SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 127, 27 October 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. 'arrived. October 27 Melanie, three-masted schooner, 136 tons, B. Creagh, from Kaipara October 27—J. G. Coleson, brigantine, / 0 tons, Wills, from Pelorus Sound, with timber, CLEARED. October 27—Annie, ketch, 14 tons, for Kaiapoi. Master, agent. October 27—Sarah and Mary, schooner, 40 tons, Grubb, for Westport. Cuff and Graham, agents. October 27 —Nautilus, cutter, 30 tons, Neilson, for Pigeon Bay, in ballast. Master, agent. SAILED. October 27—Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, for Dunedin, via Akaroa and Timaru. Miles and Co., agents. Passengers—saloon : Dr Weld, Mrs Evans, Mrs Barry, Mr and Fenton, and three children, Mrs Malem, Mrs Rule Mr Haycourt, Miss Bonnifon and Mr Chapman, and a number of immigrants ex ship Guttenburg. VESSELS IN HARBOR. Ships Dorette. Taunton, Inverallan, Merope, Endymion, Guttenberg. Barque—Especulador, Syren, Barquentine Prince Alfred. Brig—Annie Ogle. Brigantines and schooners—Mary King, Fairlie, Sarah and Mary, Hannah Barrat, Ocean Bird, Volunteer, Melanie, and J. G Coleson. Cutters —Nautiles. Ketches —Linnet, Elizabeth Ann, Kestrel, and Catherine. The s.s. Maori, Captain Malcolm, sailed for Dunedin, via intermediate ports, at 2 p.m. this afternoon. She called at Ripa Island, and took on board a number of immigrants ex Guttenburg. The brigantine J. G. Coleson, Wills, arrived in harbor at 2 p.m. from Pelorus Sound. She brings a cargo of timber. The three-masted schooner Melanie arrived in harbor at 9 a.m. this morning from Kaipara, with a cargo of timber.

THE SHIP GUTENBERG. Yesterday morning we visited the ship Gutenberg. On approaching her we found she was a nice little Iron snip, and were received on board with much courtesy. The immigrants by her appeared strictly respectable, but certainly appeared more phlegmatic than people from the United Kingdom. What struck us most was the abundance of room on board, and it is no doubt owing to this that so little sickness has occurred. She brings 137 immigrants in all, consisting of 56 single men of various nationalities, 12 single girls, and 18 families, 9 of whom are Danish, 2 Swedes, and 7 Germans. The health officer having cleared the ship, we visited the ditferent compartments. The saloon, as might be expected, is rather small, but the officers of the ship are very courteous, and willing to afford every information. We may say that the ship throughout bore evident traces of a great wash up. The single women's compartment, which was right aft, was very clean, and the girls themselves were very nicely dressed. The matron, Mrs Christensen, was an old lady, scrupulously clean, and with a quaint cap that certainly looked as if it belonged to our grandmothers’ times. With the services of an interpreter, we found the girls had behaved very well on tne passage out. They are of three nationalities, eeven being Danes, two Swedes, and three (jermans. We noticed several little niceties about in the shape of lace edgings to the pillows, &c, that augured well for the neatness and cleanliness of the new arrivals. Without one exception, they are from the country, being the sisters, daughters, and servants of the small Scandinavian farmers. They are just the class of girls wanted by the tanners of this province, and it is a pity there are so few of them. We next visited the married couples’ compartments. The bunks are very large, made to hold lour people each, and, what appears strangeto English people, two married couples occupy the same berth without any division between them. The sheets and the beds were beautifully white, and iu fact the whole compartment reflected great credit upon the immigrants and their constables. The children seem lat, healthy, and merry. There were two births and one death on the passage. In tthe single men’s compartment the bunks were also constructed to hold four, and one thing that astonished us was that a series of loopholes through which they could see into the married peoples’ compartment, a German style that strikes us as rather objectionable. There was plenty of spare room in eacli compartment, and the quantity of luggage was surprising to one who ■was accustomed to see the amount carried by English, Irish, and Scotch immigrants. The sailors are lodged in a house on deck, adjoining the hospital and galley. The purser, Christian Hausen, went through the ship with us, acting as Interpreter. Constables Herman End wig, Christian Heinrickson, and Claudius Brunnelbung were much praised Mie captain for the manner in which they fultheir duties, as also was Constable Eckberg and Martha Boisen, who assisted the matron. Hans Madsen acted as schoolmaster during the passage, and did well in that capacity—he also acted as a sort of Interpreter, and taught some of the immigrants a little English. Dr Mauritz Marck. the surgeon superintendent, speaks favorably of the immigrants. With the exception of the measles there was only one serious case on board, and that of inflammation of the lungs. He speaks highly of Emile Weller, his. assistant, who appears to be a very superior man. The Danes made more complaints than the others. There was only one passenger, an elderly Swiss, named Henri Zurich. With the exception of a few tradesmen, the whole of the immigrants are farm laborers, and exceptionally strong and healthy looking. The ship was brought up the harbor yesterday morning, and anchored off Officers’ Point. The immigrants were ■eut to Klpa Island, the Quarantine Station, in order that they may wash their cloihes, and they will be sent up to Christchurch in a few days as required. Mr March, the Immigration Officer, and Dr Rouse both speak highly ot the class and condition of the Immigrants. The following is the report of the passage, kindiy furnished to us by Mr Marchetson, the chief officer: — “ I.eft Hamburg on July 4th, had light baffling winds and calms till she caught the N.E. trades on 24th July, in latitude 40 Nls VV. Lost them again on 9th August, in 11 N, from thence had southerly breezes to the Equator, which was crossed on 17th August in 20 W. longitude. Sighted San Antonio and Madeira, the former on August 3rd, Caught S.E. trades in latitude 4 S, and longitude 23 VV, on August 19th. In latitude of the Cape on the 7th September. Ran down casting in 50 27 S. Experienced northerly winds from thence to the longitude of Tasmania, which was reached on Isth October; from thence had strong westerly winds, with squalls of hail and rain. Sighted Stewart’s Island on Friday, 23rd October, 111 days from home. Saw Otago Head same night at 11 p.m. Experienced ■trongS.W. squally weather up the coast. Made Banks Peninsula on Sunday morning, and ran up the harbor same evening, and anchored off Ripa Island. The passage as a whole was a line one.” The ship, is in ballast trim, having only 300 tons of salt on board.