POST OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5137, 20 February 1882, Page 2

POST OF LYTTELTON.

Wbathxb Emobt—Febnuey 19. 9«jb. — Weather, dear. Wind, N.W., fresh breexa. Barometer, 29.49; thermometer 70 ' ' High Water—Thia Day. Homing, 5.131 evening, 5.40. , Aretod— February 18. BdaatifulStar, as., 146 tons, Cromarty,from cfomaru. Union Steamship Co., egents. AUumbra, b.b , 497 tons, Molntosh, from Boathern Porte and Melbourne. Passengers— Mr and Mrs AUx. Sjme, Messrs Dodahun, Freeoe, steerage 5. Union Steamship Company, ketch, 40 tone, Moore, from Foxten. Caff and Grehsm, agents. August* brigantine, 138 tone, Biasstt, from James, ketch, 28 tons, Hoist, Pg* «• H*wea, e.s., 462 tone, Kennedy, tomManukau *fe way porta. Passengeri-Miaa 2, Meadames Hiegins, BuweU, Mr and Mre Han-, Sok, Mr and Mrs Drake and infant^f&L«f Mra Harris, Captain **>&%*> n ,, *£™' Water, Hoboa, Fifll*y«», Webb, Honlt, Foretfa. Westmaott, BoWnwa, Walters, Batherford, Bosers, Cammins. Wdkie. gpheon, MunV Ynfll. ftawftrf, Kelly. Smith, Webbra-; 12 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. Alert Tchooner, 44 tons. Drew, from Stewart's feUnd. Coff and Graham, agents. . Ssxen, Bcbooner, 58 tons, McKenzie, from Wvatport Cuff and Graham, agents. * February 19. iomin Fmpire, ebip. 1542 tone, Adanieon, from Auckland. New Zealand Shipping ComB3DT, agents. CwiBTO- February 18. Jaanett, ketch, 41 tons, Bailey, for Fexton. Master, asj> nt. . Ootty Sark, schooner, 52 tons, Joas, tor Aaeklaud. Cuff and Graham, agents. Bichard and Mary, sohooner, 44 tone, Harafl. ten, for Oamarn. Caff and Graham, agents. Wild Wave, eehooner, 39 tons, Sim, for Foxton. Cuff and Graham, agents. CieaiatJs, ketch, 67 tens, Greea, for Pelorus Saand. Master, agent. Sah-sd— February 18 Hawea, a.s., 462 tons, Kennedy, for WeUingtoa. PuBSTOg-sra— STeedamee Cato, DowneU, Mitchell, Biohards, Bheppard, Meisrs Kirk, Pmnock, ©umbell, WOliameon, Hogg. Lawd, Bain, Sh'ppard, Sloan, Cain, I*ee, Camngtea, McKenaie. Unian Steamship Company, " fi £tar'cf the South, se., 175 tons, Hopkins, for Wastport. and Graham, agents. Beautiful fctar, i.e., 146 tone, Cromarty, for Weetport. Union fiteamahip Company, agonts.

