SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5391, 8 July 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

riIASES OF THE MOON. First quarter.— Seventh day at 50-p m. past 7. Full moon, 10.25 p.m. of the 14th. Last quarter, 11.40 p in. of the 22nd. Now-moon, 9.10 a.ra. of the 30th. IIIOU WATER CONSTANTS. To ascertain high water at Tory Channel add 3h. 15min. to Wellington. Picton. add sh. French Pass, add 3h. 20min. Nelson, add 4h. 50min.. Wanganui, add sh, SOuiin. Foxton, add f»U. Poritua, add 4b. . AKRIVKi/. July G. Stormbird, s.s., CO tons, Dollc. from Wanganui Passongos: Messrs, Smith, Mackay, Locklott (2), Jubblns. and Chalmers. Martin, agent. Rlngarooma, a.s,, 023 tons. Clark, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers from Melbourne—Saloon: Messrs.* Wilson. Triggs. Connor. From the Coast— Messrs. Dinbridgo, McKenzie, Wilson, and Roberts. Bhlnp, a;cnt. ~ , , Lyttelton, p s., S 3 tons, Scott, from Blenheim. Deacon, agent. ■ _ ' Napier, s.s., 43 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. W. and G. Turnbull, agents- , July 7. —llangatlra. s.s., 193 tons, Evans, from Napier. Passengers—Cabin; Dr. Spence, Messrs. Lee, Morbray, Wllion, Houdersou; and 8 steerage.. Martin, agent. , , Luna, p.s., 247 tons. Bascand, from Greymouth. Passengers—Cabin; Mrs. Crawford. (3), Mrs. Williams (*), Messrs. Greenwood, Patterson, Robinson, Harris, Thompson. Lawson; and C steerage. Williams, agent. Wellington, s,s., 279 tons, McGee, from kelson and Picton. Passengers—Cabin: Misses Fulton (2). Short, Blumor, Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, Mrs. Oiimour, Cant. Dalton, Count De Depasture, Messrs. O'Malley, Scully. Campbell, Wolfe, Edwards, Wilson, Gllmour, Fulton (2). Atkinson, Houghton. Horton, Wishnucott, Ferrers, McGee, Inglis, Canning; and 0 steerage. Lavin and Co., agents. • ♦ Go-Ahead, s.s.. 84 tons. Dicko , * > from Napier. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Douglas and Bailey. Johnston and Co., agents. SAILED. July C.—Maiden City, schooner, 37 tons. Skilled, for Wanganui. Ellaby, agent. Agnes, ketch, 24 tons, Calvert, for Havelock. Master, agent. . Cynthia, schooner, 75 tons, Creagh, for Wanganui. Stewart and Co., agents. " Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons. Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Baird and family, Mrs. Moulders, Misses Vincent and True. Martin, agent. ‘ Tul, s.s., 04 tons, Wills,- for Foxton. Passenger— Cftblo: Mr. Evdo. Ulshop, agent. Kiwi, s s., 133 tons, Campbetl/for Napier. Levin and Co., agents. . . Hinemoa. Government s.s., 221‘tons, Fairchild, for Wakapuaka. Passengers—Saloon: Hon. J. T. Ffsher, Hon. .Mr. Burns. Jir. L. Brown, and Colonel Reader. July 7. —uingavooma, s.s., 023 tons. Clark, for Nelson Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Willoughby and Curtis. Bishop, agent. IMPORTS.

