THE MONTH'S SHIPPING.

Press, Volume XL, Issue 5830, 21 May 1884, Page 6

THE MONTH'S SHIPPING.

- Two of the steamers engaged in tt* * direct service between the colony **%?": , United Kingdom have arrived . w &* : Zealand ports since the date of tw> summary. The British King «)W*» Auckland harbor on the 2nd passage of forty-six days some nonntn**i steaming from Plymouth, and the AWW , f arrived at Port Chalmers on the »*fJ£!J \x finishing an excellent passage of i° rt nine hours steaming from the earn*,F*. . Both veeeels landed their paeßenge»*J cargo satisfactorily, and are at, P««w I this port loading. The Aoralgi uVW f ceed to Wellington on the *4th in»£ I finish her loading, and is to leave tfc*«£ . London on the 29th inst. between 8000 and 9OOJ carcases «""JJT mutton, besides other cargo, ■Oα,* , nSttJ a fair number of passengers. , V'ViSAa, King goes direct fiom this port »Jjgjfcvia the usual ports of call, Bw J|x jJS» and St. Vincent, and takes> BfvSd« carcases cf mutton, 142 of £•*•■£- i, " general cargo" Her date, of l s£%gf Friday next, the 23rd imt. 5 Zealand Shipping Company both. They also Eent away the s.s. ToEgariro for London. . 170 passengers, and had a good fw'* B . including 429,207 in I frozen cheep. ConsiderableL ult^f t S,j#' I . been taken in shippiiJg "a" aS*S* I bable passages of the « Tongariro, the following Iβ apwgj.fl» § 1 taken from the reports of both ££&& i i P. and O. ss. Kome left U*»fi pete*** I 23th, passed the Isle o'MS , I 29fch. The Kew Zealand.Mri 'JgV*. I 29th, and left Plymo'ith on *"?£s**. I Passing Gibraltar the Borne "KJgflf i days ahead, her <»at«> being PfiST&Ut I Toßgariro the 6th ; Port Said [f" A ££i& I - respectively. Left!bM« •!*» «"» ql* |. respectiv.ly, Aden 18th. and -£* jfrrf; .. I LeSwin meridian was crossed | April by the -Kome, » nd JJVw t lboui»s£ I on the 7th. 'l^ Bome^ t Hob»rt■«*** I the Uth.the'Jongariro **>*Jf *" I 13th. The | Colombo, whereas the ™%£ig»M :| direct from Aden to ,1 , the Tongariro tfc* »*£..,- « » iethult.,Uioße "» ge t«W With reference to Aorangi above named, rt way m return, thongh ■ he ll jS <l .t »«t «tfrf \B . the world and called ftji^cte, * M '

