SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4898, 2 December 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF ’WELLINGTON. High Watek.—3.63 a.m.: 4.16 r.». Sunday—4.3B a.m.;X 5.2 r.M. ARRIVED. . * December 1.-Taupo, s.s., 4 ’®,‘ on ’* d C M r 7cra’™ the South. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. aiad ford and son, Mr. and Mrs. farmlv Mesdames Pyle and Kirkwood, Jmssos mum 4in tte steerage: 37 tw the North. Levin and Co,. ae Hannoh Broomfield, brigantine, 134 tors, Dawson, fr/tm Kaioara. Greenfield and Stewart, agwts. TSa^s P . . M M, r, S a a S ,M'ton S . Bonner, from Voxtoo. —Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Cleland; 3 in the steerage. , Bishop, agent. SAILED. „ DkcemsebL— Wakatipu. s,s., ll^to^^Camwon, for Sydney via the West Coast, rassongors—Saloon. ’ Mrs Draw and child, Messrs. Rose and McKeown; 3 iD ManlwSTp .**m Wanganui, Passengers—Saloon: Mrs. Newman. Chief Justice Prendergaat, ,and Mr- Burnett, and Co., agents. pORTS> ' ' * tA special charge UniacU far consignees' names inS^n^, < from o DnribdiiK : 'lo6 bdxos. 48 pkgs, lO.casej, 2 bdls IB tolls felt, 1 iniderkln. l pci from Lytteltan- 100 sacks flour. 26 pkgs,:4 cases, 1 block stone. Sound: 20,000 ft. sawn Foxton:, 46 bales w 001.30 telegraph poles, flo 4*B«ofi" a totara piles, 5 casks battles, 5 empty hhus. JSat from the : East .Coast-:,116 bales wool, 28 t! Unity, from Wanganui: 110 bags potatoes. ; Pntarnriso from Akiteo: 144 bales Wool, 3do skins. ■ Otakfflrdm Otakl: 20 bales wool, 8000 shingles, 104 friw-Wanganni; 60 pkgs furniture. 34 C^anna™%«mm^ld,J, frpm Kaipara: BS,oooU..sawn kauri timber, Greenfield-and Stewart, ' , EXPORTS. ' - t ’ Elizabeth Pratt, for Oamaru: 10. empty tanks. Manawatu/for Wanganui: 15 owe* q ,7 ■casks, 37, cases wine, Ido saddlery, 25 pkgs, .. pals, 17 Ca |tormhird, for, Wanganui: 6 cases h S d Rdo hat° , hammers, 1 do spades. 10 pkgs washboards, 6dp hatchets, 4 do pumps, 11 racks chains, * cases imyrakes, . 3 do agricultural implements, 1 do eePthe-rtones, 4 do, nails fl do locks. 2 do hardware, 1 do seed drillsldo •arms’ 1 grindstone. 13 cases brandy. 14 113 pkgs 2 cases geneva, 2 trusses, 22 pkgs groceries, 5 cases gin, 2 do stout, 12 casks, 12 bales Woolsacks, • 15 sashweights, 4 cases, J board, 8 pkgs ir ™< FJi! 3 . ■kerosene, 3 empty tanks, ! case snaths, 1 cask stout, l ease groceries. 1 do brandy, -1 qr-cask do. Astasia for East Coast: 50 bags flour, 3-chest tea, .'2 bag? oatmeal, 1 do rice. 7 pkgs sundries, 2 bores soap 20 pkgs sugar, 30 casks . sulpbur, _ls bags Bme, ■ 3000 bricks, 4 bales woolpacks, 6 bags salt, 1 keg rum, 1 atone, 1 case wine, 10 bags flour, 6 cases geneva. * . EXPECT It t» ARRIVALS. : : London.—Ocean Mall, ship, early; Avalanche. ship, daily : Hnrunui, ship, early ; Himalaya,- ship.^ early; Leicester, ship, early.. ... , i.V Southern Poris.—Wellington, as.,- 7th,;, inst., '• Taranaki. s.s., 12th ihst. ’ , ‘ Northern Ports.—Hawea, S.S., this day; Ladybird. s.s.» 7th inst. . - 1 .. Nu-wcastle.—Australind. barque, «arly ; Kobm ' • Hood, brig, early; Neptune, brig, early. Lyttelton.— Malay, barque, this day. y .- f ; Melbourne ajJd Hoearton via the South,—. Albion, ss„ 6th inst. ;■ ; Wanganui.—Stormbird, s.s,, this day; Manawatu. p.s., 3/d inst; 1 ■ • 1 i. Melbourne via the WEar -CoAfir.—Alhambra, s.s., 7th inst. - , ~ ’ Nelson.—ChariesEdward, this day.*- > i V PROJEOTED/pifiPARTURKS. < Lovbon.- Zealandia, ship, 13th inst.; Waikato, ship, 15th inst,; Jessie Headman, ship, this month. ‘ Southern Ports,. —Hawca, s.s., this day; Ladybird, s.s., 7th inst. ... , Northern,- Ports.t-Wellington,,. sa» _ 7th inst; Tarahiki, s.s.; Kth iiist - • ' . *«, Sydney, via the Wbst Coast. —Albion, s.s., Otn “f OXION.