PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3851, 24 December 1869, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

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A7IRIVA.L.— jJir-iMi.hu %>,. Colonial Government p s , J'apcji Id, from tlie Jb.itt Coist P< soeiig is— Uishop 'Williciii s, Mios ""• (Jominisaioncx Uiannijan, and 30 Aimed V\ HII.U. , „ „ Con-t-.buli "-ihnurne, via Sini-.on, p<• 110 ton 1 !, Lainio, fu>m i.^ Ncv\oistlo r.issuiij:cis— Mi .mcl Jbs Willunia .uiu cliih) Mi Juhii'Un'e, and nino in the stcoiagc— A. Cle\ *\ax><\, agent Meteor, "chroner, Anderson, fiom "Whangarei P, ssengoi^ — 0 — J. liobertjn i: Uo , agents.

CLEAJIBP O,UT WARDS — Drct->inra 2,! Stint, C 0 p s , Pan child, ftn liiy of Islands Comei.mir, ])?, Clnisp, for Matikund — I'assengeis—lG — -W J. limit anil Co , agents Kate, Laique, J 75 tons, Cooper, for Sydnej Passonger? — Messrs Golrting, Walsh, Calilcr, Goran, anil sa-.eial otheis — Uondeison and Mac'ailano, ajents Onwaid schoonoi, 09 toub D. Stuait, foi Jahiti — J. S Mac! uLu.e, agent

VESSELS IN IIARHOUK. (Tins list does not include oui coisting tiidcis ) Fkom London Countess of Knitorc, ship 761 tons, Petheibudge ~L D. Nathan .mil Co , agents Chile, ship, 700 ton'? Ciptain Cuthbert — Grown, Campbell, and (Jo , agents From Liveitool Prido of the 'Ihimes baique, JJ93 tons, Tonkin — Owen and Graham ag^nti

Frcti Muirmus Guc&s, but?, IT"} toiia, Uicsl^y. — Cimck&limk, Smart, and Co., asenU Bclsi^e, barque, dz,o tons, Bundle — Hcnilerson and M.liJiuJa ie, a o 'elit c > I«'JlOM MbIYBOUIIKE ) bug, 23L tons, X ibeitson — J S ilicf ulane agent. bxmson, ps, 110 lons, Lauae — A Cleveland, agent. li'uoM SYDXty ■Rita brig, 10S tons, Ednraids — J. S M.icfailuno, age..t FllO,>l Nl .\C V4TLC. Eliza Shaii p, btiqae, G ly — liiov n, Campbell, am l Co., agentSti anger, biigantiuo, 170 tons — Stone Erotliers, agents. Pa\eha, bi if, 173 tons, Itobin&on. — Hcndeison and Macfarlaii^, ageut. Kceraj s.s., 10S tons, Baiu.— J. S. Macfurlane, agent

IMPOiITS -JDeccmjjjlr 23. Perp s. Samson, fiom Melbourne : 2 cases uobacco, 13 case j empty bottles, orclei". EXPOETS —December 23. Per baique Kate, for Sydney : 95 lialfchest tea, 93 chests, 1 '^-tierce tobacco, J. llobcrbon and Co. ; 1 case cutleiy, 6 cases boots, L. Lazard. Per schooner Onward, for Tahiti : 1 0 cases genevn, 2(j cases wine, GJ- cases brandy, 1 case cigars, 2 boxes tobacco, 30 boxes candles, 10 casks beer, 22 barrels beef, 6 hali-chests tea, 20 boxes tea, A. E. Cohen ; 1 hhd mm, 2-i cases brandy, 1 quaiter-cask wme, 10 boxes tobacco, 1 case, 1 bale cottons, 1 case boots, 2bales cottons, 1 casehats, 1 case, 1 bale cottons, 32 boxes soap, 1 bale cottons, 3 cases cottons, Owen and Giaham , 2 cases haras, Cruickshank, Smait, and Co. Free and duty-paid goods — 20 bags flour, 72 packages biscuit, 20 bags salt, 2 cases bacon, 10 tons potatoes, 9 coils rope, J. S. Macfailane, 2 packages eaiihemvare, 20 casec biscuits, 2 casks iionmongery, 17 dozen, buckets, 1-f piclcages merchandise, 40 boxes candies, 1 case ironmongery, 2 casks, 5 packages, 1 sodaAvater machine, 25 casks beef, Owen and Graham. ARRIVAL OF THE P.S. SAMSON. The Samson (a fine iron paddle-steamer, and which is intended to be employed in tl • Auckland and Thames trade) arrived in har- j foow yesterday afternoon from Melbourne yia

