Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 901, 3 October 1866, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

A 'JCILAND. " Weather.—Octobers—Showery. Wine IV. SAW VESSELS IN HAKBOTJB. H.M.S.S. Challenger, from Plymouth. H.H.S.S. Ouracjoa, from Sydney. H.M.S.S. Eek, from Wellington. H.M.S.S. Eclipse, from Sydney. H.M.S.S. Falcon, from Norfolk Tsland. Auckland, s.B„ from Sydney. Aipasia, schooner, from Canterbury via Tauranga. Benjamin Heape, barque, from Sydney. Dragon, barque, from Sydney. Free Trader, barque, from Newcastle, N.S.W. Harriet King, schooner, from Newcastle. ICate Grant, schooner, from New Caledonia "via Lord Howe's Island. Monarch, ship, from London. Norwood, ship, from London. Novelty, barque, from Sydney. Nautilus, cutter, from Xapier. Neva, schooner, from the South Sea Islands. Pegasus, ship, from London. Biam, ship, from London. Thane of Fife, schooner, from Napier. Tauranga, schooner, from Tauranga. VESSELS EX PHOT ED. Au Eevoir, schooner, from Newcastle, N.S.W. Blue Pell, schooner, from Tahiti. Bella llary, barque, from Hobarc Town. Oosaipora, ship, from London, 3 d.p., 8917., sailed July 12. Chile, ship, from London, (loading). Eliza Blanohe, brig, from Melbourne, sailed September 19. Ida Zeigler, ship, from London, 3 d.p. 76., sailed July 26. Sate, bai que, from San Francisco. Lord Ashley, s s., from the South, (duo oth instant). Mataoka, ship, from London (loading). Mnyola, barque, from Leith. Maori, ship, from London, (loading).. Princess Alice, brig, from Sin Francisco. Saucy Lass, schooner, from Napier. Star of the South, s.s., from Napier. VFinterthnr. ship, from London, 2 d.p. 5953, sailed June 25. Zillah, schooner, from Tahiti. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Siam, for London; Monarch, for Melbourne; Free Trader, for Newcastle, N.S.W.; Neva, for tho South Bea Islands; Siam, for Hobart Town; Lord Ashley, s.s., for the South ; Norwood, for -Java ; Pegasus, for Callao ; Auckland, s s., and Harriet 1 Sing, for Sydney : Tauranga, for Tauranga ; Novelty, for Adelaide; Eapid, and Hope, for Opotiki. ARRIVALS OOTOBEB 2—Nantilu;, cutter, 29 tons, Bushell, from Napbr, Tia the East Coast, and Mercury Bay, with sawn imber, sundries, &c., 1 passenger.—T. W. Brown, agent. 2—Miranda, cutter, 23 tons, Judd, from Mansa■wai, with produce, &c., 9 passengers.—Edmonds and Jakins, agents. INWARDS COASTWISE. I OCTOBEK 2—Wanderer, from Coromandel, in ballast, -t passengers. - OCTWABDS COASTWISE. | OCTOHER 2—Comet, for Matakana, in nallast, 1 passenger ; Glance, for Matakana, with sundries, 5 passengers; Elizabeth Ann, for Puhoi, in ballast; Harvest Home, for Cabbage Bay, in ballast. INWARDS INTER-PROVINCIAL. OCTOJiBE 2—Nautilus, cutter, 29 tons, Bushell, from Napier, via the East Coast and Mercury Bay, with 1,800 feet »awn timber, sundries, &c., 1 passenger.—T. W. Brown, ag=nt. OUTWARDS FOREIGN. OCTOIIEB 2—Auckland, s.s., 533 tons, Harris, for Sydney, "Passengers—llr. and Miss Edwards. Miss Mitchell, Colonel and Mrs. T.ocke, 12 officers and 850 soldiers, SOth Regiment.—H. M. Jervis, agent. EXPORTS. Per Auckland, for Sydney: 1 box gold (69 ounces), Bank of Auckland ; 1 box of gold (230 ozs. 0 dwts.), Bank of New Zealand. THE S.S. AUCKLAND. The Panama Company's steamship Auckland, Lieutenant Harris, R.N.R., commander, cleared at the Custom House yesterday, for Sydney, with a quantity of gold, and several passengers, full particulars of which, will be found in our Customs' clearances. This vessel, which has been fitted up in the most creditable manner for the accommodation of some 300 troops, by Mr. A. Duthie, shipbuilder, Custom-house-street, will sail at ten a.m., to-day, with the Lead-quarters of the 50th Regiment in command of Colonel Locke. The Auckland was finally surveyed and passed yesterday by Captain Spain, Transport officer, when everything was pronounced highly creditable and satisfactory both with the arrangements on the part of the Companyjand the contractor for the fittings. The Nautilus.