SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5363, 5 June 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OR WELLINGTON Hhfli water .. 0.56 a.m., 7.13p.m. ARKIVBIt. -■■ ■ . Ju.NK4.-Slanawatn.pK.. MS tons, Harvey, from Wkiiimiiul Bassonsurs —Cabin ■ .Vr. and Mrs. Lewis ami ‘2 children. Mrs. Brenctiall and 3 cbiUlmn. Sllas b"?U Messrs Lananae. llnireyd, trulcksliai*, Kelly. Wood, Baker, Dr. Marks; and 4 steerage. Pliimncr, “‘wanaka. s.s., 277 ton-. McGUUvray, from Lyttelton. Pnsiwngops—Saloon : Mrs. B-ovm and J. children, Mcsdaniea Allen, Lawson. Miller|mm-» children, Messrs. Lutterworth. Fowler. Bain, U eWon. Plaxmaw. Crnsslcy. Stimdlsli, ° r .L * l ' s „ 0 n r ’ T»w.on : Alien, Uannali, I’osrco, Moore, Robinson, Lawson, and 14 steerage.. Levin and Co., agents. „ Nauier, s.s . 13 tons. Fisk, (ruin Blenheim. las-sengets-Cabin: Miss Mdlivaino, Miss Mitolioll, and Mr. Johnson, ~... ENTERED INWARDS. The following vessels entered at the Customs yestLWauakii, s.s., 277 tons, McUillivray, from Lyttelton. p ar/lua toas, Harvey, from Wanganui. Fllimuer, agent. CLEARED OUT. ... Tlie following vessels cleared out from tho Customs -Till, 5.».. Cl lons, Wills, for Foxton. Bidiop. agent. ■ _ r . „ Emm*. June,'ll3 ton,?, Ward, for Onam. Master, agent. IMPORTS. „ r , Per 'Maoawatu. from Wellington : 20 cases, W. and G. Turnbull: 0C sacks potatoes, Fonheap: 22 bides. Guilford: SOsack-. Order. Per Wanaka, from Dunedin: 0 cases, Scanlon: 1 case. 20 kegs, 2 canes. Gray; 31 cases, W. and G. 'Turnbull; 1 bar. I brtl, 15 pkgs, Guthrie and Co: 11 cases. Morton; 7 pkgs, Mills; Senses, Ilallonatein; 1 anvil, Miller; 1 case. Vile; 1 cose, Wilson; 2 do. Banks; 2 do. Levin; 1 case, Waring: 1 do, Hidop; 1 do, Gray; 1 truss. If ill: 1 case. Card: 2 do. Lovni; J cases, Kicmmlng: 1 do. Nowbnry; 1 do, W i tV do, bbaw. 1 do, Kilchlo: 2 do. Hell; 1 do, Mitchell. 1 tlo, Drummond; 2 do, Fowler; 1 do, Taylor; t do, Sco:t; 57 pkgs. Order. From Lyttelton; 0 cases, Gandv: 10 tin, Thomson; 4 do. Jamieson; C2 sacks OaU, Bock; 2 jwls, Levin; 30 kegs butter, 2 cases. Order; 1 case, Anderson; 1 box, Lyon. Per Nnnisi-, from Blenheim i 350 sacks barley, Pascoo; coda potat os. Port; 11 bales lias, Bishop: 00 bags bran. Beck and Tonks. EXPORTS. Per Falcon, tor Havelock: 5 cases brandy, 20 pkgs, W.andG Turnbull; 2 cases, Thompson and Shannon: Ki do.- Pilcher; 4 do, Dawson. . Per Till; lorßoxton : 1 pel, Soffee; 4 cases. Ward; box. Cooper; 0-sacks, Murray; 50 do. Pllnuner; 1 tin bath, Taylor; 2 pels, Barrett; 1 do, Bowden; 1 do. Bishop; 47 keg-. Dawson; 31 do, Thomas; X bdl. Cooper; 40 sheets iron, Vearco; lease. Powneley: 1 pci. Hunt; -1 case. Lalng: 19 kegs, Joseph; 7 do, McCredle; 40 do, Pearco. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. . London.— Craiglo Lea, Craigmullen, Pleiono, Fnth of Forth, and OwUlocb, early. New Yokk, via Dunedin.—G. M. Tucker, early. New York.—Star, early. - Melbourne tia the South.—Ringarooma, 7th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.—Chasca and Chandlers, early. Picton and Nelson.—Wellington, (itli Auckland, via the East Coast.— Wanaka, .this day. * Wanganui.—Manavralu, this day. CastltstOint AND Napier.—Kiwi, this day. NounittitH Forts.-Hawea, early. Foxton. —Jane Douglas, Cth. Melkournk. via tiik South.— Ringaroonu, 9th. Lyttelton. —Darcy Pratt, early. Blenheim, —Napier. this day. South cun Forts.— Wakatlpa, Cth : Taranaki, 7th. