PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7123, 20 July 1888, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Phases of the Moo**": Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. July. d. h. M. Full moon 23 5 15 p.m. Last quarter al ** ° a * ra * Apogee—id llh a.m.; Perigee—2od 6h a-m. Weathi-B Bm-obt— July 19. 9 _.m. —Weather, blue sky. Wind, S.W light. Barometer, 30.1S ; thermometer, 42. High WAX-Pk—Thi-* DayMorning, 0.48; evening; 1.15. I AiiEiTED—July 19* ' lonic, I_.__.-i.S-, i«» tons,J-ldley, from Napier. Passengers—Mrs Miles, .Vlisses Chapman and Murphy, Captain Babot, Mrs Hart. "National Mortgage and Agency Company, agents. Ohau, s-s., 410 tons, Bernech, from Dunedin via Oamaru. Passenger—Sir Shepherd. Union Steamship Company, agents. Wairarapa, s.s., lt-_*" tons, Chattield, from Melbourne via Hobart and South. Passengers—Messrs Helditch. Baldwin, Low and Lamb, Mesdaai-jj Henderson, Scrutton, Helditch, Chalmers and Partridge, Messrs Baldwin, Partridge, lunes, Cuthbertsoi*, Younjj, Rus-sell, Hawkins, Morris and Large. Lnion Steamship Company, agents. Penguin. s.s., 442 tons, Allman, from Wellington. Passengers—il isscsStruther* and McEwan, Mesnames Horrock, Bradley and child, Paniberton and family <•*', and Mcßride, Messrs Struthers, Wilkms, Hughes. Gage aud lillerson. Canon Stan-B-v. Crawford, and 8 steerage, Union -Steamship Company, agents. - Rosamond, s.s., 600 torus, Lowe, from Greymouth. Kinsey and Co., agents. Jane Doi-p-las, s-s., 70 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. Cleaked —July 19. Largo Bay, barque, 11. < tons. Smith, -United Kingdom. 1. Cunningham and Cot, >gs*nt c , Satled—July 18. Clematis, ketch, 61 tons, Green, for Havelock. Fraser and Malcolmson, •gents. July 10. Borealis, brigantine, 101 tons, McKenzie, for Aockla-M*. Passenger—Miss McKenzie. C-tff and Graham, agents. Ohau. s-s., 410 tons, Bernech, for Auckland. Union Steamship Company, agents. Penguin, s-s., 442 tons, Altaian, for Danedin. Union Steamship Company, \Vaihora, &.8., 1279 tons, Popham, for Danedin. Union Steamship Company, s-s., 1023 tons, Chatfield, for . Sydney via Aucklaud and way ports. Passengers—For Wellington —"diss McKae, Mesdames Webb and Bradley, Hon. 'Walker, Captain Babot. Messrs Costello, Oatway, DeVeanx, Booth, Smith, Over- ~ ton, Holmes, and Nelson. For Sydney— "<Mr Nathan—Union Steamship Company, •gents. Imports. lonic—l9B rolls wirfl netting. 10 cases fish, 600 bags salt, 2000 bags sugar, 500 ca«ks-cement, 19 drums soda, 20 boxes tin plates, S cases seed, 10 pieces wood, 4-7 pkgs and cases merchandise. Itosamond—74o tons coaL

Wairarapa—ESrom Melbonrne—3U chests . taa, 13 barrels coffee, 7a pkgs. From Ilmnedin—3 bales flax, 38 do -wool and skins, 9 boxes soap, 150 do candles, 3 bales -paper,63 pksea sundries. From Bluff—277 -CM6S cheese, 23 bales wool and skins, 3 neks oysters, 1 ease fish. 2 pkgs sundries, 1. PBng_in-*-200 bags bark, 100 cases jam: . 188 rabbits, 9 cases fish, 13 bales flax, 5 -a*ek_ nata, 2 sacks pelts, 43 pkgs sundries. Exports. Borealis, 211 sks barley, 250 do flour, * 1800 do wheat. = Penguin—For Dunedin—6 sks potatoes, _ bales leather, 2 do fungus, 12 pkgs sundries. For Oamaru—2 casks shot, 5 kegs nails, 10 boxes soap, -0 pkgs sundries.' v Largo 8ay—16,440 sks wheat. - .Wairarapa — For Wellington— 3 sks oysters, 3 pkgs. For Napier—37 cases tea, 15 sks potatoes, 22 pkgs. For Gisborne— : 27 neks potatoes, 50 do salt, 15 do barley, 10 oases nails, 35 pkgs. For Auckland-. -Hacks barley, 5 reels paper, 1 case cigars, .13 pkgs. For -taasell—so bags flour. For Thameß—3 cases bacon. For Sydney—l 23 sks onions, 2 cases heads, 1 case.

