Shipping.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 137, 11 February 1859, Page 2

Shipping.

ENTERED OUTWARDS.

February B.—Augusta, schooner, 45, Smith, for Port Cooper. Passengers—Messrs. Rochfort and Stowe. February B.—Ann, schooner, 18, Glansford, for Takaka.

February B.—Supply, cutter, 26, Walker, for Collingwood. Six passengers.

February B.—William Alfred,- brigantine, 118, Tinley, for Wellington, with part of original cargo fro ji. Sydney. 3* ;...:■ February* B.—Deva, brig, 210, Thomas, for Tahiti, with'part of original cargo from Newcastle. ■ '

V February.p.—Miame, barque, 229, ppble, for Newcastle, in ballast. One passenger., " '", - ■'. : \"'''" ' February 9.—Mary Louisa", schooner, 3Q, vToolirig for Christchurch. ' EXPORTS. Per Augusta, for Port Cooper: 25,000 feet sawn timber.

Per Ann, for Takaka: 10 casks beer, 2 do. bottled beer, 1 ton flour, 1 side bacon, 1 wheelbarrow, Order. Per Supply, for Collingwood: 1 case cigars, Outridge ; 1 dozen shovels, 2 boxes raisins, 1 bag caps (100lbs.), 32 bags shot (lOOlbs.), 10 boxes sperm candles, 1 keg tobacco, 1 cask dried apples, 1 case ve9tas, 4 half-chests tea, 15 cases brand}', 4 kegs nails, 2 cases drapery, 3 boxes soap, 1 package buckets (halfdozen), 1 case sundries, 1 iron bedstead, Riley; 4 packages bagatelle table crooks, 7 casks bottled beer, 3 casks sundries, 2 packages do. Allen; 1 hhd. ale, Berry; 1 hhd. ale, Schaffer; 2 ctisks ale, Crooks; 1 keg ale, Outrid^e ; 2 cases cheese (500), Hays and Co.; 2 cases bottled ale (120), Alleii; 33 bags flour, Riley; 2 bags flour, Outriclge; 7 bags potatoes, 3 kegs butter, 10 cheeses, Riley; 12 bags vegetables, 4 casks apples, Order; 1 coil rope, Riley. Per Miame, for Newcastle: 13 half-chests tea, and part of original cargo from Newcastle. Per Mary Louisa, for Christchurch: 15 casks ale, 12,000 feet timber, Jones.

The Mail Steam Packet Lines.—The present government mail subsidy received by the Peninsular and Oriental Company is £244,200 a-year. It is expected that the sum which the company will receive for currying the Australian mails will augment their subsidy to something like £440,000 a-year. Hitherto the Royal Mail Company have had the honor of being the largest receivers of mail subsidy, they having for some years been getting £270,000 a-year. The following is a comparative statement of the distance, stoppages, time allowed, and average speed, including stoppages, at which the mails are conveyed on some of the longest ocean msillines. The distance of the mail route between Southampton and Buenos Ayres is 6411 miles. There are six stoppages on that line, the tima allowed 37 days, and the average speed at which tiie mail is conveyed is 7$ miles an hour. The distance between Tampico and Southampton is 5668 miles, the stoppages are three, the time allowed 237 days, and the average speed S£ miles an hour. : The distance between Hongkong and Southampton is 9624 miles, the stoppages eight, the time allowed 51 days, and the average speed 1\ miles an hour. The distance between New York and Liverpool is 30 00 miles, there nre* no stoppages, the time allowed is 14 days, and the average speed is 14 miles, an hour. According to the new Australian contract the distancebetween Southampton and Sydney is 12,763 miles, the stoppages are nine, the time allowed 51 days, -arid the average speed 9| miles an hour. According to. the laic Apsfel:Bi)''xofitraet the distance was. 12.573 miles; the-stoppages seven, the time allowed 58 days, and the average jspeed nine miles an hour: When the Australian mails went Via Singapore, the distance was 12,887-.miles, the stoppages twelve, and the time allowed 66 days, and the average speed 8£ miles an hour. — Liverpool Chronicle.