SUPPLEMENTAL SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2822, 11 August 1866, Page 6

SUPPLEMENTAL SHIPPING SUMMARY.

We have little to report since the publication of our usual monthly summary. The arrivals foreign have been very limited, and business has been mainly confined to the coasting and inter-provincial trade. The prevailing winds have been unfavourable for foreign-going vessels, and prevented them making the port. The foreign arrivals only number three, and the departures nine, although several others are waiting a favourable change of wind to take their departure. The arrivals foreign have been the cattle barque Lombard, on the 31st ultimo, from Gladstone, Queensland; the Auckland schooner Keinlworth, from New Caledonia, with maize, on the Ist instant ; and the Auckland schooner Rapid, fronn Norfolk Island, with produce, on the 7th instant. The inter-provincial arrivals have been the topsail schooner Thane of Fife, from" Napier, and the schooner Meteor, from Canterbury, on the 2nd ; the B.s. Star of the South, from Napier, on the 3rd ; the Auckland schooner Albatross, from Chatham Islands and Dunedin, on the 4th ; the s.s. Lord Ashley, from Hokitika, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Tauranga, on the sth; the brig Pakeba, on the 6th, from Taranaki, with 120 tons Commissariat stores. From the coast we have had our usual regular traders with full cargoes of produce, timber, kauri gum, coal, «c. The foreign departures have been, on the 31st, the barques Island City and Anne Melhuish, the former for Queensland, in ballast, and the latter for Newcastle, N.S.W., with timber and passengers ; on the 2nd the P., N.Z., and A.R.M. Company's s.s. Claud Hamilton, for Sydney, with a general cargo, a parcel of gold, and 56 passengers, and the Darque Lombard for Queensland, via Tauranga, to land her original cargo at the latter place ; on the 4th the barque Helen S. Page, for Queensland, in ballast, and the schooner Flying Buck, for Guam, in ballast; on the 6th the barque Prince Regent, for i^ewcastle via Wellington, to discharge her original cargo of coals at the latter place, on account of the P., N.Z. and A.R.M. Company ; and to-day the barque Free Trader leaves for .s ewcastle, N. S. W. , with timber and passengers ; and schooners Kenilworth and Zillah, for Mauritius and South Seas. The inter-provincial and coasting departures have been numerous, with cargoes of general merchandise, timber, &c. We have still no men-of-war in harbour, although the entire fleet may shortly be expected here to await the arrival of the new Commodore of the station, now on his way out in H.M.s. Challenger. On the 31st ult. H.M. s. Falcon, Captain Parkin, sailed from|Hauraki Gulf, after taking in a supply oi water, &c, for Norfolk Island, where she will joir H.M. s. Brisk on a cruise of the South Sea Islands, in company with the mission schooner Southern Cross. The barque Benjamin Heape has been stripped and taken down to the coal-hulk ground, where she will for the future be employed in that capacity or account of Mr. J. S. Macfarlane. The brig Venus has been floated'off the patent slip, and the barque Peru taken on. The latter is the largest vessel the the slip has accommodated, and was taken consider I ably higher on to the slip than previous vessels, There are others ready to be taken up on completior of the repairs to the Peru. The top-sail schoonei I Thane of Fife arrived in harbour leaky, on the 2nd, from Napier, and will be repaired before leaving. The repairs of the brig Rita are almost completed alongside Custom-house-street Wharf, and she will sail for Sydney, via Mercury Bay, in a few days, with a full cargo of sawn timber to be shipped at Auckland Saw Mill Company's works. The Rita is receiving a thorough overhaul and re-caulking, new top-sides and bulwarks, and new covering boards forward, fahe will also receive a thorough renovation of sails and rigging, together with a considerable quantity of new canvas, &0., before resuming her trade between this port and Sydney. The Wangarei coal mines are increasing in theii production, and several of our coasters have been put upon the trade. Our Wangarei correspondent writes this week : — " The Smuggler, Aquila, and Nile were all loaded at the shoot during the last three days. Their joint cargoes will amount to about 100 tons. This looks well, and no doubt, when all the wagons are finished, a vessel can be loaded and be sent away every day." The ship Queen of the North, Captain Green, has almost completed her loading alongside the Queenstreet pier, and will be ready for sea in a few days. This vessel is a sister ship to the Mary Shepherd, which recently left for London with troops; and entered the harbour on the 11th June. Since then she has discharged a large cargo of miscellaneous merchandise— without, we may add, a single claim for sea damage — been into the stream to refit, and commenced to load for home on the 18th ultimo. She will also be a full ship for London in 21 days from that date, a fact which speaks well for our harbour and wharf accommodation, together with the energy of the captain and all concerned. We believe such quick despatch has not been met with in any New Zealand port before. The present is the dead season of the year, the last of the wool export having gone some time since ; and it is therefore the more satisfactory to find a vessel of her large carrying capacity able to fill at such a season with so much despatch. She takes a number of Armstrong guns, shot, shell, &c, besides kauri gum and other cargo. The schooner Rapid, which arrived from Norfolk Island, reports the missionary schooner Southern Cross having called there from Auckland on her way to the IN avigator and Solomon Island groups, with the mission scholars. The Auckland schooners Kate Grant and Mary Ira had left Norfolk Island for New Caledonia, with cattle. On the 21st ult. a boom with two pieces of copper attached to it, a gaff, and a wooden pump, were picked up by the crew of the Auckland cutter Eagle ; and on the 24th several head of cattle and portions of another wreck were found by some natives in the passage between Portland Island and the Peninsula. Captain Hughes, of the schooner Thane of Fyf e, which arrived last evening, teports the total wreck off Long Point of the schooner Vivid, Captain. Schon, belonging to Napier, during the recent heavy weather. He alse reports that fears are entertained for the safety of two men who left Napier for the Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) In an open boat, and have not since been heard of. Captain Patterson, of the barque I ombard, reports the less of a seaman on the upward trip of his vessel to Gladstone, Queensland, from this port. The vessel left Auckland on the 20th June, and experienced moderately fine weather throughout. A few days i,fter leaving the New Zealand coast, during the prevalence of fine weather, a seaman, named William Dole, fell off the mast whilst in the act of ascending it to grease the foretop, striking the rail in his fall. Deceased fell into the water, and lay on the surface, apparently lifeless, for a short time. A boat was lowered to pick up the body, but before the spot could be reached, deceased had sunk to rise no more. It is presumed deceased must have been seized with a fit whilst in the foretop, and have sustained fatal injury by striking the rail in his descent. Deceased was an Englishman, and formerly in the employ of the K.M.S.P. Company. Kaipjuba Shipping. — The following veo»els were ready to take their departure from the Kaipara for their respective destinations on Thursday week : — Maori ;Bchooner Kiuma, with timber from Wairoa, for tKe South ; Reliance, brig, timber, from Wairoa, for Taranaki ; Sea Gull, brigantine, with timber, from Helenaville, for Sydney. The following vessels were loading at the same time '—Black Watch, schooner, with timber for Melbourne ; Stanley, schooner, timber, for South ; Sylph, schooner, kauri gum, for Auckland. The Heather Bell, cutter, for Auckland or Manukau, according to wind, was lying at the Heads, awaiting a favourable change. The schooner Sylph would leave with a full cargo of gum about the 10th instant.

