SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2099, 17 October 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARUfVALS.

til. 11 M. s.s., liUncli-, :i guns. M>mt.<"nK-ry. fr'in ■\V» 7:i» u'ton -Ahead. s.s., Faniulr.r, from \\ ansarei. I'.iim rj;!.' i>.s„ I.VJMin. T. Chrisp. fn.m i.ussl-U. V:,»-,-arci. cutter. .V.m «•»«>. K.,r.i!'.vo.-tl), l.ri.-.'ntinc, II:'. tons. MckiMl::ie, finm 1 'i'uiu-din, schooner. c,.\ .1. Mewart. from Oil!:'. U'll. . . - . Bfc-.v-iii-i .Icisie, three-nasti-l si-tiTuicr, Is, toll". J McKaelien. from Lvttelt'm. Wai'e. brig. 171 ton*. .1. l'allant, from Oamaru. "Merlin, nettonner. 42 tons, Votes. from Fiji*. -dwell. Uetcli. :« tons, Kmrick, from Vaiiesiroa. <tiki, schooner, -1-2 tons, 'taker, from Opotiki. DEPARTURES. p.s. Munille. for \Y.ui::arei. »V.i.nUt. schooner. « tons. Lewis, for Ivist Coast. Eliza, cutter,SO ton., Sellars, for Taurans!#. PROJECT HI) 1)!-:L'AR!'UKK>. L.-n:-on. -KxecUlor, AWin':i:-, an;l t'oiinlc.ss of Kin Sy:.s-::v.'-. tVtyof McKntunw, li.-ro. ;aail Auckland, \V::s 1." N'OTON AMI Sonne;:-. I'OKTS. 1.0r.l AsliU-y. t...i!ay ; st,.rui i:i..l. 5.,.. to-day: l'luebc, early. Ti::»n.\si. -I'll'el.e, s.s.. early. N - Comeran.', T -day ; Lord Ashlej, s.s.» ;.>• lav. Xr-.*-n.;:. Crishna. to-day. F« !-. Kauri. to day. T.m ::\noa.— l/ml Ashley, to-day. xe<>V:Ls EX:Pl<:ctkij. Citv of Melbourne. «.s.. from Honolulu. il.-.i.. - from Sydney and Melbourne. Auckland, s.s., from Sydney. A. ;t .ship, from London -sailed Au^t City oi'.Vuekland. ship, from London to .sail Aug. • Tna.U'U, ship, fro.n London loading . Qui- li-e, ship, from London. < Fir:h of the Clyde, b;u\|iie, from via \\ el lin/ion. barque, from Liverpool - sailed.lune *27 . Alv:; C i.ueron. lunate, from New \ ork v;:; Sydney sailed dune H» - Ka: •. Kir.pie. t'n-m Sydney barque. from Liverpool -loading . C i -'.unco, barque. from Sydney. 11,-'.,.' from Newcastle. Prine- Alfred, schooner, from Tahiti. Struthn.iViT, sehooner. from Lyttelton.

IMPORTS.

Per brig Y»"av<\ from Oamaru. —1070 bags flour. ;!L bags pearl barley, 30 ditto wheat, 31:; ditto bran, 139 ditto wheat, 120 ditto bran, 002 ditto oats. — G. \\\ Uiiiiiey. agent. Per schooner Agnes Jessie, from I.ytteltoti- — M_'S potatoes. 2SO sacks llour. Go li'illf.if'k- ilitti\ 27 bags bran. 32 ditto oats, G. W. Bi;::.cv ; 2iio ba-.- wheat, Thornton, Smith and I-'irlli ; GO bags bran, 2S ditto barley, 12 oats, J. Meiiaehen. —G". A\ . Bitiney, agent. L'cr schooner [venilwort.il, from I'ijis:—■> tons oil, 10 tons dried coacontit, Cruieksj; .:d;. Smirt, and Co. (agents). c, r scl.o mcr !>une<iin. from Oamaru : 12S _..;.-ks wheat, 5o ditto llour, 50 half-sacks flour, 100 quarter-sicks fl utr. 10 sacks pearl bar'.er, tr. \V. liinney ; 70 sa.-ks Hour, 2'o sacks" bran, 70 sacks -harps, J. Mason ; 250 sr..' ;s tlour, -IS sacks oats, 150 sacks bran. Stewart. —Master, a^'ent. Blanche arrived in haroour early ve.-t -r.l'iv morning, from \\ .>n, bringing despr.thes for his Kxccllency the Governor, recei-.vd bv the last Su.-z Mail. L'he Uhinchc left Wellington oil the lOlli instant, and exper:.en"C 1 easterly winds throughout. Xite s.s. L.ird Ashley wili leave for the Southern ports to-day. The s.s. Go-Ahenii arrived in harboi.r yester.ir.y morning from Wa'i .arci, bringing 25 la 1 cattle, a few tons produce, an tld passengers. ;"_Xhe p.s. Samson came off the patent, on Saturday morning, and mailed for »V angarei at G p.m. with several pa-sengers and general cargo. Tiie p.s. Comerang arrived from the Bay of Islands yesterday afternoon, bringing a full cargo of coals anil several passengers. The Comerang is announced to leave for Kapier to-day. 'l'he bri:j Wave, Capt. Pelbmt, left Oamaru on the evening of Fri lay, the 7th iust.; parsed the East Cape on Friday at 10 p.m.,_ and arrived in harbour yesterday morning, after a goo 1 passage. She brings a cargo of grain for Mr. G. W. Binney. She experienced can and winds throm_'hout.

