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Evening Star, Issue 3466, 1 April 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER To-morrow. Heads 1 Port Chalmers I Dunedin 2.49 p.m. i 3.24 nm. j 4,9 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. April L —Rose M., barque, 366 tons, Dennis, from Calcutta. Passenger ; Captain Pemdelion. SAILED. April I.—Samson, p.s., 123 tons, Edie, for Oamaru. Serene, barque, 550 tons, Sigerman, for Wellington. City of Dunedin, ship, 1083 tons, Boas, for London. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Bluff, April 3. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, April 2. Claud Hamilton, for Northern Ports, April 2. Dunfillan, for London, early. Helen Burns, for London, April 15. Kassa, for Newcastle, early. Mongol, for San Francisco, April 7. Margaret Galbraith, for London, April 15. Samson, for Oamaru, April 3. Serene, for Auckland, early. Wallabi, for Port Molyneux, April 4. Wanganui, for Bluff, early. Warwick, for London, April 15. * The 8.8. Albion, from Melbourne, via Northern Ports, is due at Port Chalmers this evening. The ship City of Dunedin, for London, was towed to sea this afternoon, and left with a fine S.W. wind. The barque Serene, from New Yerk, with part cargo for Wellington, unmoored this morning, and sailed out with a fine S.W. Wind. • The N.Z. Go.’a s.s. Taranaki left the railwaypier at 5 p.m. yesterday, and the p.s. Samson ■ailed in the evening for Oamaru. The s.a. Wanganui will sail for the Bluff this evening, with a number of immigrants ex Scimitar. The tug Geelong proceeded to the Heads this morning and towed up the ship Lutterworth, which left this port in ballast, for Newcastle, last Thursday, she having got as far as the South Traps, when she was caught in the S.W. gale, and it was found that she had not sufficient ballast. AH her upper spars were then font down, and the vessel stood back for Port Chalmers, where she arrived at the Heads yesterday The Geelong towed her up as far as the Maori kaik, when, on account of the hsavy S.W. wind and ebb tide, she came to an anchor. The barque Rose M., from Calcutta via Queensoliff, was towed up by the tug Geelong last evening. Captain Dennis reports leaving on the 22nd of January, and cleared the Hoogly on the 27th; had the N.E. monsoon all the way to the Equator, which was crossed on the 9th of February; had strong N.W. winds .with rain till reaching 14 S; on the 16tb, met the S.E. trades, which were very light, and Were lost in 42 S.; then moderate N.E. and easterly winds to reaching within 48 hours’ ■tdl of Hobson’s Bay, then S.W. winds till arriving at Queenscliff on the 18th of March, Where she landed her passengers; took in fresh water, and sailed again on the 20th, with northerly winds as far as Goose Island, then westerly winds for two days, when the wind shifted to the S.E. This wind lasted for 48 hours, when it increased to a gale. Passed the West Cape on the 29th, the Solander at la.m. on the 30th, Dog Island at 9 p.m. and anchored at the Heads at 10.30 the same night, having had strong S.W. winds along the coast. - The schooner Jessie Nichols, which left this port on the 14th February for a cruise as far as Milford Sound, arrived at the Heads on Monday night, and beat up against a strong S.W. Wind, under the charge of Pilot Kelly, and anchored in Carey’s Bay yesterday afternoon. She is by Mr Wood, Mr Smith accompanying him for the purpose of gaining information, 'scientific and otherwise. Upon leaving this port, Mr Brown accompanied her as coasting pilot, and Mr Wood speaks in the highest terms of his management of the vessel in and out of the various coves and sounds of the coast. Mr Wood kindly favored us with the following report of his cruise Left Port Chalmers on the 14th February, with a light S.W. wind, which shortly afterwards increased. Got as far aa the entrance of Foveaux Straits, but as it was blowing a gale, ran the vessel into Paterson Inlet on the 16th. Left on the 18th, and came to anchor in Cuttle Cove on the 19th. On the morning.: of the 20th the party proceeded to Coal Island, where they caught eighty crayfish with their bands in about one hour and a-half. On the 21st left for Milford Sound, and came to anchor in Harrison’s Sound on the 23rd. On the 25th the vessel was hauled ashore, and her bottom cleaned. On the 26th sailed into a fresh water basin at the bead of the sound, and remained there until the sth of March. In coming down the sound met the p.’s. Luna, which towed her as as far as Anita Bay. Was ready to sail out next morning, but .on. account of a heavy gale did not leave till 11 а. on the Bth, and then shaped for Thomson Sound, which was reached on the 10th. Anchored in a cove two miles above the usual anchorage at Deer Cove. Proceeded by boat as far as Bradshaw Sound, and on returning, the vessel passed through Doubtful Sound, and anchored in Blanket Bay. Got under weigh again on the 17th, and beat down Gaol Passage, where Mr Smith took a number of photographic views. Mr Wood there found a shell, which he thinks is a specimen of the itnperatcrpericalu. The: vessel anchored, at 5 p.m. in Sacrament .Cove, Breaksea Sound, where it came on to blow, increasing to a heavy gale from the S.W. The vessel commenced to drag her moorings, and got close to the rocks,' when the gale moderated. On the 18th got underweigh, and anchored in Richard’s Oove. Proceeded by boat and explored the different coves, and found good anchorage for small vessels. Next went to Luncheon Oove, so named by Captain Oopk, he having partaken of luncheon there. Xieft on tn© 28th, and passed th© Solanders at ' б. p.m on the 29th, and came to an anchorage off the Heads at 10.30 p.m, on the 30th, and arrived as above. The Jessie Nichols was towed to town this morning. A STORMY SEASON-STRIKING SUCCESS OF STORM SIGNALLING. The 4 Current Weather Review,’ just out, reveals one of the stormiest Novembers on record, and the severest continental cyclones ever reported by the Signal Office. The equinoctial gales on the Atlantic coast this year were apparently postponed till November, on the 17th of which month appeared the storm in question, having probably originated in NorthemGeorgia, As it advanced the cyclone centre tenaciously moved along the inshore margin of the Gulf Stream, the barometer falling at Boston and Portland to 28.60 and 28.49 respectively—the lowest readings ever made since these places became signal stations. The wind attained the ternfic velocity of sixty-four miles an hour on the New England coast and along the wreck-strewn coasts of Nova Scotia, while the cyclone indraught was felt from the Atlantic to the lakes and the Mississippi Valley. The study of this and similar storms seemed to justify a new and important deduction never, we believe, before pointed out, that as the winter gale of the Carolina and Virginian coasts approach Nova Scotia their centres experience increased barometric depression, with increasing rainfall and increasingly dangerous winds. It is noteworthy that out of seventyseven storm warning signals displayed at United States ports last month sixty-two are known to have been actually justified by the ptorm following. This gives the gratifying percentage of success as 80.6 L General Sabine, In a letter to the English Board of Trade, a few years ago, stated that his examination of the warnings given on the British coasts for two years showed that “in the first year fifty per cent, add ia the second year seventy-three per .cent, were right.” The English Weather Office was then under the able and sagacious management of Admiral Fitzroy; but this high average of verified signals does not equal that «{.the Washington Signal Office. There car be little doubt that blit for the many failuie;, the telegraph lines to transmit the weather {ntmmtly the sufeews* wWlld be fcrtUl j Few' Yo'rk Herald,’ December 23,

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Melbourne, March 20.—The Bose sailed for Dunedin. Newcastle, March 19. —The Wild Wave arrived from Dunedin.. On the 23rd the Lasso sailed for Dunedin. London, March 20. Arrived: Martha Birnie, Helen Denny, Orion, Ardon, Ethiopian.