S. DE BEER'S MONTHLY SHIPPING AND FREIGHT REPORT

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 80, 6 December 1864, Page 2

S. DE BEER'S MONTHLY SHIPPING AND FREIGHT REPORT

Meibotteii-e, 25th November, 1864. No improvement whatever has occurred in the New Zealand trade, and it is^now certain that no shipments of sheep "will ' be made thenco during the present season. a number of people belonging to this fotoay fotmtH thflnselve* into a company foy the

purpose of sctthnj, in the country about Camden Harbor, bn "the 1101 th-'Ntb'- coat of Australia, and during list -week the company despatched for thence three ships with stock, implement-, and I settlers, and there are good expectations that the 1 enterprise will result successfully. This is hkelv ; to prove a source of permanent employment ftT shipping proceeding from this to China prtheIndian ports to load, which fact is worth "noting-'' -by \ shipowners* in:;' -Europe ■■-• and America. --The, ships already despatched are all: destiued^to load at ports in India for Europe, hhd embrace the Stag, '255 "Ions,"" which "got£6oo ."•' the "Helvetia;- --: 435 ■ tons, £900 ; and the : Calliance, 823 tons, £1,20*0.: The coal trade continues in a state of great depression, the rates "-'.offering being lower. ; than for many years past, while the fact of the article itself realising in this market at present vei-v little" over : tlVe freight^ lias' led' to' the cancel-. /lation of several charters effected;; some^ time ago.;, •There" 1 are "no engagements .to report" from New- , castle ; to China, ' San ' Francisco; ;> nor ; to ;this -tjbr. neighboring ports. ' No f sales Jof "shipping have •been effected during' the tnonth._._._._- : ■ .'? ::. : ;. '. CaSU> I ' TlE!^" ' ' ■ ' - '"• October .SPfrb.— The "Reino d' Auiou, from Cal-dtiita,;:arrived-here,with her foremast sprung.. She., is getting a new one here prior to proceeding, to Sydney.' '■•■."Rylthc steamer Egmont, which arrived, here, on .■the •3lst October, . from London, via Table Bay, vre'have heSys of the Black Ball ship "Avalanche, having ■sprung. ''a leak on her ' passage to this : i port, and,, having . put into Table Bay 'to; repair. ' " ' . '.. . | The steamer Alhambra, bound from = New Zealand to this. port, broke her screw-shaft just after ! leaving, and. had to. put back. She' ha 3 since ar- ! rived here under canvas. . . ... I The William Cole, ship,- from London, arrived at Sydney 11th. November. "She reports having encountered heavy gales of wind oft' the Capeof Good Hope; during which it was found necessary .to lighten the ship. About 100 tons of cargo were thrown orei-bdard. Nor. 1.0th.-^the barque Sussex, from Newcastle, N.S.W., from this port, coal laden, grounded on. the Royal George Bank (Port Philip). She has since been got- off; with but little damage. November 16th.'— The master of the schooner Abbey reports the barque Sea Breeze, coal laden, from Newcastle, bound to Ad^^e, ashore on a . dangerous" reef of rooks off Circular Head. The I vessel was left, high and dry at low water. The I crew were throwing the cargo overboard.