Ikpobtb. . Per Alert-30,000it timber. Consignees— W p« a Kmeraid-30.000ft timber. Consignees —W. Montgomery and Co., Mutton, Mason, Per' Saxon—9o tons coal. Coneignees—Cuff and Greh&tn. .„ . i, per Alhambra-280 mate sugar. 40 hearth stouee 4*isk9 wine, 125 pkgs whisky, 56rams, 168 pkgs sundries, 22 rolls lead, 30 cases tea. CeasigiK-ea—Order, Wilson and Co., Brown. Tate, Nelson, Moftte and Co., Knapman, W. S. Peter, fcdwards, Coatee aud Co., Enys, Royse, Stead ssd Co., School of Agriculture, Canterbury College, Sclandere, Fletcher and Co., BeXlantyne and Co., ChrystaH and Co., Edwards, Bennett and Co,, A. J. White, Strange and Co., Heenah, McLennan. Ladson. PerHawea—From Maaukau—3s sheep. From Hew Pljmonth-6 pkgß sacks. Frem Nelson— Wader bond 2 barrels coffee; f Mβ, 1 bag coffee, 1 box fruit, 2 casse. From Wellington—Under bond, 7 gunnies sugar; free, 1 bale leather, 3 tmeses do, 1 horse, 5 cases luggage,2 trunks do, 1 oak soda, 1G cases drapsry. 3 ceks olive oil, 20 eases oil, 11 pkiro. Consignee*—Murrey, Borenaon and Go , Oscar Owen, Grineted and Co.. Bebinson. Thompson. Shannon end Co., J. «Qark and Pons. Nortbey, Smith, Trent Bros., V. PnuuSeld, McNaught, Carpenter, Buckling, Caff and Graham, Lawrence, Edwards, Mitchell and Go. EXPOBTB. Per Beautiful Star—For Weetport-2 pkgs, 120 bags flour, 20 eks bran, 2 cases cheese. For Greymouth-1 case. For Hokitika—l2 cases vestas, 6 ceks soda. 200 bags flour. Shippers— Harris and Sob, Wood, Shand and Co., Watt Mod Ca., N.Z. Produce Co , Heywooa and Cβ., qhryetall and Co., Wood, Sinclair, Union Steamship Co. . ■ - Per Star of ifce South-For Westposrfc—34 kales chaff 6 role arme,3coile rope.3B pkgs. Skippers—L. -V. Dssborough. B. WOkin and Co., Cuff and Graham, T. O. Kefoey and Ca. Per Cutty Bark—soo eks wheat, 800 bags flour, 4 cases bacon, 13 cases chicory. Shippers —Trent B«w., Watt and Co., A. Moore aad Co., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Hawea-For Wellington—lo eke oats, 110 io grass β-fd. 40 boxes soap, loose bacon. Por Wanganui—l6 eks grass seed, 5 pVgs. For Pate»-6pl«r*. ForNelson-4pfcgs. Shippers — Gree*. NZ. Produce and Prevision Co., Tteantree, Brown end Co., Msteon an* Cβ, jr.B. loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Hams aad Sod, Kaiapoi Factory, lightband, Allan cad Co, Wilkin and Co., Mason, Struthers and C*., Nathan and Co.

The Euterpe ie expected to leave Wellington lee this port is about fourteen days. The Union Steamship Company's Bβ. Ali'iiabra, Captain Mclntoeh, arrived from Melbourne via Southern Ports yeeterday at 2 15 •.«. Sbe tear* to-day for Wellington, Grey. **atb and Hokitika, and returns thence to Wellington and Southern Ports, taking up the Hero's rooting to Melbourne. .... Wβ (" Mitehell'e Maritime Begister") Iwi received from the Beard of Trade a hat of ships resorted durng the month ot November, 1881, to the Eedißtrar General of Shipping and SeaBen as oomiog into registry; as also of chips tba register* of which trera closed. Wβ find from tbi« retorn th*t 146 vessels were registered, ef 74.E85 net tonnage and 88,048 gross tonnage, •! which number four were purchased from foreigners. It appeani that 20 i were removed from registry, of 51,317 net tonnage and 63,844 erosa tonnage; of these latter 20 were sold to foreigners, 41 were wrecked, 15 stranded, 47 k»<s. 17 broken up, 9 abandonetl, 5 wen in β-ltfsion, 6 missing, 26 foundered, 4 were burnt, S were condemned, and 6 oS for other •vises. The amoust of tonnage launotadby the various firms on the Clyde in 1881 was largely in cxckbs ef any previous year. Altogether some 261 vessel*, havisg an aggregate summatioa of 84 : ,002 toss, were put into the water. In the year 1830, wHch was considered a prosperon* t»n, an 4 was the beet, with the exception of 1871, the tonnage reached about 248,000, or folly 93,000 vnter the present figures; while the returns of 1874, hitherto the beet year in the kiitory of the shipbuilding trade, are also overtopped by between 70,000 asd 8t),000 tons. Kren ia this large output there appeared to be Bβ diminution of the work on hand, and future prospects were of the brightest description. The number of vessels of large tonnage stood praraineatl? out in comparison with previous statistics, an* at the present rate of progress it 13 considered net improbable that in a few years hence vessels rivalling the Great Eastern in point of dimensions will be constructed on the Ifede.