Shipping Intelligence.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 425, 4 November 1876, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. ARRIVALS. NOVEMBER. 1 — Go-a-head, s.s., Captain M'Gillivray, from Napier, with miscellaneous cargo. Passengers—Mr Borland and another 2 — Rosina, s.s., Captain Kennedy, from the coast, with 47 bales wool, 30 bags maize, 10 bags fungus, and a lot of pigs. 2— Jane Douglas, s.s., Capt. Fraser, from Auckland, with miscellaneous cargo and following passengers : —Messrs A. Walker (landed on the coast), Balliu, Loyd, and two in the steerage. DEPARTURES. NOVEMBER. 1 — Advance, schooner, for Lyttelton, with cargo of timber shipped by Mr King. 2— Opotiki, schooner, for Napier, with cargo of timber shipped by Mr King. Passengers—Airs North and family. 2- s.s., Capt. M’Gillivray, for Auckland. Passengers—Messrs Allen, Perrin, and White. 3— Jane Douglas, s.s., Captain Fraser, for Napier, with miscellaneous cargo, and the following passengers, —Messrs Ward, Paterson, Wilson. Gibbons, Hill, Lloyd, Ballen, Collins, Peter.

The Go-a-liead steamed for Auckland a 5 o’clock on Thursday evening. The English ship Orari arrived at Auckland on Thursday last. The ship La Hogue arrived safely at Sydney ou the 20th October. The ship James Niccol arrived at Port Chalmers on the 30th October 82 days from London. Reports that on October 8, Thomas Gaynor, the steward, jumped overboard, and was never seen after. It was from the effects of drink. The New Zealand Shipping Company gave a lunch to some two hundred people ou board their ship Waikato. The Hon. Mr Pharazyn presided, assisted by Mr Smith, the General Manager. Il was a great success. The Lochnagar should be nearing Nelson, whither she is bound, as her first port in New Zealand. After discharging there, she will .come onto Poverty Bay, with 300 tons cargo ou account of Messrs Graham & Co. , The Jane Douglas arrived in port from Auckland on Thursday last, and we are glad to learn that she has met with sufflci mt inducement to keep her in the trade. She left for Napier last night, and will return about Tuesday next, leaving for A ueklaud ou Wednesday. We regret to learn that there is no pro“f “. '.dSulhg Poverty Bay thia year with wool for England. Messrs Graham and Co. have exhausted their efforts by offering inducements to several bottoms Io load here with aguarrautee of a full outward cargo, but without success on account of the excessive rates they ask, and conditions sought to be imposed. The consequence is that our local dip is being shipped to Napier and Auckland. The Inverness and Columbus are both at the latter port preparing to take in wool, and lhe Helen Denny is shortly expected. We trust that Mr Graham’s contemplated visit to the Home country will be the means of removing much of the objection that is raised against Poverty Bay as a safe port on account of large vessels having to hang on in the Roadstead. It is well known that it is as safe as many harbors ; and upon the testimony of the Captains of at least two English ships, the rates asked ought not to be so very much higher than in other ports. ALTERATIONS inTARIFFofLIGHT DUES. An Order in Council, dated Wellington, 17th October, 1876, brings into force new regulations as to the payment of Light Dues in the various ports of the Colony. The dues payable in Auckland are as follow'6d per lon on vessels othei’ than colonial trading vessels and coasters ; Id on colonial trading vessels, and Id per ton on coasting vessels. At Tauranga, Poverty Bay, Napier, and Wairoa, the following are the rates :— Vessels other than colonial trading vessels and coasters arriving through Cook and Foveaux Straits, or south of Stewart’s Island, 3d, per ton; colonial vessels arriving through Cook or Foveaux Straits or south of Stewart’s Island, 2d. per ton. Coasting vessels, excepting those arriving from ports north of a line drawn from Kawau Island to the South Head of Kaipare harbour, or from ports on the East Coast of the North Island between Cape Colville and Cape Palliser, |d. per ton. These regulations came into force on the Ist November.