CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 503, 6 April 1869, Page 2

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

INWARP. Nil. OUTWARD. April s—Brothers5 — Brothers and Sisters, ketch, 20 tons, Morton, for Hokitika. E. Perkins, agent. "EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Gothenburg, from Melbourne, Alhambra, from Melbourne. Australia, from Melbourne. Crest of the Wave, from Dunedin, Ceres, from Melbourne. John and Jane, from Melbourne. Jane Elkin, from Manukau. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Nelson, &c, 7th inst. Gothenburg, for Melbourne, Bth inst. VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch, tue steamer. Brothers and Sisters, from Brighton. Ann, from Onehunga. Martha and Lavinia, from Hobart Town.

The shipping business at this port has been very dull during the past few days, owing to the non-arrival of the vessels now overdue. Tho Ceres . and John and Jane from Melbourne are now hourly looked for, as' well as others, from Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland. The bar remains in fine condition, and the channel is straight and •wide with any quantity of water. The schooner Martha and Lavinia, Captain Carless, from Hobart Town; arrived off the bar on Sunday afternoon, and was brought to the wharf yesterday afternoon by the p.s. Dispatch. She left Hobart Town at 11.30 p.m. on the 22nd ult., and made a good run over to the coast, which was made on the 31s1m Since then she encountered some very severe weather during recent eales, and afterwards light N.E., N., and W. breezes. She brings a large cargo of produce, and is consigned to Messrs I). Girdwood and Co. The s.B. Alhambra is now daily looked for from Melbourne direct. She is announced to take her departure to-morrow for Nelson, Wellington, Southern Ports, and Melbourne. The s.B. Gothenburg is now making her way round the New Zealand ports, and is expected here on Thnrsday. On arrival she will be despatched with gold and passengers for Melbourne direct. She will also take passengers for Sydney, who will be transhipped at Melbonrne. The schooner Black Hawk was capsized daring a heavy squall on Friday night last, 26th ult., in Oyster Bay, Tory Channel. The schooDer left Lyttelton about ten days ago with a cargo for Wellington. Having discharged her cargo, she left in ballast for Picton, and was capsized as above in shallow water. Fortunately, no lives were lost. A telegram has since been received in Cbristchurch to the effect that the schooner has been raised by the exertions of the captain andorew. — Lyttelton Times. With reference to our previous statement that the Government had accepted the tender of Messrs Carter and Brown for the erection of the Cape Campbell and Cape Farewell lighthouses and light-keepers quarters, we nave been furnished with the following additional particulars :— The lighthouse on Cape Campbell consists of a powerful hexagonal framework of "Tasmanian timber, sixty feet in height, exclusive of the lantern ; the main uprights are sixty feet long, in one length ; the lower portions nf tbe tower will be an oDen framework ; the stairs being fixed to tbe external walls, making tbe approach to the upper store and light-rooms a series of nights and galleries, so as to ease the labor in ascending; the light-room is planked and caulked to resist the weather, and give greater stability to the tower ; the external walls are strengthened with diagonal braces, radial ties of 1 Jin. iron, and powerful knees, well bolted nnd secured to their several places. The Kent-keeper's quarters are very commodious and substantial, whilst the comfort of tbnse in charge have not Yen forgotten in the arrangement of the little things in their construction. The lighthouse on Cape Farewell is, in every reßpect, an enlargement of tbe one for Cape Campbell— it 1b one hundred feet high, the main timbers being exclusively Tasmanian timber, stringy bark or blue gum. To give greater strength to the increased height, guy ropes of galvanised iron wire are to be fixed to each angle and secured to tbe ground by screw piles— specially designed for this purpose ; the framework of tbe lower is held together by a novel^ combination of radial ties composed of ljin rods, by this arrangpment, any shrinkage of the timbers at the various points of abutment can be closed by screwing up tbe nuts. The whole of the plans are by J. M. Balfour, Esq., Marine Enginerr, and appear to combine simplicity of design with great strength and adaptability to the purposes. It is very satisfactory to find that Wellington contractors can now compete with the whole colony in the construction •{ great public works of this -kind.— Wellington Independent.