SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5051, 1 June 1877, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

POKT OF WELLINGTON.

AIUUVEJ). May 4. Vindex, barque, 200 tons, Kosc, from Newcastle. Franklyn. agent. Edwin liassett, barque, 3!)7 tons, Foster, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. May 9.—Kiiigarooma, s.s.. 023 tons, Whitburn, from Melbourne, via the South. Bishop, agent. MaylO. Austrnlincl, barque, 429 tons, ©llivcr, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. May Hi.—Andrew lteid, barque, Sl4 tons. Alexander, from London. Passengers—Saloon ; Mr. anil M rs. Elliott and family ; 5 steerage. .New Zealand Shipping Company, agent. Cliaudierc, barque, 470 ton?, Petfiold, from Newcastle. Levin and Co., a-'cnts. Jane, brig. 102 tons, Abbott, from ilobarton. Beck and Tonks, agents. MAvll.-Wakatipu, s.s., IMS tons, Cameron, from Sydney. Levin and Co., agents. May 14 —Ben Lcdi, ship, 1056 tons, Boyd, from London. AV. and G. Turnbull and Co., agents. May 20.—Easby, s.s., 909 tons, Anderson, from Sydney. Turnbull and Co., agents. Way 22.-Omaha, brigantine, 132 tons, Burr, from Chatham Islands. Passengers from Ocean Mail— Cabin: Miss Harrison, Messrs. Cottow, Nathan, Captain Watson, Messrs.' Johnson, Caiman, Morrison, Trogillus, Anderson, Jordan, Dnrant, Quince, Ganzell, Bacchus, Parker, Nicholas, Capcl, Tourges, Fairley, Hulse, Merrick, King, Swartz, Ball, Conway, and Wright. Settlors from the Island—Messrs.Clmndlcigh and Sliand. Mclntyre and Co., agents. Tararua, s.s., 523 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne and Ilobarton, via Hie South. Bishop, agent. Camatic, barque, 878 tons, lUiind, from Lyttelton. N.Z.S. Co., agents. May 25.—Itotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Macfarlanc, from Sydnoy via Auckland and Napier. Levin and Co., agents. „ r , May 27.—Albion, s.s., 691 tons, Clarke, from Melbourne via the West Const. Bishop, agent.

May 2S.—Eagle Wing, brigantine, 175 tons, Blake, from Melbourne, Turnbuli and Co, agents. May 29.—Anne Mellniish, barque, 344 tons, Johnson, from Newcastle. Williams, agent.

May 30. Arawata, s.s., 627 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. Australian Sovereign, barque, 355 tons, Berry, from Newcastle. Franklyn, agent.

May 4.—Arawata, s.s., 023 tons, Underffood, for Melbourne, via the South. Bishop, agent. May s.—Rotorna, s.s., 570 tons, Macfarliue, for Sydney via Napier and Auckland. Levin and Co., agents. \

