SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4125, 10 June 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF ’WELLINGTON'. Hicu AVateh.—o.2u a.m. ; 1.3 i*.M, SAILED June o.—F.ilcon, schooner, 37 tons, Fisk, fo ■Walnut. W. AG. Turnbull, agents. Canterbury, scliooner, 3S tons, Anderson, for Have lock, in ballast. Master, agent. Murray, s.s., 7S tons, Archibald Palmer, for Hokitika. No passengers. N. Edwards and Co., agents. ENTERED INWARDS. Junk P.—Seabird, brigantine, 155 tons. J. u Garth, from Hokitika. No passengers. Master, agent. CLEARED OUT. June s.— McCallum More, ship, 100!) tons, Adam Smith, lor Newcastle, in ballast. Johnston and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Seabird, from Hokitika -02, 170 ft. sawn timber, 1 case shovels. EXPORT*. Falcon, to Wairau—loo boxes candles,! roll matting, 4 cases groceries, 5 pkgs do. 20 kegs paints, - do whiting, 3 kegs nails, 3 half-chests tea, 1 cask cement, 1 case samples. 1 tin, 2 cases drapery. 2 trusses do, 1 case hardware, 3 pkgs do, 2 pels, 2 pkgs, 1 truss. G lihds ale. 152 spokes. 94 felloes, 15 tons coal. 5 do coke. 1 bale paper. 1 box glass, 1 piano, 1 box, 1 case, 4 gunnies sugar. 3 doors, 2 cases. Murray, to Hokitika—l7 socket pipes. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Melbourne, via the Southern Pouts. — Albion, s.s., 10th June. Melbourne,—Ashburton,via Geographyßay,Vv.A.; sailed 12th Mav. Svdnev.—H.M.S. Challenger. Auckland.—lLM.S. Blanche ; hU Excellency a yacht Blanche. Adelaide, —Kancaroo ; sailed 21th May. London,— Weymouth, ship, sdied 20th March; Waikato, ship ; sailed 18th March. Lyttelton. —Paterson, p.s., this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Mr.r.r.oriiNi:, via West Coast.—Albion, s.s, 10th June. Ho!crri!:\.—lsabella. Lizzie Guy, Tanranga. Newcastle. McCallum More, ship, this day ; Heversharn, bar. pm, daily. Sydney. —La Hogue, ship. 21st Juno. London,- WenningLou. ship. Lyttelton.—Gol len Sea. ship, this day.

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LYTTELTON-. June o.—Cleared: Mary Webster, for Waikato; Kvno. for .Auckland, with produce. Sailed, at 4.30 p.m.: P.s. Paterson, and at 0 p.m., the Ladybird (with the Suez mails), both for Wellington. NELSON. Juno o.—Sailed, 2.1') p.m. : Wellington, forPicton ; arrived early, Lyttelton, from Wellington. The brigantine Seabird, Captain Grath, which arrived on 'Monday evening, brought up yesterday morning alongside the wharf, and at once bcgan_ to discharge her large cargo of timber from the M ost Coast. We arc indebted to the captain for the following renort of the voyage from Hokitika to Wellington The brigantine Seagull, 155 tons, J. W. Grath, master, left Hokitika roadstead at .1 a.m. on Saturday, the oth inst., a light easterly wind blowing at the time At 4 p.m. 'the same dav the mouth, of the Duller w;ts passed, the vessel then standing to the north before a light southerly wind, which lasted until 10 the next morning, when it fell altogether calm, and the brigantine lav almost motionless on the water until 1 p.m., when a light north-westerly wind sprung tin, which brought her right up to the Heads at 10 a.m. on Monday morning. She was then boarded by the pilot, and beat up against the tide, anchoring off the wharf at dusk. The Seabird is one of the largest brigantines that have visited the port, and will repay a visit, as she lies at the wharf. The ketch XXX, for Havelock in ballast, proceeded to sea in the evening of yesterday. The schooner Canterbury, and ketch Falcon cleared vesterclay for Havelock and Blenheim, the latter with a frill hold of free and warehouse goods. The steamer Murray, having loaded seventeen pipes at the breastwork, cleared for Hokitika yesterday, and proceeded alongside the ship Result to coal. She went out in the evening. The ship Golden Sea hauled away from the wharf vesterday afternoon. She will go hence to Lyttelton, and there obtain loading for Australian ports. A telegram from Port Chalmers last night shows that the quarantine has not been very long in the case of the Atrato. Recognising the great loss which would result from keeping a large steamer lying idle under quarantine rule for any length of_ time, the authorities have made provision for the immediate admission to pratique of the vessel herself, and she is now free in Port Chalmers. The immigrants are, some of them, to be placed on Quarantine island, but those for Canterbury remain on board. The Atrato brings out twenty-eight saloon passengers. The San Francisco Steam Service.—“ Messrs, J. Elder and Co., the celebrated builders, have sent to the Hon. Saul Samuel, the Sydney Morniny Herald states, “ a very handsomely finished model of the first steamship being constructed by their firm for the San Francisco service. A presentation plate attached to the stand states she is 370 ft. long by 33ft. beam, and has 31ft. depth of hold ; tonnage, 2750 actual; horsepower, 2700 ; speed in knots, 1-4. The model is of the most anproved modern type—a lean body, a long flat floor, terminating in extremely fine ends, offering the smallest possible amount of resistance. The main saloon is amidships, forward of the machinery, and is entered from a spacious deck-house, apparently constructed so as also to furnish quarters for the officers. The forecastle deck terminates in a high barrier, running from rail to rail, intended to throw off any spray that may fly over the bows, and thus keep the promenade deck dry and sheltered. The vessel herself is expected to leave England at the end of the year. As the Iberia, a sister ship from the same yard, recently purchased for the direct trade between Liverpool and Melbourne, made sixteen knots on her sea trial trip, there is no reason to doubt that the newer vessel’s speed will be equally satisfactory."

