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Evening Star, Issue 3481, 20 April 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-mobbow. Heads I Pobt Chalmers 1 Dunedih 6.5 p.m. | 6.40 run. | 7.25 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ABBIVED. April 18. —Taranaki, s.s, 291 tons, Wheeler, from Northern Ports. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Denham, Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Kempson, Mrs Hall, Mr and Miss Cohen, Mr and Mrs Taitua, Messrs M‘Caul, Horens, Raphael, Scott, Lawson, M'Kenzie, Sanders, Tairoa, Charlotte, Pratt, Barrens, Bugoff, Twentyman, Dickson, Dr Stuart, and twenty in the steerage. April 19.—Samson, p.s, 124 tons, Edie, from Oamarn. Dunedin, schooner, 66 tons, Stewart, from Havelock. Huon Belle, ketch, 42 tons, Saunders, from the Taieri. Isabella, ketch, 52 tons, Cowan, from Gatlin’s River. SAILED. April 19.—Mermaid, 12 tons, Forman, for Waikouaiti. Pioneer, 22 tons, Matheson, for Shag Point, Beautiful Star, 146 tons. Hart, for Timaru. April 20.—Lady of the Lake, S.B, 66 tons, Urquhart, for the Molyneux. James Paxton, schooner, 62 tons, Davidson, for the Bluff. PBOJEOTED DEPABTUBE3. Albion, for Northern Ports, ApriliSO. Alhambra, for Bluff, May 11. ' Dunfillan, for London, early. Excelsior, for Auckland, April 21. Emulous, for Oamaru, early. Helen Burns, for London, April 25. Margaret Galbraith, for London, April 25. Mikado, for San Francisco, May 5. Maori, for Lyttelton, April 24. Omeo, for Northern Ports, Aprill2s, Rose M, for Auckland, early. Samson, for Oamaru, April 21. Tauranga, for Wanganui, early. Tararua, for Bluff, April 27. Tokatea, for Sydney, early. Warwick, for London, April|23. Wanganui, for Bluff, early. Wallabi, for Bluff, April 21.

The James Paxton sailedlthis mornine for the Bluff. The barque Rose M. has nearly finished discharging her rice. The s.B. Lady of the Lake sailed for the Molyneux yesterday. The ship Himalaya commenced to discharge her cargo into lighters this morning. The coasters Mermaid for Waikouaiti, and Pioneer for Shag Point, sailed yesterday. The s.B. Wallabi came down from Dunedin this morning to tranship cargo into the barque Jungfrau. The barque Hopeful will commence to discharge her Dunedin portion of sugar into the railway trucks to-morrow morning. The ship Durham was to-day removed from the quarantine ground to a berth off Carey’s Bay, where she will discharge her cargo into lighters. The ketch Isabella arrived yesterday, with 28,000 ft of timber, from Gatlin’s River. Left there on Saturday night, and experienced strong S.W. winds to arrival. The Harbor Co.’s a.s. Beautiful Star was taken out of the floating dock on Saturday afternoon. After coaling, she proceeded to Dunedin and took on board cargo, and sailed yesterday for Timaru. The schooner Dunedin arrived yesterday from Havelock, with 50,000 ft of timber. She left there on Thursday; had light northerly winds as far as Banks Peninsula; from thence strong southerly winds to arrival. The coaster Huon Belle returned yesterday afternoon, after discharging her cargo of railway iron at the Taieri. She left there on Saturday night for Gatlin’s River, but when off the Nuggets it came on to blow from the S.W., she therefore returned to the Port. The N.Z.S.S. Co.’s Taranaki arrived at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday from the Northern Ports. She left the Manukau at 3.30 p.m. on the 13th, said experienced strong S.E. gale from Wellington to Lyttelton. We thank her purser, Mr C. J. Edmiston, for report and files.

THE WILLIAM DAVIE. The fine composite clipper ship, William D»vio, 840 tons register, Captain James Rankin, arrived at the Heads at 11 a.m. on the 12th inst. She left Gravesend with 294 passengers on board, on the 14th January. Strong head winds were experienced in the Channel, which was not cleared until the 24th. She crossed the line on the 19th February, and run down her easting between the parallels of 45deg and 46deg. Fresh westerly winds with fine weather were experienced until the Solanier was sighted at noon on the 11th inst. The ship was then put under easy sail in order to make the port on the following morning. At 4 a.m. she was kept away for the Bluff, got the pilot on board at 10 a m., and arrived as above, having made the voyage out in 84 days from port to port and 76 days from land to land One matter worthy of note respecting the passage of the William Davie is the tack which Captain Rankin took to make his easting. The majority of Ships of this class go much further south (50 deg to 52deg being about the latitude), in order to secure strong westerly winds. It is no uncommon thing in those high latitudes for the passengers to be battened down below the batches in a crowded ship. The result may well ba imagined. The passage just made •peaks strongly in favor of the easting being made in lower latitudes,' and Captain Kankin is to be congratulated on the result On Monday the Health and Immigration went on board, and made a thorough inspection. At the close of the inspection they expressed themselves highly gratified at the evident attention that had been paid to the comfort of the immigrants in every depsrtment. The surgeon-superintendent, in addition to hiai other duties on the voyage, has taken and recorded meteorological observations for scientific purposes, which will be found valuable. In each dinsion of the immigrants’ compartments he placed a thermometer, and recorded daily observations on a chart for the purpose so that at a glanoe the mean temperature on each day during the voyage can be seen. In the married couples* quarters, the lowest temperattire was on the 17th January. 48deg., in the English Channel, and the highest on the 23rd February, 82deg. It will be seen that extreme temperatures have, as far as practicable, been avoided.—Southland paper.