SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 1779, 30 August 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ITTTELTON. CLEARED. Aug. 29—Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, PonSonby, for Wellington. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs, PouBonby, Mr. Collison, Miss Alhuan, Sir. Gri'evo;Mr, liDvegrovo, Mr. Travers, Mrs, Watson, Mr, Guinness, Mr, and Mrs. CnfF and child, 3 in steerage, 20 original. Aug. 29—Antelope, cutter, 10 tons, Malcolmion, from Akaroa. Aug. 29—Gem, ketch, 10 tons, Donovan, for Littlo Akaloa. Aug. 29—Star of the Evening, s.s, 166 tons, Turner, for Wellington, in ballast. IMPORTS. In the Lord Ashley, Miles and Co., agents: 1 case, 1 parcel, M'Douald; 1 case, Crayuior; 4 oases, T. Gise. In tho A. H. Badger, Peacock and Co., agonts : 684 tons coal, Peacock and Co. BXI'OKTS. . In tho Lord Ashley, Miles and Co., agents: 8 cases cheese, Armstrong; 1 bdl trees, 1 box, Heywood j 2 pkgs, 1 parcel, Miles and Co.; 15 sacks grass seed, J. D. Macpherson; 2 parcels, Agar, In tho Autelope, master, agent: 1 crato earthenware, G. Taylor; 1 bar steol, Keece and Co.; 1 ease, Hawkins; 2 tons potatoes, Simmonds; 2 boxes tobacco, 2 cases genova, 12 empty hhds, Peacock and Co,; 6 tins kerosino, Dunsforl. Expected Arrivals. S.S, Wainui, from Duuedm, via intermediate ports, in a few days. Ship Sir Balph Abercrombic, from London, sailed June 1. Ship King of Italy, from Newcastle, N.S.W, Indus, from Melbourne. Pha;be, from Duue In. Phojectkd Depabtuebs. Crishna, for Hobarton, cleared. Brig Wild Wave, for Sydney. Vessels in Haeboub. Ship Talbot, from London. Ship Bombay, from London. Barque, Crishna, from Hobarton. Barque A. H. Badger, from Newcastle, New South Wales. Brig Wild Wave, from Sydney via Wellington. Hioh Watek Tniß Day. at thh GOVEENMEST WHABF. 6,41 a.m. 7.8 p.m. HE\THCOTE. Aebived —Aug. 29, at Railway Wharf— Mullough, s.s., with sleepers, from Pigeon Bay, At Upper Wharf—Cordelia, ketch, with timber, ex Crishna. Sailed—Black Hawk and Aspasia, schooners, with grain, &c, for Auckland; Perseverance, barge, Jul.a Ann, cutter, Gazelle and Mullough, s.s., with 5 sacks lime, Holmes and Co.; quantity of plant, Dale and Co.: Elizabeth, ketch, with general cargo, for Hokitika. AKASOA, AEBIVED. Ang. 20—Geelong, p.s., from Dunedin, via intermeiiate ports, with 8 kegs nails, 1 case ironmongery, J. 1). Garwood: 1 chum, 1 case drapery, 1 cask currants, 1 pkg dishes, 1 ease sardines, 0 cases groceries, Armstrong and Daly; 1 cheesepress, Aylmer and Price; 1 parcel drapery, Mrs. Haylock; 1 case, 1 parcel, Kev. W. Aylmer; 20 bags wheat, E. C. Latter. Aug. 27—Geuloug, p.s., from Lyttelton, with passengers and cargo. Aug. 27—Foam, ketch, from Lyttelton, in ballast. SAILED. ' Aug. 25—Antelope, cutter, for Lyttelton, with 1500 feet timber, J. D. Garwood; 0500 feet timber. J. Malcolmson; 5 crates cheese, Armstrong and Dcly. Aug. 25 Gceloifg, p.s,, for lyttelton, with original cargo and four passengers. Aug. 27—Geelong, p.s., for Dunedin, via intermediate sorts, with 1 keg butter, 5 crates, 3 casks cheese, J. D. Garwood; 0 pkgs, 2 cases bacon and hamß, 2 casks, 1 case, 40 crates cheese, 50 bags flour, 5 sacks sharps, 10 sacks bran, E. C. Latter; 1 bdl trees, T. Feltham; 1 bdl trees, 1 parcel, J. Hassell. Kaiapoi Shipping—Arrived, Aug. 28—Emu, ketch, Clarkson, from Akaroa, with cargo of timber for Birch and Co. The Maid of the Mill is in the river. BHIPPISft RETDMS POB 1805. Mr. Ingham, for several years past, has obtained, through, the House of Commons, a whole