SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4790, 29 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water.—9-34 A.M.; 9.59 r.M. Sunday, 10.27 A.K.; 11.1 P.M. ARRIVED. July 28.—Star of tho Sea, schooner, 38 tons, Turner, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Glimpse, ketch, 87 tons, Fraser, from Timaru. Master. agent. Moa, s.s., from Lyttelton. Mclntyre, agent. SAILED. , , July 28.— Arawata. s.s., 642 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via tho South. Passengers—Saloon: For Coast: Mrs. Ives and family (4), Messrs. Thompson, and Anderson; eight In tho steerage for Melbourne. Bishop, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons. Doilc, for Wanganui. Passengers-Cabin : Miss Craighead, Mrs. Scott and family (4), Messrs. Guthrie. Burns, Gell, Monkton, and Avery. Turnbull and Co., agents. Neptune, brig, 299 tons, Yule, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. McKenzie, Leicester, and Peppin. Williams, agent. Robin Hood. brig. 297 tons, Paton, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Burnes. Taylor, Kendrick, Davis, Brown, and Stevens. Williams, agent. Delmira. barque, 333 tons, Webster, for Malden Island. Turnbull and Co., agents. Luna, p.s., 199 tons, Fairchild, for Cook Strait. IMPORTS. ~ , Arawata. from Nelson: 1 case, Lucas; 2 do, Barlow; 2 do. Chisholm: 1 pkg. Pratt. Clyde, from Lyttelton: 150 sacks grass seed, 100 do flour, Order. Stormbird, from Wanganui : 2 sacks potatoes, Cooper; 2 casks tallow. 3 bdls sheepskins, 1 drum oil, Johnston and Co.; 14 casks tallow, Krull and Co.; 30 bales wool, 11 kegs butter, 2 sacks potatoes, Turnbull and Co. Reliance, from Oamaru: 100 sacks flour, 150 do pollard, 100 do bran, 501 do oats, Thomas. EXPORTS, Arawata, for Lyttelton: 1 bale. Bishop; 4 do wool. Johnston and Co.; 29 do do, 14 cases tallow, Krull and Co.; 1 case. Mills. For Bluff: 1 gasometer, Pilcher. For Melbourne: 42 cases, 57 tins. Crease; 4 casks, 1 case, Krull and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.- Dunbritton, ship, early; Midlothian, ship, early. Hamburg. —Fitz Reuter, ship, daily. Southern Ports.— City of New York, s.s., this day. Lyttleton. —Star Queen, barque, early. Hobarton. —Britain's Pride, brig, daily; Young Dick, schooner, daily. Melbourne. —Wollomai, brigantine, daily. Northern Ports. —Hawea, s.s., Ist August. Newcastle. —Malay, barque, early. Castle Point and Napier. —Kiwi, s.s., 30th inst.; Rangatlra, s.s., 30th inst. Wanganui. —Manawatu, s.s., this day. Foxton.—Napier, s.s., this day ; Tui, s.s., this day. Melbourne via the South. — Rmgarooma, s.s., 30th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. San Francisco.—Camperdown, ship, 7th August. Northern Ports. — Taranaki, s.s., 30th inst. Southern Ports. — Hawea, s.s., Ist August. Melbourne, via the SouiH.--Ringarooma, s.s., 2nd August. Napier, Auckland, Kandavau. Honolulu, and San Francisco. —City of New York, s.s., 30th inst. . , Wanganui —Manawatu, p.s., this day. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day. . Westport, Greyjiouth, and Hokitika, —Tui, s.s., 31st inst. . ... . . . Castlepoint and Napier. —Kiwi, s.s., 31st inst. Nelson. —Ringarooma, s.s., 31st inst. Castlepoint, Napier, and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, s.s., 31st instant. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Friday. Sailed : Hawea. Passengers for Nelson: Mesdames Coleman, Bennett, Miss Sullen, Messrs, Solomon, Olive, White. Beresford, Jeffrey ; for Wellington; Misses Blandford, Smith, Messrs. Thompson, Jones; for Lyttelton: Mrs, Grigg and family. Mr. Patterson; for Dunedin: Messrs. Turnbull, Nokes, and Craig. BLUFF, Friday. Sailed : 12.15 p.m., Alhambra, for Melbourne.

