north-west point of Elphinstone island, and to 4 miles N.E. by E. of Saddle island, with 15 fathoms between them and Elphinstone island. The position given to these rocks is lat. 12 36' N., long. 97° 59' E. to 49 60878H bs.eb,zting streus

The reef shown on Admiralty chart No. 216 a, Mergui archipelago, as lying off Mount Elphinstone, was not seen, and probably does not exist. Warning rock, 'awash at low water, lies between Court and Lord William Bentick islands, about 4 miles E. by S. S. from the southeast point of the former island. There is 10 fathoms a mile to the northward, and no bottom at 13 fathoms half a mile to the eastward of the rock. The channel between Warning rock and the reef "above water," 14 miles S. by E. of the rock, appeared to be clear.de

The position given to the Warning rock is lat. 119 54′ N., long. 98° 6' E.; but as the rock was only observed in passing, this position must be considered as approximate.tib to moter aft of 243)

Daphne rocks, on which H.M.S. Daphne grounded, are just covered at low water ordinary-tides, and lie north and south, about 100 yards long by 50 broad, consisting of several large boulders with 12 feet on a bottom of sand and mud, between them at low water. They are nearly one mile distant from the mouth of a small creek on the eastern side of Lord William Bentinck island, with 9 and 10 fathoms between them and the land. 2 off ond -998707 6771 beer bus 9721

From the rocks the east point of West Passage island (off the northeast point of Lord William Bentinck island), was open about one-fifth its apparent length of the western point of South Passage island. The southeast extreme of Lord William Bentinck island bore S. E., and the centre of the small creek W. N. 1g mug #ople saps 2‡ad s

The position given to the Daphne rock is lat. 11° 42′ N, and long. 98° 7′ E. Ve go)-4917 emailh 77

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ANKARACHI OR KURRACHEEtron ber...

The following information relating to Karáchi or Kurrachee harbour, with the increased draught that vessels entering the port during the south-west monsoon may load to, has been issued by the master attendant of that port, dated 26th June, 1872.

Dredging has been again carried on in the new entrance channel to Karachi, and shingle, with small boulders of rock, are still being removed. A uniform depth of from 16 to 17 feet low water being shown throughout its length and breadth (the latter of about 200 feet);

The breakwater this season has been rapidly pushed forward, and about 500 feet has been added to the work of last year, making its completed length in all 790 feet; this, with an additional length of 200 feet, of rubble-base which is now being deposited, will, it is hoped, afford great protection to the channel in the coming monsoon.

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The completed portion of the breakwater is found to give, already, considerable shelter to the channel, and that, up to this time, no silting within it has taken place, although for some time a heavy monsoon swell and break have prevailed. DIT V B

The advantage of this new channel has been shown, by four ships, varying from 653 to 1,046 tons, and drawing from 18 to 20 feet, sailing within the last few days safely into port. It must be remembered that three years since, all these ships must (had they arrived off the port during the south-west monsoon) have been sent to Bombay to lighten, and that, so late as last year only, a vessel drawing 20 feet could not have crossed the bar; moreover, all vessels were then compelled, at considerable expense and some risk, to tow instead of running directly into port under sail ip/ Dqwolf m

ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.

Abbreviations.—Ad., Admiral: A... A., Assistant; C., Captain; Cr., Commander; C.. Chief; CI., Clerk ; Un. Chaplain; D., Deputy; E., Engineer; F., Fleets, H., Hospitals; I., Inspector; L, Lieutenant; M., Midshipman; N., Navigating: P., Paymaster; 7, Retired; S. L, Sub-Lieutenant; Sn., Surgeon; St., Staff; N. Inst., Naval Instructor; 1st Class A. E, 1st. Class Assistant Engineer; 2nd Class A. E., 2nd Class Assistant Engineer N. Ct., Naval Cadet; R. N. R., Royal Naval Reserve.

PROMOTIONS.-C.-Charles G. F. Knowles, 1865; James G. Mead, 1865; William H. Maxwell, 1866; Lord Walter T. Kerr, 1868. Cr. -Basil E. Cochrane, 1860 James D. R. Hewitt, 1861; George W. Hand, 1861; Seymour S. Smith, 1861; Albert H. Markham, 1862; Adolphus A. F. Fitz-George, 1866. L. Frederiek H. Henderson, 1867. C.E.-Thomas E. Richards, 1861; Charles A. Stratford, 1861.-Sn. -Joseph Halpin, 1859; Henry S. Lauder, 1860; Henry F. Nathan, 1860. Him) mol; agoT of 80I 4g it. APPOINTMENTS, Ad Sir Sydney C. Dacres, G.C.B., as Visitor and Governor of Greenwich Hospital; Sir Alexander Milne, G.C.B., to be a Lord of the Admiralty. C. Robert R. Harris, 1870, to Achilles. Cr. -Edward W. Hereford, 1868, to Columbia; Noel S. F. Digby, 1872, to Rattlesnake Richard G. Kinahan, 1868, to Trincomalee; Robert L. Byng, 1870, to Duke of Wellington (for Devastation); Hugo L. Pearson, 1872, to Lord Warden, St. Cr. Richard T. N. Pearee, 1870, to Supply (in command), L. John A. H. Trotter, 1861, to Indus; Courtenay A. Hayes, 1862, to Valiant; Edward P, Hocker, 1871, to Revenge; Claude H. Millet, 1871, to Cruizer Hon. Algernon C. Littleton, 1865, to Salamis (in command); William H. Richards, 1862, to Britomart (in command); Herbert W. Dowding, 1865, Thomas E. Maxwell, 1871, John M. M'Quhe, 1872, William G. Carrow, 1872, Robert L. Smart, 1870, Charles T. F. Hodgkinson, 1866, and Frederic I

