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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 49, 26 February 1877, Page 2

The Lyttelton arrived at Kekerangu yesterday evening after a fine passage. The Charles Edward and Murray are both in .Greymouth, where the bar is reported very bad. They wili leave to-morrow morning for Nelson, the former via Westport, and the latter direct. The Taranaki, with the southern portion of the San Francisco mail, leaves Onehunga this afternoon, and is expected to arrive and sail again to-morrow night. The Keunedy arrived from Wellington last Bight, and will sail for West Coast ports on Ithe arrival of theYjjjan Francisco mail. -The Tararua is^xpected to arrive from Wellington on Wednesday, and will sail for Sydney via West Coast ports the came day. The Wallce left for Wanganui on Saturday night, and arrived there yesterday. She will saiJ for Nelson to-night, arrive to-mor-row, and leave for Blenheim on Wednesday. The Lady Barkly will sail for Golden Bay to-morrow afternoon afc 5 o'clock. The Rotorua, which left Sydney on Thursday last, was not posted up as having arrived at Auckland at the time of our going to press . The schooner Awaroa is reported to have left Wanganui on. Saturday evening, but. up to the time of our going to press was not signalled. She will probably arrive some time during the night. Her cargo consists principally of horses: The Maid of Italy arrived this morning from Riwaka 'with a cargo of fruit. , The repairsrto the Midge having been completed, she was y enabled to proceed to Waitapu this morning, The Sistets. sailed for Motupipi on Saturday evening.: — -. . The Tjaupo sailed for Northern ports shortly before five yesterday afternoon,' and arrived alt, jilew Plymouth at 9 a.m. to-day. The cutter Goldseeker sailed for Havelock Saturday evening. ■ The outward Galifornian mail despatched >f rom Ne vv^Zealhnd last monfch by the R.M.S.S. City of Sydney, arrived at Sau Francisco on the 10th instant, two days after the contract date. The delay was caused by the steamer having, after, leaving Sydney, to make a detour by way of Auckland aud Kandavu, which made her late in. starting from the latter point. We take tbe^ following from the Post of Thursdayi-^The R.M.S. Zealandia, with the incoming' English mail \ia California, left California-on the 3rd inst., three 'days after the date givenin the time table (3 1st prox.) This delay is' attributable to the mail leaving London proportionately late. This arose from fche germination on 31sfc December last of the coufcracfc with the Inman Line for carrying the mails across the Atlantic, no fresh tender, having been entered into. It appears that fche various steamship companies declined to .tender _on- the terms prescribed 'by, the English postal authorities, hence a ! special arrangement has to be made every month for the trans-oceanic conveyance of the mails. 5 Thus, as the time is calculated from the steamer's departure from San Francisco, the Zealandia will not be due afc Auckland until Tuesday next. [As will be seen .by .our telegrams the Zealandia arrived this morning.]