SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 257, 28 May 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF WESTPORT. HIGH WATER. This Day ... 2.50 a.m., 3.14 p.m. ARRIVALS. May 27 —Nolson, p.s., Dillon, from Hokitika. N. Edwards and Co., agents. John Venn, s.s., Carey, from Hokitika. J. Kir wan, agent. DEPABTTTBES. May 27 —Nelson, p.s., Dillon, for Nelson. John Perm, s.s., Carey, for Nelson. Standard, ketch. Gibson, for Fox's. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Northern Light, from Melbourne. Florence, from Melbourne Mary, from Melbourne. Kennedy, from Nelson. Bruce, from Hokitika. VESSELS IN PORT. Ketches —Mary, Young Amei'ica, Sea Breeze, Constant. Schooner —Louisa, Ada (on the spit). IMPORTS. Per Nelson, from Hokitika—l truss drapery, Whyte and Pirie; 1 do, Rocho; 2 cases, King and Cowley ; 3 packages paper, Cameron ; 2 trunks, Little j 1 bundle copper, 1 package, Bailie and Humphrey. EXPORTS. Per John Perm, for Nelson—2B empty kegs, 4 bundles bags, Fowler. Per Nelson, for Nelson—l box, Hammond ; 35 tons coal, C bundles bags, N. Edwards and Co. Per Standard, for Brighton—4o bags flour, 1 keg butter, 12 do candles, Smythe and Co. ; 10 bags malt, Parker and Garsides. PASSENGER LIST. Per Nelson, from Hokitika—Messrs G-ood-all, G-ibson, Greenwood, Mace, Martin, Brown, and two others in the cabin ; and four in the steerage. Per John Penn, from Hokitika—Mr and Mrs Martin, Miss Stewart, Messrs' Fowler, Allen, Powell, Roche, Elliott, Wallace. Lyons, Burre'll, Morrell, Piekard, in the cabin j and six in the steerage. The schooner Ada, advertised for sale today, was not disposed of for some reason or other, and will be offered this afternoon by Messrs Robertson and Co. The Kelson came over tho bar about 1 a.m. yesterday morning after a good, but uneventful trip from Hokitika, which place she left at 1 o'clock on Tuesday. She sailed again yesterday for Nelson. The John Penn came in yesterday forenoon after waiting outside a short time for the tide to make a little. She brought a fair number of passengers, but no cargo and left again by the same tide for Nelson. It seems as though the John Penn and he Nelson were to be constantly pitted against each other for they both left for the same destination, Nelson, yesterday. The Nelson got away first by some little time, but Captain Carey had every confidence of overhauling her before she reached her port. The excitement of the contest was, however apparently Over, as no betting on the result took place.

CHARLESTON.

ARRIVALS. May 26 —Fancy, schooner, from Greymouth. Nile, schooner, from ITokitika. Excelsior, ketch, from Dunedin. DEPARTURES. May 26 —Plora Macdonald, for Onehunga. EST PORT. Schooners—Fairy, Fancy, Nile. Ketch—Excelsior. IMPORTS. ' Per Fancy—2s cases stout, 3 quarter-casks brandy, 3 do port wine, 2 do sherry, 1 do rum, 1 case tobacco, 2 cases salmon, 10 boxes candles, 25 cases geneva, 15 haif-ehests tea, 1 case cigars, 45 mats sugar, 8 packages do, 10 cases kerosene, 21 kegs butter, 10 cases brandy, 2 casks pearl barley, 1 cask washing soda, 13 cheeses, 70 bags flour, 58 bags oats, 11 tons coals, 13 kegs butter, consigned to Kennedy Brothers. Per Excelsior —233 bags oats, 80 bags bran, 2 tons chaff, 3 barrels barley, 1 ton oatmeal, to order. Per Nile—so bags' flour, 6 packages merchandise, Maginn ; 31 packages do, Order; 12 casks butter, 3 packages merchandise, 2 packages do, Hehir and Molloy ; 4 hhds ale, Weitzell; 6 hhds 21 barrels ale, 20 cases 6tout, Ching and Russell; 2 hhds ale, 18 barrels ale, 75 packages merchandise, Allen Brothers ; 142 packages merchandise, Forsyth and Masters ; 10 bags oats, Rimmer and Forder. Our old friends the Fancy and Nile, schooners, have again put in an appearance with full cargoes of merchandise, and a stranger named the Excelsior arrived in port the same day with a cargo of produce from Dunedin. The latter vessel is under the charge of Captain Charles Fraser, who formerly had the steamer Guiding Star, trading between Dunedin and Invercargill. The Flora Macdonald got away the same tide bound for Auckland, and we observed two of our townsmen, Mr Hudson and Mr Dickson, took their passage in her.