SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5177, 20 June 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Polt T OK AUCRLA N l>. Hiari Watbr, To-day : 9.56 morn.; 10.16 even. HlGtt Waikk, MiiMU'cau : O.M morn., 1.11 oven. Thb Sun : Kises 7 5 : sots 4.:J'.». ! iklS MOON : Last Quarter, 23rd, f>.-13 a.:n. I A K KI V A LS. llftwca, 8.8., K 'iiiiD.ly, from Kusae.l. Vμeengera :-Saloon : Miss Mona-u m, Captain Moore, Messrs. William* and f.iniily, Tiz ml smd family, John Luiulon, and CUaglian. Steerage, two. — Henderson and M.icf.trUne, agents. Aurora, brig.uitini!, Fuiippo Vio, fium Sydney, Stone Bros., agent*. Hauraki, i>.s., Holmes, from Wai tar* (m the Manukau). —Mast«-r, nyej.t. Iris, cutter, .Syiiiuus, front M.iiig iw.u. — Master, agent. KNTKUKU IWN AH l>3. Christina, schoonor, ;♦•> tons, EJwardd, from Kussell, with l>7 tons coal. Aurora, brig.iutiuc, IS.J tons, Felippo Vio, from Sydney. Woodville, banjiie, 13> toii3, Lewis KoUl, from Newcastle, N.S. \V. Uawea, e.e., UY2 tonw, Kennedy, from Russell, with 200 tons coal, 19 sucks jjum, 120 sacks oysters, 2 horses, I cask oil. IMI'OKTS. IA special char>« is made for consignees' names in serto i in thi.i column. 1 Per brigantiiie Aurora, fioiu Sydney : 108 tons shale, 560 sacks bonedust.

Inwards Coastwise.—Fairy, schooner, from Great lUiricr, wuh I'JOJ feet blocks and 30 tons firewood. Outwakbs Coastwise.—Maid of tho Mill, ketch, for Russell ; Fairy, schooner, fur the Great Barrier ; Pbiuuis., cutter, for Kussell. The brig Nile entered outnt the Customs yesterday for Newcastle, N.S. W., and will sail iD the course of a few d.;y*. The brig Trauspoit h:\ulcJ into the stream yesterday, but for want of a breeze was uuublo to sail for Newcastle. Tho topsf.il schooner Oael took in her cargo of stock yesterday, mid sails this morning at nine o'clock for Levukn. The now schooner Caledonia will clear at the Customs to-day for Tonga ami Samoa, but it is doubtful whether sho will s.iil before to-morrow or not. The p.s. Hnur.iki arrived at Ouohunga yesterday from Waitara, with a cargo of cattle, sheep, and produce. The sehoouer M. nehah% will sail for Oamiru this morning, c.u. ug at Russell to lo.ul with coal. The schooner K >er will sail this morning for Parua Bay and W .1 mgarei. The English barque Arabella will probably Bail to-morrow for Newcastle. Tho now schooner which Messrs. McCillum and Macquarrio, shipbuilders, of Freeman's Bay, intend to launch shortly, will be put into the Island trade, having been chartered by Messrs. Wiu. McArthur ,iud Co. The Union Company's s.s. llawea arrived in port yesterday morning from Russell, with passengers anil targo. Sar) sails for Tuurauga and the .South at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Tlu Italian biigantine Auroia, from Sydney, arrived in harbour yesterday morning, after a run of She brings a cargo of bonedust ami shale, and is to .Messrs. Stone Brothers. Tho vessel loft Sydney oa Friday night, the 7th, with strong westerlywinds and heavy seas, which continued up to the Three Kings, winch weie uiidecn Monday last, at '2 a.m., and the North Cape at noon of the same day. Down the coast W. and N.W. ■winds until makuig the harbour, at 5.30 a.m. yesterday. Thes.s. Pretty Jane is due in harbour eaily tcday, from tiishorue, aud will sail again, on Saturday, at o p.m. Captain (Jakes, Lite master of the p.s. Ilauraki, wrtes to state that he the person, and not Captain Watson, \\)n> leceiitiy took that steamer into the Mokuu Kiver and sounded both on the bir ami ch.UiiirU, wliich were found to be navigable for vesscis u\> to 2nO tons burthen. The cutter Iris iirrivi.-d from .Mai.gaw.ii yesterday morning, with 'SM of guui, cuusigued to the order of Mr. 1 , . U'ilsoi .