—Tui, s.s.V this day; Napier, s.s., this day. Wanganui.—Stormbird, s.s., 4th inst.; Manawatu, p.3.,4th inst. ... , ' . Napier,—Kiwi, s.s., this day. ■ ... Melbourne via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., otn iB NEi.BOM. Westport, Gbevmocth.and Hokitika. —Charles Edward, p.s., 4th inst. : i. . Blenheim. —Lyttelton, p.s.. 7th inst _ Napier Aim -Poverty Bay. Rangatira, s.s., sth inst. . • WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. ~ Barometer corrected for height only. AUCKLAND. —SO'OS—N.N.E., light; fine. Napier.—SOTO—N.E., light; fine. Bar smooth. ’ . Casilepoint.—3oT3—Calm, fine. Moderate swell; WZLLINGTOS.—3OT2—N„ light; fine. Hokitika. Westport.—3o 08—North, light; fine.. Bar good. Timaru.—3oT6—Calm, fine.. Sea smooth. , Oamaru.—3OTo—Calm. fine. Sea smooth. IBY TELEGRAPH.) ; LYTTELTON, Friday. Arrived : The brigantine Omaha, from the Chatham Islands, arrived last'hight. She left last Sunday. ■ ;Sailed: The Otago,:for the South; at 5.15 p.m.; Herald, schooner,,for Wellington; and-Kenilworth, for Auckland. ; ' ' . . The N.Z.S. Co.’s ship Waltangi cleared the Customs for.Ldndon last night. '*■> ■ - ' '• il ; NELSON. Friday. ; . Arrived : Murray, from Wellington, early. ■ Sailed : Hawea, s.s.. for Soiith. at 8 a.m.; Passengers from Nelson—Miss Batt, Mrs. Green, Messrs. - P«ker, Rhodes; rWatts.'lHenry; Hall, and Compton. ; Captain Lunt, of thfiLPanola, has telegraphed to the principal ship builder sat Auckland to know, if they ■ -could supply him with a new mainmast, measuring 70 feet in length* by 2 feet in diameter, ■ The answers received have been to the effect that there was only one spar of sufficient size there to suit his requirements. - The price askedjfas father a neat one. We are sniprised at this,for we theught that Auckland, .which boasts of being the only wooden, shipbuilding port in the colony, would be able to supply the Yankee with a spar double the size which he requires from the giant forests of kanri which possesses, arid not let - him have to seek for It in other colonies, as we underi'stands that he now Intends Newcastle, ;N.3.W., to'know if they’can supply 1 his wants there. The p.s. Manawatu sailed, for Wanganui at-3.30 p.m. yesterday. The 3.3. sail, for the South; this alternoorl. i; - : ; ' v i The ship Zealandia will, it is expected, haul out from .the. wharf ..on -Monday,, only rabont 200 bales ‘more-wool being required to flit her up. The Union Company’s ;?,s« Taupo, Captain Carey, . arrived here from Southern 'ports .at 10.40 a.m, yesterday. ’ Slie Teft Port Chalmers at 2-15 p.m, on the 29th ultimo,- and arrived at Lyttelton at 10.30 a.m. oh the tilth: sailed at 4.40-p.m., and arrived here'as above. Eigierienoed fine weather? throughout. - She sailed for Northern ports at midnight., , ; • J - The ketch ’ Thames arrived, here yesterday from WanganuL * - I .' ' *- '* '' ' . ~, The s.s. Tni from Foxton arrived In port at 5 li.m. yesterday. She left Foxton at 7;30 p.m. the previous day, and had fine weather down, , She will sail for ■Foxton this afternoon! ‘ ; 1 , • ■. ■., The s.s. Albion is Expected to arrive here on Tuesday from Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. She will sail again on' Wednesday, for Sydney, via the West Coast. . ' The s.s. Wakatipu sailed for Sydney; via Greymouth and Hokitika, yesterday at 2.80 p.m. siK The s.s. Rangatira left Napier yesterday afternoon, and will arrive, here this evening.,,,£he will sail for the East Coast-on Tffisddy.

