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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. is o TO S II Number of | jPassenQ I gers. Cargo. Nature of Casualty. Number of laves Lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. nd. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. 1883. July 5 Eotorua, S.S., 7 years Schooner 576 3G IS General Stranded; slight damage Collision; slight damage Ditto .. French Pass S. Light .. Vessel touched rocks through defect in steering gear John Anderson. 78 Kawatiri, s.s., 1 year 286 13 Coal .. Opposite wharf, Grey Eiver Strong ■ The " Examiner," while being towed up to wharf by s.s. "Dispatch," drifted astern when shortening tow-rope, and struck "Kawatiri," which was lying at the wharf Vessel went ashore through cable parting John Campbell. Examiner, 13 years Agnes Donald, 7 years Barque.. 266 11 Ballast.. S.E. Thomas Nicholson Clarkson. Joseph Bradley. Schooner 62 5 Iron Stranded; slight damage Stranded; partial loss One and a half miles west of Turanganui Eiver, Poverty Bay Inside bar of Catlin's Eiver E.N.E. . 10 Ino, s.s.,9 years Ketch .. 32 Timber.. •N.E. Strong gale Bracket and starboard propeller having carried away and feed pump broken, vessel was run into Catlin's Eiver, where she was driven on to the rocks through the port propeller fouling the kelp. After throwing overboard part of the cargo (timber) the vessel was got off A heavy sea set into the bay, which caused the cables to part and drove her ashore Peter Andrew Lyders. Transit, 8 years Stranded; total loss Western Beach, Napier, about two miles from signal-station Lat. 40°32'S.,long. 75° 20' E. Francis Morton Garraway. 11 Schooner 73 Guano .. 15 Handa Isle, 3 years 261 General Damage to wheel and afterhouse Collided with wharf; slight damage Stranded; no damage Stranded ; partial loss Loss of sails, bulwarks, and stanchions Stranded; total loss N.N.W. Heavy gale Casualty caused through heavy sea breaking on board George Davies. * 17 Australia, s.s., 8 years m 1715 101 Railway Wharf, Auckland Harbour Pilot miscalculated the state of the tide and the distance the vessel would go after the engines were stopped A. Bannerman. 105 K u 19 Loch Ken, 4 years Kestrel, 11 years Barque.. » Piako Mud Flat, Firth of Thames Eastern end breakwater, Lyttelton Harbour Off Kaikouras, about twenty miles eastward N.W. Gale .. Stranding caused through master mistaking the channel Casualty caused through vessel missing stays when approaching inner harbour Damage caused by heavy gale and seas breaking on board David N. P. Wilson. William Taylor. 590 16 2 20 Ketch .. 20 1 1 Firewood S.S.W. 31 MaryOgilvie, 10 years Schooner 68 5 Coal .. 1 David Connor. Aug. 3 Alma, 29 years Barquentine Timber.. Elizabeth Beef, South Pacific S.W. to E.N.E. Squally Vessel lost through default of master —1st. In leaving port in an iron ship to which he was a stranger without having ascertained deviation of compass. 2nd. In failing to keep record of compass corrections when found by observations in some form that they might be accessible to the mate or himself : the only entry kept was by entry in log. 3rd. In failing to provide sailing directions of voyage. 4th. That, although close to reef John Pateraon. 163