SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4147, 6 July 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hion Water.—B.l4. a.m.; 8.37 r.M. AEIiIVED. July 3.—Luna, p.s., 100 tons, Fairchild, from AVanganui. Passengers Cabin : Hon. W. Fox, Mrs. Fox, nephew, and servant, Miss Hutchison, Hon. G. 11. Tribe and Mrs. Tribe, anil one Native. July 4. Stormbird, s.s., 07 tons, P. Doyle from New Plymouth. No passengers. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., agents. Lyttclton, p.s., 80 tons, Win. Scott, from A\ airau. No passengers, R. S. Ledger, agent, Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, J.Griffiths, from Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Palmer, Haines, McMasters, Coleridge, Shiels, Muir, Berkley, Whitcombe, Hardinge, Simpson, Benitt. Sangster, and Cross. K. S. Ledger, agent. Patorson, p.s., 200 tons, George Munelle, from Taranaki. No passengers. About 20 tons cargo. J. Webster, agent. July s.—City of Adelaide, s.s., 824 tons, J. W. Brown, from Southern ports, with Suez mail ex s.s. Albion. Passengers—For Welington from Otago: Hon. R. Campbell, Messrs E. McGlashan, J. B. Br&dshaw, D. H.Mervyn, J. W. Thomson, W. J. Steward, N. Y. A. Wales, W. A. Murray, J. B. Cuthbertson, 11. A. Ingles, M.'sII.K; from Lyttelton : Hon. J. B. Ackland, Messrs. 11. K. Webb, W. J. S. Bluett, G. E. Brown, Sir J. C. Wilson, M.'sII.K. [A complete list has not yet been procurable.] W. and G. Turnbull and Co.. agents. I'hcebe, s.s., 410 tons, 11. Worsp, from Southern ports. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Nelson and familv, Mrs. O'Neill, Miss Coxhead, Messrs. Patterson, Nancarrow, Miller, Ware, O'Neill, Halliday, Morley, Raymond, and three in the steerage. It. S. Ledger, agent.

SAILED. July 4.—Lyttelton, p.s., SC tons, W. Scott, for Wairau. R. S. Ledger, agent. Malay, barque, 328 tons, Davies, for Newcastle, in ballast, Beck and Tonks, agents. July s.—City of Adelaide, s.s., 824 tons, J. W. Brown, for Kandavau, via Napier and Auckland, with outward Calif ornian mails of J uly. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., agents. ENTERED INWARDS. July 4.—Edwin Bassett, barque, 414 tons, J. Salmon, from Newcastle. Passengers : Messrs. H. and J. Farley. W. R. Williams, agent. CLEARED OUT. July 4.—Blackwall, ketch, 20 tons, for Patea. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Lyttelton, from Wairau—lso bales phormitim, 10 ilo wool, 2 do tow. Edwin Bassett, from Newcastle—o 39 tons coal, 310 bags maize, 40 cases oranges, 1 case pine apples, 1 pkg, 40 pieces timber. EXPORTS. Blackwall, to Patea—l qr-cask rum, 1 do brandy, 2 sacks oatmeal, 3 pkgs, 33 cases, (> casks stout, 6 do ale, 200 flour, Jte., bags, 2 kegs, 109 mats sugar, 8 bdls shovels, 180 sack 3 oats, 2 tons coal, 1 truss, 11 coils wire, 0 doz pkgs. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Melbourne, via Southern Ports.—Albion, s.s., 7th inst. Melbourne.—Ashburton, via Geographe Bay, W. A. ; sailed 12th May. Auckland.—TLM.S. Blanche, brigantine Ehyno, p.s. Paterson, schooner Merlin. Napier.—Fairy, s.s. Souther* Ports.—Star of the South, this day. Adelaide. —Kangaroo ; sailed 20th May. Newcastle.—Robin Hood : sailed 20th June. London.—Weymouth, ship, sailed 7th April (from Deal) ; Waikato, ship ; sailed 18th March—and 24th March from Plymouth, with immigrants; Reichstag, Stratnnavar, "St. Leonards, Panthea, Euterpe, sailed 28th April : Conflict, sailed sth May. Liverpool.—J. A. Thompson, ship. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Omeo, s.s., this day : Albion, s.s., Sth inst. Sydney.—La Hogue, ship, early. London, via Lyttelton.—Wennington, ship. Auckland.—H.M.S. Challenger, this day. Newcastle. —Result, ship, this day. Napier.—Sormbird, s.s., and Luna, p.s., this day. Lyttelton.—Paterson, p.s., this day. Fiji, via Napier and Auckland.—Star of the South, s.s., early.

BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. July 4.—Arrived: Pretty Jane, from Napier. July 5. —Arrived: Craig Ellachie, from Dunedin, and Eklerslie, from Oaniaru ; James Wishart, barque, from London and Plymouth ; Queen of Nations, ship, from Liverpool and Belfast. LYTTELTON. July s.—Arrived : Lady Emma, from the Thames. The Omeo sailed north and the Tararua South at half-past four o'clock. The Phoebe sailed North at a later hour. POET OF NEWCASTLE. June 13.—Sailed: Minora, brig, for the Thames, with 400 ton 3of coal and 5 tons of coke; Glimpse, for Auckland, with 550 tons of coal. June 10.—Sailed: Fawn, for Lyttelton, with 300 tons of coal, 22 drays, 500 felloes, 20 pairs naves, and 40 pairs shafts. AMERICAN SHIPPING. FOKT OF BOSTON. March 21.—Sailed: Thames, 441 tons, for Adelaide and New Zealand, with 931 pieces lumber, 0100 cases kerosene, 37 cases of carriage ware, 19 cases of clocks, 10 cases of doors, 731 cases of naval stores, 236 axes, hatchets, &c, 5 cases of shovels, 8 cases of nails, 125 sundries, 25 cases of agricultural implements, 42 cases of hurdles, 2 cases of oil stoves, &c. Loading: Ship Bunker Hill, 1000 tons, for Melbourne and Dunedin; to sail on April 25. . PORT OF NEW YORK. May 13. —Loading: Barque Oneco, 752 tons, for Dunedin, Wellington, and Nelson: expected to sail on June 1. The A. and A.E.M. s.s. City of Adelaide arrived in harbor at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning. Pilot Holmes brought her in. The City this time was doubly laden with mails. She had the ordinary mails from the South, as well as the outward Californian correspondence of Otago and Canterbury, and moreover had transhipped the English mails via Suez from the steamer Albion, so that the Suez letters are delivered in Wellington six days before the contract date. The City of Adelaide has made fast work of it up and down the coast. She left Wellington Bay at 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon last, and reached Lyttelton at 10.10 a.m. next morning, and after landing mails and passengers, sailed at 2.30 p.m., arriving at Port Chalmers at 11.5 a.m. She there landed her English mails and passengers, and took in the outward Californian mails and the Suez mails ex the Albion, and sailed at 4 p.m., having accomplished the whole work of shipment and transhipment of both mails in less than' five hours. She embarked, moreover, as many as forty-one saloon passengers. Lyttelton was reached early on Saturday morning, and, after taking in the English mails, she left for Wellington at 2.30 p.m., the run up being made in seventeen hours in calm weather. Amongst her numerous passengers were several of the Southern members of the General Assembly. The City left the bay with the outward Californian mails at a quarter to twelve o'clock for Kandavau via Napier and Auckland.

Messrs. Brogden and Son's paddle steamer Faterson, Captain George Mundle, arrived in harbor on Saturday evening, after a somewhat prolonged absence, from the Manukau and New Plymouth. She left "Wellington on the 12th of la3t month with railway material for Taranaki. She entered the Waitara Eiver, landed her cargo, and passed out again without harm—a thing never before attempted by a vessel of her size. Thence she went to the Manukau, and thence to Hokianga on the 24th to load sleepers. From Hokianga she returned to the Manukau, and sailed at 0.30 p.m. on the 2nd July for New Plymouth, arriving there on Friday morning. She left again in the afternoon for 'Wellington, and experienced strong S.E. wtnd and heavy sea during the run. The Paterson brings some twenty tons of cargo for this port. She is to leave for Lyttelton this afternoon.

