SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 8610, 2 September 1891, Page 3

SHIPPING.

01fffc Watar. TO-MOBBOW. Talsroa Heads: 263 a.m., 3 9 p.m. Port Chalment: 3.38 a.m., 8.49 p,n\ l')nnedin: 418 a.m„ 4.34 p.m. Port CtoaUnar*. ARRIVED.—SxmifBBB 2 Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Bell, from Lyttelton. SAILED.— fIPTBMBIB 2. Rosamond, s.s., 462 tons, Stuart, for the WestCcas*. n „ M 4 , Talune, b.p., 1,283 tons, Chatfield, for Auokland via the East Coast. Passengers: For Lyttelton Mrs Alston and two children, Messrs Allen, Batger, and Savory. For Wellington Misses Alexander, Caffin, and M»honey, Messrs Pricg'e and Fothergill. For Napier—Misses Glendining, Mrs Glendining, Mr W. E. Grieve. For Auckland—Miss Wadham, Mesdamea Wilson and F*rquhar. For Levuka-Mr Bjorrlng. Mderslie, s.s., 2,761 ton', Olsen, for Oamaru and Timaru. Mr C J. Liggins has been promoted to the management of the Union Company's Westport branch, vice Mr Holdeworth, tiansferred to Hobart. , , ~ .. The Melbourne Marine Board have dee'ded to charge Captain Logan, of the Manapouri, with misconduct in connection with the recent mishap to hia vesael. The Pakeha will be clear of her Dunedin cargo this evening. The Plucky was hatded Into the graving dock this afternoon for cleaning and repainting. The brlgantine Enterprise, with a cargo of grain from Lyttelton, arrived at Dunedin at 9 a.m. to-day. She left Lyttelton on the 29th tast, and had variable winds to arrival.

The barque Mikado has landed about 200 tons of cargo at the crota wharf. Thaßlderslie left the Bowen pier at 6 a.m. to-day for Oamara and Timaru, and after taking in frozen mutton and other oargo at eaoh of those porta, she returns back to oomplete her loading at thi« port for London. The Rosamond iteamed down from Dunedin this morning and berthed at the Bowen pier to take in tr nshipmenta, exßlderslieacd Pakeha, for Oamaru and Timaru.

Up to the time of the last mail leaving San Francisco no aotion had been taken by the Paoifio Mail Steamship Company in regard to the Postal Subsidy Bill, which was passed by the last Congress, The Aot stipulates a certain speed for so ranch tonnage. The steamers of the oorupany plying between San Francieoo and the Orient, and also south as fir as Panama, have the necessary tonnago, but not the speed. Two new vessels, the Costa Rioa and Nicaragua, lately built at Philadelphia, will Boon be sent to the Califoroian coast, and put on the Panama line. They are about 2,000 tons each, aud are capable of making sixteen knots an hour, Both vessels are splendidly fitted up. The company also contemplates building at the Uoion Iron Works a vessel of over 6 000

ton?, with a speed of sixteen knots, to comi within the definition of steamships of thi second class under the Act. This, if a con traot shall be awarded to the company fo; carrying the mails, will tnsure a subsidy o 3dol per mile, or 19,860d0l on each out ward mail trip to Hongkong that such s steamer may make, and the time between Sar Francisco and Ohlna would bo reduced t< eighteen days. A San Francisco shipping j.urnal of recent date remarks: —The new steam yaaht built foi W. R. Heaißt, proprietor of the ' Examiner, by the Herresheffs, the famous Rhode Island builders, has bien launched. She has a tpee<i of twenty-five miles an hour, and will be brought out here next winter to astonish the frequenter! of the city front. Advices from Hums by the last mail (says the 1 Post') announce the following changes in the command of sailing vesrels well known in the New Zealand-London trade:— Captain Phillip?, formerly of the ZealandU, Is superintending tho building of two 2,200 sailing ships in Greenock for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. The Zealandia is now commanded by Captain Bate, formerly of tbe Langstone, of which ship Captain Tate, r.oent.y mate of the Auckland, has now the oommand. Captain Gibson having left the Jessie Readman to go into steam, the command of this vessel was given to Captain Burton, formerly of the Asierion. Captain Bowling, formerly of the Euterpe, replaces Captain Muir in chargo of the Invercargill. Captain Strtater, formerly of the Lutterworth, now commands the Euterpe, and Captain Kelly, of the Wava Queen, has been transferred to tbe Lutterworth,

