REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.
12. Four vessels have been registered, and seven have been struck off the register books of this Colony, during the year under review.
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S Court.
13. The cases tried in this Court are the same as in 1880, the principal offences being Drunkenness, Refusal of Duty, and Assault.
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE POSTS OF MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS, UNDER SECTION XV OF ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
14. The following lists will show the number of Candidates who passed, and those who failed in obtaining Certificates of Competency:
RANK PASSED FAILED Masters 41 17 First Mates 10 9 Only Mates 5 27 Second Mates 3 22 First Class Engineers 2 49 Second Class Engineers 3 589MARINE COURTS, UNDER SECTION XIII OF ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
15. The following Courts have been held during the year:
1. On the 14th May, 1881, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steam-ship Lorne, Official number 62,297 of Leith, on the right bank of the River Han near Peaked Rock, at the entrance to Swatow. The Master's (JOHN MCKECHNIE) Certificate of Competency was returned.
2. On the 23rd May, 1881, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steam-ship Hailoong, Official number 65,082 of Aberdeen, on the South point of the Island of Quemoy near the Port of Amoy. The Master's (WILLIAM YOUNG HUNTER) Certificate of Competency was suspended for six months.
3. On the 17th October, 1881, inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Bolton Abbey, Official number 49,896 of Liverpool, on the South-east side of the Pratas Shoal. The Master's (JOHN WILLIAMS) Certificate of Competency was returned.
4. On the 24th October, 1881, inquiry as to the loss of the British ship Geraldine Paget, Official number 63,572 of London, on the South-east side of the Pratas Shoal. The Master's (STEPHEN WILKINSON) Certificate of Competency was returned. In the case of the Bolton Abbey the members of the Court expressed themselves as follows:
"The Court cannot too strongly express their opinion that the Pratas Shoal should be provided with lights. The Shoal was surveyed in 1858; and, being in the track of the numerous ships navigating the China Sea, has been a fruitful source of disaster, as is evidenced by the many vessels wrecked on this highly dangerous and as yet unmarked Shoal."
The members of the Court of enquiry into the case of the Geraldine Paget expressed themselves as follows:
"We repeat the opinion given at the recent Marine Court of enquiry that the Pratas Shoal should be efficiently lit up."
SEAMEN.
16. 6,940 Seamen of all nationalities were shipped, and 7,281 were discharged in the year 1881. The excess of discharges over men shipped is caused by the former leaving the Colony, without notifying their departure.
REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.
12. Four vessels have been registered, and seven have been struck off the register books of this Colony, during the year under review.
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S Court.
13. The cases tried in this Court are the same as in 1880, the principal offences being Drunken- ness, Refusal of Duty, and Assault.
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE POSTS OF MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS, UNDER
SECTION XV OF ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
14. The following lists will show the number of Candidates who passed, and those who failed in obtaining Certificates ot Competency :·
Masters,.
First Mates,
Only Mates,
Second Mates,..
RANK.
First Class Engineers,
Second Class Engineers,.
PASSED.
FAILED.
41
17
10
5
૩ – I
2
3
1
3
73
9
27
22
49
589
MARINE COURTS, UNDER SECTION XIII OF ORDINANCE No. S of 1879.
15. The following Courts have been held during the year :-
1. On the 14th May, 1881,-inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steam-ship Lorne, Official number 62,297 of Leith, on the right bank of the River Han near Peaked Rock, at the entrance to Swatow. The Master's (JOHN MCKECHNIE) Certificate of Competency was returned.
2. On the 23rd May, 1881,-inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steam-ship Hailoong, Official number 65,082 of Aberdeen, on the South point of the Island of Quemoy near the Port of Amoy. The Master's (WILLIAM YOUNG HUNTER) Certificate of Competency was suspended for six months.
3. On the 17th October, 1881,-inquiry as to the loss of the British barque Bolton Abbey, Official number 49,896 of Liverpool, on the South-east side of the Pratas Shoal. The Master's (JOHN WILLIAMS) Certificate of Competency was returned. 4. On the 24th October, 1881,-inquiry as to the loss of the British ship Geraldine Paget, Official number 63,572 of London, on the South-east side of the Pratas Shoal. The Master's (STEPHEN WILKINSON) Certificate of Competency was returned. In the case of the Bolton Abbey the members of the Court expressed themselves as follows:--
"The Court cannot too strongly express their opinion that the Pratas Shoal should be "provided with lights. The Shoal was surveyed in 1858; and, being in the track
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of the numerous ships navigating the China Sea, has been a fruitful source of disaster, as is evidenced by the many vessels wrecked on this highly dangerous "and as yet unmarked Shoal.”
The members of the Court of enquiry into the case of the Geraldine Paget expressed themselves as follows:-
"We repeat the opinion given at the recent Marine Court of enquiry that the Pratas
Shoal should" be efficiently lit up.'
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SEAMEN.
-16. 6,940 Seamen of all nationalities were shipped, and 7,281 were discharged in the year 1881. The excess of discharges over men shipped is caused by the former leaving the Colony, without notifying their departure.
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