PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9862, 11 March 1896, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Weathkb Report—Tuesday, March 10. clear. High Water—Wednesday, March 11. Morning, 1 42; evening, 2.5 p.m. * bun rises, 5.55 a.m.; sets, 6.26 p.m. Moou rises, 2.12 a.m. ; sets, 5.18 p.m.

Arrived—March 10,

Scorff, French corvette of war, 1500 tons, 800 h.p., 4 guns, Captain Lecomte, from Hobart via West Coast Sounds and Port Chalmers.

Tarawera, s.s., 2003 tons, Sinclair, from Dunedin. Passengers—Misses McKiulay, Symons, Meadows (2), Jackson, Meedames Sproul, McKiulay, Jackson, Messrs Lilly (2), Robinson, Ethervan, Trimble, Fraser, Blair, Campbell, Webb, Murdock, Jackson, Adams, and one steerage. Union Steamship Company, ageuts. CoriD.ua, s.s., 1280 tons. Mcßeath, from Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Urquhart, Morkam, Willis, Mesdames Wallace, Rouse and child, Dr. Fox. Messrs Wallace, Rouse, Paton, Lyle, Schumacher, Burrell. Union Steamship Company, ageuts. Penguiu, s.s., 935 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses Thompson (2), Ashton, Cuddon, Dudley, Cargill, Ramsay, Bartleman, Orbell, Watson, Halt, Barker, Mesdames Evans, Joachim, Pollard and 2 children, Weeks, Walueu, Evea, Pipet, Hon. J. Macgregor, Dr. Macgregor, Prof. Salmond, Major Donald, Lieut. Kirk, Sergeant Major Lipscombe, Messrs Sloan (2), Evane, Ingle, Mc Williams, England, Milne, Livingstone, Maaon, Hunt, Chadwick, Thompson, Henderson (2), Henton, Eggens, Hobbs, Taylor, Doughty, Head, Greenshields, Allan, Pipet, Suckling, Joachim, Whittle. Rolleaton, Miles, Matson, Hallamore, McLaren, Davidson, Pickering, Benton, Hollard, Claridge, Thorpe, Wellet, Shuttleworth, Williams, Loveday (2), Cox, Ingpen, Halpm, Benton, i Robinson, Hale, Balliuger (2), Nixon, Humphries, Turner, France, D*vis, McI Dougall, Randall (2), Burns, Grace, Bunny, Feist, Sinclair, Taylor, Bairstow, Vibett, Oates, Weeks, Willoughhy, Walden, Whit combe, Lomax, Whittaker, Trevethick, Larkin, Master Walden, aud 35 steerage. Union Steamahip Company, ageuts. . Sailed—March 10. Penguin, a.s., 925 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Passengers— Miss O'Brien, Mesdames Clark and maid, Jenumgs, Messrs Shilhto, Wills, Alcorn, Brown, Mathias, Harrowell, Master Jennings. Union Steamship Company, agents. Corinna, s.s., 1280 tons, Mcßeath, for Wellington. Passenger—Mr dtruthers. Union Steamship Compauy, sgents. Jane Douglas, s.s., 95 tons, Whitby, for Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Maori, s.s., 5160 tons, Moffatt, for Wellington. Dalgety aud Co., agents. Tarawera, s.s., 2003 tons, Sinclair, for Wellington and Sydney. Passengers— For Wellington — Misses Hartland, Bevan, Gould, Stanton, Harrison, Russell, and Foster, Mesdames Bevan, j Jenkins, Willis and family, Crawshow, Cook, Smith, and Skog, Messrs Willis, Zuibriggen, Way, King, Pinnosk, Bamfield, Skog, Dalton, Lenaine, Parkerson, Gaffaney, and McCulloch. For Sydney —Mibs Tipping, Mesdames Willock and Grauvill, the Ruv. Smail, Messrs Atkinson and Smith. Imports. Penguin—From Grey mouth—3 trunks. From Taronaki —2 crates empties, 6 empty hhds. F.om Wellington—3B pkgs, 8 bales packing, 19 cases, 25 drums, 5 sheets iron, LObars, 7 bdls iron, 1 reel cable, 6 pkgs leather, qiy staves. From Taraoaki—l77 -sks grass seed. From Wellington—2 liorses, 5 bags btan, 4'"bales bags, 49 sks seed. Corinua —From Duuediu —39 cases, 13 pkgs, 6 bales, 13 coils rope, 6 kldkns ale, 1 bale leather, 7 drums dip, 6 pels, 15 pkgs, 3 bdls, 10 casks oil, 98 bales wool, 32 fire bars, 6 segments, 6 sacks potatoes, 62 pkgs stores, 507 sacks seed, 8 hhds ale, 1 yacht. Exports. Omapere — For Wellington—s pkgs oranges, 6 cases fruit, 5 bales baoon, 10 drums, 1 case, 2 bales, 10 sacks potatoes, 6 do wheat, 9 cases,.3o sacks pollard, 90 bags flour, 5 sacks do, 4 pkgs, 8 sacks oatmeal, 20 do bran, 11 do potatoes, 6 cases meats. Brunner —For Akaroa —2 churns, 2 drums. For Timaru—3ol pkgs, 3 trusses, 1 case, 119 bars iron, 36 pii-ces ironwork, 29 pkgs "do, 2 bdls iron, 2 casks. For , Oamaru —81b'pkgs, 5 cases, 3 bags salt, 2 casks. For Dunedin—ls cases tea,, 5 bags Bait, 2 do rice, 17 sks malt, 19 bales wool, 628 sks wheat.

Corinna—For Wellington—2 cases ale, 2 cases, 10 cases fruit, 12 aaoka onions, 25 sacks seeds, 49 do oats, 5 pkgs, 1 bicycle, 100 sacks wheat. For Wastport—4 oases boots. For Wangaoui—l6 sacks oatmeal. For Foxton —1 plough. Tor Levuka —85 sackß flour. "E >v Suva—so sacks flour, 200 do sharps. For Fiji—4oo sacks bran. The s.s. Australia is expeoted to be ready for. soa about Friday, when she will sail from Wellington for Tasmania. Captain Fairchild leaves Wellington by the Rimutaka on the 17th inst., to bring out the new Government steamer. On Friday night, when off Cape Farewell lighthouse, the Orowaiti narrowly escaped running down a brigautine, which was sailing without lights. The Union Steamship Company has let a contract for the erection^of a substantial two-Btoried brick building to replace the present workshops and repainng-yard of the Company in Wellington.