Shipping Intelligence.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3063, 21 April 1881, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIKT, A E RIV A L S. April. 20 —Maori, s.s., from "Wairoa. Passengei'3 —Misses Maney, Mcßeady, and Bier, Messrs Cato, Giipin, Brown, and Jolinston.

The s.s. Maori, Capfc. IT. Anderson, returned from Wairoa shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon, bringing 150 sacks of wheat and seven passengers. She is to leave again for tho same place at 12 o'clock to-night. The s.s. Kiwi left Wellington for this port last evening, and will work on the coast on the way up, weather permittng, which will make it Friday morning at the earliest before she arrives. She is not going on to Gisborne this trip, but will do so on the following trip, which will be about tho middle of next week.

The movements of the Union Company's boats are as under:—Tho s.s. Te Anau leaves Wellington to-morrow afternoon, and will arrive here on Saturday, sailing for Northern ports at 5 p.m.; the e.s. Tararua leaves Auckland on Friday, and will arrive here at daylight on Sunday, sailing for Southern ports, Hobart and Melbourne, at 10 a.m.

The following is a report of the voyage of the barque Adamant, clipped from the Taranald Budget, which will probably be interesting to a number of our readers Captain har!r.~ raade many friends ■while here:—The barque Adamant from London, arrived in the roadstead on Thursday at 4 p.m., and anchored at, the outer anchorage at Moturoa, after a protracted passage of 137 days. She brings the plant for the harbour works and eeveral con"<mments of merchandize. Captain Bowling ,>. fc *hat he left the docks on Friday, the yeporte v- v °i'i 1880 ; and after being 19th Noveniuv. " 7 - brought up at the towed to ' ""-I 1120 tons of powder buoys and receive "*" Gravesend gunpowder and cartridges. Leu on the 21st November, with a strong ea&. breeze and squally weather. On the 23ra off the Isle of Wight, the wind came from the westward, and on the 24th, 25th, and 26th, heavy westerly gales, with chopping sea, were experienced, From 27th November to 2nd December moderate winds from W.S.W. to S.S.W. prevailed ; and on 2nd December she took her departure from the Lizard. Until 29th. December there were continuous south to south-westerly -winds. On the 29th sighted the Canary Islands, and lost sight of them on the 30th. She bad moderate, variable winds from 31st December to 2nd January, when a heavy gale from 'W.S.W. to N.W. was experienced. On the following day had a light S.W. wind, and from that time until the 14th light winds and calms prevailed. Picked up the north east trades in 15deg. north latitude, and carried them to 4deg. north latitude. Prom the 21st to 26th January, had calms and variables, finding the south-east trades in 4deg. north latitude, which were very light throughout. A very heavy thunder storm toot place on the lOfih February, in latitude 26.32 W. Easterly winds followed until the 18th February, when westerly winds, fine and moderate, were carried wntil the 16th March. On the 3rd April, had a strong gale, with dangerous cross sea, during Which a sea struct the vessel and lifted the piece of machinery lashed on the mam hatch up off its chocks, and , dropped it down on the hatch, no damage being sustained. From then until the 6th April, Southerly and westerly winds, with rain, followedy and t Cape Egmont was sighted at 9 p.m. on, the 6th ; stood off till morning, and brought wp off New Plymouth at 4 p.m. on the 7th. On the sth January, spoke the American barque Florence Trent, bound to Melbourne, in latitude 20 north and longitude 23.19 W. Captain Bowling has brought his vessel into port in splendid condition. He is not a stranger to New Plymouth, having been here before as mate of the ship AvflUmohe, She brings no passengers j and, in answer to the usual enquiries made by the Health Officer (Dr. O'Carroll), the oaptain reported his crew in excellent health.

(By Cable) London, April 19. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association report the arrival of the ship Dunedin from Port Chalmers (sailed January 5). MEiaoTJTNE, April 20. Sailed, Union Company's steamship Kotorna for the Bluff. (by telegraph.) Wellington, April 21. The barque Crounthorpe, 133 days from London, is at the heads.