The cable steamer Agnes left the harbor yesterday at 0 a.m., for the purpose of looking for the buoy which wgs. anchored to mark the cable, but reported as being-adrift off Tadurakira'Head, and tosee If the bupy. attached to the end of the cable was all right. The latter was first visited, and found to be Imperfect condition, althopgluthe -flagstaff-was-missing,- and from" marks upon the t buoy it is supposed that some s vessel has made fast tbit and tried to get it on board. The buoy which was dropped to mark the cable when it went overboard,was next sought for; and found 'off, Taour'fikira .Head firmly-anchored to,the bottom. 'lt was got Oh hoard; and the steamer returned to. port at -6 o’clock-last evening. ■;' r , :-j . The brigantine' Hannah Broomfield, Captain Dawson, with a a cargo of sawn kauri here yesterday at 3 a.m. from Kaipara.. : SUe-leffethere.cn Sunday morning “last With a Very light sonthreast wind, and experienced northerly ‘and easterly ydndS With fine clear weather and smooth sea. Was. off the Heads at 11 o’clock on Thursday night, -and-arrived here as, above, T Kepprts sighting ~ the -schooner Torca andthe -ketch' Eeliance, 10 miles to. the eastward of Stephen's Is^ndbnTburs3ay ( > y ’ The schooner Aurora* went on the‘hard yesterday •to nave her bottom cleaned The p.s. Charles Edward is expected to arrive hero from'Nelson and West Coast to-day. She will return thereion-Monday.'- -i"-'”'-*-' m ' 1 , We arc : indebted to. Captain Dawson of the brigan-,' tipeHannah Broomfield, for the following information' regarding; Kalpara:—The.barqueptine Prince Alfred! and t(le schooner Hihcmoa.'for Lyttelton;. tke Frank Ony. three-masted schfabner/for Dunedin;' 'and the brigantine Sarah fpr Westport; whloh'vo'ssel-ar-rived there yesterday, sailed’ on Sunday last. j i.The; following vessels were loading at the Aratapu saw mill: Isahdlia' Eldley/barque; for Dunedin; Amey, brig, for Adelaide; Yvonne, French barque, for Dunedin ;' the brigantine Swordfish was also loading there. The schooner Marmion arrived at Kaiparaon the 21stultimo,' and w»if loading,,at ,the ; Kopnta.mill for this, port! The schooner Jefide Nlcol was afso loading -there for Dunedin,, and the Ada Wlswell .finished loading laijt week Hi. The ,T^n;i4nuualoMerchanfei Shipping Tables show’ at' the,fend -pf fehe year 1875 merchant •vessels beionglng to the United, Kingdom of 0,087,701 tons, including the whole‘British 'Eniplro; 7,744,237 tons. The merchant vessels belonging to the United .States, on June 30; 1870,' comprised 1,533,827 tons registered forever-SCtt foreign trade, and. 3,238,390 tons for home trade. Including lake’ and river ■.steamers, but not vessels below 20 tons; The following retprns are to the end of 1874:—German Empire. 1,008,883 tons: Prance,a-qS7,272.tO»)B:;Ttaly, 1,031,889 tons; Holland, 511,980 toils; Belgium, 45,322t0n5; .Sweden, 697,692 tons^Dcnmaric;’'2l2,6oo tons; Norway, 1873, 1,245,293 tcrna; Au»tria, 1873,.. 273,221 tons. Taking steam vessels only, the'anibunts for the same dates,' as above are (as foUow3:~-Unitedi-Kingdom, 1,943,‘197 tons; the British Empire, 2,072,'504 tonfe; United States, 191.68(J tons and 978,970 tons respeollvely; Ccrman Empire,-189,998 tons: Prance, 194,645 ions;- Italy, 62,370,itefis;' Holland;! 71,101-toWS;- Bfei--giunvSMOT tons;* £weden/,6p,229itoiisii Denmark,* ;27,351‘ tons; Norway. 39,295 tons;. Austria, 65,905 tons.— UniUdService(ki&tte, September"2'

THE STEERING QUALITIES OF SHIPS. In the Mechanical Science Section of the British Association, Professor Osborne Reynolds read the report of a committee, consisting of SirH. T. Slmson, Mr. J. B. Napier, Mr. W. Froude. and-Professor Reynolds, appointed at Bristol last, year.to make experiments on the turning ; ..of screw’Bteamer3.\ -<The committee obtained the use of three vessels, ill which various trials were made. After stating the of the experiments which bad been madei the- Professor road a paper .