PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 295, 3 September 1866, Page 4

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

HittH Watbh This Day. — 3.2 1 a.m. ; 3.49 p.m. ABBIYED. September 1. — Gothenburg, b.b., Mackio, from Melbourne. Royse, Mudie, and Co., agents. Wallaby, s.a., Palmer, from Nelson. N. Edwards and Co., agents. John Mitchell, ketoh, Patterson, from Greymouth. Thompson, agent. Tambo, schooner, Woon, from Greymouth. Emma Jane, schooner, Wilson, from Greymouth. Xeera, s.s., Joyce, from Dunedin. Carey and Gilles, agents. September 2. — Otngo, s.s., Randall, from Melbourne. John White, agent. Isabella Jackson, schooner, from Christchurch. Royse, Mudie, and Co., agents. BAILKD. September 1. — Maid of Erin, schooner Gill, for Melbourne. KNTBBED IN. Gothenburg, i.s., 459 tons, H. Mackie;from Melbourne. Passengors — cabin : Mr and Mrs Biadier, Miss Bladier, Miss Hognn, Mrs Code-wall, Miss Pope, Mr and Miv Pritcliard, Messrs Black, McLaren, Pope, Wilsoa, Walton, Elliott, and 147 in the teernge. Keera, 145 tons, D. Joyce, from Dunedin. Passengers— cabin : Misa Winter, Mrs Taylor, Mr Hawkins, and 7 in the steerage. Lioness, 26 tons, J, Leys, from Grej mouth, in ballast. Otago, 457 tons, T. Randall, from Melbourne. Passenger* — cabin : Mr and Mrs RawHugt, Mr and Hub Sohues, Mr and Sir* Burgess, Mrs Ooulaton, Mrs Taylor, Miss Taylor, Messrs Osborne, Mace, Alcorn, M'Kenzy, Stroud, Manning, Vincent, Shearer, Lscoupt, Lucss, Holmes, and 143 in the steerage. CLEABKD OUT, Cosmopolite, 14 1 tons, W. Girdwood, for Sydney, in ballast. 3 passengers. Maid of Erin, 72 tons, J. H. Gill, for Melbourne, in ballast. IX THtt BOAI>STBAI>. Otago, a.*., from Melbourne. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne. BXFBCTED ABBIVALB. Charlotte, schooner, from Lyttelton, daily. Mary Jane, schooner, from Onehunga, daily. Duiodin, from Dunedin, early. Katheraw, from Melbourne, early. Francis, schooner, from Heuthcote, early. Sea Bird, from Newcastle, N.S.W., early. Northern Light, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, sth inst. 10, from Melbourne, daily. Rangitoto, from Sydney, 20th inst. Claud Hamilton, from Wellington, 20th inst. *> Tararua, from Melbourne, X3th inst. Kennedy, from Okarita, on the 3rd inst. PBOJECTED DEPABTPBKS. Claud Hamilton, for Sydney, to-day. Otago, for Nelson, Wellington, Dunedin and Melbourne, to-day. Tararua, for Melbourne, 13th mat. Rangitoto, for Nelson, 21st inst. Wallaby, for Greymouth and Wanganui, to-day. Kennedy, for Grey and Nelson, to-d«y. VKSBKLS IN POST. Brig — Clarendon. s Schooners — Maid of Erin, Tmia. Emma Eliza, Bonnie Lass, J. B. Russell, Mary Anne, Tiger, John Mitchell, Tambo, Emma Jane, Isabella Jackson. Steamers — Persevere, Challenge, Lioness, Yarra, Keera. ASHORE. Wra. Miskin, s.b., Lioness, p.s. IMPOSTS. Per Gothenburg, from Melbourne — 2 bales drapery, J. Alman ; 1 case drapery, Aleorn ; 5 bales drapery, A. Prichard ; 2 bales 2 < ases drapery', J, P. Byrne ; 16 cases 2 bales drapery, A. 0. Prichard ; 2 cases drapery, Glynn ; 4 eases, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 cask, 1 case, Haruett and Co ; 24 pkgs castings, order ; 14 bags guano, Bladier ; 1 case, W. D. Banks ; 8 qr-easks brandy, 6 ar-ca*ks wine, Pringle ; 1 cask, Langley ; 8 cases drapery, A. C. Prieliard; S cases, order ; 1 case, O'Leary ; 1 caso, D. Cashmore ; 1 bale paper, Harnett and Co ; 1 piano, P. Nagle ; 25 cases schnapps, D. H. Cleve ; 1 case, M'Beath ; 1 case, Graham ; 1 case, .W. L. Fowler ; 1 case, Thorn and Bullen ; 1 bale, Mulligan and Co ; 6 bales, E. Reeves ; 1 case, 6 rolls matting, A. C. Prichard ; 5 pkgs 1 case 1 bale drapery, J. F. Byrne ; 3 pgs ♦ drapery, J. Manson ; 18 cases 1 truss drapery, 1 bale paper, A. C. Pritclmrd; 1 case, 1 bale, order; 5 hhds eggs, J Duff ; 3 pkgs drapery, 6 pkgs boots, 1 case, Prichard and Co ; 1 box, order ; 2 pkgs, Cohen Bros. ; 1 box, 1 case, Holmes ; 2 coils rope, Carey and Giiles ; 5 pks soap, Morison, Law, and Co ; 9 qr-easks, order ; 3 cbbos books, J. Munson ; 3 cases books, Stewart ; 117 pkgs ironmongery, J. Lewis ; 3 casks crucibles, Bank of New Zealand ; 25 bags malt, Loutitt & Reid ; 15 do malt, Pizzey &.Co; 100 cases genera, Louisson <fc Co ; 10 qr-casks brandy, 25 cases kerosene, 66 bags flour, E. Reeves ; 100 bags flour, Clxesney & Co ; 4 cases, J. Lewis ; 5 cases, B. Marks ; 1 do, order ; 42 bales chair, Bailie & Humphreys ; 50 boxes candles, 1 case cocoa, 1 tub butter, Ecclesfleld Brothers; 7 oases, A. C. Prichard ; 73 pkgs, Johnston ; 21 crises fruit, 2 casks eggs, Dunning & Ross ; 2 ' ca«es leather, 1 do grindery. 3 pkgs leather, Bfhfisch ; 1 bale flock, J. B. Clarke ; 12 qr•Asks wine, H. Miller ; 3 casks, 1 hhd, 1 crate J. Lewis; 2 cases, R. T. Haworth ; 4 do, S. W. Alcorn; 2 do, J. F. Byrne; 1 bale, G. A. Patterson ; 1 case, A. C. Prichard ; 1 cask, 1 bale, Ramsay & Clarke ; 67 bags bran, order - r 1 case. J. F. Byrne ; 1 parcel, 'P. Kiein ; 1 case, A. C. Prichard ; 2 crates, 1 case, J Lewis. Per Keera, from Dunediu — 5 qr-oasks brandy, order ; 5 do geneva, M'Landress, Hepburn, «fc Co. ; 20 cases old torn, 50 do geneva, ?rder ; 2 brls alcohol, Mace and Dixon ; 8 kegs drugs, 3 boxes sjap, 1 cask lard, 17 cases drugs, 1 bag rock-salt, 2 cases, 1 cask, E. Proßser ; 9 cases, 1 cask, 2 drums drugs, J. Williams ; 2 cases drapery, order ; 1 case, 1 trunk drapery. Isaacs ; 4 cases, 4 trunks drapery, J. F. Byrne ; 1 case, 2 pkgs sundries, 1 bale leather, J. Ramsay ; 1 case drapery, Graves & Co. ; 8 crates, 3 casks, 1 case, 1 bale paper, 2 bags firccluy, J. B. Clarke ; 4 casks butter, T. Pringle ; 1 case drapery, C. Brown ; 25 bags malt, J. Clarke ; 1 bale paper, 1 case paint, 1 parcel color, J. Holmes ; 2 cases, 1 parcel drapery, order ; 1 parcel, M'Beath ; 1 bale, White and Pino ; 1 bale, David-son ; 1 bale, G. Moss ; 3 bales, order ; 1 truss, J. W. Aleorn ; 15 bags malt, Lowttifc and Reid ; 2 cases drapery, Thorn and Bullen ; 50 bags oats, Ecclesfield Bros. ; 2 cases boots, Spence Bros. ; 1 truss, 2 chests drapery, J. Bain ; 20 boxes candies, 12 cases candles, M < Landre^s and Co.; 2 chests, J. R. Anderson ; 100 bags oata, order; 1 case, Stanford and Co.; 4 casks, 1 crate, 13 pkgs hardware, 8 kegs nails, 2 kp<;s nails, 2 kegs sundries, Meyerstoin ; 2 cases, T. R. Proctor ; 3 cases, Browu and Co.; 2 ctucs, Hirseh ; 2 cases Hayman ; 1 case, order.

