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SUMMARY of Casualties to Shipping and Seamen reported to the Marine Department during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1895.

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Casualties on or near the Coasts of the Colony. Casualties outside the Colony. of Casualties reported. Nature of Casualties. Steamers. Sailing-vessels. Total within Colony. Stealners. Sailing-vessels. Total outside Colony. o m 6 I 1 d 3 3 <H CO o a I ■S3 13 6 co o En «1 Q tD a a I I - Cβ O CD 3 °1 a o •Si Hi a c ■3.2 3 Standings, — ■ Total wrecks Partial loss Slight damage No damage 2 1 5 1,156 1,106 288 2,762 5,312 126 7 7 690 443 8 9 13 1 6 1,846 1,549 288 2,883 134 "l 9io •• •• •• •• "l 910 •• 9 14 1 7 1,846 2,459 288 3,135 134 1 121 - "l 252 "l *252 Total standings 126 15 1,254 8 29 134 I 1 — 910 1 252 2 I 1,162 •• 31 7,728 134 14 6,566 Founderings, — Total loss 4 15 203 15 203 15 203 - Collisions, — Slight damage Fires,— Partial loss Slight damage 1 1 1,381 77 2 1 545 831 2 2 1 545 2,212 77 1 2,190 2,190 2 3 1 545 4,402 77 1 •• •• - •• •• Total fires 1,458 1 831 3 1 2,190 1 2,190 4 4,479 2,289 Miscellaneous, including damage by heavy seas to hull and cargo, leaks, loss of sails, &c, and breakdown of machinery 1 145 3 2,864 3 2,864 6,216 1,245 5 3,053 44 189 ■■ •• •■ Total casualties to shipping .. Less of life only17 6,814 126 23 1 2,978 58 23 1 40 1 9,792 58 149 1 2 3,100 4 1 3,116 1,245 "l ,1 6 1 "l 46 2 16,008 1,303 149 2 Total number of casualties reported I i I i 17 126 24 3,036 24 41 150 2 3,100 5 4,361 1 7 7,461 1 48 17,311 151 6,814 9,850 Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (exclusive of plan) 1,550 copies, £25 13s. 9d. Price 9d.\ By Authority : Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington. —1895.