PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7268, 26 March 1889, Page 4

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Arrived —March 25.

Phases of the Moon Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. March. d. h. v. New moon 2 9 31a.m. First quarter 10 5 29 a.m. Full moon 17 11 18 p-m. Last quarter 24 6 24 p.m. New moon 31 11 1 P-m. Apogee—9d 8h p.m.; Perigee—2ld llh p.nau Weather Report—Monday, March 25. 9 a.m.—S. W. breeze, fine weather. 5 p.m. —S. W. squally weather, with _Q*vy sltcwers of rain. 9 a.m. noon. 5 p.m. Bawmeter ... 29.70 29.70 29.70 Ihetmometer ... 57 59 55 High Water—Tuesday, March 26. Morning, 11.55; evening, 11.26. Sun riaee, 6.13 a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. Moon rises, 11.49 p.m.; sets, 3.-1 p.m.

Clematis, ketch, 69 tons, Green, from Havelock. Fraser and Malcolmson, Mahinapua, s.s., 423 tons, Todd, from Westport and Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Wanaka, s.s, 493 tons, Meades, from Onehunga, Taranaki, and Wellington. Passengers —Misses Riddick, Schultz, thirty-three Volunteers, Messrs McKay, Anderson, Northcote, Blackader, Moore, Evett, and two in the steeiage. Onion Steamship Company, agents. Sailed—March 25. Penpont, barquentine, 276 tons, Graham, for Newcastle. Cuff and Graham, agents. Waireka, schooner, 100 tons, Douglas, for Rockhampton. Passenger—Captain McCiymont. Cuff and Graham, agenfcs. Wanaka, s.s., 493 tons, Meades, for Wellington, Taranaki and Manakau. Passenger* —Mesdames Mevers, Beasley and eight children, Caplin, Snell, Misses Sneil (3), Messrs Caplin, Beasley, Bisley, Snell, Boucher, Mann, Meyers, Brollay, Master Snell. Union Steamship Company, agents. Grafton, s.s., s_B tons, Nordstrom, for Wellington and Westport. Unien Steamship Company, agents. Imports. Mahinapua—From Westport—32o tons CoaL Akaroa—from Akaroa —4 bales, 40 skins, 6 bag- fat. 3 bags hides, 8 empty hhds, 60 pelts, 282 loose cheese, 289 sks grass seed, 18 pkgs sundries. Grafton—From Dunedin—2o cases turps, 5 kilderkins ale, 50 cases acid, 12 plates iron, 71 reels wire, 18 pkgs sundries. From Timaru — 1 bale wool, 15 pkgs sundries. Wanaka — From Manukau —24 cases oranges, 1 parcel stationery, 4 pkgs sundries. From Taranaki—s6 sks rape seed, 224 kegs butter, 14 bales flax, 1 case seed. Clematis, from Havelock — 45,000 ft timber. Exports. Grafton—For Wellington—B cases fruit, 16 pkgs sundries. For Wanganui—2 cases sundries. For Blenheim—l pkg sundries. For Waipiro—27 sks cocksfoot. For Nelson—lo sks oatmeal, 20 sks wheat. For Westport—4 sks peas, 25 sks wheat, 13 sks bran, 20 sks wheat, 1 truss drapery, 24 pkgs sundries.

The barquentine Penpont for Newcastle and the schooner Waireka for Rockhampton, with cargoes of produce, both left the port yesterday moraine.. With a cargo of timber from Havelock, the ketch Clematis arrived in port yesterday morning. For Westport via Wellington, the Union Steamship Company's s.s. Grafton left the port at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's R.M. 8.8. Arawa leaves Wellington for this port next Saturday, and is due here next Sunday. The Union Steamship Company's a.s. Mahinapua arrived in port yesterday morning from Westport via Wellington.' She is to take a quantity of transhipments to Dunedin ex the s.s. Tekapo, from Sydney. The • barque Conference requires very little more cargo to complete her for .Sydney. The oarque Gazelle should get away to Sydneyearly this week. The Union Company's steamer Wanaka, Captain Meades, arrived here at 10 a.m. yesterday from Onehunga, Taranaki and WeUington. Her purser (Mr Armstrong) reports leaving Onehunga at 11.45 a.m. on 22nd inst., called at Taranaki next day, and reached Wellington at 7 a.m. next day. Leaving latter port at 3.45 p.m. 'same day with the English mail, ex Aorangi, arrived here as stated above. She brings 7o bags mails—s bags for Lyttelton, 28 bags for Christchurch, 6 bags for Timara, 6 bags for Oamaru, 3 bags for -Port Chalmers, 21 bags for Dunedin, 6 bags for Invercargill. At 9 p.m. she steamed for Wellington.