SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4953, 6 February 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water.— 10.25 a.m. ; 11.2 p.m. ARRIVED. February 4.-Tui, s.s., 04 tons, Bonner, from Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passengers-Cabm . Mr. and Miss Casey, Miss Fife, Messrs. Dawson, King, Palmer, and Joseph. Bishop, agent. February 5. Amaranth, schooner, el tons, Campbell, from Onehunga. Mclntyre and co., agents. „ SAILED. TT February 5.-Manawatu, p.s., 103 for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Nicholas and Stonell; 2 steerage. Plimmer, agent. . Stormbird, s.s., 09 tons, Doile, for Manganm. Turnbull and Co., agents. , Transit, schooner, S 3 tons. Hooper, for Ficton. M Kaiuma, e ”cliooner. 39 tons, for Pelorus Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. .... Charles Edward, p.s., 120 tons, AVhitwell, for Nelson and SVest Coast ports. Elizabeth, ketch, 33 tons, Short, for Itogitikei. schooner, 00 tons, Paterson, for Greymouth. Master, agent. IMPORTS. [A special charge is made for consignees' names mterted in this column.] i Amaranth, from Onehunga : 3S,oooft. sawn kauri from Blenheim: 04 bales wool, 45 do flax, 1 ton potatoes. _ , Raugatira, from Napier : 3 boxes, 7 pkgs, 1 case, <8 bales wool, 249 pkts do. , _ _ . Tni. from Kaikoura: 31 bales wool. From Lyttelton: 8 bales fungus. 10 cases cheese, 1 box. Stormbird, from Wanganui: 02 bales wool, 130 sheep, 0 bales fungus, 3 boxes fruit. Manawatu, from Wangauui: 07 bales wool, 2 boxes, 1 horse. EXPORTS. Charles Edward, for Nelson : 42 cases iron, 12 cases schnapps. For Westport: 1 boiler, 1 winch. 1 frame, 24 pkgs,' 1 box, 20 kegs butter, 4 pairs wheels, 2 ]uncrows, 1 bdl, 1 pci. . stormbird, for Wanganui: 1 case axes and hatchets, X do shovels, 1 do brooms, 1 do snaiths, 1 do handles, 1 do clothespins, 3 pkgs tubs, 2 do washboards, 10 cases groceries, 6 boxes candles, 10 bags salt, 1 case glass, 16 casks ale, 29 pkgs, 1 case. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Hurunui, early; Adamant, early; Kakaia, * Southern Ports.—Tairoa, this day; Rotorua, 9th Northern Ports. —Taupo, 7th lust.; Taranaki, 10th Inst. lIOBARXON.— Young Dick, early. Melbourne, via the South.—Arawata, 11th jnst. Wanganui.—Manawatu, 7th lust.; Stormbird, 7th “ st ‘ PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Jessie Headman, this month; Avalanche, early ; Ocean Mail, early. Northern Ports.—Taupo, Sth Inst.; Wellington, 12th Inst. . Southern Ports.—Tairoa, 7tli inst.; Taranaki, lOthinst. Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, this day. Sydney, via Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. —Rotorua, flth inst. Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —Wallace, 7th inst. Melbourne, via the - South.—Arawata, 11th inst. Napier.—Eangatira, 7th inst. . BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Monday. Arrived : Go-Ahead, from Napier; Favorite, from ToDgatabn; Kriemhilda, from Snwarrow; Taranaki, from South. Sailed : Sapphire, for Pacific Islands. UOKIANGA, Monday. Arrived : Free Trader, from Noumea. ' NELSON, Monday. Sailed: At noon, Taupo, for Wellington and South Passengers from Nelson —Mr. and Mrs. Kerr and four children, Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Caspar and infant, Mrs. Lowers, Messrs. Coll, McGee, Wlmortb, Powell, Humphrey, Hounsell, Wymond, Fletcher, Barnes, Southern, Elves, West, Martin, Tribe, Hill, Milne, Fox, WTddows, and Darby. LYTTELTON. Monday. Sailed : Alhambra, for South, at 4 p.m.—Wellington, lor South, at 5 p.m.—Passengers for Dunedin— Mr. Balien and child, and Mrs. George.—Tairoa, for North at 7 p.m.