If the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, then in assessing damages, they (the jury) were to remember that the plaintiff would only be entitled to receive pecuniary compensation for pecuniary loss; but the mother or the child could not be compensated for the grief or pain they suffered. The jury were to throw all sympathy out of the question, and deal with the matter as one requiring simply cold justice to be dispensed.” After retiring for about an hour the jury returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £791, to be apportioned thus, £666 to Mrs. Kilpatrick and £125 to the child. I quote the following from the _Age_ newspaper of November 26, 1895:— “The S.S. _Ethiope_, which was placed in the Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, for the purpose of ascertaining the leakage in her hull, which occurred during her passage down the Bay on leaving for London with a full cargo of wool, was floated out yesterday and berthed at the railway pier, Williamstown, where she will receive on board the portion of her cargo that was landed prior to her entering the dock. Whilst in the dock a thorough examination was made of the vessel, and the cause of the leakage was discovered under the engine room. The bolts in several of the seams had started, and allowed sufficient water to inflow to cause the vessel’s return to port for examination and repairs. The repairs were speedily carried out, and on the reloading being completed Captain Miles feels confident that the cargo by the ship will arrive in London in time to catch the January wool sales. During the stay of the _Ethiope_ in dock her bottom was cleaned and coated with Rahjten’s anti-fouling composition. The _Ethiope_ will leave again for London during the week.”