■- * <ft»lmers en tbe 18th i' stant. and ifl to !o :i - *Tthe New Zealand Shipping Company! i fta United a charter of the N« ' - Sealand Grain Agency Company, the barq - arnv.-.l on the I7ih rpsta ■ " from Newcastle, N.S.W, and loads for t - Kingdom. A steairer newly plao -- fin the coal trade between this port ai ~ Newcastle, i*,S.W., is the Glaucus. SI SSteSSt is sud/chartered by Mr Q.\ Staner to brine cargoes of coal from th tat, and ie to be loaded here for feydn< - each trip under the auspices of that mo ' interorising Company the Union Shippir Compamy. The barques Bebington ai nrasron are now daily looked for to ami to£ London, the former by Shaw Sari iad Co '£ sgeats, and the latter by the Ne gealand Shipping Company. Of departure SeTuins ships there have been the Fit t S Lorn, on April 26th, for Queenstow er Falmouth for orders, with 11,853 sacks < iheat; theßialte on the same date an for same destination, with 11,456 sacks the Linlithgowshire 011 the 7th inst., wit 18647 sacks, and some grass seed and wool the Stirlingshiie on the 17th inst., wit] U 3BS sacks, and a small quantity of gras .- k-001, and tallow. These have bee] despatched by the New Zealand Graij Airency and Mercantile Company, Limited wlcgrs Friedlander Bros, sent away thi touraue Selkirkshire on the 30th ult., witl 15 178 Eacks of wheat for the United King dom; and the day following the ship Wei jington left for London with 7447 frozei carcases of mutton, also tallow, wool, grass seed, acd wheat, despatched by Messrs Balgety and Co. in the Albion Shipping Company and Shaw, Savill line. The New 2ealsnd Shipping Company's ship Kakaia Jfft here on the 10th inst. for the United Kingdom, with 10,928 sacks of wheat; shipped by Messrs Wood, Sinclair and Co. j aides the ISth inst. the ship Brenhilda «as despatched by the New Zealand Shipping CcnaFany * or . London, with 19,90G «eks of wheat, besides some wool. Meesrs joberts, Paxton and Co. loaded snd despatched the American barque K. M. Ha> fixd on the 16th inst. for orders, with 793 gicla of grss3 B/ed and 6054 sacks of wheat, yhe Alastor, in the Shaw, Savill line, is ganoucced as arriving at Auckland on the 2St!i nltimo 117 days out, and the Loch "" Ifcedan as having left that port on the 18th " inst. for London with a mixed cargo of wcol and sundries. The Peerless left Auckland for New York with a kauri gum tsrgo on the 7ih inst., and on the 12th josfc the barque Stanley for Hamburg, via - Sydney Island, where she loads a guano cargo. On the 23rd ult., it was reported at Auckland that the schooner Tasman had become a total wreck on the Ba Coast. The Albkn Shipping Company's thip Lyttelton is reported as arriving at Port Chalmers on tbe Bth inst., and the New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waimate on the 18th instant, both from London. From Timaru the barque Latona left on the Bth inst. ■with a grain cargo for the I nited Kingdom, lot fell in with a gale elf the coast, and put into Port Chalmers, where she is now docked for repairs. The Peebleshire left Oazntfu with grain for the United King3osnoa the 13th inst., and the day prior the . JTJ.S. Company's barque Mataura left the JBuff for London, with a frozen mutton cargo and wool. The barque Coorong, .-which left Dunedin for the Bluff, had not . erivedup to date, causing some anxiety for htT safety. At Dunedin an enquiry : -wu held touching an accident to the Vwon Steamship Company's express boat T&kapana, and the Court considered the master, Captain Jones, at fault, and expended his certificate for six months. • JTevs is hand during the month past of the loss of the steamer India, 730 tons register, bound from Newcastle to Lyttelton, with 1100 tons of coal. She foundered ," et sea, but the crew were picked up by a jaasicg vessel The brigantine Mary King is also given up as lost. She was bound from Lyttelton to Townsville, Queensland, and had a cargo of Kew Zealand produce and several passengers. No tidings whatever of her have bet-n reported during the vast six months she has been out. Evidence was taken here la , ely respecting the leading of the ship Loch Fyne at this port last May. The ship was bound to London, but was never heard of after leaving. Nothing of importance was adduced "at the inquiry tending to show that the Tessel was overloaded. She had a grain .cargo in sacks. Dating the past four weeks the business done by the Lyttelton Harbor -; Board's fine graving dock has not been ", *o extensive as might be expected --j from the facilities they afford and >■ tiie very reasonable chaiges. The New -i\ Zealand Shipping Company's ship Eaka'a, JN>4ae Shaw bavill liner Olenlora, and the , •./ dup Oronsay have been the only patrons. -V.-These wenc ia for scraping and painting. f . Stall further improvements have been comv" jleted by the Harbor Board with a view to _\.,«eet the requirements of shipping. A -,"■ ""ilorton'e" patent slip, capable of taking c tip a vessel of 400 tons dead m eight, has '-, '■ leen. finished. The draught of water at its v eater end is 18ft. New and permaseat lamps, 53tt in height, have ~'s*r been erected upon the wharves for '", the carrying of .the iODO candle power . Qnleher electric lamps, and a very few months now will see the installation comI flete. The ocean steamers' jetty is being 1 - joshed ahead with all possible speed, and «pl be required the moment the fortnightly direct steam servico with London becomes es/aii accompli. The Union Steamship Company has undertaken a new idea in the . excursion line. Next month they send their electric lighted and magnificent Steamer Wairarapa upon a pleasure trip to tte Fiji and Samoan Islands. The applicafeas for tickets wtre so numerous that a •oond trip is being arranged to take place following. " L'oing the ielands" .»time-tabled to occupy thirty days. The following represents the principal vessels T Inding in the port of Lyttelton:—Glenlora, ■with grain and wool, to be despatched for lonaon by Messrs Dalgfety and Co. this week j also the Invercargill for London, by =.; the firm named, to leave the present month : ' Bhe will have about 11,000 frozen sheep, 5540 eke wheat, £62 bales wool, and 800 - ska grass seed. The same firm announces the steamer Victory to leave Wellington for London about the sth prox. The steamer will call only at Port Chalmers and Weldngton it is said. The Oronsay, ship, . v loading for the New Zealand Shipping Co., to sail next month, and the barque Cooleen, just ariived from We lington, ■i. loads for the United Kingdom fov the Comjany, likewise the Norman Macleod. The . - CoEeburn and the Port Adelaide, in barter, load for the New Zealand Grain *?ency Co. for United Kingdom. It is •aid that the American sealing schooner, Jwrah W. Hunt, will proceed hence to Valparaiso.