SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5260, 1 February 1878, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

ARRIVED. January 6,—Tararua, s.s., 57G tons, Sinclair, from . Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. Bishop, s agent. Albion, s.s., 591 tons. Tozer, from Melbourne via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. January B.—Easby, s.s., 9G9 tons, Anderson, from Sydney. Turnbull and Co., agents. January 10. Woilomai, brigantine, 142 tons, Boophy, from Melbourne. Turnbull and Co., agents. January 12. —Arawata, s.s., G 23 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via tho South. Bishop, agent. January 13.—Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, Cameron, from Sydney. Lwin and Co., agents. January 18,— Ringarooma, s.s , 028 tons, Clark, from Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. H.M.S. Nymphe, 1574 tons, 9 gUns, Townsend, from Sydney. January 22. —Edwin Bassett,’ barque, 347 tons, Foster, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Araby Maid, oarque, Cromarty, 837 tons, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Mowbray, Robinson, and R. C. Ja-dcson. Second cabin: Messrs. J. W. Bushby, Daniel Donnelly, W. By<ne, and F. Hooke. Steerage; Edward Valentine, Mrs. M. A. West, R. J, Bites, W. John ton, Mrs. Smith, and-J. Bellerby, Levin and Co., agents. Rialto, barque, 1105 tons, from London. Passengers—B saloon, and 12 second cabin and steerage. urnhuli and Co., ag*ntf. January 25.—Rotorua, s.s., 57G tons, Macfarb.ne. from Sydney, via Auckland and Napier. Levin ami Co., agenisr . January 2G.—Alhambra, s.s,, 201 tons, Muir, Lom Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. J a nuar y 28.—Carlota, barque, 310 tons, McDonald, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. SAILED. January 4.—Zealandia. ship, 111 C tons, Sellars, for London. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Miss Reinerseu, Mr. Worthington. Levin and Co., agents. January 5. Anstralind. barque, 329 tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. January 6.—Wairoa, ship, 1054 tons. Joss, for London. Passengers—Cabin : Dr. A. P. Hamilton, Messrs. Drew, J. W. Woods, W. H. W. Haines, and Hathaway. Steerage ; Air. and Mrs, Webber and 2 children, Mr. Frost. N. 2.5. Co., agents. January B.—Albion, s.s., 591 fcmis, Tozer, for Melbourne and Hobarton via the South. Bishop, agent. Tararua, s.s., 503 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. January 10.—Emma Jane, brigantine, 113 tons. Ward, for Clarence River. Dransfleld, agent. January 14.—Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via the South. Bishop, agent. January 17.—Easby, s.s., 9C9 tons, Anderson, for Sydney. Turnbull and Co,, agents. January 21.—Ringarooma, s.s., G 23 tons, Clark, for Melbourne, via the South. Bishop, agent. ‘ January 20.—Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, Cameron for Sydney. Levin and Co , agents. January 27.—Mataura, ship. 853 tons, Brown, for Loudon. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Laura Goldstone, Captain and Mrs. Mclnucss, aiid Mr. Charles Gilley. N. 5.0,, agents. . January 28.—Alhambra, s.s.. 490 tons, Muir, for Melbourne via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. January 30.—Edwin Bassett, barque, 397 tons, Foster, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. BY TELJSGRAPS. AUCKLAND, January 13. Arrived : Abbey Holme, barque, 119 days from London. No passengers. Wiscon, brig, from Marshall Group, with 161 tons copra, : January 14. Tho schooner Nellie, of Auckland, bomid from Port Cooper, ran on the Astrolabe Reef in a smooth sea. All hands were saved. The cargo consisted of breadstuffs. The wreck lies on the eastward shore of Moliti Isla >d. All valuables were saved. The master sustained a fracture of the ribs. The Nellie b longs to Mr. G. W. Owen, is GO tons register, and was built at Mahurangi in 187 C by Mr. John Barrack. She was second in the schooner race at the regatta last year, and third on the Ist instant in the champion race at the Lyttelton regatta. The Nellie was insured for £IOOO in the New Zealand office, and was bound from Lyttelton to this port Tho following is a list of her cargo :—IOO sacks oats, 50 sacks malt, 200 sacks (200) flour, 100 bags (100) do, 5S do (50) do, IS cases hams and bacon. January 22. Arrived : Barque California, from San Francisuo, with six passengers. The Zealandia has arrived. In coming alongside she carried away a portion of the wharf. - She is four days and three hours ahead of contract time. \ T ow Zealand passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and two children, Mi-*s Maher, Messrs. Fraser and Holmes ; 0 steerage. Sydney passengers—Rev, Mr. McCarthy and nephew, Mr. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Hillman, Messrs. Manning, Leon, Butcher. Kelly, Delverd, Cartwright, Surridgc, Lester, Read, Frederick, Blakeney, Bull, Thompson ami family, Hornlor Biscaccaiiti; 37 steerage. January 23. Arrived; Tho barque Georgetta from New York with a cargo of Yankee notions. Bhc loads hero for New York. Sailed: The ship Niger and schooner Tregaloafor New Bedford, via tne Society Islands. January 26. The ship Lorraine has arrived after a passage of 85 days from the Downs. There are SO passengers, all well. She brings three thoroughbred brood mares, all in foal, from Newmarket, to the order of Mr. Fergusson, of Waikato. The names of the mares are Dundee, Kitty, and Locket. January 28. Arrived: Apelles, from London, with 250 immigrants, all well She left Greenock on the IGth October. —Hinemoa, Taupo, and Taranaki. KAIPARA, January 17. Th° barque Glimpse, which arrived from Shanghai vesterday. :-poke tho ship Agnes Hall, from Rockbani i-Gi. b uud to London, about 50 miles *.W. of Capo Maria. Van Diemen. The captain wished to be reported all well. NAPIER., January 4. Arrived : Renfrewshire, emigrant ship, from London. Five deaths occurred duriug the voyage, the last being from scarlatina; . The vessel has been quarantined. Sailed: i angstone, ship, last evening, for London, with a full cargo of. wool and skins. LYTTELTON. January 4. Arrived : The Opawa. She left Plymouth on September 27, and crossed the Equator on October 31. Passed Tasmania on December 20, and made the Snares on the 29th. arriving last night. She had very tine weather and light winds throughout the passage. In running down her easting she was driven to 53dcg S. by N.E. winds. She brings eleven saloon passengers and 290 immigrants all well. Three deaths of children occurred during the passage. January 6. The ship L»»ju, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. She left London on September 22. She brings no passengers, but a full cargo.—Circe, brigantine, from Foochow, October 20, with a. cargo of tea and sundries. January 15. Cleared: Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s ship Halcione for London, with seven passengers, and cargo of wheat, wool, tallow, and sundries; value, £58,850. January 17. Sailed; New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Rakaift, for London, with a cargo of wool, tallow, and gold. The value is estimated at £IBI,OOO. January IS. Arrived : Lorinda Borstel, from Now York, with part cargo for Wellington; Charlotte A. Littlefield, from Dunedin ; Italy, from Hobarton. January 19. The 1 ship Hereford left Plymouth on October 31, and crossed the Equator on November 20. Had moderate sputh-east trades and fresh westerlies; made the Snares on Thursday, She brings 300 i statute adults. The immigrants have enjoyed good health. No deaths occurred amongst them. There was one birth. One of the crew named Peter Hitman died of heart disease on the passage. The ship Renown, from London to Melbourne, was spoken on November 6, 25 days out. January 20. Sailed: Tho N.Z.S. Company’s ship Waimea, Captain Mathers, for London, with 4156 bales wool, 3G sheepskins, 246 rabbit skins, 2 casks sealskins, 55 casks tallow. Value, £00,240. • January 23. Arrived ; The Anteros, from London. She loft Duugencsa on October 26 and Uahant on November 1. Had fine weather all through after clearing tho Channel. She brings twenty-five passengers. PORT CHALMERS, January 4. Arrived; Sarah Bell, barque (chartered to the N.Z.S. Company), from London, with 1300 tons cargo (11 tons powder), and twenty-nine passengers. She has been 103 days out. January 7. Sailed : Ship James Nicol Fleming, for London, taking 1408 bales wool and 8406 bags grain ; total value, £30,340 10b.