Ringaroqraa, from Melbourne, via tlie South: 40 cases. Crawford; 15 half-chests. Crease; 4 cases, Moeller; 0 do. Bishop; 1 do, Tinney; 863 pkgs. Order; 15 pkgs, Heaton: 4 pkg?. W. and G Turnbull; 2 brls, Sharp: 3 pkgs. Felton and Co; 54 do. Bjnnatyno;23sdo, Joseph and Co: Ido, Lyon and Blair; 75 do. L vin; 1 do. Hunt; 5 do, Lindsay; 0 do, National Bank; 8 do, Turnbull and Smith: 7 do, Thompson and Shannon; 1 d<*, Wilson and Richardson; 5 do, Stuart and Co; 4 do, Curtis and Co: I do, Bonnington; 5 do, Sothern; 0 do, Marshall: 43 d», Robertson and Co; 1 do, Robertson and Co; Ido, Hughes; 3 do. Kitchen; 2 do, Paul; 3 do, Moore; 1 do, Hanks and Son; 1 do. Steel; 1 do, Wilson: 1 do, Dalglci-ih; 1 box. Mason; 1 do. Gey and O'Shea; 1 do, Reid; 2 do, Lindsay; 3 do, Asher; 1 cask. N.Z. Newspaper Co; 1 pkg. Lemon; 4 do, Trigg: 4 do. Godfery; 1 gun-case, Dnnken: 1 pc!, Jackson; 2 do. Colon al Secretary; 1 do. Allan; 1 do, Buckltfnd; 1 do. Pilcher; 1 do, Bank of Australasia; 1 do. Travers and Son; 1 do, Steele; 2 do. Yaldyn. Stormblrd, from Wanganui: 1 pkg, Felton and Co; 2 do, Anderson; 1 do. W. and G. Turnbull; 1 do. Zohrab and Co: 1 do, Order; 7 do. District Engineer, Tui/from Kaikoura: 8 pkgs. Mison and Pringle; 5 do, Turnbull and Co; 20 do. Order; 4 do. Levin and Co. Wellington, from Nelson: 1 pkg. Hannah; 1 do. Levin; 1 do, W. and G. Turnbull; 1 do, Evans; a do, Gandy; 1 do. Levin. Lyttelton, from Blenheim: Quantity of wool and tallow for'the Chaud ; ere. Lima, from Greyraouth: 180 tons coal, Williams. Go-AliCiad, from Napier: 1 cask tallow, 11 bales, Murray. Common* and Co.; 1 crank. Mills: 2 bdls sheepskins, Krull and Co.; 3 cases. Levin; 27 pkgs, Railway Storekeeper; 8 casks, Johnston and Co. EXPORTS. Manawatu, for Wanganui: 2 case*, Keaton; 47 pkgs, Martin; 6 do. Burritt: 104 do, Taylor; 5 do. James; 7 do. Tinney; 4 do, Wrey; 218 do, Dawson; 7 do, M hUlem and C»; 23 do, Krull; 3 do. Hirst; 17 do. Mills; 3 do, O'Brien; 15 do, Guthrie andLarnach; l s do, Felton and Co; 2 do. Beck and Tonks; 51 do, -Zohrab and Co; 1 do, Thompson and Shannon; 1 do. Crease.

Malden City, for Wanganui: 45 tons railway iron, Railway Department. Agnes, for Havelock: C 5 pkgs, Turnbull and Co; C d *, Dawson: 03 do, Bannatrno; 59 do, Nathan. Cynthia, for Wanganui; 75 tons iron, N. Z. Government.

Tui, for Poston: 2 pkgs,-Hirst; Ido, Levin; 3 do, Young.

. Kiwi, for Napier: 90 pkg. Bannatync: 1 do. Smith; 100 do. Kitchen; 1 do, Hursett: 5 do. Crease, 4 do, Griffiths; 10 do, Levin; 9 do. N. Z Shipp nr Co. For tho Coa«t: 1 pk', Levy; 12 do, Natham; ID do, Young; 9 do, Krull: 4 do, Crawford; 1* do, Bcthnne and Hunter: 2 do. Bishop: 2 do, Taylor; 2 do, Police Office; 199 do. Levin; 1 do, Dawson. EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

London.—Craigle Lea, andCaitlocli, early; Abcona, Medea, Orari, Zealand!*.

New York, via Dunedin.---G. M. Tucker, early. New York.—Star, in August, Alma, Mercury, ami SoufcUm!n.iter. Auckland, via East Coast.—Wnnaka, this day. Picton a n*d Nelson. —Wellington, 10th. . PROTECTED' DEPARTURE*.

* Southern Torts.—Ringarooma, this day;- Arawata, 26th.

