SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 622, 31 March 1852, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS. March 20— Mary, schooner, 21 tons, Marks, from Matakana, with 20 tons firewood. March 26— Argyle, 17 tons, Emera Maihi, from Touranga, with 10 pigs, and sundries. March 26— Rose Ann, 24 tons, Ryan, from the East Coast, with 5 casks pork, 500 bushels wheat, 400 do. niatze, 1 keg laid. Marc!) "26— Benlomond, schooner, 33 tons, Campbell, from the East Cape, with 600 bushels wh^at, 40 do. corn, 2}- tons potatoes, 1\ tons fish, (whapuka), \ ton onions, 1 try pot. March 29-Star, 17 tons, Hill, from Wan garei, with 6£ tons kauii gum. March 29— Maiy, "lb tons, Davis, from Waiheki, with 40 tons firewood. March 29— Mary Ann, 20 tons, Mokena, from Russell, with 2 horses, 10 boxes bees. March 29— Napi, cutter, 17 tons, Tautari, from Russi'll, with 1 case tobacco, 4 bales wool, 16 bags guiss seed, 8 casks slush, 1 horse, 1 boat. M.uch 29— Children, 30 tons, Jones, from Russell, with 50 shei j p, 1-0 bushels grass seed, 50 do. fiuit, 1 bale flax- Passenger— Mr. Dryden. March 30— Isabella, 17 tons, John Faulkner, from Taurangu, with 3 tons potatoes. P.issengers— Rev. J. Chapman, Messrs. Davis, Prooce and 2 natives.— W. S. Grahame, agent.

DEPARTURES. March 26— Providence, 14 tons, CoombevS, for the Thames, Waiheki, with 1 bale calico and prints, 1 box soap, 20 lbs. tobacco, 3 bags flour, 2 bags sugar. Passenger — P .ulcer. Maich 27— Argyle, 17 tons, Emera Maipi, for Tailranga, with 2 cases, 1 bale, I cask salt, 1 bag rice, 2 bags sugar, 1 ditto flour, 1 dozen spades, and sundry packages. March 27 — William, 20 tons, Geddon, for the North Cape, with 1 keg rum, 1 keg blasting powder, 1 box tobacco, 1 bundle bags. March 27— Ann, 13 tons, Brown, for the Wade. Maich 29— Scotch Lass, Id tons, Dunlop, for Waiheki.

By the ai rival of the Napi from Russell, we have intelligence of the following arrivals at the Bay of Islands, since our last report* — March 13. Washington, of Sagbarbour, 236 tons, Thomas ftl. Edwards, master, 5 months out, clean, 11. E. Hanle\, agent. 19. Lord Nelson, of London; 247 tons, B. Dobson, master, from the Auckland Islands, 18 days out, clean, IF. E. Hanley, agent. 20. Boy of Warren, '2sl tons, Thomai Merry, master, 51 months, out, 200 banels sperm oil, C. B. Waetford, age^t. 22. London Packet, of Sydney, 366 ton«, Thomas. Verney, master, 10 months out, 350 barrels sperm oil, H. E. Hanley, agent.

STOWAGE OP MIXED CARGOES. Lloyds', 20th May, 1851. Srn,— l am instructed by the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyds' to transmit to you the accompanying copies of Instructions to Commanders and Mates for the Stowage of Mixed Cargoes, and to request that you will give every publicity to the sume, and supply them to parties making application. I am, Sir, Your obedient seivant, (Signed) G. A. llalsted, Secretary. S. A. Donaldson, Esq., Sydney, New South Wales.