The steamer Phcebe arrived alongside the wharf yesterday at five o'clock from the Southern ports, with a number of passengers. She reports of the round trip :—Left the Wellington wharf at 5.30 p.m. on the 25th of June, and towed the barque Anne and Jane, bound to Newcastle and belonging to the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company, out to sea, finding S.E. winds and thick rainy weather outside, and arrived at Lyttelton at 3 p.m. on the 26th. Thence she went to Timaru, arrived there at 0 a.m. on the 27th, shipped 1140 bags of wheat, and lety at C. 30 p.m., arriving at the Port Chalmers railway pier at 9 a.m. on the 28th. She left Bunedin on the 2nd, and Lyttelton late last night, having a calm run with hazy weather up to port. The Phcebe has a largo general cargo, consisting of 107 tons of merchandise for Wellington, which she will discharge to-day, probably leaving for Nelson and the Northern ports at midnight. The Omeo was to call at Timaru, we observe, on her way North from Port Chalmers. She was to load there some three or four hundred tons of grain, which she was to tranship to the s.s. Atrato at Lyttelton. The s.s. Albarnbra is now undergoing her annual overhaul at Melbourne. Tho next ship of the fleet to undergo that process will be the s.s. Omeo on her return from her present voyage to this Colony. Messrs. Turnbull and Co.'s steamer Stormbird arrived alongside the wharf on Saturday evening from New Plymouth. She left Wellington on Monday last with a large cargo of stores and provisions, and arrived at Wanganui at 9 a.m. next morning. After discharging her cargo at Wanganui, she went on to New Plymouth, returning thence to Wellington. The Stormbird sails for Napier direct this afternoon. The Lyttelton, p.s., arrived on Saturday from Wairau, bringing no passengers. The p.s. Manawatu, which arrived from AVanganui on Saturday, with 13 saloon passengers, left Wanganui at 11.80 p.m. on Friday, experiencing a fresh southerly breeze during the passage. The p.s. Luna arrived at half-past nine on Friday night, after a run of eleven hours and a half. She reports of the trip down as follows -.—Left tho wharf at Wanganui at 10 a. in. on Friday ; crossed the bar at 11; from there experiencing strong south-east head wind, and arriving here at tho time mentioned. The p.s. Lyttelton sailed for Wairau on Saturday. The barque Malay, after waiting some days for a favorable opportunity, sailed for Newcastle in ballast on Saturday. Tho ketch Blackwall cleared at tho Customs on Saturday for Patea, with a largo miscellaneous cargo. The master of the ship Wennlngton has given notice of his intention to sail for London via Lyttelton to-day, Tiik Sim- Qo'ken of Nations.—Captain Barclay, of the Bhip Northampton, writes to the Li/Uellon Times: idea that the ship Queen of Nations is lost. I was in company with her on April 1, in lat. 30 N., long. 10

W seven davs from Belfast; wo exchanged signals 'nil well' Now, should she have come through Bass' Straits and round the north of New Zealand, she would scarcely be considered overdue." [Tho vessol has since arrived at Auckland.] The Northampton's Immigrants.—The Chief Immigration Officer at Lyttelton reports that the nnmi"rants are progressing in health. An official inspection was made on Friday, and the Health Officer ascertained that no fresh cases had occurred at Camp Bay where the singlo men, under Dr. Mayer, the surgeon-superintendent of the Northampton, are located. No serious case of sickness occurred in their compartment, and it is probable that as soon as they havo fulfilled the usual probationary term they will be released. . The Otago Daily Times gives the following particulars of the ships Scimitar and Wild Deer:—The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Scimitar sailed for London yesterday. On breaking ground she fired two guns, as a signal for her departure. The steamer Geelong towed her to sea. The following is a list of her cargo, with the values of the respective lines : 10,532 bags grain .. .. £10,532 0 0 523 bales wool .. .. 13,252 10 0 29 bales leather .. 435 0 0 85 bags bones .. .. 110 0 0 30 cases meats.. .. 00 0 0 5 cases ironware .. 150 0 0 2 cases books.. .. 75 0 0 1 case effects.. .. 40 0 0 262 hides 250 0 0 4.OSG oz. gold .. .. 15.533 5 0

Total .. £40,757 15 0 Messrs. Patrick Henderson and Co.'s ship Wild Deer sails to-day for London with a full cargo enumerated below, and several passengers. The Wild Deer is noted for her clipper properties, and leaving as she docs so close upon the heels of the Scimitar, a rattling raco home between the two is pretty sure to eventuato. Tho Wild Deer's cargo comprises : 10,070 cases of meats .. .. £21,302 2,409 bags wheat 2,409 300 casks tallow .. .. 2,100 072 bales wool 14,784 9 bales skins 135 4 cases hides 200 3 cases plants .. .. 30 Total .. £41,130 TUB Ship Dunedin At Lyttelton.