SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4858, 17 October 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hl«B Watib,—B.So A M ; 3.40 »•>*■ ARRIVED. „ . . m OcrroDEß 16.—Alhambra, 490 tona rora Melbourne via the Wert Coast. Passengei From -Melbourne—Messrs. H. ““ Cayneaux. From Coast- Mesdame. and O’Leary, Miss Atkinson, Messw. Manson,m mewan. Smith, Rutherford, CUvton.B. Blundell, soar., and SO in the steerage. Bishop, agent.

SAILED. „ , , W S2S; Master. * B St«r of the 3ea, schooner, 38 tons. Turner, for Endeavor Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound. Master, “ g “ t ’ CLEARED OUT. October 16.—Aspasla, schooner, 45 tons, Thompsdn, for jPlcton. Pearce, agent. Edith, ketch, 17 tons. Day, for Wairan. Master, * geDt ' IMPORTS. Jessie Nlccol, from Oamarn: 305 sacks flour, 1474 half do do. Mclntyre and Co. Manawatn. from Wanganui: 1 hdl bags, Alius; 1 eft«e» Welford. _ , Badgatira, from Nftpier: 1 box, Lemon; SO sacks maize, Dranstlold; 1 case, Jackson: 1 bag. Maxwell Napier, from "Foxton; 5 coils tow, Ladd and Co.; 1 box. Beatty; 1 do, Kennedy; 1 dray, Johnston; 2 pkgs, Mills and Co. EXPORTS. Napier, for Fnxton: 2 cases, 22 pkgs, Levin and Co,; 4 hhils ale, iface and Arkoll; 1 case, Backhouse; 15 do brandy, 6 dn Mn*, 8 kegs nails, Stevenson and Stuart: 1 case, Samuel, Ladd, and Co : 1 bale leather. Levy; 7 gunnies sugar. Port; 1 case, Klrkcaldio and Stains; 2 pkgs. Hirst; 22 do groceries, 1 cask putty, 1 coilzlno, ktull and 1 Co.; i pV. Mills; 1 do, Luff; 1 case drapery, Nathan and Co.; 1 case, 1 truss, 2 pkgs. Stuart and Co.: 22 bags groceries. Jacob Joseph and Co • 5 casks lemonade, Johnston and Co.; 2 kegs nails, 1 bdl woolpacks, 10 pkgs, 4 casts, 1 tin soaps. 1 nest tubs, Mills; 85 pieces skirting, Halley ami Ewing; 1 case, Public Works department; V bale, Whittem, Nicholson, and Co.; 1 pkg, Knight; 3 eases lemonade, Dixon; 30 pkgs sugar, 1 case drapery, 7 do groceries, 3 pkgs, Nathan and Co.: 5 cases spirits, 3 do. Schnapps, 1 qr-cask brandy, 1 pkg, Stevenson and Stuart: 34 bags flour, 20 do sugar. 16 sacks oats, 1 cask whiting. 23 pkgs groceries, 1 crate earthenware, Turnbull and Co. EX rKrTED ARRIVAL*. LONDON.—3I. Leonards, ship (H.D.Q.0.), ear , I J' ; Howrah, ship, early: Ocean Mail, ship, early; Avalanche, ship, early; Himalaya, ship, early. Sydney.—Agnes, s.s., early. Glasgow,—Stella, s.s., early. Eoo Chow.— May, three-masted schooner, daily. Newcastle. —Woodlark, hrig, early; Austrahnd, barque, dally; Neptune, brig, early; Robin Hood, early; Anne Melhuish, barque, early SouthernPorts,— Hawea, as.. 18th Instant;Ladybird, 5.5,,23rd Inst. , Northern Ports.— Taupo, s.s.. 19th instant; Wellington, s.s., 24th instant. Hobarton.—Yonng Dick, schooner, daily : Malay, Chalmers. —Jessie Readman. ship, 20th inst. West Coast.— Tui, s.s., this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne via the South, —Alhambra, s.s., Ports.—Taupo, s.s, 19th instant; Wellington, s.s., 24th Inst. , T . Northern Ports.—Hawea, s.s., 19th inst.: Ladybird, s.s., 23rd Inst, Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., this day. Wanganui.*— Manawatu, p.s., this day ; stormbird, 5.3., 18th inst. Napier.- Rangstira. s.s.. 18th instant. ■ , Kairoura and Lyttelton.—Tui, s.s., 18th inst. Nelson, Westport, Grktmouth. andHCkitika. —Charles Edward, p.s., this day. Newcastle. —Easbv. s.s., 18th inst. Castle Point and Wanoakhu. —Aurora, schooner, this day.

BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Monday. Sailed; Ladybird, for the South, at 2 p.m.; Easby, for the North.

