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brador coast trade. They are, therefore, thoroughly familiar with the manage- 
ment of a steam engine in the midst of the ice. They may, I think, both be 
relied on to do their duty as well as it can be done. 
So far as I am able to judge, Capt. Palmer and his first officer, Mr. Bailey, 
are thorough seamen, whose prudence will take the ship wherever it can be done 
with safety. 
In conclusion, permit me to state that my confidence in the sea-going qual- 
ities and entire safety of the ‘‘Gulnare” is not in the slightest degree impaired 
by the accident which has, it appears, caused no little uneasiness among the 
friends of those on board. 
ACCIDENT TO THE GULNARE. 
The following report of the Board of Survey upon the Gulnare on her arri- 
val at St. Johns, gives officially the nature and cause of the accident to her boilers 
referred to by Dr. Rohé. 
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SURVEY. 
We, George A. Pitts, mechanical engineer, associate of Kings College Lon- 
don, and member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers of Great Britain; 
Robert Stein and Alexander Murray, sea-going Engineers-in-Chief, having been 
called upon by T. N. Malloy Esq., American consul in this port, and Captain 
Palmer, master of the S. S. Gulnare, to survey the boiler of said steamer, do 
declare that wehave made a careful examination of the said boiler, and found the 
crowns of the three furnaces collapsed, and we consider the accident was due to 
carelessness. We base our opinion on the fact that during our examination we 
found deposits of salt on the crown of the furnaces to a thickness of about 5% 
inch. Further, the crown of the combustion chamber is ina good condition. We 
also certify that the damage done to said boiler can be repaired in St. Johns, and 
the boiler placed in good and efficient condition to enable the steamer to prose- 
cute her present or any voyage. We also suggest that a stop-valve be placed on 
the boiler to supplement the ordinary butter-fly valve at present in use on the 
engine. 
St. Jouns, Newfoundland, (Signed) GrorcGE A. Pirts. 
July 7th, 1880. (Signed) R. STEIN. 
(Signed) A. Murray. 
THE GULNARE AGAIN AT SEA. 
The Gulnare left St. Johns July goth, for Lady Franklin Bay, which locality 
it was proposed to attempt reaching without stopping at Disco, as originally con- 
_ templated. 
