PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5614, 9 September 1875, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Hian Watgk To-day: 0.25 a.m., 1.6 p.m. Suxuias aud Sijnskt To-day : ti.14 a.m., 5 41 p.m. Moox'n 1'UASie: First Quarter, hth, 9.17 a.m.

ARRIVALS. Sappho, H.M. screw sloop, 4 guns, 120 horsepower, 727 tons, Captain Noel Digby; first liautenant, W. K. Still ; second lieutenant, F. H. Henderson ; navigating lieutenant, H. S. Penn ; staff-surgeon, P. Keelan ; paymaster, John Ash ton ; sub-lieutenants, A. G. Kempe and Frederick F. Roope ; assistant-paymaster, It. M, Pearson ; engineers, T. Willmott anil A. Spaulding; midshipman, W. IT. Arnold. Rowena, s.b., 7G tons, Hollar-i, from Tauranga. Passengers — Mr. and Mrs, "W'ilkie, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and family (3), Mis. Lees and family (g), Messis. Foley, Conley, ]J.uiy.uil, McMillan, 0. O. Davis, Nelson, Wa!iiig,Stanbrook,Vesteibye, Sch wager, Mitcalfe, Dr. Jackson, Win tt, Wilson. — A. Macgregor, agent. Carisbiook Castle, ship, 1,113 tons, J. Freebody, from Belfast June 8. Passengers — Saloon: Mr. Hunter, Arthur Fisher, Dr. and Mrs. Button, Mr. and Mrs. Yesey Stewart, Messrs. Stewart, Mervyn She wart, George Stewart and family, Mr. nnd Mrs. H. C. Hoyte, Messrs. Hoyte (3), Misses Hoyte (3), Mr. Farnail. Second cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Uo»o and family, Mr. and Mra. Fletchei. A list of the special settlers and immigrants appears elsewhere in to-day's issue. — Xew Zealand Shipping Co., agents. Floral Star, barquentine, 240 tons, Thomas E. Creer, from Adelaide, 22nd ultimo. — Thornton, Smith, and Firth, agents. Ryno, brigantine, So tons, AY. Millar, fiom Savage Island (Samoan Gioup). Passenger: Mr. Hitching. — Henderson and Micfavlane, agents. Omaha, brigantine, 12S tons, Meiklojohn,from Lyttolton.— Master, agent. Favomite, schooner, 3(5 tons, Savory, from Russell. — Master, agent. Blanche, schooner, (>3 tons, Young, fiom Karotong-a. Passengers — Mrj. Young, Mi.s. Ulovor. — Owen nnd ttaiham, agents. Effie Meikle, scliooner, 41 tons, lloch, fiom Gisbomo, vi.i East Coafat. Rover, schooner, "Ci tons, Doughty, fiom Poverty Bay and East Coast.

DEPARTURES. Southern Cioss, s.s , for Na;»ier. Flechero, hhip, for I'oi bland, Oregon. ' Luttenvorfcli, &hin, for Lyttelton. Golden Isle, schooner, for Russell. Helena, brigantinc, for Kuipara. Morning Light, cutter, for l'oi - t Charles.

