Don Juan had sailed up as tar as the quarantine ground.