WRECKS IN NEW ZEALAND.
Mr Seed, Secretary of Customs, reports that the number of casualties to shipping that occurred on the coasts of the Colony in 1871-72; was 38, of the aggregate tonnage of ' 3104. being considerably in excess both in numbers and tonnage of the casualties of the previous year, during which there were 27 casualties, of 2173 tons ; but the loss of life wot less, being only 11, against 27 in 1870-71. Of theso six belonged to the unfortunate schooner Rifleman, which sailed from Lyttelton on the 10th October lost, never after- . wordr to be heard of ; and three comprised the crew of the Ocean Bird, which vessel capsized off Stevens Island in April last. The sevete gale which was experienced at. Taranaki, Nelson, and Wellington on the 10th, 11th, and 12th November last,-added several to the list of casualties for the year. In the retarn of casualties are given particulats of two wrecks which took place at a distance from New Zealand— namely, the Indiaman, a Swedish vessel of 1200 tons, which was totally lost at Easter Island, latitude 27deg. 9min. 30sec. S, longitude lOOdeg. 25min; 20sea W. ; and the Sea Breeze, belonging to Auckland, of 70 tons, totally lost at Starbuck Island, in latitude fideg. 24min. S., lougitude 155deg. SOmin. . W. The Master who was in command of the Sea Breeze when she was lost, was tho same person who bad his certificate cancelled in Auckland in February, 1870, for stranding thi cutter Maxwell, on a rock off the Island of Tin Tin. This circumstance, says Mr Seed, shows the necessity that exists for bringing into force the regulations, roqnirinjj that vessnls shall be commanded only by Masters holding certifi- ' dates ; for if Masters can be appointed to vessels after having had their certificates cancelled, it is obvious that Ihe prospect of punishment for neglect, by the suspension or cancellation of certificates, will soon be "' regarded with indifference, and that one of the main objects of holding official inquiries into wrecks will thus be defeated.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1310, 10 October 1872, Page 2
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