PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 643, 16 October 1867, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Hioh Wathb, This Day. — 11.25 a.m.; 11.50 p.m. Oct. 15.— 6 a.m.,wind N.E., light ; barometer 30.02 j thermometer 60. 1 p.m., wind W., light; barometer 29.97 ; thermometer, sun, 84., shade, 68. 6 p.m., wind S.W., very light ; barometer ;29.95 ; thermometer 55. Weather during day — fine but cloudy, and threatening. abbivbd. . Oct. 15. — Tasmanian Maid, p.s., Souter, from Buller. Carey and Gilles, agents. SAIIED. October 15.— Nil. XNTBBED IN. Tasmanian Maid, 53 tons, W. Souter, from Greymouth. ' CtEABED OUT. Jane Anne, 35 tons, Richard Smith, for Charleston. EXPECTED ABBIVAIS. Phoebe, s.s. from Nelson, 19th instant. Jano Lookharfc, brigantine, from Sydney, •arly. Beautifnl Star, s.s., from. Dunedin, early. Lloyd's Herald, ketch, from Dunedin, early. Alhaaibra, s.s. from Melbourne, early. 10, schooner, from Melbourne, daily. Leonidas, brigtne., from Melbourne, early. Alma, barque, from Melbourne, early. Valiant, brig, from Melbourne, early. Ceres, schr., from Melbourne, early. Favourite, p.s., from Dunedin, early.Excelsior, schr., from Dunadin, early. PROJJJCTUD DKPABTUBBS. Egmont, s.s., for Sydney, to-day. Alice, schr., for Fox's early. lona, schr., for Pakihi, early. Alhambra, s.s., for Melbourne, earlyGothenburg, s.s., for Melbourne, to-day. Tasmanian Maid, p.s., for Buller, to-day. Phoebe, s.s., for Wellington, and Southern Ports (transhipping at Wellington for Auckland), 19th inst. Huntress, p.s., for Greymouth. to-day. VEBSBLI IV TOR*. Brigs — Nil Desperandum. Sohooneri — lona, Star of Tasmauia, Sea Ripple, William and Julia, Matilda, Flying Cloud, Nile, Alice, and Three Friends. Cutter — Hope. Ketches — Mary Anne, Brother! and Sister, Standard, and Cymraes. Ste*mer»— Challenge, Golden L»nd, Yarra, Huntress. 13 fill SOACSIBAS AID o?7l*a. John Bullock, schr., from Melbourne. Isabella, lighter. < Bungaree, schooner, from Wollonga. Lizzie Coleson, brgtn., from Sydney. Gothenburg, s.s., from Nelson. Ocean Wave, ichr., from Melbourne. Day Dawn, schooner, from the North. Sarah, brig, from Launceston. Mary Gumming, schooner, from Melbourat. Esperanza, brig, from Melbourne. Elizabeth, brigantine, from Sydney. Pilot, brgtn., from Melbourne. Chrittina Thompson, schr., from Melbourne. Bgniont, s.s., from Nelson. Percy, schooner, from Sydney. IMPORTS. Per Tasmanian Maid, from Westport — 27 bags malt, 1 package hops, Bailie and Humphrey. Per Egmont, from Melbourne — 3 cases slops, 1 bale blankets, Hyam and Co ; 2 cases hats, 1 package blankets, M'Beath; 1 case hats, Mulligan and Co; 1 case, Solomon; % cases hate, Pollock : 100 bags sugar, Ecclesfield Brothers ; 4 cases eggs, Rofieston ; 26 tubs butter, Duff; 2 "cases hams, 2 cases bacon, 5 chests tea, 20 bags sugar, 10 boxes soap, 2 cases pickles, 1 box almonds, 3 bags oatmeal, J. Angus ; 4 keg 3 butter, Ecclesfield Brothers ; 2 caseß, O'Leary ; 6 cases beer, 7 half-chesta tea, 1 bdl raising, 1 