788 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Magnetic Observations. 



There have been no less than eight vessels wrecked on the Auckland Islands, 

 and the present charts of those islands are by no means accurate in details. It 

 would seem, therefore, that in view of the recent horror of the wreck of the " Dun- 

 donald," with considerable loss of life and great hardship to the survivors, an exact 

 survey of the islands should be made, in order to correct existing inaccuracies in the 

 chart. When the Government of New Zealand, some years ago, instituted a survey 

 of the Snares Islands, with a view to the selection of a site for a possible lighthouse, 

 it was found that the resulting plan of the islands in no wise resembled that shown 

 on the old Admiralty chart. The latter has, of course, since been amended, but 

 we are able to state that a careful survey of the Auckland Islands would reveal 

 similar discrepancies. 



