SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8926, 15 December 1887, Page 4

SHIPPING.

Jftflß WiTKR at Auckland—7.3 a.m.; 7.24 p.m. „ Mannkan—lo.43 ajn.; 11.4 p.m. Buv.— 1.41; lets, 7.11. Moox—Wow, to-day, 7 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Diamond, H.M.s., 1970 tons, 2140 horsepower, 12 guns, Captain Francis S. Clayton, from Sydney, December 4. iv Nautilus, brigantine, from Raro tonga,— Donald and Edenborough, agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Oaasrn, brigantine, 156, T. Richard*, for Chatham Islands. Passengers : Mrs. Lanauze, Mrs. Hodman, Mr. Hood, and one steerage.— Coupland and Go., agents. Peerless, brigantine, 281, Heays, for Melbourne via Tatukaka.—Stone Bros., agents. Rangitiki, ship, 118S, W. H. Taylor, for London. Passengers: Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. A. Clark and family (4).—New Zealand Shipping Co., agents. Chelmsford, s.s., 70, 0. Hopkins, for OpotikL j —Sharp and Co., agents. j

DEPARTURES. Waiwsra, schooner, for Norfolk Island. Peerless, brigantlne, for Melbourne, via Tatukaka. Chelmsford, g.s„ for OpotikL » EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : ■Ashleigh Brook, 0.5., due about 17th inst, Lurliue, barque, sailed July 26, QHJT Canterbury, ship, sailed September 27. . Waitangi, ship, sailed October 26. " May Queen, ship, loading. Wellington, ship, loading. Solembria, s.i., sailed November 11, JRKW YORK : Acta Stott, barque, sailed August 4, UDFP, Rebecca Orowell, barque, sailed Sept. 8, Deutohland,. barque, sailed October 2L Mathilda Hennings, barque, loading. BRISBANE : Jessie Nlccol, schooner, early, FROM ISLANDS : Olive, schooner, early. ( Torea, schooner, early. Ika Vuka, brigantine, early. AUSTRALIA : i Rapid, H.M. s., from Sydney, early. Kelson, M.s., sailed December 10. Calliope, H.M. a., early. Wild Wave, brig, sailed December 2, JAVA : , Oregon, barque, sailed October 13, PUNKDIN : Astrea, brig, sailed December 9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. 105 DON : Bangitiki, ship, to-day. Margaret Galbraith, ship, loadipg» toy OA, ETC.; '0 Maile, schooner, 'loading, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Oamara, brigantine, to-day. UNION S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. This day.—The Wanaka is due at Onehunga, at 8 a.m., from Sonthern ports; the le Anau leaves for Southern ports, at noon. Friday.—The Wanaka leaves Onehanga, at 10.30 a.m., for Southern ports. NORTHERN S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. This day.—The lona leaves for the Great Barrier at 8 a.m., and the Gairloch for New Plymouth »t 1 p.m. Friday.— Clansman arrives from Russell early, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; the lona leaves for Mercury Bay at 7 p.m., and the Wellington for VYhangarei at 8 p.m. S&to.rday.—The Gairloch arrives from Wai■tw»,,thd lona from Mercury Bay. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. This list does not include coasters, H.IH.S. Diamond, in stream. Janet Niooll, s.s., in stream, Kangitiki, ship, in stream. JJargarot Galbraith, ship, Qaeen«itrest Wharf. 'Mary A. Greenwood, barque, at Railway Wharf. Xfotero, barque, in stream. Eillan Donan, brigantine, at Railway Wharf, Magellan Cloud, brigantine, in stream. Zephyr, brigantine, at Queen-street Wharf, Restless, brig, at Sugar Co.'a Wharf. Oamaru, brigantine, in stream. Darcy Pratt, brigantine, Hobson-street Wharf, Southern Cross, Mission schooner, in stream. Maile, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Flestwlng, schooner, in stream. EXPORTS. - Per ship Ran gitiki, for London : 96 kegs 4 boxes butter, 25 tons bark, 66 bags horns and hoofs, 269 tons copra, 71 bales cotton, 63 bales flax, 1679 cases kauri gum, 11 bales leather, 30 bales rags, 1974 bales wool, 27 bales horns, 1 bile hair, 230 tons manganese, 138 bags, 97 kegs quartz, 346 cases pearl shell, 247 casks tallow, 108 casks oil, 3 logs mottled kauri, 631 deck planks, 8 casks grease, 20 packages sundries, 17 bags hoofs, 23 bags shank bones. Per brigantine Oamaru, for Chatham Island : 101,500 feet timber, 30 sacks oats, 90 sacks flour, 205 packages joinery, 215 packages groceries, 6 boxes tobacco, 4 casks singer ale, 14 packages biscuits, 15 sacks chaff, 92 packages ironmongery, 2 bales woolsacks, 2 cases glass* ware, 192 packages sundries. Per brigs ntine Peerless, for Melbourne: 70,000 feet timber, (to be shipped at Tutukaka, 230,000 feet timber).

