SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 47, 16 December 1871, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. December 8 Wellington, s.s, 261 tons, Kennedy, from Lyttelton and Otago. PassengersSaloon : Captain Johnson Messrs Hussick, Lindsay, J.'B. Way Adarr, J. Dransfield, Ben'., Mrs M'Carthy, J. H. Barr, and two in the steerage; thirteen saloon and eight ■Steerage for Northern ports. 10, Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Eraser, ironKaikouras. rt ~ 10 Shepherdess, schooner, 38 tons, Uutneriole, from Kekaranga. 11 Enterprise, brigantine, 81 tons, Oroucher, from Castle Point. # 11, Emerald, ketch, 40 tons, Whitby, from Lyttelton. 11 Keera, s.s., 158 tons, Carey, from Napier, Tauranga, and Auckland. Passengers —Mrs Moule, Mrs Maxwell, Miss Maxwell, Mrs Sheath, Miss Bell, Mrs Lecren and child, Captain Rough, Mr Axup, Mr Read, Mr Coldiers, Mr Campbell, Mr Cooper, and one in the steerage. 11, Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers—saloon : Mr Carruthers, Major Paul, Messrs J. L.Lillie, E. Pearce, W. Levin, Lowe, Williamson, Barton, Gray (mail agent), Colonel Hon. W. Fielding, Mr, Mrs, and Master Turnbull, Mr and Mrs Harrison and child, Mr arid Mrs Richardson, Messrs Kummer, Dees, Henderson, Bell, Llewellyn, Dodson, Firth, Miss Thompson, 20 for South. Steerage—s for Wellington, 9 for South. 12, Wanganui, s.s., 165 tons, Linklater, from Wan'ganui. Passengers Messrs Griffiths, James, Taylor, Scott, Mrs Moser, Mrs Parks, Mrs Ballintine and child, Mrs Beard, Mrs and Miss Jenkins, Miss Anderson. 13, St. Kilda, s.s., 91 tons, Flowerday, from WangHnui. Passengers —Messrs Bevan and M'Neile. _ _, , 13, Taranaki, s s., 299 tons, E. Wheeler, from Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers Messrs Horton, Wilson, Stock, Prendergast, Clayton, Fookes, Hadfield, and three in the steerage. 14, Tararua, s.s., 534 tons, Hagley, from Melbourne via the South. PassengersMessrs Northcroft, Wilkie, Hutchinson, H. Wilkio, " Master Wilkie, Lieutenant Bride, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Rhodes, Mrs Bedan, Mrs Johnson and child, Messrs Davis, Clark, and Taylor. 14, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Renner, from Napier. Passengers —Messrs O'Hanlan, W. Marshall, Lord, Palmer, Menzies, North, Graham, Douglas, Ramsay, Bishop, Miss Carter. . SAILED. 8, Falcon, ketch, 36 tons, Momsson, for Blenheim. 8, Wellington, s.s., 261 tons, Kennedy, tor Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. 9, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Renner, for Napier. Passengers Miss Rodda, Messrs Grant, Dillon, Robinson, Thorpe, Hodder, Levy, Henderson, and North, Mr and Mrs Grindell, Mr and Mrs Bannatyne, Miss Baker, Miss Howell, Hon Mr Tollemache, and Miss Green. . 10, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, for Blenheim. 11, Annie Melhuish, barque, 344 tons, Williams, for Newcastle. 12, Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Mr Way, Mrs Baird Mies Lecreus (2), Miss .Herbert, and five in the steerage. 12, Wanganui, s.s., 165 tons, Linklater, tor Wanganui. . 12, Keera, s.s., 158 tons, Carey, for Napier. Passengers—Messrs Ormond, Green, M'Leod, Petrie, Wood, Rolfe, Ferguson, Miss Connolly, and two in the steerage. 14, Halcione, ship, 800 tons, Bishop, for London. Passengers—Mr and Mrs H. C. Wilson, Miss and Master Wilson, Mr and Mrs J. M. Richardson and infant, Mrs and Miss Jenkyn, Mrs Sylvester, Messrs Hussick, T. Roberts, J. Roberts, Chapman, Hubbard, Petford, and Burnett. 14, St Kilda, s.s., 91 tons, Flowerday, for Ne^on. 14, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Renner, for Blackhead. 14, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers—Messrs Axup, F. Wills, N. Edwards, Davis, Captain Coventry, Captain Rough, Miss Baird, T. Bills, Garrard. 14, Tararua, s.s., 534 tons, Hagley, for Melbourne via Nelson and West Coast.