PORT CHALMERS, Friday. The R.M.S.S. City of New York crossed the bar at 8.30 a. m. to-day. ~, , ~ After the City of New York had crossed the bar, the pilot requested the captain to ask the chief engineer to say if the vessel had touched. He replied that it had not, and the captain thanked the pilot for his attention. &c. . . Sailed : Ringarooma. Passengers for Wellington . Hon. J. Paterson, Mr. Downs. At the Heads.—Ship Normal, 85 days from London. All well. LYTTELTON, Friday. Arrived : 10.45 a.m., Wellington, from "Wellington ; noon, Taranaki, from Dunedin; Titan, tug, from Hokitika. Sailed : Taranaki, for the North, at 3.45 p.in. Passengers for Wellington : Mrs, Hurt, Messrs. D. Daris, and Stanton : Wellington, for South at 6 p.m. Passenger—Mr. J. Clark. ENGLISH SHIPPING. Ddnedin, Friday. Vessels loading when Suez mail left.—At London— For Auckland: Abennoyle, Hurunui, Orari; for Canterbury: Merope, Waipa, Langstone, Himalaya; for Nelson and Napier: Chile, Helen Denny, Waitara; for Wellington: Zealandia, St. Leonards, Avalanche, and The Midlothian, of Glasgow, for Wellington, put back to the East India Docks with her steering apparatus out of order. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Arrived at Melbourne, July 17, Sea Rip, from Wangaroa; July 18. Fanny FothergUl, from Wangaroa; July 19, Swordfish, from Oamaru. Sailed: Syren, for Auckland, from Sydney. July 20; Maggie and AVild AVave, for Napier, from Newcastle, The Wollomai is advertised to sail early from Melbourne for AVellington. WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.— 3olß—Calm : fine. Napier,— 3ol2—Calm ; fine. Bar smooth. Castle Point. —3012—5. W., light; cloudy; slight sw ell. „ , . , Wellington.—3olG—Calm; cloudy. Hokitika.— 3olo—Calm: fine. Bar good. AYestpobt.—3o"o7—North, light;flne. Bar good. Timap.o.—3olß N.E., light; fine. Sea slight SW Oamaru— 3olo—W„ light; fine. Sea smooth. Bldpf.— 3ols—S.E., light; fine. Barometer falling.

The time-ball maybe used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 30ra. when the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. Captain Williams’ two fine brigs Eobin Hood and Neptune left here together yesterday afternoon for Newcastle. A better matched pair for a run it would be almost impossible to get. The race to Newcastle will no doubt be a very close one. H.M.S. Nymphe Is telegraphed as having arrived at Tauranga, from Auckland, yesterday morning. The p.s. Luna left here yesterday for the purpose of surveying the ground for the proposed new cable across Cook Strait. The steamers Eangatira and Kiwi are expected to arrive here from Napier to-morrow. The K.M.S.S. City of New York got out of Port Chalmers at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. She will push on with all haste for this port as she has to coal here. She may be looked for between 7 p.m. and midnight. The City took the Suez mail from the Eingarooma at Port Chalmers. The p.s. Manawatu left Wanganui at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, and will arrive here early this morning. She is advertised to sail for Wanganui at 10 o'clock Pym was taking in ballast all day yesterday. She will leave in a few days for Newcastle to loads coals for San Francisco. The s.s. Taranaki will arrive here this forenoon from the South, She will sail for Plcton, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Manukau at noon on Sunday. The s.s. Arawata, with the Suez mail on board, left here tor Melbourne by way of the South yesterday. The barque Delmira, for Malden Island, shook out her sails yesterday to a light S.W. breeze, and rounded Halswell Point at 3.30 p.m. The s.s. Stormbird sailed for Wanganui at 10 o’clock last night. The schooner Star of the Sea, from Pelorus Sound, arrived here last night. She left the Sound on Wednesday, the 19th inst., but put into Guard Bay owing to a strong southerly gale. ......... ~ Our telegrams elsewhere stale that the lino ships