Iswabdb Coastwise.—Waipn, barge, from Tairua, with 32,936 feet timber; Kate, barge, from Tapu ; Evening Star, cutter, from coast; South Carolina, cutter, from Barrier. Outwards Coastwise.—Waipu, barge, for Whananaki; Like Superior, barge, for Barrier. As to the movements of the barque Notero, nothing has so far been definitely decided upon, but it is not improbable that the barque will go to San Diego, there being a number of persons anxious to visit that newest of £1 Dorado's. If a sufficient number of passengers offer, the barque will be laid on for the port named. Prior to going there, however, she would proceed to Newcastle for a cargo of coal and return here, and after landing a part of the cargo, sail far her destination.

The s.n. Chelmsford resumed her running last evening, leaving for Opotiki. The three-masted schooner Silver Cloud, for Sydney, and the Mariner, for this port, were both loaded at Whangaroa yesterday, and were awaiting a favourable change of wind to get Away on their voyages. Ou Monday next Messrs. G. W. Binney and CoWare to sell by auction the brigantine Zephyr, which arrived here on Saturday last, and which Is now landing her cargo at the Queen-street "Wharf.

The ship Margaret Galbraith was berthed again at the Queen-street Wharf yesterday morning, and a bo is to at once resume her loading for London. The i,a. Rotomahana, hence for Sydney, reached Russell early yesterday morning, and during the day she resumed her voyage again, having in the interim taken in a supply of coal. Yesterday the ship Rangitiki cleared at the stoma, and to-day at daylight aho ia to take her departure for London, having on board a full general cargo and six passengers. The ship it to be towed to sea by the tug Awhina. The schooner Waiwora, bound for Norfolk Island and Noumea, took her departure yevter* 'day afternoon. The brigantine Oamaru is to aail for Chatham Islands to-day. The following is the cargo of the brig Asfcrea, which left Dunedin on the 9;h instant for this p0rt2527 sacks flour, oatmeal, and bran ; 16 packages furniture, 1078 sacks oats, 15 bales paper, 493 sacks flour and bran, 32 packages merchandise, 25 canes acid, 21 casks ale, 224 bags bones, Ceases chicory, 1 boat. B Shortly after 6 o'clock last night the signal •was run up at the Signal Station, North Shore, that a brigantine was in sight outside Tiritiri, and soon afterwards this was changed to " inside Tiritiri," and at the same time the descriptive signal was hoisted that the vessel was ia need of a pilot. The tug Awhina in the meantime started out to pick up the vessel, which proved to be the brigantine Nautilus, from Karotonga, with a part cargo of pearl shell, and •he comes under consignment to Messrs. Donald and £denborouf,h. The brigantine reached harbour in tow of the tug at an early hour this morning. Messrs. 0. F. Stokes and Co, report as follows on the freight market at Newcastle, under date of 7fr."h instant: Freights to American ports have advanced rapidly. We now quote the following as offered San Francisco, 18s; San 20a ; Wilmingtou, 18s; Guaymas, 17s 6d ; Manila, lis ; Ho 110, 12s ; Amoy, 12s; Saigop., 14s: Hongkong, 9<; Singapore, 12s ; Honolulu, 15s; Amboyna, 12s 6d; Batavia (nominal), 10s ; Mauritius (nominal), 13s; Valparaiso, for orders, 8s ftd to 10s 6d; Bombay. 14»; Sourabaya (nominal), lis ; Yokahama, 10s. Intercolonial : Bluff, 61; G'enelg, lis ; Auckland, 7s 6;i ; Port CJhalmors, 83 ; Nelson, 9j ; Napier, 10s 6d ; Wellington, 8s ; Lyttelton, Ss; Timaru, 8a 6d. H.M.S. DIAMOND. i The second vessel of the squadron that la, within the next few, days, to rendezvous in this harbour, arrived in port yesterday morning, at about 11 o'olock, in the shape of an old visitor to Auckland, the screw corvette Diamond and to-paorrow the third visitor—the Rapid— reach here. The Diamond is of the sea service unprotected class, and is now in her thirteenth year of age, having been built at Sheerness in 7.874- She is of the old type of ship which ' may be said to be now obsolete, —but as against the war craft *spf the present day she presents to the eye some amount of shapeliness that is wholly missing in the war ships now built, hut her efficiency lies more in weight of metal than in armour. While the Diamond can be biassed among those now obsolete, a day or two will show us the Calliope, which is a lepresentatire of the corvette class of modem times, and with the two vessels named they may be likened to the eld year " going out" and the new year " com ins ia,''. Since the Diamond has been on th

