REPORT of a Court of Inquiry appointed by Government (G.O., dated the 4th January 1892, No. 2 Marine Department), under section 7 (1) of Act V. of 1883, as amended by section 10 of Act VI. of 1891, to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the S.S. "UMTATA," of London, 1,131 tons, on the Armeghon Shoal, on the 22nd December last.

Finding of The Court

Capt Dew ought to have remembered how often mistakes are made, and not have relied on the single fact of a light being in sight which he assumed to be Madras, and the Court must severely censure him for not resorting to the great safeguard he had available in his hand-lead, which, had he used it, would have saved his ship.