SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4801, 11 August 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP WELLINGTON. High Water.— 7.22 a.m. , 7.40 P.x. ARRIVED. . ' L -- N August 10. —Marraion, schooner, 92 tons, Bpwton*., from Kaipara. Peaace. agent. n . Kiwi s s , 133 tons. Campbell, from the East Coast. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Thorloy. . Messrs. Harkor,Carter, McGinnity, and Clark; two In the steerage. Levin and Co., agents , Matau. s.s., 104 tons, Urquhart, from Lyttelton ana Kaikoura. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Miss Close, Messrs. Hill and Tenny; four in steerage. Bishop, agent. Otago, s.s., 642 tons, Calder, from Sydney via the West Coast. Passengers—Saloon: From Sydney: Mr. Campbell, and 1 in the steerage; From Coast: Miss Gardiner, Rev. Mr. Cummin?, Messrs. Peterson, Curtis, Elliott, and Southern. Bishop, agent. SAILED. August 10.—Wallace, p.s., C 4 tons. Conway, for Nelson. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Warnock, Hole, Wilson, Gully, Nicholson (2). Blackett. Watt, Sharp. Hodson, Roberts, Firth, Wells, Bolton, Tennant, Galbraith, Metcalfe, Capper, Honnsell, Gallop, West, Mason, and Bowler. Ledger, agent. Napier, s.s., 44 tons; Butt, for Foxton. Passengers —Cabin; Mrs. Henery, Messrs. Schaw, Christensen, Gibson, Stokes, and Francis. Turnbull and Co., agents. Malay, barque, 338 tons, Millman, for Newcastle. Beck and Tonks, agents. Pym, barque, 558 tons, Stapleton, for Newcastle. Levin and Co., agents. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 133 tons, Dawson, for Kaipara. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. Kaikoura, schooner, 31 tons, Anderson, for Kaikours. Bethuno and Hunter, agents. Glimpse, ketch, 37 tons. Reynolds, for Wanganui. Master, agent.

’ CLEARED OUT. August 10,—Rose of Eden, schooner, 30 tons, GUlard, for Havelock. Compton, agent. IMPORTS. Marmion, from Kaipara: 60,000 feet sawn timber, Pearce. Napier, from Rangltikei: 1 bdl skins, Johnston and Co.; 2 casks tallow, 13hides, 7 bdl skins, 1 box. Turnbull and Co.; 15 kegs butter, 7do tallow, 1 cask do. 31 hides, 46 bdls skins, Murray, Common, and Co,; 1 pkg, Taylor. Falcon, from Blenheim: 250 sacks malt. Staples: 40 sacks oats, 16 hides, 1 pel. Order: 3 bales wool, S casks tallow, 2 bags wool, Turnbull and Co, EXPORTS. Napier, for Foxton: 3 cases, 100 sacks oats. 6 bdls, 1 ingot, Levin and Co.; 2 cases seed, Budden; 6 hhds ale, Mace and Arkell; 1 pci, Poulson; 1 bdl leather. Levy; lease fruit, Powuccby; 6 camp ovens and covers, 2 kegs nails, 1 bdl shovels. Mills: 5 bags flour, 1 case ironmongery, 5 kegs white lead. 25 pkgs groceries. Nathan and Co.; 1 case drapery, 1 do ironmongery, 1 keg nails, 4 cases hardware, 1 truss, 1 case fancy goods, 7 cases groceries, 1 bdl axe handles, 12 cases spirits, i octave whisky, 4 pkgs groceries, 2 cases kerosine, 4 do brandy, Nathan and Co.: 1 do, Johnston and Co.; 1 case pictures, Stuart and Co,; 1 case, 2 pkgs, Dawson; 1 case, 9 hhds. Ah Gee; 8 bdls hardware, 5 kegs nails, 1 bale scrim, 2 cases kerosine, 6 grindstones, 5 pkgs. 3 coils rope, 33 bdls brooms, 1 do buckets, 6 bdls shovels, 1 case, 10 do kerosine, 1 case castor oil, 1 pkg, 1 do saws, 1 cask sundries, 1 case do, 1 do axe handles, 4 cases, 1 bdl handles, 1 safe, 1 nest tubs, 1 cask, 2 cases hardware, 50 sashweights. Mills; 30 sacks flour, O'Shea; 6 hhds ale, 8 cases beer, Mace and Arkell; 40 sacks flour, 15 cases kerosine, 5 kegs white lead, 1 bale hops, 12 pkgs groceries, 6 cases do, 30 bags flour. Turnbull and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.- Midlothian, ship, early; Waikato, ship, early. Lyttleton, —Star Queen, barque, early. Newcastle.— Australind, barque, early; Wressoll Castle, barque, early, 4 . Northern Ports. Wellington, s.s., 14th inst; Hawea, s.s., ISth inst. Southern Ports. —Taupo, s.s., 13th inst.; Tara-‘-‘naki. s.s., 16th inst. . Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —Tin s.s., this day. Wanganui —Manawatu, p.s., this day; Stormbird, s.s., this day. Napier.—Rangatira, s.s., 13fch inst. Melbourne via the South. —Albion, s.s., 13fch inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. San Francisco. —Camperdown, ship, 13th inst. Southern Ports. —Welington, s.s, 14th inst.; Hawea, s.s., 18th inst. Melbourne, via the South.— Otago, s.s., 12th inst. Castlepoint and Napier. —Kiwi, s.s., this day I Rangatira, s.s., 16th inst. Northern Ports. —Taupo, s.s., 13th inst.; Taranaki, s.s., 17th inst. Westport, Grey, and Hokitika.—Tui, s.s., 12th inst. Sydney, via West Coast.—Albion, s.s., 12th inst. Foxton. —'Matau, s.s., this day; Napier, s.s., 14th inst. Blenhedi.—Falcon, ketch, this day. Newcastle.—Easby, s.s., 14th inst. Wanganui. —Stormbird, s.s., I2th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. WANGANUI, Thursday. Arrived; Stormbird, from Wellington. PICTON, Thursday. Sailed: 11.15 a.m., Hawea, for Nelson. PORT CHALMERS, Thursday. Arrived ; Taranaki, from the North. Bobycito and Transport from Newcastle. They encountered terrific gales. The Transport carried away her bulwarks, and a spar getting adrift seriously injured a buoy. Sailed: Easby and Albion for the North. ONEHUNGA, Thursday. Sailed: Wellington. Passengers for Wellington— Mr. and Mrs, Baker, Mrs. and Master Bucholx, Miss Byrnes, Messrs. Elliott, Isaacs, and Trelove. LYTTELTON. Thursday. Arrived: Ship Woosung, from London, 118 days out; all well. The dredge Erskine commenced working to-day. The result was most satisfactory.

WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—3o'27 — S.W., light; fine. Napier.—3o*lo—Calm; fine. Sea smooth. Castlepoint.—3o’oß N.W., light ; cloudy. Moderate sea. Wellington.—3olo—N.W., light; fine. Hokitika; rough. Westport. rough. Timaru.—29*93—N.W., light; fine. Sea smooth. Oamap.u.—29*B7—Calm; fine. Sea smooth. 81uff.—2978.—W., strong; threatening. Barometer rising generally.

The barques Malay and Pym left for Newcastle yesterday. No doubt a nice race across will result. Mr. E. Pearce’s fine topsail-schooner Marmion arrived here yesterday morning from Kalpara. She left there on Tuesday afternoon, and had a strong N.W. breeze throughout, making the run in 44 hours.

The steamer Albion, from Melbourne via the South, may be expected here on Sunday forenoon. She will sail again for Sydney via the West Coast on Monday. The s.s. Kiwi, Capt, Campbell, left Napier at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, and arrived at Ponrere at 2.30 p.m.; landed cargo, and left at 5 p.m. same day, and arrived here at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. Experienced strong W.S.W. gales all the way. Reports sighting a schooner off Mataikuna, supposed to-be the Aurora. The Kiwi will leave here for Castle Point and Napier, taking cargo for Poverty. Bay, to-day. The s.s. Napier sailed for Poxton at 5.15 p.m. yesterday. The schooner Kaikoura and the ketch Glimpse sailed for Wanganui yesterday morning. The brigantine Hannah Broomfield sailed for Kaipara yesterday morning. The a.s. Matau, Captain Urquhart, left Lytcelton on Wednesday at 9.30 p.m., and arrived at Kaikoura onThursday at 8 a.m.; landed passengers and cargo, and proceeded North at 10.30 a.m.; passed Capo Campbell at 4.45 p.m.; made Pencarrow Heads at 9 p.m., arriving alongside the Queen’s Wharf at 9,45 p.m. Experienced light northerly breeze, with smooth sea. Reports the schooner Ruby loading for South at Kaikoura.

