SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4530, 27 September 1875, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

PORT OK WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. September 2.—Albion, a.a., 601 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via The Bluff. W. Bishop, agent. Heversham, barque, 405 tons, Yule, from Newcastle. W. K. Williams, agent. September 4. —Australind, barque, 498 tons, OUtver, from Newcastle. Williams, agont. September s.—Halcione, ship, 842 tons, Croker, from London, Surgeon-superintendent, Dr. Percy Lea ; medical assistant, Mr. R. S. Bauchopo; matron, Miss Friend. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Cavo and family, Nosworthy and family, Tealcle, Miss Heath, Messrs. W. B. C. Cavo, J. Nosworthy, H. R. Parrington, J. L. Harris, and the Rev. J. Teakle. Second cabin: Mesdames Summorhayos, sen, and jun., Tolan, Bauchopo and family, Misses Summerhttyes (2), Messrs. W. M. Suruinerhayes, sen. and jun., J. Tolan, and Alfred Wheeler, for Wellington. Mesdames Mules and one child, Woodford and family, and the Rev. 0. 0. Mules for Nelson: and 210 adult Immigrants. Levin and Co., agents. Dilawur, barque, ISOB tons, John Dice, from London. Pasaengers—Second oabin: Messrs. Moxhay, W. Bolleau, E. Orubb, E. Galway, Geo. Lacy. Third cabin: Mesdames Baylls, Basbara, Bracelin, Misses Hetty and Annie Bracelin, Messrs. Bracelin, Edw. Lloyd, Andrew Brockwell, J. Welsh, W. MoLenan, Mark Baylls, and Thomas James. Turnbull and Co., agents.

September 12.—Helen Macgregor, barque, 422 tons, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. September 13.—Emily McLaren, barque, 423 tons, Morrison, from Newcastle. *. It Williams, agent. Neptune, brig, 293 tons, Croll. from Newcastle. \V. B. Williams, agent. September 10.—Easily, s.s., 969 tons, from New castle, via Sydney and Picton. Turnbnll and Co., agents. Otago, s.s., 069 tons, Calder, from Melbourne, via West Coast. W. Bishop, agent. September 21.—Omeo, s.s., 089 tons, Chatfield, from Melbourne via Bluff. W. Bishop, agent. September 23.—Robin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Taton, from Newcastle. W. R. Williams, agent. SAILED. September 2.—Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via the West Coast. W. Bishop, agent. Septembeh 9. Heversham. barque, 465 tons. Yule, for Newcastle, in ballast, Williams, agent. September 14. ■ Australind, barque, 4SI tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. September 17.—Otago, s.s., 042'tons, Calder, for Melbourne via Southern ports. W. Bishop, agent. Seftember 21.—Omeo, s.s., 600 tons, CiiatUeld, for Melbourne via West Coast. W. Bishop, agent. BY TBLRGItAI'U. AUCKLAND, September S. Arrived : Ship Carisbrook Castle, with Messrs, Vesey Stewart and Farnell, and immigrants for the Kati Kati Settlement. Had a fine run of 91 days from Belfast. All well. September 9. The war sloop Sappho, which niaile the run from Sydney in eight days, is relieving ship to the Rosario. She has four guns. September 21." Arrived : William Gifford, from Oamam; Ashburton, from Wellington. The Columbus, barque, has arrived from England, after a fine and uneventful passage of 93 days. NEW PLYMOUTH, September 21. The Ladybird on her way to -elson passed the Chile. It is reported that the Chile has been seen off Cape Egmont, but she has not shown up near New Plymouth. PATEA, September 15. The wind failed whilst the ketch Alert was attempting to get out of the river, and the current set the vessel on the South Beach. Insured in the National. She was abandoned this morning. The officers are acquitted of blame. LYTTELTON, September 5. Sailed: Thomas S. Stowe and Cora Lynn, for London. September 9. Sailed : John Knox, for Sydney. September 14. Sailed : Countess of Klntore, for London (cargo valued at £100,000); Canterbury and Prince Alfred, for Auckland ; Isabella Pratt, for Moemki; Excelsior, for Picton ; Marmion, for Kaipara. Cargo per Canterbury : 958 sacks potatoes. Per Prince Alfred, 802 sacks potatoes, 500 do flour, 400 do oats, 220 bran, 25 do sharps, 10 cases hams, 300 loose cheese, 1 buggy. TI.MARU, September 23. Arrived : Merope, ship, from London. She has 250 immigrants and twenty cabin passengers. She is eighty-four days out from Plymouth. There were three deaths (children) during the voyage, and three births. PORT CHALMERS, September 6. Arrived: Ship British Empire, from London, 99 days out, with full general cargo. She brings no passengers, and has not sighted any vessels since leaving Madeira. September 7. Sailed : Aldergrove, ship, for Newcastle. September 16. Sailed : Knight of Suowden, ship, for Newcastle ; Bruce, s.s., for Northern Ports. September IS. Arrived: The ship Waimea, 92 days from London. She brings 322 immigrants—all well. The ship conies into port in superb order. She brings no news of the Strathmore. On Sunday, the 29th August, in lat. 44deg. 29inin. S., longitude 69deg. 30min. E., she passed a quantity of wreckage, including a ship's cabin door of polished teak. She spoke the ship Helen Denny off the Snares on the 14th instant, from