PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7258, 14 March 1889, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Weather Report—Wednes., March 13. 9 a-m.—Fine weather, with light S.W. breeze and blue sky. 5 p.m.—Rainy weather, with light S.W. wind and overcast.

At thb Heads. S.W. light breeze and smooth sea. 9 a.m. noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 30.0 30.0 30.05 Thermometer ... GO 07 04 High Watch— Thursday, March 14. Morning, 1.18; evening, 1.43. Sun rises, 5.57 &.m.; sets, 0.21 g.m. Moon rises, 4.4b' p.m.; seta, L 45 a.m. Arrived—March 13. Tongariro, R.M.S.S., 1163 tons, Bone, from London via Plymouth, Teneriffe, Capetown, Hobart, Auckland, and Napier. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Wareatea, c.5.,460 tons, from Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Douglaw, e.s., 76 tons, Whitby, from Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. Imports. Salamanca—From Auckland—S34 bags cement, 630 bags sugar, 20 cases golden syrup. "Wareatea—From "Westport—l9o tons coal. Exports. Hauroto—For Sydney—l9s sacks onions, 1550 bags Ilour, 2583 sacks wheat, 125 sacks bran, 110 do oats, 391 do chaff, 45 do potatoes, 366 do peas. 39 do bacon, 290 do grass seed, 10 horsesji bales hay, 7 kegs butter, 26Spkge. Ex Wanaka for Newcastle—9o kegs butter, 700 sacks flour. For Brisbane—32 cases cheese. For Rockhampton —6 cases cheese, 8 cases bacon. For Cooktown—4 cases bacon. For Maryborough— 10 kegs butter, ex Wanaka. Rotorua—For Wellington—s sacks meal, 15 sacks flour, 30 cases fruit, 1 sack malt, 19 pkgs sundries. For Blenheim—l pkge ploughs, 19 pkgs sundries. For Wanganui —1 case eundries. For Picton—2 pkgs sundries. For Nelson—2 cases tea, 8 pkgs sundries. For New Plymouth—2 bars iron, 16 pkgs sundries. For Manukau—o pkgs sundries. s»*Waihora—For Dunedin—44 cases tea, 2 cases fruit, 2 bales leather, 3 cases skates, 17 pkgs sundries. For Bluff—3s bales twine, 1 bale leather, 1 sack tares. For Adelaide—lo cases butter. For Melbourne —3 pkgs leather, 10 cases tongues, 52 bales flax, 450 sacks barley, 7 pkgs chaffcutter, 163 sacks grass seed, 2535 sacks oats, 180 «acks cocksfoot, 182 bales wool. We hear that the Shaw, Savlll and Albion Company's s.s. lonic is having a new manganese propeller put in during her stay in London. '. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro arrived in port from London, via ports of call. At Auckland, her first port to this colony, she received a quantity of frozen meat and other produce, and afterwards went on to Napier, where another part of her homeward freight was taken in. She stays here until Saturday, and steams tor the Empire City on the afternoon of that day, finally leaving that port for London on the 21st instant. Her officers are the same as were in her last voyage, and her berthing list for the voyage Home is already pretty full. The Earl Granville was berthed yesterday morning at the Gladstone Pier breastwork; where she loads for London. The web weather yesterday afternoon interfered with the loading and discharging of ships at the wharves. The barque Salamanca was yesterday afternoon berthed at the No. 7 wharf. - The s.B. Jane Douglas arrived from Akaroa last night. . ... The German nautical authorities have determined, that in future, measurements of all vessels under the German flag for purposes of tonnage, &c, shall be made on the English system. /It is finally decided by American nautical men to call the respective masts of five masted schooners (the first of which has recently been built) as follows:—Foremast, mainmast, mizenmast, spankermast, jiggermast. ,• The 8.8. Arawa will leave Porfc Chalmers for Lyttelton at noon on Thursday, arriving at Lyttelton daylight Friday moraing. Passengers for Lyttelton are not being transhipped, but will come on in the steamer.