series of statistics relating to the shipping of the United Kingdom. The usual annual table has just been issued. It gives the tonnage of sailing and steam vessels for each separate Port of the United Kingdom on the register at the end of 186-5, with ihe entries inwards and outwards, the vessels wrecked or built, the number of colonial vessels registered at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, with a considerable amount of other information appertaining to British Shipping. The tables aie too voluminous to give entire, but a summary of their contents may be found interesting. London stands highest on the list in point of ships, but Liverpool has the greatest tonnage. The sailing vessels registered in the Port of London were 2,563, of 855.575 tons; and the steam vessels numbered 724, of 302,909 tons;—total, 3,287 ships, of 1,158.484 tons. At Liverpool there were 2,6*1 sailing vessels, of 1,381,651 tons; and 398 steam ves-els, of 180,313 tons;—total, 3,039 ships, of 1,567,961 tons. To the Colonies, the Sailing vessels enlered inwards were—For England, 1,281 British vessels, of 1,979,223; foreign, 426 vessels, of 243,301 tons. For Scotland, 431 British vessels, of 227,960 tons; and 26 foreign, of 12,678 tons. For Ireland, 254 British vessels, of 116,904 Ions; and 14 foreign, of (i.720 tons. Isle of Man. 8 British vessels, of 2,164 tons. Channel Islands, 57 British vessels, of 7,832 tons. The steam vessels inwards fur the United Kingdom were—British,7l2in number, of 276,397 tons; and 2 foreigner), of 609 tons. The movements outwards by sailing vessels were—For England, 3,883 British vessels, of 1,914,553 tons; and 328 fureig.i, of 155.585 tons. For Scotland, 513 Brili-h vessels, of 303,206 tons; and 23 foreign, of 9395 tons. For Ireland, 142 British, of 73,235 ton", and 11 foreign, of 5097 tons. Isle of Man, 1 British vessel, of 202 tons; ind'for the Channel Isles, 57 British vessels, of 7852 tons. The total steam vessels outwards for the United Kingdom weie-76 British vessels, of 328,472 tons; and 2 foreign, of 1032 tons. In the foreign t'ade Ihe entries inwards for England were—l4,2ol Biilish sailing vessels, of 2798,409; and foreign, 17,819 ves-els, of 3,193,709. For Scotland, 1770 British vessels, of 324,147; and 310S foreign, of 420,381 tons. For Ireland, 602 British vessels, of 131,781 Ions; and 89J Foreign, of 231,276 tons. Isle of Man, 9 British vesstls, of 1003 tons; and 27 foreign, of 3343 tons. Clmnnel Islands, 1091 British vessels, of 54,500 ton ; and 338 foreign, of 25,202 tons, Outwards the foreign trade enlries were—l4,73s British Bailing vessels, of 3,221,608 tons; foreign, 19,196 vessels, of 3,610,160 tons, Scotland, 2106 Bri ish vessels, of 375,056 tons; and 3514 foreign, of 475.095 tons, Ireland, 86 British vessels, of 25,498 tons; and 112 foreign, 0f33,114 tons. Isle of Man, 4 British vessels, of 638 tons; ann 22 foreign, of 2687 lons. Channel Islands, 1087 British vessels, of 37,758 tons; and 333 foreign, of 20,894 tons. The entries of Steam vessels engaged in the Foreign Trade of tho United Kingdom were—i<67s British vessels inwards, of 3,705,553 tons; and 1792 foreign,of 682,880t0n5. Outwards tho entries were-8951 British vessels, of 3,494,995 tons; and 1010 foreign, of 653,001 tons. For the Channel Islands, inwards, 319 British vessels, of 39.180 tons, and 05 foreign, of 2994 tons; outwards, 317 British vessels, of 38,403 tons; and 65 foreign, of 2991 t<n% These entries vessels in Coasting, Colonial, and FormnTwdes'show two important fads—first, thai Weigh