London to Napier—all well. THE BLUFF, September 15. Arrived: The F. W. Tucker, brigantine, from Melbourne. She left on the Sth, and encountered thick squally weather. On the morning of the 9th saw a ship or barque ashore on Flinders Island. The sails were hanging loose, and she appeared to have been ashore only a few hours.. The brigantine had passed portions of a wreck a few miles before the vessel was observed. They could render »o assistance. During the past three weeks the s.s. Wellington has been subjected to a thorough overhaul. The repairs have been carried out under the immediate supervision of Mr. Coffey, who has employed some of the best shipwrights in Auckland. The ladies' cabin has been enlarged to the capacity of fourteen berths, and improved methods of ventilation have been adopted. A new smoking-room and captain's cabin, twentyfive feet overall, has been added to the deck. They are fitted with lavatories and every convenience. These alterations»have been worked out from designs specially furnished for the s.s. Wellington by Mr. Cofey. A new foremast, a remarkably straight stick, has displaced the old one. New boilers, from the manufactory of Mr. Human, will be fitted in, under the direction of the company's chief engineer. It is expected that she will be ready for sea in about three weeks' time, and will in every respect be equal to a new boat. A return furnished to the City Council by the Pierniaster, Mr. Mundle, showed that during August the arrivals at Wellington were—Sailing vessels, 40; tonnage, 8393 tons; steamers, 5S ; tonnage, 14.544; aggregate number of vessels, 98: aggregate tonnage, 22,937. The clipper ship Waikato, Captain Hugh Kose, and owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company, is expected to call here on her homeward voyage somewhere about the 15th of next month, to complete her cargo and list of passengers. An enquiry-into the circumstances under which the barque Dilawur sustained certain damage on her outward voyago, involving also the smashing of her longboat, was held before the Commissioner of Customs yesterday morning. The enquiry was a merely formal one, the evidence of the captain and mate showing that the damages wore sustained during a terrific hurricane which overtook the ship. Captain Fairchild has kindly furnished us with the following report of the lato trip of the Government p.s. Luna, which arrived in our harbor yesterday, after a month and two days' cruise:—The p.s. Luna left Wellington on the 7tU of August last, having on board Captain Johnson of the Marine Department; the object of the voyago being to make a survey of certain portions of the West Coast, and to furnish a report of certain dangerons points in the navigation. She first steamed to Kaurangi Point. After several days bad weather, the expedition succeeded in surveying a shoal there. The vessel then proceeded to Westport, and surveyed the harbor and the coast between Buller and the Steeples, a portion of coast which had not been properly surveyed before. The Luna then proceeded to Hokitika, where Captain. Johnson selected a site for a lighthouse. After a day or so spent here, the Luna proceeded to the Grey, for the purpose of coaling. The vessel sailed south in the direction of Jackson's Bay. The Luna experienced here very bad weather, and as the coals ran out, she had to leave the survey only partially effected. While in Jackson's Bay the captain captured three seals, which lie has succeeded in bringing to Wellington alive. On her way home to Wellington the Luna called into the Buller, and employed some time in taking out some snags which impeded the navigation. From thence the captain made a call in to Wanganui Inlet for the purpose of coaling., There is abundance of coal here, at 16s. per head, right from the mines. The next p)ace that was surveyed was Cook rock, where the steamer Queen was wrecked some few years ago. The captain informs U 3 that he has passed a stormier month during this last trip than he ever experienced during tho same month in any previous }'ear v , | ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP HALCIONE. j The Al iron clipper ship Halcione, 842 tons register, under the command of Captain J. E. Croker, from London, costarichor in "Wellington harbor on Sunday, morning, September 5. The f ollowing Is the report of ] the voyage On Tuesday, May 25, left the East India ] docks, and anchored off Gravesend on the 26th and j embarked the immigrants. The ship having passed survey, a family of five persons was sent on shore with measles. Landed the pilot at the Downs on the 2Sth at 1 p.m. Ou Sunday the 30th, landed the channel pilot at the Start. At 1 p.m. on the same day passed the Lizard. On June 9, the dootor reported two cases of measles, which in two days increased to twelve. Turned the largest boat on the skids into an hospital, so as to isolate the sick as much as possible. On tho 17th lost the N.E. trades, and experienced light S. and S.S.E. winds and calms for ten days. On the 24th there were eighteen cases of measles reported. On the 29th day