WHALING INTELLIGENCE. BAY OF ISLANDS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 111, 25 March 1862, Page 4

WHALING INTELLIGENCE. BAY OF ISLANDS.

The following is a list of the arrivals:—January 28 —James Maury, ship, 395 tons, Wing, New Bedford, •with 2,300 barrels wha1e,,420 barrels sperm; Stafford, barque, 206 tons, Pierce, New Bedford, .with 125 barrels sperm; Magnolia, ship, 396 tons, Pierce, New Bedford, with 2,900 barrels whale, 100 barrels sperm. January 29— Bartholomew Gosnoid, ship, 556 tons, Clark, New Bedford, with 1.100 barrels whale, 200 barrels sperm. January 31—Courser, barque, 327 tons, Hainmet. New Bedford, with 340 barrels sperm; put in for letters, and left for Sydney leaky;' February 7 —Herald, 2nd, ship, 308 tons, little, New Bedford, with 650 barrels sperm. February ;24—Napoleon, ship, 360 tons, Macy, New Bedford, with 1,350 barrels sperm, 35 barrels-whale. Sun,' barque, '184 tons,' Smith, New Bedford, with 250 barrels sperm. February 25—Gay Head, ship, 889 tons,.Lawrence, New Bedford, with 650 barrels ;sperm, 100 barrels whale. February 26—Two Brothers, 288 tons, Davis, New Bedford, with 1,250 barrels sperni.-all told; Mermaid,-barque, 330 tons, Jencks, Westport, with 250 barrels sperm; Martha, 2nd, barque, 360 tons, Daily,: New Bedford, with 2,000 barrels whale, 250 barrels sperm, all told - jiii. Captain Marcy desires to report the following ships spoken by the Napoleon off Chatham Island:—Feb. 8 . Waverley, ship, 327 tons, Vinal, New Bedford, ■with 1,500 barrels sperm, 500 barrels whale; Minerva, barque, 291 tons, Penniman, New Bedford, with 750 barrels sperm: Marion, barque, 328 tons, . Pierce, New Bedford, with 1,350 barrels sperm; Empire, ship, 403 tons, Macomber, New Bedford, with 450 barrels'. sperm; Daniel Wood, ship, 345 tons, 'Richmond, New Bedford, with 300 barrels sperm, 300 "barrels whale; Three Brothers, ship, 384 tons, Swain, Nantucket, with 600 barrels sperm; Emily Downing, Lucas, Hobart Town, with 54 tuns sperm; Pacific, Sherbert, Hobart Town, with 32 tuns sperm; Maria -Laura, Kenpedy, Hobart Town, with 40 tuns sperm; Pryde, Lucas, Hobart, with 22 tuns sperm. February s—The British barque Stately, 565 tons, Wycherly, from Newcastle to California; put in with l)Ss of fore-top-mast, and both top gallant masts; biwsprit and main-top-mast badly sprung.by a whirlwind which, she encountered off the l)ay. She is replacing her lost arid damaged spars. Departures':— Feb.. 4—Janus, ship, 321 tons, Smith, New Bedford, for the United States. Feb. 11 : Zone, -barque, 365 tons, Galvan,' Fair Haven, for the United States. Feb, 13—Jireh Peny, ship, 435 /tons, Sherman.1 New Bedford,' for the Whaling ' grounds, Feb. 14—Bartholomew Gosnold, ship, 356 tons^ Clark, New Bedford, for the United States; Feb; 19—Stafford, * barque, 206 tons, Pierce, New Bedford ;^ Elizabeth, ship, 329 tons, Winslow, New Bedford ; Hudson, barque, 368 tons, Fish, Fairhaven, for the Whaling grounds. Feb. 19—James Mauray, ship, 395 tons, Wing, New Bedford, for the Whaling grounds. Feb. 21 —Magnolia, ship, 396 tons, Pierce, New Bedford, for the United States. MONGONUI. . . .. .. Abrived. —February B—James Allen, barque, 355 tons, Van Wyke, New Bedford, with 730 ban-els since -her departure from Mongonui, in March, 1861. - Feb. 2 —Lagoda, ship, 341 tons, Cronston, New Bedford, ••18 months out, with 800 barrels. Feb. 2a—Magnolia, ship, 396 i tons, Pierce, New Bedford, from the Bay.of Islands. Ancther ship, name not then known, entering the heads. . The barque Stephania, 315 tons, - Wetherill, New Bedford, was hanging off and*on the coast taking in onions and potatoes. From accounts just received, the Northern fleet had last year done well^Eoinepfthem taking as many as 1800 barrels,many of tbem 1500 barrels. The fleet, it is true, was Email in comparison to that offormer years, and was likely to be still smaller this season.— New Zealan- ■ der, r March B.". |, j . , ■ , , ■