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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 999, 9 October 1871, Page 2

The s.s. Alhambra arrived off the port between two and three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when she was tendered by the Dispatch, and sailed for Melbourne, taking a number of passengers for the Australian colonies. „ , „.,». The s-8. Tararua, Capt. Hagley, left Hob■on's Bay at 3 p.m. on September 30, and arrived off Hokitika at 5 p.m. on the 6th instant, having experienced strong S.S.E. gales during the greater portion of the passage, and had to go half speed for the farst three days. She brings about 30 tons cargo for this port She arrived off the bar about six o'clock on Saturday evening, when she was tendered by the Dispatch, and went on to Nelson. The Magnet and £0 were loading for this port when the Tararua left Melbourne. The to was to sail on the 30th. The schooner Martha and Lavina, Leven, bound toAdelaide with potatoes, was wrecked on King's Island on the 17th September. The crew were brought to the Kiver Don in the Helen. The Secretary of Customs, Mr Seed, in his -annual report of the Marine Department, states that the number of casualties that occurred during the year 1869-70 was 38 ; the aggregate tonnage, 3297 ; and the number ofnves lost, 12. In 1870-71 there were 28 casualties ; tonnage, 2322 ; and number of lives lost, 28 ; of these, 18 were caused by the foundering, after collision with the Enterprise, of the steamer Tauranga, in July, 1870. The wreck statistics of the two past years show that fewer casualties have happened in these years than during either of the two previous years.