SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1691, 22 July 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OP LTTTBLTON. WiiTHsa Ebpo«t—July 23. # 9 a.m—Weather, clear, bine »ky j wind, calm. Barometer, 29.74; thermometer. 46. High Water—To-morrow. Morning, 6-53; evening. 7.1 t. AnniTßn, Jclt 21. _ , Hawea, 8.8., 463 tons, Kennedy, from Auckland. EastC.Mt Ports, and Weilingtau. njrant. Passengers—Mr and O’StUlivan, Mrs O’Sullivan, Misses Yangh and Parker Briggs. Harper, McConnell. Gillingham, Davies.'Towers, Thonmg, Wado Pike. Johnson. Sailed —July --*• , _ D Hawea. s s., 461 tons, Kennedy, for Dunedin. B. P T?ii™-Kofh nt harnno 2tt tons, Lovett, for Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Passengers—Messrs K Annslkjw', Timam. Master, agent. The b.b. Hawea arrived at midnight yesterday from Wellington, and sailed at 1 p.m. to-day for P °Tho C, Eli™atioth, for Newcastle, and Annie Bow for Timnrn. sailed this morning. A barque from tho North was signalled when our ™Th0 I Thnrso pnt out tho first of her cargo of sugar States Senate has passed a Bill for tho purchase or construction of a y , pr f °™l?f with a refrigerating apparatus, to te used for disinfecting vessels and cargoes arriving from ports SU ffi°wfw. t Cleveland, secretary te the Shipping and Underwriters’ Association, supplies the following record of losses of ships bound to and from tho United Kingdom and tho Colonies during ten 1869* to 1878. The list is published m tho “Sydney Morning Herald of July 2nd. Percentage of losses of the fleet baund to the colonies :— - _ t>

The names of the iost ships hound to New Zealand are—The ship Surat, iu 1871, wrecked on the coast of Otago; the Cospatnok, burnt ati sea.in IS7-1; the Strathmore, wrecked in 18/ o, on Crozet Islands; the Queen Bee, in 1877, wreckedat Masnacre Bav N.Z.: the Avalanche, in 18/7, suns in collision in English Channel; the Ann Gambles, in 1878, wrecked at entrance to Blufl i, munv nl Auckland, iu 1873, wrecked oft Otaki. they ■were all bound from London. Per-centago of losses of the English-bound fleet , -p--.

The names of the lost ships boned from Now Zealancl aro—Matoaka, in 18d9, missing; Blue Jacket, in 18G9, burnt at sea; Hera, in 1869, burnt at Port Underwood; Ida Zeigler. in 1809,. wrecked at Hawke’s Bay; Gleumark, in 1872, missing ; Cora Xinn, in 187 S, wrecked at Humber Elver, England; Ocean Moil, in 1877, wrecked at Chatham Island.

jiomea: — Colony. Victoria New South Wale*... South Australia ... Queensland Tasmania New Zealamd No. of Sailings. 1363 1053 060 371 161 1007 No. of Losses. 20 8 3 1 7 Percentage 1.46 .75 .45 .51 .61 .66 Total 4086 41 4.47

i. bUO No. of No, of PerColony. Sailings. Losses, centage. Victoria 785 S .38 New South Wales... 401 1 .22 South Australia ... 708 As •57 Queensland 148 3 2.00 83 Tasmania * 1^1 L15 New Zealand 608 7 Total ... .. 2831 19 5.15