PORT OF RIVERTON.

Southland Times, Issue 1156, 10 May 1869, Page 2

PORT OF RIVERTON.

_ i ... , ..raiij^]). raf-j^a^ . ' *■"'" April 6.— _fcate, ' from Bluff, with cargo ex Tararua, from Melbourne. April 8. — Tormentor, from Paihi, in ballast. April 13. — Kate, from Bluff, with cargo ex Bteamer from Dunedin. April. 27. — James .Paxton,. from Danedin, with general cargo. . BNTBRED OUTWABDB. April 8. — Tormentor, for Paihi, with stores. April 9.— Kate, foi* Bluff, in ballast. April 16.— Kate, for Bluff, with 132 bags oats. " April 3d. — James Paxton, for Dunedin, with wool and sundries. '.i. 1 ;' •'."'■;; ir—- — - i -.' ! J r-' '- • ! ' '' The Harvest Home, cleared out at the Customs on the 7th inst. She takes a valuable cargo, comprising 927 bale? of greasy' wool, -valued at £13,107 16s, 1902 bales washed ditto, .£28,230, 7s 9d|- 39 bales skins, £220 f l2s, 6d ; '" 1672 gallons of seal oil, £250 16s ; .bones, horns, ' and bark, £15 7s 3d; total. JS_U,B24 19s C|d. The Tararua,- Hagley, commanded, arrived "from Melbourne at 11.30 a.m. yesterday. Left Melbourne on the 4th.inßt., making the ruii ih 4 - ~ ~_ifjs^T3 r n-oxie6j^Bh_ eringr TZ saloon _a_—__ steerage : passengers' and 276 tons cargo for ''all ports. •'"'•; • ■ ' ,:i ' ''■■' '" . : •'■' .''• Thb Q-AJ-ATBA.-^— The following particulars regarding H.M.S. Galatea will be read with interest: — The Galatea was built at Woolwich and launched in 1859. Her length over all is 317 feet, breadth 50 feet, horse power 800, tonnage 3227. Her' speed, . under steam, at the measured mile, when new, was 13 knots, the indicated horse-power, bemg' 3516; She 1 carriea the following .armament; namely : — On the main deck, 18 guns, 10 inch, 86 cwt, and 4 guns, 10 incb,^ 0i tons;}. On the quarter-deck, 2 guns, rifled, , 64-j)opiiders ;_ on. the forecastle, 2 guns, rifleH, 64 -pounders. The 6£ tan guns, throw a .v JBhot bfJtls lba and' a large- double shell 1 weighing 136 lbs with a bursting charge of 12 lbs powder. Her draught pf water, with, three, months' provisions on' boatd is, aft'22 leet; 7 'inches,' forward 21 feet 8 inches ; the height of the foremost port above the water line ip 12 feet -9 inches . the ' height of the middle port^ JO f? o^ t*. inches : and' " that of the after port, 12 feet "s inches. She can' ■ 'ritow' 700 tons^f coal in ' Mr boxes, and 72 tons : ofwate*. 1 .;•'_ "_ ■ - l j ." '. '