SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 545, 21 August 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOHT. 11IGH WATER. This Daj ... 9,3 a.m., 9.27 p.m. To-morrow Col a.m., 10.10 p.m. ARRIVALS. August 19—Maid of Erin, brigantine, from Melbourne. Spence Bros, and Co., agents. Aut;u t -o—Charles Edward, p.s., Palmer, from Nelson. Purser, agent, r.ytrelton, p.s., Scott, from Kelson. Kath. Edwards and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. August 19-* Murray, s.s., for Greymouth. August 20—Charles Edward, p.s., for G-rey-lnmi li. Nightingale barque, for Melbourne. PAS SEX G Kit LIST. Per Murray, from Nelson—Mr and Mrs Fleming, Messrs Paul, Carter, Thompson, Clutterbuck, and 2 others. Per Murray, for Greymouth—Messrs Paul and Thompson. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—Messrs Allen, Franklin, Max.Moller, Pickard, Grant, Boss, aud 14 original for Greymouth. Per Lyttelton, from Nelson—Mrs Nine and 2 children, and 2 for Greymouth. IMPORTS. Per Murray, from Nelson—44 cases, 17 bales drapery, transhipped ex Agnes Muir, fr. m Glasgow, Fleming and Murray; 4 cises, 2' bales leather, Boberts and Simpson ; 1G bags potatoes, 3 bjgs lime, 1 case glass, 2 hhds ale, 8 qr-casks do, order; 1 horse, 1 machine, Carter; lease drapery, Fleming and Murray ; 2 bal s straw, 100 eh ep, bags flour, 5 cases porter, ordt r ; 1 case eggs, Falla ; 1 keg butter, 1 case eggs, Cooper ; 1 halo tweed, M'Kinleyj 12 bags potatoes, Aiislow ; 1 pk're, Winstanley ; 1 box drugs, Rockstrow; 1 box, Bishop; 2 cases turkeys, 1 butter, 1 bag '.aeon, order. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—4 cases eggs, order ; 2 do. 5 eases apples, Allen ; 5 cases eggs, Bailie and Humphrey, 10 pkgs, Hay; Hilbags bran, Alcora 5 2 pkgs, Fleming and Murray ; I trunk boots, Jackson ; 90 bags flour, Allen ; 2 pkgs boots, Roberta and Simpson; lease, Southern; 1 parcel, Fleming and Murray ; 2 cases eggs, Pickling ; 2 do, Scott; 54 pkgs.. 2 goats, Pickard; 4 Max. . Per Lyttelton, from Nelson—3 kegs butter, Bank New Zealand; 25 do, Smyth and Co.; 50 pieces timber. Dobson ; 1 cask, Martin ; 3 boxes eggs, Alcorn; 1 parcel, Bain; 4 boxes ejros, 1 case fowls, order; 2 cases, 1 bag, Freeman ; 20 bags bran, Alcorn and M'Far--1 md ; 20 bales chaff, Bailie and Humphrey. EXPORTS. Per Murray, for Greymouth 14dwts lOgrs gold, Hank of New Zealand. The. brigantine Maid of Erin, Captain Fothercill,master, left Melbourne on the 10th inst., and arrived in the roadstead on the 19th inst She niado a smart, run of eight days from the heads to this port, and experienced fine weather throughout her passage. Ihe s.s. Murray was towing her into port last evening but when on the bar the warp parted, and the' Maid went back to her anchorage. The p.s. Charles Edward mid the p.s. Lyttelton arrived in port yesterday morning from Nelson, the former left on the 19th 111st., un d thn latter on the !Sih inst. Maid o? Erin last night, and afterwards towed out (he Nightingale. After which she proceeded on her voyage south. A telegram has been received from 1 icton Stating that the Taranaki was lifted for the fifth time on Saturday last. Her mast-head is now seven feet six inches above water at low tide, and she has been drawn 140 feet in shore. Steam CowMrmrvnox with Stdket. — The brig Gazelle, which arrived at Nelson from Syndev on Sunday last, brings word that the A.S.N. Company in Sydney, whose manager visited thi> colony a few weeks ago, have 'determined on running a stenmer between Sydney and Cook Strait, calling at Hokitika, and that, the Hue steamer Rangatira will leave on her first trip towards the latter end of tho present month. Wkeck Statisi ios .—The renort of Mr Balfour, Marine Engineer, has just been published by Government, and we learn from the wreck record that a much smaller number of causualitica occurred last vear than during the year previously. In 1567-8 there worn no less than fifty-five wrecks, while in 1868-9 there were only thirty-three, covering a total loss of .1,730 tons, and the temporary injury of 518 tons. These losses were not as a rule attributable to gales ; but the largo majority arose from want of proper moorings, thick weather, and other incidents. Of the total, thirty three, there were four in July, three in August, five in September, eight in October, one in November, two in December, none in January, five in February ; one in March, none hi April, thee in May, and one in June. The loss of life is comparatively small, only twenty-eight durin<; tho year, of whom twenty belonged "to the ill-fated St Vincent, wrecked in Palliser Bay.