SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5399, 17 July 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON'. First quarter.—Seventh flay at 50 p ra. past 7. Milt moon. 10.25 p.m. of the 14th. Last quarter 11.18 • pm. of tb«22oil. Now moon, 9.10 a.m. of tho 30th. HIGH WATER CONtfiANTS. ' To ascertain high water at Tory Channel add 3U. IBmln. to Wellington. Plclon, aihl 6h. French Pass, add 3h. 20min. Nelson, artel 4h. SOniin.. Wl *“S“[' ui > add 6h, 20min, Foiton, add 6h. Porirua, add In. A Kiel V HI) Jupy IS. —Pelican, schooner, 71 tons, Monro, from " Camara. Master, agent. SAILED. • . • JoavlO. —Go-Ahead,s.s.,Bl tons,Dicker, forcingsmil. Passenger— Cabin • Captain Uendal. Johnston ""Taaringafwpsall schoonsr, 01 tons, Francis, for Wanganui Master, agent. IMPORTS. _ , . PoHcm. from Oamarn, SSO bags oats, 60 no bran, 50 d > r> )\i ml, 10 (In oatmeal, 200 do flour, Order. EXPECTED ARRIVAL*. Nr.w York.—Star, in August, Alma, Mercury, and Southminster. • ~ Sv'on'sy, via Auckland and tub B\st Coast.—• Wakatlpti, 23th. „■ KouTiiKitN* Portm.—Talaroa, 18th. Picton AND Kelson. —V7ellington. 18tn. Auoklw»». \ la TUB Baot Coast.— I Taranaki, 19th... Mklsournb.—Alhambra, Claud Hamilton, early. Trrsms, 13 i ;1, , .-. I| .. CTKn DEPAUTIJRES. Southern Pouts, —Taranaki, 19th; Taupo, 22nd, , Ti,, Sooin.-Araw.ita, 26th. C.v»ri.p.n>:sr .isn SAPieB.-Kiwl.lßtU. Wanoamt. Masiawatu, this day ; Go-Ahead, carl/; St.irmbTd. tStb. Poston.—Jaho Douglas, early. Auckland, vi\ tub East Coast. —Taiaroa, 19th: Hawca, 21th. _ . JvDNicr, via Xawbb and Auckland.—Rotorua, “ JiYrTKL'ON AND KAIKOURA. —Till, ISth. Blbnueui and Nelson.— Lyttelton, this day. PicroN and Nelson.—Wellington, 19th. * HY IELEQHAPH. • AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Sviled; TaranaM. for tho South. .Passengers for ■ Hols m— Satoau : Mr. Morcom, Miss Paisley. For - Jictan : Mrs. Allan and Mrs. Hughes, ForWolmgtm • Messrs. O’Leary. Barnes, Smith, and Mrs Elloy. A brigantine of 135 tons was launched to-day, and chartered for ths Island trade. * NELSON, Tuesday. Arrived : 7.30 a.m., Wellington, from Picton and Wellington. FOXTON, Tuesday. Arrived: 0 a.m., Tul and Jane Douglas, from Wellingtou. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Aiuuvfiu: 10 a.m., Stormbird, from Wellington. LYTTELTON. Tuesday* Sulbd: Uvwea, for Akaroa and Dunedin at. 4.45 p in, Pa»s3 igers for Dunedin: Mias Duncan and Mr. Batterwortb. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Tlis ship City of Dublin, from London, 90 days quVii off tho heads. BLUFF, Tuesday. The T.trarui left Melbourne on the 10th, at 11.30 ‘ am l*n sed Swan Island 12.30 pm. on the 11th, and Cl.no Pillar at 7.30 a.m. on the 12th ; arrived at II »b*rto ! i at 11.30 a.m., and left at 8 p.m. the same • a»y ; passed the Pillar at midnight, and the Solanders o-i the 10th, at 6 a.m.; arrived at the Bluff at Ip.m. Esue kneed fresh westerly Winds till arrival. She brin'M 10 saloon and 27 steerage passengers and 3GG tons c »rgo for all ports. Passengers for Wellington— Slaters O’Leiry, Kirk, Doyle, and Harman, Mrs. Tilliugton, Messrs. Tiliington, Hall, Goldsmith, Muir, llnrnoy, Rocktsl, 7 steerage, and 18 tons cargo. The Tararua leaves at noon to-morrow. • Sailed : Camille, for Lyttelton. - WEATHER REPORT. Weather at 5 p.m. yesterday; barometer corrected for height only:— Auckland —30‘25, calm, fine. Napier—3ol3,, S.W.,light, fine; sea smooth. Castlepoint—3o*ls, West, light, floe ; sea moderate. . Wellington—3o‘l3, calm, flue. Hokitika—3o*l7, S.W.. light, fine ; sea smooth. * Westport—3o 24, S. W„ light, fine; sea smooth. Timaru—3o*lo, calm, fine; sea smooth. Oamarn - 30*03, calm, fine;* sea smooth. Bluff—3o'oo, West, fresh, gloomy. . Barometer rising slowly in both islands. K. A. Edwin.