The Union Steamship Company's &s; Wairarapa, Captain Chat— eld, arrived yes* terday niorriingatSo'clockfxoinMel bourne, via Hobart and the South. Mr Taylor, purser, supplied us with the following re port of the voyage:—Left Melbourne at 6 - p.m. oa tbe 10th inst. 'and arrived at Hobart at 6 _.__' on the llfchinst. Left - again, at> 5 am. same day and arrived at jfittff "at 8.T5 p.m. en the 15th inst. Left . again on the 16th, and arrived at Dunedin at &*_.__ on the 17th inst. Left again at 5 « u»m» oa Wedne-day for Lyttelton.a-riving aa Above. Experienced variable and S.E. r-winds and fine weather throughout the "**«>y_ffe/ She steamed for Sydney, via ? Kortbera Ports, at a. 15 p. m, yesterday. -■"""The' Union Steamship Company's a.a> Penguin, Captain Allman, arrivedyester--day itiorning atlOo'clockrtrom Wellington, ana at 3.40 p.m. continued her passage to - Dunedin. ~ T.T_e barque La_go Bay cleared for the - united Kingdom for orders yesterday " morning, ana at 10.30 o'clock was towed Into the stream. She will most probably ■„ set away to sea. this evening. The ._ppro_i- * Sate value ot her cargo is -3368. * _"be _t_gacrtme Borealis sailed for Auck- * buftd yesterday morning with a full load of produce. For Havelock the ketch Clematis got ~"_sw_y on "Wednesday nignt. -Tne Union Steamship Company's s.s. *- Ohau, Captain Bernech, arrived yesterday morning at 10.30 o'clock from Dunedin, via , Oamaru. Mr Seigel (purser) reports—Left -h-Ck-din at 10 p.n_ on 17th inst., and ' arrived at Oamaru at _ a.n_ on 17th, ~ Left again same day at 8 a.m. for Lyttel- * ton, arriving as above. Experienced, fine weather throughout the trip. Lastniigbt ,-ahe steamed for Auckland tlirecfc. * ' The Brunner Coal Company's a,s. KosaXnond, from Greymouth, arrived at one o'clock yesterday, and went alongside the ' RM.ft.fi. Adrangi to tranship her cargo of coals. • The shit* Hermionie was towed alongside the as. lonic yesterday, to which vessel she,will tranship her cargo of 300 tons of «W_, '

. Tlis B.M.S.S. Hnapehu, en route to this colony from Plymouth, is due at Cape Town to-day. - The Orient Company's s.s. Iberia leaves Melbourne fox Adelaide and Plymouth to- _. The s.B. "Wakatipu is dne at Sydney to-fla-rfrom, 'Wellington.

_*c CJhina Steam Navigation Company's B.S-Tajfyu—n left Wellington at noon ye* teraay for this port, and is due here at aa early nour this morning. Foe Port Chalmers the RM.S.S, Jtimu- <. tek» will take her departure at noon ao-day. She has been busy landing her mp since arrival, which is coming to fia-d in good order. From Akaroa the s.s. Jane Douglas arrived in port last-ighu She leaves for 2Laikoura this evening. -At 4.35 p.n_ yesterday the Union Steam* ""- ff—P, Company's a.a. Waihora steamed for H-ledin.

The barque Otago will commence taking _a her _omew_i*_ cargo to-day.-The schooner Colonist is loading at HaSelock for this port. The ketch. Reliance left Wellington for t-is port yesterday-. The steamer Shag, from Dunedin, "Which is 00 run in the Weliineton-cum Blenheim, trade, will arrive in Lyttelton una morning. She proceeds from here to fL&iapoito load for Wellington.

AEBIVAL OF THE S.S. lONIC. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's sp__adid steamer lonic arrived in Port at _ a»m. yesterday from the Napier road* v atead. At noon, she w&s moored to the

No. 7 wharf, from whence she sails for London on Saturday next. The lonic comes into Port in her usual fine condition, and is still coma__aded by Captain W. EL Kiddey. Mr H. W. Purves is chief ensinter, and Mr Kane, late of the same Company's s-s. Taiuui, is purser. The - lonic arrived at Port Chalmers on July 3rd, after a good passage from Plymouth of A3days l_hrs aOmin., and a total steaming time of 41days Suhrs lOmin. She left the Royal Albert Docks at 4.10 p.—_ on May 17th, and proceeded to. Plymonth, where, after -receiving her passengers and mails, she steamed hence at 1.21 P-m. on May 19—a, and arrived at Teneriffe at 8.30 a-m. on May 24th. After coaling she left again at 1.16 p.m. the same day, crossed the Equator on May 30th in long. IL3O"Vv". Table Bay was reached at. 0.39 a-m. on Jane 10th.' Havihpfcoaled she left again at 0.18 p.m. the same day, and arrived at Ho__rt at _ p.m. on the 28th June. On the _9th, at- 2 p.m., she left for Port Ch-haer-, arriving at 11 a.m. on the - 3rd inst.

Tb~ weather experienced to Plymouth was fine, __d'acro_s the Bay of Biscay to Ten* "lie, shortly alter leaving which pott the N.E. trades were picked up, .which were very light, and were followed by dolrlriim weather to crossing the Use,

pTofesd iipTMVey being very strong, and lasted to June oth ; then variables for twenty-four hours, followed by strong S.S.E. winds and a heavy swell to arrival at Cape Town. After leaving Cape Town had variable winds for the first twenty-four hours, then W. and N.W. winds, occasionally strong, bnt accompanied with fine weather to aar rival at Hobart. Thence to Port Chalmers, W. winds and fine weather. After leaving Port Chalmers she proceeded to Wellington, and thence to the Napier roadstead, and was to have left for Lyttelton last Saturday, but owing to the heavy sea whicn was running at Napier she could not get her cargo working finished- until last Tuesday afternoon, when she steamed for Lyttelton, arriving as above.- She has about 400 tons of cargo to land at this port, and some 6139 carcases mutton and sundry other pkgs of generaproduce to take in.