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Tnesd*/. Arrived: Transport, brig, from Newcastle, Gwako, from Greyiuouth . LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Cleared : Trevelyan, for tho United Kingdom, with a full cargo of wheat, value £12,800. Western Monarch, /or London, with a cargo of wheat, value £18.145, ami three passengers. .Sailed: Hawea, fer Port Chalmers at 5.30 p.m. Southern Cross ami Malay, for Newcastle, Vlndex, for Sydney. p BLUFF. Tuesday. The Ilmgaroonm has arrived. She left Melbourne ou the 29th, and arrived at Hobarton on the 31st; left same day, and experienced a succession of fresh southejist winds till arrival. She brings 20 saloon and 20 steerage jjasocngcra, and 450 tons f<*t all port-, and sails at daylight to-morrow for Dunedin. Passengers foe Wellington—Miss Dalrymple, Mrs. Twentyinaa and two children, Messrs. Walker and Bralthvraie ;4 steerage* and 147 tons. Sailed : Arawatv, for Melbourne. A fresh southerly breeze detains the Wanganui. An attempt will be made to float the Ann Gambles to-iuorrow by means of a centrifugal pump.; There was very little work dons about the wharf yesterday, owing to the rain which came down incessantly till day. The only arrivals were tho Wanaka, Mamvwatu. and Napier. The steamer Napier arrived from Blenheim last evening at six o'clock. She left Blenheim at seven o’clock the same morning, and experienced strong southerly winds n sth thick weather. She is expected to sail again at night. TKo steamer Tui. which was to have left last night for Foxton, was detained through the weather. She Yfill sail to-night should there bo the slightest chance of the weather breaking. A gang of Mr. Williams* m°n lowed the shattered buoy of the bulk Ell Whitney to the wharf yesterday, when it was huLted ashore. The steamer Wanaka from tho South arrived in harbor yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. She reports leaving Fort Chalmers on Siturday evening at 4 o’clock; culled at Akaroa, and arrived at Lyttelton at 2 o’clock on Sunday. Left again at 0 o'clock on Monday, and arrived here as above. Tlie Wanaka leaves again to-day for the North The steamer Maiiftwatu "returned from Wanguauf yesterday afternoon. She reports having left Jon Monday night, crossed the bar at half-post ten, taking in tow the schooner Awaroa for Nelson. Experienced light south-east weather to Kaipi. from thence- fresh south-east winds, with thick, hazy weather. The ketch Forest Queen, which left here on Thursday for Lyttelton, arrived at her destination on Saturday. She experienced strong S.W. winds till arrival. The brigantine Authoress, whfeh left here the same day, arrived at Lyttelton oi* Friday. The schooner Hannah Barcatt, from here* arrived at Lyttelton Saturday. ' The schooner May was at. anchor in Wbrser Bay when the Manawajtu entered tlie Heads yesterday. The direction of the Bureau Veritas Ims just published the following statistics, of maritime disasters ■ reported during the. of February, IS7B, con- ! corning ail flags, S-iiliug vessels reported lost2B American, 23, English, it French, 8 Norwegian, 7 It dyn.n, «>. German, 5, Av#strlan. 3 Greek, 2 Danish. 2 Spanish, 2 3v/edia|i fc i Nicaraguan, 1 Dutch, 2of which the hatipnaliry- unknown. Total, 103. In this arc included (> vessels reported missing. Ktoam/jra reported lost :—ll English, 1 American, 1 Brazilian, 1 Swedish, 1 of which the nationality is unknown. Total, 15. In this number is include 11 steamer reported missing. , THE SUEZ CANAL. Tho following were the receip s from shipping i during the month of March, and in the first three mouths of 1878 and the two preceding years ; MONTH ojf- MARCH.

