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No. 18.—Return of Sailing- vessels surveyed during the Financia Year ended the 31st March, 1904, with Particulars of Tonnage, &c.

No. 19.—Return of Vessels surveyed for Seaworthiness, &c, from the 1st April, 1903, to the 31st March, 1904.

No. 20.—Return showing the Revenue received from the Inspection of Machinery Department (including the Examination of Engineers and Engine-drivers, and the Amount earned by the Survey of Steamers) during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1904. £ s. d. Received for inspection of boilers and machinery ... ... 6,270 7 6 Received for certificates for land-engine drivers ... ... 560 19 0 Recovered law costs ... ... ... ... ... 6 16 10 Fees for survey of steamers (including auxiliary powered vessels) for the year ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,623 10 0 Fees for survey of sailing-vessels for the year... ... ... 88 0 0 Fees for survey of vessels for seaworthiness ... ... ... 80 17 0 Received for examinations of marine engineers ... ... 171 0 0 £8,801 10 4 5—H. 15a.

Name of Vessel. Tons Me Gross. Tons Measurement. easurement. Register. Description. Times surveyed. Defiance Empreza Frank Guy .. Helen Denny Laira Northern Chief 208 249 195 694 492 287 427 234 200 303 199 236 191 742 458 263 396 222 189 292 Barquentine Barque Barquentine Schooner Barquentine 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Onyx Pendle Hill .. St. Kilda .. Silver Cloud..

Dates of Survey. Name of Vessel. Where surveyed. Nature of Casualty, &c. 1903. fune 16 une 26 uly 10 'uly 25 Rapallo Westralia Rimutaka Talune Wellington Auckland Wellington Auckland Grounded in Wellington harbour. Propeller-blade lost. Main steam-pipe tested after repair. Several of vessel's boats lost between Sydney and Auokland. Survey of equipments and life-saving apparatus. Grounded at New Plymouth. Bearing of rocking-shaft carried away. Ballast-tank leaking. Survey of boat and equipments. Grounded at the mouth of the Waiuku River. Vessel struck a rock entering Napier Harbour. Survey of passenger accommodation. Propeller-blade lost. Grounded in Red Sea. Grounded in Auckland Harbour. Lug. 1 lug. 12 Lug. 15 Lug. 15 Sept. 15 Tov. 3 Jov. 4 Jov. 16 Tov. 30 )ec,7 to Jan. 25 )ec. 21 Concordia Takapuna Taviuni Isle worth Siar of the East Weka Niwaru Kia Ora Monowai Rubi Seddon .. Marere Auckland Wellington Auckland Timaru Wellington Auckland Auckland Auckland Dunedin Wellington Auckland 1904. an. 12 an. 29 neb. 2 reb. 4 rlar. 24 itar. 26 lar. 29 Kotuku Mapourika Kolya Lutterworth .. St. Kilda Emma Sims .. Devon Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Auckland Lyttalton Wellington Repairs to stern tube and shaft. Grounded in Nelson Harbour. Survey of boats. Grounded in Nelson Harbour. Small hole knocked in plating in bows. Survey of life-saving appliances. Repairs to main steam-pipe.