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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 91, 16 April 1878, Page 2

The Barkly leaves on her usual trip to Golden Bay at 5 o'clock to-day. The Kennedy leaves Wellington to-night for Nelson.

The Murray will leave Greymouth for Westport and Nelson to-morrow.

The Charles Edward arrived at Westport yesterday evening, and sails to-night for Hokitika.

The Wellington left Picton at 6 30 this morning, and arrived here this afternoon. She leaves for Pictou and Wellington at 6 p.m.

The Taiaroa leaves Onehunga to-morrow morning, will arrive here on Thursday evening, and sail for Wellington and South at 10 a.m. on Friday. The Alhambra leaves Wellington to-mor-tow afternoon. She will arrive here on Thursday morning, aud sail for Wellington, South, and Melbourne by the same tide at 10 a.m. sharp. According to the time table the Maori leaves Greymouth to-day for Westport and Nelson. She should arrive here on Thursday morning.

The telegraph is silent regarding the movements of the Hinemoa. She would probably cross the Manukau bar this morning, and if so, should arrive here to-morrow morning. The Bruiser, which has been laid up for the last three months, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be taken down off the stocks about the latter end of this month.

The hiatus in the Dido is being slowly closed in, and large wooden frames are beginning to show themselves. When these are erected the work will be more straightforward, and of course a greater show will be made.

The steamer now in process of construction oppo3ite the Anchor Foundry is being vigorously proceeded with. The whole of the iron frames have been erected, and a streak of plates put on them She will be a very strong vessel and eminently adapted for the purpose for which she is being built, namely, towing logs down the Pelorus Sound.

The mean distance between Liverpool and New York is about 3020 miles. Two of the large Atlantic steamers made 11 voyages each to and from New York in agiven twelve months, two others made 10 voyages,; and a fifth-made eight. The mean time occupied in these voyages was: -Going to New York, 9 days 16 hours 36 mins; going to Liverpool, 8 days 21 hours, 10 mins. One steamer in four censecutive voyages averaged 360 miles per day to New York, and 367| miles on the return voyages, while another has averaged 378 miles or 15| miles per hour throughout.