Per Otago, from Melbourne — 1 case boots, Bullcn and Co.; 6 cast's boots, ordor ; S brigs potatos, 1 ease seeds, Brei-klehuvst ; 37 pkgs M'Guire Bros.; 2 bales leather, J. Broun ;

4 casks eggs, C. Burkhnrt ; 1 nn-e, T. Leech ' 24 wheels, 1 case drapery, order; 1 boat, Taylor ; 1 box, Harnett and Co.; 1 ease, P. Hill.

The p.s. Keera, D. Joyce, commanded left Otaa[o Heads at 7 p.m.'on the 20th ult.i and after a pleasant passage of three days eight hours, during which fine weather and light N. and N.W. winds were experienced, she brought up in tho roadstead at 0.30 a.rh., Ist instant. When off Capo Campbell the Keera sighted a largo ship bound to the northward, and when off the Steeples a heavily- rigged fore-and-aft schooner standing to the southward. The Keera brings a full cargo and twenty passengers. The s.s. Wallaby arrived in the river on Saturday last, with a full cargo of assorted merchandise for this port. She left Nelson at 1 p.m. on the 30th ultimo, nnd encountered •trong S.W. winds and a heavy head sea to Rocky Point, the remainder of the passage being calm and fine. The s.s. Gothenburg, Hugh Mackie, commander, left Hobson's Bay at 6 p.m. on tho 25th ultimo, and anchored in the roadstead at 8 p.m. on the 31st. During the passage light variable winds and fine weather were experienced. The Gothenburg brings 150 passengers and 200 tons of cargo. She will leave again, direct for Melbourne, on the 6th instant.

Tho P.JT.Z. and A.R.M. Company's s.s. Otago, T. RancVl, commander, left Port Phillip Heads at 3 p.m. on the 28th ultimo, and experienced light baffling winds for the first two daya; after 'which steady westerly breezes prevailed. She urrived in the roadstead at 11 a.m. on the 2nd inst., after a smnvt passage of four days twenty hours. The Otago brings 230 passengers and about twenty tons of cargo. The good steamer Gothenburg will leave the roadstead to-morrow, for Greymouth, there to ship whatever gold and pnsseugers may be waiting for her. She returns to this port on Wednesday, and will leave for Melbourne direct tho following day. Tho p.s. Yarra did a fair day's work yosterday, having crossed and re-crossed the bar five times. On her flr-»fc trip, she brought in all the passengers (230) nnd luggage from the 8.8. Otago, and then towed inside, in succession, three lighters heavily laden with goods from the Gothenburg. It is with extreme regret that we chronicle the stranding of the p.s. Lioness. Yesterday, at halt-past twelve, she left the river with the intention of running alongside the s.s. Otago

to welcome one of her owners who arrived in that vessel from Melbourne, and had almost cleared the bar when she grounded, and was hove up high and dry upon the beach by a succession of heavy seas, which unfortunately rolled in just then. This occurred so rapidly that no time was left for any attempt to heave her oJF again, and as the tide made she worked herself further up upon the beach until nearly on a level, and just astern of her copartner in woe the Win. Miskin. At high water she was lying on her port beam ends deck to the surf, which, as it rolled in knocked the old boat about sadly, and sanded her up some three feet. As the tide receded she was lightered of her coals, and everything else that was available, and at low water a gang of men were put on to .clear away the sand from under her atavboard bilge, and by screwing her up from the opposite side endeavor to cant her over with her deck on shore. At midnight this was not effected, and we much fear the then rapidly making tide would necessitate the abandonment of the work. This mishap was caused by a foolish attempt to leave the river two hours before high water, when the channel contained a draught of six feet only ; it was by the nearest chance that the p.s. Challenge, which immediately preceded her did not share the same fnte, as she took the ground also, but being dead in the fair way, managed to clear herself. The Lioness was not so fortunate, and now lies helpless upon the beach. Although there were nine feet of water in the channel at high tide, we must confess that throughout yesterday it was in very bad condition, as the South Spit had been woz-ked home by the heavy swell, and in consequence the channel was very much contracted. In fact, there was nothing but a gut way, and to hit this fairly required particularly close steering. No blame can be attached to the captain, who kept the beacons in a line, and would with a foot more water, have cleared the bar. We, however, think he should have delayed his departure for half an hour. Should the Lioness not break up slio Trill be lifted, placed on wuya, aud then launched across the Spit into the river, a proceeding that will entail a heavy expense upon her owners.

GREY RIVER. High Watek Tuis Day.— 3.9 a.m.? 3.34 p.m.