SHIPPING.

— t — LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. Feb. B—Streamlet, schooner, 30 tons, Cameron, from Pelorus. Feb. B—Wild Wave, schooner, 40 tons, O'Brien, from Pakehas. Feb. B—Queen, schooner, 46 tons, Veale, from Kaiapara. Feb. B—Sokrates, barque, 500 tons, Jacobeon, from Frederickstiidt via Dunedin. Feb. B—Matoaka, ship, 1093 tons, Stevens, from London. Passengers: Mr George Templer, Mr H. J. Hine, Mr and Mrs E. C. Minchin, Miss Rebecca Minchin, Mis Malcolm, Miss Rite, Miss Isabella, Miss F. S. and Mr Robert Malcolm; MrF. Rowe, Mr Harry Calliver, Mrßoord, Dr and Mrs Fish and 4 children, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Miss Sarah Sharp (servant), MrW. Hooker, Mr J. H. Lloyd, Misses Emily.Elsie, and Keitha, Kenrick; Mr W. West, MrßPusey, MrS. E. Evans, Mr Robt. E. Luiton.

SAILED. Feb. 8-Moa, s.s., 50 tons, T. McClatchie, for Saltwater Creek, in ballast. Feb. 8 - Gazelle, s.s., 47 tons, H, M'LeUan, for Kaiapoi, in ballast. Feb. 8 -Egmont, s.s., 308 tons, J. V. Hall, jun'yfor Wellington and Sydney. Passengers, ■cabin : Mr R. Wilkin, Mr and Mrs McHardy, Mr and Mrs King, Miss King, Miss .shrimpton, Miss Daniel, Mrs Rochfort, and Mrs Maddison. Steerage—s, and 12 original. Feb. B—Lady Uon, schooner, 50 tons, Martin, for Kaiapoi.

IMPORTS. In the Matoaka, Miles and Co., agents: 20,000 slates, Order; 5 cases do, 5 do, T. and W. Gourley and Co.; 6 bales, H Matson and Co.; 1 case, T. Huddle; 10 kegs, Order; 27 cases, J. B. Quin; 2 do, C.J. Sale; 1 do, Maskell; 5 bales, Order; 1 case,L,E. Nathan and Co ; 21 bales paper, Ward and Beeves; 4 cases, E. S. Dalgety and Co.; 1 do, T. Buddie ; 54 pkgs, Order; 25 half-bids, E. S. Dalgety and Co.; 2 boxes, W. L.Orr; 352 pkgs, Gas Company; 3 cases, B. Hale; 1 pkg, Miles and Co.; 100 cases, J. B. Thomson; 1 case, H. Jacobs; 22 hhds, Walton, Warner, and Co.; 17 pkgs, Miles and Co.; 322do,Order; lease, C Fraser; 7pkgs,P. Neilson; 13 do, R. Black; 3 do, Miles and ■Co.; 2 do, C. G. Tripp; I bos, T. Goodyear; 1 do, R. Wood; 2 pkg, C. Benjamin; 2 do, A. and W. Bishop; 2 cases, E. Mills; 4 brls, Bluett; lease, H.Newton; 3 do, G. Booth; 14 pkgs, R. Forbes; 1 bale, D. Graham; 3 pkgs, J. S. White; 7 cases, Fisher, Booth, and Co.; 5 pockets, Deacon and Vincent; 1 case, C G. Tripp; 4 qr.-casks, Miles and Co.; 4.cases, Walton, Warner, and Co.; 8 do, F.Thompson; 14 pkgs, G. Duncan and Co.; 1 case, Lingard ; 1 do, H. Hall; I do, J. F. Roberts; 1 do, C. M. Phillips; 56 pkgs, Order; 21 pkgs, R. Black; 107 pkgs, Order; lease, H. B. Gresson; 1 do, M.Dixon; 10 do, Order; 1 do, J. O'B. Hoare; 79 pkgs, Order; 1 case, J. Baxter; 7 pkgs, Order; 250 casks, Matheson's Agency; 18 pkgs, R Fish; 1 case, T. Abbott; 7 cases, C. Bonnington; 1 pkg, A. Jackson; 21 bales, Order; i cases, Wood Brothers; 2 pkgs, Order; 12 do, J. Roebuck; 1 case, Stapleton; 1 case, R. H. Allen; 17 pkgs, Order; 50 do, Walton, Warner, and Co.; 2 cases, H. Peat; 1 do, Ross; 21 pkgs, Order; 50 cases, Cobb and Sawtell; 1 do, Morrow,Bassett,and Co.; 138 pkgs, Order; 129 do, E. B. and F. A. Bishop; 1 case,E.B. Collyns;6l pkgs, Morrison, Sclanders,Fletcher and Co.; 7 bales, 68 cases, W. Black, Cashel House; 25 do, J. S. White; 2 qr-casks, Christchurch Club; 612 pkgs, Morrow, Bassett, and Co.; 3 pkgs, Order; 6 cases, Order; 65 pkgs.T.Mollett; 6