caso hams, 1 case bacon, Angus ; 10 casks butter, order ; 20 casks butter, Peak ; 4 cases, West ; 1 cask, 1 cask, Forsyth. and Masters; 64 bars, 24 bundles iron, 4 bars steel, 1 cask horseshoes, 1 pair bellows, 2 kegs nails, kegs nuts, 2 casks bolts, R. Renton ; 2 casks, Cowlishaw and Plaisted ; 2 cases, 1 boiler, Thomas Samuel ; 1 case, J. P. Klein ; 5 cases order ; 3 trunks, Glynn and Co ; 7 cases, 2 trusses, Cosgrave and Co ; 2 trusses, Pritchard and Co ; 1 case, Klein ; 3 cases, Pollock ; 3 tubs butter, 2 cases eggs, W. Sword ; 3 cases Isaacs ; 2 cases, 1 pkg tobacco, order ; 5 tubs hutter, W. Pole ; 5 pkgs, Cosgrave and Co ; 6 qr-casks wine, Thoma3 Pringle ; 10 chests tea, W. Pole ; 1 caso oil, 4 cases, Weir Bros ; 1 case jam, 2 cases fruit, 1 case biscuits, 1 brl coffee, 1 case confectionery, Cleve ; 6 qr-casks wine, Ecclesfi'ld Bros; 22 casks butter, W. Pole ; 50 cases, kerosene, 1 bale paper, 5 bottles quicksilver, 25 bdls, 2 cases iron, Shaw and Co; .1 bale, Reeves and Co: 7 cases, Cosgrave and Co ; 3 bdls, J. Holmes ; 50 cases kerosene, Angus ; 8 casks butter, Anderson and Co; 1 case, Goulton; 1 case, O'Leary; 1 trunk, Fowler; 2 pkgs, Colfar ; 1 case boots, Isaacs ; 1 case, Mulligan ; 6 cases, Cosgrave ; 1 case, 1 truss, Hyam and Co ; 2 eases, Cosgravo ; 1 bale, M'Beath ; 4 pkgs boots, J. Mauson ; 3 cases boots, order ; 2 cases drapery, J. Cosg*ve; 2 drums oil, !4 kegs nails, 1 keg wedges, 1 keg white leadjl bdle forks, 1 bdle zinc, 4 cases axes, 9 ovens, 1 cask glassware, Johnson ; 3 hhds eggs, 4 tubs butter, 6 cases fruit, Dunning ; 1 truss, 9 cases, Cosgrave ; 9 casks butter, Hall aud Co ; 24 cases eggs, 4 crates fowls, A. Collins ; 2 cases, W. Graham; 1 case, Pritehard; 1 case, J. Manson ; 1 parcel, Sharp ; 1 parcel, Pizzey and Co ; 4 kegs, J. Angus ; 2 parcels, Edwards. BXPOETS. Per Jane Anne, for Charleston — 2 cases drapery, Byrne and Co ; 1 case cheese, 1 case tobacco, 1 keg butter, J. Salmon ; 72 bags potatoes, Ecelesfield Bros; 15 cases stout, Chesney and Co ; 1 cass, Forsyth and Masters ; 9 chests tea, 2 cases coffee, 1 ease pepper, Parsons and Co ; 1 case salmon, 6 chests tea, 6 qr-casks whiskey, James Chesney and Co ; 4caseß luggage, W. Fisher ; 1 parcel 1 case retorts, Cowlishaw and Plaisted ; 1 bale corks, 1 case wire, Mace and Dixon ; 15 cases kerosene, 2 bags bacon, 12 bags potatoes, C. Williams ; 2 trunks, Mrs Gardner ; 20 cases Btour, 10 cases geneva, 1 saddle, 1 fiddle-case, Bailie and Humphrey; 48 bags potatoes, Smith ; 6 qr-casks ale, Pizzey and Co ; 1 case, 1 keg butter, 1 box tobacco, 1 cose bacon, 1 case confectionery, 2 cases milk, 1 case pipes, 1 half-chest tea, 2 bags oatmeal, 75 bags potatoes, Solomon and Co ; 30 bags flour, 23 bags bran, 13 bags potatoes, 20 bags oats, 7 beles chaff, Boyle and Co , 4 cases wine, 1 chest candles, 1 keg butter, C. Williams ; 2 qr-casks brandy, 10 boxes candles, Bailie and Co ; 2 qr-casks brandy, 27 bags sugar, Spence Bros ; 5 cases geneva, 4 cases claret, 1 qrcask brandy, Anderson and Mowat.

