PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 257, 20 July 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Hiotc Wateb This Day.— 3.l2 a.m.; 3.43 p.m. ABBITED. July 18.— Crest of the Wave, Clark, from Melbourne. July 19. — Tiger, schooner, Cameron, from Invercargill. Emma Jane, schooner, Wilson, from Grey. SAILED. July 19,— Keera, s.s., Joyce, for Grey, Wellington and Dunedin. ENTERED IX. Emma Jane, 34 tons, J. Wilson, from Greymouth. Tiger, 28 tons, A. Cameron, from Invercargill. 4 passengers. CLEARED -OUT. Eeera, s.s., D. Joyce, for Dunediu, "Wellington, &c. EXPECTED ABBIVALS. Oaniaru, from Oamaru, daily. Wallabi, from Nelson, hourly. Florence, from Melbourne, early. Dunedin, from Dunedin, early. Katheraw, from Melbourne, early. Wallaby, from Nelson, early. PROJECTED DEPAETUBE3. Auckland, for Nelson, Wellington, Dunedin, and Bluff, 21st inst. VESSELS IN TOUT. (j Schooners. — Cymraes, Dispatch. Cutter— Dart. Steamers — Yarra, Challenge, Lioness. IMPORTS. Per Emma Jane, from Greymouth-— 42 tons coal, Thompson. Per Tiger, from luvercargill — 2 trunks, 1 bedstead, 1 gun case, 1 hat box, J Cowen ; 4 boxes luggage, D Graham ; 9 packages, C Iliggins and Co ; 152 bales chaff, Loutitt, Reid and Co ; 3 tons turnips, 2000 bricks, 158 bags chaff, Cameron ; 2 case* merchandise, Henderson & Bonar. EXPQETS. Per Keera, for Dunedin, Wellington, &c. — 1 case, G Lewis ; 1 hhd brandy, 10 cases geneva, Hall, Finlay & Co ; 1 case cheese, 5 cases bitters, Ching and Russell ; 1 case, Eilj gour; 3pkgs, G Taj lor; 10 cases moselle, 5 cases claret, Soloman ; 1 case, Hamilton ; 1 case, Prosscr ; 4 pkgs, 1 case, order ; 3 pkgs, Heron - r 30 pkgs, Clung and Russell ; 98 eases co-.idles, 50 bags floin-, Cassius and Co ; 1 bale, M'Farlane; 1 case, Bullen & Co ; 1 case tobacco, 1 bale, 1 bag, 1 case coffee, 60 cases geneva, 1 qr-cask rum, Cassius & Comiskey ; 5 cases, 1 bale, 7 half-chests tea, Reeves & Co ; 4 boxes, 2 bundles apparel, order ; 1 chaff cutter, Kennedy Bros ; 1 bale, 1 truss drapery, Smith and Co ;'2 bags seed, H Allen ; 1 case acid, Williams ; 10 cases milk, Hamilton ; 1 case, 1 parcel, order ; 1 case merchandise, 2 cases drapery, 3 rolls matting, 2 pkgs, 4 cases, 2 trusses drapery, M'Beath and Co ; 1 case, 1 trins, order ; 1 cask, Southam ; 2 trusses, Smith and Co.

In our last issue we omitted to notice the departure of the schooner Crest of the Wave-, which left the river on Wednesday afternoons She cleared out for Melbourne but proceeded no further than the roadstead, where she is still lying awaiting ordera from Christchurcb, to which port it is probable sho will be summoned. Her destination will be decided as soon as the telegraph is in viorking order again. The s.s. Keera left yesterday for Wellington and Dunedin, touching at Greymouth for coal. There was no time lost in despatching her for she only arrived on the 17th, and has since discharged a full cargo of mixed goods, which was landed in good order, notwithstanding her long passage from Dunedin. It is the intention of the owners, Messrs Carey and €rilles, to place her permanently in the trade betwees this port and Dunedin, and they purpose mating very extensive alterations m the vessel to fit her more thoroughly for the trade. Although she is but a small boat the Keera is fitted with, a pair of thirty-horse power diagonal engines, built by the celebrated Robert Stevenson in 1851, and better constructed machinery was never turned out of hand. Made of tlie very best material, substantial in all their parts and beautifully finished they .have stood the test of fifteen years hard work and no sign of wear or Ceav can be discovered in them. Even the brasses have-not been replaced, and considering tlie time they have been in use are in a wonderful state of preservation. We believe that these were the first pair of marine engines ever fitted with link motion for which Stevenson drew a patent, and they were deemed worthy of a place in tlie G-reat Exhibition of '51. The Keera's machinery is on the "multiplying principle of three to one power, and as the engines make forty revolutions a minute the Bcrew shaft makes one hundred and twenty when going at full speed ; but as the power is quite disproportionate to her size, more than half-steam ia seldom used. With the view of remedying this defect it is intended to lengthen the Keera thirty feet, and for thi3 she will be laid up at Dunedin in October next, where the alteration will be effected. We believe that by so doing the desired end will be attained, and the Keera enabled to make her passages in any weather without the vexatious delays that vessels of her clas3 are unavoidably subjected to. The great desideratum of a first-class constant steam trader between this port and Dunedin will be thus supplied, and we trust that the Keera will long remain on the berth.