SHIPPING.

v • PORT CHALMERS. ■ Timk Ball at Port Chalmers. t New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for aha meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 pwnutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once f» week by a time ball dropping at' the inatant of miaannooß. - .Phases ©f the Moon (Calculated for New Zealand mean time.) .. ' : '.v.\. :-^ ■."■• JANUARY. :\,.-."-.'■• ."■ FulVMoon ... .„,.., ... $ ll' 54W Last Quarter -■■..,- ... ..Vl4 3 1* a.m. Ne W Moon ... ... ... ... 21 6 55 p.m lirst, Quarter ... 28 2 3 a.m. _. Apogee, Ist, 2.39 a.m. Perigee, 16th, 11.36 p.m. TH 8 WEATHER. .January 18.—8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather S??-i- £°-. ott: Wmd S- w-: weather fine. 5 p.m. : Wind S-W.; weather fine. _ '■'"■'. . ' .■■■'.' a a.m. Neon. 5 D.m. Baroawttr . 29-68 2972 29T4 Thermometer ... 43 60 64 HIGH TVATJBR. ■ ■ a.m. p.m. {At the Head* ... 11.23 0.5 At Port Chalmers 0.3 0.45 At BuneeUa ... 0.48 :1.30 . ARRIVAL. £illarney, barque, 1350 tons. Hay, from New Fork (October 27). 3. Rattray and Son, agent*. '\ ;■■ DEPARTURES.' Slingamite, s.s., 1657 tons, Thorpe, for Sydney, via the East Coast ports. Neill and Co. (Limited), Rgerits.' Passengers: Hisses Tfluir, Clark, Pickford, M'lhone, Shrewsbury, Hellyer, Spence,' Wright, York, Lowe, Plunk*tt-Cole,v Coombs (2), Watt, Black, Banks (2), Hill, Mesdames Adair, Nantes, Leitch, Bird, Radbone, Kvshib, Day, Walton, Jackson (and child), Mitchell, Johnatone, Murtell (nnd'family), Coombs, Black, Messrs Graham, Daveney, Adair, Boyd, Cookley, Plun-ketc-Cole, Jackson. Rutledge, Faulds. .Walter Young, Plummer, Hemus, Graham. Bray, M'Laren, Sutton. Day, Little, Bird, Radbone, Allan, Sprang, Fraser, Ryaa (21, Vanprigg, Nantes, Armstrong, Nottingham, Black, i.ebiu•ou, ; Nicho)ls, Faire, Quin, M'Coy, Pridham, Nedman, King, Macleod, Mitchell, Murray. Watt, Cpwei-sham, M'Quade, J. Murrell.. Masters liichblls, Faire, Priiflham. ;: :: -V ■'..,;' .■■"■:. .■■ :•' Kptomahana. e.g.; 865 tons, Manning, for Melbourne, via the, Bluff and Hobort. J. Mills, agent. Passengers . Misses Paton, Cbnyers. Crone (3),vFisher, Kemp, Paterson, Mesdames Mellor N Edwards, Way, Crone, Paton, Buckland, Dick, Mallard, Messrs Dick, Mallard, Buckland, Leyland, Clement, J.Mitchell, Letall, F. O. Baker, Maveine, M Bean, Dyer, Lilly, Powell, Courties, Gardner, Crone, W. A. Kilpatrick, H. Pa:er-on, J. A. X. Riedle, L. H. Nathan;' and 23 steerage. ■~ .<-iCornuvia, barque, 790 tons, Wahl, for London. JSew;Zealand Shipping Company, agents. • ■ ; EXPECTED ARRIVALS. L^NBeN. — Laira, barque, 482 tons. Hqrgh, KLHD (October 17). ■ Rakaia, s,s., 6688 tons; Sutclitfe (November 30). Fsesi Liverpsol. — Silverhow. barque, 1176 tons, Marshall, QLTK (November 30). Canterbury; sbip, 12»5 tens, Culberc, MWDB (October IS).1 ■ Tokomaru, s.s., 623S tons, Maxwell (January : FioM Glasgow.—Blenheim, ship, 1077 tons. CelyillelQLSP (October 13). Euterpe, ship, 1197 tons; Banks, VPJK (November 27). >'- ' ' ■~*Jfc M Hamburg-—Fides,: Norwegian barque, : 450 tons, Serenson, NFBR (November 20); • JIR9M New York.—Charles Racine, barque, 1524 tons, Waage, WBLH (Octdber 27). ,F.R»»i Algsa Bay.—Gladys, barque, 1345 tons, Bearaian. , .■ ■■"■■■:■•■■ ■.■:'. sl*a»M ■Noumea, via ras' North.—Marmion, ichqoner, 92 ton*,' #|S& J Kmit HfD:- Ganymede ' bar(lue'

