SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5525, 11 December 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP WELLINGTON. arrived.

December 10.—Hero, cutter, 20 tons, Pointoo, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Tauranga, schooner, 61 tons, Hughes, from Timam. Master, agent. , Stormbird, s.s., GO tons, Dollo, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs Bain. McLaughlin, Blackburn, Cleriff, and Lavender. Martin, agent. Otakl, ship. 104. tons. H. Devitt, from London Passengers—Saloon—Mr. O. 0. Ellis, Mrs. Ellis, Master J. M. Ellis, Mr. W. P. Brown. Mr». A. G. Brown. Master L. Brown, Master A. Brown. Mr. A. Bonner, Mrs; Emma Bonner, Mr. E. walker, Mrs. C. Walker, Miss C, Walker*. Miss L. Walker. Master J. Walker Mr. W. H. W. Hataes, Mrs Haines, Miss Elizabeth Patterson, Miss Edith Brown, Mrs. Watt, Master H. Watt, and Master A.. Watt. Second Cabin—J. Boark, A. H. Pearson, Philip Grlchy, Mary Gricby, Helena Grichy, M.Longney, Edward Newland. Clara JNewland, Alex. O. Clark, J. H. Reynolds, Thomas Lane, and Wm. BetkTraUo. Steerage—Alfred T. Fauvol, Henry Braddock, F. L. Platt, 'Richard Brandon, Frank Hood, Anthony Bouafiold, Thomas White, Michael Lowery, Margaret Lowery, John Winchester, Catherine Winchester, . John Winchester. Thomas McMillan, Mary McMillan, Eva McMillan, Elizabeth McMillan, Ada McMillan, William McMillan, Gertrude McMillan, and Miss Robertson. New Zealand Shipping agents. Taiaroa, s.s., 223 tons,-Peterson, from Proton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Greenwood, Misses Redwood and Cameron, Dr. Doan, Professor Scott, Messrs. Connolly, Burgess, ©arrcll. McCarthy, Harper. Hooper, Dolman, and Jeffs; 4 steerage. Levin and Co, agents. SAILED December 10.—Jane Douglas, s.s,, 43 tons, Fraicr, for Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Dimcan, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Captains Gibbon and Holmwood, Messrs. Nlchol and Thlrkoll. Martin, agent. Stormbird, s.s., CO tons, DoLto, for Wanganui. Passengers— Cabin • Mr. and Mrs. Quinn and flvo children, Mr. Cromblo. Martin, agent. Charles Edward, p.s., 123 tons, Whltwell, for Nelson. Deacon, agent. Wakatipu, s.s., 1153 tons, Wheeler, for the SouthPassengers—Saloon; Misses Pavltt, Hoywood, and Fitzgerald, Mr Connor. Levin and Co, agents. IMPORTS. Hero, from Pelorus Sound; 15,000 feet timber, Scott. Napier, from Blenheim: 150 hags wheat, 10 tons flour, Turnbull and Co; 150 bags malt. Staples ; SO bales wool, Rakaia. Tauranga, from Tlmaru: 220 sacks oats, 10 tons flour, Turnbull and Co; CSO sacks malt, 00 bags flour, Arkeli. Stormbird, from Wanganui: 70 boles wool, 12 casks tallow. Order. BY TELEGRAPH, NELSON. Tuesday. Arrived : Tarawa and Taiaroa, from Wellington, at 7.30 a.m., the latter via Picton. The Taiaroa sailed again for Picton and Wellington at 9 o’clock. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Arrived: Hawoa, from Wellington, at 8 a.m;; Tnl. from Wellington, early; Claud Hamilton, from Wellington, at 11.40 a.m.—Onward, from Bluff; Kora, from Kalpara; Fawn from Newcastle. Sailed : Hawea. for Akaroa and Port Chalmers, at 4 p.m.; Tul, for Wellington via Kaikoura, at 6 p.rn. The Claud Hamilton sails for Melbourne via South to-night. OASTLEPOINT, Tuesday. Arrived; Go-Ahead, from Wellington, at 8.45 a,tn. NAPIER, Tuesday. The barque Helen Denny sails for London to-day with 3552 bales wool, 6 bales hides, 23 casks tallow, and 1 case effects, valued at £63,131 7s lOd. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Arrived j Manawatu, from Wellington, at 1.25 p.m. "WESTPORT, Tuesday. Tho schooner Ocean Bird, about four months out from Lyttelton to Charleston, has sailed in hero, and will probably discharge cargo. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived : Canterbury, ship, with 343 immigrants, 1000 tons cargo, 83 days out from Glasgow. All tho passengers have enjoyed good health, and are in every respect the best body of immigrants that has arrived hero.—Arawata, from Bluff.—There is a ship at the Heads, which Is supposed to bo the Walpa, from London. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Arrived : Rotorua, from South; Energy, from Tonga ; Australia, from Sydney. Sailed: Hinemoa, for Kawau, to convey Sir George Grey to the Thames.—Carrie Wyman, for Newcastle ; Australia, for San Francisco : Rotorua, for Sydney; Saxon, schooner, for Lyttelton.—Wanaka, for tho South, at 5.30. Passengers—For Gisborne : Mrs. Griffin. For Napier : Mr. Battley. For Wellington ; Messrs G. S. Graham and Morrow, Mrs. Drake. For Lyttelton; Mrs. Hill, Mr. D. Rugg. For Dunedin: Mr. Williams. Tho steamer Charles Edward left last night for Nelson and the West Coast. Tho Wakatipu left yesterday afternoon for the South. The staamer Stormbird arrived in harbor yesterday morning at 8 o’clock, after a run of 12 hours. Fine weather was experienced during the run. The ship Zealandia cleared at tho Customs yesterday. - The following passengers are booked Saloon —Mr Leadham. Second cabin—Miss Molloy, Messrs. Fisher and Roddy. Messrs. Savill and Co.’s clipper ship Zealandia takes cargo Home valued roughly at £IOO,OOO. Her cargo Is as follows :— 4OSS bales and 5 packages wool, 201 do skins, 20 do basils, 600 sacks flour, 172 casks tallow, 287 cases meat, 5 tons bones, and 43 packages sundries. Tho Taiaroa left Nelson at 0.30 a.m. yesterday, arrived at Picton at 5.45 p.m.; left at 7 p.m., and arrived here at 1 o.dock this morning. We thank Mr, Simo, pur jer, for report and flies.

ARRIVAL OF THE OTAKI FROM LONDON. The Otakl, another of the New Zealand Company’s fine ships, arrived in harbor yesterday, after a good passage of 85 days from Plymouth, or 80 days from land to land. She is commanded by Captain Devitt, who has brought his vessel into port scrupulously dean. She arrived off tho Heads on Monday night, was boarded by Pilot Holmes, who brought her in, and anchored within a convenient distance from the shore; The passengers have enjoyed excellent health during tho voyage, and arrive in high spirits. One death occurred a little this side of tho Line—Thomas Hopkins, aged 25, from diphtheria. Deceased was a single man, and a native of County Wicklow, Ireland. The Otakl brings a large quantity of general cargo, and will be berthed at the wharf to-day, when her hatches wiU be opened. The following account of tho ship’s passage was kindly supplied to us by Captain Devitt:—Left the South-west India Dock on Tuesday, September JO, at noon ; at noon on 11th September loft Gravesend; at 4 a.m. on the 12th cast off from the tug off Beachy Head; on Saturday, the 16th September, were off Plymouth at noon. Experienced a heavy gale of wind from the westward on entering the Bay of Biscay. Had fair north-east trades, but not much wind ; lost them in 12deg north, and then had the wind from the southward and south-west. Got the south-east trades in 2deg north ; crossed the Equator in 22deg west; lost the south-east trades in 26dcg south; a fair average trade wind ; got tho first of the westerlies on October 23, and ran 301 miles that day. Passed Gough Island on October 27 ; passed the meridian of the Cape on November 2, and made tho high land in Jackson Bay on December 5. The weather throughout was very unsettled, and the barometer remarkably low. Since making the land had nothing but light and unsteady head winds, varied with much, lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, and a few hours occasionally of heavy squally weather. One birth and one death occurred on the passage. The health and spirits of the passengers were good throughout. A few open air concerts took place during the fine weather. Tho following ships were spoken:—On September 17th, lat. 46 north ii'-d 7 west, spoke the steamer Luther, land-bound, to Calcutta; September 20th, the "Wethersfield, from London to Bombay, 42 north 14 west; September 22nd, the company’s ship Hurunui, bound to Lyttelton, New Zealand ; September 30th, the Hippellta, from Liverpool to Rangoon; October 14th, lat. 7 south long. 23 west, the Loch Bannock, 30 days out from Glasgow to Melbourne; On Tuesday, December 3rd, passed a large barque steering the same vray asourselves. At noon, December oth, passed Cape Farewell, and at 7 a.m., December 10th, received the pilot on board, and arrived as above.