May 7.—Puke of Edinburgh, barque, 327 lons, Thompson, for Levuka. Williams, agent. May 11.—lUngarooma, s.s., 023 tons, Whitburn, for Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. Ma v 12.—Malay, barque, 32S tons, MUlman, for Hobarton. Beck and Tonks, agents. May 13.—May, three-masted brigantine, 237 tons. Plumley, for Hongkong. TurnbiUl and Co., agents. May 11.-Pleione, ship, 1092 tons, Renaut, for Calcutta. Levin and Co., agents. Northampton, ship, llyl tons, Clare, R.N.R., for Newcastle. Passengers—Mr., Mrs., and -Miss Hart, Messrs. Roper, Clare, Seared, and Itestaif. N.Z.S. Co., agent. May 17.—11.M.5. Wolverene, 17 guns. Commodore lloskins, for Auckland and Fiji. May IS.— NouveauSt. Michel, barque, 1\ Je, from Maiden Island. Krull and Co., agents. Australind, barque, 420 tons, Olliver, for Newcastle. Williams, agent Vinde.-c, barque, 2DI tons, Rose, for Newcastle. Franklyn, agent. May 22. Tanirna, s.s., 5C3 tons. Sinclair, for 3Mbourne, via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. May 25.—Wakatipn, s.s., 1158 tons, Cameron, for Svdncy. Lei in and Co., agents. May 2S. —Albt»n, s.s., 591 tons, Clarke, for Melbourne and Hobarton via the South. Bishop, agent. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, May 17. The whaling ship Alaska has arrived at Russell. She has taken 700 barrels of oil in one'year. The Lagoda has 140 barrels of oil, and the Niger 150. May 30. Akhiyed: Augusta, from Fiji, with a cargo of maize. She encountered heavy weather.—Alastro, from London. LYTTFXTON, Mayo. AnravEP: Lloyds' Herald, from Catlin's River. Barque Mangerton, from Mauritius. She left there on March 13, and made this port this morning. Sickness broke out on the voyage, and three deaths occurred. The vessel has been placed in quarantine May 12 Sailed : New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Opawa, For London, with IS passengers aad cargo of wheat, wool, and tallow valued at £32,000. May 15 Ahiuvhd : The Piako, from London. She made the passage in eighty-rive days from land to laud ; eight.i •nine from the Lizards to anchorage. lias had moderately fine weather; passed the Line on Mare i 12 ; made Stewart's Island last Friday. She brings 4o [is en-,us md i lug» cu^o C'LrARErj: The Albion Company's ship "Wellington, ' for London, with a full cargo of wheat, tallow, wool, md four cases sovereigns: total value, £450,000. She sails to-i io ro \ POlvt UIA.LM TS Mij 19 Sailv.ii : Albion Company's ship Oamaru, for Lon don. She takes thirty-nine passengers. Her cai ) consists of 2943 bales wool. 4236 bags wheat, 1029 e sis lie i s P casks tallow, 13 bales wool, (i ca su j 1 ic 1 b \es cold allied at LlOl 0 7—l J r is i Weliugt n "\1 CS lames itu rt II I 11 1 ,-hton. Miss Rutherford, Hon. M. I! m 1 ii i-tojd "Wij N Akp.ivkd; The Albion Company's ship n tago, in i "3 passengers and 1000 tons cargo, lot! days fix l Lh o\ Ciptvm 1 CLbks repoits i eetin D lot 1 m but easterly weather after crossing the Equator, and being compelled to flog across the Southern Ocean \ij „0 tTI I\ i Potent ship fi">m \storid Oie on aft l a tai :til passage of 50 days. She brings a hill cu o of 1 umber. LLLTI Mai o The N.Z.S. Co.'s ship Wailar?. sailed at daylight this morning for London. Her cargo includes 4519 bales wool, and is valued at £90,000. AiiniYEn: The Gazelle. She is from the Auckland Islands, all well. Captain Giles rcuorts finding the supposed wreck of the General Grant, after severe exertions and risk, in twelve fathoms of water. Diving operations were not yet begun.- Mr. Stevens and one man remained by the wreck. The steamer returned for coals and provisions. The captain feels confident of getting the gold on his return. He reports that the Gazelle behaved admirably in a gale she experienced since leaving the Auckland Islands. Passengers—Cabin ; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, from the Auckland Islands.—The schooner Awarua is still at the Auckland Islands, scaling; all well. May 14.. William Guilford, barque, on shore one mile from Toi Toi. All hands saved. The ship Rakaia got under way at Worser Bay at 2 o'clock on Monday, May 7th, and at 4 o'clock had cleared the Heads, and when the Falcon passed her she was several miles outside. The carnatic, from Lvttelton, for London via Wellington, anchored in "the fairway on May 23rd, having made the passage from Lyttelton in 20 hours, she has a quantity of cargo on board shipped at Lvttelton for London, and will finish loading here for tliat port. There is already a considerable quantity of now here awaiting shipment in her, and it is expected that she will receive quick despatch. The following return shows the number, tonnage, and crews of vessels that have cleared out at the several ports of New Zealand during the past quarter ended March 31:—Vessels, 227; tons, 111.975: crows. 41S0; as against the corresponding period of last year, when the returns appeared as follows :—Vessels, 245; tons, 122,10(1; crews. 4489. Auckland appears as follows during the past quarter : —Vessels, 53; tons, 31,354; crews. 1230. Wellington—Vessels, 2S; tons, 19,375; crews, 001. Dnncdin—Vessels, 211; tons, 1(1,139; crows, 4(17. Bluff Harbor—Vessels, 19; tons. 11,598; crews, 005.

Tho number of vessels Unit entered inwards at the several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ended 31st March was lOfi, registering O«,S-2U tons, and manned by crews numbering 3937 men. Those figures show a decrease on the corresponding quarter of last year, as during that time 243 vessels entered of 122,541 tons register, and manned by crews equal to 472!) men. Auckland contributed during the pvt quarter 44 vessels of 20,827 tons, and crews numbering 1240 men ; Wellington, 20 vessels of 10,373 tons, and crews numbering 545 men ; Lyttclton, 34 vessels of 14,875 tons, and. crews numbering 458 men ; Duncdin, 2S vessels of 15,304 tons, and crews numbering 4S(i men ; Bluff Harbor, 10 vessels of 5727 tons, and 371 men. All the large ports show a. falling off, and most of the small ones are stationary. Ureymouth arid Westport are the only ports that show an increase; but it is very sniall.

