PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 21, 19 July 1864, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

;.:.il:i. /.' : -' ' ARBIVBb. '< O ■'' July 16.-^Struggler, from ToisTois. , _ SAILED. T u lv 16— Hero, b-5.,!- 1 700 tons, Logan, for Dunedin. Morison, Law, and Co., agonts. ;' ; • TBSSEI3 IN TORT. Oharlotta- Jane, ship; ° BCar^ r< l U^ t E^' B B '• : Coheen Bawn, .schooner ; Why Not > Defiance,- Hawkhead, Struggler, Kate. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne, hourly. City of Hobart, s.s., from Melbourne, dady. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, early. Gananoque, from London. ■-■■"'♦

WBhave received several communications from the "Blufi", 'oii the excessive tariff dues and other rates to which, vessels' arc now subjected at that port- and the result must bo, that much injury wfll "be done to the port if there is not some change. It appears that Tor the privilege of coming alongside the wharf, a charge of -6d. per ton on the registered tonnage is now levied, and as a matter of course, this is paid by shipmasters only "under protest,, and accompanied with an avowal that they will never come alongside the wharf again. This course has been adopted by Sptain g Godfrey, of the.s.s. f. Mrskm and Capt, Wan, of the Vs. Hero. Instead, therefore, of car|o being brought into the inner anchorage these vessels will take cargo no further than the lower anchorage in future. Captain Logan s cargo for the Bluff was 35 tons and the Witage on that cargo £77. On coming to Bluff Harbor he had to pay his pilot fees, and £19 2s. 6d. of wharfage rates, which for such a trifling .cargo i. absurdly exorbitant. Such a tariff will never be workable in this port, and it will be well that the immediate attention of the authorities bo given to it. Tho following is tho -'■■■ Table ot Charges. VESSELS. £ c. d. Chi' coasting steam vessels, per registered ton n n ft On all other vessels uuo ' ' STOCK. On all horses and cattle, per head ... 0 1 0 On all sheep and goats, per h«ad ... O U 1 GOODS. Hay or chaff of compressed bales, per ton of 6J cwt. ... ... ... 02 b Hay or chaff uncompressed balos, per ton of 5 cwt, .... ■■••■• . " nf p Bran in bags, per ton. of oO bushels ... 0 & b Oats, wheat, maize, or other gram 1U bags, per ton of 40 bushels v - b Coal and coke in bags, per ton ... 0 2 6 Coal and coke loose, per ton O » O Bar iron, per ton of 20 cwt 0 & v Packages over 10 cwt. aud under 1 ton, per ton of 20 cwt 0 3 6 Packages over 1 ton and under 2 tons, per ton of 20 cwt 0 5 0 Packages over 2 tons and under 4 tons, per ton of 20 cwt. 0/6 Packages over 4 tons " *-V v AU other goods 2s. 6d. per ton, of 20 cwt. or 40 cubic feet, at the option of the Wharfinger. Goods at all times to be taken by weight or measurement, at the option of the Wharfinger.