SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 5019, 17 December 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND. HIOH Watkr, To-day: 3.43 morn.; 4.15 even. HiqhWatkk, Manukau: 6.33 morn.:7.loeven. THB Son : Kises 4.42 ; seta 7.12. The Moqn : Full, 20th, 11.30 p.m. ARRIVALS. December 15. lona, 5.8., Farquiiar, from Russell and North Cape.—A. McGregor, agent. Hauraki, p.s., (Jakes, from ui tarsi (in tlie Manukau). —A. IJarues, agent. * Nellie, schooner, Armstrong, from the Thames.—G. "W. Owen ami Co., agents. Golden Isle, schooner, "Watts, rroin Kussell. —Master, agent. Policeman, schooner, from Kussell. —Master, acent. Lizzie, cutter, Ricketts, from Wangapoua. C. A. Harris, agent. Bessie, cutter, from* Kennedy J>;iy. blaster, ajrent. . , t _ Fanny Kelly, ketch, McKmnon, from Wangaroa.—Master, agent. DKCKMBEK lu.

Taranaki, s.s., Kennedy, from the South (in the Manukau). Passengers : Saloon—Mesdames Uussill, McHugh, Overton, Misses Smales, Mowatt, Waller, "Webb, Nicholson, Myers, Messrs. Warnock, Beaver, Barnes, Afoajlum, Koberts, liussell, dialing, Sharlaud, Mowatt, Hursthouse, Hill, Myers, Milner, ami eight steerage. —Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Restless, brig, Fleck, from Newcastle. — Henderson and Macfarlanc, agents. Linda Weber, brigantinc, .Julia McKenzie, from Timaru.—D. H. McKenzie, ngent. Kuby, schooner, Cocktield, from Kussell. — Master, agent. Atalanta, schooner, from Waitara (in the Manukau). —Master, agent. DEPARTURES. December 15. Nellie, schooner, Armstrong, for Lyttleton via Kapler.—G. W. Owen and Co., agents. December 16. Amaranth, schooner, Campbell, for"N\aitara (from the Manukau Heads). —Master, agent. ENTERED INWARDS. Minnie Hare, schooner, 40 tons, frcm Napier, with G tons banes, SI hides, and 2 bundles sheepskins. Golden Isle, schooner, 7S ton 3, Matzcn, from Russell, with 9S tons coal. Nellie, schooner, GG tons, Armstrong, from Thames, with 50,000 feet sawn timber. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Nellie, schooner, 06 tons, Armstrong for Napier, with 50,000 feet timber, 130 kegs powder. Pearl, ketch, 49 tons, Loverock, for Friendly Islands. IMPORTS. J_A spical cha-ijo is made for consikjuins' inserted it) this column. I Per s.s. Taranaki, from New Plymouth and the South : 1-100 tram mils, G kegs nails, 15 cases, 7 kegs, 9 bales hops, 3 parcels, 1 bag, 4 bales fungus. Per brig Restless, from Newcastle : 430 tons coal. Per brisantinc Linda Weber, from Timaru ' 50 sacks oatmeal, 140 bags (100s) flour, 2SO bags (50s) flour, 110 sacks (200s) iluur, 2G2 sacks ■wheat. 1040 sacks wheat, John Lamb. EXPORTS. Per schooner Nellie, for Napier : 50,000 feet timber anil 130 keg:* powder. Per ketch Pearl, for Friendly Islands : 225 cases geneva, 35 cases brandy, 16 cases gin, 5 cases schnapps, 3 cases tobacco. 10 CAses keroseue, 2 quarter-casks rum, 10 gunnies and 5 bags sugar, 1 case perfumed spirits, 5 cases vestas. 45 boxes soap, SO tins biscuits, 40 tins flour, 1G cases oysters, 10 kegs and 10 casks beef, 5 bales, 4 cases drapery, 1 gun. 51bs. powder, 1 ritle, 5 cases vestas, Owen and Graham.

