PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4356, 1 August 1871, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

High Water This Day.— 6. 55 a.m.; 7.18

Sunrise and Sunset this way.—moming, 7.3 ; evening, 5.9.

Wind \nd Weather. -July di : wina: westerly. Weather, showery. Phase, of the Moon.— Full moon, Aug. 1, at 8.55 a.m.

Arrivals. Lady Bo*en, p.s., 95 tons, Adams, from Mahuranei.— J. Casey, agent.

Departures. Tawera, for Poverty Bay.

The p.s. Golden Crown will leave for the Thames' to-d*y, at 2 ,p.ni. sharp. The schooner Amateur was loading at Lytielton, for this port, when the s.s. Lord Ashley left. The following is the cargo of the schooner Cleopatra, Captain OBrien, which left Lyttelton for this port on the 22nd ult.: 500 bags wheat, 847 bags oats, 10 cases bacon, 151 cheeses. The schooner Saucy Lass left Lyttelton on the 14bh for this port, with 450 sacks wheat, 50 sacks oats, 5 bags flour. The brigantine Flirt is announced to sail for Levuka on Saturday next. The schooner Ivanhoe, from Mangonui, brings a cargo of 17 tons gum, 2\ tons flax, 257 sheep, 2 bundles skina. The s.s. Lord Ashley 13 the only vessel for Southern ports, leaving the wharf at sit o'clock on Saturday evening. Wreck of the Florence.— The ketch Floren c, owned by John Burgess West, became a total wreck at Te Puru on Wednesday last. She was engaged in the firewood trade. It is the custom to beach these vessels when the wind is blowing off the land, for the convenience of loading. The men in charge did bo on this occasion, but the wind chopped round to the north and north-west. She was loaded at the time, and the tide was rising around her, but before she floated she filled, and became a total wreck by being bumped against the rock on the beach. The men unloaded the vessel, in the hope of saving her, but without effect. The gear and sails were saved, but the hull was destroyed.— An inquiry into the circumstances was held before Mr. D. Lundon, Sub-Collector of Customs, Thames, on Saturday. We understand that Mr. West, owner of the ketch Florence, was also part owner of the ketch Enterprise, which twelve months ago collided with the steamer Tauranga, causing a melancholy loss of life. — Mail.

Light Dues. — A New Zealand Gazette published on July 17 contains the annexed amended light dues for various ports in the colony: — "Any vessel from the Australian colonies, or from places beyond those colonies, calling at a port where light dues are not charged for such voyage, shall, on arriving at any other port where light dues are chargeable on vessels arriving from such voyages, be charged the same rate as if she had arrived at such port direct." The following are the new rates:— Manukau : Steam and sailing vessels coastwise from any place on the East Coast of the Middle Island, or Stewart Island, to the easLward of a line drawn from Cape Farewell to South Cape, or from any place in the North Island south of Kapiti, or from any place in the Hauraki Gulf south of Kawau Island, per ton register. Kaipara and Hokiang* : Same as Manukau. Tauranga : Sailing vessels from ports beyond the Australian colonies, arriving through Cook Strait, or Foveaux Strait, or south of Stewart Island, 3d. per ton register. Steam vessels from ports out of New Zealand, and sailing vessels from the Australian colonies arriving through Cook Strait, or Foveaux Strait, or south of Stewart Island, 2cL per ton register. Steam and sailing vessels coastwise, arriving through Cook Strait, or Foveaux Strait, or from any place- south of Cape Farewell, or from any place in Hauraki Gulf south of Kawau Island, £d. per ton register. Whangarei and Mangonui : Same as Tauranga. Waitara, New Plymouth, and Patea : Same as Manukau. Napier : Same as Tuaranga. Manawatu : Vessels from ports beyond the Australian colonies, 3d. per ton register. Steam vessels from, ports out of New Zealand, and sailing vessels from the Australian colonies, 2s. per ton register. Steam and sailing vessels, coastwise, arriving through Cook Strait from the eastward, or from any place south of Cape Farewell, £d. per tsn register. Kaikoura : Vessels from ports beyond the Australian colonies, 3d. per ton register. Steam vessels from ports out of New Zealand and sailing vessels from the Australian colonies, 2d. per ton register. Steam and sailing vessels coastwise from any place south of Cape Farewell, or through Cook Strait, or from any place in Hauraki Gulf south of Kawau Island, ,^d. per ton register.