PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8479, 10 May 1893, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Wbaxh-R Retort—Tuesday, May 9. Wind, S.W. ; clear sky. y _m. noon- 6 cmBarometer ".- 30.12 30.18 30.19 Thermometer — 55 57 59 High Water —Wednesday, May 10. Morning, 11.14; evening, 11.38. Sun rises, 7.4 _m. ; Bets, 4.48 p.m Arrived —May 9. Alastor, barque, 824 tons, from Fremantle. Passengers —Mesdames Roxburg, Singleton, Snodgrass, Messrs Caskie, Roxburg, Singleton, Snodgras3, Marsh. ISew .Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, agents. Manapouri, s.s., 1583 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney, via Auckland and way ports. Passengers — Misses Bonnington, Foulds, Ker, Croghan, Watson, Marshall, Caro, Baxter, Harrison, Elder, Palmer, Lamb, Maindonald, Mesdames Birch, Beaumont and family, Ker and servant, Croghan, Evans, Martin, Baugh and family, Stafford, McLean, Sturrock, Brabner and family, Stone, Burns, Dobbie, Booth, Williams, Tooiner, Dawson, Maindonald and three children, Pringle, Grace and four children and servant, Martyns, Revs. Birch, Grece, Captain Hun-ter-Blair, Messrs Foulds, Sutcliffe, Bonnington, Beaumont, Evans, Baugh, Cottrell, Dickson, Brabner, jLousdale, Hawthorn, Patkenson, Dry den, Cocks, Taylor, Brodrick, Cripps, Wright, Jenkins, Gray, Booth, Buchanan, Williarrs, Holt, Elder, Dawson, Maindonald, Heslop, Jones, Pringle, Trent, Connor, Welsh, Macquarrie, and twentyone steerage. Union Steamship Company,

agents. Hauroto, s.s., 1988 tons, Neville, from Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Mcintosh, Matthews, Messrs Tolly, Foley, Frazer. Union Steamship Company, agents. Rotorua, s.s., 926 tons, Cameron, from Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Smith, Hay, Murdoch, Webb, Thompson (2), Mesdames Godfrey, Moore, Messrs Catteuach, Harty, Aneell, Austin, Godfrey, Shirtcliffe, and six steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Sailed—May 9. Clyde, schooner, 87 tons, Gibbons, for Waitara. Master, agent. Johu Bell, schooner, 81 tons, Kirk, for Nelson. Master, agent. Jane Douglas, s.s., 95 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Cuff and Graham, agents. Rotorua, s.s., 926 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. Passengers — Misses Perry, Hart, Wilson (2), Mesdames Norberg, Hause, Beetham, Elliott, Black and family, Messrs Elliott, Bla*-k, Garland, Napthali, Seager, Heine, Comlea, Dalston. Union Steamship Company, agents. Manapouri, s.s., 1783 toes, Wheeler, for Melbourne via Southern ports. Passengers —For Dunedin — Misses Klein, Ross, Messrs Jones, Coughley, Atkinson. For Bluff—Mrs Douglas, Mr Thorpe. For Melbourne—Misses Wheeler, Rhind, Butt, Gardiner, Mrs Scott and family, Mr Pauetti. Union Steamship Company, agents. Diugadee, s.s., 640 tons, Anderson, for Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents.

Taieri, s.s., 1668 tons, Spinks, for Timaru. Union Steamship Company, agents.

Imports,

Manapouri—From Sydney—6 pkgs tent, 25 pkgs and cases. {From Wellington—2o boxes soap, 41 pkgs. From Auckland—B64 bags sugar, 146 cases oranges, 12 coils rope, 94 pkgs and case 3 sundries. From Gisborne—2 pheasants. From Napier—32 pkgs. From Hokitika—2s pkgs. Rotorua—From Dunedin—3o boxes soap. 2 cases stone, 4 pkgs leather, 10 cases acid, 4 cases oil, 237 cases cheese, 94 pkgs. Hauroto—From Dunedin—lo bags Bugar, 11 cases fish, 51 cases cheese.

Exports,

John Bell—For Nelson—Blo sks wheat, 140 sks oats, 6 cases tea, 3000 bricks, 205 bags flour, 33 sks sharps, 30 bags salt, 32 bags sugar, 160 sheets iron, 4 kegs nails, 10 sks seed, 20 pkgs. Manapouri—For Dunedin—s0 v sks flour, 94 pkgs. For Bluff—36 sks onions, 2 pkgs. For Melbourne—44 cases tea, 25 boxes tongues, 1 horse, 1 case.

The *.5..; Manapouri, Captain Wheeler, arrived in port at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. She left Sydney at, 5.30 p.m. on the 27th, and arrived in Auckland at 2 a.m. on the 2nd, sailed again at 4.30 p.m. on the 4th, called at Gisborne, Napier and Wellington. Experienced fine weather throughout the passage, and arrived.as above.

The s.s. Hauroto, Captain R. Neville, arrived yesterday morning at 7.45. Her purser J. W. Massey, reports leaving Dunedin at? 1 4.30 p.m. on the Bth. Experienced 'fresh S. W. winds and smooth sea throughout the passage. A barque was signalled as coming from the South yesterday morning, and upon her numbers being made she proved to be the Alastor, Captain Gazebrook, from Fremantle. We are indebted to the Chief Officer, Mr C. Harwood, for the following particulars of the voyage. Left Fremantle on April Ist, with light" S.E. to easterly winds. Had head and baffling winds for nearly the whole run across the Tasman sea, and rounded the Snares on May 3rd with light northerly winds. On May 7th had a strong easterly to north-east breeze, and on May Bth a moderate gale from the S.W. Sighted Akaroa light at 3 a.m. on the 9th, and arrived in port at 2.30 p.m. the same day. The Alastor brought some eight passengers, a list of whom appears above. She comes in ballast to the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association and will load grain for the Channel for orders.

San Francisco, says the Commercial Netvs of March 27th, is not by any means the only large port in the world where there is a large fleet of ships laid up awaiting engagements. Reports from all sections of the globe show that in almost every port there is a large amount of tonnage lying idle. The disengaged tonnage of deep water vessels in the port on one day recently, not including steamers, was a little over 84,000 tons. From a private letter received from Captain Minns, of the British ship Leyderhorn, dated Calcutta, February 18th, it is learned that at that time there was a fleet of ships on the Hooghley with an aggregate registered tonnage ot 90,000 tons, disengaged. The Leyderhorn was chartered to load a cargo of wheat and seed for Hull, direct.