The Government steamer Ilinemon, with his Excellency the Csovernor and Commodore Hoskins on board, from a trip round the South Island, arrived in port on Thursday, May 10. The following is an account of the doings of the steamer since she left the Tiluff:—" She left the Bluff on Monday night, and arrived at Preservation Inlet next morning, where some splendid Californian salmon were caught : left Die same day, and arrived at Chalky Inlet on the morning of the 2nd. A boat was lowered, and the Governor and party examined portions of a vessel that had been wrecked some years ago. Steamed throng!) Husky Sound to Pickersßill Cove, and then to Duck Cove. The Ilinemon here touched lightly on a hitherto unknown rock, carrying away one of the bla'dcs of the propeller, but sustained no further damage. Proceeded through Acland Passage to Ureaksea Sound, and stayed there for the night; left caTly on the morning of the 3rd for Doubtful Sound, and arrived there before daylight and went to the head of Gear Atm, where tho vice-regal party landed, and some good shooting was had. In the afternoon dropped down to t lee's Cove at. the month of Thompson's Sound, and came to an anchor. Entered Mi'.f ord Sound early on the following day, and remained there until the sth, when the Ilinemon proceeded up the coast to Jackson's Day, where the Governor landed. An address was presented to him by the settlers, and his Excellency spent the afternoon in examining ihc settlement. Sailed same evening, and the following morning passed Mount Cook, and llokitika and O erinouth in tho afternoon, and was off Cape Foulwind at; sunset, arriving in Nelson early next morning, the engines going easy all night. Pine weather was experienced throughout the whole passage, there being little or no wind, with an almost cloudless sky. During the trip several excellent photographs were obtained. Left Nelson on tho oth, but had to bring up outside owing to the thick weather. Made another start on the following morning, and after cruising about Me sounds visiting Ship Cove and all other places of any interest in them, came over to Wellington, arriving as above. WRECK OF THE BAKQUE FEIIONIA AT KAII'AHA. Auckland, May 18. Very little hope is entertained of getting oIT the barque Fcronia, which was wrecked at Kaipara Heads, she is a barque of 315 tons, belonging to a foreign firm in Melbourne, was under command of Cant ,1 M. White, who repm-ts as follows :—" We made the 1 leads at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, and in beating up through the channel tho ship was driven ashore stern tlrst bv being taken aback. Tile boats were got out at once, as the vessel was found to be filling. The tide is now ebbing and flowing out of her." The Fcronia came to Wellington with a cargo of timber from Western Australia, and was a tinelooking vessel, we believe, of American build. The captain who brought her here left, and the mat ■•, J. J. 11. White, assumed command.

\RIUVAL OF TIIIC ANDREW HE! P. The biiriiuo Andrew Keid. Captain Alexander, which was announced .'is being in the Strait on Sal unlay, May 12th, and which lias been long cxpecled from London, was sicrnalleil as being off the Heads on the following day. There was a moderate breeze from the. N.N.E., with which she worker! into port, and sailed up the harbor in charge ot Pilot Holmes, who anchored her a short distance off the Wharf. The Andrew Hcid is a good homely-looking little vessel, barque-rigged, tant.and ilnely sparred, and looks very well externally, despite her long passage and damaged bulwarks, while her deck is very clear from any lumber, -which showed off her good wholesome beam. She is a wooden vessel, her timbers comprising ironwood oak, and elm ; is six years old, and copperfastened throughout. Her owner is Thomas Dnnlop, of Glasgow, and the trade in which she has been principally employed is the west coast, that is Valparaiso, etc.; also to Sydney and her last trip was to Tort Chalmers. When she was Home, sho received a thorough overhaul, was re-surveyed, and is classed Al for thirteen years. She comes consigned to the N.Z.S. Company, and has half her cargo for this port, the balance being for Napier, whither it is probable she will go after discharging here. The barque's passage has been a long one, caused by the very unfavorable weather met between Tasmania and How Zealand ; but excepting that it was a pleasant one as the weather the greater portion of the voyage was' lino, and nothing in tho shape of accidents or disturbances happened to mar it. Iho voyage