ANALYSIS. The following is an analysis of the arrivals and departures of foreign vessels since our usual summary on the 31st :—: —

ARRIVALS. July. Name. Tons. From Cargo. Pas. 31— Lombard, barque.. .. 208.. Queensland.. cattlo .. 0 Aug. H— Kenilworth, gcfaooner .. 113.. New Caled... maize .. 0 B— Rapid, schooner .. .. 32.. N0rf01k I. ..produce 0

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DEPAKTUBES. Julj. Name. Tod». Fo* Cargo. Pas. 31— H.M. i. Falcon .. .. — ..Norfolk I. .. — .. 0 31— Island City, barque .. 320.. Queensland ..ballast.. 0 31— Anne Melhuisk, barque.. 287. .Newcastle ..timber.. 15 Aug. 2— Claud Hamilton, s.s. .. 530.. Sydney ..general 66 «2 — Lombard, barquef .. 208.. Queensland.. ballast.. 0 4— Helen S Page, barque .. 217. .Queensland. .ballast.. 0 4 — Flying Buck, schooner .. 143.. Guam ..ballast.. 0 «— Prince Regent, barquet .. 257.. Newcastle ..ballast.. 0 10— Free Trader .. .. 280. .Newcastle ..timber.. 0

2,242 71 t Theie vessel* left via Tauranga and Wellington, to discharge original cargo.

The alpacas imported by the late Edward King vrere sold at the Haymarket— the four grown animals to Mr. Bassett for £10 10s. each, and the three yearlings to Mr. Dilworth, for £12 each,