Zealandia, St. Leonards, Avalanche, and Waimea had sailed from London for this port. Our telegrams also state that Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co.'s brigantine Wollomai has not left Melbourne, but that she is advertised to sail for this port early. ... , , The ketch Glimpse, Fraser master, arrived here last night from Timarn, which port she left on the 21st inst. She brings a cargo of produce. Tlie s.s. Moa arrived here about 12.30 a.m. this morning. '.Reports easterly wind and thick weather on the run up. A Gazette Issued last night contains some very interesting tables,’compiled by Mr, William Seed, Collector of Customs, showing the number and tonnage of vessels that have entered Inwards at the several ports of Now Zealand during the quarter ending June, 187 G. From them it appears that 214 vessels arrived at this colony during the past quarter, with a tonnage of 87,894, as against 200 vessels, with a tonnage of 83,305, during the June quarter of 1875. Auckland has still the lead as regards tonnage ; 43 vessels of a tonnage, combined, of 22,045, having entered inwards. One vessel more arrived during the corresponding period of last year, but the tonnage ror the past quarter shows an increase of 2095 on the eorresponding quarter of 1875. Lyttelton has usurped the place which Dunedin so long maintained, this quarter, the tonnage of 43 vessels that entered the former port being 16,309, thus showing an increase of 3004 tons on the corresponding quarter of last year* while Dunedin shows a decline of 31C3 tons, 38 vessels having entered during the June quarter of 1875 while only 30 vessels entered during the last quarter, their tonnage being 14,782. Wellington stands fourth on the list, 28 vessels, of a tonnage of 11,545, having arrived during the June quarter of the present year as against 21 vessels, of a combined carrying capacity of 9948 tons, during the June quarter of 1875. Bluff Harbor is at present stationary as regards the number of vessels that arrive there. 13 vessels having entered during the past quarter, their tonnage being 7836. The same number of ; vessels arrived there during the corresponding period of last year, but the tonnage was slightly less, being 7600, Nelson shows for the same quarter of 1870 eight vessels, with a tonnage of 3110, thus leaving an increase upon the same quarter last year of four vessels and of 799 tons. The number of the vessels that cleared outwards at the several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ended 30th June, 1870, was 229, their tonnage being 104,982, as against 220 vessels, with a carrying capacity et 96,573 tons, which arrived here during correspond-

ing period of last year. Auckland heads the J 1 ®* amongst the provinces, with 50 vessels, their tonnage being 25,575 tons. Lyttelton is second, with 45 vessels, whoso tonnage was 20,911; Wellington this quarter, instead of being fourth on the hst is t)Mra, having entered 31 vessels, with a tonnage of Io.WZ. Dunedin, on the other hand, has fallen back from being second on the list to fourth, there being only 26 vessels, with a gross tonnage of 15,499, entered during the Juno quarter of 1870, as against 31. vessels, of 19 72G tons burden, during the corresponding quarter of 1875. thus showing a considerable falling off, 4227 tons and five vessels. NOTICE TO MARINERS, FISHING PARTIES, AND OTHERS. SUBMARINE CABLES, BOTANY BAY AND PORT JACKSON. Masters of vessels, fishing parties, and others arc hereby cautioned against anchoring, creeping, dredging. or fishing near tho position of the submarine cable connecting Botany Bay with New Zealand, and also of that between Dawes’ Point and Blue’s Point in Port Jackson. If either of the said cables are injured through wilful inattention to this notice, tiie person thus offending will be liable to the penalties imposed by the Act 20 Viet. No. 41. Francis Hixson, President. Office of the Marine Board of New South Wales, Sydney, June 7,1876.