Australian station aha has don* a large amount of work, chiefly in the northern part* of the Queensland coast and among the islands of the South Seas, and the ordering of the ship to Auok« land ii thought to hare been greatly in the inter' eats of the health of her offioers and orew. The majority of the officer* are strangers to this port, bat in her captain we have an old visitor, his first visit being with the Flying Squadron, which arrived here on the Regatta day of 1870. He was then lieutenant of H.M.S. Phoebe. The following few facts respecting the Diamond may prove of interest She is a wooden vessel of 220 feet long, and 37 feet beam, with a draught of water of 16 feet 4 inches. She la of 1970 tons j displacement, and has engines working up to 2140 horse power. Her armament consists of 12 64-poand muzzle-loading guns, 4 Nordenfeldts, and 2 Gatling guns, while for field and boat work, she has one each of 9 and 6 pound guns. Her speed under favourable oiroumatances, reaches to the respeotoble rate of 12 knots, and her coal-carrying capacity is sufficient for 270 tens. Of the veyage across, we learn that the Diamond left Sydney on the 4th last., and for the first four days had favouring winds and fine weather. En route a aearoh was made for the derelict vesael Nanoy Holt, but despite a careful look out, nothing was seen of the vessel named. Her ore which numbers 228 men, are a fine-looking lot. Prior to coming into port thia morning the men were set to big gun drill, whioh occupied one, two, or three hours. The following is a complete list of the officers of the Diamond'Japtain, Francis S. Clayton; lieutenants, (G). William P. Shakospear, James G. Bremer, (N) Francis T. Birr, Ayliner H. O. William*, Q.Y. Simpson, chaplain, naval instructor, Rev. Brabazon, M.A.; staff surgeon, Horace E. F. Cross ; paymaster, John K. Mono; staff engineer, John Murdoch; assistant paymaster, Cecil Vivian ; engineer, James J, Stuart; gunner, Richard P. George; boatswain, James Doidge ; carpenter, Joseph Hallam; aoting sab-lieutenants, Thomas H. Foster and Willoughby B. Cowper»Coles ; mid» shipmen Cecil J. R. L. Learmonth, Biojamiu 8, Guinness, and Cuthbert Clifton. PORT OF ONEHUNGA, ARRIVALS. Bellinger, i.s., Benson, from, Wellington,—A. Cunningham, agent. Gairloch, s.s., MoArthur, from Waitara. Passengers: Sir George Whitmore, Messrs Malony, Houston, Gamble, Shore, Misses Taya lor, Ramson, Mesdames Barnicoat, Maurice, Thompson, and 12 storage.—A. Barnes, agent. IMPORTS. Per f.s. Gairloch : 50 oattle, 10 horses, 100 sheep, 51 boxes butter, and 16 casks beef. The s.a. Bellinger, from Wellington, arrived yesterday. The Northern Co.'s s.s. Gairloch, from Wait tara, arrived yesterday evening with cargo and passengers. BY TELEGRAPH, TAURANGA. December 14.—Arrived: Lizzie Gay, sohooner, from tha South. After discharging cargo, she proceeds to Mercury Bay, LYTTELTON. December 14.—Sailed : Otaki, for London, with 3268 bales wool and skins and 1554 sacks wheat; Gerda, for Greymouth. PORT CHALMERS. December 14.—Arrived: S.s. Miwhera. s.s. Mahinapna, from the West Coast; a.a.Manapouri, from the North; Annie Wilson, schooner, from Kaipara, Sailed : S.s. Wairarapa, for the North. Passengers For Lyttelton : Mrs. Tapper, Miss Hill, Messrs. Moss, Moore, Struthers, Harris, Gibson. For Wellington :. Misses Morran, Tompkinson, Dowdlin, Shaw (2), llesdames Lorimer and Hogden, Mr, Hogden, Masters Walker, Glendinning (2), Mr. Laing. For Auckland: Messrs. Glover, N. Woods, Brook, and five steerage.