A.—l.

(C.) Statement of Draughts of Vessels entering or leaving Bluff Harbour at various times since 1895.

These vessels ronge in size from " Aotea," 4,916 tons net, to " Waikato," 3071 tons net (all larger than " Tagus "), and the draughts from 27 ft. 9 in. to 21 ft. at low water (rise and fall of tide from 6 ft. to 8 ft.). Geo. R. George, Bluff, 7th November, 1901. Secretary, Bluff Harbour Board.

Statement showing Vessels (over 3,000 tons only) entered and left Bluff Harbour from 1st January, 1897, to Date.

Since the Ist January, 1897, i.e., four years and ten months, sixty vessels, all larger than " Tagus " in net register, have entered and left the Port of Bluff, two of them over 40 ft. longer. Geo. R. George, sth November, 1901. Secretary, Bluff Harbour Board.

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(N.B. —It has not been the practice of the Harbourmaster to keep a record of the draughts if vessels, but the following have been incidentally entered in his log-book). Name of Vessel. Draught. Name of Vessel. Draught. Aorangi ... Banffshire a ... it Star of New Zealand a Ft. in. 24 8 22 6 21 (low water) 25 0 25 7 25 6 26 0 26 11 20 (low water) 24 0 27 9 26 6 25 6 25 6 25 6 26 6 Hawke's Bay „ ... Indramayo „ ... Star of England ... Star of Victoria ... Indraghiri Buteshire Ft. in. 26 0 26 6 25 0 24 6 25 0 25 0 25 6 24 6 25 6 26 6 24 0 25 6 27 5 25 9 23 0 25 0 Kaikoura Otarama... Bakaia ... „ ... it Ruahine... „ ... ... Perthshire Morayshire Aotea Waikato it • ■ • Tomoana Nairnshire

Name. Gross. Net. Length. Breadth. Depth. Moulded Depth. Tongariro Star of Australia Paparoa (twice) Aotea Papanui ('three times) ... Buahine (three times) ... Kumara Tomoana (twice) Wakanui (four times) ... Mataura (twice) Naimshire (three times) Fifeshire (twice) Eakaia (three times) Waimate (four times) ... Morayshire (three times) Buteshire (seven times) Banffshire (seven times) Umballa Ujina Indraghiri (three times) Star of New Zealand (four times) Waikato Tons. 7,900 7,198 6,563 6,364 6,372 6,127 6,034 5,987 5,706 5,764 5,673 5,672 5,628 5,610 5,576 5,574 5,537 5,310 5,310 4,927 4,840 4,767 Tons. 4,958 4,668 4,246 4,916 4,099 3,926 3,907 3,905 3,751 3,756 3,628 3,648 3,660 3,629 3,597 3,636 3,719 3,426 3,426 3,181 3,124 3,071 Ft. 457 440 430 430 430 430 425-1 440 420 421 420-5 420 420 420 420 420 420 410 410 400-4 393-5 400 Ft. 58 55-1 54-2 49 54-1 501 54-2 54-3 54 54-6 54-7 54-7 54 54 54 54 54 50-7 50-7 48-2 46-8 48 Ft. 29-7 30 29-6 30-1 31-6 29-6 29-6 28-6 291 28-8 28-8 28-7 28-6 28-6 28-7 28-7 29 29 29 28 21-7 Ft. 34 33-1 3210 34-6 32-10 32-6 32 32 32 32 - 32 32 32 32 32 32 32-3 31-1 24-5 Indralema 6,700 4,344 450-5 55-1 33-10 30-9 agus 5,545 3,056 410 50 23-3 36-5