Insliuctions to Commanders and Mates for the Stowage of Mixed Caigoes, prepared by Henry C. Chapman & Co., Agents lor Lloyd's, Liverpool, approved and recommended by the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's. 1. Owners, Commanders, and Mates of Ships are considered in Law in the same situation as Common Camera ; it is therefore necessary that all due precautions be tdken to receive and stow Cargoes in good order, and deliver the same in like good order. The law holds the Shipowner liable for the safe custody of the Goods when pioperly and legally received on board in good order, and for the •'delivery" to parties producing the Bill of Lading. The Captain's blank Bill of Lading should be receipted by the Warehouse Keeper or person i authorised to receive the contents. Goods are not unfrequently sent alongside in a damaged state, and letters of indemnity given to the Captain by the Shippers for signing ' in good order and condition :' this is nothing more noi less than conniving at fraud ; fine Goods are o'tpn damaged in the ship's hold by Lumpers, if permitted to use Cotton Hooks in handling Bales. All Goods must be received on board according to the custom of the Port where the Cargo is to be taken in, and the same custom will regulate the commencement of the lesponsiblity of the Masters and Owners. 2. Hemp, Flax, Wool and Cotion, should be dunnaged 9 inches on the floors, and to the upper pnrt of the bilge, the wing bales of the second tier kept 6 inches oft' the side at the lower corner and 2.} inches at the sides. Sand or damp giavel ballast to be covered with boards ; Pumps to be frequently sounded and attended to. Sharpbottomed ships one third less dunnage in floor and bilges. — Avoid Horn Shavings as dunnage from Calcutta. 3. All Corn, Wheat, Rice, Pease, Beans, &c, when in bulk, to be stowed ou a good high platform or dunnage of wood, not less than 10 inches, and in the bilges 14 inches dunnage ; the pumps and masts cased, to have strong bulkheads, good shif ting-boards, with feeders and ventilators, and to have no admixture of other Goods. Flat-floored, wall-sided ships, should be fitted with Bilge Pumps. On no consideration must the Stauncheons under the Beams be removed. 4. On., Wine, Spirits, Belh, Molasses, Taii, &c, to be stowed bung up ; to hare good cjoss beds ac the quarters (and not to truU (a hanging beds}, to be well chocked with wood, and allowed to stow three heights of pipes or bu'ts, four heights of puncheons, and six heights ol hogsheads or half- puncheons. All Moist Goods and Liquids, such as Salted Hiutb, Bales of Bacon, Nutter, Lard, Grease, Castor Oil, &c. should not be stowed too near "Dry Goods," whose nature is to absorb moisture. Shipowners have often to pay heavy damages for Leakages in Casks of Molasses — arising from stowing too many heights without an intervening platform or 'twixt decks. From Bengal Goods also are frequently damaged by Castor Oil. 5. Tea, and Flour in barrels; Flax, Clover, and Linseld, or Rict, in tierces; Coffee and Cocoa, in bugs, should always have nine inches, at least, of good dunnage in the bottom, and 14 to the upper part of the bilges, with 2J inches at the sides ; allowed to stow six heights of tieices and eight heights of bairels. All Ships abo\e 600 tons should have 'twixt decks or platforms laid for these Cargoes to ease the pressuie — caulked'twixt decks should have scuppers in the sides, and 21 inches of dunnage laid athwart ship, and not foie-and-aft ways, when in Bags or Sacks ; and when in Boxes or Casks, not less than 1 inch. Rice from Calcutta is not unfrequently damaged by Indigo for want of core in stowing. 6. Entire Cargoes of Suoin, Saltpethe, and Guano, in Bags, must have the dunnage carefully attended to, as laid down for other gooda. Timber Ships are better without 'twixt decks, if loading all Timber or Deals. — Brown Sugar to be kept separate from white Sugar, and both kept from direct contact with Saltpetre. 7. Por aud Pkari. Amies, Tohacco, Bark, Indigo, Madders, Gum, &c, whether in Casks, Cases, or Bales, to be dunnaged in the bottom, and to the upper part ot the bilges, at least 9 inches," and 2J inches at the 6ides. 8. MihCtLLANi-ous Goods, sucli as Boxes of Cheese, Kegs and Tubs of Lard, or other small or slight-made packages, not intended for broken stowage, should be stowed by themselves, and dunnaged as other goods, 9. Barrels of Provisions, and '1 allow Casks, allowed to stow six heights. All Mfials should be stowed under, and separated from Goods liable to be damaged by contact. 10. All Manutaciurld Goods, also Dry HyDrs, ( Bales oi Silk, or other valuable Aiticles, should have il} 2 inches ol dunnage againbt the side, to preserve a waier-couise. Bundles of Shelt Iron, Rods, Pigs of Copplk, or Iron, or any rough h«ud substance, should not be allowed to come in contact with Bales or Baga or any soft Packages liable to be chafed. When Mats can be procured they should be used at the sides for j Silk, Tea, &c. 11. Tar, Turpentine, Rosin, &c, to have the flat Beds of Wood under the quartet s, of an inch thick, and Jlowed to stow six heights. '

! 12. Very frequent and serious loss falls oh Merchants on the upppr part of Cargoes, particularly in vessels that bring Wheat, Corn, Tobacco, Oil Cake, &c, arising from vapour damage imbibed by Wheat, Flour, and other Goods stowed in the same vessel with Turpentinp, or other strong-scented Articles : the Shippers are to blamp for such negligence, for not making due inquiry before shipping. 13. Ships laden with full Cargoes of Coal, bound round Cape Horn or Cape of Good Hope, to be provided with approved Ventilators, as a preventative against ignition. 14. No vessel bound on any over-sea voyage should on any account be loaded beyond that point of immersion which will present a clear side out of water, when upright, of 3 inches to every foot depth of hold, measured amidships, from the height of the deck at the side to the water. Noti-. — Shippers abroad, when they know that their cargoes will be stowed properly, will give a preference, and at higher rates, to such Commanders of ships as will undertake to guarantee the dunnage. The American shipowners, in the stowage of mixed cargoes in large t.hip% have, from experience, discovered what "pressure" Flour Barrels, Provision Cask*, &c, will bear, and so avoid reclamations for d.imnge, if otherwise properly stowed : hence, in large ships above (500 tons, with dimensions exceeding in length 4\ times the beam, and 21 feet depth of ho d, Orlop D.cks will come into geneial use, so a<« to relieve the pressure, by dividing a ship's bold, like a warehouse, into stories. A large ship called the Liverpool, which left New York in December last, with an entire cargo of Flour, has never since been heard of: it is supposed the lower tiers of barrels gave way under the pressure, and the Cargo having got loose, shifted in a gale of wind, and capsized the vessel. Ships' j Cargoes, for Insuiance, will also become a matter of special agreement between Merchant and Shipowner, and Merchant and Underwriters, and the piemium vary according to the dunnage agreement. The stowage and dunnage must stand A 1, and is often of more importance than the class of the vessel, as experience has proved. When Ships are chartered for a lump sum, the draft of water should be limited, qs it not unfrequently happens that Brokeis insert a clause that Coals aie not to be considered as dead weight, in order to fill the ship up, in cnse of Goods falling short to make up the Chartered Freight. All Packages, B.i\pb, and Cases, not weighing more than 15 cwt. to the cubic ton measurement, are designated as Light Fi eight. Lloyd's, May, 1851.