SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9141, 24 August 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HIGH Water at AucWand-5.24a.rn.;; 8.41 p.m. V Manukau—l2.4 a.ra ; 12.21 p.m. SUN.-Rises, 6.32 a.m.; sets, 5.28 p.m. Moon.— Quarter, 29th, 1.58 a.m. ARRIVALS. lona, s.s., 159, Amodeo, from Tauranga. Passengers: Messrs. Wigg, Gill, Chadwick, Griffiths, C. Martin, Woolcock, Harris, Mesdames Vickary, Crawford, Burton, Miss McAlavery.— S.S. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s, 279, Stephenson, from Whangarei. Passengers : Messrs. Kirkwood, Walker, Mallabond, Hill, Learning, Carrington, Taylor, Cleary, Burnside, Cole, Boult, Snelling, Burnside, Stewart, Clarke, Mann, McDonald, Wood, Simson. Taylor, Fallon, Johnstone, Hunt, Loraui, Hogg, Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Loram, Mrs. Bain, Misses Riley, Robertson, Greatbatch, Keaue, Tucker, and 7 steerage. Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Te Anau. s.s., 1652, Mcintosh, for Melbourne and South. Passengers: Messrs. Hodgson, J. Whvman, A. Locke, F. He win, Sidey, Greenup, Bravshaw, George Thomas, Weaver, J. Hussev, R. 0. Fountain, 1. A. Caldwell, Bovlan, F. S. Rollinson, C. Midlane, G. A. 'Holmcr, R. A. Wilson, J. E. Pickett, W. Withered. J. V. Brown, H. Hooper, Rice, J. McLean, J. A. Airston, Misses Hodgson and infant, Misses Diddams . and Brown, and 14 steerage.—Union S.S. Co., agents. lona, s.s., 159, Amodeo, for Great Barrier —Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. lona, s.s., for Great Barrier. Te Anau, s.s., for South. Grecian Bend, barquentine, for Mercury Bay. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LOUDON : , , „ Selembria. s.s., to sail about July 27. Balmoral Castle, s.s., to sail in July. Oxford, s.s., to sail in July. Deva, barque, sailed April 30. Lutterworth, ship, via Port Chalmers, sailed May 19. Clairmont, barque, sailed June 10. Wairoa, ship, sailed July 3. Crusader, ship, sailed June 2. Waitangi, ship, loading. NEW YORK : __ , Albert Russell, barque, sailed from Wellington August 16. Rebecca Crowell, barquentine, sailed June 30. Marv A. Greenwood, barque, to clear July 23. FOOCHOW : Whampoa, s.s., sailed August 13. MELBOURNE : Killochan, ship, from London, to sail August 23. RIO JANEIRO : Monica, barque, sailed May 2. NEWCASTLE : Parnell. brigantine, early. , Frank Guy. schooner, to load. Lady Mabel, brigantine, to load. Jessie, barquentine, to load. Linda Weber, brigantine, to load. KIMRERLEY: Clansman, brigantine, sailed August 3. RAROTONGA : Agnes Donald, schooner, early. GISBOBNE : Gisborne, schooner, sailed August 3. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : Piako,, ship, via South, early. LISBON : « Coulnakyle, barque, repairing. CALCXT7 A : Bucephalus, s.s., to sail August 25. TAHITI, ETC.: Richmond, s,s., about August 24. TONG.\, ETC. Maile, schooner, early. SAMOA : Olive, schooner, about August 23. HCKJART : Helen, barque, via Whangaroa, early. NEWCASTLE : Loongana, barque, via Mercury Bay, early. UNION S.S. CO/S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Wanaka leaves Onehunga, 10 a.m. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.— Clansman arrives from Russell, at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranra, at 7 p.m. : the lona arrives from Great Barrier, earlv. and leaves for Mercury Bay, at 7 p.m.; the Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point and Parua Bay, at 8 p.m. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coasters.] Richmond, s.s., at Railway Wharf. Bucephalus, s.s., at Railway Wharf. Piako, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Coulnakyle, barque, at Hobson-street Wharf. Helen, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. Loongana, barque, at Railway Wharf. Torea, schooner, in stream. Olive, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Maile, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. IMPORTS. Per Gairloch : 345 sacks potatoes, 60 sacks potatoes. Stone Brothers. Per VI anaka : 9 kegs roll butter, 1 keg bulk butter, Stone Brothers. \ EXPORTS. Per s.s. TeAnau : 275 cases saimon. 