Piotos andNelson.—Wellington, this day. Castlepdint and Napier.—Go-Ahead, t>th; Kiwi, 10th. Wanganui.—Manawatu, 9th. Foxton.—-Jane Douglas, this day; Tui. 13th. Auckland, via tub East Coast. —Taupo, 11th. Sydney.—Wakatipn. 11th. Napier and Poverty Bay.—llangatira. early. Nelson and West Coast Ports. —Wallace, this day. Blenheim and Nelson. —Lyttelton, this day. Lyttelton and Kaikoura.—Tul. oth. nr TELEGRAPH. > • NELSON, Saturday. Arrived ; 2 a.tn., Talaroa, from Wellington. GISBORNE, Saturday. Arrived : 3 a.m., Wan aka, from Tauranga, with Trisco mail. AUCKL AND, Saturday. Arrived: Linda -Weber, from Lyttelton; Ethel, from Dunedin. LYT TEUTON. Sunday. Arrived: Especulador, from Sydney; Hannah Barrett, from Wellington; Cleopatra, from Greymouth; Maud Graham, from Kaipara; Spray, Herald, and Reward, from the Sound. Sailed : Srrah and Slaty, for Greymoutb; Transit and Marlon, for Auckland. WEATHER REPORT. Weather at 5 p.ra. yesterday; barometer corrected for height only.:— Auckland—‘/9’90, S.W., light, fine ' Grahamdown—29*B(l, S.W., light, gloomy Cvtlepoint—2D-fSO, N.W., fresh, cloudy; much sea Wellington—29*s3. N W., fresh, fine Hokitika—29*oo, SAY., light, gloomy; heavy sea Westport -21*70. S. W., light, gloomy; much sea Timam-29*33. N. W., fresh, fine; much sea 'Oamaru—29 33. W,, fresh. fine; much swell Barometer risen generally since the morning. R. A. Edwin. The following vessels were in harbor last night K:M.9. Nymphe; steamers, Government Stella, Wanganui, Rangatira, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Go-Ahead: ship. Plelone; barques, Chaudiere, Chasca, Cralgmullen, Whittington, Firth of Forth; brigantine, Ponekc. • The Wanaka, with the San Francisco mail, is due here this morning at 8 o'clock. The s.B. Ringarooma, cn her last passage from the Bluff to Hobson's Bay, made the run In the unprecedented time of .3 days and 20 hours. She sails for Melbourne, via the South, to-day. - The p.s. Manawatu, after having been thoroughly overhauled, has resumed her usual Wanganui trade. She lefs here yesterday forenoon with a fair share of cargo and passengers. The s.s, Stombird left Wanganui at 12 30 p.m. on Friday, crossed the bar an hour later, arriving hero at 1 p.m. on Saturday. She subsequently went on the Patent Slip for her periodical overhaul. - The a.s, Tul left on Saturday night for Foxton. She ia due here o*i Monday, and on Tuesday sails for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. The Government steamer Hinemoa left the wharf on Saturday evening for Wakapuaka. She arrived at Nelson yesterday morning, and frill return hero today. after calling at Wakapuaka. The steamer Napier, from Blenheim, arrived at the wharf on Saturday afternoon. She left at 8 o'clock the same morning, and experienced fine weather during the trip. The p.s. Luna, from Grcymonth, arrived at the wharf yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, She left Oreyroouth. last Friday at 2 p.m. On this trip she came straight on. never calling at Westport. Experienced strong north-west winds till off Cape Palllser, when northerly winds were met, with heavy squalls and a nasty cross sea. As usual, she brings a full cargo of coal. The Rangatira left Napier at half past 12, and arrived at the Wellington wharf yesterday at midday. Experienced strong north-west weather, with heavy seas.

The captain of the nhip Cardiganshire has been committed for trial at Melbourne (or chaining a man in the lazaretto for 30 days. Thos.«. Wellington arrived from her usual Nelson aml'Picton trip yesterday morning. Slio left Nelson on Saturday afternoon, and arrived at Piuton at 10 o’clock, the same night; left again at midnight, and arrived hero at 7 a.rn. yesterday. The Norwegian barque Kivk w.w being towed into Nelson when the Wellington was leaving. The steamer Lyttelton left Blenheim at S o'clock on Saturday morning, ami arrived at the wharf at 4 o'clock the same afternoon. Floe weather was experienced. The ».*. Blngarooma, Captain J. W. Clark, left Melbourne on the 27th oltlmo at 3.15 p m.; passed through Port Phillip Heads at G. 20 p.m. on same day. and Swan Island at noon on the 28th. Experienced strong south west and westerly winds, with thick weather, until arriving off the Solanders at 3 p.m. on the Ist instant, when it became so thick that she wss forced to stand off and on till daylight next morning, T/hon she entered the Strait, and arrived at 2 p.m. on the 2nd: sailed at 4.15 p.m. on the 3rd, and arrived off Port Chalmers Heads at 4 a.m. on the 4th, and at the wharf at 8.30 a.m.: left samo day at 4p.m.. and Arrived at Lyttelton at 7.30 a.m. on the &t!i; loft for Wellington at 4 In the afternoon, and arrived at 0 o'clo k on Saturday morning. She left for Nelson at • midday The practice that liai been recenfy adopted la "■*•'lo of the ports of th j'js colouiei of stowing bales of wool in deckhouses, empty cabins, and forccas les, in order to swell up the freight lists as meek us possible, Is iittnollng notice la Loudon, and the surveyors win there superintend the discharge cf wool cargoes pronounce strongly against It, giving Jt as their oplnicn that such loading is most objectionable, as tend* ing to render vessels cranky and them labor-

some. A question arises also out of this P r J ct J®® which avill probably lead to some litigation sh-mM the occasion for It arise, and that is, the habilit) of the owner of the vessel for .any loss or damage sustained by wool so shipped, as, for instance, when a deckhouse full of wool is washed overboard w th us contents, or when c*bins so stowed are flooded. Australasian Shipping News, June 22m1; t . The twin-screw steamer Go-Ahead arrived at the wharf last night at 9 o’clock. She reports having left Napier on Friday, came down the coast to Pourere, and arrived there at half-speed on Saturday morning at daylight: took on board by raft eight casks of tallow, when an easterly sea began to roll in, she waited until 11 o’clock, but as there were no signs of the sea falling, anchor was weighed at 11 o clock, and arrived at Castlepoint at half-past 7 on Saturday night; left again at a quarter past 8, and arrived hero as above. Passed the Kiwi, bound to Napier, at a quarter post one on Sunday morning. Fine weather was experienced ns far as Castlepoint, from thence strong westerly winds with heavy sea. The Government steamer Stella arrived from The Brothers lighthouse yesterday morning.?

