SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 794, 8 January 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather, Report ; r Jan 8— 8 a. m., wind N. E., light; weather clear and blue sky. Barometer, 29. D 4 ; thermometer, 65. High Water : To-morrow —Morning, 11.47; night, 00.00. ARRIVED. Jan 8— Maud Graham, schooner, 80 tons, Ferguson, from Greymouth. SAILED. Jan B—Alice Jane, ketch, 27 tons, Johnson, for Akaroa. Jan B—Lady Hon, schooner, 57 tons, Clarkson, for Napier. Jan B—Bee, schooner, 31 tons, Green, for Amuri Bluff. ARRIVAL OF THE 'CARDIGAN CASTLE FROM LONDON. This vessel arrived atTl a.ra on Saturday, and brought up off the Quarantine Station, there being illness amongst the immigrants, of which she brings 320. We were favored with a eight of the report to the Health Officer, from which it appears that thirteen deaths have occurred during the passage, 2 from pneumonia, 2 diphtheria, 1 apoplexy. 2 tabes mesenterica, 1 enteric fever, 1 atrophy from birth, 1 inanition, I softening of brain, 1 suicide. The health amongst the passengers was not good during the passage, and several of them are at piesent very ill, one from from enteric fever, and another from tonsilites, the latter a severe case. The first case of enteric fever occurred on October 17th, and was convalescent on November 20th, the last case broke out on December 20th, and is now under treatment; there have been eight cases of this malady. The first case ot diphtheria occurred on November4th, and was convalescent on December 23rd, and the last case on December Ist. There have been no other cases. The means used to reduce chance of maladies spreading have been isolation as far as possible, and free use of disinfectants, the clothing having been destroyed or well fumigated. Captain Lewis Davies, who was master of the ship ou her last trip here, is still in command, and the passage has occupied ninety-five days—a very fair one, taking all things into consideration, and we notice that she left Gravesend four days after the Albion Co’s ship Auckland, bound for Otago, which has not yet put in an appearance. We may note that the Cardigan Castle embarked immigrants at the same time as the Hurunui, which vessel also had disease aboard at starting. The immigrants seemed from a distance to be a very respectably clad and decent class of people, of good physique. All were landed on Saturday afternoon, the ship’s boats being employed to convey them ashore, the p.s Lyttelton towing them to their destinations. The married men and single women were landed at Ripa Island, with their clothes and bedding, whilst the single men, who all appeared to be in good health, were sent to Quail Island. The whole of the landing was conducted under the personal superintendence of Mr March, who took every possible precaution. Referring to a case of suicide which is reported to have occurred aboard, we may say that the whole matter is simply a supposition, as it appears that the individual not answering at some muster which took place, an inquiry was instituted, and It was found out that no one had seen him during the previous sixteen hours, so that the man may have fallen overboard for all known to the contrary. The surgeon superintendent is Dr Jeremiah Welsh, and we hear his difficult duties have been admirably performed, and that Mrs Harriett Stoddart, the matron, has also given the greatest satisfaction. We may mention that any parcels or letters for the immigrants, If forwarded to Mr March, will be at once sent on, and that if any ladies or gentlemen have any fruit to spare, and will kindly send it, It will no doubt be gladly received by the new comers, and tend in no small degree to restore the general health. The ship, after being thoroughly fumigated, wUI be admitted to pratique at an early date. We append a list of the deaths that occurred during the passage ; —George Fisk, aged 27, leaves a wife and three children; Edward Reygate, aged 30, married, leaves a wife and three children; Catherine Kennedy, aged 20, married woman ; Mary Cox, aged 28, married woman ; Cornelius Harrigan, single man, aged 21 ; William Copplestoue, aged 1 year Ellen Coghlau, aged 1 year ; Anaise Jaouenne, aged 1 year; Jane Jaouenne, aged 1 month; Patrick Kennedy, aged 1 month ; Sarah Maine, infant; Edward Powers, inlant ; Lucy Cox, aged 2 years, Ernest Gartery,aged i years, died since arrival in harbor. Yesterday morning Mr March went off in the steam launch, and received the following statement from Dr Welsh, in reference to the health of the immigrants Hugh McCann, suffering from enteric fever, was improving; Eliza Webster, a child that had been suffering from tonsilites, but whose throat ■was now well, was reported as being in a very low state from pneumonia; Annie Bennett, suffering from low fever, was improving in health. All the others were doing well. One death, that of Ernest Gartery, and one birth of a female child, have occurred since the ship’s arrival, and in the latver case both mother and child are doing well. We hope to furnish our readers with a more detailed account of the ship’s passage, &c, to-morrow.