Findings of The Court

The members of the Court are of opinion that the default, if any, on the part of Captain Mackinnon was not such as to warrant either the suspension or cancellation of his certificate, especially as there is no work of reference to which he could have referred in which it is stated that there is an exceptional amount of current round Preparis Island, and do not, wish to go further than anything they have said in answers to the questions that have been framed for their decision.

In the opinion 'of the Court the loss of the S.S. "Clan Macmillan" was caused not by any wrongful act or' default on the part of the master, but by a grave error of judgment on his part by not altering his course when soundings were obtained, and particularly when he shoaled his water and got a sounding of 60 fathoms.