THE TESTING #F CHAINS AND ANCHORS. The following letter has been received by the editor of the Ota'jo Daily Times:— m Sir,—l beg to hand you a letter from the officer in charge of the Marine Department, in answer to mine of the 20th ultimo, and which appeared in your issue of the 22nd. As you have kindly taken an active interest in the subject referred to in the letters, I beg to submit them for your consideration and comment. The first parti presume maybe considered as disposed of, in consequence of the Act referred to in the letter havi g been passed, and may bo expected to come into operation soon. I would, however, remark that it appears to mo that the Act rendering it imperative that all chains and anchors should be tested is incomplete without provision being made, as in the Imperial Act, for the establishment of proper testing apparatus, under responsible control, which at Homo is the Board of Trade, who alone issue licenses, and then only to public bodies and corporations, all license -to private parties having been withdrawn. I could give a good many reasons for the necessity (in my opinion) for the establishment of apparatus. 1. There is no reason that I am aware of why chains and anchors should not bo manufactured in the colony, at no very distant date, as well as many of the other articles now so largely produced here. 2. The chains and anchors of.wrecked vessels, the certificates of which have been lost, require to bo retested, however good they may appear, before they can bo sold for the use of any vessel. Much valuable property would therefore, under the Act, and without a testing apparatus, be rendered unsaleable and valueless. . • . The Government engineer surveyors have to examine and pass, as well as the engines and hulls, the general equipment of all colonial steamers, and of this the chains and anchors form a very important part; and I submit that in the case of old vessels it is impossible to judge the strength of the chains by their size or appearance. According to Lloyd’s Rules, the surveyor, if he suspects the chains from age or wear to be inefficient, can order them to bo re-tested. In the case of the wrecked steamer Express, her chains were brought particularly under my notice. They had been carefully examined- by Mr. Crawfcrd, Government Inspector, and myself, shortly before the wreck, and judging frym their appearance and size aye considered them • sufficient: but when put to use in the attempts made to float (he vessel, they proved to be rotten, and broke without any strain having been applied, and should have been condemned years before. , v. , As the Government -surveyor no doubt has the power of condemning Ich’dns and anchors, he should also bo supplied with the means of testing and proving their efficiency or otherwise by proper appliances, and I also think that said appliances should bo Government property, and solely under their control.— I am. etc., James U. Russell. 3rd July, 1378. Marine Department, Wellington, June 23.1878 Sir,—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, forwarding copy of judgment in the case Russell v. Edmond, Forsyth, and McNeill, for the purpose of drawing the attention of the Government to the fact that there does not appear to bo any Act of colonial legislation on the subject of chains and anchors, and that there is no apparatus in New Zealand for the purpose of testing Ahem: and in reply I am directed by the Hon. the Comm’ssioncr of Customs to draw your attention to the 105th section of the Shipping and Seamens Act. 1877 (which, however, was reserved for the signification of her Majesty’s pleasure), which enacts that it shall be a misdemeanor to sell or purchase any anchor or cable that has not been previously tested and stamped in accordance with the Imperial Acts, intituled the Chain Cables and Anchors. 18(54 to 1874. lam further to add that there would apptfar to be no necessity for procuring a testing machine, as there are no anchors or cables manufactured in the colony. The question of testing old cables is a matter which belongs almost wholly to the insurance offices, for their surveyors need not recommend that risks should bo accepted on vessels whose cables appear in any way to be faulty ; and if insurance offices wish them to be tested, it would be their duty, and not that of the Government, to procure the necessary appliances. —I have, &c..

* * R. Johnson, officer in charge^ The Secretary Now Zealand Underwriter.*’ Association, Dunedin.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. CALENDAR AND TIME-TABLE, 1878. Days. S«n. Apparent Time. , High Water. Moan Time. July 8 .. '■Kises. U. M. 7 20 a. in. Sets. 11. M. 4 31 p.m II. 31. 10 0 a.m. H. 3f. 0 28 p.m. 7 20 4 32 „ 10 57 „ 11 30 ,, 7 19 „ 4 33 „ 7 19 4 34 „ 0 42 1 20 „ „ 12 7 18 „ 4 34 1 57 „ • 2 32 „ " 13 .. 7 17 „ 4 35 „ 3 5 „ 3 35 „ • ,/u .. 7 17 4 35 „ 4 X „ 4 25 „