The time-ball may bo used to-day for rating chronometers. A-cbronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. SOrain- whoa the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The following vessels wore in harbor last night H.M.S. Nymphe: steamers. Government Stella and Wanganui; ships, Caliloch and Fleiono barques, Chaudiere, Chasca, CrafcmnUen. Whittington, Firth ol Forth, and Elizabeth; brigc-itines, Endeavor, Tauranga, and Isabel!?. The barque Craigmnllen completed discharging her cargo yesterday forenoon. She has been 17 days at work, and it has been put ashore in capital order. X)uringyesterdayafternoon she was taking in ballast. Qn Thursday she will haul into the stream. Her destination from here is Valparaiso. The two Home vessels, Chaudiere and Chasca, have yet a considerable quantity of cargo to loai before they are ready for sea. The former, however, will get *way fl«t. It is expected she will close hat- hes In a fortnight. The Chasca will probably be three weeks or a month yet before she is full. The barque Firth of Forth is having quick despatch with her cargo. She will show a clean hold in about nine days. The Go-Ahead, for Wanganui, left tbewharf yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock.

The topsail schooner Tanranga beat out of harbor yc-sterdy afternoon, bound to Wanganui. She is loaded with railway fron. Tlio Government steamer Stella came off :ho slip at Javans Bay yesterday a ternoon. She has undergone a thorough overhaul. The steamer Wanganui has her new b'-iler set, and will leave at tho beginning of the week for Dnncdin, when she will resume her usual Invercargill trade. Tlu brigantine Isabelle commenced discharging her c trg.i of grain and flour yesterday. Toe Pleione is rising out of the water fast, and is landing her cargo in excellent condition.

The repairs to PJJramer'a wharf are very nearly completed. By the end of the week the planking will be down.

' Tour seamen of the barque Elizab th deserted her on Tup-jday and have not yet been heard of. A topsail; ficliooner from the south andtwoforeafters from the north were signalled all dajj . xcsl.enVj; Up to dark they had not made their a;r» pearanco in harbor. The topsail schooner Pelican, from Oamaru wit eng) of produce, arrived in harbor late on Monday night. She ie t the roadstead on Tuesday was oT the Peninsula 01 Wednesday morning; when she got a strong nor’-wester, which lasted uyAo Thursday at midnight. The wind-then changeditoS.W.,. which carried h r »s far as Kaikouca, which was readied on Thursday morning, idghtf:. northerly, woather was experienced until off CapqCami’bdl on ■Saturday. South-east winds then, set in, with thick and rainy weather. Find mj- that she couklnot run across hero, she made foy Cloudy Bay. Made-White Bluff on Sunday night;, when .the weathor cleared up, and she shaped for Wellington, and came within four miles of tii© Ugnt*liouso; bub owing to the thick W3»tlier. r,a<'unable ,to pick it up. She reached s Tho Strait again for Cloudy. Bay- Left there o a J3.