PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9603, 18 December 1896, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Wbather Rjbpoht—Thurs., Dec. 16. J Wind, N.E., oloudy. i 9 a.m. Noou. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 29.73 29.72 29.74 Thermometer ... 69 72 69 High Watkr—Friday, December 18. Morning, 1.52 ; evening, 2.23. Sun rises, 4.17 a.m. ; sets, 7.37 p.m. Moon rises, 6.8 p.m.; sets, 2.10 a.m. Weather Forecast. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday as follows:—"N.VV. to W. and S. gale, with rain. Glass rise after ten hours from now. Sea heavy on coast and strong ebb tides in Straits. Arrived —December 17. Penguin, s.s., 935 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses barkerson, Kennedy (2), Colber, Brown, Fletcher, Carson, Campbell, Lucas, Maroney, Fanning, McClatchie, Andrews (2), Mesdames MoUalley, Snow ami two children, Kennedy, Murrell and child, Stevens and sons, Mc Arthur and two children, Clarke, Sinclair, Jones, Turner and child, Thompson and two Sisters of Mission, Sir G. Clifford, Dr. Parkes, Captain McClatchie, Messrs Henry McGrath, Walsh, Ward, Mills, Turner, Fanning, Fraser, Vivian, Bowler, Banks, Fulton, Koach, Murrell, Chapman, McGregor, Carson, Pratt, Clarke, Luxtord, Tribe, Sinclair, Fisk, Cavill, Thompson and thirty steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Mararoa, s.s., 2598 tons, Chatfield, from Melbourne and Southern ports. Passengers —Misses Murray, Brown, Wright, Tendall, Evans, Beamish, Johnson, Scoullar (2), Mant, Taylor, Mesdames Murray, Carguy, Brown, Browne, Wilch and two children, Brayley, Taylor, Jones, Messrs Thomas, Carguy, Brown, Browne, Morris, Herring, Gentry, Young, Brayley, Jones, and 11 in steerage. Uniou Steamship Company, agents. Cleared—December 17. Morning Light, schooner, 92 tons, Rennie, for Waitapu. Pitcaithly, Wallace and Co., agents. Sailed—December 17. Flora, s.s., 1273 tons, Bernech, for Dunedin. Union Steamship Company, agents. Mararoa, s.s., 2598 tons, Chatfield, for Sydney via Wellington. Passengers—For Wellington — Misses Edwards, Mitchell, Craddock, Wycherly, Pownall, Carstin, Fidwards (2), Davidson, Adair, Mesdames Davidson, Edwards, Preston, Dearden, Young, Adair, Cockbura, Scott, Messrs Black, Edwards, Pickering, Paton, Cockburn, Cain, Preston, Ryan, Page, Weeks, Neville, Marriner, Sinclair, Jackson, Evans, Smith, Rev. Jooby. For Sydney—Messrs Prosser, Smith, Mesdames Chisholm, Henderson, Dearden, Messrs Alexander, Young, Claydon, Hole. Union Steamship Company, agents. Waihora, s.s., 2000 tons, Neville, for Northern ports. Passengers—For Wellington —Misses Mannus, Colemah, Maunder, Gray, Bunney, Mesdames Fergusson and child, Wood, Messrs Derrett, Bennett, Cotterill, Ferguson, Wood, Holiord, Fantham, Cluer, Easton, Knott, Cunningham, Masters Lane, ifeckoff, Westmacott. For Napier—Misees Kennedy, Fuller, Campbell, Mrs Gordon, Masters Cotterill (2). For Auckland—Miss Dick, Mesdames Dick, Somand, Mr Huxfield. Union Steamship Company, agents. , Penguin, s.s., 935 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Passengers — Misses Freeman, Rouse, Nancarrow, Brady, Mesdames Halley and two children, Cleat, Barnett, Stewart, Petrie, Messrs Petrie (2), Littlejohn. Glover, Shirtcliffe, Wright, Manson, De Lautour, Miledy (2), Cunningham, Masters Jennings and Fox. Union Steamship Company, agents. Imports. Penguin — From Manukau — 30 cases bananas, 5 cases fruit, 1 box grapes, 8 cases tomatoes, 20 coils rope, 4 pkgs. From Nelson—6 pkgs. From Wellington—s boxes tobacco, 26 pkgs. Waihora—From Dunedin—l4 chests tea,; 18 coils rope, 335 bales twine, 24 hhds ale, 6 wheels, 2 pairs naves, 10 bars iron, 73 pkgs. Flora—From Auckland—l4B sks sugar, 47 bags potatoes, 3 cases boots, 46 bags crystals, 599 sks pumice, 101 bdls fish plates, 3 cases treacle, 20 cases syrup, 512 cases sugar, 78 pkgs. From Nukualofa—43 cases bananas, 20 ca* 5? pines. From Levuka—lo sks peanuts, 5 cases waters, 2 bales leather. From Napier —4 bales leather, 2 pkgs. Mararoa—From Melbourne —38 chests tea, 8 casks oil, 17 cases bottles, 3 pkgs machinery, 320 cases lime juice, 12 cases bitters, 1 bale hops, 3 cases tobacco; 1 bag cork, 10 oct brandy, 7 crates bottles, 165 cases fruit, 13 chests tea, 1 crate bicycles, 50 bags onions, 20 cases pepper, 604 bags bark, 2 bales corks, 2 coils rope, 36 drums sodium, 150 pkgs. From Hobart—l2 cases fruit, 1 case fowls. From Bluff—4o sks hides, 14 sks pelts. .From Dunedin—l bale leather. Exports. Penguin—For Wellington—4 axle arms, 419 sks chaff, 19 sks bacon, 63 trusses hay, 1 binder, 1 bicycle, 56 pkgs. For New Plymouth—l case cider. For Tauranga—l case. For Nelson—ls pkgs. For Greymouth—3 pkgs. For Hokitika—B cases bacon, 2 sks seed. For Patea—6 pkgs. For Wanga?iui—l2 pkgs. For Blenheim—l 2 pkgs. For Foxton—9 pkgs. For Westport—B pkgs. , Flora—For Dunedin—ls cases meats, 8 piles, 28 pkgs. j

The Union Company's s.s. Mararoa, Captain Chatfield, arrived yesterday morning from Melbourne via southern ports, after a tine weather passage throughout.