cases, Captain Morgan; 6 pkgs, W. Gavin; 1 case, T. Buddie; 16 bags, Cobb and Sawtell; 7 cases, M. Butler; 1 do, Order; 3 pkgs, J C. Angus; 570 pkgs, F. H. Humphreys; 11 do, Dalgety and Co.; 2 cases, W. Wilson; 3 qr-casks, Morgan; 4 cases, Order; I case, Bishop of Christchurch; 17 cases, Order; 42 pkgß,T. Wallace and Co.; 4 cases, Order; 7 do, W. Strange and Co.; 114 pkgs, J. White and Co.; 5 do, Jacobs and Isaacs; 2 cases, R. Button; 1 box, R. Bethell; 1 do, Osborn; 1 case,„.J. N. „Toss,wiU;.lbox*Aiurray; > l case, W. Raven; 4 pkgs, Prorfncial-.'-ecretary; r case, E. Cummings; 26 pkgs, Wood Bros,; 1 box/R. Black; 55 pkgs, Order- 1 case, H, Marten; 2 do, J. C. Wilson; 6 do, Cobb and ; Sawtell; 12 pkgs, W;?Neeve; 18 do, do; 17 do, Order; 1 case, Aldred; 69 Forbes; 1 case, Gresson; 414 pkgs, E. S. Dalgety and Co.; 7 do, do; 7 do, Mallockand Lance; 1 case C. M., Wakefield; l

case, Order; 1 do, de R. Brett; 9 pkgs, W. Jones; 320 pks;s, Matheson's Agency; 194 do, G...Tayler; 283 do, Twentyman and Cousin; 7 do,F Thomson; 17do, Stevens and Co.; 11 cases, G. Gould; 11 do| J. Lewis; 165 do, E. Reece and Co.; 92 do, W. Pratt; 30 cases, Cobb and Sawtell: 4 pkges, W. Pratt; 41 do, G. H. Moore; 15 do, Beath, Kirby and Co.; 2 do, Order; 10 bales, W. Montgomery; 1 case, E. C. Cartmell; 9 pkgs, Jacobs and Isaac; 517 ditto, Walton, Warner and Co.; 889 pkgs iron, 5 cases, Order; 42 pkgs do, 67 do, Birch and Co.; 1 case; Order ; 16 bales, Wood, Bros.; 335 pkgs, C, W. Turner; I cow, Order; 463 pkgs, Gould; 238 pkgs, Gould; 105 do, 3433 bar-, 167 pkgs, Order; 2 ditto ditto, 800 fire bricks, 1 cask, Order; 12 bdls tub3,lo hhds, 5 crates tinware, 135 cases, 5

cases drugs, 10 brls nuts, 2 cases peel, 5 cases muscatels, 2 casks glue, 6 cases sardines, 20 brls sugar, 25 casks, 50 kegs nails, 4 cases ploughs, 1 case boilers, 8 cases chaffcutters, 16 bdls spades, 1 steam engine and boiler, 48 bdls buckets, 4 cases washing machines, 120 bdls fencing wire, G. Tayler, In the Dancing Wave, Miles and Co, agents: 225 bales wool, Miles and Co, In the Streamlet, Master, agent: 21,000 ft timber, Cameron Bros.

In the Sokrates, Dalgety and Co., agents: 992 pieces timber, 12,590 laths, 23,793 pieces timber, 10,000 limestones, Dalgety and Co. _ln the Queen, Master, agent: 35,000 feet timber, Order.

EXPORTS. In the Lady Don, Master, agent: 110 tons coals, Heywood and Co. In the Egmont, Miles and Co., agents: For Nelson-1 gunny sugar, Miles and Co. For Wellington-10 kegs butter, Miles and Co.; 12 casks, 5 cases, J. Dransfield; 8 pkgs, H. Hawkins; 9 coils rope, D. Dimond For Hokitika-30 kegs butter, H. Hawkins; and part of original cargo from Dunedin.

