SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5066, 11 February 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF, AUCKLAND. HroH Water, To-day: 1L34Wrn.;;11.59eTen.. ( HroH WATKR.Manukau:2.29 morn.-f-eyen. The Sun :' Rises 5.20: sets 6.51. ' ;' Thb Moon : First Quarter, this day, 0.17 a.m. '■ A R R-tiiJ-A I/S." " c'' X v vjv February 9. lona, s.s., Farquhar, from Kussell and Northern ports.—A. McGregor, agent. Onward, schooner, Tankow, from Russell.— Master, agent.- - " 7Z~.i" , iC"-n Golden Isle, schooner, AYatts, from Russell. -Master, asect. Hover, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei. —Master, agent. -. .._,.— -- . | FEBRUARY. .10. Elsinore, schooner, Dam, from Russell. — Master, agent. : • Waiwera, schooner, Burrell, from Norfolk Island. Passengers: Rev. Mr. Penny, Mrs. Bryce and son. Miss Fairburn, Mrs. Kendall and family (C). — Master, agent. February 11.. Hawea, s.s., "Wheeler, from East Coast and Southern ports. Passengers : Saloon—Misses IQrby, Hobbs, Gorrie; Mesdames Mann, Firth, Wttkmson, Stewart, Prime, Close; Messrs. Hood, Harper, Kirby, Brook, Mann, Simpson, Keesdng, Adair, Pearce, Brabant, McCooey, Noble, Morrison, Peddin, Cooper, Gribble, Harrington, McGill, Ferguson, Hill, Wilkinson, "Wan-chop, 'Watson. Fraser, Dundas, Penner, Manning, Captain Head, Major.Tisdale ; and 10 steerage.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. DEPARTURES. . '.j :> . . Febbbary 9. . Gael, ,aohooner, Urquhart, for Dunodin, vm Wangapoua.— E. Oanlno, agent. Minnie Hrire, schooner, Skinner, for >iupier. —McKenzie and Ross, agents. • EKTBRBD INWARDS. Kriemhilda, 1 schooner, 36 tons,' Bathurat, rom Warigaroa., -with 30,000 feet timber. Onward, schooner, 32 tons, Pankow, from Russell, with's3 tons coal. Yisen, three-masted schooner, ISO tons, Stephens, fromDunedin, in ballast. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Vixen, three-masted schooner, ISO tons, Stephens, for Dunedin. IMPORTS... [A special charge is mado for eonslguees" names in-s-rted in this column. 1 Per s.s. Hawea, from Southern ports : 3 horses, 4 boxes, 35 cases, 17 casks sheep dip, 30 sacks malt, 4 parcels. Per schooner Waiwera, from Norfolk Island : ICO bananas, 4 bales, 5 bags wool, 5 cases sundries. . ' EXPORTS. Per schooner Vixen, for Dunedin : 130,000 feet timber. .

Ixwards Coastwise. — Firefly, schooner, ; .rom the "Wade, with 4400 shingles, 2 bags gum, 12 casrs fruit; Fawn, cutter, from Russell, with 40 tons coil ; Spitfire, cutter, from Russell, with 43 tons coal ; Ruby, s.s., from the Thames, iu ballast. 01-twards Coastwi3E.—Firefly, schooner, for the Wade, with 2000 feet timber, bone Just, and sundries: Spitfire, cutter, for Russell, in ballast: Mercury, cutter, for Tairua, in ballast. The Hauraki, p.s., will sail for Waitara on the 12th instant, at noon. The brigantine Ethel is now on the berth at Dunedin for Newcastle. The brigantine Flora, from the Thames, arrived at L-sttelton on the Ist inst. The Annie Hill, 12S tons, cleared at Dunedin on the 3rd instant, for Kaipara. The three-masted schooner Fairlie, hence to Lyttelton, arrived ou the 3rd inst. 'The schooner Transit, from the Thames, with timber, arrived at O.imaru on the Ist inst. The ship May Queen will haul into the tream through the day. She will sail for London at the latter end of the week. The berth about to be vacated by the ship May Queen, will be occupied by the ship Apellef. The brigantine Active will clear at the Customs, and sail through the day for the Friendly Islands. „ , „ . , The topsail schooner signaled on Saturtlay afternoon turned out to be the Golden Isle, from Russell, with coal. . The schooner Minnie Hare sailed on Sttunlay morning for Napier, with a cargo of railway iron and a quantity of general merchandise. The schooner Gael sailed on Saturday for "VVnngapoua, where she will load with a cargo of timber for Dunedin. The schooner \ r ixen, from Dunedin, entered in at the Onehunsa Customs on Friday. She is to load with l:W,O00 feet of timber at the mills cf Guthrie and Larnach (Limited), Manukau. Heads. ~.,. The schooner Rover arrived in harbour on Saturday night, with several passengers and the, following cargo :—4O tons coal, 3 tons of freestone (a sample), 4 tons of gum, and a quantity of produce. The P.M.S.S. City of Sydney left San Francisco on January 2lst, contract time, anu is, therefore, due in harbour on Wednesday. As the steamers have been making excellent time latterlv, it is not at all improbable that she may put in'appearance to-morrow afternoon. The Union Co.'s s.s., Taranaki is due in tne Manukau this morning from New Plymouth and Southern ports. She is advertised to sail South three hours after the arrival of the San Francisco mail steamer, rut will not be detained later than 3 p.m. on Wednesday. The s.s. lona, Captain Farquhar, arrived in harbour early on Saturday morning from Kussell and Northern ports. She brought numerous passengers and the folic wing cargo : COO bags gum, 4 tuns whale oil, 15,000 shingles, 20 easels fruit, and several tons produce. She returns to Russell this evening. _ _ The New Zealand Shipping Company milmate that the fine iron clipper barque Lorraiiie,_ will be placed on the berth for London immediately after" the discharge of her inward cargo. She has superior accommodation for saloon and steerage passengers, and as she will have . good despatch, intending passengers to EDgland would do well to inspect the vesseL Messrs. Brown, Campbell, and Co., the agents of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, announce that the Company' 3 splendid steamer Lusitania, 3825 tons register, will leave Sydney on Friday, the 22nd instant, for London, via the Suez Canal. The steamer is the most magnificent vessel that trades to the Australian colonies, and is reputed to possess the most capacious accommodation for saloon and. steerage passengers. Her recent quick passage to Melbourne and Sydney has become a household word among travellers, and it i 3 anticipated that she will make the;homeward trip in the 40 days. The Union Company's s.s. Hawea, 402 tons, Captain Wheeler, arrived at Auckland Wharf at 1 o'clock this morning. She left Dunedin at 2 p.m. on the 4th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the sth ; left at 5 p.m.", and arrived at Wellington at 9.30 a-in..on the6th; left at 4.15 p.m. on the 7th. and arrivedat JNapier at 2 p.m. on the Bth; left at 5.45 p.m., and arrived at Gisborne at 5 a-m. on the9th; left at 10 a.m., and arrived at Tauranga at 10.30 a.m. on the 10th; left at noon, arriving as above. From Dunedin to Lyttelton experienced light head winds; Lyttelton to Gisborne, fresh S.E. breeze; thence to Tauranga a strong head wind and sea ; Tauranga to arrival fresh S.W. winds. We are indebted to ilr. Edminston, .the purser, for late files. The steamer sails for Russell at 4 o'clock this evening, conveying passengers both ways for the sum of £1, who for this nominal sum will hare an opportunity of being present at Russell Regatta to-morrow, on which occasion the steamer acts as flagship. The schooner Waiwera, Captain M. H. Burrell, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Norfolk Island, after a rough passage of eight days. She brought several passengers and a quantity of fruit. The Bchooner his only been - absent from port .22 days, having left here on the 19th January, with a W.S.W. wind *hich freshened into a strong gale from the N. W. the following day. Ran for shelter into Nogoell Bay until the 22nd, when it moderated, and saU was .then made with the wind from the S.W., gradually veering to S.E. Sighted Norfolk Island on the 26th, at noon, and anchored at Sydney 7 Bay at daylight of the 27th. Left for Auck-. land on the 2nd inst., with strong E.S.E. to S.E. windß; picked up a southerly breeze in :j:V3O S., and stood to the eastward, making the Three Kings at 9 a.m on Friday last: Along the coast had strong.S.S.W. winds, and anchored in the harbour at 9.30 yesterday morning. The passage was exceedingly rough, being a greater part of the time under reefed canvas, the schooner behaving very well.