of the same month, caught the S.E. trade winds, very strong and southerly, the ship just clearing the Brazilian coast all the way down On July 5, tacked ship about thirty miles off Abatroas Island, and stood to the eastward for twenty-four hours. Tacked again to the southward, and lost the S.E. trades, after which light airs and calms for five days, the ship only making eighteen or twenty miles per day. On June 20, passed Tristan D'Acunha, and experienced fresh northerly and westerly winds, with tine weather, until In longitude 56 E., when the weather underwent a complete change, the barometer rising and falling suddenly, with a heavy N.W, aea, which continued with heavy gales coming on suddenly, the barometer falling a 3 much as o'4 per hour. On the 14th August spoke the Rodney. On the 15th met with a heavy gale from the S.W., which for six hours blew a perfect hurricane, with a terrific B 6». Hove-to at 8.30a.m. At daylight on the 16th, wind and sea moderating, kept ship away. From this date experienced fresh breeiies to Tasmania, which waspassedon the 24th August. After which had very light westerly winds until Wednesday, the Ist September, when Capo Egmont was sighted at noon. On Thursday, 2nd September, at 6 p.m., was boarded by the Taranaki pilot and Immigration officers. On the 3rd September, at 6.30 a.m., anchored at Taranaki roadstead, where great delay was experienced iu getting the immigrants away. Ninoty-oneof those intended for Taranaki werolanded in two boats. The ship was obliged to heave up her anchor and proceed to sea, on account of a northwester and a heavy sea rolling in. All or nearly au the immigrants might have been landed (as the captain informs us) if proper attention had been paid to tho ship, as she let go her anchor at daylight close in shore, as agreed on by the Immigration Commissioner the evening before. After the ship was brought up no boats came off for at least an hour, and then the steamer which went ashore for another boat came off again without one. Towed the first boat ashore, and then brought another off, with an interval -ot about three-quarters of an hour between each boat. Ihe result was that the remainder of the - ntended for Taranaki had to be brought on to Wellington. The ship dragged her anchor with forty-five fathoms of chain in Taranaki roadstead, and was obliged to bring away with her the Taranaki pilot and ono of the Immigration officers on to Wellington. On Saturday 4th, received the Wellington pilot aboard, tho wind blowing strong from the N.W. At 8 a.m. yesterday morning WA3 takeif In tow by'"the s.s. Ladybird, and anchored as above stated. Eight children died of measles during the voyage, and there

were three births. " A sextant, accompanied by a testimonial, was presented to the captain by the passengers and immigrants. The Rev. Mr. Mules, wife, and one child, and Mrs. Woodford and family took steamer at Taranaki for Nelson. The following is the list of immigrants for this port:—Samuel Ind, John Clare, George Robinson, Thomas Mitchell, Jas. H. Bray, Matthew Berrymore; James, Emily, and Albert Bettle; Samuel Irvine. ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE DILAWUR. The composite ship Dilawur, Al at Lloyds, under the command of Captain John Dice, left London on the 11th of May. She had a fair passage as far as the Equator, which was crossed on June 17, and then light weather to the meridian of the Cape, July 22. From which time until the Snares were sighted, ou August 27, cxperfenc d exceedingly bad weather. The longboat was smashed to pieces, and considerable damage done to the bulwarks and other parts of the ship. On August 29 the ship was off Cape Lookout mountain, from which date she experienced had weather, until 10 a.m. on Sept. 5. A southerly wind then sprang up, taking the ship into Wellington harbor, where she anchored at 5 p.m. NOTICES TO MARINERS. Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, September 22,1875. The following notices to mariners arc published for general information. William H. Keynolds. NEW LIGHTS, SUGAR LOAF POINT. It is hereby notified, that on and after the night Of Wednesday, the Ist December next, a first order revolving bright light, flashing eveiy half minute, will be exhibited from Sugar Loaf Point, in the vicinity of the Seal Rocks. This light will be elevated 258 feet above high watermark, and it will be visible from a ship's deck in clear weather at a distance of twenty-two miles. In addition to and below the revolving light, a fixed green light of the fourth order will be shown from the same tower, for the purpose of warning ships from the Seal Rocks and adjacent dangers. Francis Hrxsox, President. Office of the Marine Board of New South Wales, Sydney, August 11,1575. NEW LIOHT, CAPE CAPRICORN. On and after this date, a third order dioptric revolving light will be exhibited from Cape Capricorn, at an elevation of 310 feet. The interval between the periods of greatest brilliancy will be one minute. G. P. Heath, Commander, R.N., Portmaster. Department of Ports and Harbors, Brisbane, August 21,1575.