MONTHLY SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3134, 2 August 1867, Page 6

MONTHLY SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Foreign" shipping business has not been so brisk daring the past month, owing to a falling off in the demand for imported goods ; coastwise, however, we have the same briskness to report, with a tendency to a considerable increase. The weather, with the exception of two days in the present week, has been uniformly fine and seasonable. On the 30th and 31st, we were visited with a strong gale from the N.N.E., which caused some damage to numerous small craft in harbour. The arrivals foreign number thirteen and the departures fifteen, representing a tonnage register of 9,503. The total emigration ii 314 souls, and immigration 46 — the predominance of the former being attributable to the departure from amongst us during the month of the last batch of Imperial troops, and the non-armal of any English vessel for the same period. The arrivals have been chiefly confined to the Australia* colonies, namely : From Sydney, 4 ; from Melbourne, 1 ; from Hobart Town, 1 ; from Adelaide, 2 ; from Newcastle, N.S.W., 2. We have also had 1 from Noumea, New Caledonia, 1 from the South, Sea Islands, and 1 from the Bolivian coast. Of the above, 6 brought general cargoes, 2 coals, 2 guano, 2 breadstuffs, and 1 arrived in ballast. The departures, numbering 14, have been 5 for Sydney, 3 for London, 3 for Newcastle, N.S.W., and 3 for the South Sea Islands. Of these 10 left with general cargoes (pare of original cargo), and one in ballast. The fine ship Warwick, Captain Smith, sailed for London on thel2kh, with a full cargo, valued at £45,000, and 46 passengers. The [following is the description and value of her cargo : Cotton, £20,000,; kauri gum, £19,160; wool, £1,875 ; skins, £520 ; hides, £200 ; timber, £150 ; tallow, £150 ; furniture, £30 ; curiosities, £20 ; dry goods (under bond), £800; Adelaide breadstuff's, £3,500 ; total, £44,530. On the 20th the ship John Scott sailed for London with the men of the Commissariat Staff, Army Hospital Corps, and casuals of various regiments, numbering 59 men, 7 officers, 19 women, and 49 children. The vessel was inspected by Captain Spain, R.N., and a board of officers, and, *fter a visit from General Chute and staff, received sailing orders. She took 430 tons Government stores, 382 cases and 75 bags kauri gum, 42 bales wool, &c. The names of officers proceeding by her will be found elsewhere. The P., W.Z., and A.R.M. Company's s.s. Auckland, Captain Harris, sailed on the 2nd instant for Sydney, with a general cargo, a parcel of gold, and 50 passengers. H.M. g. Esk, Captain Luce, took her final departure from these waters on. the Srd, her time of service on this station having expired. The occasion was an interesting one to the crews of the men-of-war in port — H.M. «, Chary bdis and Brisk. Before leaving, the noble vessel steamed round the last-mentioned ships, and was greeted with manned yards and hearty cheers, I which were exchanged very cordially until the vessels parted company. The farewell signals and other courtesies characteristic of the occasion were exchanged as the vessel got fairly under weigh for the North Head. The Etk proceeds via Magellan Straits, calling at Bahia oa the way. H.M. s. Charybdis, Captain Lyons, got up steam on the 3rd, and his Excellency the Governor having - been received on board with manned yards, she left the harbour for Wellington. His Excellency, who was accompanied by his private secretary, the Rev. Thatcher, and Major Gray, aide-de-camp, proceeded to Wellington in order to open the General Assembly. H.M. ». Brisk, Captain Hope, left the harbour on the afternoon of the 3rd, under sail, for Sydney, where Captain Hope will assume command of the Australasian station. H.M. 8. Falcon, Captain Blake, is at present making the usual annual tour of the South Sea Islands, with leave to call at Tahiti, and instructions to take possession of Maiden Island on behalf of the Government. The Falcon will alto call at the islands of the New Hebrides and the Fiji Is'ands before returning to Sydney. H.M. s. Challenger is at Sydney, awaiting the arrival of the new commodore of the Australian fleet. ' ((The ship's stores on board the brig Flying Cloud were brought on shore on the Bth by the sheriff's officers, and the few remaining passengers were consequently on their last legs. A number of them, who possess some means, expressed their determination to keep themselves on board the vessel for six months rather than yield possession of that which they still believed they had the first lien upon for the non-fulfilment of the contract entered into ,with them for conyeyancejto San Francisco. On the other hand* we understand, the sequestrator't ■olioitors purpose putting the title of the vessel on •uoh a footing m will enable him to take immediate possession, free of the passengers. This; we presume, will U the next

