PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume VI, Issue 497, 19 June 1866, Page 2

PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Juno 18 — Aparima, 22 tons, McLean, from Bluff Harbor, with cargo. OTJTWAEDB. June 18— Why Not, 24 tons, Burke, for Riverton, via Bluff, with cargo. EtfPOUTS. June 18 — Per Aparima — 3 hhds ale, 100 bags flour, 22 half-chests tea, Dalgetty, Rattray & Co. ; 100 bags flour, H. T. Rossj 1 qr cask wine, Mitchell & Co. ; 30 bags sugar, Hare, Pratt & Co. ; 130 bags flour, Morison, Law & Co. EXPOKT3. June 18— Per Why Not — 2& tons flour, 4 bags sugarj 2 half-chests tea, 1 keg apples, 1 case sauces, 1 box raisins, 6 cases, 1 box tobacco, 1 bag onions, 1 case jams, 1 box soap, 1 bag hops, 3 casks ale. The Alhambra left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. on the 16th; had very thick weather on the coast, -with light N.E. winds j passed the Auckland, 3.8. Taranaki, oil' the Nuggets, at midnight and arrived here at 8.30 a.m. Sailed for Mcl bourne, 10 tais morning. The s.s. William A'iskin is still on Messrs M'Kinnon and Murray's slip, the directors of her company having determined to give her s more extensive overhaul than was at first intended. The Bye-laws and iteguiations for the Port of Dunedin, which appeared in the " New Zealand Gazette," of the sth instant, will, no doubt, be appreciated by the public in general and by captains of vessels in particular. By the regulations it is compulsory tor all ballast lighters to be ■weighed in, and marked for every five tons j they also require to have a license for pljing aa such for which they pay two guineas pur annum, and the number of their license is to be painted on both bows. The expense of weighing in, &c.,tis to be borne by tho ballast-men. The other matter •which more afi'ects the public is the boatmen p yiug in the harbor of Otago. It has now become law by the " Gazette," tliat every boatman shall be required to have a license, previous to granting "which, the Harbor Master, or other authorised person is required to examine all boatmen as to their efficiency in the management of a boat : the boats are also to be surveyed to see that they are Beaworthy, and if any boatman carries more than his complement allowed by law, he is Bubiect to a fine of twenty pounds. A table of fares has also been arranged ior every quarter of a mile, which, to say the least of it, is very unsuitable, inasmuch as there threepences, tourpences, and fivepences, inserted for every additional quarter of a mile according to the number of passengers. It would have been much better if the lowest charge was sixpence, aa confusion is sure to arise through the coppers. In bad weather, and at night, extra charges are authorised to be made, so that the public will know exactly what they are to be charged. No mention is made of cargo lighters in the regulations, save that that they nave a certain numDer of days to discharge cargo alongside the wharf. — Daily Times, loth June.