Kevxaslle, af+ei a fan p.Tirage of eight days (Aiptnm L h.i-jc lepoii i having letL 2,1 olljounio ou December o, ?ml Ncm'Ciljllc on Dccwnhci ]4. Evpenoncoil strong E wmck till iiu.kin<. llic Tin co Kings on Tuesday last, and smco then 1101 theily ayiihls Passed a barque and alnig about 100 miles pff^fche North Cape, steoiaig oasL. We are m<psted to Ca])tain Laurie tor lilej of later Australian papers. Tiie Samson vill leave for the Thames today at fi.3o p in.

The schooner Onward cleared outw ards at the Customs yesterday, and will sxil to-day for Tahiti. We obsoive that tlie watermen are determined not to be behind the times, as they have tl^Ji house gaily decoi.ifccd with pohiitidcawa, to leiniud all whotia\el then way tliafc Chris Im is time ha? arrived. The bug Eita is announced to sail tor the Fi]i& «n Wednesday next. The barque Novelty may be looked for today or to-moirow from Sydney. The schoonea Meteoi aa lived yestculay fiom Whangarei, with a general cargo and several lassongeia. Tin: Bvkquk Km:.— The barque Kate, Captain Ooopci, sailed for .Sydney yesterday. She -was towed to the Noith Head by the p.s. Comeiany. ,She takes a small gencial caigo and seveial passengers. Thcp.s. Comeipng, Captain Chiisp, sailed for Matakaiu, Whangarei Head", tee., ye-> torday afternoon, wich a number of e\cmsiomsts fm those places. On hei lotiun she -will sail on Monday net for the Lake and Kawau, ietuinin_j same day. TriK v s Sti kt —The p s Stmt, Captain Fan-child, ai'h\ed in haibonr yesteulay moinmg from Napier find othci East Coast poits, having on boaid Oommi^sionei Biannigan, who was on a visit of inspection to the detachment of Armed Constabulary stationed on the Co.iot. Captain Fairchild repoits having left Napici on the loth, and called m at Wanna, Poveity Bay, Hicks's Bay, Oyot.ki, and Tauianga. 'She sailed again for the Bay of Islands in the afternoon, with the Hon. the Defence Minister, D MeLe.lll, Esq , on boaid. We heai that the keel of a schooner has been laid down at the North Shore by Mr. Beddoes, who^ m accordance with the agicement -with the piopnetor, is constmcting her m <.ueh manner as, to enable her to sad mvciy shallow water. She will measure between SO and 100 tons, and is to be fitted with a large centie-board, that Mill pi event hei fiom duftmg to leewaid when sailmer on a wind We have often ad\ocated the°use ot these useful a])piutenanccs, winch "were tested so long ago as the year 1812, when a (jovcimncnt tiial was made between a vessel iitccd v ith the littmg-keel and another -without it ; and the cemie-boaid vessel beat eveiytlnng which daied to meavure itself q in >t her 'j'i>e s f, Muuay, CapUm Mcf-lillivray, armed tiom White Hock Hay this morning, having been successful m bunging away tho boiler and engines of the Cleopatia, wiecked theie Homo tune ago. The engines w ere on fbhiue, <md taken to pieces, so that no paiticulai difficulty existed in the way ot removing them, bui the boilei was on the beach, paitly imbedded in the sand and gia-\cl, and a great deal of both labour and ingenuity wci c i oniin ed to float it. It was l aiscd some eiLht iect perpendicular in the fii^t instance, and (hen 1 iiiiichc 1 :.s far as pos.ibh 1 at low water, when a rope v as made fast ho.ii' ii\Z the Mm lay, and a sti am kept on which, as the tide giadmdly iusc, hauled ti oft. It ■was towed as frr cih Woi=;c]'-, ]>aj, and anchoied theie, leady to ])e piekoil uj) by the Almiaj on Jiei way to Xulson. 