Report of Court.

The Court, having carefully inquired into the circumstances attending the above-mentioned shipping casualty, finds, for the reasons stated in the Annex hereto, that the stranding and loss of the vessel was caused by the wrongful act and default of the master in prematurely altering the course, at 1.30 a.m. upon 13th August, 1903, for a position ten miles South of Cape Trafalgar, before he had passed Cape St. Vincent.

The Court suspends the certificate of the master, Alexander Fisher No. 017141 for the period of six months from the date hereof.

On the motion of the agent for the master, the Court recommends that during the period of suspension the master be granted a first mate's certificate.