Inwards Coastwise.—Firefly, schooner, from the Wade, with 8 bales wool, GOOO shingles, 3 "bags gum ; Lake Erie, ketch, from Orewa, with 2000 feet ship's planks; Mana, cutter, from Jtussell, with 4S tons coal. Outwards Coastv\*ise. —Firefly, schooner, for the Wade, with 2000 feet timber and 25 packages; Wahapu, cutter, for Wairoa, in ballast; Fawn, cutter, for Russell, with stores ; Maul of the Mill, ketch, for Ngunguru, with stores. The schooner signalled on Saturday afternoon turned out to be the three-masted schooner Policeman, from Russell. The schooner Amaranth sailed from the Manukau Heads on Saturday afternoon for Waitara, wHU a cargo of timbei. The schoouer Atalanta arrived at the Manukau Heads yesterday afternoon from Waitara or "Wellington. The ketch Pearl cleared at the Customs on Saturday for the Friendly Islands, and will sail during to-daj. The p.s. Hauraki, from Waitara, arrived in the Manukau on Saturday afternoon, with a cargo of cattle and sheep. She is advertised to sail for .Raglan at noon to-day. The New Zealand Shipping Company intimate that all wool for the ship City of Auckland must be in the company's shed on or before the 22nd inst., or it cannot be received. The P.M. s.s. City of Sydney sailed from Sydney for this port on Friday evening, and is therefore due in harbour early on Wednesday morning, when she will s;iil at noon for Honolulu and San Fraucisco. The Union Company's s.s. Taupo. from the South, via East Coast ports, will arrive in harbour at an early hour this morning, having left Tauranga yesterday afternoon, She is advertised to sail for Russell this eveniug at 5 o'clock. The brig Syren, hence to Kaipara, was sighted by the s.s. lona a little to the south of the North Cape at G p.m. on Thursday. The brig was rattling away before a strong breeze, and hauled close up for the steamer to make her number out, when she stood off again. The schooner Nellie arrived from the Thames a Kttle before noon on Saturday, with a cargo of timber for Lyttelton. She called in here to receive 130 barrels of blasting powder for Napier, and having received them in the course of a few hours, resumed the passage southwards. The following new directions for entering the Manukau Harbour are published in the JYcir Zealand Gazette-:—"The South Head beacons are now adjusted in lino to lead the course of the Fanny Channel from the sea, bearing X.E. by N. by the compass. Care must be observed when drawing near Trmmere Shoal, not to open the South Head beacon southward, and to pay attention to the pointing of the semaphore arms for other guidance."

The Union Company's s.s Taranaki, Captain Kennedy, arrived at Ouehunga early yesterday morning from New Plymouth and "Southern ports, with passengers and cargo. The steamer left Lyttelton at 8.30 p.m. of the Sth. and was by 1.30 p.m. the day following ; sailed again at 4.30 p.m. of the 13th, and arrived at Picton at 9.30 p.m; Nelson, at- noon of the 14tli; and New Plymouth, at 7 a.m. of the 15th; arriving alongside Onehunga Wharf at Ga.m. yesterday. Experienced line weather all up the coast. We are indebted to Mr. 12djiiston, the purser, for reports and late files of Southern papers.

The s.s. lona arrived iu harbour early on Saturday morning from h»-r usual trip to the North. On the late passage the steamer was over on the Wesc Coast, having gone round to Messrs. Jones and Yates's station in order to allow a number of gentlemen an opportunity to examine the estate, which is soon to be sold. On rouudin,' the North Ca t >e homewards the steamer lost one of the blades of the propeller, but managed notwithstanding to keep good time. She was run on the " hard" on Saturday, and a new blade was immediately attached. The return cargo consists of 23 bales wool, 130 bags gum, G spars, and several tons of sundries. The steamer will return to Russell at Jive o'clock this evening.

The brig Kestless, Ciptai !i Fleck, arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon, from Newcastle, after a fair run of a little over 13 days. The vessel brings a large cargo of coal, ami is ileu[> ill the water having 430 tons on board. The captain reports leaving Newcastle on the evening of the 2nd inst., with a light X.K wind, •which shortly afterwards got round more to the ■westward, accompanied with thick weather and heavy seas, which lasted for 48 hours, moderating during the night of the 4tli. Tho "wind remained -within a point or two of this quarter until making the Three Kings on the Uth; thence along the coast S. to S.E. or head winds, having to beat all the way iilto harbour. In dropping alongside the hulk liell.i .Marina, where the cual is to be discharged, Captain James cut it rather too fine, and the brig, which had seared}' any way on her, grazed the starboard quarter of the hulk without, however, causing the slightest injury to either vessel.

The topsail schooner Linda "U"i,ber, Captain John McKcnzie, arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon, from Timaru, with a caigo of wheat and produce. Her entrance into the harbour yesterday completed her maiden trip, i.ud the captain speaks flatteringly, not on.j her speed, but also of her seagoing qualities, beiii" a thorough sea boat, and on a wind lias repeatedly done over 10 knots an hour, as marked off by the patent log. The '.vay she overhauled the brig coming up the harbour satislied many who were watching her performance that shefully eonfirms what her builders predicted she would do in the way of speed. The schooner left Timaru on the 4th, with light N.H. winds, which continued until the Sth, when a strong N.W. breeze set in, carrying them to Cape Palliser, which was passed at 11 a.m. of that day. The wind then veeied to E.N.U., ami held so until the 12th, East Cape bearing by compass 12 miles away. Across the I'.iy of Plenty had a bit of a slant, thence to port nothing but head winds and heavy seas.

The schooner Queen, hence to Hokianga, was sighted off the North Cape at 3 p.m. on Thursday.