'J'lie piopeity lccoveied by Mr Paul (who Mipei intended the oji^i.itions) is woith about £1,000. — I'O't, DcCCjIiIjCl 1 17, 'J no Itioihr explains l\io ims sion of the Flying Sqn.idion •--'• It will do all tho"woil<- that appci tamed to ships on th<j "•eveial naval .stations, and wdl do it Ijetter. The ftations will be abandoned, and t) l Q Flying 2ijii idrcin v .11 tho lomujsi, ancj. become the police uf the high "cus, at tha s'unc time that it will supply the best of ti .lining to oiliceis and men, who might otheiwise be vegetaLing in docks, harbours, and nanov,' sea.'.. The colonies aic favoured with tw o proofs of tho regaid of England for her colonies These aic Lail (ii am die's despatches, and the Flying Squadion Of the two Ihe lntTvjr is ihe ii-t^t v olromo ma ao tiny tvtc n.ii/ csiictiy cc>uijj«iuible, we. nid^ lie pelinitted to nidult^e tlie liope that w-f, tholl not h«ivo qiiita so much ofiho foimei- as has fallen to the lot of JN'ow Zealand, ' The balance-sheet of theWhaiiganuiSteam Navigation Company foi tho halt-year ending 11th October last show> a net piofit for that period of £803 IK 4d. The directors iccommend that the capital of the Company be lcduced by the letuin of 12s 6d. per shaie oi half the last call, made aad paid up by tl^e '-liaiel'oh'ei ,, v.lncli -would i\l)->oib the sin.i of -f;7S7 HH Ud and the f"ith"' ifcoinaiojjd tiu p.ijiuenLor aflu'idend^ib thj late of I*2', ppr -cent pei ammm on the capita,! ot l.he corny.any as it now stand ,, wln ell would leuunc the sum ot i'bbO 3s Jk} , leii u <_; a balnnf; to ilie credit of the ])ics'en|; hair year — CV' /'>/," ft The hsUuc w on {; out last Saturday ior the puipi/se nt finding thcln<l mooiings Cnpt.uu Fairchild had not lancli time that day ,tt Ijw disposal, having to wait the aiiK.il of tho .s.s. T ""ii-««tnn with the giapnels, -wind' he did not geL till late in the atternooii L n uiio evening he succeeded invi»ikmgon topait of tlie cable On Monday inn, ipn^ Captain Faiu'hild went to woik c'gam with his usual peitinif ity ,nnd poise veiance, «iiid stu<oi;dod peitectly and coiii]»lcteiy, (juv not heui'- Jic 1 had ciosscd and leciossed the plauj ••e^eral times A mooimg buoy has now been attacl ed to the cable We have indeed to thank Captain Fairchild for what he has done — ]J(ii' U't, JJdi/ JJcrdUl, Decembei 14. The schoonei Taw-era oi lived at Napier from Poverty Bay on tho 11th, after a lmeweathei passage. Captain Bead lepoits the arm al, tw o days befoie he left Poveity Bay, of ten large v haleboats full of Ngatiporoxis fiom the East Cape, on a visit of congiatulation to their fiiends on tlie piesent state oi afl.uis —Honb\ lid,/ Jirndd, December 14. Tho lmc baitjUf Jennie Klhngwood left Dunodm on the 30th instant, and amvedat Napiov on the 11th .She exjjeiienced a succession of hen 1 winds and line weather ciip whole \.ay. • The s. s Star of the South %\ill piobnl^ly take m to-day hei caigo tor Auckland — llav:h'\ Buy Jin did, December 14