PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3410, 20 June 1868, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

MISCELLANEOUS.

ARRIVALS Tauranga, 1.1., 67 torn, Sellars, from Shortland, with passengers. Halcyon, s.s., 27 tons, Wing, from Shortland and Tapu Creok, with pauengeri. Jane, schooner, Moller, from Tauranga, with passengers and sundries. Meteor, schooner, 43 tons, Stuckey, from Tuparoa, via Kennedy's Bay, with flax, onions, sheep, pigs, and passengers. Betsy, cutter, 26 ton«, Trimmer, from Napier, yia Poverty Bay, with a small cargo and 14 passengers. Suian, schooner, 22 tons, Turrie, from Tapu Creek, in bftllMt. Rapid, cutter, 14 tons, Couldrey, from Wairoa, with produce. WateriUy, cutter, 25 tons, Allan, from the Thames, with sundries, Lee, cutter, 17 tons, from the Thames, in ballast. Shamrock, cutter, 22 tons, Stevens, from Mercury Say, with sundries. Helen, cutter, 17 tons, from the Thames, in ballast,

DEPARTURES. Tauranga, i,s., 67 tons, Sellars, for Shortland, with passengers. Enterprise No. 2, p.s., 45 tons, Scon, for Shortland, with passenger*. Dart, brig, 154 torn, Scaplehorn, for Sydney, with general oargo. Onward, schooner, 60 tons, Beck, for Kaipara, with sundries. Ocean Wave, schooner, 117 tons, Brown, for Lj Melton, in ballast P«ter Cracroft, cutter, 17 torn, Edwards, for Coromandel, with sundries and paisengers. Herald, schooner, 63 torn, Mathieson, for Russell, with railway iron, &c. Tawera, schooner, £5 tons, Kennedy, for the Bay of Island*, with sundries and passengers.

VESSELS EXPECTED. : H.M. ■ i. Blanohe, from England (sailed February 24). H.M. s.s. Roiario, 3 guns, Captain Palmer, from the South. Sturt, p.s , from South. I Aburiri, s.s , from South. ' Racehorse, ship, 1,077 tons, from London, 2nd di«. p., Noi 32 (nailed March 27). Excelsior, inip, from London, lit dis. p., No. 6,942 (loading). Constance, barque, from London, Ist dis. p., No. 6,279 (sailed March 29). Alice Cameron, barque, from San Francisco, l»t di».jp., TNCP. ! Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town, 3rd dis p., No. 8,626. Kate, barque, from Sydney, Ist dis. p., No. 6 639. Norelty, barque, from Sydney. 1 Princess Alice brig, from Lyttelton, l«t dis. p., No. 4,938. j Glencoe, barque, from Lyttelton, Ist dis p., No. 4,623. ] Ellesmere, barque, 170 tons, from Lyttelton, 3rd dis. p., No. 6,029. ) Kate Waters, barque, from Nelson. Royal Exchange, brig, from Sydney, 2nd dis. p , No. 432. Au Revoir. ichooner, from Melbourne via Sydney and Port Fairy. Ist dis. p , PSCJ. ' Eugenie, schooner, from Tahiti, 3rd dis. p., No. 3,652. j Stanley, schooner, from Japan, 2nd dis. p., No. 1,230. Kate Grant, schooner, from South Sea Islands. j Excelsior, schooner, from Kaipara. , Ivanhoe, schooner, from Mangonui. * Huntress, ichooner, from Napier. , Success, schooner, from Napier. , Eagle, ketch, from South Sea Islands. ' Bittern, cutter, from Norfolk Island. ' Mahia, cutter, from Poverty Bay. Agnes, cutter, from Napier via Poverty Bay. Betsy, cutter, from Napier,