ENTERED INWA11DS. Morning Light, cutter, 29 tons, Tiller, from Port Charlei, with 19,000ft. timber. Effie Meikle, schooner, 41 tons, Roch, from GUborne, via East Coast, with 60 bags maize, 9 pig*, 137 sheep skins, 27 bags bones, 10 casks oil, 39 bags grain, 2 casks pork, 11 bags and 2 bales wool.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Southern Cross, s.s., 139 tons, Holmes, for Napier. Passengers — Saloon : Me»srs. Head, Scarfe, Elliott, McKelvie, and H. Campbell. — A.S.P.C0., agents. Helena, brigantine, 12G tons, Campbell, for Kaipara, in ballast. — G. W. Owen, agent. Kenilworth, «chooner, 70 tons, J. E. G. Jackson, for Noumea. Passengers — Mrs. Green and infant, Mr. "Watts. — C. A. Harris, agent. Jeisie Henderson, schooner,92 tons, Robinson, for Lyttelton, via Tairua. — D. H. McKenzie, agent. Morning Light, cutter, 20 tons, Tiller, for Poi-t Charles, with sundries. Fanny Kelly, ketch, 33 tons, Hayes, for Wangaroa, with general cargo.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Fbom London— Sailed : Columbus, June 8; City of Auckland, June 15 ; Ocean Mail, July 31; White Eagle, July 5 ; British Empire, Star of Germany, ships. From New Yobk (via, Dunedin)— Jessica, bq., sailed June 2 ; Lizzie Fox, sailed July ;>. FBOM Rabotonga— Edith, sch., early. From South Sea Islands— Papua, sch., early. From San Francisco (via Honolulu)— Mikado, R.M.s.s., due to-morrow. From Sydney— Forget-me not, bq., Amhersfc, brgtne., early ; Southern Cioss, bqnte., o.irly. From Melbourne — Nightingale, brgtne., «arly. Lxdy Franklyn, bq., early From Timabu— Kose M., bq., sailed August 24. Fbom Hobabt Town— Bella Mary, bq., sailed 25th August. From Port Gamble— Victor, bntne., sailed 14th May. From Ltttelton— Medora, bq., early. Fbom a cruise — Gazelle. German man-o'-war.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. In thU list coasters arc not include 1. FOE London— Ilobina Dunlop, bq., tieyt ; N.Z.S.C0., agents. For Rarotonoa— Ltetitia, sch., eaily. For Svdsev— Mikado, R.M.s.s.,8hoitly after arrival. Fob Levuka — Llewellyn, s.s., Albion, early. For Noumea — Kerlilworth, sell., to-etuy. ForMaldex Isuxsn.— Delmira, hq., civly. Fob Chatham I;>l\xd — MngclLin Cloud, 6aily ; Agnes, l>vgnt., early. For Southern Tor is— From the Manulcau: Hawea, s.s., lotb ; Henderson and Jincfnrlane, usjents. Tumnaki, s.s., on anival of Mikado; "W. F. Wheoler, agent. [A spcci.U ohai-^e id inado on consignor or consignees announcements insciled in this column.]

IMP011T.3.— September 8. - Per ship C.u-isbiookc Castle :— 2,600 bags salt, 140 barrels soda crystals, 3(5 drums, 10 kegs, 1,000 boxed candles, 64 bundles wire, 33 coils rope, 15 kegs staples, 2 cases strnineiv*, 2 cases machinery, 5,000 bricks, 9,950 elates, 165 cases beer, 200 barrels, 1W> cases, 19 packages, 1,470 rails. 275 cases beei 1 ) 400 cases stout, 10 bundles, 1 tierce, 4 casks, 12 bales and a quantity of pig iron. Per Floral Star, bavquentine, from Adelaide : 2,959 bags (.383 torn) who it. Per Kyno, brigantine, from Savage Island (Samoan Group), 10 tons pearl shell and beclie de-mer, 35 tons cobia, 5 tuns cocoanut oil. Per Omaha, brigantiin*, from Lyttelton : 100 cases schnapps, 200 citse« flour, 1,296 Hacks potatoes, 200 s.\cks oats, 40 bugs flour, 10 cases cheese, 7 cases bacon. Per Blanche, schooner, from Rirotonga : 20,000 ontnges, 18 tons cocoa-nut oil, 17 tons limejuice, 1,500 cocoanuts, 1 bag bcuhe domer.