—The cutter Nautilus, Captain Bushell, arrived in harbour at an early hour venter day morning from Napier via the East Coast and Mercury Buy, bringing a cargo of sawn timber, «undries, &c. She reports experiencing bad weather throughout. The schooners Saucy Las.s and Hoso Ann were in company on the coast, loading for this jport, and may be hourly expected. The cutter Miranda, Captain Judd, arrived in iarbour yesterday from Mangawai, with a small .cargo of products and 9 passengers. Tlie P.S.Z & A.R.M. Co.'s b.s., Auckland, sails for Sydney at 10 a.m. this morning with the following passengers. Saloon—Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. Miss Mitchell, Mrs. Locke, Dr. McKiunon, 57th Ilegt., Colonel Locke (in command), Captain Eden, Adgt. Barker, Paymaster Nowlan. Quarter-master Turner, Lieutenants White, Campbell, Preston, Allardine, Ensigns Wynyard, and—Soote, Surgeon Frazer. 2nd Cabin—3l7 men, 29 women, and 35 children -60th Begt., 1 sol'iier, 1 woman, 1 child, A.H.C..2 soldiers, 1 wo:ran and 2 children, 12t'i Kogt.— 'Total 437. She also takes 1 box gold. (230 ozs, 50 <iwts.) Bank of New Zealand, and 1 box gold dust (69 ozs.) Bank of Auckland, and a quantity of baggage, ammui ition &c., for the Commis-ariat. New Design foh. a Ship's Lifeboat.—Captain Hire, of H. M.S. Orontes (troopship), has inventeda new boat for steamships. It is stated that the ecrenhaving superseded paddle-wheels in these vessels the old paddle-box li r ebout is lost ;is a means of saving life at sea, or of landing quiekly uny large body of troops. It is with a view to m-.et this deficiency that the plan now proposed as tho joint design of himself and Mr. John White, shipbuilder, of (ov.; has been so far matured. A boat is to be built for the Orontes, which will also serve as a bridge. It •arill be ten feet in width and fifty feet long, the of the ship, and will be constructed on Lamb : aud White'** patent. When launched from the ship .and filled to the gunwale with water, it will, bv tzneans of air cases, bs able to carry 150 men, each jnan carrying with him twenty pounds of food or ■Btores The boat is mount'd athwart the ship's ■deck, as a "bridge," on a platform which i 9 nothing anore or le=s than a set of launching ways, the keel of the boat fitting in a groove, and tho bilges of the fco&fc resting on the side " These ways are pivoted in the centre on stou'.. stanchions, and their ■ends are held in position over the Bhip's hammock ■netting on each tide by screw stanchions. If tho 3)Oat has to be lowered the screw stanchions are lowered on the side required, the port opened and the boat on its way lowered down until the lower end of the Wttye rest on the Bhip's side over her waterway. The striking up then of an ordinary dogshoro releases the boat, and sends her off and afloat alum'aide the ship. In getting her in again, two threo-fold tackles, from davits fixed at each em! of the waje, lift one end of the boat on the lower end of the inclined ways; another tackle from their farther end hauls the boat into it* seat; the ways and boat are then Bwayed into position agaiD, screw stanchions are Bet up and fastenings made gmd, and the whole has ~y become i a bridge again,—jPimes*

Rock Oil as Steam Fuel.—A sories of experiments with a view to the practical application of imnerjil oil as a steam fuel, was completed on the 7th instant, at the Woolwich Dockyard with success, and results have been obtained unequalled in importance in respect to the raising of steam for machinery Binco the first and original application of coal for that purpose. About eighteen ago months Mr. C.J. Richardson submitted his method of burning petroleum through ft porous material (such as loam, charcoal or coke, lime, brick, and tho like, which formed, as it were, an incombustible floor or continuous wiek) t" the consideration of Admiralty, and shortly afterwards, upon the favourable report 'the officer who was directed to inspect tho illustrative apparatus, Mr. Richardson received permission to make practical trials at his own expense in the dockyard. At first the oil was burnt in a movable grate, the patentee having been deterred from trying the use of a gteam jet through the unfavourable reports of the American savant Dr. Fisher ; but subsequently