PROJECTED DEPASTURES. For London.— Charlotte Ann, early. Tahiti.— Nev*, early. Sydney.— Dart, to-day ; Amateur, early. Wellington,— Ahunri, early. Nelson.— Ahuriri, early. Oamaku.— Fiery Cross, to-day. Lyttelton. — Aburiri, earlj . Otaoo — Ahuriri. early. Southland.— Ahuriri, early. West Coast. — Ahuriri, early. Thames — Tauranga, and Haloyon, to-day • Enterprise, 23nd. Whanoarei.— Hero and Argo, early. Whangapoua.— Fiery Cross, to-day. RrVEBHEAD.— Gemini, daily, at 11.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. (Xbf* lilt does not include coasting cutten. Enterprise No. 2, p.s., from Shortland. Eintcprna No, 1, p.i. (on ferry nßr»ire) Tauranga, s■ , from the Thames — T. Macky, agent. Midge, s i., from Shortland — L. D. Nathan and Co , agents. Halcyon, i s , from Shortland. Lady Bowen, s i. (new). Gemini, as., on ferry lervice. Jane, s s , from the Thames. • Royal Alfred, p s (new). Jmke of Edinburgh, p.s. (new). Charlotte Ann, barque, from Nelson. — Cruickshank, Smart, and Co , agents. Prince Alfred, barquentine, from Sydney. — S. H. Smith, agent. Fakeha, brig, from Melbourne.— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Amateur, schooner, from Lyttelton —Captain, agent. Southern Cross, schooner, from Norfolk Island. Neva, schooner, from Tahiti and Rorotonga. Meteor, schooner, from Poverty Bay. Jane, schooner, from Tauranga, Betsy, cutter, from Napier, Nautilus, cutter, from Napier.

ENTERED INWARDS. June 10— Meteor, schooner, 43 tons, Stuckey, from the Eut Coast, Tia Kennedy's Bay, with 250 bushels maize, 1 ton pork, Owen and Graham ; 130 sheep, 30 pigs, } ton onions, order. Passengers — 14. — Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents. 19— Betsy, cutter, 26 tons, H. Trimmer, from Napier, Tia Kennedy's Bay, with 3} tons bones, 8 cases and 2 casks barrack itorei. Passengeri— ls.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Jtmu 19— Dart, brig, 154 tons, Scaplehorn.'for Sydney.— J. Roberton and Co., agents. 19 — Onward, schooner, 69 tans, Beckend, for Kaipara, with 20 bags flcur, and sundry stores.— Lilewall and Rattray, agents. —Herald, schooner, 53 tons, Mathieson, for Russell, with 12 tons rails and stores. 19 — Amateur, schooner, 239 tons, Francis, for Sydney. 19 — Tawera, ichooner, 55 tons, Kennedy, for the Bay of Isltndi, in ballait.

EXPORTS. Per brig Dart, for Sydney : 388 ca«es kauri gum, Brown, Campbell, and Co.; 2,111 pieces sawn kauri timber, G3 bags rock salt, J. Koberton and Co. ; 1 bag seed) S. W. Hill. Per Amateur, for Sydney : 600 saoks bran, Thornton, Smith, and Firth ; 149 bales flax. J. S Macfarlane ; 40 bales flax, J. E. Roberts ; 28 bales flax, 352 cases gum, Owen and Graham.