VESSELS IK HABBOUB. Blue Jacket, ship, from London, Glenmark, ship, from London, Mermaid, ship, from London. Matoaka, ship, from London. Collingwood, barque. Fawn, brig. Dove, schooner. Jeanie Duncan, schooner Lady Don, schooner. Dancing Wave, schooner, from Timaru. Swallow, schooner, from Fiji, Wild Wave, schooner. Streamlet, schooner. Black Hawk, schooner. Jupiter, ketch. Gipsy, ketch. High Water, 1.41 a.m.j 0.26 p.m.

The s.s. Egmont sailed for Wellington and Sydney atl.3oyesterday. The schooner Wild Wave arrived inharbour yesterday morning from Pakihi; left that port on Thursday, Feb. 4; experienced light head winds throughout the passage. The barque Sokrates arrived in harbour yesterday from Dunedin; left on Saturday at 10 p.m., and experienced southerly winds during the passage. ,The barque brings a cargo of timber, and is consigned to Messrs Dalgety and Co The schooner Streamlet, Captain Donnelly,' arrived, in harbour yesterday, at 11 &.ui., from Picton. Left that port on Monday, Jan. 31; experienced light northerly winds till off Cape Campbell, when it came oq.a strong S.E. gale; put into Port Underwood ; since then had light head winds till arnyal._ The Streamlet hauled into the sciew-pile jetty, to discharge her cargo of timber.

ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP MATOAKA. This ship was signalled from the Heads at 6 a.ra.; yesterday, and arrived lu harbour at 11 am., after a passage of 8« days. The s.s. Moa took; the Health Ofjoen dtwnto the

ship, and on. arriyiug alongside they found that all on board were well. Soon after the vessel anchored, his Honor the Superintendent, Mr Marshman, Secretary for Railways; H. P, Murray-Aynsley, Colonel Packe, and others arrived, and made an inspection of the' ship, The single girls' compartment was a pattern of cleanliness, but we cannot say the same for that occupied by the single men. The cookiDg apparatus and water condenser had acted excellently during the voyage. The vessel comes out in medical charge of MrE.H. Marshall, M.D. The following is Captain Stevens' report of the voyage : The Matoaka left Graveseud on Nov. 12.

At 8 am. on the 13th, the pilot left off the Isle of Wight; had fresh N.E. wind as far as Madeira, when the wind changed to S.W. with rain, continuing two days; then got the N.E. trades which carried us to 6 deg. N,; after experiencing variable winds for two days, got the S.E. trades, and crossed the equator in lat, 29 30 W. on the2ind day out; was on the parallel of Rio on the 29th day out; sighted Gough's Island at midnight on Dec. 24, and passed the meridian' of the Cape of Good Hope on Dec 30, in lat. 42 deg. s. On Feb, 16 and 17 passed several icebergs in lat. 47 deg. S., and long. 102 deg. to 107 E. From lat. 50 deg. S, and long. 117 deg. E., had a succession of light N.E., and S.E. winds, accompanied with rain and fog which, retarded the voyage at least ten days. The Snares and Stewart's Island were passed on Feb. 5, but the fog prevented their being sighted. The Peninsula was made on Sunday last at noon, and the ship arrived at the heads as above. The Easting was run down in lat. 48 deg., passing south of Crozets and north of Kerguelan's land. Two births have occurred during the voyage. The following is a list of the Government immigrants :

FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. Farm Labourers—Samuel Lines, wife and 3 children, Bedfordshire; Keuhen Lines and wife, do ; Francis Weston, wife and child, do; William Weston, wife and child, do; Edward Weston and wife,do; George Downing, wife and five children, do ; Knoch Pepper, wife and two children, do; Samuel Stemson, wife and 2 children, do; Michael Konan, wife and 3 children, Carlow. Ploughmen-James Deniston, wife and 4 children, Tyrone. Labourer—David Cutler, wife and child, Staffordshire. Fitter—James Carpenter and wife, Staffordshire. Shoemaker—George Wadsworth, wife and 3 children, Northamptonshire. SINGLE MEN. Farm Labourers—James Giltrow, John Virgin, George Squire, Bedfordshire; John Crozier, Fermanagh; Hamuel J., John Thomas, and Alexander Gallagher, Donegal; William Niven, William McKie Kircudbrightshire; Charles Robinson, Tyrone; John Hamilton, Antrim ; Michael Wilson, Alexander Gibson, Hans Gilmore, Down; Robert Todd, Antrim ; William Robinson, King's ; Alexander and James Gillespie,Londonderry; William McConnell, Donegal, Tloughmen-Hugh Ballagh, Down; John, and Henry Matthews, Tyrone; Robert Keig, Isle of Man ; Henry Jolly, Thomas Trezise, Cornwall; Henry Blackburn, John Carland, Donegal; John McCann, Down; Edward Collison, Norfolk. Labourers-William Lines. Bedfordshire; Albert Cotterell, Staffordshire.