AUCKLAND, Monday. Sailed; Taupo, for the South. Passengers for Wellington—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Montague Chapman.

PORT CHALMERS, Monday. Arrived : Yuoun, barque, from Mauritius, with 360 tons ol sugar; Bobyclto, barque, from New'"slrtED: Hawea, for the North! Passengers for Wellington—Saloon: MesdamesStoodnck and Holmes, Misses Wood, Barns, Corcoran, Messrs. Mills, Seaton, W. H. Soloman, Wilson, Reid, Bridge.

WESTPORT, Monday. The brigantine Sarah File, from Wellington, la now discharging at the wharf.

WEATHER AT 6 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.— 3o'4o— N.N.W.. light; fine. HAPIKB.-30-34-W. . light; fine. Bar alight swell ( CASTL«POIHI r -;30'31— E.5.E., light; fine. Slight ■ 30 37—Calm; fine. Hokitika.— light; Bne. Bar good. WiwiPOßT.—3o'36 S. W.. light; fine. Bar good. Tihabu.—iiO’SO—N.E., light; flne. Sea smooth. OAMARU aW—Calm: flne. SlightS.t. swell. Bloit.—3o 32—W,, light; flne.

The time-ball may bo mod to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time wottld show 12h. SOmin. when the ball drops. Any difference Is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. Several vessels should now be drawing near our Heads from Australia and other parte. The barque AustrallndU about twenty days out, and the Robin Hood sixteen days, both from Newcastle. The brig Woodlark is said to have loft the same port on the 28th ult and the Young Dick, schooner, is now fully due here from Hobarton, The three-masted schooner May should How not be very far away from New Zealand, as she left Hongkong 94 days ago, while the St. Leonards, from London, should bo drawing close up. Doubtless with the first northerly wind the most of them will putin an appearance. Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co. s s.s. Alhambra, Captain M. Muir, from Melbourne and the West Coast, arrived here last evening at 7 o clock. To the parser We are indebted for oiir files and the following report of the passage Left Sandtidge Pier at B.SO a.m. on the 7th: cleared the Heads at 12.30 p.m., and passed Kent’s Group at 3.40 a.m. on the Bth. Experienced fresh easterly winds, with heavy head Seas and thick rainy wither, till arrival at Hokitika at 1.30 p.m. on the 13th; left at 12 o clock on the 14th v strived at Greymouth three hours afterwards. and left at 6.4 S same evening. Was off Nelson at 3.80 p.m. on the 16th; sailed at 8 a.m. on the 16th, and arrived here as above. She brings 60 tons of cargo lor this port, and will leave here to-day for Melbourne via the South. The ablp Jesele Headman, Captain Kennedy, left Port Chalmers for this port on Saturday, and should arrive in the middle of the present week. She came from London to Port Chalmers, and made the run in 92 days. The passage was in the main a fine weather one, the only really heavy weather being encountered on the Bth September, when a heavy gale from the N.W. wee met with, which after blowing a few hours shifted to W.3.W., with ji riling barometer. It then backed to the q w and the glass fell from 29 60 to 28.80. The wind again shifted to the N.E., the gale Wowing furiously, accompanied with heavy enow squalls. The Jessie Headman brought to Port Chalmers about 1400 tons cargo, and at London she shipped t wo Clydesdale entires and two mares of the same breed, four shorthorned cows andone trail. andeightLeicesterramsibut one entire, one mare, and the bull died on the voyage. The stock were owned by the Hon. Mr. Holmes and Mr. Webster. The Jessie Headman is announced by Messrs Murray, Common, and Co, to be one of the wool ships of the season to load at this port. The schooner Aurora Is advertised to sail for Castle Point and Wangachu to-day. The ketch Otakl left the harbor to-day bound (or Otaki. The 8.1. Napier sailed for Foxton at 4.30 p.m. heps'. Luna was anchored off Plpilea Point yesterday afternoon. .. The ss Tui should arrive here to-day from the West Coast She will be ptaoed on ths Patent Slip on arrival to receive an overhaul. ■ The departure of the p.s. Manawatu has been altered to this afternoon. The steamer Eaaby will arrive here to-day from Lyttelton, and sail again to-morrow forenoon (or Newcastle direct. The Alhambra, which arrived here last night from the West Coast, brought about fifty diggers returning fr lhe^.s.^BangaUraalll sail for Napier direct to-day. The p.s. Charles Edward will sail for Nelson, Westport, Hokitika, and Greymouth to-day. The brig Neptune., from Newcastle, was reported as being off Karori Rock last evening. The s.s. Kiwi la advertised to sail for Castle Point and Napier to-day. The schooner Star of the Sea, bound to Endeavor Inlet, Queen Charlotte Sound, sailed late last night.