The fine clipper ship Halcione dropped to the anchorage in the fairway on Saturday last. It was intended that she should sail on Tuesday, but in consequence of the nonarrival of some of her passengers and the difficulty of getting some of her crew on board, she was detained until Wednesday morning, when the N.W. gale prevented her departure. The gale having moderated, the pilot went on board at half-past four o'clock on Thursday morning, and by half past seven the ship was got under weigh, and proceeded to sea with a fine fair wind^ clearing the heads at half-past eight o'clock." She was in first-rate trim, and really looked a noble ship, as, with spreading sails, she took her departure from our habor. Her cargo, one of the most valuable that has been exported from this port, is estimated at £62,000. We notice in her manifest that she takes a large proportion of flax, some two hundred tons, and we understand that it is the best sample that has been despatched from Wellington. Captain Bishop, with a desire to assist in developing the exports of the province, has taken with him two tons of corned beef and pork, one ton of butter, and about two tons of phormium rope, with which he intends testing the London market. Some of the rope was exhibited at the Museum by the Flax Commission, and Captain Bishop kw undertaken to furnish a report as to its

qualities on his return here. We hear that ib is probable that the Halcione will bring out the first batch of immigrants under the new arrangement, and that she may be expected to arrive here about the end of August, 1872. Captain Bishop will be accompanied by his family next voyage. Besides her valuable cargo she took seventeen passengers, amongst whom were Mr and Mrs Wilson, and Mr and Mrs Richardson, of Nelson ; Mr Hussick and Mr Petford. The many friends Gapt Bishop has made during his frequent visits to this port will, no doubt, join with us in wishing him a pleasant voyage and a speedy return. The following is the recapitulation of her cargo : —2741 bales wool and skins, 1035 bales flax, 301 casks and cases tallow, 153 kegs butter, 660 hides, 46 casks meats, 36 packages leather, 2 tanks and 9 casks whale oil, and sundry small packages, the total estimated value of which is £62,324 14* 9d. Subscriptions have been collected in Dunedin during the last few days to make good to the officers and crew of the s s. Ahuriri (17 in number), the loss sustained by them through their clothing and effects going down in that steamer. The passengers who were in the Ahuriri at the time of the wreck unanimously bear testimony to the fact that it was chiefly owing to the coolness of the officers and the prompt attention to orders of the crew, that no life was lost, and the mails also were saved. We are glad to learn, therefore, that the sum of £122 0s 6d has been raised, and will be distributed at eleven o'clock this forenoon, at the office of Messrs Butterworth Brothers, High street. The distribution will be made by Mr R. Glendinning and Mr J. L. Butterworth, b )th of whom were in the vessel at the time of the wreck. —"Otago Daily Times," 3rd. The Sarah, a large American barque, from Boston via Melbourne, arrived off the Heads yesterday morning, and was towed up on the first of the flood by the tug Geelong to a berth «ff Deborah Bay. The barque leftBoston on the 10th of July, and reached Melbourne on the 25th October ; discharged the majority of her cargo, and left for Otago with about four hundred tons on the 18th November. During the first week out from Port Phillip Heads experienced stormy easterly weather, compelling he-" to make the passage to the westward of Tasmania. N.W. and westerly breezes, with much rain, followed, and the Snares were sighted and rounded on the morning of the 30th ; strong S-W. breezes then favored her to arrival. Her cargo consists principally of kerosene and American notions. —" Otago Daily Times," 3rd. The official enquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the Ahuriri took place at the Custom House, Dunedin, on December 1, before Mr I. N. Watt, R.M., and Captain Johnston, Government Assessor. Mr T. Hill, Collector of Customs, watched the proceedings. A considerable amount of evidence was taken, and the following decision was delivered by Mr Watt: —" Captain M'Kinnon, the rock upon which the Ahuriri was wrecked not being upon the charts, or generally known, we have decider 1 to return to you your certificate ; but we are both of opinion that you ran an unnecessary risk by going so close as threequarters of a mile to the shore. We have also to express our opinion that the keeping of the sluice valves in the water-tight bulkheads open is a matter for grave censure. Had they been shut at the time of the accident, the vessel might possibly have floated off with the flood tide, if damaged in only one compartment. And if the vessel had come off the rock when the engine was