EXPORTS. -September 8. Per s.s. Southern Cross for Napier : 84 cases, CO pkgs., 50 pieces timber, 35 cases cheese, 31 mats sugar, 12 rollB matting, 50 cases brandy, 17 «acks of lime, 3 cases zinc, 13 bales flax, 1 qr-cask spirits wine, G bags oysters, 3 cases glass, 40 tins biscuits, 4 casks, I bale sacks, 3 boxes, 10 pkgs. 10 axles, 79 bundles. Per Southern Cross for Napier : 2 cases galvanised iron, 1 case springs, 8 bars iron, 20 baxen clothes-pegs, 12 oamp ovens and covei-s, 4 bunilleH whiffletieeg, 1 cask paint, 3 bundles brooms, 1 drum oil, 1 case plough shares, 1 cask resin, 1 bale twine, 1 keg plough traces, 5 kegs white lead, 3 bundles broom handles, 9 cases hardware, 4 casks hardware, G drums tar, 10 dray axles, 1 bundle spades, 1 bundle shovels, 1 bundle saw*, E. Porter and Co. Per Kenilworth, schooner, for Noumea : 12 cases, (1 pkg., 1 ibox, 14 mats 'sugar, 1 Vchest tea, 3 bundles, 4 tanks, 500 tins preserved vegetables, 2 cases apparell.

ARRIVAL OF THE CARISBROOK CASTLE. This fine ship arrived yesterday forenoon from Liverpool, via Belfast, and anchored in tht stream, having been knocking about the coast for three dayi previously, prevented by the prevailing calms and light aiis of wind from making her number before. The Carisbrook Cistle brings out 150 Government immigrants and 238 special ones, selected by Mr. Vesey Stewart, for the Katikati Settlement. Mr. Vesey Stewart and family are passengers by her, and there are several others in the saloon, including Mr. Fnrnall, besides a number of second- class passengers. The following repot t was obligingly furnished to our reporter, on boarding the vessel, by the chief officer, Mr. Milman : — Left Belfast on June 8, experienced strong S."\V. and westerly winds until June 17, when latitude 39 € north wan reached. Picked up the N.E. trades in latitude 34* north, which we»c carried to latitude 9' north. The weather proved remarkably fair. The equator was crossed on

SPECIAL BOTTLERS. Families.— George and Margaret Siewattand six children; William and Sarah Stewait; Stephen and Emma Gos3 and six children ; Thomas and Margaret Leach and three children ; Job. J. and E. "Wylie ; Stewart; and Margaret Eca and four children ; Jos. and Jane O'Jirion and four children ; Samuel and Jnne Poscoc and child ; Thomas J. and Eliza J. Dunne ; Arthur and Margaret Stuart and two childien ; Jos. and Eliza Hyd • and three childien ; H. 0. and M. Hoyte and t<vo childien ; A. and M. Iivine and three children; Philip Deadman and wife ; JUcluid and Jane Rorke ; Hugh A. and Jane E. Latuner and thiee children ; Thomas and Mary J. bandford and child ; Thomas and Annie Wylie and tv/o children ; J03. S. and M. A. Wylie and Eliziboth Wilson and four children ; F. and I. Louch and three children ; Thomas H. and Grace Fletcher and four children ; William and Mary Preston and two children ; William and Mary Andrews and fivo children ; Thomas and Margaret Crawford and four children ; William and Maiy A. Trimble ; Alexander and Mary Turner and child ; Rev. M. E. and Annabella Mulligan and two children ; John and Elizabeth Mulgren and child ; Noble and Eliza Johnston and four children. SINGLE Men.