Shipping.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR THE WEEK. ARRIVALS. Thursday— Beautiful Star, from Oamaru ; Alpha, from Catlin's River. Friday— Maori, from Timaru ; Hawea, from the North ; Kakanui, from Invereargill ; Vision, from Newcastle; Martha Reid, from Wanganui ; Saturday— John Knox, from Newcastle ; Bella Mary, from Hobart Town ; Wakatipu, from Sydney, via intermediate ports ; Beautiful Star, from Oamaru. Sunday —Nil. Monday— St. Kilda, from Wanganui, via Kaikouras ; Shag, from Shag Point ; Frederick Bassil, from Newcastle. Tuesday— Maid of Otago, from Stewart's Island ; Kakanui, from Timaru ; Arawata, from Melbourne, via the Bluff. Wednesday— NightinI gale, from Timaru ; Maori, from Timaru ; Te Anau, from Sydney, via the North ; Jane, from Quoin Point. DEPARTURES. Thursday— Acacia, for Hobart Town ; Rotomahana, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Friday— Anthons, for Oamaru ; Eliza M'Phee, for Lyttelton. Saturady— Bygdo, for Wellington. Sunday— Janet Ramsay, for Catlin's River ; Owakc Bello, for Catlin s River. Monday—Good Templar, for Invereargill ; Kakanui, for Timaru ; Emily, for Oamaru ; Hawea, for Northern ports ; Maori, for Timaru ; Shag, for Shag Point. Tuesday— Freetrader, for Oamaru ; Prince Rupert, for Catlin's River; Wakatipu, for Sydney, via intermediate ports ; Dunedin, for the Bluff ; Beautiful Star, for Oamaru. Wednesday— Jane, for Port Molyneux ; St. Kilda, for Oamaru ; Arawata, for Sydney, via the East Coast ; Shag, for Shag Point. PASSENGERS. INWARDS. Per Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney, via intermediate ports. J Mills, agent. Passengers : From Sydney— Messrs Wells, Mcinrath, and 8 steerage. From the Coast— Mrs and Miss Mason, Mr Muir, and 1 steerage. Per St. Kilda, s.s., 179 tons, Daniels, from Wanganui, via Kaikouras. X Ramsay, agent. Passengers — Mesdames Stewart and 2 children, Douvard and 2 children, Dougherty, Miss Dougherty, Mr Stewart. Per Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via the Bluff. J Mills, agent. Passengers— Messrs Carroll, Lazarus, Tonkin, Robertson, Churchward. Per Te Anau, s.s., 1650 tons, Carey, from Sydney, via the North. J Mills, agent. Passengers : From Sydney— Mrs Carmichael, Miss Carmichael, Master, Garmichaol. From the Coast— Mr and Mrs Royse and family, Mrs Russell and 2 children, Misses Elliott, Robinson, Mercer (2), Mackley, Leylor, Masters Wards Royse, Elliott, Robinson, Messrs Sieveking, Royse, Monk, Lindsay, Walters ; and 12 steerage. OUTWARDS. Per Rotomahana, s.s., 1727 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For the Bluff— Mrs Muir and 2 children, Mr Callaghan. For Melbourne— Mr and Mrs C Hope, 2 children, and servant, Mr and Mrs Jolipi, Mesdames Abbott and infant, Kelgeson, Miss Wilson, Messrs Reid, Austin, Kugelman (3), HiH, Phillips, Lemmcns, Cready, Webb, Young, Hyman, Milligan, M'Donald, M'Nally, Gordon, M'Nulty, M'Nab ; and 25 steerage. Per Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Kennedy, for Northern ports. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Lyttelton— Miß3 Dea. For Wellington— Messrs Berry, Mouldie, Deal. For Nelson— Mr Bevan. Per Wakatipu, s.s., 1158 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney, via intermediate ports. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Lyttelton— Mr T Fuller. For Sydney— Rev Mr and Mrs Russell and 4 children, Mr Pascoe and family (4), Messrs Prince, Cavare, Masters Muir, Smith ; and 12 Chinese. Per Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Sinclair, for Sydney, via the East Coast. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Lyttelton— Mr Bruce. For Wellington — Messrs Cowan, M'Kenzie, Mudie, Goodwin. For Hokitika— Messrs Ballantyne, Gray. For Auckland— Master Briggs, Messrs Haillon, Green, Shannon. For Sydney —Messrs M'Lean, Kaurt, Ali ; and 10 steerage, TRIAL TRIP OF THE COLLEEN. The new ferry steamer Colleen made a trial trip from Dunedin to Port Chalmers (call ing at the different landing-places on the Peninsula) on Monday, and it is a matter of pleasure to report that she quite maintains the reputation expected of her. She steams well, her machinery works smoothly and altogether she is a most suitable boat for the work it is intended she shall perform. She comes down the harbour in charge of our old friend Captain Fraser (formerly of the Wauganui and Oreti), while the engines were under the superintendence of Mr Hamilton, engineer of the s.s. Oreti. Amongst the gentlemen who took the opportunity of witnessing her maiden performances were Messrs J. Smith, W. J. M. Larnach, Guthrie, MacDermott, and others, while Messrs Crawford (Government inspector of i machinery) ana Sparrow were also on board. The little boat is exceedingly well put together, and will, we are informed, carry about 300 passengers. She has, for her size, a spacious hurricane deck, and descending from this we reach the main deck, on which there is also considerable space. The comfort of passengers has been studied by giving her two very excellent cabins, each about 16 feet long by 14 feet wide. These compartments are neatly decorated and comfortably furnished; tables are placed in the centre of each; while the settees and couches, which take up cither side, are covered in crimson velvet. The engine-room is a model of perfection, and contains one of Denny's high-pressure, surface-condensing, diagonal engines, with a 14-inch cylinder and 2-feet stroke. This piece of machinery is the first of its kind ever seen in the Colonies. Steam is supplied by a steel boiler 6 feet 6 inches in length, and 6 feet in diameter, the plates being three-eighths of an inch in thickness, and doubly riveted. The working pressure is estimated at 80 pounds to the square inch. The expenditure of coal is estimated not to exceed lewt per hour ; and with this quantity of coal yesterday she attained a speed of over nine and a-half knots per hour. Her ordinary speed is, we are informed, estimated at nine knots an hour. The Colleen has been put together in her entirety by Messrs Sparrow and Co., of Dunedin, who have spared no pains in order to turn out the boat in a creditable manner ; and it is very satisfactory to record that Mr Crawford, Government inspector of machinery, is perfectly satisfied with her performances. The engines work well and smoothly, and the little vessel will, we hope, prove a source of remuneration to her spirited owners She left Dunedin at 0.12 p.m. yesterday, and steamed down the harbour, calling at Macandrow and Broad Bays and Portobello ; thence she ran across to Port Chalmers, where she was visited by numbers of persons, and finally returned to Dunedin. ENGLISH SHIPPING. LOADINO FOR OTAGO. Waipa, at London ; Zealandia, at London ; Waitara, a London. PASSENGERS FOR OTAGO. Per New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Lurline (Captain J. Adair), from London June 29th (consigned to the N.Z.S. Co. Ld.): Second cabin— Rev Thos Tonkinson, Mrs Tonkinson, Mr Augustus Tonkinson, Mr Reginald Tonkinson, Miss Annie Tonkinson, Miss Isabel Tonkinson, Miss Henrietta Tonkinson, Mrs Agnes Banks, Mrs Emily Stockwell, Mr Thos G Stockwell, Miss Ella E Stockwell, Master Frank Stockwell, and Mr Jas P Milnes. Steerage— Martha Shelling, Robert Peddie, Mary Barry, Mary Johnston, James Purchow, John Gordon, George Gordon, John Gordon, George Akhurst, Isabella Akhurst, Louisa Akhurst, Frederick Akhurst, Harry Akhurst, Charles Akhurst, Helen E Akhurst, Eliza F Hill, and Lawrence Jones. Per Messrs Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s City of Sparta (Captain W. Watson), from London June 10th. — Second cabin— Stanley Jonas, Saraham Carter, Samuel Carter, Mr F. P. Bailey, Mrs Bailey, and L. Chisholm. S eerage— James Taylor, Charles Taylor, James M. Cowan, Thomas Robson, Mrs Robson, Elizabeth Robson, Jane Robson, Margaret Robson, Jacob Robson, Hannah Robson, Harriet Robson, Emma Robson, Thomas Robson, Marietta Robson, Hannah Bowman, Joseph Graham, Thomas Lee, Mrs Lee, Mary Jane I Lee, Henrietta Graham, John Graham, William Graham, Robert Graham, Sarah Graham, J F Sutherland, Mrs M Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, J R F Sutherland, Christina Sutherland, Murgt. Sutherland, John Sutherland, Adam Miller, RobcrtMiller, Edwd. Hollan, John Mackenzie, Thomas Ward, Anthy. Broadbent, i and Edward Murphy. J