METEOROLOGICAL. Wellington, September 2.—Captain Bdwin report*! that there are now strong evidences of a heavy gale frtm the northward, changing by wo,t to southwest, between midnight of the 3d and midnight of the 6th. MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEKT. Wednesday, September 2 Lytt?lton.— Manapouri arrived 6 a.m. from Wellington; sails 9 p.m. for Port Chalmers (expeoted to arrive noon). Waihora sailed 5 p.m. for Wellington. Wellington. Takapuna arrived from New Plymouth; sailed for Lyttelton. Penguin arrived 9 a.m. from Nelson.—Rotokino arrived noon from Lyttelton; sailed 5 p.m. for Calcutta. Wkstport.-Pukaki arrived 8 a.m. from H"b»rt —Orowaiti sails for Timaru. Nelson.—Mawhera Bails 6 p.m. for Westport, Auckland.—Rotomahana sailed 1 p.m. for Dunedin.

THE WORLD'S OOEAN TONNAGF

Some interesting figures are given in a recent report made by Mr J. Stanley Metoalfe, of Newci3tie-on-Tyne, a wdl-known authority in shipping statistics. From his tab'es it appears tbat, in ISBO, the total steamship tonnage of the world was 6.745.195. and the tailing ship tonnage 13,872 881. But, as he assumed that a steamer does the work of three-fifths to obtain the carrying oapaci'y, which is found to be 22,603,193; and this, added to the Bailing ship tonnage, gives 27,481,174 tons as the total carrying c»Dacity of the world In 1880. In 1890 these figures had increased to a steamship tonnage cf 10,510,051, giving, by the Bame process of con versioa as before, 65,430,032 tons as the total carrying capacity of the world. The increase from 1880 to 1890 U 47.88 per cent It further appears that Great Britain has steadily advanced in her relative share of the world's trade, the British carrying capacity being 50.30 per cent, of the whole in 1872, increasing to 54 47 per cert, in 1880, and increasing 57 46 per cent. In 1890. Another striking fact is the extensive substitution of steam for sailing. ■hipping Telegrams.

Sydsev, September I. The sohooner Vailelo has arrived safe from the Solomon Islands. During her visit to the islands Captain Evers died from fever.

Syonet, September 2.—Edith May and Anthons, for Auckland. Auckland, September ].—Wairarapa, from Sydney. She left there at 5 p.m. on the 27ch nit., and atrived this evening. Passengers: For Auckland Meedames Brook, Bell and child, Stewart, Rissworth and two ohildren, 8. Bell, M'Oullocb. Misses M'Millan (2), Seddon, Campbell, Barcb, James irmitage, Sister Plaudina, Rev. W. Birch. Messrs W. Scott, T. Couran, Klein, J. B. Orx. Patterson, Carter, Muir, Morgan, Broad, Wallace, Kemeley, Landells, Phillips, J»kb, Alexander, Biahworth ; seventeen steerage. For Gisborne-P. Dean Pitt. For Napier Messrs Somnell, Keeves ; and two pteeroge. For WellingtonMr T. H. Mill?. For Lyttelton-J. Oiy. For the Bluff-Miss M'Leod, Mr M'Lcod. For Melbourne— Mr J. J. Burderg. Wellington, September I.—Manapouri, for the South. Passengers: Misses M'lntosb (?, and two children), Pvhodes, Carr (2\ MatheFon (2), Johnston, Grey, Me s dames Soir, leckio, Williams, Ogel and child, Symep, Grey, Messrs Williams, Dunctr, Armitage, Chamberlain, Sfcadholm?, Jocular, Ma'nwairlng, Dennett, Earle, M'intosh, Leslie, Godfrey, Kerapthorne, Brown, Swan, M'Clear y, Gilbert, Blair, Morrison, Mandl.

Newcastle, September I.—Janet Niooll, for New Zealand.

London, Spptembcr I—Alexis, from the Bluff (May 16). Newcastle, September 2.—Zephyr, for Auckland.—Adelaide, fur the Thame?.—The Fiona has arrived at Clarence River from Auckland. Melbourne, September 2.—Alioe Muir, for Eaipara. Bluff, 2.~Maori King, steame \ for Wanganul. West York, barque, with 10,297 sacks of grain, for London.