The Panama Company's 5.9. Phoobe, may be expected hero on the 19th inst.* from Nelson She will bring up the Hokitika portion of the s.s. Otago's cargo from Melwhich that vessel was unable to land here, through stress of weather. Our Intercolonial telegrams published elewhere, tell of the stranding of the ship King of Trumps, in Port Philip Bay. She grounded in the West Channel on the 30th ult., but lay ashore one night only, being towed off next day by the steam tugs Sophia and Black Eagle, without damago either to the 6hip or her cargo of sugar. The King of Trumps wai la»t from the Mauritius.

The Panama Company's Royal Mail steamship Kaikoura left Sydney for Wellington, on the let inst. Captain Darke, R.N.R., late of the RaHgitoto, had assumed command of her. At last the,s.s. Egmont has got rid ofher living freight of passengers, of whom many have been cooped-up on board during the last ten days, including several of our fellow citizens, who went on board to merely see their friend's off, but, being caught by bad weather, were driven to sea in the steamer, and thus became involuntai-y passengers by her to Nelson. Short of coals, with no sign of tho weather breaking, the Egmont ran for Nelson on the . 7th inst., and arrived there next day, fine weather being picked up off Cape Farewell aud carried to the bottom of Blind Bay. She shipped 125 tons of coals and replenished provisions, and left on the 9th instaut, at four p.m., arriving off this port at midnight on the 10th. It is rather remarkable that the bite stormy weather should have extended no further north than Cape Farewell, but, so much we assume from the Egmont'B report, which says that fino weather prevailed during the passage from Nelson to the Cape, where westerly gales aad heavy seas were again met with. The Egmont will leave direct for Sydney to-day, providing the weather and. the bar do not militate against her dispatch. The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Company's s.s. Otago's passengers and mails were landed yesterday morning by the steamer Tasmanian Maid from the Egmont, to which vessel they were transhipped on Sunday last, previous to the Otago's hurried departure for Wellington, for, being under mail contract, she was unable to prolong her stay off this port. We 'have not received a formal report of the Otago's passage, but understand that she left Hobson's Bay on the night of the sth instant, and that the run across was accomplished in the unprecedentedly short period of four days twelve hours. The Otago anchored in the roadstead at about two p.m. on the 10th instant.

Messrs. N. Edwards and Co. have received notice by telegram of the s.s. Wallaby's arrival at Greymouth yesterday morning. She is from Nelson, and will leave again on her return to that port via Buller this morning. The s.s. Kennedy left Nelson at noon yesterday, bound to Hokitika and intermediate ports. The P. and O. Co.'s R.M.S.S. Geolong shipped the European and Indian mails on board on Saturday, and left the bay punctually at two p.m. She cleared out at the Customs with 34,377£ oz. of gold, and L 22,746 in specie. She stopped at the Heads to take on board a supplementary mail from Sydney, brought on by the s.s. Alexandra. — Ibid, Sept. 30.

Of the several Tasmanian traders forming part of tho hugo fleet which thronged the river last month, the barque Harriett Nathan was the first to leave on her return to Hobart Town, and is also the first to put in a re-ap-pearance, as she arrived in the roadstead at an early hour yesterday morning. Captain Simpson sent papers and letters ashore to tho agents, Messrs H. and T. Peak and Co., by the steamer Tasmanian Maid, and it thus became known that the barque has made an excellent passage, she having sailed from the. Derwent on the Bth inst. Her. cargo consists of produce, and ten splendid draught horses Concerning the remainder of the Tasmanian fleet, wo may state that the barques Bella Vißta and Glencoe arrived at Hobart Town on the 3rd instant, and the brigantine Seabird and schooner Storuibird on tho -ith and 2nd instant reaped ively. The two last-named vessels left here for Launcestou, aud were driven into the Derwent by stress of weather. The Stormbird proceeded ou her voyage on the sth instant ; but the Seabird remained at Hobart Town for the purpose of being " slipped" to receive a false keel and a few necessary repairs.

Both the schooners Swordfish and Yarra, lately wrecked in West Bay, .Circular Head, have been successfully floated off the beach and taken to Table Cape. Tho purchasers of the wrecks, therefore, have made a good thing of their ventures. — Melbourne " Argus,'' Sept 28.

