TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 April 1896, Page 12

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

X mpara. Heads—March 23—Sailed : A:.bhons, brigantine, for Fr_Bmanble. 25— Sailed: River Hunber, barquonbine, for Sydney. 28—Sailed: Pendle Hill and \olande, barquenlines, for Sydney. 30— Sailed : Whangaroa, scow, for Sydney; Mentone, barque, for London, with 538,000 feeb sawn kauri. 31—Sailed : Frank Guy, barquentine, for Rockhampbon. April 1— Sailed : Zephyr; briganbine, for Townsville. 13—Sailed : Waitemata, barquentine, for Melbourne; Viaion,-brig, and Asia, barque, for Sydney. WbMjlngton.—March 25—The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruapehu arrived at 2.30 p.m. trom London, Cape, town and Hobart. April 6.—The ShawSavill and Albion Co.'s ateamer lonic arrived to-day from London, Capetown aud Hobarb. B—Arrived: Sunlight, brigantine, from New York. Lyttei-Tom.—March 19—Sailed : Blenheim, ship, for London. 31—Sailed : Birmia, barque, for Chili. April 6—Arrived : Timaru, ship, from Manchester, via Otago Heads. 10—Arrived : Frej, barque, from Edithburg, South Australia. 12—Arrived: Acacia, barque, from Adventure Bay (Taa-

mania). *3 Port Chalmers.—March 25—Sailed, 7 a.m.-. Pleione, chip, for London. April 1 —The ship Opawa arrived from London, after a passage of 102 daya. 4.—Arrived; M. A. Doran, brigantine, wibh a cargo of hard wood timber from the Clarence River. During a heavy S.S.E. gale on the 24th ult. she jettisoned her deck cargo. 13—The N.Z. Shipping Company's cargosteamer Otarama arrived from London direct, after a passage of 55 days. Bluff.—March 13—Sailed : Auckland, chip, for London, with 6,013 bales wool, skins, caaks, tallow, pelts, and sundries.

, TbeS.'S. and A. cargo ateamer Matatua arrived in port from Loudon, via Hobarb, on April. 14th, and anchored at tho powder ground, having a quantity of exploaivea on board. The steamer has 2.800 tona of general merchandise to discharge here, and 950 for Southern porta. Shorbly after 4 p.m. on March 24th the Tyser Company'a well-known abeamer Hawke- Bay arrived in porb from London via Australian porta wibh general cargo. The Hawkes Bay left London on January 18-b, called ab Laa Palmaa on tins 25-h, and having crossed the Equator on February Ist, rounded tho Cape of Good Hope on February 13th. _ Variable weabher prevailed down the African coast, and after lounding tho Cape moderate weather waa experienced till the 20bh, wb'_■ a strong, north-east gale waa encountered. Anchor was dropped ab Port Philip on March 7th, and having put) oub 2,000 tons of cargo, the ateamer proceeded on to Sydney, where 1,900 tons wero discharged, and the voyage for Auckland waa resumed at 5.15 p.m. on March 18th. Fresh to strong east to north-east galea accompanied by heavy rain-, thunder, and lightning, characterised tha trip from Sydney.

The French corvebbo Scorff, which visited this porb a little over two yeara ago in company with tho flagship of the Pacific Squadron, bho Duguay Trouin, arrived in porb on March 27 from Wellington. Since visiting Auckland, the ScorlFhas been engaged principally in the islands, cruising through bhe New Hebrides, and frequently visiting Noumea and New Caledonia. The warship waa recently thoroughly overhauled in Sydney, and has since visited Hobart and the three principal porbs in the South. Captain Lecomte is still commander, and Jbe officers are little changed since the Scorff was laat here. They are aa follows : —-Lieutenants Doublet, Cosmo, Dumanoir, Flambord, and Picot, ensigne de vaisseau; MM. Dupond, Motas, d'Hestreaux, ehovol, Deatremeaux, Chiron dv Brossay ; aurgeon, Dr. Rougier. The Scorff only made a short) stay ao this porb, leaving nexb week for Noumea. She shortly returns to France, her commission having nearly expired.

The new ateamer Waimarie. builb by Mr R, Logan for the Norbhern S.S. Co., was taken up and down the harbour on April 13th to teab the machinery. Mr C. Ranaon (the manager of the Company), Captain H. F. Anderson (a director), and several other gentlemen interested in the new steamer, were on board. The machinery is aaid to have given every satisfaction, Mr Ranaon expressing himaelf aa being perfectly satisfied with the way in which the Vessel •cqmfcted. bsreelf. With 11Q:tona of coal

on board, the vessel drew sfb 6in fore and aft. When she reburned to bhe wharf at five o'clock, the electric lighting arrangements, which have, been carried oub by Mr E. J. Fenn, of Messrs J. Chambers and Son, were pub to the teat, and crowde aeaembled on the wharf, attracted by the brilliancy of the illumination. The large electric lamp intended for auapenaion trom the top of tho foremast for the purpose of facilitating the navigation of theriver to Paeroa, waa also put in position and lighted. This is fitted with a very powerful reflector, and is capable of giving an effecbive lighb of over 3,000 " candle power. The officials of the Company on board were greatly pleased at the lighting arrangements.

The Cuaboms returns of the shipping of the porb of Auckland for the quarter ending March 31ab have been issued. They show that from January lst to March 31sb 39 steamers, having a tonnage of .8,970 and crews numberiug 1,940, entered inwards. Of theae 4 were from the United Kingdom, 19 from New South Wales, 7 from Fiji, 4 from the We3b Coasb of bho United States, 2 from the Friendly Islands and 3 from the Cook Group. The eailing vesaels entering inwards numbered 21 of an aggregate tonnage of 6,114, and crews numbering 168. Of the sailing vessels, the following were the ports from which they entered ; — United Kingdom, 1 ; New South Walea, 10; Queensland, 2; South Auatralia, 2; Tasmania, 1 ; Norfolk laland, 2; Friendly' Islands. 1 (in distress); Cook lalands, 2. The number of steamers clearing waa 38, bhe total tonnage being 39,919, and the number of the crews 1,838. These were bound: 21 for New South Walea, one for Queensland, one for Norfolk Island, tour for Fiji, throe for bhe wesb coast U.S.A., bhree for the Friendly Jlslands, four and five for the Cook Group. The number of sailing vessels clearing waa 23 wibh a bonnage of 7,572, and crews, numbering 183. Their desbinationa were as follows :— United Kingdom, 2; New South Walea, 9; Victoria, 5 ; Queensland, 1; Norfolk laland, 1: British New Guinea, 1 ; Easb Coast U.S.A., 2; and Cook Islands, 2. The nationality of bhe vessels enbering waß as follows :—Sbeam : Unibed Kingdom 4, Colonial 31, American 4. Sailing : Norwegian 1, German 1, Colonial 18, United Kingdom 1. The nationality of boats clearing waa :— Steam : United Kingdom 1, Colonial 33, American 4. . Sailing: United Kingdom 1, Colonial 19, United Sbatoa 2, and Danish 1.