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G. J. Lillington, 1871, to Excellent; Rowland M. Sperling, 1861, to
Duke of Wellington; Edward F. Day, 1864, to Merlin (in command)
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Arthur B. Mansell, 1866, Frederic J. Rendall, 1866, and William H. G.
Nowell, 1867, to Clio; Hugh M. Tyler, 1867, to Royal Adelaide; Hon.
Archibald R. Hewitt, 1866, to be Flag Lieutenant to the Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth. R. N. R. Robert Carling, honorary. S. L.-
William H. Webster, to Royal Adelaide (supernumerary); Philip Mus-
grave, to Duke of Wellington (supernumerary); Arthur Channer, to
Challenger (supernumerary); Henry Ponsonby, to Royal Adelaide;
Algernon E. Thomas, to Immortalité; George A. Smith, Henry D.
Archdall, and Harold G. Bird, to Aurora; Edmund B. Vankoughnet, to
Valorous; Albert J. McEwan, to Cruizer; Powell G. Underwood, Cæsar
F. de M. Malan, Henry G. Napier, and Hubert G. Giles, to Clio, for
disposal; Philip Musgrave, to Sultan; Lord Francis Cecil, to Lord
Warden. N. S. L.-James H. Purchas, to Clio; Thomas T. E. Cope,
to Merlin. M. Francis G. S. Laye, to Invincible Crawford J. M.
Conybeare, to Hercules; Arthur A. C. Galloway, and George T.
Spencer, to Immortalité Arthur RF Bailey, to Lord Warden;
Ernest Duncombe, and Spencer B. Hesketh, to Aurora Murray
N. B. Harris, Arthur R. Beck, Arthur C. Middlemass, and John
Casement,
Doris ; Frederick Roope, and Cecil G. F.
Boothby, to Topaze, NMHenry James, to Aurora. ® C. E.
William Donnison, 191860, tol Pembroke John Prowett," 1866, to
Asia, for Urgent Walter T. Fry1872, tb Pembroke, for Encounter.
E-William Thomson, 1871, to Immortalite; Charles A. Vogwell, 1868.
to Hector; Thomas Scott; d., 1868, to Revenge; John Brown, b., 1868,
to Clio, for disposal; William A. Stewart, 1867, to Asia, for Devastation;
James Barre, 1871, to Topazes Richard W. Topp, 1864, to Revenge;
James Phillips, 1868, to Topaze; John Clift, 1865, to Merlin; James
Dalton, 1862, to Indus, for Princess Alice 1st Dass A: E.Thomas
Osborne, 1871, to Merling2nd Class A. E.William A. Howlett,
1871, to Challenger, additional; William G. Parsons, 1871, to Clio, for
disposal Isaac J. Alexander, 1871, to Merlin! Cn. Rev. Charles,
E. Hodson, 1782, to Penelope; Rev. Robert Nimmo, B.A., 1869, to
Audacious; Rev. W. Warner, M.A., 1866, to Pallas; Rev. Edward D.
Morley, 1872, to Resistance Rev. Williain Dickson, B.A., LL.B., 1869;
to Hector. Sn. James Long, M.D, 1858, to Black Prince; Thomas
R. Warren, 1864, to Topaze; William H. Lloyd, M.D., 1862, to Duke of
Wellington, for Lisbon Hospital; George A. Campbell, to Black Prince.
A. Sn. James D'Arcy Harvey, 1869, to Flora, Edward Olive, 1861,
to Chatham Division of Royal Marines; James Donovan, 1871, to Pioneer;
Herbert M. Nash, 1872, to Pembroke, additional, for reserve; James W.
Fisher, M.D., 1868, to Vanguard; Robert Grant, M.B., M.A., 1872, to

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Clio, for disposal; Henry Clerke, 1868, to Merlin, P.-Charles O.
Salmon, 1870, to Rosario; Frederic Lucas, 1854, to Pallas; Robert W.
Warwick, 1854, to Trincomalee; William E. Kelly, 1857, to Brilliant ;
Charles B. L. Brockman, 1864, to Devastation. A. P.-John H.
Cleverton, 1863, to Hart, in charge; Charles H. Fauvel, 1867, to
Topaze; Caleb F. A. Broadway, 1867, to Rapid; Alfred D. Denne,
1863, to Pioneer; William F. Woods, 1865, to St. Vincent; Henry
Nowell, 1869, to Topaze; Charles A. Dunbar, 1870, to Resistance;
Joshua Taylor, 1872, to Aboukir. A. Cl.-Joshua Green, to Cruizer;
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Charles H. A. Ward, to Sphinx