Mr. Richardson, having succeeded in convincing the Admiralty authorities of tho practieability of effectively burning mineral oil through a porous material, farther facilities were afforded him to perfect and apply his method to steam boilers. In the course of these trials it became evident that a Superheated 6team jet could be employed with advantage, and this means was resorted to in various ways with more or less promising offects; but very recently the suggestion wa3 made of conveying tho steam jot continuously along the whole porous floor of the furnace, and tho result lia3 been a perfect combustion of tho oil, and an all but entire absence of smoke ; indeed, so equably can the adjustment of tho quantity of oil to the furnace and the superheated steam admitted to insure its entire combustion be made, that a movement of tho oil tap or steam tap tho breadth of a lino will destroy the equilibrium, and causo a generation of smoke greater or less according to the divergence from the proper register. The Captain on the deck of a ship could thitf, by a glance at the top of the smoko funnel, tell at once whether the engine tiros were in proper order, for generation of smoke with rock oil indicates loss of power, and does not, like the clouds from our co il steamers, show a rapid, but, on tlie Contrary, an imperfect, combustion of the fuel. In thD case of the oil. in Mr. Richardson's method, »> glass tub ' like that of the steam register allows the height of the intlow to be seen and to be regulated to any height, so as to admit just the right quantity to the furnane. Whether we regard the advantage whioli oil will ijive to our war ships, of raising above ISlb. of water into steam bv a pound of oil instead of 101b by a ponnd of coal, aud which practically means that they can do nearly twice l tie work, or keep twice as long at sea with no more weight of fuel on board by burning oil instead of coal, or whether we regard the diminished requirements of stowage for fuel, and tho consequent profitable application of the balance of ship-space to tho freightage of additional cargo in the vessels of the Mercantile Marine, or the general cleanliness and effectiveness of the oil fuel over the dirty emokv Coal, there is equal reason for congratulation in the results of these decisive trials. The actual work yesterday under all temporary difficulties was, with Torbane-hill oil, 370 a lb. of water evaporated by 20S lb. of oil in six hours and ten miuut-is, or IS 04 lb. of water evaporated per lb. of oil. Considering the circumstances under which this important result =-as obtained, it may he that with a new boiler and furnaces of sufficient strength and dimensions, from 22 to 2(i lb., or oven more, may be dono with the Torbane-hill oil ; and. further, from the very great rapidity with which it could evidently be burnt, that a volume and pressure of steam could bo got from this material far bevond any competition on the part of coal.—Mitchell's Steam Register, June loth.

POET OF ONEHUNGA.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. OCTOIIKIi 2—Emma Jane, 31 tons, James Wilson, master, for llokitika, with 16,000 feet timber, 3,000 bricks, order.—K Gibbons &■ Co., agents. 2—Egmont .s.s., 30S tons, J. Y. Hall, master, for Taranaki and Southern Ports, with 3 cases tobacco, under bond, for Hokiiika, Dutv paid and free goods for Nelson :—-3 boxes gold (£15,000) Union Bank, 1 parcel and 1 box. 1 case, Scott, for Taranaki. Passengers:—Saloon—Chief Justice Moore and Mrs. Moore, D. C. G. Cattell, Mr. Lewis, Mr. A. Bull, Mr. Carter (-), Mr. Cruickshank, Mr. and Mrs. Corwick, Mi=s Corwick, -Mr. Outhwaite. Steerage—Messrs. Campbell, Whithers, Maclean, P. Ryan, Maguirc, Campbell, Boneface, S'owsrby aud 2 children, Cox.— H. Al. Jervis, agent. The s.s. Egmont, Captain J. V. Hall, etoamsd from oSf the White Bluff at 3 o'clock p.m. yesterday, for Taranaki and Southern Ports. The s.s. Queen, Captain Krecft, will sail from Onehungathis day at noon, for Taranaki and Southern Ports. The s.s. Rangatira will Eail from the new ttovernment Wharf this day at noon, for Taranaki, Wanganui, anu Wellington.