The brig Centaur, IS3 tins, Capt. Hilton left Canterbury for this port on the 7th ins:..

with tits following cargo : —iS5 ?aeks barley, j 1130 uiito oats, t>so ditto beans, 109 dirto | flour, IS!) b :<*< ditto, 35 sacks sharps. S > ditto j bran. 27 bags il->ur, ea-es hams and bacon, 2 kegs lard, C 55 sacks wheat, G. Hutchinson, juu. The schooler Ivate Grant-arrived at Tjevuka 013 the 3rd instant, and the cutter Volunteer on the previous day. The smart little schooner Merlin returned to port yesterday morning from the Fijis. She left Lrvuka on the sth instant, ar-.d i sighted Cape Brett on the morning of j 12th instant, after a good run of six days. 1 ."Experienced 3.E. winds during the passage, and wis becalmed on the coast for two days. Pas-engers:—Mr. AVhitiey and Mr. F. U. Grey. Ihe schooner Opotiki arrived in harbour from Opotiki on .Saturday afternoon, with the following cargo:—3so bag? m-iize, 20 ditto barley, 45 pig?. Passengers : —Mr. Kelly and three natives. The schooner Dunedin, Capt. Tames Stewart, has made a good passage from Oamani, having left there on Friday, the 7th insfc. She experienced northerly winds t-j the East Cape, which was pushed on Friday evening tit 8 p.m., thence liylit easterly winds till arrival. Xhc Agnes Jessie ii a three-masted schooner, and is only seven days out from Lyttelton, having left that port in company with the brig Centaur on Saturday, the Sth inst. Capt. McEachen reports strong N.W. winds during the iirst part of the passage, pissing the East Cape on Friday last, a". 4 p.m. Siuce then fresh ea?terlv winds. The fir.e schooner Kenilworth returned from the Islands yesterday afternoon, her appearance on rounding the heads, wit h the loss of her fore-topmas', showing that sho had seen some stormy weather. Captain McKer.zie informs us that, iie lefr Levuka, Fiji, on the sth in.tant, and had fresh trades. On the first night after leaving—the U*Ji instant —and during a strong »alo and n heavy head «ea, the schooner lost her fore topmast by the cap. The yards were fortunately saved, but the running gear and sails hud to be cut away. The vessel worked well under fore-and-aft canvas, and in her crippled suae made Cape Brett at daylight on Wednesday last, only six daj's out, and has since then been becalmed on the coast. Passengers—l'npt-iin Ellis, Messrs. Smith, Levy, Pritolmrd, and Wright. The schooner Strathnaver arrived at Lyttelton from this port on the sth instant. The schooner Colonist cleared at the Customs on Saturday, for East Coast, with a general cargo. AViieck.—By the schooner Merlin we learn of the total loss of the Auckland built cutter America. We have no particulars beyond the fact that she was lost at Mango oti the 9th instant. The America was the property of Messrs. Ryder Bros. The Two Brothers, from Taumnga Creek, brings 11 cases butter, 6 dozen eggs, 1 ton luggage. 'The cutter Mary Eliza sailed for Tauranga on Saturday, with 21 head cattle, 10 case.i brandy, 2000 bricks, 20 bu-hels lime, 10 packages sundries—M. iNiccol, agent. The cutter Aquila was ro leave Levuka for this port on the Gth instant, calling at Kewi, to land some horses. The regulations for preventing colli-ions at sea, issurd in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 18tj2, have been published in pampldet form by the Government of 2fc\v Zealand, and are issued gratis to masters and mates of vessels. This arrangement is highly commendable, and we hope that the Regulations will find a place in the cabin of every Auckland vessel.

FIJI.

iiTv. Cudhp oli'ered for sale by auction, on Wednesday, the cutler Aquila. The price oiiered did not elieefc a change in (lie ownership. The Marion Ronnie proceeded to the southTwd along the r?cf, on Tuesday. She is to

be sunk, to clear her of rats and cockroaches, i after which slit: will bo thoroughly cleaned. We understand that the Coquette, sine:; the sale, has completely broken up, and nut a vestige of her remains oil the reef. The schooner Van Tromp, after nil absence of seven week?, ariived IVom Tanna on Thursdav, with -11 laborers. Captain Jones reports having spoken ihe schooner Onward atApai, three wee'.<3 since, with seven laborer?. TiufS, Oft. 1.