scene in the narrative of the Flying Cloud, which has been from time to time chronicled in these columns. No obstacle wu thrown in the way of removal of the stores by the passengers on board, owing to late proceedings in the Magistrate's ; Court. The brig hag since been advertised for sale at auction, and only a few of them remain on board. The little s.s. Midge, Captain Sttwart, has commenced running in the Northern trade. (The vessel has been fitted up at we have already intimated, in a style of great superiority, and is now specially adapted to the Northern trade. Her hold lus been altered to accommodate stock, whilst her ■ passenger accommodation cannot be excelled. She made a trial excursion on the Waitemata, and came alongside the wharf to take in cargo for Mongonui, the Buy of Islands, Wangarei, and Wangaroa. We understand that the result of therecent survey of Flat Book by Mr. Balf our and Captain Burgess will very shortly be seen in the erection thereon of a permanent iron beacon for the guidance of mariners entering and leaving the port, and to replace the less substantial one recently carried away. The brig Nil Desperandum, Captain Delandelles, which put into this port disabled last month, cortinued her passage to Dunedin on the sth July, having undergone repairs, and discharged half her cargo of Newcastle coals at this port. She is under charter to a Dunedin firm for delivery of the coals and further freight. In spite of the great depression that had been experienced, the exports of New Zealand produce from Auckland alone have amounted in value to £300,000 during the last eighteen months. The clipper ship Ironside, Captain A. Hedley, now completing the discharge of her inward cargo at the Queen-street Wharf, has been put on the berth for London, and is announced to sail on the 14th September next. By the arrival of the Hercules from Coral Queen Island, guano-laden, we learn that the placo had been visited by an English man-of-war, and taken possession of. The island has for some years past been leased by Messrs. Combes and Daldy, of this city, and was in charge of a person on their account. Before the Hercules left, the master hoisted the man-of-war's flag, and a bottle containing papers, which had been left in charge of the keeper, and brought the latter on to Aitutake — having previously concealed all the canoes, paddles, and shovels, shut up the keeper's house, and covered in the boat-house, learing himself and the keeper to swim off from the reef to the boat in order to gain the vessel. The Hercules reports the prevalence of very severe weather at the islands during her visit. The brig Ron* (Captain Hayes, formerly of the Black Diamond) lost a boat and two of her crew during a gale off Aitutake. The Men left the vessel, as she was standing off and on the coast, in order to visit Aitutake, and were not afterwards heard of. The weather at the time was very boisterous, and the boat is supposed to have been swamped, and its occupants drowned, in attempting to gain the shore. The barque Cambodia arrived in Hokianga harbour on the 21st instant, and commenced loading timber, &c, for England. The cargo was all ready. Bhe will be ready for sea in a few weeks. The Sea Shell, a vessel hailing from the South, has been altered in rig from a cutter to a schooner at Mr. Meiklejohns yard at Omaha, having put into Omaha for the alteration before continuing a voyage to the South Sea Islands. The Circular Saw barque Heversham, Captain Sherlock, arrived at Taranaki on the 3rd from this port, after a stormy passage, and had a continuance of heavy weather after her arrival in the roadsteads, compelling Captain Sherlock to stand out to sea for 48 hours. Received the men of the 50th Regimeat on board, and left Taranaki on the 7th for Adelaide. The vessel was finally inspected by Major-General Chute, Major Baker, and Dr. Gibb, and pronounced highly satisfactory before leaving. The Heveraham proceeds to Hobart Town from Adelaide, with a portion of her troops. She took 247 men, 22 women, 43 children, Colonel and Mrs. Hamley, AssistantSurgeon Owen, and 7 officers, 50th Regiment. The barque Bella Mary, Captain Copping, for Sydney, hauled from the wharf on the 25th, and was towed to sea by the s.s. Gemini during the evening, with a cargo of general merchandise and the Great World Circus Company. Passengers :— Cabin : Mr. James Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Abell, Mr. and Miss Carlo, Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Madame Annereau, Messrs. Wallace, Pollock, Bird, Gardiner, Holkins, Porter, Maloney, Wheeler, Charles, Johns, Owen, andFranconi. steerage: Messrs. P. Quirken, J. Dryburgh, J. Howard, S. Charter, and P. Gleeson. The P., N.Z., and A.R.M. Company's s.s. Auckland, Captain Harris, left the wharf at noon on the 2nd for Sydney, with the Suez mails, a general cargo, 3020z. of gold, &c, and the following passengers : — Messrs. James Shields, A. Rippon, R. Kerr, D. Seligman, L. C. Brien, J. Sauerbier, Collin*. T. Kelly, A. Trimble, W. Daly, G. Grey*, McNamara, W. Swan, D.A.C.G. Stack, Miss Jessop, Mrs. Easthorpe and infant, Mrs. Green and 2 children, Mrs. Carrett and 4 children, Mra. Shilton and infant, Mrs. Stack and 4 children, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Daly, Misses Daly, Mrs. McNamara, Masters Daly (3), Elizabeth Julius, Messrs. James Haine, Frederick and William Smith, Mrs. M. Sweeny, Mr. Titlotson, Mr. and Mrs. Stokes, and Mr. Albert ; total, 50.