SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 72, 14 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF OAMAttU, ts WARDS. Ji;l7 t-4. Samson, p.-t., t'jl tons, Eili». from Puncdui. ft. Ait ken, an«rit. VKSSF.f.S IN* pi >f>T. ■tvu\" H. St-namer —Samson. Brltf —Wave. Brlijantinus -Srni (lull. F.thcl. Schooner—.fane Scollay. imports. Ji;tr U. Pur Samson, from Dunediu Wallt'-n and Feynian, tiuik unit Co., OitilviM. Henderson. Pulf."u and Co.. ,Uomh, Kearney, Draper. 3f N*a)> ami C'>.. R>*n and C".. . Ottwe, Mason. t. ft. Brown. .t. T. Smith. Richmond. Cnnnell ami Clowes, Steward mil Co.. Fiiloon.'-r. £•'" and Moore,. Gas Company. Newer. Coujfins, Hay and Barf, Maude, Lonirford, ftomt and Shonnitn. Re id and Offty, Watson and Co., Milliiran, K. ('.rave, J. ft. Brown, If. Altitun, W. Aitlien, Wood, trcland anil f 0,. I. Boothand Co., Calbraith. liussnll. Scott. Headland. Peattlo, Wanshorouii'h. fcVrcnu. Camcross, Ham. 6'ineh and Co., Jt. 0. Flute, ties, Lindsay,.r. Riehmond..Traffl<: Mummer. Slee. Pratt and Co.. Anderson and Co.. Green, Grant, tniflis and Co., Sly and ■'Son. Cameron Brothers. Jtocdotittld.. Kwww »»d C».. Prapcr. Oabites. J, Thompson, Walden. J. Thompson, Jtiss Uiliius, Eudo. • The tfnlon- Company's stonmer Samson. Capt. EtlUv left Port Chalmers at eitrht o'clock this morn'mu",and arrived alonjjsido the Breakwater »t -. t3 this afternoon. Experienced westerly wind.-! and smooth w» on the run up. The following is the tint of passengers Megdumes Hope. Sutherland: Miss Kate flusselL Ha.rrfamn» Hart; Messrs. Livingstone. Spinter, Hope. J. Ortvve. Council. Fleming.. Donnell. rainier. Palmer. Bee. Paturson, Spence. >tt.ean. Crane. Cunningham. Jtullinu, Duntfftn. Sutherland. Brcnnun. Morris. Hart, ffennecke, Moran, Statham. Hearty. mid Ave in the stun ra««. THE BAJf FRANCISCO SKBVtCK. The heavy loss incurred by the Mail Company in uttamptTnir to carry out tbu present Hun f l rum:i-<i.'o contract, tho rupuated failures »C tbe steamers to e»ll at Napier, the difficulties and dangers o£ Kandavau. the dlssatlaflietion felt In Now South W»tes a.-> to the present routo, and the Impossibility- o{ liirjte steamers entering or tuavinjf Port Chaltner» safely, must all fotcu upon our Government tho absolute necessity oE in some way modifying the present contract, unless they are prepared to accept the alternative of seeing the service abandoned altogether. We are not at alt Sure Chat it. would not be i|uite as well for the Colony it the service did break down, for if. is bnt a useless and expensive luxury with which we could welt dispense. tho Suez routo being t\uito sutiidenG for oar in»U reiiuirements ; but as we suppose we nnwt have u, San Francisco service, It ouu'ht to he cheap and elHcient as po»slb|n. The present, route is one ineonsistunt with either cheapness or efficiency. tE an altaratiou is made, we trtust it will he in the direction of Improvement. The Bay of Wands, as a port, of call, would not suit Jfew KeaUind at all, Ct would he most inconvenient, tf only ono port is to be called at. in this Colony, that port undoubtedly should be WetlinifSou. All tho connnanilers of the mail bouts as'ree that Port Nicholson is the easiest and safest port to enter in the Colony, and. as «':is itliuudaritly proved some yuars au'o, wiien the ipicstion ww thorouixhly gone into in connection with tho Collie proposals, call. Hue at Wellington would not really delay the steamer* in their voyaire from t'tonolulu to Sydney. Tiia prevailintf direction of winds and currents tavor a course to Wellington ; the harbour can be entered safely, nifflw or day, or in any weather, and it is a harbour easily made as tho terminus of a lon:„* vo\us'u. while tile Straits offer a direct mule to Sydney, without any Jtoinff buck atony tho const, such as is n'wssiUted by lb steamer bound for Sydney calling at the Bay of Istunds or Auckland. Wo trust that wlvn tha n'tesUon comes on in the ttouse, the propriety of this alteration will commend itself to the approval of the Government and a majority of the members. Since tike above was written, the Premier has saven notice of a committee to Innuire into what alteration, if any. are rurjuirud in the present San DVancisco mail contract.