—This ship which is owned by Messrs. Patrick Henderson and Co (Albion Line), is a splendid model of a clipper ship. She was launched on March 3. The following are her dimensions:—Length of keel, 230 ft,; beam, 30ft.; hold, 21ft.: tonnage, 1200. She has a full poop, 30ft. in length. Her cabin accommodation could not be seen well, owing to a portion having been portitioned off for the single girls. Tho 'tween decks were lofty, well lighted, and ventilated. She has also a large double-purchase steam winch for discharging cargo. In addition to this, she is provided with a splendid condenser—one of Chaplin's—capable of condensing 4SO gallons per day. She has also a largo oven for the use of the immigrants. The range, which is unusually large, and the condenser and oven have acted well throughout the voyage. The single girls' compartments were first visited, and here the signs of cleanliness were apparent; the floors were white and everything neat and well arranged. The girls appeared happy and contented, and looked remarkably healthy. In reply to questions they expressed themselves in tho highest terms of tho treatment they had received during the voyage. Tho next inspection was the married people's compartment, here, although the place appeared like a little town, so great was tho number of persons below, yet it was scrupulously clean, and the berths were boarded and screened ; and the same remark applies to the single men's compartment, which was most unusually large and well lighted. The voyage appears to have been a very pleasant one. Concerts and entertainments of various kinds having taken place, and enlivened tho monotony of the voj'age. During the voyage, there have been 14 deaths, being mostly children, and 7 births. Of the immigrants generally, they appear to be admirably suited for the requirements of the Colony; they certainly look the best shipment that have been sent out for a long time, and reflect great credit on Mr. Duncan. The ship has a large cargo, and comes consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company.— Lyttelton Times.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. [From the Gazette.] SOLOMON ISLANDS. Her Majesty's ship Pearl, Sydney, 29th May, 1574. itYDr.oar.APincAi. memorandum no. 5. The accompanying hydrographical information relative to the Solomon Islands, which I have received from Commander Challis and Navigating Lieutenant Browne, of Her Majesty's ship Bosario, is hereby promulgated for general information. James G. Goodenough, Captain and Commodore (Second Class), Commanding Australian Station. To the respective Captains and Officers Commanding H.M. ships, &c. Enclosure in Hydrographical Memo. No. 5. SOLOMON ISLANDS. Ramos Island, Indispensable Straits, is a small island 2 min. long N.W. by N. and S.E. by S., and about 2000 feet high, having off its N.W. point an islet about 100 feet high, with two smaller ones and several pinnacle rocks between. Making Ramos Island from the S., it has the appearance of a saddle with two small islands off its western side. These islands appear to be connected by a reef probably more than ten miles to the eastward. Soundings were obtained in 12i fathoms, 3 min. to the S.E. of Ramos Island. The shoal water runs about 4 min. across in a N. and S. direction. From observations mado in the oiling, the bearings of Cape Pinto, Isabel Island, and Cape Astrolabe, Malayta Island, the S.E. peak of Ramos Island should be in lat. 8 deg. 14 min. S., long. ICO deg. 0 min. E. The passage between Ramos Island and Cape Astrolabe should not be taken by large vessels. No breakers .were seen although there was a heavy Isabel Island, Port Praslin.— The scale of miles on the plan of Port Praslin (chart 209) should be halfmiles, which would narrow the entrance to cables. The longitude of Port Praslin made to be 158 deg. 12 min. E., Cape Comfort being the same distance (eight miles) to the W. of position on Admiralty Chart. To the eastward of the entrance for about 16 min., there is a chain of small islands fronted by reefs, with apparently numerous clear passages, some of which closely resemble the entrance to the port. The island forming the eastern side of entrance is not so high as the plan (chart 209) has it. There are two other openings west of Port Praslin. The appearance of the interior of the harbor is altered by the growth of mangrove bushes, which have filled up the channels between Watering Place Island and the three islets placed immediately S. of it. Cape Henslow, Giiadalcanxr. —Observation taken in the offing placed Capo Henslow in latitude 9 deg. 54 min. S., longitude 100 deg. 33 min. E. Shoal water runs off the point to the eastward for about 2 min. In a bight N. of Cape Henslow stands the native village of Bulo. Carteret Nine Islands are low and woody. St. John's Island was seen at a distance of 35 min. It is high and wooded. New Ireland, Blossville Island, is about 200 feet long and 70 feet high. Off the coast of New Ireland, as far as Lakiliki Bay (Metlik), the Bosario carried deep water until about 1 min. fromN.W. entrance to a Bay where a shoal point runs off to the eastward. Inside the parallel of Cape Bougainville, the water shoals rapidly from 7 to 3 fathoms, sand, and the bay affords no shelter from the ordinary trade wind. Lountass Island and Cape St. George appear bold without outlying clangers. Duke of York Islands.—The peninsula marked Gabert Point (Chart 704) is an island. No water is now obtainable at Port Hunter. Jacquinot Point i 3 placed too far South. Great caution is necessary in navigating the Solomon Islands during the night or thick weather, as the positions on the charts are very much out: 25 miles to the eastward of Port Praslin, the land is 15min. too far to the N. Taking North Cape, Bouka Island, and the East end of Isabel Island as rightly placed, the whole intervening land should be some 8 to 10 miles farther to the south-westward. The position assigned to Mount Balbi, Bougainvillo Island, by liaper, appeared to be nearly correct, viz., lat. 6 deg. 50 min. S., long. 154 deg. 29 min. E.