TETE LONDON SHIPPING'TRADE,' ' \ She Oversea Shipping Trade of the Port of Loodni ? /or the month of March shows a slight decrease la tile 4 nntnbor and tonnage of vessels employed as compared f with those of the corresponding month In 1877,’ The ; following are the particulars of vessels cleared - out- j wards with cargoes, distinguishing sailing acdlsteam :

i/ccivn'c in iqio «. .« XS' i t Wu The great fallingolf.in.the employmentafsailing skuivn, ip. (be above. statement is. dim to the oiflcbneffl'ot trade with, Australia ami other British colonies; there being a ilimnnition VI, tiic tonnage ol British sails of tilth .tons to Australian- ports, and of . ..2V-W loij» to ptlier liritisli counirlps. In foreign steam there Han enormous in. the employment of , Belgian steamers, the tonpage. of which was Uo6ti ton* 1 last month against togs.in, March, 1877, or an excess of more tlics 6()(J,’per.cent. over last year. ; Tiie total elw[apcei,fpr. the threo months just ended of, vessels .Tviiji ’cargoes were 1518 ships of , againsbAllii ships o! 752,174 tons in the aiiilp period .of 7877, 0 r au increase, in the present year: qf -12 .vessels an.il 25,098 tons. ■ SJfB-WRECK OF THU EXPRESS. (From the SontAhe/ni Times. May 29.) Mr. Gorman. agent for Noble’s dynamite, returned to Invercargill on the 27th instant, after having/been engaged (luring the past tlirce weeks at River'cctn in s'u|ierlnt«D(ling the operations for clearing thtt wreck of the s,s..Expresa out of the river there. Wnere first inspected tlie ball was found to be quite foil ot sand, hence. as-there was no means of getting; inside, operations had to be conducted on the h.oij. It was determined first of' all to cut the ’Vrccfc fn two. TJiis was accomplished by {tutting a .long bag. some two or three Inches la diameter, both sides and over the deck. There were cue 'hundred pounds of dynamite In the charge, which, when Tired, opened her up so that the diver meantime being washed aw A y ( rom that part of the vessel, - A charge was then - , ut (lIyn? t j, e j ore i ia lf of the port side to break t| lo deck beams. This contained about OOlbs. cu t the beams in ■ two, ami canted that.part pf the hull over. The poop was. next operated ' ll]X)n , when a charge containing llUbs. ’ mw along the port side and round the/ jtC tn. On being exploded, it completely levelled }Mtl o( t he B t e araer. Tlie fore half of tlie sta'ghoard side was thereafter broken from the beams ar J(1 turnert over by a charge of Mlbs. sin attempt wrjj ttjen made to save the engines, the diver having lavhed some portions with chains. They were raised raid taken on shore, but on examination proved to be too much broken to bo of any use in refitting the engines. A final charge was put inside tlie boiler, which contained no sand, having been protected by the cover on the 'manhole. The dynamite rested on the tubes, about half way down, and when fired the top plate of the holler was scut flying through tlie able a height of about 30U feet. The same force being exercised downwards, there is every reason to suppose that the work of destruction was Completed, but the diver remains behind to make a last survey. From tiie IFe-dent Star we learn that Messrs. Held anil Hon have expressad themselves as being highly satisfied with the result of Mr. Gorman’s work.

jiuaru, w jj-mu a1878 1877 1870 Ships 173. .. 151 140 Tolls .. S.isawof 3,007,SlU 3,027,0491 First three months. A1873 1877 1870 „ 473 .. 452 424 £oll* .. 8.751,0001 9.070.002f 3,354.830/ aToIIs reduced 60 centimes per ton.

March, 1877. March, 1878. No. of Ships Tons. No. of Ships Tons. British sails 127 . 70.331 niv . 64,088 Foreign salts.. 02 . 10.233 42* .. 12,185 British steam.. 303 . 145,478 204. .. 150.378 .Foreign steam 70 .. 33.071. 1 85 43,402 Total ■ .. 507 . 271,110 fiflT. 270.113 73 .. .. 12' 1.003