PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 315, 26 September 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Hrcm Water This Day.— 10.46 a.m. 11J1 p.m.

AHRIVXDv

September 25.— Priftco Consort, schooner, Uitchie, from Duuediu. M'Landrcss, Hepburn and Co» agents. v Dunedin, •schooner, Stewart, from Dunedin. FisKer Bros., agents. - Ellen, cutter,- Clarkson, from Lyttelton. Fisher Bros., agents. > „ Challenge, p.&., Wilson, "from Greymouth. Spence Bros., agents. ■ » Taiabo, schooner, Woon, from GrcymDutli. Spenee Bros., agents. \ BAIIOED. September 25. — Lioness, Leys, for Dune Jin. ENTERED IN. Prince Consort, 35 tons, D. Ritchie, from Dunedin. • Challenge, p'.s., 77 tons, G. fromGrey mouth ' •T.imbo, 42. tons, J. Woou, from Greymouth, i Dunedin, G6 tons, James Stewart, from Dunedin. Ellen, 28 tons, J. Clarkson, from Christchurch. " *

CLEARED OUTi

- William Miskin, s.s., 115 tons, F. Hepburn, for Dunedin, via Greymouth and Nelson. Passengers^— Mr "and Mrs Boyle,- Mrs Linibrick, Mr_S. Garforth.

EXPECTED AURIVAJ.S. Nelson, p.s., from Nelson, early. Phcobe, s.%^ from the North, to-day. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, curly. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, via Dunedin, to-day. Aurora, sthooner, from Dunedin, early. Cymraes, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Mary Van Every, schooner, from Dunedin, early. y Julia, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Isabella, schooner, from Duuedin, cauly. Lady Darling, schooim", from Melbourne. Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne^ * Jane Lockhart, from Sydney, early. " Lizzie Coleson, from Sydney, early. Claud Hamilton, from Sy/lney, to-day. • Alhambra, from Melbourne, early. Gothenburg, from Melbourne, early. Bruce, p.s., front Dunedin, 29ih iusr. Keera, s.s., from Dunedin, to-day. Taranaki, s.s., I'rom Wellington.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES

Phoebe, for Bluff and Dunedin, 26th inst. Tarauaki, s.s., for Melbourne. Albion, for Melbourne, early. Otago, for Wellington, early. VESSELS IN I'OET. Schooners — lona. Mary Jane, Tiger; John Mitchell, Dunedin, Prince Consort, Tambo. Cutter— Ellen. Steamers — Ytfrra, Challenge.

isrroßTS.

Per Prince Consort, from Dunediu — 2000 bushels oats, order.

Per CKallenge. from Greymouth — 9 bags coke, Bank of New Zealand.

Per Tambo, from Greymouth — 70 tons coal, 60 kegs butter, order.

Per Dunediu, from Duuedin — 10 cases ale, Loutitt and Reid ; 25 casks beer, 5 eases hams, 20 cases cheese, 10 cases ling fish, 14 cases galvanised iron, Morison, Law and Co ; 15 bags potato*, Andersou and-Slowat; 120 bags potatos, 80 bags oate, J. Chesney and Co ; 30 bags oats, T. Priuglo ; 75 bags oats, 52 do potato^, Eccleslleld Bros ; X case, 1 case cocoa, J. Solomon and Co ; 2 tanks malt, 15 bags sugar, 2 pockets hops, J. Pizzey and Co ; 2 pkgs ifumiture, E. Reeves; 5 casks ale, Powell aud Co; 75 bogs oats, 4O v bags bran, A. Boyle and Co ; 150 bags oats, E. Reeves and Co ; 45 bags oats, Bailie aud Humphreys ; 110 bugs potatos, 34 bags oate, Fisher Bros.

Per Ellen, from Christchureh — 365 bags oats, 200 do flour, 32 do carrots, 9 kegs butter, Fisher Bros.

EXT?O«Trf

Per William Miskin,' for Dunedin, &?. — 20 cases bitters, 1 case firearms, Cassius and Comiskcy ; 10 bundles bngs, E. and J. Houghton ; 1 box tobacco, 1 parcel cigars, F. Luhning ; 4 oases, 1 bag, Ross ; 11 packnges, Cassius aud Co ; 300 bricks, 1 bng clay, Bank of New South Wales ; 1 case, F. and G. F. Bulleu ; 1 case, J. Munsbn ; 1 pkgs ironmongery, Forayth and Masters j 4 pkgs luggage, Black ; 1 portmanteau, 1 parcel, Forsyth and Masters. •

Yesterday morning, the p.s. Lioness sailed for Dunedin, aud many were the good wishes expressed that she might reach her destination iv safety. Since her removal from the North Spit, the utmost despatch V.ns been used to fit lijer for fea, and on Monday last, being declared ready, a final survey was held upon her, and the Lioness pronounced seaworthy. She then ran alongside th& coal hulk and took in fuel, and yesterday, with a fine S.W. breeze in her favor, left the river, intending to call'- at West Wanganui for a further supply of coal, and then make direct for her destination, via- Cook's Straits.