RETIREMENTS.-C.—Henry C. Majendie, 1865, St. Cr.-Narcissus G. Arguim Bau, 1867. L.-Edward C. Royse, 1863; William C. Shuckburgh, 1865, as Commander. N. L.-Edwin H. S. Bray, 1868; Walter H. Worsfold, 1864; James B. Hames, 1862. N. S. L. James R. Gow, 1863; Robert H. C. Hebden, 1866. C. E. Thomas Duncanson, 1856; Jonathan Gee, 1870. P.-William H. Ozzard, 1854. A. P. William A. Stevens, 1865, Warden H. E. Roberts, 1864.

} DEÁTHS-Ad.—John Lyons, 1866, r.C-Edward H. G. Lambert, 1861; John R. Fittock, 1858, Cr. Astley R. Cooper, 1871; John Garnham, 1871, Thomas B. Christopher, 1837, r. S. L.St. Sn Frederic N. Raynes, 1869, r tei odt sdt to 972 913

Mitford W. Pye, 1871

Hoebe BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRIES AT HOME.{}}}

346. Ariel, of Shoreham, stranded on the South Calliper Sand, on the 2nd November. Inquiry ordered 12th November, and held at Liverpool on the 4th and 5th December, before TS. Raffles, Esq., with Captains Harris and White as mautical assessors. The stranding was caused through gross negligence on the part of the master, who held no certificate. 47. Aldourie, of Inverness, stranded on the Long Sand, on the 1st day of November. toInquiry ordered 18th November, and held at Harwich on the 23rd November, before John Watts, Esq., mayor, and Francis Hales, Esq., borough magistrates, with Captain Harris, nautical assessor. Vessel lost through carelessness of those in charge, Master 1. and mate drowned. „zdtnom zie tot Hobroqenz otroɖer}') 48. Mulgrave, of Newcastlo, in collision with the Launceston, of Sunderland, off Hartlepool, on the 16th October, Inquiry ordered 18th November, and held at North Shields on the 7th and 9th December, before C. A. Adamson, Esq., Mayor of Teignmouth, J. F. Spence, Esq., J.P., with Captain Harris and Commander Prowse as nautical assessors. Both masters in default. The Mulgrave in porting her helm in the first instance to a light 1 points on her starboard bow.) Master, who held no certificate, was severely reprimanded. The Launceston that she did

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49. Leonora, of Fleetwood, stranded on Castle Island, Skull Bay, on the 4th day of November. Inquiry ordered 15th November, and held at Liverpool on the 3rd and 4th December, before T. S. Raffles, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, with Captains, Harris and Steele as nautical assessors. Master exonerated, he having mistook Crookhaven light for that of Fastnet during a fog.

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50. Chebucto, of London, stranded on Mixen Shoal, off Mumbles, Head, on the 9th day of November, Inquiry ordered on the 19th November, and held at Swansea on the 27th and 28th of November, before J. T. Jenkin and S. S. H. Fisher, Esquires, J.P., with Captain Harris and Lieut. W. H. Elton, RN as nautical assessors

Casualty/ occurred through great negligence on the part of the master. Certificate! suspended for six months://

51. Sarah Medcalfe, of South Shields, stranded in Yarmouth RoadsA on Corton Beach, on the 18th day of Novembert Inquiry ordered 22nd November, and held at Lowestoft on the 3rd inst, before Rev. J. F. Reeve and W. Woodthorpe, Esq. J.PT Captain Hight and Com.. mander W. G. Annesley, J.Cras nautical gessors. Stranding was caused by the severity of the weather. Master did all in his power under the circumstances.

52. Stirlingshire,of Youghal, stranded Ton Cardiff sands on the 6th day of November, Inquiry ordered on the 20th November, but subsequently abandoned, dovoz 21 berebro yriupał odwz0% bakt

53. E. J. D., of Nantes, stranded on the South Sands, Scarboro', on the 14th day of November. Captain White appointed on the 22nd L November, as inspector, under sect 114 of the Merchant Shipping Act, t 1854.. Inspector's report not yet publishedzoroval to rodz

54!: Saxón, of Glasgow, stranded bons the island of Groix, coast of France, on the 16th day of November, Inquiry ordered 27th Novem ber, and held at Glasgow on the 10th and 11th inst. Captain Hight and Commander R.JeDay,R.Nuas naution! assessors. Master in bouwer-sisa bire default. Certificate suspended for six months.

55. Royal Adelinde, of Liverpool, stranded on Portland beach, on the 25th day of November! Captain Wilson, IN., appointed on the 29th November, as inspector, under sec14 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to enquire into alleged plunder, &e., and failure of rocket apparatus. Inspector's report not yet publisheдemmo bus RiTall intqu dow.... 56. Royal Adelaide, of Liverpool, see No. 65. Inquiry ordered to be held at Greenwich Captains Harris and Hight, nautical assessors. Procu ceedings pending T bohaamingstylonovo kaw lotniskos on