SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF OAMARU.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3971, 3 June 1885, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF OAMARU.

Jnne 3.— High water: 652 a.m,, 712 p.m.

VESSELS IN PORT, Ship— Dunedin.

ENTERKD INWARDS. June 2-MaiUi, s s, 163 tone, Dawson, from West Coast, J and T Meok, agents,

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Jnne 2-Maital, s s, 163 tons, P»wson, for northern and West Coast ports. J and T Meek, agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Peautlfnl Star, s s, from Dunedin, on Wednesday. . , .. Kenil worth, brigantine, from Mercury Mawhera, s ■, from West Coaist, on Wed. Alert, schooner, from Pelorus Sound, early.

PKOJECTED DEPARTURES. Beautiful Star, s j, for Dunedin, on Wednesday afternoon* Mawhera, s s, for northern and VVest Coast ports, on Thursday. lJuneuin, ship, for London, on or about 6th June.

IMPORTS.

Consignees per M<itai-Ship Dunedin, and J W Humphrey and Co,

EXFOjrio.

Per s s Maitai : For Wellington— loo fiks flour, 100 i do do, 200 £ do do, Giay and Aldrich ; 178 ski potatoes, L\ntott and Co ; 100 iks flour, 70 i do do, 100 £do do, 80 sks pollard, 50 sks catmeal, J and T Meek. For V\ estport— 2o *ks flour, J and T Meek, F>r Greymouth— 2s sks bran, J and T Mck.

The Black Diamond Ii er Mawhera is expeoUd here to-day with ooal from tbe West Oiast. bhe leaves to-morrow with produce, eto , for nonheru and v\ eat Coast ports. ' The Bteamer Janet Nicoll, subsidised by the New Zealand government to carry mails amongst the .South ulands. will arrive here on Friday morning fiom Dunedin, aod leuvea in th»- evening for LytCelton. Weilingt n, Napier, AuckUnd, t'ongo. Vavau, Samoa, *nd Tahiti. She will take cargo and pasoengers for' the -e places. Messrs J and i 1 Meok are >he agents.

THE S.S MAITAI.

The steamer MaiU , whioh arrived in port on Monday night, brought 300 tons of coal for the chip Dunedin. She was berthed •'oDgaida the Danedin, md during th« greater portion of yesterday was busily engaged in discharging coal into that veßeel. The Maitai is the late t addition to tbe BUok iJiam nd fl et of steamers, and ban baen Sj^ciilly deni^ned for carrying a larpe oargo on a lifcht draught. The Maitai, although not ao Urge as the other boats belonging to tbe black. Diamond line, has beea mo JeDed on the lat- at style of chipbuilding — a buat that c uubinos light draught with fair average speed and small consumption of fuel, She carries 3 0 tons of dead «vei^ht on a draught; of I Oil Gin aft and Sfo 6m forward, nnd is therefore capab c cf navigating <tt alm-st all times the sal w tarn cf tue Went Ciias harbors, tier con utnption ' f coal ib 5£ tons per day. this sm» 1 consumption being due to the fact that she is fitted with the latest description of aurfaca condensing ecginea. To avoid risk from bumping on the bin of the Weit toast harbori, tho Maitai h«s a falie bottom along her whole length. While she is essentially a cargo boat, she has a nicely fitted saloon aft, and a Indies cabin amiduhip The saloon is capable of aooummodattng 16 male passengers, and the provision for the comfort of ladies ia firac cUis The Matt i is the largest steamer ever bu it in the coluny, being of steel, her plates having been imported, and put together in Wellington. She should prove an acquisition to the Black Diamond line, and a handy trader to and from West Coast port*. The Maitai took 70 tons of cargo fur northern and West Coast ports, and eft last night at midnight for Timaru, her first port of call,