The schooner Dunedin cleared Otago Heads on the 9th instant, bound to this p^t. Strong , If. and 2T.E. winds kept her to the southward of Cape Campbell .until the 21st, when the breeze hauled to the S.E., and favored by this slant she ran through the Straits, rounding Cape Farewell the next day. Hence te tin? roadstead, which sbe reached at carlv morning on the 25th, easterly weather prevailed. The Dunedin crossed the bar in" tow of -tho Challenge the same clay. She brings a full general cargo. The schooner Prince Couso'rt left Port Chabners on tho 20th instant, with light S.W. winds and fine weather. Passed the Peninsula on the 21st s ; Capo Campbell the following day, and rounded Cape Farewell on the 22nd ; reached the roadstead at 2 a.m. on the 25tb ; and was towed into the river by the Challenge. She brings a full cargo of oat 9. The cutter Ellen arrived yesterday from Lytteltojj, after a remarkably smart run of two days and a-half. This handy little vessel left that port on the 22nd "instant, at S p m., with steady S.E. winds 'and fine weather, which curried hc ( r past Cape Farewell on tho '23rd, aud to the roadstead on the 25th, when the breeze hauling to the B.W. die crossed the bar under canvas, and reached the wharf at noou. Tho Ellen is laden with a cargo of produce. \ The p.s. Challenge returned from Greymouth yesterday, having been pretty' well employed during her absence. She left this port on Saturday last, and reached the Grey roadstead that night, where she remained until the next morning, and then towed inside the schooners Tambo, Jane Elkin and Emerald Isle in succession. On her return trip £o the roadstead she towed out the schoonera Christina Thompson and Breeze She remained at Greyniouth waiting for the Timbo to load up coal until Monday night, and then with her charge b'-hind her steamed for Hokitika, arriving 'as above. She afterwards conveyed Jthe schooner Dunedin and Prince Consort safely to the wharf. There are 182 ma>l stonru-pac-kefc eorurauiiications during the year between England and America, 74 between America and the European .Continenl, 64 between England and Canada, and 48 betwoen England aud India. A passenger can go from Southampton lo Bombay, 6,176 miles, in 28 days, for LB9 ; to Calcutta, 7960 miles, in 40 days, for L 10 0; to New York,-3048 miles, in 11 d ft \s, forL26 ; and to Buenos Ayres, 6500 miles, ' in 32 days, forLss. J

Captain Casey, who, it may be remembered, spent 33 days (28 without food) in the maintop of the water-logged ship Jano Lowden, has partly recovered from his sufferings, and

reached London; He writes a lotter expressive of his thanks to thoie who took a kind interest iv him. ixc says : — V lam at presont uunole' to proceed on my journey homo to Padstow, in Cornwall, where 'l have 'a wife and fivo thiUlivn, whom I have never scon since my wonderful preservation by the Almighty. Life is sweet under almost any circumstances, though I shall be a cripplo for Ktls from tho decay of almost all my fingers and toes'during my feivrful exposuro t,o tho wet and cold." The poor man saw sixteen of his shipmates .die while ho was so fearfully exposed. Tho " Home News" says that "a gentleman on Ecdear Sands picked up a bottle floating on the breakers, ' and on opening it found that it contained a piece of pnpev writ-, ten on both sides. The following- is a copy of the document : — '-Lost all hands on board, in the Geniiau Ocean. \ Whoever finds this, forward it to Mrs Shepai'd, No. 4, Frccleriekrow, Walworth, London. No hopes. The ship is sinking in >a storm. Can write no more. 'My heart is broken.' "

The screw steamer Uity of Paris has performed one of tho most lupid pasiuges on record between New York and Liverpool. She left New York on tho affgrnoon of the 23rd Juue, tmd arrived oIT the Irish coast (Fasnct Rock) in eight days. The following distances run arc remarkable for their regularity and extent:— June 21th, 290 mile's ; 25th, 302 miles ; 26th, 334 miles ; 27th, 322 miles ; 28th, 328 miles ; 29, th, 327 miles; 30th, '324 miles ; July 1, 344 miles. — " Home' News."