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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 177, 24 July 1878, Page 2

The Charles Edward sails for the Coast this afternoon. The Wallace sailed for Wangamii last evening. The Murray is expected from Wellington to-morrow morning, and will sail for New Plymouth at noon. The Kennedy left Westporfc this morning for Karamea and Nelson, and will arrive here to-morrow. The Lyttelton arrived at Blenheim from Wellington to-day. The Ringarooma leaves Melbourne for the Bluff to-day. The Arawata will arrive at Wellington to-morrow. As usual she will not come on to Nelson, but return to Melbourne via South on Friday. The Wellington arrived at Wellington at 7 o'clock this morning, She leaves there on the return trip to-morrow afternoon, will arrive here on Friday morning, and sail for Wellington via P.'cton on Saturday. The Maori arrived off the Lighthouse at 7.30 this morning, and came into harbor at noon. She 'eft Dunediu at 7 a.m. on the 20th, but stayed at Port Chalmers until 1.30 p m., when she sailed for Akaroa, arriving there at 7.30 a.m ou the 21st; sailed at, 11.30 a.m., and reached Lyttelton at 3 p.m. same day; left at 4 p.m. on the 22nd, and had strong head winds to Wellington, arriving there at 10 a.m. yesterday; sailed at G p.m. and arrived here as above. The Maori 3ailed for Taranaki and Manakau at 3.30 p.m. The Kvik got under weigh at daylight this morning, and took her departure for Newcastle. Owing to the absence of wind she has been knocking about within a few miles of the Boulder Bank since. The Kvik is one of she finest vessels that has visited this port for a long time past, and is therefore deserving of more tnan a passing notice. She was hnilt at a small seaport town in Norway, and is now about four years old. The barque is constructed of Nowwegian pine, the heavier pieces of timber being oak. She has two keels and two kelsons, which give her great strength. She coat over £9000, her owner having paid £2 10s per ton extra to have additional strength put into her. Her cabin is nicely appointed, and combines luxury with comfort. The deckhouse comprises a carpenter's room, the cook's apartments, which are very large, and the sailors' apartment. The latter is a cosy place, everything being clean and tidy connected with it. Indeed we have seen many a worse saloon in an English vessel. The barque is the acme of cleanliness throughout. The hoops of the harness casks, ventilators of the cabin, and belaying pins are brass. As the Kvik's name indicates she is a swift vessel, as much as fourteen knots having been got out of her, and on the passage out between the Cape of Good Hope and Adelaide she averaged over eight knots the whole distance. She left Norway in January last with a cargo of light boards for Adelaide. Prom there she proceeded to Newcastle, and it wa3 the intention of Captain Larsen to take a load of coal to China, but as he would have reached there in the hurricane season he preferred waiting a little while, and being offered a freight to Nelson he accepted it. The Kvik's crew are all picked men, the captain having selected them himself. Two of them possess master's certificates, and one a mate's. Excellent discipline is kept on board, not one of the crew speaking to the captain at any time without first saluting him.