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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 61, 30 November 1878, Page 2

Tho steamer Sudseo took her departure oi\ Sunday last for Vuvau, where she was to inent tho barque Papa uud discharge her caigo into her. On Tuesday morning’ last tho schooner Lousianan took her departure for Tutuila. eu route for Fortuna and Fiji. Tin* brigantine Active, took her departure f*r Fusitootui, vest onlay morning, where she will obtain part of her loading, and then proceed on her usual trip round Savaii and through the Tonga Group, eu route for Auckland. The barque Elisabeth took her departure yesterday morning for Jala.: a.il other islands, lor the purpose oi cwUcctiug loUlll.i produce. Our harbour is begin.ii..g iu buve a sunnwbat deserted appeuruiu.e, liieiv being only two barques and one schooner left, and it is probable that two of these will leave us during the.coining week. What tiiere is to account for this we are unable to say, for in the corresponding week of last year we had one ship, live barques, and six schooners in harbour. We opine there must be a falling off in tho trade. Ca-tain Carmichael, of the schooner l/Ou-iiinii;i. repoits that on the Kith Oct., and ioLgi’uue »7'‘.*oJ W. he sounded upon a iv.the main edge of which had fifteen and seventeen of water upon it. getting more shoal to the S.W.Jand S. as fur as the eye could reach. It was coral bottom with black patches, and does not appear on Emery’s chart of 1877 or any other chart Captain Carmichael has seen. -1 L