SHIPPING. PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 107, 20 January 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING. PORT OF HOKITIKA.

maii-WATEn. Saturday ... 11.24 a.m. „. 11.48 p.m. AUUIVKD. January 19th— Tiger, schooner, Cameron, from Grey. i Australian Maid, cutter, from Ohristchurch. Crest of tho Wavo, schooner, Clark, from Dunedin. Yarra, p.s., Nioholl, from Grey. SAILKD. January 18th — JJruce, p.s., M'Gill, for Okavita, sixty passengcre. '" OFiEAKKD OUT. Gem, schooner, for Melbourne. John Mitchell, for Grey. PROJKOTED PEPAUTUmiS. Alma, for Melbourne early. Tln'ee Sisters , for tho Groy. Dart, for Melbourne. Amy Jlobsart, for Sydney, this day. 'Ji'B.' Russel, for Christcluuch via Pclorus Sound, early. lona, for Okarita, early. John Mitchell, for Grey, this day. South Australian; s.s., for Melbourne 27 th instant. Wonga Wonga, s.s., for Nelson, this day. VESSKLS IN POUT. ,Brigantines — Dart. Sohoonei-s— Caroline, Dunedin, Meteor, Alma, Gem, J. B. Russell, Amy Robsart, lona, Crest of the Wavo, Tiger. Cutter— Thames, Australian Maid. Steamers— Ballarat, Wonga Wonga, Yarra. IMPORTS. Per Australian Maid — Under bond : 5 kegs tobacco, 1 qr-tierco do, H. Marks and Co. Duty paid and free • 236 bags oats, 1 bale chaff, 11. Marks and Co. ; 1 bale leather, order. Per Tiger — 20 tons coals, order. Per Crest of the Wave— s2 casks stout, R Reeves and Co ; 9 cases pepper, W Gregg and Co ; 100 bags flour, 10 half-chests tea, 3 tanks malt, order ; 2 bundles brooms Stunfoid and Co ; 12 hhds ale, order ; 1 case shovels, 1 case, 2 casks, 3 cases axes, 9 kegs nails, 6 cases handles, 2 do shovols, 6 bundles buckets, C do brooms', 2 kega, 1 package, Chcsucy and Co ; 1 bundle shovels, 3 casks, 1 keg powder, 1 coil lead pipe, Forsyth and Masters ; 1 package fellows, 1 bundle hoes, 4 wheelbarrows, 1 case shovels, 2 boxes tacks, 3 casks, 1 case sundries, 6 kegs nails, 2 bundles oakum, 2 cases iron, S bundles do, Chcsucy and Co ; 10 cases Byass' porter, 10 do Dawson's ale, Wilson anil Co ; 47 bags potatoes, Smith and Co; 5 cases, 3 kegs, Order: 11!) bags potatoes, 215 do oats, 2 cases cheese, Boyle and Co ; 100 bags oats, Fisher Brothers. Kxroii'rs. Per Bruce ; free, and duty paid : Materials for houso, Nash j 2 tons galvanised iron, O'Driscoll ; 20 paekagos morchandiso, llcovcs ; 03 do., Bronnan ; 20 do., Chnmbers ; 23 do., Ryric ; 144 do., Chambers ; 22 do., Marks niul Co. ; 20 sheep, Barnott.

The bar continues in a most favorable state, the run in being straight, with plenty of water, for vessels drawing twelvo feet and under. Favored by the tine leading breeze which prevailed yesterday, the Tiger, Crest of tho Wave, and Australian Maid sailed into tho river, the first and last ariiving safely at the wharf, whilst the Crest ouly managed to reach the lagoon, where she anchored. The bar, which during the early part of tho day was very smooth, towards evening became more troubled, showing as tho tide ebbed an unbroken lino of surf from one end to the other. At about 2 p.m. the s.s. Star of tho Evening, from the Grey, bound to Dunedin, arrived off the town. She merely hovo to for a few moments to exchange signals, when, receiving instructions to proceed on her voyage, she at once bore away to the southward

Tho schooner Sangalier, which sailed from this port on the 20th October, under olmtlcr for the Molyneux, has never arrived at that port, nor has she been seen or heard of since the above date. There, therefore, remains but little doubt that she must have gone down . Tho Si.ngalier was a new vessel, only having made one or two voyages, and was well found in every respect. She was commanded by Captain Charles Clarke, nnd was owned in Launecston. Her agents here were Morison. Law, & Co.

The Star of the Evening left tho Grey yesterday at one o'clock, having discharged a full cargo shipped at Dunedin for that port, hhe was oft" this port at 2 o'clock, but as fow passengers were offering here, her agents signalled to her captain to proceed on her voyage without dolay. She therefore proceeded on to Dunedin at once. GreUt credit is due to tho first-engineer of tho Star of the Evening (Mr Kobertson) for the manner in which he kept to his station when the vessel was backing out through tho breakers at the Grey on Tuesday morning last ; at one time the engine room was full of water up to within a few inches of the furnaces, and had he and the stokers not stood to their posts as they did, the vessel mnst have gone ashore. Wo nro given to understand that tho schooner Martha, on attempting to cross tho Grey bar, on Thursduy, took tho ground, nnd now lies in a very precarious position, all attempts to roleaso her having failed. From the same source we derived intelligence respecting tho Cyinraes schooner, which hns several times visited Ilokitika. This unfortuuato craft has como to grief on tho Euller bar, and now lies a total wreck 5 no hopo being onrerfained of saving her.

From the New Zealand Advertiser wo talco tho following description — an extract from tho North British Daily Mail— of the now steamer just built for tho N.Z.S.N. Company :— Messrs Blackwood and Gordon hnvo launched a very handsome screw steamer named tho Taramiki, for tho passonger trade in Now Zealand. She was built to the order of Messrs Kcdfcrn, Alexander, and Co, of London, for tho Now Zealand Steam Navigation Company. The ceromony of naming tho vessel was performed by Miss Margaret Crawford, daughter of Kobort Crawford, Esq., Glasgow, and Iho vessel was towed into tho dock alongside tho building yard to receive her machinery. Tho dimensions of tho vessel aro as follows :— Length of keel and fore rake, ISS feet: breadth of beam, twenty-four feet six inches ; depth of hold, fourteen feet ; tonnage, builder's measurement, 650 tons. She is to bo propelled by a I»air of direct acting inverted engines of ninety 1 p., and is oxpected to attain a very high rate of speed.- • Her passenger accommodation is very ample, the fore cabin being fitted up with borl.lis for fifty.six second-class passengers, null the saloon and state r^oms aft fitted up for (iftyeight first-class passengers, with all tho improvements for ventilation, &c, required in a hot climate. Tho vessel was built under the superintendence ef W. M 'Milton, Esq., Glasgow, and is the second steamer built for the above company of the same lines, being sister steamer to the Wellington, built by the same firm about two years ago.