was also an uneventful one, as neither icebergs, nor vessels were seen, if ivc exeept that when in the Bay of Biscay, en Iks 21st January, a vessel of about 500 tons. suppasi'S. to be a schooner, wassighted bottom upwards. Tlta;:* was a hole in her bottom, and although Capt. Alexander brought his vessel close to the wreck, he x-sr, unable to discover anvlhing that would give a clue tc its name. The Andrew Iteid commenced her pasEisje on the 15th January, when she quitted London. la the Downs, where she was anchored for three day%. the passengers were taken on board, and on the 22i::1 the pilot was landed, the vessel having to contain! against head winds down the Channel. On the 25'.K January a gale of wind came on from the south-wdrt which chopped round to the north-west, and with it, she cleared the Channel and was carried into the Hay of Biscay, where light winds and calms beset her H!f the north-east trades were found, which, after a isiwre and fickle existence, gave out, and with light winds, and fine weather she crossed the Equator on the 22»1 February. Picked up the southeast trades tlnxs. days afterwards. They proved themselves to be of z moderate nature, and a smooth sea accompanied therni till they were lost on the 2nd March. Then a perio-i of variable winds was met with, and the mereuian u£ Greenwich was crossed on the ISth March. Tlis Cape of Good Hope was rounded on the 29th, in Ut. 43ileg. south, and in running down her easting, whkh was performed between the 40th and 4Cth parallel, moderate winds were encountered, principillv froix the north and north-west, till the 2iir.li' April, when a strong gale from the S. E. was experieuctiL The ship was hove-to, and although heavy bodiei <>£ water found their was on board, no damage was do;-:e to her. As soon as Tasmania was passed on the day out, the barque was beset with strong easterly weal her; and on the 2nd May had another YiokliS, gale from the S. 1-1, in which the mizzentopsail and sUy anil the foretupmast st-nsail were carried awn v. Miy/c her landfall at Cape Farewell on the tith May ; to,-i a fresh W.N.V. breeie, the vessel running under singie-reefed topsails: barometer 29 20. At 0 on die blh wore the ship to theX.E.. and then ib» barometer dropped to and at 7 a.m. a hea?y gale opened out from W.S.AV., anil the lower tops&Sc were blown awav. At noon a Ugh sea was running and one tremendous big sea came up from the leftward, broke over the lee rail, filling, the decks with, u-rtter, and stoving about 30ft. of the starboard bulwarks. This gale, which sudderiv chopped round £jd th - N. W., took off on the 10th,with heavi- hailsqualls. and on the 11th changed round to the S.W., and blear fresh ; on the 12th had light winds and calms; soS up to the Heads on Sunday morning, where PileS Holmes was taken on board.

ARRIVAL OF THE BEN LEDI. FROM LONE-OX When the s.s Stormbird was struggling against th* gale on the night of May 14th at the Heads a vessel tiriric I ets and blue lights for a pilot was observed, Sbt wi= run: in 3 in before (he gale, and Captain Dcil* having by this time decided to turn back to port, i~, i*w i i npossible to get round Sinclair Head, gave chaw alter the vessel with the intention of leading her into port: but she was running too fast forliinl, and fhf i mbird did not reach her until she brought up at thr it i mchoi i O L it ) jpn llio eon the lui also trying to get out. observing the rockets, though: ic w t vessel in distress, and immediately bore unit, lc *-le cut cio , In bow ml s =■ tint sn< \ s in no damrer. passed on. When the Stormblxi on up with the stranger at anchor, it was ascertained to be the Ben Ledi, from Loudon, which hi.£ t come into port without a pilot. The night kj on" of the dirtiest that Captain Doilo, of the Storm 0 d. has ever seen at the Heads ; and the captain o£ the 1 P>en Ledi must be congratulated on bringing his i d safelv to an anchor in this harbor withoat 1 Uncc The lenLe lis icp lti lash in !cf. London on the 25th January; but she met A ry heavy weather down Channel, lost four of L^. ip \ otf the jibbooin, and had, we understand, to put <d foi t u 1 e f del di d Ili irtnre njrs. 11 Savill. and Co.'s vessels, is undtr the couimami Li it m Poj 1 in lis a Hi,- ship i e com coa i at Hisi \\ an'l luinbull niu

i ill win_ is i list ci hei pisseigcia —M } r Mr. W. Clelland. Mr. John H. Slator, Mr. W. <O- - il II \\ ii Tn In Mi V L Uip and-.ri-ll enrgc -ec n in li T H AMuU'vn, Mr. Win. Hall, Mrs. Win. Hal! and two children. Sir. ( aid Philpol, and Mr. Will. Hy. Lockwojl bt l c Mi 11 Pobi.it on an \ Vuiiie P 1 obeits^n.

