Shipping News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 246, 16 November 1903, Page 2

Shipping News.

PORT OP NEW PLYMOUTH. . ARRIVED. i Nov. 14.—Takapuna, 5.8., 957 tons, ] Macßeth, from Onehunga. Passeng- ; srs—Mesdames McGibfcon, WaMon, i lukpen and two «hildren, Monte- j fiore, Gull, Craig and infant, Vivian, Hamlin, Massey, Misses Ball, ( O'Grady, Messrs Gubb, Waldon, Inkpen. McCarthy, Weljb, Henderson, Freeman, Denshain, Gray, Montefiore, Gerhian, Burton, Hewett, Walters Gudgeon, Hunter ; 13 steerage. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Onehunga, Nov. 15. —Arrived, 8 a.m., Takapuna, from New Plymouth. . .. Wellington, Nov. 15.—Arrived, 3.45 p.m., Aotea, from Napier. Westport, Nov. 15.—Arriv\?d, 2.2 p.m., Gertie, from New Plymouth. Onehunga, Nov. 15.—Sailed, 4.5 p.m., Rarawa, for New Plymouth. ' Gisbome, Nov. 14. —Sailed, Wakanui, 8 p.m., for Auckland. Received 1">, 1.1 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 15. Sailed.— Rippingham Grange, for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS IN WELLINGTON. Ocean-going steamers — Indradevi, left London 10th Sept., via Australian ports and Auckland; due about 23rd inst. Rimutaka, left Plymouth Oct. 10, via Capetown and Hobart ; due about 30th inst. Maori, left London 3rd Oct, via Capetown. Hobart and Auckland ; due about 30th inst. Tokomaru, left London 28th Oct.. via Capetown and Hotjart ; due 18th Dec. Kaikoura, left Lomdon 9th Oct., via Australian ports and Auckland; due afcJjut 3oth Dec. Star of Ireland, left New York 12th Oct, via Australia a«d Auckland ; due about 30th Dec. Everton Grange, left New i York 80th Sept., via Australian ports and Auckland. Sailing Ships.— ThornlitiUaak, left New, York 2nd Alice, left New York 7th July. Montgomeryshire, left Liverpool 15th July. 10 Firth ol Clyde, la* Glasgow 18 July, via Port Chalmers. Bessfield, left Glasgow 19th Aug. Sierra Cadena, left Liverpool 35th Inverurie, left via Port Chalmers. Liinena, Left Liverpool 80th Sep. On «nd after Che 30th November, 1903, a Mght will tie exhibited fron sunset to sunrtsc from the ligivt house which has been orectod sn Kahurangi Point, West Coast, South Island, is lat. 40deg. 46min. 3oec. £ Mid long. 172deg. 13min. 7sec. E, ai measured from the Admiralty chart The Hgfit, which is a dioptric white light of the second order, ii about 110 ft above the level of th( sea at high water, and is visible tc seaward over an arc of 212 degree; of the horteon for a distance o about 16J miles from the deck of i vessel 15ft above the sea ; with i red sector of 20 deg l ., so adjusted ai to show over the Stewart Breaker distant about 4i miles from N, 2i deg. W (magnetic) from the light house site. The tower, which is o east iron and painted white, is s§f in height from the bottom of th base to the top of the lantern. The Antarctic expeditionary ship Terra Nova a»d Morning, whieh an now both lying in the Derwent, ar to leave Hobart aOout the firs week 'in December, and, under pre sent arrangements, will return froi there to Lyttelton. The Terra New. brought out between three and fou thousand packages of stores, par •being for the Morning and part fo the Discovery. The Morning timei her recent departure from Lyttelto so as to exactly meet the Terra No va as soon as she made Hobart The Terra Nova, however, upset ca-1 dilations by reaching the Derwen seventeen days ahead: of Admiralt; scheduled time.

VESSELS LOST OR CONDEMNED. The statistical summary of vessels totally lost, condemned, etc., issued by Lloyd's Register, shows that during the year 1902, the gross reduction of the effective mercantile marine of the world amounted to 87S vessels, with a total tonnage of 700690 tons, excluding nil vessels of les» than 100 tons. Of this total, 301 vessels, with a tonna'ge of 408,366 tons, were steamers, and 571, with a tonnage of 292,327, were sailing ships. As regards steamers, the present returm exceeds'the average of the previous eleven years by 21 vessels and 46,396 tons ; but in respect of sailing ships, it is below the average by 204 vessels amd 67,716 tons. Great as the absolute lose of vessels belonging to the United Kingdom appears to be, it forms a very moderate percentage ol the mercantile marine of the country, and compares favourably witii the losses sustained by other leading maritime countries. The United Kingdom shows the smdllest i«erceirtage of loss, viz., 1.46 •o4 the vessels owned. Germany . follows with Ujßs, and lorway stands the Mgfaest with 4.58 p«r cent. As regards ateaiaers, while the percentage of the United Kingdom stands at 1.11, the average of the percentages for the British colonies, the United States, Vrance, Germany, Italy, and Norway is 1.48, and for sailing vessels the percentage is 2.97 as compared with an average of 4.64 for the otheF countries. This summary makes it clear that steamers have a muck greater immunity from disaster than hare staling vessels.