The bar was successfully crossed yesterday morning by the steamer Tasmanian Maid, on her return from the Buller, and at the same time loaded with passengers and their luggage transhipped from the Egmont. She effected a capital entrance without once touching ground, at which we were not surprised, on hearing from Captain Souter that nine feet was tho least depth of water found in the channel, and as the Maid came in nearly an hour before high watei-, we Believe that* the bar must have been covered by ten feet, when the tide reached its height. The Tasmanian Maid has been absent from port since the sth instant, when she left the river to tender tho steamers Airedale and Egmont, which were waiting for despatch in the roadstead. Having transhipped forty passengers to the former vessels, the Maid anchored for the night, and next morning received on board 120 passengers and the luggage from the Egmont, intending to enter tho river on that tide, but the bar being impassable she rctranshipped a portion of them to the Egraont, and proceeded to Grreymouth with the remainder, arriving in the roadstead at 10 p.m. on the 6th. Crossed the bai* next morning against a very heavy freshet, and lay at G-reymouth until tho evening of the Bth, detained by heavy westerly weather. She then left; for Buller with a few tons of cargo and forty passengers, of whom a few only were shipped at Groymouth. Encountered very bad weather down the coast, and arrived in Buller roads at 1 a.m. next day, and anchored for^tide, which serving at 6 a.m., she ran in, and reached Westport mooring place safely. Disembarked freight and passengers and shipped a full cargo (including deck load) and fifteen passengers for Mohikinui, leaving again for that port at 4 p.m. tho same day. Arrived there at 6 p.m., got rid of her cargo during the night, and put to sea upon early tide of the 10th inst.,and re-entered tho Buller river at 9 a.m. Several tons of cargo for Hokitika were taken on board during the day, and on the evening's tide she left for Greymouth, arriving in the roadstead at 1 a.m. on the 11th and anchored. Took the bar at tidetime, crossed it cleverly, and proceeded at once to the coal wharf to replenish fuel.and tho work completed, she dropped down to the usual mooring-place abreast the town. The heavy surf that swept the Grey bar kept her a prisoner until Monday last, Avhen she left for this port at 9 a.m., and arrived in the Roadstead at noon, but being too late for tide, anchored and ]ay out- j side until yesterday morning, when blio transhipped the Eg/nont's passengers, 120 in number, and gained tho river as above stated. Captain Souter reports that wretched weather has prevailed ddwn the coast during the last ten days — westerly gales being frequent and heavy, whilst the surf has been unusually high. When the Maid left Westport tho barque Nightingale was still discharging in the roadstead, as it was found necessary to lighten her to less than cloven feet draught, that being tho depth of water upon tie Buller bar, the channel through which had hcen very much contracted by the extension of tho North Spit, southwards. Tho Tasmanian Maid will leave again fcr Westport and Mohikinui this morning. We observe that tho p.s. Huntress is advertised to leave for Groymouth on this day's tide. We can report a marked improvement in the bar, which, when crossed by the Tasmanian Maid yesterday was covered by nine feet of water. As the surf was rapidly subsiding last night, giving promise of smooth water this

morning, we expect that the harbor steamrrs will resume work at tido time, and hopo to see one or two of the light draughts which are waiting outside transferred to more congenial j quarters at the wharf. The schooner Dancing Wave landed the last of her cargo yesterday, and we may remark that her freight, taken throughout, came to hand in good order. She will ballast this morning, and probably leave for Hobart Town when the tide serves. We notice that the ketch Huou Belle is also clear of cargo, and ready for engagement. The brigantinc Jane Lockhart arrived at Sydney from this port on the 29th. We are thus informed by telegram in the Melbourne " Argi»s." The Magellan Cloud, Captain Milne, arrived from the Fijis early yesterday morning. She sailed from Rewa on the 3rd inst., and experienced fine weather up to- the 9th ; since then she has met with a conlinuanco of violent gales from the W. and W.S.W. A severe shock of submarine earthquake, which lasted upwards of a minute, was felt on tho 7th inst., in lat. 35deg. 40miu. S., and long. 169deg. 20min. E. Tho shock was so violent that it caused the schooner to vibrate from end to end. The barometer at the time stood at 30.13. Captain Milne reports the brig Ocean aa being at tho Fijis. Captain Tonner, late of the barque Camilla, whoso loss has already been reported, is a passenger by the Magellan Cloud, as also Mrs Baker, widow of the Rer T. Baker. — " Sydney Morning Herald," Sept. 24. Foundering- of the Cutter Maby Ann at the Heads, and Loss of Life. — Yesterday, shortly after noon, the Mary Ann, a small cutter, from Brisbane Water, with shingles, &c, was working in between the Heads, and had just gone about, when she was seen from the look-out station at South. Head to suddenly fall over and go down. The alarm was at once given, and the lifeboat launched and manned, but arrived at the spot too late to render any assistance. The schooner Messenger was, however, close to at the time, and her boat, having been quickly got out, succeeded in picking up John Lewis, who with his mate formed the ci-ew, but the other poor fellow went down with the vessel. The accident occurred in consequence of a heavy squall striking the little craft before she had sufficient way on her to render her manageable. — "Sydney Morning Herald," Sept. 24.