PORT OF LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10886, 1 July 1899, Page 9

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

1 (Latitude, 43_eg. 3Gniin. 42seo south; longi--5 tude, 172deg. 44min. 17sec. east;. i ARRIVED—June 30. Joseph Sims, auxiliary schooner, 100 tons, » Berg, from Waitara. Pitcaithiy, Wallace and . COj agents. Knight Templar, _,s., 2704 tons, Cinnie, from New York via Port Chalmers. New Zealand * Shipping Company, agents. j SAILED—June 30. Gertie, s.s., 100 tons, Mollison, for Wan- [ ganui. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Association, - agents. ' IMPORTS. Knight Templar—From New York: 90C - .tons merchandise. - EXPORTS. Delphic—For London—From Lyttelton: 1 34,280 c_rcas__ frozen mutton, 43,558 carcases . frozen lamb, 751 bales wool,' 212 csks pelts, > 804 csks tallow, 850 sks wheat, 1665 sks oats' 350 sks beans, 585 sks peas, 2079 aka grass seed 67 bales or trusses, leather, or glue pieces ' 48 bales basils, 79 csks or kegs casings, 250 B sks flour, 351 boxes kidneys, 84 quarters beef 0 2176 brass bars and tubes, 31 oases sundries From Dunedin: 5 pkgs sundries. From Auck- . land: 3721 carcases, mutton, £61 carcase. lamb,- 337 quarter! beef, 451 bales wool, 4. bales flax, 7 bales leather, 8 csks tallow, ( ' csks casings, 64 sks and cases shell, 109 case; J preserved fruit, 100 sk grass seed, 21 bars bul- •- lion, 2927 cases gum, 43 pkgs sundries. Fron c Gisborne: 78 boxes -ddaeys, 7917 carcase: f_

• ■ I — -. mutton, 11 carcases lamb, 212 legs and shoulders mutton, 460 quarters beef, 66 bales wool, 66 cska tallow, 31 csks pelts. From Wellington: 12,351 carcases. (mutton,, _|194 carcases kunb, 6018 legs and shoulders mutton, 1894 quarters beef, 170 'base- kidneys, 622 csks tallow, 406 bales wool, 1388 ba_es hemp, 42 csks casings, 2 boxes gold, 21 caks pelts, 13 bales snoop and rabbit Bkins, 10_.p__gs sundries: , _}___» Firth—For Kaipara; 75-sks and 1000 bags flour, 360.ska.potatoes,-105 sks sharps, 75 sks bran, 350 sks oats, 25 sks wheal, 12 s_a oatmeal, 200 _ks chaff, 4 eks wheatmeal, 8 sks carrots, 6 tons salt, 3 tons bone dust, 5 cases hams and bacon, 43 cases preserved moat, 2 oaks soda, 1 ton mangolds, 1 cak whiting, 3 stud sheep, 40 pkgs sundries, groceries. Gertie—For Wanganui: 1707. sks oats, 4 pkgs harrows. Rotomahana—For Wanganui: 16 sks oat- - meal, 125 sks oats, 8 pkgs, 12 sks potatoes, 2 cases plants, 5 pkgs harrows. For Po-tea: 16 pkgs. For Jfelson: 1 orate fruit. For New Plymouth; 12 pkgs. For Greymouth: 2 cases. For Blenheim: 21 pkgs. For Foxton: 50 bags said 3 sks flour, 6.sks bran, 17" sks pollard, 26 pkgs. For Picton: 1 case. For . Hokitika: 1 pel. For Westpcart: 5 pkgs, For Wellington: 18 empty cases, 130 cases fruit, E trusses leather, 60 bags and 20 sks flour, 59 sks potatoes, 23 sks peas, 14 cases samples,' 12 sks bacon, 12 pkgs ranges, 69 bales hay, 4 cases eggs, 3 bales leather, 10 cases cider, 76 Pkgs. Morning Light—For Waitapu: 2000 bricks, L 10 tons coal, 160 bags fiour, 40 sks oats, 20 r sks sharps, 100 pkgs. ! The Nairnshire is to sail at 10 o'clock this , morning. The barometer yesterday was exceptionally low, captains of many years' standing had never seen it lower at Lyttelton.. - . - The Knight Templar arrived from New York via Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, and anchored in, the .stream. She will be , berthed at .the wharf at 10 o'clock this mornring. The Kathleen Hilda has been fully loaded by Messrs Kaye and Carter, and sails for t, Auckland to-day. Tit_ Rock Lily is being loaded by Messrs. Pitcaithiy, "Wallace and Co. with produce for Wadtara. Messrs Pitcaithiy, Wallace and.Co. load the \ Joseph Sims with prodnoe for Westport. '±•119 Pelotas will be cleared to-day for Kaipara. ■ " The Wanaka soils to-day foe-Timaru. l In consequence of the bad weather, the sailing of the Wakatu has been again postponed. The "Aberdeen" Journal" states that the R.M.S. Stola, when abreast of Swonblster, on the passage between Stromness and Scarpa, felt a-violent shock. Immediately afterwards a large whale rose under her quarter, with a fearful gash in its body, and throwing up blood and water from its blowhole to a height of 15ft. The Stola was steaming- 12 knots, and must- have nearly .cut the whale in two. As the captain had the moils, he could not stop, but as long as tho whale was visible it was seen to be lashing the water furiously. What is as yet tbe largbat sailing ship in the United States waa recently launched, at Camden, Maine. She is named the John B. - Prescott, and is rigged as a five-masted schooner, is of about 4000 tons capacity, and has a draught of 23ft. She will be. lighted.by electricity, and her cabins hsaifced by steam. Her steering apparatus, soils, and in fact, the whole of tackle ia worked by steam, power, and her "crew is said to consist of twelve persons, viz., captain, two mates, one.engineer,' ' a steward; and seven men. The new Canada • graving dock at Liverpool ' has been opened for use by the entrance of • the White Star liner Ceric. The dock is 925 ft, | long and 94ft wide at the mouth. Its capacity 1 is 3,226,648 cubic feet, and for emptying pur- • poses there are three 51in centrifugal pumps, I capable of pumping out 1000 tons a minute. > Tho 80,000 tons of water in the dock when the - Ceric weht in were pumped out in one hour 1 and forty minutes.