SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1344, 18 August 1883, Page 2

SHIPPING.

JRRIV A L 8 . AtIGUMT. 19—Taiaroa, from Dunedin and Napier. Passengers —Mr Pricton, Mr and Mrs Manaru and child, Mr J. Anderson, Mr and Mrs Hi Hai and child, and three in the steerage. 17—Manapouri, from Auckland.—Passengers : Messrs Potter, Busche, Dickie, Profit, Sneddon, McNab, Bourke, and Southern, a Maori lady, Miss Dunlop, Master Southern, and four in the steerage. 1) JS P A R T U R E S . August. 17—Taiaroa, for Auckland. Mr Campbell was the only passenger. 17—Manapouri, for South. Passengers— Mr B. Taggart Roberts, Miss Saunders, and four Natives.

The Te Anau will arrive from Melbourne, via the South, on Monday next. The Manapouri arrived from Auckland yesterday morning, and sailed South the same day. The favorite schooner Gisborne, Captain J. H. Skinner, will leave Auckland this morning via the coast. The Taiaroa arrived here on Thursday night last from Dunedin and Napier. She may be looked for again on Sunday, from Auckland. The Omapere will also arrive from Dunedin, Oamaru, and Napier on Sunday. REPORT OF TAIAROA’S PASSAGE. Left Dunedin 4.15 p,m. 13th. Passed the Heads 5.15 p.m. ; Akaroa Heads 8.30 a. ra.14th ; Cape Palliser 6 a.m. 15th, and arrived at Napier at 2 a.m. 16th ; left again at 9.15 a.m. and arrived at Poverty Bay at 5.30 p.m. the same day. Experienced strong head wind and sea until arrival at Napier, thence strong southerly gale with heavy sea.

Availing ourselves of a proffered opportunity yesterday, we stepped on board the well-known and familial' old craft, the Rosina. We found that the old lady had been thoroughly renovated by her enterprising owner, Mr H. E. Johnston. Sides and decks had been caulked, copper mended, funnel renewed, boiler fresh tubed and stayed, new rudder and stern post added, together with new propeller, and a hundred other necessary repairs executed, which has had the effect of making her thoroughly seaworthy, staunch and tight from stem to stern. She will make a trial trip round the Bay on Sunday morning next, and will leave for the Coast early next week. She will be under the command of Mr Le Marquard, who has chartered her from her owner. We hope Mr Johnston will be successful in this venture. On June 12th the Underwriters’ Association made a presentation of £l5O to Captain John Kelly, to Mr William Connell (chief engineer) £lOO, and £l5O to be divided amongst the subordinate engineers and crew, in recognition of their efforts to save their vessel, the British King, when she grounded fn the Pera Rock off Galle, fsomo time in September last, Ths accident was caused by Captain Kelly deviating from his course, and attempting to go over ths Pera Rock in the hope of avoiding a collision with another vessel. In striking she did such damage that two of her compartments filled with water. The captain took his vessel on to Colombo, a distance of 70 or 80 miles, and there beached her sucessfully after encountering many obstacles, when she was within an hour of sinking. The underwriters highly complimented the recipients upon the discretion and zeal they had displayed under the trying circumstances. We may add that Captain Kelly is still in change of the British King, which is now on her way out from London to New Zealand upon her second voyage. The return of the shipping and tonnage, both English and foreign, passing through the Suez Canal during the year 1882, prepared to the order of the British Parliament, shows the following facts :—The total number of vessels was 3198, of which 2565 were British, and 633 were foreign. The gross tonnage was 7,122,125 tons, which 5,695,584 tons were British, and 1,326,541 tons were foreign. During the same year France sent 166 vessels through the Canal, with a gross tonnage of 405,864 tons; Holland sent 103 vessels, with 254,274 tons; Germany sent 109 vessels, with 176,764 tons; Italy, 61 vessels, with 153,493 tons ; Austria-Hungary eenu67 vessels, with 121,711 tons; Spain sent 32 vessels, with 78,663 tons; Russia sent 18 vessels, with 36,061 tons; Norway sent 20 vessels, with 35,502 tons ; Belgium sent 13 vessels, with 24,357 tons ; and Egypt comes next, with 21 vessels, with 13,973 tons, No American vessels passed through the canal during that year.