Oil Tuesday morning ilio gale which commenced ths previous night had not abated in the least, anil, i£ anything, the sea running into the harbor had increased. The Ben Ledi could he seen a long vsajr do.vn the harbor chise to the lee of Somes Island, antT thu hsavv rollers that ran sweeping past the ship yui all idea of boarding her with the aid of the watermen's boats out of the head of even the must enthusiastic shipping reporter. However, at II o'clock the agents, Messrs. W. and G. Turnbntt, had steam raised in their hand}' little vessel the Stormbird, and shortly afterwards she left the wharf for tie Ben Ledi. On coming down to her it -was found that ttc sea was running too high to admit of the steamer lying alongside, and consequently she had to S*e astern of the ship, holding on by means of a line. Those who wished to go on hoard the ship had thez. to got into the boat, and after a short but wet passage her decks were gained, and a very cordial welcome was given to all by her worthy skipper, Captain Boyd. A glance at the Ben Ledi would show at once that she was a clipper of the highest order, a heeler in every sense of the word, and a vessel that could sail on acr wind. She looks to be admirably moulded, and ber handsome lines ant! fine bearings above water at elite gave evidence of the skill of her renowned builders, Me:srs. Barkley and Currell, of Glasgow, who hare turned out many of the crack sailing clippers of i.bt= world. This noble ship is finely sparred, has veiv* comfortable saloon and cabin accommodation and possesses all the latest labor-savings patentsShe is an iron vessel of 1057 tons register, and is seven vears old. She is a stranger to New Zealand waters, and so is her skipper; but in the sister colony of Victoria she is well known, as the trade in which she hi£ been principally employed is the Melbourne trade-. Unfortunately, in the hurry of leaving the ship, a*, extract from the ship's log:, which the captain hi£ kindly prepared for the Press, was left behind, and we are therefore as yet unable to give any of the different dates of the conspicuous incidents iu the vessel's voyage. However, there is not much to repsi-t in her trip—heavy weather at the commencement, fine and agiceable weather iu the middle, and another spell of bad weather at the end. She left Loudon or the 2Sth January, and cast oft the tug at midnight Experienced a heavy N.YT. gale ; and at a quarts?past 5 the next morning the outer jib blew adrift, an£ four of the crew and ail apprentice went out on. the jibboom to secure it. Just as they got out on it the ship dipped into a very heavy sea, which wcivc clean over the jibboom. and when she came up agaii four of the men who had gone to secure the sail !i»£ disappeared. Immediately the accident occurred J. number of life-buoys were thrown overboard, in the hone that some of the unfortunate men who tfei-e struggling in the water might secure them. The shi?: was kept on the spot, but not a trace of the mec could be found, as it was intensely dark. Sue waited there till daylight, as it might be possible th&r. some of the poor fellows might have secured some oi the life-buoys, but notbin;.- afterwards was seen frC them. The Ben Ledi then ran back to the Docnoc and rode the gale out. which was a very heavy As soon as fresh hands were obtained the ship ma£* another start on the Slst January, and on. the SIX: February the pilot was landed at Torbay. Contend-'! against strong head winds down the Channel and to Cape Fiuisterre, where she had '24 hours' calm ; the*, got the first fair breeze since she commenced lies voyage, and had a pleasant run to the meridian oi Melbourne. The X.K. and S.E. trades were geuni, and the westerly winds in running down her easiisyr were moderate;' but during the whole passage never had a 24 hours' continuous breeze, andconsi. quently did not get a chance to make a good day's work—her best being 300 miles. As soon as the meridian of Melbourne was passed, experienced ligh£ N.E. winds for a week : and then had a gale from the same quarter, which took the vessel as far south &s Auckland Islands. Anotiier gale of wind from the S.W. was encountered, with high sea, aud PortChalmers was the first part of Xew Zeslac£ sighted, on Saturday last. She was orf Lytteiton next day ; but when Kaikoura was reachefi a strong gale from the N.E. came-on, aud the vessel stood away to the E.B.K. under a press of canvas f«c six hoots The wind after blowing f- r twelve hoaas went, into the X.W.. and then fell light, and at notx on Monday went into the south, increasing iu strength, til! at sundown it was blowing hard: at S p.m. was oft" the Heads, a hard gale blowing, with thick weather, stood into the port and signalled for a pilot, bit uoct coining off, ran in to an anchorage, arriving as statttt above. ....: