SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 963, 21 May 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

arrivals. Mat 21. Nil. DEPARTURES. Mat 20. ~ "Waitaki. 1.9.. £Tdi«. for Duxwdin. H. W Aitkan. agsnt. m VESSELS IS PORT. ® Barque*—Boatrfo?, PaUce, Se* Shell. > Barquentinoe—Frank Guy, Eatella. | Brigantine—Southern Cross. Schooner—P«lican. _ EXPORTS. iPfer Waitaki, for Dunedin—4 pkgs, 3 bts woot, 8 bags wool. Morton; 2 bills sheep skina, .10 bla sks, Maude ; 78 ska barley, Cunningham j. do l oats, Harwell, Hon. and Co. ; 'J3 bgs onions* 8 bxs do, G. Greenfield ; 1000 ska oats, 478 do wheat, Menlove. The Oamaru and Dunedm Steam Ship Company's a.s. Waitaki, Captain Kdie, matted! for fhmedin last night. The barque Palace ia fast getting rid of her cargo. The barque Sen Shell haa commenced taking irv cargo for Sydney. The barquentine Kstelle is now ready tf> toad. The brigantine Southern Cross has finished discharging, and is ready far csrgov The barquentine Frank Guy ia taking m cargo a# the wharf. The Government apparently do not appear satisfied with the previous enquiry into the cause of the wreck of the steamer Taupo. VV» learn by telegram that a Royal Commission haa been appointed, consisting of Commander Hewitt, Rose, N.Z.S. Co., and Captain Cross, of Nelson, to make a thorough investigation into> the circumstances under which the Taupo was wrecked off Tauranga. They leave by the V* anaka. All the allegations which have been made relative to neglect on the part of the Harbormaster at Tauranga anct the Marine Department at Wellington, in regard to ■hitting and non-replacement o£ one of the Tauranga channel buoys will be carefully sifted. A Government surveyor is now engaged in making an exact plan of the locality, showing the position of the steamer, buoys, &c., so that the commissioners may have all the particulars before them. A telegram from. Timaeu informs ua that during the four weeks ended yesterday, four English vessels were despatched direct to London, and thirty-fivH others for various ports. During the same period 2t8,3t)0 bushels oE grain, KOOO bales of wool, £077 sacks of tfour, MR casks of tallow, 210 sacks of malt, and quantities of smaller items oi produce were exported from here by sea.