— C, II., and G. Stewart ; J. C. P. and S. W. Goss, John, Lawrence, and J. H. O'Brien ; John Murdock, Chailes Dunne, Robert, William, and Thomas Stuart ; E. G. and W. H. Hyde, William MoUcy, C. A. and F. A. Hoyte, James E. Rorke, John C. Latimer, William Watt and Joseph Wylie, John and Ernest Louch, J. and It. Fletcher, Moses Preston, Joseph McCarter, W. H. Trimble, Alex amler and John Twiner, Edward 11. and W. Thomas Muligan, ' John Do Cock ; Andrew, William, John, Andrew, Richard, and James Wilhon ; Rev. J. and Arthur Cressley, George' and John Thompson, William J. Mulgren. Single Women.— M. J. Macgrogor; Emily and Cams Oossloy; Amelia Freige; Agnes Craig 5 Marian, Mary, and Mary E. Gom ; Henrietta and Mary J. Goss ; E. 0. and A. Dunne ; E. and M. Mulgren ; E. S. and R. Stuart ; Hannah, Maria J., Eliza S., and Louisa Hyde ; Margaret and Sarah Johnston ; Mary Norrii ; Jane E. and Margaret E. Hoyte ; Eliza J. Horke, E. J. Latimer ; Catherine Weir ; Maiy J., Francei, and Annie Wylie ; Martha H. Hall; E., S., B., and M. Louch; Grace and Roietta Fletcher ; Annie Andrews ; Mary S. Schola* ; Josephine Crawford; Eliza, Maiy A., Fanny, Nell, and Kate Trimble ; Sarah, Catherine, and Mary J. Turner; A. M:, Maria J., and L. R. Mulgnn ; Annie, Mary J., Martha, Sarah M., and Amelia Wilson; Annie De Cock, Fanny, Mary, and SVeeney Collier. Summary.— Male adults, 74 ; femnle adulti, 91; male children, 30;- female children, 39; infants, 4. Total, 238 wills— equal to 11)9} statute adults. IMMIGRANTS. Families.— Tbomai and Ruth Brigga, Peter and Eliza Clarkson and four children, David and Eliza Carr, William and Rachel Dariagh ami four children, Daniel and Margin ct, Gcoige, John, and Maiy Haslett and one child, Joseph and Margaret Fleming and five children, James and Margaret Halfpenny and one child, John and Catherine McLaughlin, John anil Jane Stewart and two children. Single Men. — Joseph and Matthew Fleming, Joseph Halfpenny, Thomas Stewart. Single Women. —Eliza Ormiston, Annie Ball, Mary A. Brines, Sarah Bradford, Ellen Biars, Martha Boyle, Isabella Brophy, Lucy Buny, L zzic Burns, Emily Beasely, Madeline Beasley, Ellen Frances Beasley, Jano Olarke, Catherine Collins, Anna M. Devine, Mary A. Dunn, Ellen Fleming, Mary Farrelly, Winifred Fitzsimon, Eliza Forster, Elizabeth Feir, Jane Fagen, Dora Graham, Isabel M. Grange, Maria Good?, Bridget Goode, Susan Graham, Eliza Hedger, Eliza Hogan,

Rebecca Knox, Mary Lynch, Ellen Leahy, Mary McBrien, Beatrice M. Maxwell, Susan and Kate McKoy (2), .Rebecca D. and Ellie C. Moore, Maggie McUortncy, Fanny McMastei*, Miu-.ih Mulvena, Margaret McKeown, Jane McIntyre, Anne McLean, Mary Nesbitt, Mary Nelson, Eliza O'Neill, Ellen Toots, Marcella dually, Jane Starling, Anno Spcnce, M.iry A. 1'b.onison, Matilda and Aunie "Wilson, Sarah Kyle, Harriet Daw, Margaret Kelly, Olivii Mulligan, Elizabeth Hendeison, Mary J. Doherty, Margaret Irvine, Saiah Irvine, Margaret Irvine, Catherine Laycock, Emily Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Mary Halfpenny, Isabella Halfpenny; total, 21 female adults, 85 male adults, 11 male children, 7 female children, 1 infant ; total, 125 souls. Trades and Occupations. — General labourers, 7 ; farm labourers, 8 ; ploughmen, 2 ; carpenter, 1 ; woolen weaver, 1 ; nursemaids, 0 ; seivants, 32; dairymaids, 3; housemaids, 8; cooks, 2 ; seamstresi, 1 ; governesses, tf ; teachei, L ; housekeeper, 1. Nationality.— English, 2 ; lush, 120; Welsh, 2 ; German, 1 ; total, 125 souls.

