SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1446, 4 October 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OP LYTTELTON. Cleared— October 4. Antelope, 17 tons, Malcolmson, for Akaroa. Master, agent. Tongariro. p.a., 39 tons, Marquet, for Loßon’g Bay. Master, agent. Lyttelton, s.s., 12 tons, Agar, for Port Levy. Master, agent. Sailed— October 3. Albion, s.a., 591 tons, Tozer, for Wellington. Dalgety, Nichols and Co., agents. Passengers— Original. Taranaki, s.s., 327 tons, Malcolm, for Northern Ports. D. Mills, agent. Passengers, for Wellington —Saloon—Mrs (joe and two children, Messrs Stephenson, Marsh, Soloinan, J. S. Will cox, Eev. C. Coates. For Nelson —Miss Hastie. For Manukau—Miss E. Smith. Steerage—For Wellington—Messrs S. Solomau, Motu, Mnta, Soloinan, McClanghlin, A. Martin. For Mannkan —Mr Moore, and 30 original. Sailed, October 4. Antelope, 17 tons, Malco mson, for Akaroa. Master, agent. Mary Miller, 252 tons, Valentine, for Newcastle, Master, agent. Derwent, brig, 221 tons. Brown, for Kaipara. C. W. Turner, agent. Volunteer, schooner, 22 tons, Larsen, for Le Bon's Bay. Master, agent. Lyttelton, s.s., 12 tons. Agar, for Port Levy. Master, agent. The Ares barque, Eeward schooner, Mary Miller barque, Derwent brig, and several other vessels, Bailed this morning for their several destinations. The St. Hilda arrived at 2.30 a.m. She sails for Wanganui this afternoon. THE BEIG EIO LOGE, The following account of the passage of Mr C. W. Turner’s brig Eio Loge from China to Port Chalmers is from the Dunedin “ Star” . By the arrival of this brig from Foo-Chow-Foo we learn matters of importance to shipmasters trading between the Australian Group and China, and, from the well-known ability of Captain Miles, we feel sure that gentleman’s observations have been correct. The Eio Loge comes here with a cargo of Chinese goods, the greater part of which is for Dunedin, and the residue for Christchurch. 1 She left Foo-Chow on July 18th with the usual monsoon, and lost it off the Loo Choo Islands; thence she had westerly winds to latitude 30deg. N., longitude 17deg. E. No N.E. trades were experienced, but light southerly winds intervened and made her passage an unusually long one. She crossed the line on September 2nd, in longitude 165 deg. E., and passed between Christoval and Malaly Islands, in the Solomon Group, on September 7th, making Eennell’s Island next day. Finding it was marked “doubtful” on Tinny’s chart of 1877, Captain Miles was very cautious about weathering the island, and finding this impossible he ran the ship round it, describing its position as about thirty-eight miles long and eight miles wide at the N.W. end, while the island has an altitude of from 500 ft. to 600 ft., and is thickly wooded to the beach. Captain Miles noticing the error on Tinny’s chart to be very great, determined to ascertain, if possible, the true position of this island, and found its N.W. Point to be in latitude lldeg. 30min. S., and longitude 160 deg. Bmin. E., while the south end is situated in latitude lldeg. 51min. S., longitude ICOdeg. 42min. E. After the brig cleared the islands she was carried by the S.E. trades to latitude 25deg. S., and thence had light variable winds; passed Howe’s Island on September 18th, meeting wet weather and westerly winds till she made the south cape of Stewart’s Island : unsettled weather prevailed along the coast, and she made the Heads at 8 a.m. yesterday.