Ail claims against the ship Sarah Bell are to be rendered in duplicate to the N.Z.S.S. Co. not later than Monday next. The 8.8. Storrabird is expected to arrive here to-day about noon. She will sail for Wanganui on Saturday. The Matau will sail for Foxton to-day, and return here on Sunday. On Monday she will make a special trip South, calling at Kaikoura, Lyttelton, Timarn, Oaraaru, and Dunedin.

The p.s. Wallace sailed for Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth this morning at 7 o’clock. H.M.S. Barracoota has sailed lor the Solomon Islands, and will return to Sydney via Torres Strait. H.M. schooner Conflict has proceeded to the island of Tanna. H.M.S. Dido arrived at Portsmouth from Sydney on June 2. The s.s. Otago, Captain Calder, from Sydney via the West Coast, arrived in harbor at 10 o’clock last night. She left Sydney at 4 p.m. on the 2nd; had light winds the whole of the passage, and arrived off Hokitika at Cp.m. on the 7th; left at 11.30 p.m., and arrived.off Greymouth at 2.30 a.m. on the Bth; left at 11.30 a.m. sane day, and arrived at Nelson at 10p.m. on the oth; sailed again at noon yesterday, and arrived here as above. Experienced strong head winds and heavy sea along the coast to Nelson; thence till arrival light winds and fine weather. The Otago will sail for Melbourne via the South to-morrow. Since the Otago the dirt taken off her bottom in Melbourne some short time ago, she has been making some smart runs. The last trip from Hokitika to Sydney was made in 3 days 23 hours, and the run yesterday from Nelson to this port was accomplished in ten hours. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following notice, which has been received from the Queensland Government, is published for general information: — “ Sunken Reef.'— Inner route to Torres Strait, — Captain Peam, of the schooner 10, reports the existence of a sunken reef, with 12ft. of water over it at low water, in the following position, viz.: —Half-way Island—centro, N.N.E.; Boydong Cays—centre of southernmost islet, S.E. half E. " O. P. Heath. “ Commander R.N., Portmaster. "Departments of Forts and Harbors, ’’Brisbane, July 14, 1876." NAUTICAL ITEMS. Mitchell’s Jiegiiler of April 21st says:—Telegrams state that the Newfoundland seal fishing is more productive than at first reported; but the total catch is not much more than last year; The best fished ship has 20,000 seals, others have 14,000 and 16,000. From Christiania it is heard that a Norwegian steamer is on her way to Dundee with 1300 old and 6700 young seals caught at Greenland. There was no intelligence of the Dundee fleet. Several Norwegian ships were to engage this year In Davis Strait whale fishing, along with Scotch ships. : ; , ' . , ' Six new vessels have been or are about to be commenced for her Majesty’s navy. They Include four

Composite steam Woods, each 'of 3 guns, 774 tons and 750 horse power, and are to be named the Condor, the Falcon, the Flamingo, and the Griffen. The two former are to be built at Dcvonpbrt, and the others by Messrs. Laird, Birkenhead. The other/ two .are to be double screw' steel the Iris and. Mercury, ‘'each .of v lo;iguns,' 8693 tons and 7000 horse power. They are to be built at Pembroke dockyard, and are expected to be -very fast,. .Vessels of this for the protection of'the mercantile community in time of war are considered to be of great value, and several more are likely to be ordered. The Wild Swan, screw composite sloop of six guns, 1124 tons, and 000 h.p., was the only vessel completed during the first quarter of the year. She was turned out by Messrs. Napier and Sons, of Glasgow. In April last 26 vessels were under construction, either in the dockyard or by privote firms, for the Govenment. / • The case of the barque Chevalier is interesting. She was lying at Greenock, ready for sea, in October last, when a telegram • was sent from the Board of Trade to the Customs authorities ordering her detention for survey purposes—complaints having been lodged of her alleged unseaworfchiness. The telegram was duly read to Captain Menrf'es, of the barque, and two Customs officers were placed on board in charge of her, but in defiance of these restrictions the Captain took his vessel to sea. Customhouse officers and all, and made a voyage to Pensacola and back. For the defence it was urged that the telegram was not sufficient authority for the detention of the barque, but Mr. Sheriff Smith, before whom the case was heard, at Greenock, in April lost, ruled that it came within the meaning of the 3rd section of the Act of 1876, and that the master had been guilty of a clear breach of the Act. The penalty provided was one not exceeding £SO, and the Court fined the master £4O, the whole of it to be paid in equal portions to the two Customs officers in compensation for the inconvenience and hardships they had undergone during their involuntary voyage. It was shown that although they received sufficient food they slept in the sail room with only the sails to cover them.