; :?Kq.: ■' r?y;. >n&oKfs/y :■ • ■ ■■ ■ .'■■<■ {SraciiL Noticb.—Cahsignees desiraiis of hayIng their names appear in this part of bur columns, together with their cansigoments, may have the •anje inserted •»>ayMieht of a;Braallcharße.T '- .--; : :;Per .Killarney, from: New Yprkji'SSOl);'cages . keipgene, 148 do lubricating 0i1,5220 do wax, 125 do .::titt^ilates, 75 casks resin, 10 do?j|luc6se,;ilso cases: .v.tepirine, 1600 reels' barbed.wiifrll4sft sycamore, .-■•:: So4fji hardwood, .212 cases, slateWS dp'agrjcultural ', Unplemsntffi 7doniachiuery,; IQ7 db~ahbvels, 92d0 ''-.;'^v,l77^do.iiaite^ll..'d&^byevli)ao-sb«iß;:a3s do .Mrdware, 194 dp sundries, 325 do woodware, 7ft do ;. f ;j™»»!? < --i© t do.]4nip.ware,«.lßs do dry, gpodi, «2 do organs, L 99 dp,i.maizeoa!A^3BidQitl»oab< 'i4ii do' .paiißs, lUdoirease,--55 do i^tfms and cartridges, 283;r'6Hs:ana^pkg» paper; 28 ' ... v caaej3xanned gopds; .^^mxOxi^.^^.tfi^^ .-■■■ '■":'■;..' '"\ ■■'■':• — '■■'■"<* :\\ v^'-'' :y:-y:: '!': '~[': ■-■;■-'■:£,'£-.■■>■.:• SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, j ; - t A«CKtANDJ' January 18.—Sailed : Waihora^ for ihe.soui.h. .. Passengers : Misbbs- Fleming. (2) Hulme, Bellairs, Smith, Jerrop, Walker, Mesdames. Cole, Palmer, M'Lean, Twehtymah, Lyon Harrison, . Short, Goodlet, Palmer, Howard, Barclay. Cockburn, Woods. •■•' Wblungton, January 18.—Arrived : Clansman jchooner, from Kaipata; Te Anau, from Auckland, via the East Coast; Oorinna, from the .; south ; Wainui, from the West Coast, Nelson -■„' andr Victon. —— Sailed : Jasper, barqueotine for Lady Eliott Island; Oorinna, for Pictoo. and Nels6n.——Sailed :'Te Anau, for Xyttelton and: Dunedin. ,Passengera; Migsea De Salamps, Skeet, »Tomlin, Maguinness, Osborne Diehl, Warinck,'. Oampbell.Lineard, MacDnnald Carlyon, Rehberg, Taylor, Williams,.-Bishop' - Kusdell,, Ross,'■ Raynor,- Mesdames Firr, Fisher ' 'Russell, Hooper;., Wright, Humphries (and 2 .children), Pycrof c, Dr Fish, Captain King, Marist Brothers-(4), Messrs Duval, : Quealey, Arthur, , JDodds, r WilUanis, Thomas,. Campbell, ' Pycrofr Smith (2), Bro^d, Evans, Little, Fisher, O.bprne' Beauchamp, "V^hittaker, Tongue, Sharp, Clemenson. Masters Bishop and Osborue; and 24ste«age. . THE TUTANEKAI STRIKES A' ROCK. Wellington, January 18.—Captain Fairchiid nas informed the Marine department that the iutanek»i struck an uncharted rock -at Daggs" Sound,' north of Preservation Inlet, a few days j ago. She had run in there for shelter, and the spot where the rock exists is marked on the chart I as being P4 fathoms deep. The damage appears to Jbe confined to one of the propeller blades. A further examination will be made when the Vessel arrives in Wellington. > '!

"MdYEMENTS «F THE ¥NION STKAM SHIP C©HPANY'S FLEET. "- Tuesday,' Janhaky 18. Lyttelton—Penguin arrived' 9 a.m. from Wellington,,- returns 10 p.m. Herald sailed 2 p:m for' Wellington. Hauroto sailed' 5 p.m. for Timaru. -.fc; -;j. , ._.-.- ■....> . -. '..- . Vfellington^rTsrAnau;'arrived 7 a.m. from NaMer.' .;"!-'.-•"•?;v-'.'-V.''1..'..'>:/■?.' ' •'■'• : '■ ' New ■'Plymouth^Mahinapfia sails 10 p.m. -'for Manukau. Napier—Flora sails 8 p.in: for Gisborne. ' " Gisborne—Omapere sailed 8.30 a.m. for Auckland. '■' -V -' ' -—• .... The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Opawa lpads at Lyttelton with a cargo of frozen meat and prpduce for Durban; South Africa. ' The s.s. Rotomahana steamed down to Port | . Chalmers yesterday forenoon, and after embark- % ing passengers and mail* left in the afternoon for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. The Huddart-Parker Company'! steamship ElinKamite went down toPort"Cbalmers'yesterday, and. left in the afternoon for Sydney, via the Ea3t Coast ports. . ; V .-■■!■. ,;■■ The b«que Penobscot has put out nearly 3tio tons ot cargo at the upper Rattray street wharf. lhe_ Genoese barque Agostino Kombo, is discharging her cargo in capital order at the cross whaTf. ... - - , , The barque Cornuvia left Port Chalmers yesterday for London direct with a full eeneral cargo under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company, She took from thin pert 4000 bales of ; wool, 100 casks of .tallow, 20 tons of spelter and sundries. 'Thy Cornuvia was in splendid, trim and ought to make a snmrt passage Home. / The barque Silverhow in reported as having left" Liverpool on November 27 for Dunedin. I The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Wanaka has been allotted-the commercial code letters "KPLT." . j

