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Evening Star, Issue 3530, 16 June 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads P Pobt Chalmehs ) Dunedin 4.51 p.m. I 5.31 n.m. | 6.16 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. June 16.—Beautiful "tar, s.s., 146 tons, Hart, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Passengers: Mesdames Mockford, Wiltshire, Baker, E. Baker, Misses Morrison, Thomson, Messrs Mills, Leary, W. S. Smith, Hosner, Stevenson, Dunlop, Baker, J. Gumming, and seven in the steerage. SAILED. June 16.—Hope, barque, 16 tons, Julier, for Waikouaiti. Defiance, ketch, 21 tons, Burke, for Moerald. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, for Oamaru. Durham, ship, 650 tons, Sexton, for Newcastle. Passenger: Mr Easton, Welligton, 261 tons, Carey, for the North. Passengers; For Lyttelton—Messrs Welsh, Dompton, Day, and six in the steerage. Eor Wellington—Messrs Rose, Fothergill, and two in the steerage. For Napier—Mr and Mrs Brewer, Mr Marshall. For Taranaki—One in the steerage. For Manakau—Mr and Mrs Christie, and three in the steerage. For Hokitika—Seven Chinese. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, June 18. Circe, for Hokitika, June 20. Claud Hamilton, for Bluff, June 22. Freetrader, for Auckland, early. Hadda, for Auckland, June 18 . Lady of the Lake, for Port Molyneux, June 17Mikado, for Northern Ports, June 30. Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Otago, for Northern Ports, June 20. - Samson, for Oamaru, June 19. Wanganui, for Bluff, June 17. Wallabi, for Bluff, early. Wild Deer, for London, June 19. The brig Isabella will sail for Newcastle this evening. The p.s. Samson sailed this morning for Oamaru. The three-masted schooner Euphrosyne will sail for Oamaru this evening. The ship Durham, for Newcastle, was towed to sea by the Geelong this morning. The barque Eureka will finish discharging her Dunedin cargo this evening, and will proceed to Lyttelton with the remainder. The ship Scimitar commenced to bend sails this morning, and will shortly sail for London. Thes.B Beautiful Star arrived at 11.30 a. m. to-day, and steamed alongside the ship Scimitar to discharge 700 hags of wheat. The latest of immigrant vessels at Auckland has been the iron ship Rooparell, 1,044 tons, Captain Landberg, ninety-eight days from port to port, which arrived there on the 30th of May in fine trim, with her large number of immigrants in excellent health. The ship Bal lochmoyle, since arrived at Lyttelton, was sighted on the 30th March, Three deaths and ■ three births occurred during the voyage, the three newcomers of coarse having the name of the ship as a cognomen. Speaking of the immigrants, the 4 New Zealand Herald’ says : 44 The immigrants per Rooparell were landed yesterday. It is to be regretted that some of them preferred the accommodation provided atthe lock-up to the quarters at their service in the Immigration depot.. It is a bad beginning, and bodes ill for the persons referred to.” The San Francisco Steam Service.— “ Messrs J. Elder and Co., the celebrated builders, have sent to the Hon. Saul Samuel, the 4 Sydney Morning Herald’ states, 44 a very handsomely finished model of the first steamship being constructed by their firm for the San Francisco service. A presentation plate attached to the stand states that she is 370 ft long by 38ft beam, and has 31ft depth of hold; tonnage, 2,750 actual; horse-power, 2,700 ; speed in knots, 14. The model is of the most approved modem type, a lean body, a long flat floor, terminating in extremely fine ends, offering the smallest possible amount of resistance. The main saloon is amidships, forward of the machinery, and is entered from a spacious deck house, apparently constructed so as also to furnish quarters for the officers. The forecastle deck terminates in a high barrier, running from rail to rail, intended to throw off any spray that may fly over the bows, and thus keep the promenade deck dry and sheltered. The vessel herself is expected to leave England at the end of the year. As the Iberia, a sister ship from the same yard, recently purchased for the direct trade between Liverpool and Melbourne, made sixteen knots on her sea trial trip, there is no reason to doubt that the newer vessel’s speed will be equally satisfactory.” SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Lyttelton, June 16. —Anxiety is felt here for the safety of the barque Yelocidade, Oapt. Ifwerson, She is thirty-nine days out from Newcastle, Wellington, June 15.—A survey was held to-day upon the barque Cheviot, which put in here disabled, bound for Otago, by HarborMaster Halliday and Captain MTntyre. The vessel having been inspected, they said that they found her masts were very bad, and the vessel was in need. of repairs. , It has been decided that she must be caulked and repaired here before leaving, as most of her crew were averse to going to sea in the vessel again. They have been, all paid off, her repairs being expected to take a fortnight, THE AUCKLAND STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (From the New Zealand Herald.) Auckland can probably boast of possessing a larger number of paying companies of various descriptions, besides gold-mining companies than any other Province in New Zealand The receipts and profits of the Auckland Steam Packet Company bear ample testimony to the efficient and careful management of the directors, and of the manager, Mr William Lodder. Not only have the company been able to declare a dividend of 10 per cent, per annum, but & re placed in the very favorable position of being able to place to the reserve fund the sum of L 5,000. Nor has this been accomplished by running the company’s boats recklessly and without repairs. On the contrary, very extensive repairs and alterations have been effected the expenses accounted for, and the boats now hold certificates of seaworthiness for * " ext ®* x months. " The report says: The net profits for the six months, after writing off the sum of L 376 0s 6d for depreciation, bad debts, and losses by accidents, is L2,39711s lOd, which, added to L 5.864 6s bd, the balance of profit and loss account at 31st October, 1873, makes a total of L 8.261 18s 4d at credit. Of this amount, your directors nave placed a sum of L 5,000 to a reserve fund and pay as a dividend L 686 Is for the past half-year -being at the fate of 10 per cent, per annum—leaving a balance to be brought forys**? profit and loss “new account,” of L 2.575 17s 4d. The net profit for the past two years, including dividend and premium on shares, is; L 8,904 10s 4d; while, until January Tio qko capital only amounted to JjiAooi. rhe total net assets of the company are L25,36918s 4d, which is equal to L 5 19s 6d per share. The company had only two boats to work with during the first three months of the half-year, viz., the Golden Crown and the Star of the South; the Pretty Jane, which was purchased at a cost of L 7.300, delivered in Auckland, having scarcely been three months • 1,1 her present trade. The company purpose extending their operations, with which end in view they have purchased the new compound o.s. Southern Cross.