KAURI GJM.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3058, 15 May 1867, Page 6

KAURI GJM.

To the Editor of the Daily Southern Caosi. Sir,— Could you or any of your numerous renders oblige me with the chemical analysis of kauri gum, and its properties, also a simple and economical method to render it soluble ? A pologising for troubling you and taking up the space of jour paper, — I am, &c, An Inquirer.

The Ardbeg, for London, has put back for repairs. She anchored to the southward of the bell buoy shortly before daylight on Thursday morning] Captain Hobson reports leaving the roadstead on Saturday last in company with the brif Edith Smith, and after getting an offing to the west of Kangaroo Island the. weather changed and the full fury of the late gale was encountered. The' vessel was in excellent trim, being 18 feet 10 inches forward and l'9'feefc aft by her marks, and last year she loaded in Calcutta to 20 feet 4 inches ; but the heavy sea which was created by the storm earned her to labour severely Being on the starboard tack the cargo settled to Ueward till she had quite a streak of port list, and in this position heavy volumes of water wathed over the waipt till the lee-rail was three feet under. At pne period the position was decidedly critical, for the wheel broke adrift, and was only aecured by arduouf exertion, fading the whole of the port bulwark p'ankmg gone *ad no immediate progpeofc of; a change, it was resolved to bear up, and »he returned to the auchorage to rffit» Captains Simpson and Dale surveyed the reisel on Thursday afUrnoon, and pa-sed a high encomium on the master for his conduct during the trying occasion. '1 hey ordered certain caulking and joiner 1 ! wot k to be performed, when ' •he wU a^iu proceed to a^,- Adelaide Observer,