Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3649, 2 November 1874, Page 2

Shipping.

TII VH WATER. Heads, 1 Port Chalmers I Dunedin 11.25 p.m. | ,0.3 p.m. |'0.48 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVEI>. October 31.—Bruce, s.s., 204 tons, Macfarlane, from Lyttelton and other rorts. Passengers : Misses Morey (2), Messrs Morey, Grundy, Moran, Armstrong, Dunning, and two in the steerage. Waikato, ship, 1,020 tons, Hodder, from Auckland. Easby, s.s., 969 tons, from Sydney, October 24. Passengers ; Mr, Mn. and Miss Fenwick, Mesdames Horton, Maine, Rev. Mr Foran, Messrs Roberts, Belcher, and four in the steerage. November 1. —Lady of the Lake, s. s., 60 tons, Urquhart, from the Molyneux. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, from the Bluff. Comerang, p.s., 152 tons, Best, from the Bluff. Passengers; Mr and Mrs Andrews, Messrs Esther, M‘Gregor, and five in the steerage. Celestial Queen, ship, 843 tons. Watt, from London, July 9. Passengers; Saloon— Messrs Sheepshanks, Sneider, and five intermediate. Eliza MThee, ketch, 39 tons, Peterson, from Gatlin’s River. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edio, from Oamaru. Passengers : Mrs Reid, Mrs Brown, Misses York, Derwent, Messrs Reid, Bertheir, and two in the steerage. November 2. —Fanny, ketch, 26 tons, Andrews, from Gatlin’s River, for Oamaru ; put in. Isabella, ketch, 40 tons, Cowan, from Gatlin’s River. Jessie Nicoll, schooner, 92 tons, Cleavely, from Kandavu. Passengers : Messrs M'Lean and. Stew art. SAILED. November I.—Colombus, barque, 744 tons, Atkin, for Bluff Harbor. Oneco, barque, 796 tons, Henry, for Wellington. November 2. —Thomas and Henry, brig, 260 ' tons, M‘Cloud, lor Moevaki. Maid of Otago, schooner, 56 tons, Bain, for Timaru.

VROJFUTKII nuRARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, November 5. Bruce, for Timaru, November 3. Comerang, for Bluff, November 3. Cordelia, for Wellington, November 6. Craigellachie, for Bluff, early. Easby, for Newcastle, November 5. Helena, for Auckland, early. Jessie Henderson, for Auckland, early. James Paxton, for Bluff, early. Lizzie Guy, for Hokitika, early. Otago, for Northern Ports, November 10. Pbcebe, for Northern Ports, November 8. Taranaki, for Northern Ports, November 3. Samson, for Oamaru, November 3. Star of the South, for Levuka, early. Wanganui, for Bluff, Novembe- 4. The brig Thomas and Henry sailed this morning for Moeraki. The Harbor C mpany’s steamer Samson, from Oamaru, arrived yesterday ar 4.50 a.m. The s.s. L:.dy o ; the Lake arrived early yesterday morning from the Molyneux, and steamed up to Dunedin. The s.s. Buice arrived at Dunedin at 11 a.ra. yesterday, having experienced fine weather along the coast. The ketch Isabella arrived with a full cargo of timber this morning from Gatlin’s River, and passed up to Duaedin. The schooner Maid of Otago having received her cargo of coal for Timaru from the brig William Cundell sailed this morning. The barque Columbus, for the Bluff, and Oneco, for 'Wellington, took -advantage of the S.W. wind yesterday, and sailed for thoir destinations. The schooner Excelsior, which has been wea-ther-bound . t the Kaik since Thursday last, got under w .y yesterday, and sailed for Napier with a S.W breeze. The p.s, Comerang arrived in Port Chalmers at noon yesti•relay from the Bluff. She left the Bluff at 4.30 p.m. mi the 31st, an i arrived in Port Chain? ws above. The Harbor Company’s steamer Beautiful Star, from the Bluff, arrived at 11.30 a m. yesterday. She left the Bluff on Saturday at 4.30 having N.E. winds up the coast. The ketch Fanny put into Port Chalmers on Saturday. She is bound from Gatlin s River to Oamaru with a cargo of timber, but, having met with a stiff N.E, breeze when off Waikouaiti on Saturday morning, she stood into Port Chalmers and anchored in Carey’s Bay. The s.s. Easby steamed over the bar on the flood tide on Saturday, but on getting opposite the Eaik she took the ground, and remained fast for a considerable time in the soft sand. The p.s. Geelong went down and towed her off. Captain Kennedy reports having left Sydney Heads at 7.40 p.m, on the 24th and arrived at the Heads as above. The fine schooner-yacht Jessie Nickoll, which left here on the 28th of May for a cruise round the various jslands in the Fijis, beat up the harbor last evening and came to anchor off Observation Point. When she left here she proceeded direct to Mopiti, where she arrived on the 2‘?ud of June, and since then she has visited the islands of Bora Bora, Tobia, Raiatea, Otiknti, Eraino, Mangaia, R irotonga, Mannai, _ Hitutatai, Samoa, Niouafolms, Fatuna, Tabinuia, and Levuka. She proceeded to Kandavu on the 3rd of October, and left again for Port Chalmers on the Bth.

The Waikato, the second ship built by the New Zealand Shipping Company, arrived at the Heads on Saturday afternoon, and was towed up by the tug Geelong in the evening, after a passage of thirteen days from Auckland. She arrived in Wellington on the 11th July with 300 immigrants from London, after discharging about 400 tons of cargo she proceeded to Auckland and discharged 600 tons of railway iron, and tosk in about 100,000 ft of timber. She left Auckland on the 18th, and arrived as above. She will be taken in the Graving Dock to be cleaned, and her bottom recoated with anti-fouling composition. The Waikato is an iron vessel built by John Bloomer and Co., of Sunderland; her length being 205 ft, with a beam of 34ft lin, and depth of hold 19ft 2in. She has a fine poop of 60ft in length, the front of which is polished teak and ornamented. She has a spacious saloon. The cabins are large, being Bft 6in by 7ft 6in each, with a very lofty ceiling, well ventilated and lighted. The ship Celestial Queen arrived at the Heads early yesterday morning, and the tug Geelong proceeded down and towed her up to the Quarantine ground, she having powder on board. She had a rather long passage of 115 days from Gravesend, which is attributable to light and variable weather tntil reaching the Cape of Good Hope. She is still under the command of Captain W. Watts, and brings a full cargo, of 1.400 tons, and two saloon, and five steerage passengers. She left on July 9, and the land was cleared on the 16th, the last departure being taken from the Lizard. Southerly winds prevailed for a considerable distance post the [Cape of Good Hope, so that she only weathered the Cape by a few miles. The meridian of the Cape was crossed on September 26th. in lat, 30.54 8. On the 29th, sighted the Snares, and from thence had very light rod northerly weather all the way up the coast, vhich compelled her to beat all the way along. She, arrived at the Heads at 9 a.m yesterday, and wa= brought :ntc harbor as above. Tin on'y land sighted during the passage was tl a It and of Trinidad, in tne South Atlantic.