SINGLE WOMEN. General Servants—Betsy Lines, Ann Dudley, Bedfordshire; Selina Cotterill, Staffordshire : Susan Taylor, Fermanagh ; Jane Ballagh, Down; Mary Gallagher, Donegal; Mary Hamilton, Antrim; Jane and hliza Gillespie, Londonderry ; Bridget Faulkner. Waterford; Lucy Ellen Burt, Devonshire ; Mary Taplin, Oxfordshire; Eliza Magill, Antrim; AnnieWilson,Saralißrady,Down; Ellen Mullowney, Bridget Mullowney, Gal way; Margaret Weir, Fifeshire; Matilda Coleman, Middlesex; Bridget Redmond, Carlow; Catherine Maguire, Fermanagh; Sarah M'Cormick. Down; Ann Monaghan, Tyrone; Anna Katirig, Kings; Mary C. Porter,"Emily, Asher, Middlesex; Jane Kerson, Norfolk; Marfearefc ■ Bonner,-- -Mnrgiiret M'Ooniiell Donegal. '

iCooks—Rosa Flint, Sussex; Eliza Wills, Cornwall;i'MaryFinley, Dublin. Housemdids-jane Hunter, Middlesex; Kate Sullivan,' Devonshire; Sarah Henri, Florence Ditton, Middlesex; Harriet Ruffell, Berks; Kmily: Ives, Middlesex; Mary C. Hill, Down; Jane Danagh, Antrim. Dairy Women-Mary Jolly, Cornwall; Mary Faulkner, Waterford; Kllen Dunn, Wicklow; Maggie Higgins, Londonderry;' Margaret Mark, Antrim; Sarah Reid, Londonderry; Grace Lowry, Down; Martha M'Ooy,-Antrim.

Nurse—Harriet M'Dermott, Devonshire. Dressmaker-Sophia Cotterill, Staffordshire. Shopkeeper-Harriet Cassidy, Norfolk. Matron to single women-Mary A. Hillier, Cornwall.

Summary.—Farm labourers, 28; ploughmen, 11 j labourers, 3; shoemaker, 1; fitter, 1-44. single women-General servants, 29; cooks, 3; housemaids, 8; dairy women, 8; nurse, 1; dressmaker, I; shopkeeper, 1; matron, 1-52. Male adults, 44; female do, 66; male children, 13; female do, 10; infants, 4—total souls 137=121$ statute adults,

KAIAPOI. ARRIVED. Feb. 8-Annie, ketch, Clark, from Lyttelton, with general cargo. > Feb B—Gazelle, s.s., M'Lellan, from Lyttelton, to load wool. ,

AK ARO A. , .. ARRIVED. Feb. 4—lsabella Jackson, schooner, from Kaiapoi, with cargo. Feb. 4-Keera, s s., from Lyttelton, with passengers and cargo, SAILED. Feb. 4-Keera, s.s., for Dunedin and intermediate ports, with part original cargo, and 13 cases fruit, J. D. Garwood; 12 logs timber, 149 sheepskins, K. C. Latter; 35 cases, 2 casks fruit, S. Watkins; l box jam Rev. W. Alymer; 2 boxes fruit, G. Checkley;' 1 cask, 7 boxes fruit, 8 cases cheese, 10 kegs butter, W. C. Pearce; 1 case cheese, T. Johnson; 9 cases fruit, 14 cases cheese, J Daly. Feb s—Southern Queen, schooner, for Christchurch, with 18,000 ft. timber, Fraser and Brown, j Feb. 6-Dart, schooner, for Kaiapoi, with 25,000 ft timber, Saxton and Williams.

TELEGRAMS. HoKiTiKA.-Peb.B,Ba.m., Charles Edward from Greymouth; 7 a.m., Dunedin for Dunedin via Pelorus. Edward for Hokitika; 4.45 p.m., Bruce for Hokitika. NELSON.-Feh. 8, early, Gothenburg from Wellington. PicioN.-Feb. 7, late, Airedale from Nelson; Bth, early, Airedale for Wellington WELLiNGTON.-Feb. 8, 3 p.m., Airedale from Picton; 3.45 p.m., Ahuriri for Napier

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