148
Since 1st January, 1884, when under the Order in Council of 31st December, 1893, Certificates of Competency issued at Hongkong were made of equal value to those issued by the Board of Trade, 937 Certificates of all grade have been issued.
The details are shown in the following table :-
Grade.
Master,
First Mate,
Only Mate,
Second Mate,
1884 1885 1886
1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 Total.
21
10
14
10
5
10
99*9
6
17
10
22:4
12
5678
20
25
39
32
14
31
29
26
3
10
9
-8
20*7
23
18
10
22-8
19 217
20 191
1
22
74
Total.........
50
33
29
38
47
69
59
38
80
68
52
48
504
2nd
1st Class Engineer,
Do.,
22
**
12303
19
22
11
14
21
11
18
15
11
23
20
20
15
19
28
33
31
49
149
15 157
32 270
Certificates renewed,
Total........
42
42
31
29
40
39
51
46
60
47
427
:
:
:
:
6
Grand Total,..
92
75
60
67
87
98 131 114 112
:
95
937
25
MARINE CASES under SECTION 13 OF Ordinance 26 of 1891.
24. The following Courts have been held during the year :-
1. On the 18th March,-Inquiry as to the loss of the Barque Penshaw Official No. 68,930 of Hongkong, on a reef near Palupari Island on the Pacific Coast (Philippine Islands) on the morning of 19th February. The Master's (JOHN SPEECHLY) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.
2. On the 13th April,-Inquiry respecting certain charges of misconduct brought against ROBERT SIMPSON, Second Mate, and JoHN HENRY VERRALL, Third Mate, of the British S.S. Cape Colonna Official No. 96.138 of Newcastle, by HUGH JONES ALSTON, Master of the said vessel. The Certificates of Competency of the second and third mates were suspended for six months.
SUNDAY CARGO-WORKING ORDINANCE 1891.
25. During the year 55 Permits were issued, of these 9 were not availed of owing to it being found unnecessary for the ship to work cargo on the Sunday, the fee paid for the permit was refunded in each case.
4 Permits were granted free of charge in accordance with the instructions received that certain Mail Steamers, not having Hongkong as a terminal port, should be exempt from payment of the fee.
The amount of fees received was $7,900.
SFAMEN.
26. 14,274 seamen were shipped and 15.216 discharged at the Shipping Office and on board ships during the year, the discrepancy is owing to the number of seamen shipped at the Consulates of which we have no record.
27. 257 distressed seamen were received during the year, of these 57 were sent to the United Kingdom, 1 to Sydney, I to Melbourne, 1 to Bombay and 2 to Calcutta, 3 died and 192 obtained employment.
On the 31st December, 1893, 6 were in Government Civil Hospital, 1 in Lunatic Asylum. $5.474.15 were expended by the Board of Trade in the relief of these men and $1,077.30 by the Colony.
MARINE SURVEYOR'S SUB-DEPARTMENT.
28. Return No. XXIII shows the work performed in this branch of the Harbour Department, and in forwarding this I desire to record my appreciation of the manner in which the work of this Sub-Department is carried out.
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