ARRIVAL OF THE BLANCHE FROM RAROTONGA. The schooner Blanche arrived in harbour ye^teuliy morning fiom lUrotonga. C.ipt.iiii Young reports as follows :— Left Auckland on Friday, July 2, with light northerly wind. On Saturday cleared the ColviUe Passage, and .stood to the eastward. Same night it commenced to blow from E.N.E., with a h^avy sea ; at 2 a.m. on Sunday washed away jibboom, and bore up for Mercury Bay to refit ; at 7 a.m. a heavy gale and thick rain. Lay-to under close-reefed foresail ; gale increasing, and a tiemendous sea running ; at 3 a.m. on Monday a sea struck the vessel, sweeping the decks and smashing the skylight. On Wednesday, at 8 a.m., the gale having moderated a little, and drawn to west, bore up and ran under reefed squaie-sail. Continuous bad weather throughout the passage, during which carried away the starboard main chain-plate and one of the fore ones. Made Rarotonga on Sunday, July 18, and lay-to for the night. At midnight there commenced a very heavy gale from S.E.. accompanied with torrents of rain ; at 1 p.m. on Monday, a slight pause in wind and rain enabled the land to be seen, and we ran for the harbour. That night the gale commenced afresh, attended witli continuous heavy ram, such as had not been seen at the isliind before by any resident, and lasting several days. On Thursday, arrived the, Lovely and Venus,, Tahitian vessels, which had been outside oft the island since Sunday. Remained in Rarotonga discharging and repairing damages till Axigust 8, when went on a cruise through the group, returning on the 15fch. Loaded for Auckland, and sailed on Friday, the 20th. H.id light winds the first part, and sighted Inino on the 26th; here found the Ryno, schooner,' of and bound to, Auckland. Lcrt same evening, and had very heavy weather a^.un till making the Poor Knights on Monday, Si-ptember 6, when the wind veered to the southward and cleared the sky, but blew very heavy. Since then, fine weiither. Saw two barques and a brigantine off the Poor Knights, outward bound. The Blanche brings a full eaivjo of oi-angos, lhrejnico,

Ixwakih Coastwise.— Firefly, schooner, 10 tons, Lower, from Wade, with 4 toiu kium gum ; Maiy Ann, cutter, 27 tons, Motion, from Wairoi, with l'{ bag* shells. 0 u r \\ a hi js Co as i-wiSK. —Firefly, schooner, 10 tons, Lower, for the Wade, with general cargo. The ship Luttervrorth sailed for Lyttelton, in ballast, yesterday afternoon. As a cargo is awaiting her at Lyttelton, she will meet with quick despatch, and will be the first of the New Zealand Shipping Co's vessels for London direct. The schooner Favourite arrived from Russell, with a cargo of coals, yesterday afternoon. The ketch Fanny Kelly sailed for Wangaroa yesterday afternoon, with a cargo of sundries, and 14 Government immigrants, for Wangaroa. The ship Flechero took her departure for Portland, Oregon, in ballast, yesterday afternoon ; but was compelled to anchor at the Heads, owing to the contrary winds. The A. S. 1\ Co.'s s.s Southern Cross sailed for Napier, with several passengers and a. general cargo, yesterday afternoon. The barque Dover Castle was hauled alongside the wharf, into the berth lately occupied by the Flechero, yesterday morning, and will commence discharging her cargo at once. We are informed that the schooner Edith was lying at Rarolonga about the 12th inst. The s.s. Rowona arrived from T.iur.uiga yesterday afternoon, with a large number of passengers and a cargo of produce. The schooner Kenilworth cleared outwards at the Customs yesterday for Noumea, and will take her departure this morning. She takes 3 passengers besides a cargo of sundries. The s.s. St. Kilda will leave tho Manukau for Wanganui to-day at noon. The brigantine Helena took her departure for Kaipara yesterday afternoon, where she will load with a cargo of timber for Lyttelton. The cutter Morning Light sailed for Port Charles, with a cargo of sundries, yesteulay afternoon. The repairs to the s.s. Star of the South are