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engines, cylinders 15 in., 25J in., and 41 in. diameters by 30 in. stroke, supplied with steam from two marine multitubular boilers, 11 ft. diameter by 10 ft. 6 in. long, at a pressure of 1801b. per square inch. S.s. " Pateena." —The engines of this vessel received a good overhaul. The condenser-tubes were drawn and cleaned, and twenty-three new tubes and 700 new ferrules were fitted. Some patches were put in the starboard boiler, new main check-valves were fitted to both boilers, and the water-gauge mountings overhauled and defective cocks renewed. Under the main boilers sheathing-plates were fitted on six intercostals. Sheathing-plates and angle-iron stiffeners were riveted to bunkers; 64 square feet of sheathing-plate was put on the watertight bulkhead at the after end of the forehold. Some repairs were made to the steering-gear, and the rudder was lifted J in. A new funnel was also fitted. S.s. "Plucky." —The main boiler of this vessel was repaired by cutting out and renewing the bottoms of both combustion-chambers and both back plates from above the first row of screwed stays. The bulwarks-plating on the port bow of hull in the way of hawse-pipe was renewed. S.s. " Regains." —When an examination was made of the hull of this vessel at the annual survey it was found that a number of the rivets were loose. The majority of them were under the fore part of the hull, and a number were scattered over the bottom. The number of new rivets put in was 1,140. Other repairs made include a joggled strap fitted over landing between A and B strakes on the starboard side of the hull at the fore end of No. 1 tank, 22 ft. long, and one on the port side in the same position, 20 ft. long. One joggled butt strap was fitted on the keel-plate under the fore end of No. 1 tank, and one on the port side on A strake. In the engineroom a new water-chest was fitted to the general donkey-pump, and new main injection-valves and seats were fitted. The propeller-shafts were drawn and examined, and the propeller-brackets rebushed. O.e.v. " Saxon." —This vessel was formerly the schooner " Saxon," and went ashore off Mahurangi Heads in September, 1911. She was refloated and taken to Auckland, where she was on the slip for five months undergoing extensive repairs. It is doubtful if the vessel has been in better order than at present except when she was new. The most important repairs and alterations include several new timbers and planks to hull, nearly the whole of the lining-boards renewed, hull refastened, recaulked, and coppered on the bottom with new sheets. New galvanized steelplate rudder, steel gudgeons, steering-chains, and blocks were fitted. Other renewals include the hatch-coamings, hatches, chain-plates for rigging, wooden lining in forecastle, cabin, and engineroom aft, deck-house over cabin, stem tube and sea-cock, step-blocks to keelson for both masts, one set of oil-engines with three cylinders, 8 in. diameter by 10 in. stroke, brake horse-power 50. The decks have been caulked and pitched. The windlass was overhauled, and suitable anchors and cables were placed on board. O.e.v. " Selwyn." —This is an auxiliary wooden ketch, built in Auckland in 1911 for the Melanesian Mission Trust Board. The leading dimensions of the hull are —Length, 52 - 7 ft.; breadth, 15"2 ft.; depth, B*4 ft. Gross and register tonnage are 29"3 and 15"4 tons respectively. The vessel is fitted with one set of four-cylinder oil-engines developing 30 b.h.p. S.s. " Sparrowhawk." —This new vessel was built in Auckland, and will be engaged carrying passengers and vehicles in Auckland Harbour. The hull is of wood and iron, and the leading dimensions are—Length, 130 ft.; breadth, 32ft.; depth, lift, The gross tonnage is 207 and the register 99. The vessel is propelled by one set of compound surface-condensing engines with cylinders 14 in. and 28 in. in diameter and a length of stroke of Ift. 6 in. They are supplied with steam at a pressure of 1301b. per square inch from a cylindrical marine-type boiler, 9 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 9 ft. long. The boiler and engines were made in Scotland. S.s. " Stormbird." —This old steamer, the oldest afloat engaged in constant trading, has been gradually reduced from a passenger-vessel of some importance to a cargo-vessel. In July last five berths were removed to provide accommodation for the mate of the vessel, whose former cabinspace has been utilized for a 2-ton Hercules refrigerator. The forehold was stripped of all ceilings and battens, chipped, painted, and insulated for the carrying of butter. S.s. "The Peregrine." —This vessel, the hull of which is of wood, was built in Auckland for the Devonport Steam Ferry Company. Her principal dimensions are —Length, 130 ft.; breadth, 31ft.; depth, 8 ft. The tonnage is 245 gross and 162 register. The propelling machinery consists of one set of triple-expansion engines with cylinders of 1.2 in., 20 in., and 32 in. diameters by 21 in. length of stroke, and they are supplied with steam from a Scotch multitubular boiler at apressure of 1801b. per square inch. The boiler is 11 ft. 6 in. diameter by 10 ft, long, and was built in Glasgow, as also were the engines. This vessel has accommodation for 1,370 passengers in river limits and 773 in extended-river limits. S.s. " Theresa Ward." —The most extensive repairs to this vessel at the annual survey were made to the hull and boiler. Five floors under the boiler were sheathed, and the angle-bars at the top of same were renewed. The centre keelson was sheathed in five spaces. Two new floors were fitted in the after-peak. In the boiler the centre furnace was renewed, also the centre com-bustion-chamber bottom and the back of this chamber for a height of 2 ft. 8 in. Thirteen new stays in the combustion-chamber were put in. Two bottom doors and one stay-tube were also renewed. S.s. " Toiler." —This new wooden steamer, which was built at Te Kopuru to plans and specifications approved by the Department before the building of the vessel had commenced, has the following dimensions: 75ft. long by 15ft. wide by Bft. deep (moulded); tonnage —49 gross, 28 register. The keel, floors, transoms, rudder-trunk, stringers, beams, planking, and decking are of kauri, and the keelsons, stem, stern-post, and rudder-post of ironbark. There is a 9 ft. by 5 ft, hatch in the forward deck, and cabin accommodation below deck aft. The engines and boiler were made at the Thames. The boiler is made of steel, and is of the usual marine type; it is 7 ft. in diameter and 7 ft. 6 in. in length, and carries a safety-valve load of 1301b. per square inch. The vessel will' be employed carrying passengers and cargo in Kaipara Harbour.