reversed, all or most off the passengers and crew would have been drowned before they could have taken, to the boats." The police in the Waikouaiti and Palmerston districts bave been engaged during the last few days in watching for any portions of the cargo of the s.s. Ahuriri that might be washed ashore. On Friday evening Constable Finnegan, stationed at Palmerston, reached the mouth of the Pleasant River, and found there some bags of flour, which had been washed ashore. They had been cut open, and the dry portion of the flour removed. Further search resulted in their being found, concealed in the scrub about half-a mile from the beach, nine cheese and two bags of flour, the latter being evidently the portion removed from the bags already found. The cheese was removed to a place of safety, and the flour allowed to remain. Early the next morning the constable again visited the place, when he found that the bags had been removed in a spring cart. He traced the cart to Flag Swamp, where he found it in the possession of a man named Ryan, who was taken to Waikouaiti and locked up. He admits taking the flour and planting the ohee3e. A watch for anything that might come ashore was kept up on Saturday and Sunday, between the Shag and Pleasant rivers. About twenty bags of flour drifted in, seven to a spot whence they might be carted away with little difficulty, and the remainder under the cliffs, where it is scarcely possible to reach them except in calm weather in a boat. The wool is strewn in small quantities, entangled in the kel~, all along the coast. Some portions of the woodwork of the vessel also drifted ashore, but were so much shattered as to be quite valueless. Portions of a buggy that was on board have also been found. On another part of the coast, nearer Waikouaiti, a number of articles have drifted ashore. They consist of from fifty to sixty bags of flour, a mast, a large spar, two chests, a ship's boat, and three sculls, and two cwt of cheese. The two chests were ascertained to be the property of Messrs Holly and Clarke, of the American Excelsior Minstrels, now in Dunedin. The vessel is still in the same position, under water; and it is quite impossible to ascertain her condition. None of the seventy-four bales of wool on board has drifted ashore, but wool is strewed along in all directions for a considerable distance, which doubtless accounts for this in.some

degree. Two empty wool bags have also been picked up. Throughout, the police appears to have exercised a highly commendable degree of industry and vigilance in saving everything that might reach the land, and in preventing such articles from being carried off.—The official enquiry into the wreck of the steamer Ahuriri was formally commenced at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr I. N. Watt, R.M. The names of Messrs M'Kinnon, Nutt, and M'Gilvray having been called at the door, Mr Hill, Collector of Customs, obtained an adjournment until next Friday morning at eleven o'clock. The enquiry will be conducted at the SubTreasury, in the Custom House. —" Otago Daily Times," November 28. The schooner Captain Cook arrived at Brisbane, from Villa Lavella Island, on the 20th of last month, bringing Captain and Mrs Nicholls and the crew of the ship Delhi, bound from Manila to Sydney, with 1000 tons sugar for the Colonial Sugar Company, wrecked on Indispensable Reef on the 14th September. All hands were saved in the boats, which proceeded to Solomon Islands, and were first taken on board by the schooner Lavinia, and then transhipped to the Captain Cook. All hands are perfectly destitute, as everything was lost in the Delhi, which sunk. Captain Ferguson, of the schooner Captain Cook, reports seeing a white woman and child on shore at New Britain Island ; the natives would not permit any intercourse. Also, that natives reported that a boat, containing two white men and two white women, had landed on a small island in the channel between the Duke of York and New Britain Islands. One man was killed by the natives, and one woman died ; the remaining man and woman were sold to the natives of New Britain. The " Otago Daily Times" of Nov. 30 says : —The prison gang lately employed ir? erecting beacons in the Cross Channel having finished that work, is new, in response to a request made by the settlers in the Broad Bay district, engaged in putting up a small jetty at Broad Bay. The material for the jetty is provided by the settlers, and the harbor steamers render assistance in towing the prisoners' punt to whatever place required. As the settlers can bring their produce to town in boats only, they have been dependent on wind and tide, so far as getting a market is concerned, and their produce is liable to damage at times when it cannot be taken to town. When the jetty is completed, which will now be in a few days, this risk will be obviated, and the Harbor Company's steamers will