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APPENDIX C.
MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
3. During the year, 188 vessels of 421,521 gross register tons were surveyed for Passen- Certificate and Bottom Inspection.
Of these, 115 of 297,811 tons were British and 73 of 123 710 tons were Foreign vessels viz.:-51 German of 86,139 tons, 9 French of 13,178 tons, 6 Chinese of 12,821 tons, 5 Norwegian of 6,439 tons, and 2 Italian of 5,133 tons." A comparison with the work for 1885, so far as Passenger Certificate and Bottom Inspection are concerned, may be of
interest.
In that year the total tonnage surveyed was 242,801, of which 177,388 was British and 65,413 foreign.
The increase in British and Foreign shipping combined is, therefore, 178,720 tons or 73.6 per cent., as compared with that of twenty years ago.
In British shipping the proportion is 120,423 tons or 67.9 per cent. and in Foreign shipping 58,297 tons or 89.1 per cent,
During the year, 92 emigration surveys were held, of which 49 were on British and 44 on Foreign vessels; 17 vessels were measured for registration purposes, and 1 Foreign vessel for certificate of British tonnage; 1 inspection of crew space and 7 minor inspections took place.
193 passenger launches were surveyed, 23 boilers were inspected during construction, and 172 inspections of Government launches were made while under repair.
RETURN OF WORK performed by the GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.
Years.
Passenger.
Certificate and
Inspection of
Bottom,
Emigration.
Tonnage for Registration.
British Tonnage
Foreign Vessels.
Certificate for
1896,
.142
68
1897, 158
79
1698, 161
1899,
144
61
1900, 151
1901, 157
92
1902, 175
93
1903, 190
111
1904, 196
125
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6
24
10
10
35
1905,
188
93
17
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Examination
of Engineers.
Examination of Chinese Engi-
neers for Steam- launches.
Number of Visits In Estimated Totul
connection with fore-
going Inspection.
2010 NOO+NN-.
.97
1
109
121
61
134
187
217
210
184
30
2
203
193
23
KASNONR228
20
37
77
66
1,409
41
35
96
51 1,631
26
72
48 1,729
62
27
57
78
1,602
73
47
99
124
1,831
36
102
88
118
2,031
25
126
109
76
1,768
126
85
72
2,107
45
126
| 82
104
2,140
172
77
81
1,989
APPENDIX D.
GUNPOWDER DEPÔT.
4. During the year 1905 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt Stonecutters' Island:
Approxi-
No. of cases.
niate
weight.
lbs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
Do. Government owued,.
Cartridges, privately owned,.....
Do. Government owned,
5,743
123,315
1,229 103,726
2,180
433,575
1,445
336,845
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.
K60
48,328
Do.,
Government owned,
1,967
133,616
Non-explosives, privately owned,
29
3,500
Do.,
Government owned,
1,287
123,542
Total,
14,740 1,306,447