THE AUCKLAND STEAM PACKET COMPANY. [From th e New Zealand Herald.] Auckland can probably boast of possessing a Larger number of paying companies of various descriptions, besides gold-mining companies, than any other Province in Ncvr Zealand. It has been our frequent duty during the past six months to record the proceedings of annual rr half-annual meetings, the balance-sheets of which have all shown to great advantage, and in each case dividends of ten per cent, and upwards have been declared. Only yesterday we published a most favorable report, as presented to the shareholders of the Lay of Islands Coal Mining Company. To-day we have a still more favorable one to jirint—that laid before the shareholders of the Auckland .Steam Packet Company. The receipts and profits of the company bear ample testimony to the efficient arid careful management of the directors, and of the manager, Mr. William Lodder. Not only have the company been able to declare a dividend of 10 per cent. r»er annum, but they are placed in the very favorable position of being able to place to the reserve fund the sum of Ac'ooo. Nor has this been accomplished by running the company’s boats recklessly ;hv-; r-.-pairs and alterations have been effected, the e':p-.r,-.cs accounted for, and the boats now hold certificates of seaworthiness for the next six months. All things being even then, the balance to credit should be somewhat larger at the next half-yearly meeting. It must have been very gratifying to the directors and to Mr. Lodder to be able to place before the shareholders the following facts derivable from the books of the company The net profits for the six months, after writing off the sum of ,£370 Os. Od. for depreciation, bad debts, and losses by accidents, is £2337 Us. 101., which, added to £6804 Os. od., the balance ox profit and loss account at 31st October. 1.573, makes a total of £4201 13s. 4d. at credit. Of this amount, your directors have placed a sum of £,'ooo to a reserve fund, and pay as a dividend, £O3O Is. for the past half-year—being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum—leaving a balance to be brought forward to profit and loss “new account,” of .£2576 17s. 4d. The net profit for the past two years, including dividend and premium on shares, is £BOO-1 10s. Id. ; while, until January last, the paid-up capital only amounted to -£12,862. The total net assets of the company .are ,£25,030 ISs. 4d., which is equal to £", iris. VA. per share.” It should be mentioned also that the company had only two boats to work with during tho first three months of the half-year, via., the Golden Crown and the Star of the South ; the Prettv Jane, which was purchased at a cost of £7300, delivered in Auckland, having scarcely been three months in her present trade. Auckland is much indebted to this company for the spirited and liberal manner in which they have conducted their trade — they have fairly earned the support received. "We arc glad to notice the company purpose extending their operations, with which end in view they have purchased the new compound s.s. Southern Cross, now on her way to this port.

