PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 307, 17 September 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Moon's Piust Qttabteb. — 3.1. p.m. High /Wateb This Day.— 2.4B a.m. ; 3.13 p.m. ABBIVED. September 16. — Northern Light, brignntinc, Falloon, from Melbourne. Spence Eros. & Co, agents. Elfin, ketch, Milne, from Dunedin. Master, agent. SAILED. September 15. — 10, schooner, Yanuct, for Melbourne. ), Alhambra, s.s., M'Lean, for Melbourne. September 16. — Yarra, p.s., Nieoll, for Qreymouth. ENTEBED IN. Moyne, 92 tons, A. G-. Marshall, from Dfinedin. Elfin, 45 tons, Gt. Milne, fiom Dunedin. CLEARED OUT. Yarra, 32 tons, Robert Nicoll, for Greymouth. 30 passenger, ox Alhambra. Charlotte, 24 tons, W". Johnson, for Picton. In ballast. 10, 71 tons, W. Yannet, for Melbourne.' In ballast. 4 passengers. Alhambra, 497 tons, Joliu M'Leaii, for Melbourne. 16 passengers. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. - Elizabeth, cutter, fronf Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, via Dunedin, early. v j Eangitolo, from Sydney, 20th mat. Beautiful Star, s.s., from Dunedin, daily. Dunedin, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Aurora, schooner, from Dunedin, early. ! Cymraes, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Mary Van ' Every, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Julia, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Isabella, schooner, from Duuedin, early. Kennedy, s.s., from Nelson, to-day. Lady Darling, schooner, from Melbourne. Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne. PBOJtiCTED DEPAE'TDEES. * \ Kangitoto, for Nelson, 19th mst. Lord Ashley, for Bluff Harbor, 21at insfc. Kennedy, for Otarita, to-morrow. Jane Elkin, for Grey River, to-day. TESBELB lIT POBT. Brigantine — Northern Light. ' Schooners — lona. "Rnuna ,Elun, Mary Jane, Tiger, John Mitchell, Tambo, Moyne, J»ne ElkiivElfiii, C.itter— Charlotte. Sti-amers — Challenge, Yarra, Lioness.

IMPOSTS. Per Moyne, from D'unedin — 1 qr-eask brandy, Ido sherry, J. E. Anderson ; Ido ■whisky, 1 case tobacco, G. Blythe ; 1 teg shot, T. Gr. Stone ; 35 bags oats', 45 do pofcatos, 21 do bran, Fleming; I(>2 do potatos, 42 do oats, A. Boyle & Co ; 78 bars, 23 bdls iron, 3 anvils, 1 weighiug-niachine, 1 lilid holloware, 1 cask -wedges, 1 do glue, 1 do blacking, 19 kegs nails, 1 cask bolts, 60 cnmp ovens and covers, 3 cases hardware? 3 bdls sluice-forks, 4 grates, 1 bdl harness, 4 cases hardware , 6 bdls buckets, 4 kegs paint, 1 bdl spades, 4 drums oil, 1 case, Forsyth & Masters ; 96 bars, 15 bdls irou, 1 do steel. 2 kegs horseshoes, 2 cases, 2 kegs bolts, 1 ( a?e hardware, T. G. Stone ; Ido sago, Ido arrowroot, J. R. Anderson ; 1 cask putty, J. Holmes ; 16 bales* chaff. 50 bags oats, Loutitt & Co; 2 do barley, Moir & Staite ; tiO do oats, Loutitt & Reid ; 2 tanks ir.a't, 4 pkg3 hops, Pizzcy & Co ; 2 pkgs furniture, order ; 3 bales drapery, Thorn & Bullen ; 13 casks whiting; Mace & Dixon ; 2000 bricks, Carey & Gilles ; 6 casks sand, J. Holmes ; 12 bags potatos, 5 do oatmeal, Gr. Blythe; 20 hlids stout, Parker & Co; ,45 bags oats, Bailie & Humphreys ; 4 bdls sheet-iron, 1 cask zinc, J. Newton ; 195 bags potatos, 60 do oats, Hall & Finlay ; 1 box tin plates, 1 roll copper, J". Newton ; 10 cages galvanised iron, 2 pkgs bedsteads, 1 case, Morieon, Law, &; Co j 20 bags flour, 1 case bath brick, 1 do jams, 2 do old torn, 1 doilsh. 1 do ham, 1 cask soda) 1 case cocoa, 1 do chocolate, 4 boxes tea, 5 cases ale, 2 boxes pipes, 1 caso pickles, 1 do cheese, 1 bale tobacco, 1 case,-Gk Blythe ; 2 do .iron, 2 do glass, 4 boxes clothes-pegs, 4 kegs nails, 1 drum oil, 1 bdl buckets, Johnston &^ Co ; 20 ba?s oats, J. Chesuey ; 60 do do, Anderson & Howat. Per Elfin, from Dunedin — 5 casks bacon, Moir & Staite ; 2 qr-casks brandy, order ; 40 bags oats, 2 bales chaff, 62* bags potatos, E. Beeves & Co ; 50 do oats, 35 do do, 1 case vestas, 8 bags salt, 'Moir 4; Staite ; 45 do oats, J. Chesney & Co ; 2 chests candles, 2 cases cheese, ojio vinegar, 30 bags potatos, ordtjr ; 224 do potatos, 10 do bran, A. Boyle & Co ; 1 hhd ale, M. Carter. EXPORTS Per Yarra, for Greymouth — 1 case, B. Marks ; 7 ]ikgs samples, order. . Per Alhambra, for Melbourne — 2000oz gold, Bank of New, South Wales; 2864oz3d\vts 12grs do, Bank of New Zealand ; loz 9dwt do, private hands.