tonnage h.is largely increased; and-, secondly, that steam vessels have superseded sailing vessel* to a very considerable extent. As reg rds tho volume of business done, the Port of London stands at the head of all the others. Tho entries of British nnd foreign Bteiun nnd sailing vessels in wards for. Lmlou were 26,533 vessels of 6,711,622 tons; and oulwards, 16,128 vessels, of 3,749,073 tons i-fotiil, 42,661 vessels, of 10,461,195. Liverpool, whose aggregate tonnago of-British vessels is mure than that of London, had 12,007 entries of all classes inwards, of 4,224,447 tons; and outwards, 12,289 vessels, of ,4,0.10,705 tons;-total, 2J,8u2 vessels, ot 8,230,1& tons. ,-. Tho number of vessels built in tho United Kingdom, and registered as British ships, during 1865; were as follows :—'Sailing vessels, 806, of 150,500 tons, of timher; i.nl IK', of 85,055 tons, ofiWri; Steam vessel-, 38 of timber, of 2,267 tons; and34l of iron, of 177.382 tons. In the Britjsb,, Possessions vessels bF211.82l tons; 24 timber steam vessols, of 3,025 tons; and 7 of iron, of 404 tons, Total for United Kingdom and British Possessions,

1,794 timber-built sailing vossols, of 862,321 tons; mid 110 iron tossols, of 86,055 tons. Of steam vessels, 02 timber-built, of 5,292 tons; and 851 iron, of 177,840 tons, Tho vessels 'restored in tlti'UiiitedKiiigdonlin 1805 as nowshipsworoSiiiling!vbisclSi 910 of timbor, of 203,217 tons; nml UO'of iron, of 85,055 tons. .Stoatn vessels, 39 of-timber, of 2,977 tons, and'34o of iron, of .178,70$ Wns ;—total,- 1,417 vossols, of 470,010 tons. Tho nverago incroaso of British tonnage is about 100,000 lons per annum, To keep up, therefore, tho requisite tonnage, thorp must be a certain number of vossols built yearly to supply the place of those lost or brokenup, in addition to tho yearly augmentation of 100,000 tons. Tho vessels wrecked belonging to tho United Kingdom last year aro said to bo 571, of 157,020 tons. This wo boliovo to bo considerably below tho mark. Thoso broken up woro 09 in number, of 18,402 tons, Tho vossols sold and transferred were 1,437, of 335,815 tons. Of tho now vessels registered at Ports in tho United Kingdom in 1865, Canada contributed 11 vessels, of !U3l tons; Now Brunswick, 12 vessels, of 10,646 tons; Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 4 vessels, of 099 tons; and l'rineo Edward Island, 1 vessel, of 141 tons. Of foreign built vossols there were also registered 85 vossols, of 34,282 tons. Whilst, therefore, tho Colonies supplied us with 28 Tessols, of 20,530 tons register, foreign countries contributed aboTo three times that number of vessels, and 13,762 tons moro. Taking repeated entries at tho Custoin-uouso, our trade with France employs, apparently, tho greatest number of vessels and tonnagoj next to France, the British North American Colonies j and thirdly, the United Statos. The shorter tho voyage, the fower ships are required to carry on a trade. If wc were to take the actual number of vessels employed during a year, and give a singlo entry to each, tho French trade would bo found to engago a smallor number of vessels than is taken up in many of the distant countries. But the trade between England and Eraneo is tho most valuable. In ten years the imports and exports, added together, from and to France, rose

from twenty millions sterling to fifty millions, and the trade is likely to extend with the increase of wealth and population. Next to France comes British India, and then tho Colonies and United States.— Mitchell's Maritime Register, Juuo 23