on Monday the chemical ensine was stopped working, and an hour later the decks were flooded with water supplisd from the tug Lyttelton's fire engine. All the holes that were bored in the decks had been* carefully plugged. The vessel was allowed to stay in this state all day. At 2 p.m. Mr Gardner arrived from Christ church. He went, with Mr -leares and Mr Barns, to the city by the early train in the morning. Mr Barns returned to the j barque during the afternoon, when a con sultation was held, and it was decided that at 5 o'clock the plug holes should be sounded again to try the temperature. Lieutenant Smith, of the Chriscchureh Fire Brigade, returned to Christchurch by the3.ls p.m. train. He.had been by tbe sbip from the time the chemical engine was first Ordered on Sunday, and b*d been on duty all through. Although Mr Gardner and Captain Bright were san guine of the success of the chemical ex periments, the opinion of nautical men was that the only efficacious manner of dealing with the fire was by using water. Shortly after 5 p.m. Mr J. H. Gardner essayed to take the temperature from tbe plug holes In the deck. The water which had been on the deck was allowed to clear off through the scuppers, and when all was clear the plugs were drawn one at a time. The instrument used for testing the heat was a delicate Fahrenheit ther mometer used by Mr Gardner. ..The different degrees of heat taken on Sunday afternoon, when. the plugs, were put down, and at six o'clock last night respec tively are as follows:—Plug No. 1, 70deg, 88deg; 2,88 deg, 97deg; 3,100 deg, OOdeg; 4, 90deg, 84deg; 5, lOOdeg, 90deg; 6, OOdeg, 78deg; 7, 95deg, 84deg; 8, 95deg, 79; Q/lCWdeg. B_deg; 10. 95deg, 92deg. I The positions of the plugs quoted above is as follows:—-Nos. 1, _, 3,4,7, and 8 are on the starboard side. No. 1 is abreast the forepart of the main hatch, No. 2 abaft tbe main hatch and abreast of the winch, No. 3 abreast the mainmast and near the mast, No. 4 is abreast the mainmast about the middle of the deck, No. 7 is abaft the mainmast, and No. 8 is abreast the appren tices' berths; Nos. 5, 6, and 10 are on the pott side; No. 