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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3919, 30 May 1877, Page 2

The s.s. Rangatira, Captain Evans, left Povertyßay at 3.30 p.m. on Monday, and arrived at the anchorage at 2.30 a.m. yesterday, making the passage in eleven hours, which is a very fair trip. She experienced a light N.N.W. wind and line weather on the 'passage down. She crosseel the bar at 8 a.m. yesterday, aud made fast to the outer wharf. She discharged her cargo in the morning, and took in a fall load -.£ w ■ -1 and tallow for transhipment to the Carnatic, which vessel is now loading at Wellington for London. The Rangatira leaves for Wellington at 5 p.m. to-day. The s.s. Kiwi succeeded hi getting away at 7 p.m. on Monday. She has a passenger for the coast who was unable to land on her up trip. The s.s. Southern Cross steamed for Auckland at 6 aan. yesterday. She has a cargo of cattle, shipped by Mr Banks. The s.s. Result, from Wairoa and Mohaka, arrived at 7 p.m. yesterday. She left Napier for the above ports at an early hour on Saturday morning, aiul succeeded in crossing the Wairoa bar at 3.30 p.m. On Monday she discharged her cargo, and left for Napier at 7.30 a.m. yesterday, arriving as shown above. On the run down she called at Mohaka, and there took in 26 bales of wool. Captain Baxter informs us that the Wairoa bar is improving ; in fact, he asserts that since he recommenced running between that port anel Napier, now some time back, he has never touched. He describes the channel as of a very serpentine shape, but he says there is quite enough water to allow of the Result going hi ancl out without danger of taking ground. Should the bar continue good, Wairoa may be after all not such a difficult place to get at as it is generally supposed to be. The s.s. Star of the South discharged her cargo of railway iron, &c, yesterday morning, and took in 400 hieles for Auckland, 7 tons of general cargo for Poverty Bay, and 8 tons of building materials for the Portland Island lighthouse. She is to leave at 7 a.m. to-day. The schooner Silver Cloiul took in her last load of ballast yesterday evening. She is advertised to sail for Newcastle, N.S.W., to-day. She will probably get away this morning. The schooner Opotiki was to have left for Poverty Bay several days back. She has been delayed in consequence of liaving a new rudder fixed, the old one being severely shaken on her last trip to Poverty Bay, when she encountered for seven days tlie full force of a strong westerly gale. Should the weather prove favorable she will leave for Poverty Bay this evening. The schooner Orpheus has cleared at the Customs, and is awaiting a change in the weather to proceed to Mercury Bay. The schooner Kenilworth, for Whangapoua, was towed out by the s.s. Result at 2 p.m. yestertlay. The followng information has been received by the Government from the Board of Trade, which extends to vessels of the Kingdom of Italy the advantages held out by the 60th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1862. By this order it appears that vessels measured and registered in Italy shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their registers iv the same manner, ami to the same extent, and for the same purpose for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships. In consequence of the amount of deduction for propelling power being different in the two countries, option is granted by the order to the masters of steamships of the Kingdom of Italy whereby they may elect to have the engine-room measured under the rules relating to British ships. When the engineroom is measured according to the British rules in such cases, a "certificate of British tonnage" is to be granted, adopting thereon the gross tonnage as stated in the Italian certificate of registry, and deducting from the gross tonnage the allowance for engineroom under the British rales, and also the allowance on account of spaces occupied by seamen or apprentices, antt appropriated to their use. — N.Z. Times.