January 14. Arrived; Dal) run Tower, from London, with 2000 tons cargo, 8 tons powder, and 44 passengers. She left; London on 20th October. Passed a chain of icebergs to N.E, in latitude 48 S., longitude 34.30 E., on 18th December. Tiie chain of icebergs was seven miles in length. On reaching the Heads on the 12th in-st,, encountered a terrific S. W. gale, and anchored outside. She was towed up atllp.m on the 13th. Tiie passage occupied 79 days from laud to land, and 84 days from port to port. January 18. Arrived: Ship Oamaru, from Glasgow via Bluff, with 192 immigrants. 24 cabin passengers, and 1200 tons cargo for this port. BLUFF. January 13. Arrived: Albion Shipping Com any’s ship Oamaru; 1310 terns. Stuart, master, from Glasgow, with 240 immigrants, nil well. She was 79 days on the voyage. There was no infectious disease on the passage : buttbere were two deaths and Jiree births. Sixty of the immigrants are for the Bluff, and the remainder for Dunedin. In our last summary we announced the clearance of the ship Zealandia fo>* London. She sailed on the 4th January with u fair wind. The ship Mataura was unable to leavt on Saturday January 26, for London, us expected, owing to the wind being southerly. However, at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon she got under way with a light westerly wind, and cleared the heads at C p.m. NOTICE TO MARINERS. exhibition of revolving white light on PORTLAND ISLAND, lIAWEES HAV. Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington. iOth January, 1878. With reference to the preliminary notice issued hy this department, dated the 22nd day of October, 1577, it is hereby notified that, on and after the 10th day of February next, a light will be exhibited from the lighthouse which Ims been erected on Portland island, the position and characteristics of winch are as follow : The Portland Island lighthouse is situated on the southern etremity of Portland Island, widen lies off the southern end of the Mohia Peninsula, Hawke’s Buy, on the East Coast of the Zealand. The tower is 26 feet in height, is built of timber, and painted white. The light will be a second order revolving white light, visible all around the horizon as far as the land will allow. It will attain its greatest brilliance every 30 seconds The light is • levatd 300 feet above the sea. and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of about 24 nautical miles in dear weather, and t lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere. From the lower part of the tower a fixed r d light, having an arc of about six degnes, will be shown in the direction of Bull Pock, which bears N.E. from the lighthouse, distant 4 miles. G. Grey. DEPARTURE OF THE WAIROA. ‘Hus splendid ship, belonging to tho New Zealand Shipping Comp «ny, cleared out at the Customs on Saturday, January 5, and as it was anticipated she would leave for London during the day, the Moa was chartered to convey to her the live stock, passengers, &c. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon the little steamer left the wharf, with about forty gentlemen on board, principally the friends of Captain Joss, his officers, and the passengers, to wish those on hoard the gallant ship good-bye arcl a safe, quick, and pi asant passage Home. When the Wairoa was reached it was fraud that an excellent dinner had been arranged for the visitors, and after partaking of the good tilings provided, the health of Captain Joss and ha officers and crew was proposed by Mr. Billings, and drunk with enthusiasm in bumpers of champagne. Captain Joss responded to the toast in i few veil-selected words, and then the company broke up. About 5 o’clock the Moa cast off from tho side of the shi , and as she did so three hearty cheers were given by those on boa d her, whi h were ns heart! y responded to by those in the Wairoa. When the Moa left the wind was blowing heavily from the N W., anil as' all tilings were not ready on board the ship, it was deeded to postpone her departure till the following day. Accordingly all being ready next morning, the Wairoa started on herb mewara v yage witii a