ARRIVAL OF THE KILLARNEY. " Rather unexpected" may be said of the arrival' of the barqueKill*rney, from NewYoik, which wag reported four miles*; N.E. of the heads yesterday •morning. After towirie out the Cornuvia the tug .ivoputai took her in tow and brought, h^r inside the heads against a. strong S.W. breeze/towing her up against the lebb tide as far as the quarantine grounds under the charge, of Pilot Milne, where she. auchored in readiness for towing toDnnedin, her draught being 19ft. Prior to her •unchorine, the custom* boat ranged alongside, and' after the'erew had been mustered and in-; ipected by the health officer, all being well, she was cleared in by the customs surveyor. The .Killarney is a very handsome iron vessel of 1356 tons register, and Y/as built in 1892 by Messrs R. and J. Evans and Co., of Liverpool. Her dimeujions are: Length, 229 ft Sin; breadth of beam :i7ft-2ia; depth, 22ft. She shows a fine clear dncE space, her poop being 41ft with a gallant forecastle 23ft. .She.is under the command of Captain Hay, -who is to be congratulated on having.made, we believe, the record passage from New York, only 82 days having elapsed from anchor to anchor. She comes into port in beautiful order, reflecting great credit upon her, chief ! officer, Mr Hinds. Her cargo consists of some 2780 ■ tous, 1310 tons of which ig for Dunedin and the ' remainder for Wellington. She left New York at. 7. p.m. on October 27 with a fresh ?*.K. bree2e, which held for three dayg wben it shifted to N.W., blowing fresh, workin* round to N. and N.E., which led her into the •trades. Thete were fresh, and carried her to lat SK. on November 16. Then she had light airs to ..he equator, which was crossed on November 19 in long. 29 W. She met the S.E. trades on the same day. The«« were only moderate, and gave onfrinJut. 18 S., long. 32 W., on the24th, and were followed by N.E. to N.W. winds to the meridian of Greenwich, vhich was crossed on December 8,, in lat. 40 S. Fresh N.W. winds carried her round the Cape of Good Hope on December 12, in lat. 42 S~ 6u the 27th day out. Then she had the winds principally fromN.N.W. to west until December 24, when she met a heavy gale from N.W. to S.W., with very high aea, which helduntil the 2Sth, y&jn;^ it jgjjjerafed.. She had jfresh to I

moderate winds from N.W. to a S.W. to the meridian of Cape Leuwin, which was passed.on January 4, in lafc. 45 5.,: after which she had a spell ot variable winds until passing the island of ' Tasmania on January 11, inlat. 46 5.,-.when a westerly breeza set in, accompanied by thick rainy weather up to the Snares, which were passed without sighting at noon on the 16th inst. J hence she had strong westerly winds up to the Nuggets at 930 a, m. on the 17th, when the breeze died away; had light airs along the coast, and arrived as ; above. No ice or wreckage was seen, and her easting was run down oa the mean parallel of l a t. 44 S. Sl«. spoke the £2 U w VlD£- yeS(!i!:-Novfimbet 21, latl'o. S., long. 34 W.. shirr Port Carlisle,' 86: days out from New York .for bhaughai; November 22, lat. 125., long. Trtl!- aa sl"'P Marie, 36, days out,frora S. a tr4 I^ que ; J *n««y 1,? lat. 42.40.5.,10ng. 101 |. lj CBltic Chief, 74 'days out from Liverpool for Sydney. , • 1 **r —— ...•'"-. ,*','. BRITISH WRECKS'iN NOVBMBER. The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports y/ere-received at the Board of Trade .."during the month of November, 1597, and the number of lives lost, are as follow:— .'.-.. ;? ; : Description. Number. Tonnage. Lives Lost. Sailing... ... 35 5.008 11 Steam 15 10,087 24 Totals ; .. 50 15,075 35 The above table is a record of " reports received " in the month; and not of wrecks w.hieh occurred during the month. Many of the reports received in November relate to casualties which occurred in previous months. Casualties not: resulting in total loss .of vessels, and ;the,'lires lost by such casualtiesi arenbfincluded; . :,' .'■','■ •