** On the Investlgation' of the Qualities of Sbips.” He:remarkedrtbat tbq’uncertainty which'at present existed in; the manoeuvring of large’ ships iwas proved iby the numerous .collisions whlch«had .occurred' the ships of our navy^'v'while : endeavoring^!-to ■' execute •ordinary manoeuvres under the most favorable, circumstances, and with no enemy before them. These accidents.might be. and had had’been,-looked ’ upon as indicatijng imperfections in the' ships, or the manner in which they were handled, but the fact was, that the ships were the best, fo'uhdin the world, and were commanded by the most skilful and highly-trained seamen alive,.,,. .The .results of the in-: vestlgatlon of theeffect of reversing the propellers on the action of tbe rudder appeared to show, that however capricious the behaviour of ships-had hitherto seemed, it was y in- reality subject to that ■ by a series of careful trials the 1 commander .of a amp might inform himself how his ship would behave in all circumstances. . The experiments of the committee on larger ships had completely established the fact that the reversing of the Screw -of a vessel, with full way' On’very much' diminished 1 her steering powers, and reversed what little it left, so that when a collision was imminent to reverse the scre w and use the rudder as if the ship wauld answer to it in the usual manner was a certain way of bringing about the collision, and this was precisely what was done in nine cases out of ten. It was highly important that the effect, of-the reversal,-of the screw ,should be generally-recognised; particularly in the Law Courts, for in the present state of opinion on that subject, there could be.no doubt that j’ndgment would go against any commander who steamed on ahead, knowing that by so doing he had the best chance of avoiding a collision, orwbohad ported nis helm in order to bring his ship’s head round to port with the screw reversed. Steps should tberdfore be taken by the association 1 to bring this matter prominently before the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and those concerned in navigation; at all events, for fightingships, it was desirable that the officers should have experience .beyond the - mere-turning powers of their own ships. When two ships are manceuvring so as to avoid or bring abaut a collision, each commander had totakeluto account the movement of his opponent. To enable bim to do this with readiness it would be necessary to have friendly encounters or tournaments. What he proposed was virtually to extend experiments on models of ships so as to make them embrace the steering powers of ships as well as ■their resistance. Independently of their .value as a means of (raining naval officers, such iqodels would afford a means of • studying naval tactics:— United Service Gazette, Sept. 15. ■ •

NOTICES TO MARINERS- ■ 1 . ‘. Notice is hereby given to the master or, if there be no master, the person In charge of every vessel frequenting Pott Lyttelton, that they must not anchor, with the western extremity of the Eastern Breakwater bearing anything to the northward of N.W. mag. ... Vessels anchoring under the lee of thu Western Breakwater must leave the approach to Peacock’s Wharf quite clear. ; The master or other person in charge.of every vessel .anchoring to the westward of these limits is liable to a penalty of £SO. v • ;. "■ ■ . ; ".' 1 Strangers to.the port ,are recommended to bring up well to the southward of the breakwater. By order. Fredk. D. Gibson, Chief Harbor Master,, Lyttelton, November 17. 1876. ..■Notice is hereby given; that on and aftqr the Ist day of December, 1876;. a red-light willhe exhibited from a'staff on the north end of Breakwater, Oamaru. Bay. The light will be at an elevation of ICft. above the sea level, and will he seen, in clear weather three to ;four miles from seaward, between bearings N. W. and S.S.W. (magnetic). u 1 • ' . „ .' During-had , weather, when the' danger lights (two ■white lights horizontal with a red light, between them) are shown from the flagstaff, the red light at the breakwater will not be exhibited. • Wm. Sewell. Harbor Master. Oamarn, November 7,187C.',: .; f j .......