SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2122, 9 October 1867, Page 2

SHIPPING.

LYI'TEI/TOW. ABRITBD, Oct. B—Blackwall, barge, S6 tons, Monroei from Ka'apoi. Oct. B—Annie, ltctch, 1} tons, Clarke, from Ea ; npoi. J;] Oct, B—Julia Ann, ketch, from Hoathooto, tn ballast. CLEARED, kck'h, for Hcathcoto, in.ballast. Oct, B—Annie, ketch, 14 tons, Clarko, for Kaiapoi. BAII.KD, Oct. 8-Crifhna, barque, ,S9& loiu, Thompson, forSvdncy. IMPORTS,

In the Blackwall, A. F. Gwatkin, agent: 15 tons potatoes, Walton, Warnor, and Co. '! Id the Annie, A. F. Gwatkin, agent: 19 tons potatoes, Walton, Warner, and Co.; 10 bags oats, G. Tayler. In th- Annie, A. F. Gwatkin, agent: 100 bdla standard!, 63 do iron wiro, 1 box, 1 pkg, Miles and Co.; 1 cask, 1 chest, 3 hf-cheats tea, 5 bags salt, O. boxeshcandles, 2 eases oil, 9 gunnies sugar, 18 mat.s dp, ; i cask do, Jbox b.oota, .1. cask almonds, 2 boxes.soap, 1 case drapery, 2 boxes raising 1Y Mbfton; 1 pig plough's, 8 bales woolsacks, 80 pkgs, 1 case, brandy, 1 case old tout, 3 tins nails, 22 casks beer, 3 qr-oasks rum. 3 iio whisky, Walton, Warner, »nd Co.; 9:1 cases geneva, ;Heywop'd.aud Co.; 6 toils wire, 5 bags salt, 5 do sugar, Order.

Expected Abbitaib, Taratua, s.s., from Wellington. Oct. 9, Taranaki, s.s;, from Wellington. Alhambra, s,s., from Melbourne, Via Dunedin and Bluff, Wellington, s.s,, from Dunedin. GVnniark, ship, from London. Mermaid, ship, from London.

Pbojkcied Departures. Tararua, for Melbourne, via Dunedin and the Bluff. .. Taranaki, s.s., for Dunedin. Alhambra, s.s., for Melbourne, via Northern porta. Oct. 14, Wellington, s.s., for Northern ports, at soon,

Lancashire Witch,, for Callao. Blue Jacket, ship, for l ondpn. Charlotte Andrews, barque, for Sydney. Bed Bovcr, ship, for London, from Timaru. Ybssbls ih Harbour, Blue Jacket, from London, Lancashire Witch, ship, nom London. Bed Rover, ship, froin London. Camille. barque, from Newcastle, Windhover, brig, from Newcastle, Canterbury, schooner, frohi Hokitika. Charlotte Andrews, barque, from, Sydney. : Young Australia, three masted schooner, from Sydney, Fawn, brig, from Newcastle. Lady Don, schooner, from Timaru,

Thk barque Crishna sailed yesterday for Sydney, and cleared tho Heads at three p.m., with a fine S.W. breeze. HEATHCOTE. ' Arrived.—Oct. 8, at Railway Wharf, Gazelle, 1,8., with general cargo, ex Hue Jacket; Mullogb, 1.8., with coal ex Corsair; .Rebecca Levy, barge, ißambler and Annie, cutters, with c al ex Charlotte Andrews. At Upper Wharf, Streamlet, joiooner, ..with cargo ex Gothenburg; Quiver, ketch, with timber, from Macintosh Bay; Randolf, schooner, with firewood, from Pigeon Bay. TELEGRAMS. Port Chaimkrs.—Oct. 7, 7.25 p.m., Craigellachie, brig, fiv.m Hobart Town. Nbls s.—Oct 8, 3 a.m., Gothenburg, from Wellington , 11 a.m., Egmont, from West Coast;: 11a.m., Storm Bird, for West Coast. Piciok.—Oct. 7, 8.45.; p.m., /Taranaki, froin Kelson; Bth, 2 a m., Taranaki, for Wellington Wbilisgtoh.—Oct. 7, 3.30 p.m., Rangatira, from l.ytWton; Btb, 7 a.m., Taranaki, from Picton; 7.30 a.m., Tararua; -from: Lyttelton; 3 a,m., Airedale, from Nelson.

