PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5438, 6 March 1886, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. This Day.— lo.4o a.m. ; 10.54 p.m. - To-Morrow.— ll.9 a.m. ; 11.24 p.m. ARRIVED. March*6— Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, ' from, Wanganui. Master, agent. Waipara, s.s., 70 tons, Bignell, from Hokitika. Girdwood and Co., agents. SAILED. . March s—Wallabi,5 — Wallabi, 5.5., .101 tons, Leys, for Westport. Girdwoodand Co., agents. Koranui, s.s., 304 tons, Oliver, for Dunedin and way ports. Nancarrow and Co., agents. , . Waipara, s.s., 70 tons, Bignell, for Hokitika. Master, agent. VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch, tug steamer. Timaru, from Wellington Annie Hill, from Auckland Commader Edwin wired " urgent" sit 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon that there are indications of the glass falling within the next 15 hours, with Btrong cold winds be- '; tween east and north, and north-west. -: After that time there is every indication \ '■■ of very poor tides for the 24 hours from last night. The s.s. Waipara arrived yesterday, and sailed for Hokitika in the evening. !! The s.s. Wallabi arrived yesterday with a 'load of stock, which was landed on the shingle bank below the bridge. She could get no coal here, and sailed for Westport ■ hi the evening, where she will take in a load of coal for Wanganui. ■ '" ((The s.sv Koranui sailed last night for i Dunedin and way ports with a full cargo of ? cealv i ;.. cLAccording to the Germany Navy Idst for ■ 1886, just published, the total number of ?.\ officers of .all ranks of that navy is now ; 464, as compared with 453 last year, 406 i in.11882, "and 408 in 1880. There are, be- | sides, 79 sea cadets and 32 cadet?, as well r as'lss officers of the naval reserve. The | ; materiel of the German Navy includes 13 p ironclads (battle-ships), 14 armoured yesI sels (gunboats, for coast defence), 9 |v cruiser frigates, 10 cruiser corvettes, 5 I cruisers, 4 unarmored gunboats, 8 avisos, I 10; school and training ships, 1 surveying ;■ vessel, 2 transports, 12 ships for harbor ' service, and 10 pilot vessels or fireships; — I total, 98 vessels of all descriptions, against I 96 in 1884. I We have received from the Board of ;?: Trade a list of ships reported during the { month of November, 1885, to the Regisl trar-General of Shipping and Seamen as '.■ coming into Registry ;as also of ships the [ registers of which were closed. We find f^trpm this return that 121 vessels were ,' ? registered, of 41,380 net tonnage, and -■-- ]53,558 gross tonnage, of which number 6 )' were purchased from foreigners. It appears that 153 were removed from Registry, of 33,176 net tonnage, and 42,589 1 gross tonnage ; of these latter 22 were sold to foreigners, 18 were wrecked, 12 stranded, 20 lost, 21 broken up, 4 abanf ; boned, 3 were in collision, 8 missing, 2 foundered, 2 burnt, 3 condemned, and 38 struck off for other causes. From recent official returns of the French mercantile marine it appears that the port which possesses the largest merchant navy is Marseilles, with 655 vessels, and a burden of 685,892 tons ; followed by \ ■ Le Havre, with 344 vessels, and a burden of 495,131 tons. The third port is Bordeaux, with 221 vessels, and a burden of 130,655 tons ; and then comes Nantes, j with 461 vessels, and a burden of 103,966 tons ; St. Nazaire, Dunkirk, Boulogne, j Dieppe, and Rouen. Classifying the difi ferent ports according to their commercial |; movement, the returns place Marseilles t first, with an effective tonnage of 4,667,662 tons ; Le Havre, second, with 2,603.985 tons; and Bordeaux, third, with 2,347,744 tons.