MI?. YEOMAN'S NEW STEAMER. Aucklaud has always borne a higli reputation, wot only throughout tliis colony, but i;i the Islands of the Smith l\iciric, us the chief seat t»f the industry of ship-building fur craft suitable for the Island and intercolonial trade ; and these assertions are borne out by the f.ict that we command the whole of the custom at the foreign houses trading iu the Islands, and also that of the ship-owners in the South, as frequently evinced by the uurnber of Auckland-built vessels which are purchased for Southern merchants. Our shipbuilders, not to be behind the aye, turned their attention to the construction of iron vessels, and the Kotomahana, Kina, and City of Cork sue fair specimens of what Auckland can do in this liriu. We are apt to look upon these vessels with a too critical eye, and take for comparison boats which are built on the Clyde by celebrated engineering tirins, vrho for as niany years as our shipbuilders have months mado iron ships a special study, and have laid themselves out for such work, which is beyond the requirements of a yuung country like this. That the efforts made* by our builders are appreciated by other ports in the colony is tacitly admitted by the fact, that in competition with the whole of New Zealand, oue of our builders, Mr. Yeoman, the constructor of the a.a. Kina, has secured a contract for the building of an iron steamer for the finn of Mesais. Seager, Bishop and Co., of Wellington, one of whom has be«u largely interested ia the iron trade. Tenders were culled for throughout tie colony, tenderers to supply their own modils from pl.ins prepared by the purchasers. Mr. Yeom.in's tender and model were approved, the model being designed by Messrs. Sims and Brown, the well-known shipbuilders at the North Shore, who h.i.ve taken tho sub-contract for the wood work, furnishing of the c.tbin, rigging, gear, ice. The steamer is beiii£ built upon tne reclaimed land to the west side of the dock ; and, although it is only two months since work w.is begun upon it, the ♦'ia:u-: is ready for pigling, having deck-bea'ns, tie plates, stringers, and

tmlk-heada in position —in f.-.ct, pUtii.g Wiis inaugurated a day or t\ro ngo. Xue weather lor the last fortnight Ins slightly retarded operations, as the reclaimed land having no met .lied road thereon lias necessitated the conveyance of the heavy work, prepared at Mr. Yuouwu'a old establishment, to be Loated from the wharf to the new bite. The contract time is s>ix months ; handed over to her owners at the date specified, and there ia little doubt the steamer will be The size of the steamer is : Leugth of kee', 110 feet; beam, 1(J feet ; and depth of hold, S feet ; and she is capable of carrying about 120 tons of cargo, and ia expected to register 110 toiia. Her hull framing is 2J inches by 2£ inches, by 5 lGths ; sp<i:e, IS inches from cfiitre to centre throughout, and the plating is of $, 5-lGths, and i-inch plates, according to the classification laid down by Lloyd's. She is divided by four watertight bulk heads, giving five com part men ts; these being utilised fur the forecastle, steerage, hold, engine and boiler-room, and Wlie*' cabin aft. This latter will be capable of accommodating 26 persons, to be neatly furnished in upholstery; while tiie ceiling and fittings will be of polished codar and kauri. Or. the main deck for ward of the machinery is the principal saloon, fitted up in a. fcimiUr manner to the- ladies' cabin, already described, while the officers' quarters and galley, kc, are iu the space between the saloon and the poop deck. The machinery will consist of n compound-surfnee-condensing engine,—the cylinders 13 inches and 23 inches rest in diameter with a 15 inch stroke, of 2~> normnal horse power, capable of working up to four times that power, and are eurriciently powerful to drive the boat at a moderate epeed. These are being made by Messrs. Miuefield and Co., who are the coutrac tors for the same. The boiler is of the ordinary Ligh-pressure returned tube, with two furmice.f, 2 feet 4 inches in diameter, and the shell is li, feet in diameter and 8£ feet lout;, being >,f Stlis BliK and Low Moor plate-iron, and to be double riveted all through, and capable of carrying a working pressure of 801 bu. to the square iueh. The vessel will also be provided on deck, forward, with a steam winch and donkey boiler, in order to facilitate the loading and discharge of cargo, for which she is specially built, the intention of the owners being to havp for the coastal trade between Wtyiiujjton and the numerous ports in the South. Whilo possesHiug moderate speed—from o to 'J khotH,— she will bo essentially a cargo boat, an J we have no doubt that when the eteau.ci- id once fairly fl t work, she will prove a credit to Auckland workmen ; and it is to be hoped, will be thu fuidunner of nirny auch oriers to her builder.