WEEKLY SUMMARY. The past week has been remarkable for the violence of its gales. Shipping transactions have been thereby retarded ; but with the exception of the Bay of Islands trader, Sea Breeze, having stove in her port quarter by jostling against the wharf, we have not heard of any damage sustained by the numerous crafts lying wind-bound at the time. Our arrivals and departures of large vessels have not been numerous. The arrivals on the 13th and 14th include the Sea Breeze, with a small general cargo and 12 passengers, the Herald from Russell, with 73 tons of coal, and the ketch Wild Duck, from ShortUnd, in ballast ; the departures being the schooner Mavis, Captain Morton, for Wellington, with 34 tons of coal ; the Boyd for Mercury Bay with several passengers, and a cargo of stores ; and Ivanboe, schooner, for Mangonui. The Airedale arrived in the Manukau on Sunday, with another batch of West Coast diggers The Wellington, due on the 27th, is expected to bring about 100 more. The steamer Star of the South arrived from the Grey via Napier on the 15th, with 1,200 sheep, 199 hides, 26 ca>ks tallow, aud 18 passengers. She reports the arrival of the Saucy Lass at Napier on 12th, and that of the Sturt, from Tauranga, on the 13th, with his Excellency. The Kosario was supposed to have gone on to Wellington. The loss of the cutter Dolphin, with all hands, seems now to be a mplancholy fact. We learn from Captain Bendall that no tidings whatever had been received of her along the coast, and that at, Napier her agents had given up all hopes of iver seeing or hearing of her again. The hands on board of her on leaving this port, on the Ist of May, were — Thomas Schon (captain), C. Schon, and F. Taylor. The barquentine Prince Alfred, the property of Mr. (i, H , bmitb, arrived from Sydney on Tuesday, with a general cargo of merchandise. She made the passage to Sydney in 13 days and to Auckland in nine. The little steamer Halcyon, recently arrived from the Manukau, made her first trip to the Thames the same day, and proved herself one of the smartest boats in that trade. The only item of importance that we have to chronicle on Wednesday is the departure of the Star of the South for Napier with a general cargo. She is expected to belihere again on Thursday next. The brig Dart cleared at the Customs yesterday for Sydney, with 388 capes of kauri gum and 2,111 pieces of sawn kauri timber, &c. The export of kauri gum by this vessel and the barque Novelty amounts to 863 cases, of which 585 have been shipped by Messrs. Brown and Campbell. The Amateur, which is laid on for Sydney, has 352 cases, and in the Charlotte Ann, for London, is a large shipment, but not what our morning contemporary has indiscriminately dotted down. We shall give the correct total in our next monthly summary of the export, during the past six months, of this valuable item of New Zealand produce. The schooner Meteor, Captain Stuckey, arrived yesterday from Tuparoa, via Kennedy's Bay, with 250 bushels of maize, 1 ton flax, 130 sheep, 30 pigs, £ ton onions, and 14 passengers ; the cutter Betsy from Napier, via Kennedy's Bay, and the Jane, from Tauranga, with 34 passengers and returned cargo. The steamer Ahuriri is now considerably overdue from Southern ports, and the barque Kate, which was to leave Sydney on the 9th, is hourly expected ; she is supposed to be the bearer of the English, telegrams vi& Suez, which were due in Sydney on the Btn.

THE BRIG DART. The brig Dart, Captain Scaplehorn, took her departure yesterday evening for Sydney, with cargo asper exports. Passengers— Mr. Samuel Williams and anothqr,