The brigantine Northern Ligjit sailed from Port Philip Heads on the 25th ult., with light easterly winds and fine. Variable weather kept her in the Straits until the 29th, on which day her, last departure ,from the Sisters was taken. After ' a very pleasant passage, during which light variable winds were experienced, Mount Cook was sighted on the 6th instant ; but a prevalence of easterly weather, combined with a strong set, kept her to the southward until yesterday morning, when the Challenge picked her up some seven miles oif the port and towed her inside. On the 3rd instant she passed thc-schooner Florence from i Greymouth bound to Melbourne. The Northern Light brings a full general cargo to this port. i No change has taken place since "Friday in the condition of the channel, which still keeps in good order and is easily navigated. We can report eleven feet on 'the bar at highwater and a straight run out,. The Challenge, which left the river yesterday two hours before the tide turned, found eight feet. The ketch- Elfin left Dunedin on the 29th ult., witli strong S.W. gales and hazy weather. No change was experienced uutil off the Kai- | koras when the wind fell light and scant, and for ten days she was delayed there by gales from N.W. to N.E. alternated by calms and variable winds. Oh the 9tk inst. she was favoivd with a slant from the southward, which carried her through the straits, and on the 12th she brought up off the bar. That day's, gale drove her to sea again and being caught by a current she was driven to the southward and only regained the roadstead ou the loth when she was fastened to by the Yarra and towed inside. The Elfin brings a full general cargo. After a fortnight of almost incessant labor, during which time we never saw more dogged determination displayed in fighting against a succession of fortuitous circumstances, the p.s. Lioness was launched into the liver and towed up to the wharf by the .Challenge, at an early hour yesterday morning. In our issue of the 10th instant we commented upon her extraordinary escape from the position of imminent peril she was placed in by the floods^ and gale of the preceding Saturday, and stated there was good reason to believe sho uould be ro-lauDched in a day or' two. Since then gangs of men — under" the immediate 1 supervision of the overseer", Mr Hackley, Cap: lain Leys, and the agents, Messrs Carey and (Jilles — have been at work round her night and

day, and the old boat wouM have been afloat days ago but for the sea at high-water undoing the work effected at low. She is, however, at last in her proper oleirient, and securely moored alongside the wharf ; and, notwithstanding the very sevore shaking^ blio has received, makes but very little water. Truly tlio Lioness wa9 faithfully built, or she must have succumbed to the fearful ovdeaL she Las but just passed through. Whilst lying upon the spit the damage to her bottom was patched and repaired as well as circumstances would permit, and after a few necessary repairs to her upper works 1 are effected, she will be despatched to Duuedin, there to undergo that regeneration we have befoio alluded* to. We trust to see heY return, a now boat, in less than firee months. We regret to state that after nearly two years' of constant trading -to the West Coast during which time she suffered many narrow escapes, the s.s. Wallaby has come to grief on Farewell Spit. Information 5f this catastrophe Tvas forwarded to Mr Connel, agent for | Messrs Edwards and Co. here by telegram, but of her position or the chances of her I'o* leaso nothing was said. We sincerely trust her cage is not hopeless. No change has taken place sine,e Friday' in the condition of the channel, which still keeps in good order with a straight run out. < We can report two - fathoms on the bar at highwater. • The smart little schooner Excelsior lias become a total wreuk on the Grey bar, and her remains were sold on Saturday for the sum of £37. The Persevere, which stranded at the same time, has, fortunately, not yot received damage, and was oxpeeted to be re-launched yesterday. Wo hear that the entrance to the Grey river is almost impassable.