SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1082, 15 December 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON, W father Report— December 16, 9 a.m.—"Wind, N.E., light; weather, clear and bine sky. Barometer, 29.92 ; thermometer, 72.00. High Water —To-morrow. Morning, 00.00; night, 00.09. Arrived —December 14. Grafton, s.s., 27<t tons, Anderson, from Dunedin, Miles, Hassal and Co, agents. December 15. Tni, s.s., 04 tons, Wills, from Kaikonras, Wellington and Foxton. G. Mackay, agent. Passengers—Saloon ; Messrs Bell, Brnnsden and Haunter, and 12 in the steerage. Wellington, s.s,, 279 tons, McGee, from Northern Ports. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Passengers —Saloon; Sir F. D. and Lady Bell, Mesdames Thomas, McCullnm and four children, Osborne and two children, Cochrane, Misses A. Belcher, Thompson, Adams, and Johnston, Captains Williams and Easther, and Kev. Mr Hill, Messrs Bentley, Dalton, Chndleigh, Gordon, Bell, Osborne, Bernard, Ruff, McGregor, Dobson, Short, Cochrane (and Flaharty, and nine steerage. Eotorna, s.s., 576 tons, Macfarlaue, from Port Chalmers. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Passengers ; Misses Brown, Stulford, Geddes, Messrs Wilkin, Adams, Jeggard and Murray. Cleared —December 14, Alert, schooner, 44 tons, Hays, for Hokitika. Cuff and Graham, agents. Especnlador, banjne, 262 tons, Powell, for Kaipara, in ballast. P. Jenkins, agent. December 15. Minnie, ketch, 17 tons, Bennett, for Little Akaloa. Master, agent. Blackwall, ketch, 26 tons. Green, for Okaiu’s Bay. Master, agent Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Mortimer, for Pigeon Bay. Woledge and Co., agents. Bee, schooner. 111 tons, Shepherd, for Amuri Bluff. Master, agent. Spray, schooner, 50 tons, Knxton, for Kaikonra, in ballast. Cuff and Graham, agents. Tni. s.s., 64 tons, Wills, for Kaikonra via Wellington and Foxton. G. Mackay, agent. Grafton, s.s., 270 tons, Anderson, for Wellington and West Const Ports. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Eotorna, s.s., 576 tons, Macfarlaue, for Sydney, via North. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Sailed— December 15. Linnet, ketch, 17 tons, Molyueaux, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. Alert, schooner, :!4 tons, Hays, for Hokitika, Cuff and Graham, agents. The s.s. Tui arrived from Kaikonra via Wellington and Foxton at 4 this morning. She sails on her return trip this evening, The s.s. Wellington arrived from Northern ports at noon, and sails for Northern ports on Monday at 10 p.m. after the excursion trip from Akaroa. The s.s. Eotorna arrived from Port Chalmers at 9.30 a.m., and sails for Sydney via North this afternoon. The Alert, schooner, saileil for Hokitika this morning. The s.s. Grafton sails for Wellington and West Coast ports this afternoon. The Eaugitikei took aboard 500 hales wool and the Crusader 300 bales wool yesterday. The Eakaia started her discharge yesterday. The Loch Fleet is nearly all out, and ready for stiffening. The Halcione discharged a good bit of her cargo ; she would have done more if there had been sufficient trucks. THE STEAMER GRAFTON. This steamer arrived from Dunedin yesterday at 2.30 p.m. She is the property of Captain Williams, of Wellington, and is intended for trading to the West Coast. Captain Anderson, late of the Taranaki, so well-known and esteemed on the coast, is her master, the chief engineer being Mr Craig, and the chief officer Mr Manly, late of tbo Anno Mclhoish; Mr White, well-known in the northern trade, being the purser. The Grafton is a nice handy-looking craft, with plenty of space for cargo, and a fair saloon. She was built some years ago by Messrs Baird, of Birkenhead, and was originally a paddle-steamer, but has been altered, and is now a twin-screw. The steamer has been thoroughly remodelled lately, to tit her for her present trade. She is 274 tons register, and can carry 450 tons cargo, on a draught of 9 feet, so that she is admirably suited for our bar harbours on the coast. The deck is flush fore and aft, with a large house aft, which forms an admirable upper saloon, used for a dining-room. Out of this, a staircase leads to the lower saloon, wliich, like the upper, is lofty, airy, and comfortably furnished. Attached to this is a ladies’ saloon. The boat is licensed to carry 150 passengers in all, 40 of which can be accommodated in the saloon. The captain's quarters are forward of the saloon, and the officers are lodged amidships, under the bridge. The engines are by Mort, of Sydney, and are high-pressure condensers of sixty-five horse-power nominal, capable of being worked up to more than 400 horse-power. They are fitted with the most approved expansive gear, and work from two inches of stroke. The circulating and other pumps are worked by a third engine, and the total consumption of coal is not more than five tons per twenty-tour hours; the speed attained being from eight to nine knots per hour. The propellers are 7ft., with a pitch of Bft. 6iu., and run at 120 revolutions per minute. Her sides have rather a strange appearance from the removal of the paddle-boxes, but her bridge is a roomy one. The Grafton carries only fore and aft canvas, and, taken altogether, is a most pleasing looking boat, and Captain Anderson assures us she is a capital vessel at sea. She has been trading between Sydney and the Clarence before coming here. She left Sydney on November 28th, reached Wellington December sth, sailed for Dunedin, left that port on the 13th at 2.40 p.m., and arrived here at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, having flue weather up the coast. She sails for Wellington at at 3 p.m. tu-day.