PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10268, 10 February 1899, Page 6

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

WEATHER REPORT—Thursday, Feb. 9. "Wind, S.W., gale; passing showers moderate. 9 a.m. Noon." 5 p.m. Barometer .„ .. ;"9.96 2a.au 1i9.90 Thermometer ..57 65 "Uo S HIGH WATER—Friday, Feb. 10. Morning, 3.39; evening, 4.5. Sun rises, 5.15 a.m.; sets, 7.12 p.m. Moon rises, 4.40 ajn.; sets, 6.56 p.m. ARRlVED—February 9. Waihora, s.s., 2003 tons, Smith, from Dunedin. Passenigers—Mi,<& Nurse, Mesdames Fordham, M'Cormack, Roberts, and Minion, Messrs Overdale, Cooper, Waller, Macfarlane, Fordham, Heath, Gardiner, Taylor, Le Sueur, Roberts, and Minion, and fifteen steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. Janet Ny-roll, s.a„ 779 tons, Ryan, from Westport. Union Steamship Company, agents. Jane Douglas, s.s., 96 tons, Murray, from Akaroa. Pitcaithly, Wallace aaid Co., agents. Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, from Wellington. Passengers—Misaes Anderson, Copp, Spinks, Hart, Stringer, Bing (2), Mac-gr-yor, Tate, McCormick, Munro, Small, Boyle, and Reanie, Mesdames Ogiers, Simpson, ilacgregor, Northcote and two children, Braham, Nicholls, Hean and two children, Studholme, Chase, and Aschman, Sir Robert Stout, Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Revs. Ginaty and Petrie, Captains Mitchell and Anderson. Messrs Newell, Wood, Prime, George, Northcoto, Ellis, Boot, Dixon, Leithead, Wall, Richardson, Potior, Louisson, Beaver, Tripp, Ross, Braham, Nicholls, Berry, Tripe, Tegetmeir, Hamerton, Oatway, Crow, Duncan, Vial, Bcgg, Tait, Johnston, Warnes, Hean, Reynolds, Alye, Burton, Russell, White, Chase, May, Cameron, and Pidgeoa, and forty steerage. Union Steamship Company, agents. SAlLED—February 9. Flora, s.s., 83S tons, Fleming, for Dunedin. Passengers—Misses Cronin (2), and Gallacher, Mesdames Farrant, De Montalk, and Gunter, Messrs Gunter, De Montalk, Allenby, Forster, Gordon, Shaw, Silly, Schatz, Cantwell, and Dixon. Union Steamship Company, agents. Otarama, s.s., 3SOS tons, Clifford, for Timaru. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Waihora, s.s., 3003 tons, Smith, for Sydney via Auckland. Passengers—For Wellington: Misses Brailsford, Malcolm, Jennings, and Park, Mesdames Burrell, Cockburn, Image, Henderson and two children, and Lucas, Messrs Cockburn, Bu:rell, Perkins, Cotts, Ross, Craddock, McNaught, Image, Henderson, Lucas, Park, Fairbairn, Miles, Quaine, and Pymerit. For Napier: Misses Druunigham and Butler, Moasrs McGee and Osborne. For Sydney: Mr and Mrs Barron and family, Union Steamship Company, agents. Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Duncan, Milligan, Brailsford, M. Dillon, and Hammond, Mesdames Stace, Williams, Scott, and Treadwell and family, Captain Davidson, Judge Ward, Messrs Williams, Maiet, Milne, Tegetmeir, Jas. Rattray, Jacob, O'Halloran, Milligan, Leversege, Tomlinson, Norton, Brown, J. B. Billens, Davis, H. Timmins, Conway, Turner, and Boutbec. Union Steamship Company, agents. IMPORTS. Flora—From Gisborne: 21 csks pelts. From Napier: 1 trunk, 21 csks pelts. From Westport : 1 case, 1 box. From Nelson: 83 cases fruit, 2 case 3. From Auckland: 1 horse, 1 oil launch, 47 bags, 2 cases and 50 sks sugar, 10 cases benzine, 1 case fruit, 1 case cigarettes, 2 cases flour, 22 cases bananas, 79 boxes and 99 cases fruit, 10 cases cordials, 10 boxes polish, 1 truss drapery, 1 case tobacco, 1 case boots, i case cubes, 9 cases, 3 pkgs. From Wellington: 110 cases bananas. Waihora/—From Dunedin: 60 octaves, SSB' case 3, 26 qr.csks, 1 hhd and 6 cases whiskey, 15 cases wine, 1 tin box, 225 sks seed, 8 bags logwood, 4 bdls fittings, 3 crates stoves, 4 bdls fronts, 4 bdls backs, 12 c. ovens, 12 c. covers, 12 bales flock, 10 bags sugar, 7 crates 23 bags empties, 1 tin trunk, 2 cases* bacon, 1 bale wool, 30 boiler tubes, 1 case, glass, 25 bales empty sks, 6 brls ale, 20-1 cases, 4 crates, 1 tin box, 20 ceks, 1 box, 2 bales, 29 hhds, 46 pkgs. EXPORTS. Flora—For Dunedin: 25 cases pickles, 3 chests tea, 14 empty returned csks* 12 sks and 50 gunnies onions, 16 bars and 7 bdls iron, 2 trusses leather, 80 ska Oats, 31 cases, 3 pels, 7 pkgs, 5 cks, 2 boxes, 70 tons scenery. Waikato—For London—From Auckland: 255 bales wool, 237 boxoa butter, 5503 carcases lamb, 72 bags gum dust, 1302 casos gum, 262 bales hemp, 330 pcs timber, 18' csks pelts. From Nelson: 177 boxes butter. From Patea: 162 boxes butter. From Dunedin: "2578 boxes butter. From. Oamaru: 14 csks pelts, 4 cases fish, 3378 carcases lamb, 1092 bales wool. From Timaru: 6 balo3 skins, 693 bales, wool, 257 boxes kidneys, 45 cases sweetbreads, 2204 carcases lamb, 20,532 carcases mutton, 2838 boxes butter. From Lyttelton: 133 bales wool, 698 -boxes butter, 8392 carcases mutton, 22,994. carcases lamb, 135 boxes kidneys, 15 boxes sweetbreads. The tug was engaged yesterday in moving tho Wellington further* from the Heads. ,' The ballast lighter Squirrel has gone undor water on the reef. At high water yesterday* only the top portion of her mast was visible. The Waihora arrived from Dunedin early yesterday morning, and sailed for Sydney via Auckland in the afternoon. The Janet Nicoll arrived from Westport, yesterday forenoon. The Flora sailed for Dunedin at noon yesterday. The Otarama sailed for Timaru yesterday. Sho will return* to Lyttelton, which is her final port of departure for, London. The Rotomahana arrived from Wellington last evening, as she did not leave Wellington Heads till half-past four o'clock in the morning, and had a head wind and heavy sea to contend against. According to an American exchange the estimates of the shipping trade for the year 1398, New York is now the leading seaport of tho ■world. The value of New York's foreign trade for the year is estimated at 1,300,000,000d01, while that of London is stated to be 1,202,207,847d01. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (says the "Shipping World") paid, in its last financial year, for coal, with the freight charges thereon, not less than £636,879. In their report, just issued, the directors of the company state that this increased working charge is partly due to the five months' strike in South Wales, which enforced the burning of larger quantities of inferior coal at. high prices. 4.