—Passengers for Wellington—Misses Baker, Gillon, and Mclntosh, Mrs. Fitch, Mr. and Mrs. Brodick, Messrs. Linderer, Palmer, Lanauze, Cooley Delamain. and Disher. For Manukau—Mr. and Mrs. J. Hill, Messrs. T. and F. L. Hill, Caineron, and W. H. Lance. BLUFF, Monday. Arrived : Arawata, from Melbourne. Left Hobson’s Bay at 2.15 p.m. on the 31st: cleared the Heads at 445 p.m.; passed Swan Island at 11 a.m, next day. Strong westerly winds prevailed first three days, then ■ strong southerly winds with head sea and thick squally weather. Passed Stewart Island at 1.15 p,—, on Sth February, and arrived at the Bluff at 6.30 p.m. She brings 51 saloon, 50 steerage nassenw” tOBS cargo for all ports,'"Saloon—For _Lyttelton— Mr and Mrs. Willis, Miss Bailey, Rev. Mr. Watson; 15 steerage; 32 tons cargo. For Wellington-Messrs. Le Patourel, Collins, Jnpp, Dnndas, Crawford, Airs. Collins, Miss Collins; 20 steerage; 23 tons cargo. For Nelson—Messrs. Taylor, Biddulph, Gunn, _ Earl, Fuller Lucas, Mrs. Humphries ; 10 steerage : a tors cargo. ’ For Auckland—Mr. Phillips; 5 steerage. The schooner Amaranth, Captain Campbell, from Onehunga, arrived here yesterday, forenoon. The steamers Stormbird and Manawatu sailed for Wanganui at noon yesterday. The s.s. Eangatira was towed round to the Patent Slip yesterday by the Manawatu. The s.s. Kiwi will sail for Castlepoint and Napier to-day. The schooner Maggie Paterson sailed for Greymouth yesterday. ' _ , „ , She schooner Kainma got away for Pelorus Sound yesterday ; and the Rose of Eden and Reward resumed their voyage also. •_ • The schooner Transit, Captain Hooper, sailed for Pieton yesterday morning, where she will load timber for this port. The s.s, Tni left Lyttelton at 6 p.m. on the 3rd, arrived at Kaikoura at 6 a.m. on the 4th; left at 11 a.m., and arrived in port late on Sunday night. She will sail,for Foxton to-day. : ■ The' schooner Anthons, 133 tons, C. Anthons, master. Is now loading at Melbourne for Wellington, She Is'the next one of. Turnbull’s regular line of Two mission schooners are expected here shortly. One is the Dayspring, from the New Hebrides via Dunedin and Lyttelton; and the other, the Southern Cross, from Auckland. She is manned by twenty-five boys from the Auckland Gaining ship, and is under the command of Captain Bongatd. The s s. Hinemoa proceeded on a trip round the Middle Island yesterday afternoon. She will go by Xvay.of the West Coast and call at Preservation Inlet, for which place she took a number of heavy baulks of ironwork, to be used in the construction of a new lighthouse there. Centre Island will also be visited to land a quantity of lighthouse material. The Hinemoa will return here by way of the East Coast, calling at the' several ports. Captain Fairchild anticipates being back here by the 15th inst. An advertisement elsewhere states that the tug Albatross is for sale by auction at Melbourne. The Albatross is a new boat, and would if brought to Wellington supply a want which has been long felt here. She la described as a vessel of 275 tons builder’s measurement, 191 tons.,register, and 31 tons.net register, built at Whiteinch in 1875, and classed 100 Al. She is of the following dimensions;—Length, iSsft.; beam, 21ft; depth,-llft.: and has three watertight compartments.; The engines are two side-lever disconnecting surface condensers of 80h.p. nominal, with two cylinders of . 34in„ with 4ft'. Gin. stroke, escape valves, and expansive gear, driving two piddles with feathering floats, and consumption of fuel when towing heavy ship in a seaway is only Ccwt. per hour. The hull in appearance is very symmetrical; the stem is straight and the stern elliptical.