ILL-F AT E D STEAM EI IS. \Xcuj York Herald, April IS.] The following is a list of the losses of transatlantic ‘/•‘rimers from the year 1841 to date : * VIIEHIUKST (Dr.W'tttt -New York March 11, 1311, and was never heard from. Among her passengers were Tyrone Tower, the comedian, and a son of the Duke of Richmond. Cox.umma (Ur.)—Wrecked in a fog on the coast of Nova Scotia, July 1, 1C43. Gux:at Ukitaxn (Ur.) —Lost in a storm on the coast of Ireland, .September 23, 181 C. lirr.KN- Sr/'Man (Ur.)—Foundered in mld-occan, November, 1 850 ; f) lives lost. St. Guouok (Ur.) —Destroyed by fire at sea. December 24, 18.02 ; -01 lives lost. II u3xnox,t>r (Ger.)— Wrecked near Halifax, Decemh%jrr Byr ß yr Gdahoow (Ur.)—Never heard of after leaving Glasgow in spring of 1854 : 480 lives lost. - Fjiankun (Am.)—Wrecked oil Moriches, L, 1., July 17, 1854. _ - , Arctic (Am.)---Run down by French steamer Vesta, off Newfoundland, September 27, 1804; 200 lives lost. City op VuruMH't.ruiA (Ur.) —Wrecked in 1854. Taoxvxo (Am.)—Never heard from after leaving Liverpool, January 22, 1850; 200 lives lost. Lk Lyonnais (Fr.)—Collided with ship Adriatic, off Nantucket. November 2, 1850; 120 lives lost. Tjjmi-jwt (Ur.)—Lost with all on board; never beard from after she left New York, February 20, 1857. N/'.w Youic (Ur.) —Lost at sea, June, 1853. Austria (Ger.)— Uurned in mid-ocean, September VI. 1858; 470 lives lost. Atioo (Ur.)~Wrccked in a fog on the coast of Newfoundland, June 28, 1850. Indian (Ur)-Wrecked on the coast of Nova, Fcotia, November 21, 1850; 27 lives lost. iluncartan (Ur.) —Wrecked off Nova Scotia, February 20, 1800; 205 lives lost. Co.vnauout (Ur.)— Uurned off the coast of Massachusetts, October 7, 1800. , , Canadian (Ur.)—Wrecked by sunken ice in the Strait of Uelleisle, June 4,1801; 35 lives lost.

North Briton (Br.)—Wrecked during a storm on Paraquat Island, November 5, 1801. _ . Nokwkoian (Br.)— Wrecked on St. Paul s Island, June 14, 1803. „ „ . ~ Anglo-Saxon (Hr.)—Wrecked oIT Capo Race, April 27,1803 : 237 lives lost. , . . . , „ Georgia (Ur.) —Lost on Sable Island, in a fog, August 4, 1803. , ~ lion EM lAN (Br.)—Wrecked off Cape Elizabeth, February 22. 1834 ; 20 lives lost. Citv OF New Yuiik (Br.)— IV recked on Daunts Hock, Queenstown, March 2!), lS(i4. Jura (Hr.)—Wrecked off Liverpool, November 3, IS lo\va (Ur.)—Wrecked off Cherbourg, December 10, (Br.)—Burned off Nantucket, July 31, (Ur.)—Collided with ship Kate Dyer, Sandy Hook, December 1, 1800 ; 13 of the Kate Dyer s (Ur.)—Foundered off Irish Coast, November 2i), ISOS ;50 lives lost. .... ~ United Kingdom (Br.)-Left New York April 17, 1809 ; never heard from ; SO lives lost. Germania. (Cer.)—Lost in a fog on the coast of Newfoundland, August 7, 1809. Cleopatra (Br.)-Lost in a fog off coast of Newfonndlapd, August S, 1809. City of Boston (Ur.) —Left New York January 25. IS7O ; called at Halifax, and was never afterwards heard from ; about 100 lives lost. . _ . , Camrria (Ur.) —Wrecked on Irish Coast, October 19, IS7O ; 190 lives lost. Dacian (Br.)— Wrecked near Halifax, April 9, Tripoli (Br.)—Wrecked on coast of Ireland, May I, BifrrANNiA (Br.)—Wrecked in Frith of Clyde, January 27, 1873. „ , ~ c . Atlantic (Ur.) —Wrecked on Marrs Rock, N.S., April i, 1573 : 502 lives lost. , , , City of ■Washington (Br.)—Wrecked on coast of Nova Scotia. Julv 7, 1573. Ism.,lia (Br.)-kLcft New York September 29, IS, 3 ; never heard from. Missouri (Br,)—Wrecked on the Bahamas, October 1, 1573. Vili.e du Havre (Fr.)—Foundered at sea. December. 1873 ; collided with British ship Loch Earn, latitude 47 deg. north, longitude 35 deg. west; 220 lives lost. Sc.vndbria (Br.)—Sailed from Now York, October, 1872 : never heard from. Anna (Nor.)—Left New York, February, 1573 ; yet unheard from. Europe (Fr.) —Abandoned at sea, April 3, 1574, latitude 48 deg. 3 min. north, longitude SO deg. 40 min. west. Amekique (Fr.) —Foundered eighty miles from Brest, April 11, 1574 : one life lost. Nederland (Boh.)—Stranded on Brigantine Shoals. April 10. 1574, Total, 49. Of these there wereßritish, 37 ; French, 4 ; American, 3 ; German, 3 : Norwegian, 1 ; Belgian, 1,