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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 66, 17 March 1880, Page 2

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March 16, steamer Charles Edward, 125, Whitwell from West Coast. Passengers: Mesdames Nahr, Downs, Kilner and child, Jones, Usetti, Messrs Downes, Burns, Moon, Holmes, M'Greager, Millar, Dame, Barnicoat, Anderson, Bakewell, Smith, Simpson, and 7 steerage. — ketch Prospect, 21, Westrupp, from Pelorus Sound. — cutter Hero, 29, Thompson, from Wellington. — steamer Lyttelton, 86, Scott, from -Blenheim. Passengers: Mesdames Brown, Crowell, Page, Messrs Brown and Crowell. 17, cutter Dauntless, 12, lleardon, from Astrolabe. SAILED. March 16, steamer Kennedy, 136, Dillon, for West Coast. — steamer Lady Barkly, 30, Walker, for Golden Bay. — cutter Midge, 16, Eure for Waitapu. — ketch Phoenix, 12, Frazer, for Havelock. 17, schooner Pelican, 69, Munro, for Greymouth. — cutter Maid of Italy, 15, Clarke, for Riwaka.

The Lady Barkly sailed ou her usual trip to Golden Bay last night. The Charles Edward "leaves for Wellington at 7 o'clock this evening. The Kenuedy \rft for West Coast ports at 8 o'clock last night. The Murray left Hokitika for Greymouth to-day. The Lyttelton leaves for Blenheim at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The Pelican sailed for Greymouth at high water this afternoon. The Wellington left Onehunga at 11 a.m. to-day, will arrive here to-morrow night, and sail for Picton and Wellington at noon on Friday. The Taiaroa leaves Wellington at 2 p.m. to-morrow, will arrive here on Friday morning, aud sail for Taranaki and Manukau by the same tide at 2 p m. The Hero, a large cutter of 29 tons register, arrived at the outer anchorage last night. She is from Wellington, and brings a full cargo of gunpowder, the greater portion of which is for the West Coast. The Nelson portion was landed in the pilot T_oat*this morning, and the Hero will proceed on to Greymouth to-night without coming into harbor..

Tlie John Elder will be tbe next Orient steamer for Londcu. Sbe leaves Melbourne on Anril 6tb, and the last opportunity of cate' iug her will be by the Tararua, which sails from Wellington on Monday.

The tug Koputai made good work in towing the Te Anau from the Bluff to Port Chalmers. She left the former port at 930 n.m. on Saturday and reached her destination on Snnday morniug. The Rotorua took the Te Anau's passengers and baggage to Melbourne, and will take up her runuing, leaving that port to-morrow. The Rotomahana was turned back from Dunediu yesterday, when she left for Melbourne direct, so as to take up the Rotorua's running as per time table. The Te Auau proceeds northwards from Port Chalmers to daj', and will perform tbe journey previously allotted to the Rotomahana.

The approximate value of the the vessels of all nationalities, with their .cargoes, lost during the year 1879, was no less than .£23,500,000, including British property £19 230,000. The grand total number of wrecks reported was 1 GB°, which compared with the total at the end of 1878, shows an increase of 94. British owned ships numbered 833, and those of all flags wrecked on the coasts of the British Isles were 425. The registered tonnage aggregated upwards of 850,000 tons, inclusive of 170 steam vessels mostly owned in the Uuited Kingdom. About 5000 lives were lost, about 150 vessels were lost through collision, and about 40 through fire.

A recent Brisbane telegram says: — The "barque Gazelle, arriving at Brisbaue from Vjolotnon Island, brought the. crews of the liarque Meteor and schooner Treleaveu [Family, wrecked off the Solomon Group. Iv Tefereuce to the loss of the Meteor, the rapt am reports that he arrived at Suva on January 16. While taking in cargo a gale sprang up, with heavy seas, , the cables parted, and on the SOth the vessel diove ashoae on a ledge of rocks and broke up almost immediately. Captain Callagau swam ashore with a line by which a hawser was got ashore, and then with an assistant he rescued the whole of the crew. The natives were very kind, and brought the crew yams, evening and morniug, upon which they lived fifteen days.