Review of Rei-ieirs, J/lllOB. 



Insurance ISotes. 



527 



A W.St' uiKl<n- the Workmen's Compensation Act 

 (We>st Australia) was brought last month in the Fre- 

 mantle C-onrt, when a workman sued for injuries re- 

 ceived while breaking up machinery on the wrecked 

 R M S "Orizaba." Judgment was given against the 

 Tvcrkman, it being held that there was no jurisdic- 

 tion, the "Orizaba" being outside the territorial 

 limits of the State (i.e., three miles from the main- 

 land). A question was at a later date aske<l in the 

 Federal Parliament as to what distance the " Ori- 

 zaba " lay from the mainland. The Mini.ster state<l 

 -that the vessel was about 100 yards short of three 

 miles from the shore, but that the above case was 

 not within the Commonwealth's sphere, it being a 

 State matter. 



The fire (ui board the woolship " Waimate," while 

 on her voyage from New Zealand to London, was 

 kept in check by a patent sulpliide dioxide extin- 

 guisher. It has now been found that portion of her 

 wool cargo has been tainted by sulphur fumes, con- 

 siderably diminishing its value. 



A misadventure happened to the steamer " Poca- 

 hontas " at Port I'hillip Heads on September '22. 

 When steaming through the entrance, she struck 

 some submerged object with great force, and im- 

 mediatelv began to take in water with great rapidity. 

 The vessel was heavily laden with 3500 tons of coal 

 from Pt. Kembla, and as the water grew deeper 

 in the hold, she sagged down at the bows and was 

 steered with great difficulty. She proceeded full 

 steam to Melbourne, and was anchored in a shiillow 

 patch off Williamstown, when the intake closed some- 

 what. Pumps were kept at work, and the vessel 

 lightered of her cargo. She was subsequently docked, 

 and on examination great surpri.se was expressed 

 when it was found that pieces of a rocky substaince 

 were embedded in the jagged hole in her bottom 

 plates. It i.s evident that the vessel struck some un- 

 known rock at the entrance to the Heads. 



The settlement of the San Francisco losses appears 

 to point to a heavier loss on the British Companies 

 than was at first anticipated. The following state- 

 ment of the amounts at risk and the estimated losses 

 of the loading British office.5 is compiled from the 

 "New York Journal of Commerce" : — 



Gross 



Amount Estimated 



Involved. Net Loss. 



Dollars. Dollars. 



Alliance 3,526,220 l,758,68fi 



Atlas 4,830,000 1,778,157 



■Caledonian 4,798,470 1,476,406 



Commercial I'nion 4,120,238 2,146,529 



Law, Union, and Crown 2,205,290 1,368,460 



Liverpool and London and 



Globe 4,8.50,000 3,998,000 



London and Lancashire 7,983,030 3,515,916 



Northern 4,236,146 2,061,426 



Ncrth British and Mercantile 4,009,443 3,000,000 



Palatine 3,497,439 1,843,650 



Phoenix 4,487,622 2,367,680 



Poval 6,895,957 4,338,627 



Poval Kxchange 5,518,342 2,639,564 



Scottish rni<m and National 2,013,185 1,300,000 



Sun 3,121,091 1,651,066 



I'liicm of London 4,238,775 2,345,420 



The above list is not quite complete, and some of the 

 figures are doubtle.ss open to revision when the pro- 

 wss of settlement is completed. 



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