G—No. 40.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MORESBY, OF H.M.S. BASILISK, RELATIVE TO A BOAT-LOWERING APPARATUS INVENTED BY MR. W.R. DOUGLAS, INSPECTOR OF STEAMERS AT DUNEDIN.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY.
WELLINGTON.
1871.
G.—No. 40.
No. 1. Captain Moeesby to His Excellency Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. Yotjb Excellency— " Basilisk," Wellington, 21st September, 1871. In reply to your letter of the 19th instant, requesting me to give an opinion on the improved method of lowering boats from vessels, lately invented by Mr. Douglas, of the New Zealand Marine Department, I have the honor to inform you that I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the usefulness of the improvement, and beg herewith to enclose my opinion on the result of the experiments which I witnessed. I have, &c, His Excellency Sir G. P. Bowen, G.C.M.G., J- Moresby, Governor of New Zealand. Captain.
Enclosure in No. 1. Her Majesty's Ship " Basilisk," "Wellington, New Zealand, 21st September, 1871. Having witnessed the various experiments made in lowering a boat fitted with the " Improved Lowering Apparatus," (invented by Mr. Douglas, of the New Zealand Marine Department,) from steamers going at a speed of seven or eight knots, as also the trials which took place on board Her Majesty s ship " Basilisk," under my directions, I am of opinion that, for facility and safety in dropping the boat clear of the ship, as well as simplicity and economy of construction, it is far superior to either the Eynaston or Clifford lowering apparatus, as at present used in Her Majesty's ships. J J. MOEESBT, Captain.
LETTER RELATIVE TO BOAT-LOWERING APPARATUS.
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COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MORESBY, OF H.M.S. BASILISK, RELATIVE TO A BOAT-LOWERING APPARATUS INVENTED BY MR. W.R. DOUGLAS, INSPECTOR OF STEAMERS AT DUNEDIN., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1871 Session I, G-40
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274COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MORESBY, OF H.M.S. BASILISK, RELATIVE TO A BOAT-LOWERING APPARATUS INVENTED BY MR. W.R. DOUGLAS, INSPECTOR OF STEAMERS AT DUNEDIN. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1871 Session I, G-40
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