so far completed that the vessel will be able to proceed on her voyage to Levuka to-day. The work has been done by Messrs. Fraser and Tinne in a most creditable manner. The schooner Rover arrived from Gisborne and the E ist Coast, with a few passengers and a full cargo of produce, yesterday morning. The schooner Peerless commenced discharging her caigo of Island produce into the Robiuu Diuilop yesterday morning. The schooner Pearl waa lying at Penhryn Isl vnd on the 3rd July. H.M.S. screw-sloop Sappho arrived in harbour nbout 1 o'clock this morning, from Sydney. She left Sydney on the 31st ulfc., and cleared the Heads at 2 p.m., and experienced principally N.W. and S.W. winds, with dirty weathei. Made the North Cape on Tuesday at daylight, and kte.uncd down the co.ist, the wholo of the remainder of tho passage having been ir.ade under canvas. The Sappho is 12 months in commission, and was built on the composite principle, under contract to the English Uoveinlnentj by Messrs. Money Wigram, and Sons, :\t Blackwall, in 1873. After leaving Portsmouth on October 10, 1874, proceeded to the noi tli coast of Spain to watch the movements of the Carlistb. Left there in November, and went to Gibraltar, Madeira, St. Vincent, and called at Tristan |d'Acuuha ; after 'that went to the Cape of Good Hope, arriving there in the eaily part of January. Remained there a month, and sailed for Perth, arriving there on the 23rd March, after a passage of 40 days. Lny there or foui d.iy», and went on to Adelaide, and thence to Sydney; returned to Adelaide, and came back to Sydney, and left there ou the 4th July for the New Hebrides. The vessel went back to Sydney, and came down under orders to Auckland, given by Captain Chapman, of H.M. s.s. Dido. The Sappho, we understand, will lemain ou the Now Zealand station for about nix months. The brigantine Omaha arrived in harbour this morning from Lyttelton, at 3 o'clock, and anchored below tno Breakwater. She brings a full cargo of breudstuffs, and left on tho 23th ultimo. The Papua.— The Blanche brings ill news of tho Papua, a vessel which left Rarotanga on the ICth of July to proceed to tho island of Mangaia, where the Rev. Mr. Riles resides. She had touched thoie and had gone on to visit some neighbouring islands, but has not since been heaid of, although the Venus and Humboldt, from Tahiti, both visited these islands, and made' search for her. The Papua was commanded by Captain Sutherland, an Auckland man, and, besides the crew, had on board some fourteen half-caste and native passengers from Rarotanga. The Blanche herself cruised for a few days in search of the Papua, but could find no traces of her. The barquentine Floral Star arrived in harbour last evening. Captain Creer reports that he left on the 22nd, and experienced strong N. to N.E. after leaving the Australian £coast, with thick boisterous weather throughout the passage. Made the Three Kings at noon on tho Cst' inst., and down the coast light nirs and vaidable winds prevailed until 9 a.m. yesterday, when the Poor Knights were passed, and thence up to arrival strong E. svindn. Captain Crecr reports sighting a man-of-war steamer at four o'clock yejterdayaf ternoon off tho Little Bairior, astern, under steam, and fore and aft canvas. She was so far astern that her nationality could not be made out, but she was apparently bound for Auckland. She was first sighted off tho Hen and CMckens at noon, and at foiir o'clock she bore up,apparently for the north side of the Little Barrier. The vessel is about six years old, and was built at Peterhoad, and is at prosent owned by Messrs. Wells, Greersou, and Cave. She is classed Al at Lloyd» for 10 years. The brigantine Ryno, Captain Millar, arrived from a tiading cruise amongst the Islands yesterday evening. She left here on the 6th December last, and the result of the cruise has been fairly profitable. She left Rarotonga a few hour* after the Blanche, and experienced the same weather on the passage