THE S.SJ. AIREDALE. The P., N.Z., and A.E M. Co. 'a steamer Airedale, Captain Kennedy, took her departure yesterday for South' rn ports, with the fo' lowing passengers and cargo : — Passengers : Saloon : Mrs. Winstanley, Masters Winatanley (3), Mr. Kenny, Mr. F. J. Kenny, Mr. George Thorn, jun., Mr. W. Weaver, Dr. Pollen, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Fountain, Mr, Connell, Miss Price, Mr. Wesfcon, Mr. Goulfc, Mr. Rflloway. Second cabin : Mrs. Lang and three children, Messrs. Macdonald, Stevenson, Jones, and Miller. ! Cargo : Under bond for Port Chalmers : 2 cases cigars, E, and H, Isaac. Duty-paid and free : 3 boxes soap, Owen and Graham • 7 boxes soap, J. Miller; 4 oases, 3 itrusses, A. Clark and Son; 1 case, Lewis Brothers ; 9cwt. stores, Commissariat ; 12 tents, 1 bundle poles, Government Storekeeper; For Nelson : 2 bundles and 3 oases, R. B. Lusk ; 2 horses and 1 springcart, Johnson ; 5 tons luggage, Winstanley. For Wellington : sowt. stores, Commissariat ; 1 parcel, Bank of New Zealand. For Lyttelton : 1 canvas parcel, New Zealand Insurance Company. For Otago : 2 bundles fruit trees, J. Buckland. For Hokitika : 1 gun case, Tizard j 1 parcel, Posseniskie ; 1 case, Bank of New Zealand. For the Bluff: 1 case, Miller; 1 case, J. M. Macdonald. For Melbourne : 1 case cheese, Cruiokshank, Smart, and Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE SCHOONER JANE. The schooner Jane, Captain Moller, arrived from Tauranga yesterday afternoon, after a smart run of 24 hours, wiih, 10,000 shingles (returned cargo), 25 emptier, and the following pasiengers : — Captain Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and family, Mrs. Edgecombe, Mr. Wrigley, Mr, Lowry, Mrs. Sellars and family, Mrs Beeohy and child, Mr. Crabb, Captain Rough, Mr. Dean, Mr. Edmonds, and 20 others, She reports the cutter Orpheus as having sailed from Tawranga on the 12th for Tairua, to load with firewood for Tauranga ; the Bella, arrived on Saturday, and bound for Opotiki; the Hazard, from Whakatane, at having drifted ashore during the gale on the 11th ; and the Coquette, bound for Oamaru, having put in at Mercury Island for shelter. She resumed her passage on the 12th.

BEACON'S FOR KAIPARA HARBOUR. The following letter from the Harbour-master at Kaipara .was laid on the table of the Provincial Council on Thursday :— " Kaipara, June 15, 1868. " Sir, — I have the honour to inform your Honor that I propose to erect two beacons on the beach below Parito Point, north side of this harbour, in place of the buoy which is adrift from the couth-west end of Wairo* Banks, Two beacons erected in a line and painted white would guide a stranger into good anchorage abreast of watering-pUce. "The beacons could be erected at less expense tb An replacing moorings for the buoys ; as also two beacona on Okako, south side, to guide strangers clear of Tapora Strait, which is very dangerous. — I have, &c, (Signed) " John James. "His Honor the Superintendent, Auckland."

The schooner Meteor, 43 tons, Patey, arrived from Tokomatu, via Tuparoa and Kennedy's Bay, early yesterday morning, with 250 bushels corn, 37 kits onions, 9 packages flax, 1 ton corned pork, 120 sheep, and 35 pigs, She left Tokomaru on Sunday last, and Kennedy's Bay on Thursday, and brings 3 passengers from Tokomaru, 6 from Kawakawa, and 3 from Kennedy's Bay. Sweeney's prospecting party from Napier came up in the Meteor, they having been prospeoting inland from Waipera and at other places along the East Coast, but in no instance has success attended their effort?. The cutter Betsy, 38 tons, Captain Trimmer, arrived from Napier, vi 4 Poverty Bay, yesterday, with 3 tons bones and 1J tons Government stores. She left Napier on the 9th, called in at Poverty Bay on the lltb, and lay in Mercury Harbour for two days windbound. She brings 14 passengers for the Thames goldfields. Reports the arrival of the Murewai at Napier on the 9th. The steamer Halcyon will take her departure for Tapu Creek and Shortland this morning at ten o'clock, returning the same evening. The barque Charlotte Ann will clear outwards at the Customs to-day, and take her departure for London the following day. The schooner Amateur, Captain Francis, cleared outwards at the Customs yesterday for Sydney, with 600 sacks bran, Thornton, Smith, and Firth ; 158 bales flax, J. S, Maofarlane ; 40 bales flax, J. K. Roberts j 28 bales flax, 352 cases kauri gum, Owen and Graham. She will take her departure this morning. The sohooner Tawera sailed for the Bay of Islands last night, in ballast ; the Ocean Wave, for Lyttelton; the schooner Herald, for Russell j and the Onward, for Kaipara.