{xrjU ty morblflg, and arrived here as above, with t&o wind from the b.E. Passed the ketch Keliance beating put. '-SaW the Ellen Bank in the Strait, bouml to <P.3/mouth;. also the E ith Reid, bound to Groymftu ii, from Lyttelton. The Pelican hauled into Pl,immor‘.s wharf, early yesterday morning, and comHT3 -c'jd discharging her cargo of produce. ‘TU* steamer Manawatu is duo here thismornlncr from Wanganui, SHIPPING RETURNS . The annual statement of. the navigation ami shlj»pj“g of the United Kingdom has-been issued. Oho SUtiitic.il Department of the, Board of Trade has Sfcioyn.mnch commendable activity lately in lasting i)i abstracts and statistical compilations promptly of at so late. a.date as to bo comparatively vpU of interest In a rough but tolerably accurate Wt ih? aUtijlks of shipping afford a complete ggnsrsV view, ot tho course of British commerce weAt as of the strength of foreign* compete Uin for our over-soa. [carrying trade* and! in directly of tho profitableness or unprofitableness, of tie freights. Looking at tho toiaUas given in th& fyfitvxzt tables at the beginning of thls bulky wo c.n learn little boyond the that. last year tho tWiagfi engaged In tho coasting; «ad ; general trades of tho kingdom was roraarkabVMgh* especially fcho tor.. mgo of Brlllab vessels. • total of all kind* en . tare 1. including repealed voyages, was 310,31 a veaa- 3 i 3 with a tonnage of 0 ? . > 5t0,T02, and the total clcaxV i jrj t‘io way ' '303,223. vessels, repreaw .ting 953 Doth, umnags totals are I *igher **iian for either of tho two previous years, ami tho Improvement is not due to tho coastif ,g trade a’oaA, The number of Bdtlsn vessels and 0 f men employed in.the home and foreign trade of the kingiipirLwa? less last year th*.n in. 1870; but tho tonnage h|iO}vj a steady Increase over the- three yearn given, so t-wt this falling off h don to tlie constant su' ostUmion o|. steam for sailing vessels. The tonnage & i ateamors o*i the registers of Great Britain and her 'colonies was •^072 801 tons.W7s. and 2,232,423 ton/; in 1877. an increase of over 200*000 tons in tho three years. There U an increase in the tonnage of sailing* vessel* of about 170,000.t0ns only, duo In larger part to tho colonies. Figures such as these seem to bjlio tho common notion that tho trade of this country has been of lata going from bat >o worse. If the numbers o capacity of the vessels employed have grown, surely the, trade done by them must grown aim. >.o far as tho Import trade is concerned, this has doubtless bccif tho case; but the decline In tho bulk of tho exports, wh ch has boon considerable, must have made tho tonnage cleared in ballast unusually largo. There is also a large tonnage unemployed in spito of tho greater bulk bemg carried. Tho total number of vessels on the* ro liter of the kingdom hut year was 25,030, and tho lotal number employed in the, trade 20,313, or 4771 loss. No fewer i.wn 1331 steamers appear to have been Idle, representing a carrying power of about 150.003 lo'n. and this circumstance must have tended t* depress freight*. Those interested will be able to ■ trice th.i condition of our coasting and foreign ship, pin? trade, the prog css of our sh pbuilding, the force of competition from abroad, the qualities and size of the vessel» on tho British register, and many other lotsrestlnr features. Tho building of steamsidps'hai not Or instance been as flourishing these last throe years as it was in 1873 and 1874, whereas Mh-j smiller sizes of sailing vessels have been lately well kept u,». The shipbuilding done here for,foreigners last year was small.— European Mail.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. CALENDAR AND TIME-TAULE, ISjSDays. SlID. Xptmrcnt Time. High Water. Mean Time. Rises, n. m. 7 15 a.m. n. m: 4 37p.m il.lt. 0 12 a.m. 11. M. 6 31 p.ra. .* 18 7 15 ‘4 37 „ 0 50 „ 7 8,, 7 15 „ 4 88 „• 7 24 „ 7 40 „ 7 15 „ 4 30 „ 7 50 8 12 „ 7 14 „ 4 30 8 27 „ 8 45 ,, * 22 .. 7 13 „ 4 41 „ os,; 0 23 „ ,, 28 .. 7 12 4 42 .. 0 41 „