The Isiahd of Opm.-The Island of Opara iwas first-, seen from the Ruahine at 9.30 a.m., distant;. twenty-five miles W. £-S. .Its ;appeafancei was very remarkable, on a nearer- approach, con- ; Agisting of a number of sharp, rugged. peaks from 2000 to 3000 feet above the levei.of the sea; On closer examination they appear to have been -thrown up by volcanic action, as the shoulders of the mountains are covered by soil lying in those peculiar layers known to geologists as'of aqueoui formation; and through these. layers the rugged peaks appear to have been.'violently thrust, disarranging and 'twisting/, the. 'stratia -in/an extraordinary manner.- . The harbour is protected on three sides by high land; in fact it may be described as a ravine running towards the centre of the island, becoming very shallow aa it goes inland, and protected to seaward by coral reefs. rising up alinoit to the surface of the sea. The whole harbour has been surveyed, and the passage .through the reels buoyed by Messrs Quayle and Lusher, officers in the Panama Company's service; The Buahine proceeded into the harbour at halfspeed with the greatest ease, and was at once placed alongside the coal-ship Midas and wiih the assistance of her excellent steam machinery tbe coaling proceeded at the rate of 25 tons an .hour. Many passengers visited ttie ; shore, and; .scaling the liilfs. were rewarded by a most magnificent view. The harbour, was seen to extend inland about two miles,-with many waterfowl sporting in the calm waters atithe.western to: seaward the. coral reefs, with the passage through them, were as plainly visible through the iilue sea at in the best delineated chart, The valleys are filled with dense scrub, amongst which were aome splendid ■peeimens of the tree-fern. The island contains about 7000 acres of land available for grazing purposes; the grass ia coarse and scanty, but the wild goose seems to thrive upon it. The natives are a simple, harmless race, about 200 in number, TJpon the summits of the highest peaks are the extensive remains of native fortifications, con- j atructed of hewn stone, well squared and smoothed.; Some of these stones are two tons weight, and a cement has been used to unite them which is of great tenacity and hardness. The natives say these were erected many moons ago, when the natives were very numerous and made war upon each other. They eay they are determined to have no more war, and have therefore sold or destroyed all their weapons, They are very intelligent, and many of them are being taught to read by native missionaries. Their language is much like the Maori, and they are readily conversed with in that language. Excellent balianas, jam! 1 , taro, and cab l agc-s are plentiful, and upon these and fish, particuarly crayfish, the natives subsist. A seam of indifferent coal exists in a part of the is'and, which is almost inaccessible, but still tho natives get enough of it to use for cooking purposes. In the centre of the island stands a huge mass of rock, haying the appearance of a number of columns cemented together. Areniarkable tunnel wai. observed to. perforate this curious relic of lygone convulsions, and the sky being visible through this window as it were, gave'to the whole, the semblance of a huge half-ruined tower. Tbe cocoanut formerly abounded, but they were all killed a few years ago by a blight; A supply of nuts has been sent for to Tahiti, to be planted in ■uitable situations. In May last, tho French man-of-war Latouche, Captain Quentiii, called at the island, and having bought the sovereignty fro the King fora gallon of rum and;^som? old clothes, itoisted the Hag of the Tahitian Protectorate. This flag was kept llyingat the^missionaries' hbu-e and chapel during the Buahine'a visit. His dusky Majesty, having drunk all the rum, now begi s to repent oi' hi? bargain, and says lie hopes the English will always c-jme to his dominions, an l preserve 'them from alt intruders.;— New Zealand Times, Oct. 4.

( [The following directions to masters of v«s«el, for entering Kaueranga Creek, Thames goldfiold trercpo-iid inside tho harbour office, Auckland, on Aug. 20, for the information of masters trading to Kaueranga Notice is hereby givon thai a black (cask) buoy has . been placed off the entrance to Kaueranga Creek, one mile south of Tararii Point, arid lies in ten (10) feet at low water; spring tides, near to which small vessels waling fur flood tide, or otherWise, may (except in strong north-westerly winds) anclior'With safety. ~ . From the aiiovo mentioned buoy, two remark-., able c D'cal hills will bp seen bearing S.E. by E " 10 by compass; these hills kept in iine-wili lead t'l the first (can) buoy at tho entrance of tho creek; leaving-it-close-to on the stirboard hand, follow the course of theehannel—which is about thirty (30) fathoms wide, an I < near y dry at low wotbr- as indicated by four other similar buoys on llio right bit k, and slakes on the left, ut,/ to the landing-place; here.the channel deepens, and for some' distance above to six and seren feet at low water. ■ It ifi high water fall and change at about 7b, 30r.; range i f tide, ab ,'ut Bf. et. . :.Kotb—Vw»eN leavngllie erpek':at h'gh water elirm'd k«'i»i roc up to the liniv of b oya-tho .first quarter ol ebb ti 'o >o tng >'•< n.'ly over tho : across, tho thauhel tow!s Tararu n»,

Vesaola' fromAucklard hound to Kuuerauga Creek,, after passing through; the, eandspit passage, Waihoki, ehomd fteor bo as to pa-s about two.(2) miles N.N.E.of Oreri I'oint. ...Thoooai. pass' courso from tlionco to Tararu Poiut boing S.E. by E. i B.: rlista- ce, 10 miles. With reforenco to tlio abovo course it is (o ho obsorvod that tho strength of tho tido is about 1| knots—tho flood setting to tho south-east!",'