moderate N.W. wind, which however as the day progressed fell away light, and when the Manaw»tu sighted her about eleven o’clock some ten miles off the Heads, she was making but little headway. In the afternoon the wind.came up from the southward, which would be against the ship, and consequently she has not had such a favorable start as her rival 'he Zealandia had. The Walro i is in good trim, perhaps a ..ittle tender, and floats nearly on even keel. She is drawing seventeen feet of water. Her cargo, which consists of 4GCO bales of wool. 133 casks of tallow, and several packages of sundries, is made up as follows:—2 bales wool, 23 casks tallow, 1 case curiosities, value £3lo—shippers, Murray', Common, and Co.: C bales wool, 63 bags ore, £194, : Welford; 125 bales wool, £1847, Smith; 1C Dales wo 1, £2s2,\Tacob Joseph and Co.; 7 bales wool, £135, Taylor; 9 tales wool, £134, Gibson; 74 hales wool, £IOB2, Sclanders and Co.; 431 bales wool, £7242, Fell Brothers; 104 bales wool, 3 cases skins, £2832, Sharp and Pickering; 11 bales wool, £124, Nathan and Co.; 139 bales wool, £3099, Rhodes and Co.; 13 bales wool, £l3O. Thomas; Gl2 bales wool. 37 casks callow, lease, £11,762, Johnston and Co.; 1171 bales wool. 16 bags do, 4 dumps do, 44 casks tallow, 1 box, £23.325, Krnll and Co.; iB6O bales wool, 30 casks tallow, £39.985, N.Z.L. and M.A. Co.; also CO pkgs sundries. Total value, £92.459. THE HAWEA’3 EXCURSION TO THE SOUNDS. From an extract from the Hawea’s log, placed at the disposal of the Dunedin papers hy Mr. Scott, her purser, we ga her the fo lowing particulars regarding the recent excursion to the Sounds: —The steamer sailed from Port Chalmers on Sunday, the 23rd ultimo, ami arrived at her first port of call, Preservation Inlet, the following afternoon, cast ng anchor in the cove known as “Otago lletrea;.” After landing a few tons of supplies at the lighthouse for the benefit of those whose duty it is to attend to the beacon, the anchor was weighed, and the ve-’el went as far up the Sound as Cuttle Cove, whe'-e she remained for the night. Early' next morning a trip was made to the head of the Sound, an h after a short stay ther'\ during ‘which the excursionists were enabled to stretch their legs ashore, the steamer was again gR under way aid headed for Chalky Sound, arriving about tea-time. The following forenoon was spent in cruising about the inlet, and after dinner a start was made for Dusky Sound, which was reached at seven o’clock, the anchor being cast in Supper Cove. Heavy ruin s<»t in during the night, but the morning of the 27th broke fine, and as soon as breakfast had been discussed the engines were started, Half-nn-hour afterwards the ve sel was brought up to give tho passengers a run ashore, ami at 1.30 they embarked again and were taken up Wet Jacket Arm and Broughton Arm, the steamer eventually anchoring in Beach Harbor for tho night. At the first peep of day on the 2Sth a start was made for Snug Cove, which was reached in time for breakfast, after which Smith Sound and Bradshaw Sound were explored. The vessel lay at anchor in Dcas Cove all night, and early on the morning of the 29Mi she sailed for Caswell Sound. George Sound and Bligh Sound wore also visited during the day. The bustle caused by getting under way roused all hands from their bunks at four o’clock next morning, the Hawe.’s destination bein’ the famous Milford Sounl. A couple of h mrs* steaming brought her to the entrance, and then the engines were slowed until Freshwater B-isin was reached, which was three or four hours later. Here every facility was pir-n to the tourists to enjoy themselves,* which was taken full advantage of. Some took the hip’s boats and whiled away' the time catching fish; others struggled through the thick undergrowth in search of something to get a shot at, while others found pleasure in sketching the wonderful scenery of the inlet. At four o'clock in the afterdoon of the 3lst the passengers were recalled on board, and after a brief stay in Anita Bay' ;he Hawea steamed out of the Sound, and a course was shaped for home. The weather throughout was generally fine. :