then, we hear, make regular calls at the jetty. The clipper barque Nardoo, belonging to Mr H. Selwyn Smith, of this city, arrived in the bay yesterday from Boston. The barque has been away nearly two years from this port, and has been voyaging between the Mediterranean, America, and Japan 'during that time. She has come into port in very fine order, and of her passage from Boston Captain Paul furnishes the following report: —" Left Boston on .the 15th August. At noon, on 24th, being in lat 46deg 58 min S., and long 35dsg 55min E., blowing very hard from the S.W., heading S.E. by E., hove up E. to pass N. of the Marion and Prince Edward Islands, as laid down in ' Findlay's Directory.'' Marion, lat 46deg 53 min S.,' long 37deg 33min E. is the N. cape; Prince Edward's, lat 46deg 40min S., long 37 deg 55min E., N. cape. Between 4 and 6 p.m. several patches of weed were passed Keeping a strict look out for Marion Isle, at 8 p.m. altered the course from E. to E.S.E., till 2 a.m., then S.E. | E, At 8 p.m. Marion should bear S. by W., about 23 miles, and although moderate and clear to eighteen miles or more, no appearance in the S. or S.W. quarter; and that being the clear side, the loom of the land ought to have been seen from 6 to 8 p.m. in that direction, if laid in that position, as given by the directory, mentioned in the same work as doubtful. The Cape fishermen place Prince Edward Isle in lat 45deg smin S., and long 37deg 7min E., by repeated observations, which makes the isle 35min N. and 48min W. of Crosier's account in passing by in the Erebus and Terror in Ross's Expedition in 1840. Now, taking the latter position of the fishermen to be correct, as a matter of course that Marion Island must follow, as it lay about 15 miles S.W. from Prince Edward's Island, between 6 and 8 p.m. A large black patch bore N.E. at 6 p.m., and H. by W. f W. at 8 p.m. by compass, which was soon lost sight of, as we sailed away and coming dark. This patch had every appearance of a block of land, as it was the only one that had any appearance of land around, and remained black all the time, and dropping astern. Now, presuming that the fishermen are correct, the black patch should be Marion Island, distant at 6 p.m. 15 miles, and 8 p.m. 16 miles N. by W. f W. by my position. On one of the above islands which is not stated, the Richard Dart was lost on June 19, 1849, from England to New Zealand with passengers. The ship immediately went to pieces, and the ten survivors subsisted for forty-two days on raw birds and what they could catch till met by fishermen, who divided their provisions with them for thirtytwo days, when a schooner from the Cape took them back to the Cape of Good Hope. Now, I am not going to assert the islands do not lie as reported by Captain Crosier, but it is quite evident that I passed in between the two positions, and had it been well clear, must have clearly seen them on one side or the other, and should warn all ships against the north position, as well as Captain Crosier's, as I think the fishermen are eorreot. Had the weather been clear during the afternoon I should not have borne up to the north, and would have seen if the south position was right or not, as we were in the latitude at noon, and making east course (true) but the weather was threatening, so I steered as to pass in between the two assigned positions. Surely those wHe differences of positions ought to be corrected, as it is not a

few miles the difference, and directly in the track of ships bound east to all the colonies. Distant Island, in lat. 48deg. 30min. S., and long. 53deg. 40min. E., a rock about 90 feet high, as reported by the ship Talisman irt December, 1869, in Melbourne, is not laid down in Admiralty Chart of 1865, No. 748, A ; nor yet in ' Findlay's Directory,' date 1866, both in my possession. Twice I passed the above isle not far from it on each side, but was not aware of it last time ; but this time with the later Admiralty charts, having accidentally seen it marked on Johnstone's map in my owner's office, and next reported by the Talisman, put me on my guard.—" Argus," 23rd November. The ship Monarch, long and familiarly know as " Green's" Monarch, but which has of late years changed owners, has again arrived in port after an absence of several years. The good ship has undergone some transformation since sailing under the Blackwail flag, her ma3sive quarter-galleries having been removed, and her poop deck having been carried right forward, so that she has now a spacious flush deck. She still looks, however, what her name implies, and to those who yet believe in the old school of bottoms of frigate build, and eminently roomy and comfortable passenger accommodation, and who are not prepossessed in favor of the model modern clipper of sharp entrance and limited outline, the Monarch suggests and conveys the idea of a really desirable ship in which to voyage. The Monarch is now commanded by Captain Isaac Paddle, who was out here some two or three years ago in the ship Hougomont which brought out Government immigrants to this colony, and was afterwards taken up to load 116 horses at Adelaide for India, and landed them (all but eight) at Calcutta in very fine order. The previous voyage of the Monarch was to New Zealand, with immigrants, all of whom were landed in excellent health, and Captain Paddle was highly complimented there by the Government authorities for tho admirable manner in which he had brought out his large living freight. On her present voyage the Monarch comes from Sandarne, near Soderham, in the Gulf of Bothnia, and beings a large cargo of deals. Captain Paddle reports leaving there on July 1, and experiencing fine weather in the Baltic, and anchoring off Copenhagen on July 7, and leaving there on the following day. A long continuance of westerly and S.W. winds, occasionally freshening into gales, prevailed in the North Sea and also down the English Channel, which was not cleared until August 1. In the Gulf of Bothnia the weather before starting was quite exceptional, more like winter than summer, and all through the month of June large quantities of ice floated past the mouth of the harbor, and the ship bad to contend for every inch of ground at the outset of the passage. The winds in the N.E. trades were exceedingly light, and were lost in lat 14deg N., and were followed by southerly and S.S.W. winds, which continued for fourteen days. The equator was crossed on Sept. 3 and on September 14, and the following day the ship was becalmed off Trinidad. The easting was run down chiefly in the parallel of lat. 41deg S., with very heavy weather and an unusually high cross sea, until October 29, in lat 41deg S., and long 103 deg E., where strong S.E. and easterly winds set in for fourteen days. On November 6 the ship passed the longitude of Cape Lewin, and on November 14 she was caught in a tremendous southerly gale in lat 39deg 4©min S., and long 134 deg 50miu E.—" Argus," 22nd.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEVADA.

The U.S., N.Z. and A.M.S.S. Co's p.s. Nevada, J. H. Blethen, Esq, Commander, arrived in Auckland harbor at 10 o'clock on the night of the Bth from Honolulu. The cause of her detention was on account of the connect* ing steamer being late. The following is the report of her passage:—Left Honolulu with' 97 passengers, 215 bags mails, and 1,200 packages of freight, for New Zealand and Australia, at 11 p.m. on the 20th November, connecting at Honolulu with the company's steamer, Moses Taylor, which left San Francisco with 171 passengers, and a large amount of freight, on the 9th November. On the 30th of November, at 2.30 p.m., arriving off the harbor of Paga Paga, in the island of Tutuilla (Navigator's group), the ship was stopped, when Mr Wm. H. Webb, accompanied by two passengers (Mr Gray, mail agent, and Capt Edwards, of Sydney), proceeded in the ship's boat, in charge of Ist officer Mr Davies, to the harbor of Paga Paga, and landed at the chief's house, who received them in a cordial and welcome manner, expressing an earnest wish that Mr Webb might soon order his steamers to enter the commodious and remarkably fine, accessible harbor, so well situated for a coaling station. At 6.30 p.m. Mr Webb returning, resumed our course towards Auckland. Owing to a bad quality of coal got at Honolulu, and very strong head winds the latter part of the voyage, we have made slow progress. Arrived at Auckland December 9th, 10 30 p.m.. While lying of the Island of Tutuilla, thirty or forty natives, male and female, clad in the ancient fig-leaf costume, contributed greatly to our amusement, by their appearing on our decks. She brings a long list of passengers for all ports in addition to those for Wellington already published in our paper. We have to thank Mr Purser Alley for the prompt delivery of our files and other favors. We have much pleasure in publishing the following testimonial, presented to Captain Blethen on his arrival at Auckland : —" S.S. Nevada, Auckland, December 9, 1871. —To Captain Blethen. —Dear Sir, —Our voyage from Honolulu to Auckland having been safely accomplished on board your comfortable ship Nevada, we, the undersigned passengers, desire to testify to you, ere we part, our acknowledgments for the courtesy and care which we have received from yourself and yo»r officers daring the passage; as also, our

appreciation of the quiet state of strict discipline which regulates everything under your control on board the ship, and which, by inepiring confidence, has gone so far towards making the passage agreeable. In bidding you adieu, we would offer you, as a sailor and a gentleman, our unqualified assurances of confidence and esteem, aud most heartily wish you many years of health and prosperity to come.—We are, &c." [Signed by all the pas senders.]