SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4748, 3 February 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET' OF AUCKLAND. High "Waieb, This Day: 10.7 mom. ; 10.26 even. High "Wateb, Manukau: 1.2 morn. 1.21 even. The Son : Kises, 5.22; sets. 7.5. Tub Moon : Last Quarter, uth, 4.39 p.m. ARRIVAL'S. Argyle, s.s., Stephenson, from "Wangarei. Atalanta, schooner, Morris, from Tairua. Magic, cutter, Jansen, from KusselL. Opotiki, cutter, Neil, from Opotiki. Maud, cutter, Bathurst, from Russell. Fawn, cutter, Evauson, from Russell. " DEPARTURES. Jane Douglas, s.s., Fraser, for Gisborne and Napier. Passengers : Messrs. H. M. Shepherd, AW Bennett, Levisolm, Murphy, and Nicholson. —Cruickshank and Co., agents. Gem, schooner, "Weeks, for Russell. '_ ' Thistle, cutter, Burke, for Russell. . v Xancsshire Lass, cutter, for Tauranga." ENTERED INWARDS. AtaUnta, schooner, 31 tons, Morris, from Tairua, .with 23,000 feet timber. Maud, cutter, 28 tons, Bathurst, from Russell, « with 48 tbns coal. ' Fawn, cutter, 28 tons, Evanson, from Kussell, with 40 tons coal. Magic, cutter, 30 tons, Jansen, from Kussell, with 45 tons coal. Opotiki, cutter, 25 tons Neil, from Opotiki, ■with 7 hides and 0 packages sundries. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Gem, schooner, "Watts, for Russell, in ballast. Lancashire Lass, cutter, Burke, for Tauranga, ■with 70. sacks flour, 1000 bricks, and 10 tons coal. EXPORTS. [A special charge Is made for consignees' names inserted in this column. 1 Per Jane Douglas, s.s., for Gisborno and Napier:—s2 packages, 1 case, 1 cask. For Gisborne: 1 cask, 1 parcel, 12 packages, 7 cases furniture, 10 packages drapery. 37 package, groceries, Owen and Graham.

The s.s. Go-ahead left Gisborne, on Thursday evening, and is consequently due to-day.

Tbe s.s. Howena left yesterday on her usual trip for Mercury Bay and Tauranga.

The ship Thurland Castle is now three months out from London, and is theretore about due.

The French barque Mirzapore has entered out for Puget Sound.

The brig- Transport entered out at the Cus torns yestorday for Newcastle.

The s.s. Jane Dougla« left last night, with cargo and passengers, for Gisborne, Napier, and other Eist Coast ports.

The barque Free Trader left Noumea on the 24th ultimo for Hokianga. She is to load with timber from the "Wangape bush. The schooner Pioneer, Captain Osborne, will clear out to-day for Melbourne, and probably sail for that port via the Bay of Islands.

The schooner Favourite, fromPenryhn Island, may be considered fully due, and we should not be surprised to see her arrive any day.

The s.s. Southern Cross will leave on Monday for Gisborne, Napier, and "Wellington, taking a cargo of 800 sheep from the Tamaki for McDonald's run, Gisborne.

The Union Co.'s s.s. Taupo will leave Onehunga to-morrow at noon, for Southern ports. Intending passengers will proceed from Auckland by the 11 a.m. train.

The s.s. Argyle arrived from "Wnngarei and Mangapai yesterday, with a laa-ge quantity of settlers' produce, 100 cases fruit, 50 cases produce, 3 tons gum.

The barque Glenlora commenced to load yesterday for London. The first lot of stuff sent below was tallow, and will be followed by wool, which is awaiting shipment in the sheds.

The schooner Canterbury, we understand, has been purchased for a pearl-fishing expeditition to Torres Strait. She will call at one of the Pacific Islands to engage deep sea. divers.

The AVanderer, cutter, on her last trip to the Barrier got ashore on the Harbour Rock, in the Eastern Passcge, and carried away her false keel. She arrived in harbour yesterday morning, and will go on the Gridiron to undergo repairs.

The damage inflicted upon the yacht Bisinarck by swamping on Regatta day is not so great as stated in yesterday's issue. The sum of £20, it is stated, will cover the loss. As the owner is not in in very affluent circumstances, a subscription list has been opened, to assist him in refitting the craft. Several gentlemen have liberally responded, and those desirous of doing so will find the list at Messrs. Oxley's.

Telegraphic advices from Russell state that the Magellan Cloud, whaler, left yesterday on a second cruise, after receiving extensive alterations in her gear and outfit, some of which ivere found last trip not stout enough. "We trust that she may be as successful this voyage as in the last, which will do much to encourage an industry which in former years proved a source of wealth to the community of Kussell.

The Brisbane Dry Dock.—Although th excavation for the dry dock at South Brisbane has been carried to a depth of 30 feet to oo feet below high-water mark, and is only protected from the river by a thin strip of the river bank left standing pending tho completion of the coffer-dam, there is no perceptible soakage into the excavation, tho perpendicular sides of which are so sound that shoring up has been found quite unnecessary. This must have been a fortunate thing for the contractors, but the public are likely also to derive an unexpected benefit from the same cause, as it is stated that the original intention of constructing the inner end of the dock of timber, with a view to facilitate its being lengthened on sonic future day, will not be carried out, the rock being sufficiently sound to serve as a wall. It is understood that the rock will be sloped back, so as to present a tolerably smooth face, and give fully 20 feet more length in the floor of the dock than is provided by the specifications, with an increasing space upwards, which will be of service in affording better light and ventilation in the dock than could be obtained from the original design. — Courier.

ExiKAOBDiNAP-v Steajung.—The following account of extraordinay fast voyages made by the White. Star Line steamer Britannic is taken from the Liverpool Mercury: —"Under the command of Captain Thompson, she has, for four voyages in succession, steamed from Queenstown to New York, and rice versa, under eight days, maintaining a remarkable uniformity of speed. The folio wing is the abstract in question :—Outwards : Voyages in 1870— Jan. 10, 7d. 16h. SGm.; July 11, 7d. 19h. 57m.; Aug. 12, 7<l. 20h. 4Gm.; Sept. 13, 7d. 17h. 37m.: average, 7d. lSh. 44m. Homewards : Voyages in IS7G-June 10, 7d. 19h. 4Sra.; July 11, 7d. 2-2h. 31m.; Sept. 12, 7d- 22h. 55m.; Oct. 13, 7d. Kill. 23m.: average, 7d. 20h. 25m. On the four outward trips the Britannic ran a distance of 11,21G nautical mile 3, being an average of 2804 per trip, which gives a speed of a little over 15 knots per hour, or 360 knots per diem. Homewards she steamed 11,549 nautical miles, or 2857 per trip, equal to 15'32 knots per hour, or 367 OS per diem. These consecutive performances are worthy of record, as they stand unrivalled in the annals of ocean navigation."