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Evening Star, Issue 3549, 8 July 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER, To-morrow. Heads t Port Chalmers I Duredih 11.14 p.m, I 11.54 p.m. | 12.39 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. July B.—Hally Bayley, brigantine, 113 tons, Harrison, from Hobart Town. Passengers: Mr and Mrs J. Belcher, and Mr Arthur Jackson. Zior, scheoner, 67 tons, Bell, from Hokitika. Benoleuch, 66 tons, Francis, from Hokitika. Pakeha, brig, 173 tons, Harrison, from Wangaroa. Memento, barque, 464 tons, Ruwald, from Newcastle. Passengers :Mr and Mrs J. Begg, Misses Begg (four), Masters Begg (two), and Mr C. Connell. SAILED. July B.—Syren, brig, 202 tons, Sainty, for Auckland. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Hart, for Lyttelton via Timaru. Lady of the Lake, s.s., 60 tons, Urquhart, for the Molyneux.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, July 10. Circe, for Hokitika, July 10. Claud Hamilton, for Bluff, July 21. J. N. Fleming, for Melbourne, July 9. Macgregor, for San Francisco, July 28. Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Otago, for Northern Ports, July 18. Bosun Castle, for London, August 1. Samson, for Oamaru, July 10. Taranaki, for Northern Ports, July 12. W anganui, for Bluff, early. William Davie, for London, July 10. The brig Syren, for Auckland, was towed to sea by the p.s. Peninsula yesterday. The Wanganui came down from Dunedin this morning, and will sail for the Bluff this

afternoon. The coaster* Defiance, Glimpse, and Annie are waiting at the Heads, there being too much sea on the bar to proceed to their destination. The steamers Maori,' for Lyttelton and intermediate ports, Lady of the Lake, for the Molyneux, and Wellington, for the North, .sailed yesterday. The barque Memento signalled this morning for a tug, and the Geelong proceeded down and towed her up to her anchorage off Carey Bay. She brings 700 tons of coal. Captain Ruwald reports leaving Newcastle ®n the 19th with moderate S.E. winds till making the Solan * era on the 4th, when she was detained by contrary winds, and came through the Straits with a N. W. wind. After getting through the Straits got a S.W. wind, arrived off the Heads at 4 pm. yesterday, and was towed up as above. We thank Capt. Rewald for Newcastle papers to day of sailing. The Returns of Immigration and Emigration at the port of Dunedin during the quarter ended 30th June, 1874, are as follows -.—From United Kingdom : Adults, 760 males, 508 females ; children, 284 males, 264 females ; being & total of 1,044 males and 772 females. From Australian Colonies: Adults, 350 males, 115 females ; children, 31 males, 22 females ; total, 381 males and 137 females. From Hongkong: 521 males. Emigration to United Kingdom: Adults, 42 males, 13 females ; children, 11 males, 6 females; total, 53 males, 19 females. To Australian Colonies: Adults, 315 males, 44 females ; children, 24 males, 26 females ; total, 339 males, 70 females. To Hong Kong : 33 males. Total increase of the population of the Province for the quarter, 2,343. The schooner Bencleuch arrived with a full cargo of timber, and sailed alongside the head of the Graving Dbck to discharge part of her cargo. Captain leaving Hokitika on the 3rd ; had a heavy northerly gale as far as the Solander on the sth, where she lay for twenty-four hours with baffling winds. The

wind settled to the westward on the evening of the 6th, and she passed Dog Island at 8 a.m. on the 7th, and anchored at the Heads at 11 p.m. Captain Francis reports the bar being very bad, there being twelve or thirteen vessels lying there, unable to get out, amongst them being the Taurunga and Dunepin for this port, both bar-bound fourteen days. At the time Captain Francis left there were also three vessels lying outside unable to get in—the Sea Bird, Florence, and another schooner. The fine Auckland-built schooner Zior sailed up shortly afterwards, and continued her course to Dunedin. She brings a full cargo of 56,000 ft of timber. Capt, Bell reports leaving Hokitika at noon on the 3rd, with a fine northerly wind; on the 4th it shifted to the N.E., and increased to a heavy gale sill passing through Foveaux Straits on the sth, when it moderated and came round to the W.S. W. which continued up to her arrival at the Heads, where she anchored at 7 o’clock last night. Captain Bell reports the schooner Lizzie Gay as having left there for this port on the Ist, having been bar-bound, with other vessels,- for fourteen days, owing k* the water being so shallow on the bar. We thank Capt. Ball for a copy of the ‘ West Coast Times.’ There was not a single arrival at the Port yesterday, but early this morning there were five vessels at the Heads—the brigantine Hally Bayley, from Hobart Town; t-psail schooner Bencleuch and Zior, from Hokitika; Memento, barque, from Newcastle, and the brig Pakeha, from Wangaroa. The first to arrive was the brigantine Hally Bayley, which sailed up under the charge of Coxswain Moore as far as the lower anchorage, when she was boarded by Captain Paton, and continued on her course as far as Observation Point, when she was taken in tow by the p.s. Peninsula, and towed up to Dunedin. She brings a general cargo of Hobart Town produce. Captain Harrison reports leaving Hobart Town on the morning of the 21st of June; passed the Solander at 4 a.m. on the 4th July, and the Bluff, where she signalled, at 5 p.m. on the sth; arrived off the Heads at 4 p.m., and came to anchor off the pilot station at 5 p.m. last evening. Experienced strong S.E, and E. and N.E. winds till arming off the Nuggets; from thence light N.W. and S.W. winds till arrival. We thank' Captain Harrison for a copy of the ‘ Hobart Town Mercury. 1 Th« brig Pakeha sailed up under the charge of Pilot Kelly, and anchored off Carey’s Bay

(after rather a rough passage from Wangaroa) with a full cargo of 110,000 ft. of timber in logs! which she will discharge in Dunedin. Captain JUamson reports leaving Wangaroa on the 26th June with a westerly wind, and \ assed Cape Bret on the evening of the 27th. On the 28th the wind shifted to the eastward, and increased to a heavy gale, the vessel being hovetoo for twelve hours under close-reefed maintopsail during the gale. The ship was hove on her beam ends, aiid was compelled to threw overboard one of the logs off the deck to ease her, and run before the wind till Mercury Island was sighted. The weather then moderated, and came from the S. and S.E. for two flays, and the East Cape was passed on the 30th, when a large shoal of whales was seen, one of which struck the vessel on the port bow passed under her, and came up again under the quarter, doing no apparent damage. On the 2nd of July they encountered another heavy Sale from the southward, which lasted for throe ays, the vessel being under close-reefed topsail ; then had light E. and S.E. winds to Cave Palhser, which was signalled on the sth. On the 6th had strong N.E. wind, and passed the Heads the same night, not being able to iee the light. The wind coming round yesterday morning from the S.W., made the Heads again at 2.30 p.m., whore she came to anchor, and sailed up to her anchorage as above.