9 cases rubber goods, 1 case skates. 6 barrels whale ] oil, 21 boxes quartz, 3 packages cigars, 1376 | bags 152 sacks oysters. 12 sacks seed, 16 bales wool, 8 sacks kauri gum, 10 bales leather, 1 bundle trees, 15 reels paper, 110 | hides. 6 cases figs, 100 bunches bananas, 42 half-cases fruit, 1 tank seed, 5 kegs casings, 7 half-chests tea, 12 sacks germina, 5 bales brooms, 4 cases plants and trees, 4 crates bis- j cuits, 25 cases oranges, 4 cases relish, 3 cases j boots. 3 boxes eggs, 1 horse, and sundries. ~ j Inwards Coastwise.—Gipsy, cutter, from | Wharcapoua, with timber; Kauri, barge, j from W aiara, with timber; Perseverance, j schooner, from Waiheke, •with shingle; Sea- j gull, cutter, from Thames, in ballast; Wear, j cutter, from the Lake, with sand; Mahurangi, cutter, from the Barrier, with firewood : Ida, barge, with timber, from Omaha; Mabel, barge, from the Thames, with timber; totara. barge, from Pakiri, with timber; ! Otahuhu. cutter, from the Thames, with i timber; Four Sisters, cutter, from the Lake, I with sand. The barque Conlnakye has completed her repairing, and will be taken alongside the Senator to-day to reship the five hundred j tons of copra "which was transferred to the hulk before the barque went into dock. It j 13 expected that the Coulnakyle will be ready j for sea in about a fortnight, when she will j sail for Europe, her first port of call bein;r either Lisbon or Marseilles. , ~ At the Railway Wharf the wj*- 01 , a " s ' charging the Bucephalus' «—"BO °J c ? a ' w » processing apace ves**^.j?"I**1** nightfall she was nearly cleared. Her discharge will be finished this norn-fe'. wh en she will be at once pnt in,*-" 3, to receive her cargo of horse? *«*' Calcutta. .about 7 a.m. yesterday the Northern S.S. Co.'s lona arrived with passengers and cargo from Tauranga and Mercury Bay; and when these were respectively disembarked and discharged she took in some freight for the Barrier, for which place she got away at 8 o'clock. The schooner Olive is almost ready to sail, and will probably be cleared for Samoa today. . , _- At noon yesterday the Union S.S- Co. s Te Anau sailed for Melbourne, via the South, with a number of passengers and general cargo. Recent advices from Brisbane notify the safe arrival at that port of the Aucklandowned brigantine Darcy Pratt, with a full cargo of kauri from Mercury Bay. About dusk last evening the s.s. Wellington arrived from Whangarei, with a large numl>er of passengers and a cargo of gum, produce, etc. The following hydrographic notices, received from Admiral Fairfax, are published for general information by the Minister of Marine, Wellington. They are the result of soundings taken by Captain Kane, of H.M.s. Calliope, and Captain Bosanquet, of H-M.s. Opal :— 1. The reefs off Falulu Point near Apia, have been found to extend a good mile farther to seaward than is shown on the chart. A white beacon has been placed on +he point, which should be given a berth of five miles in rounding. Chart affected : No. 1730,Samoan or Navigator Islands, also Pacific Islands Vol. ii. (Central Groups), 1885, p. 42. 2. When proceeding to Port Purvis, and after passing through the Langa Channel, a souuding of 7£ fathoms was obtained, in latitude 9deg. 17min. S.. longitude 160deg. 13 m E. ; and between this position and the S-fathom sounding marked on the chart (No. to £° lomon Islands, September, 1885,) VV.&.W. of Mandoliana Island, several soundings of 10 to 14 fathoms were obtained. As the chart does not show any soundings in the locality, commanding officers of H.M. ships under my orders are enjoined to take every opportunity of ascertaining the depth of water when navigating in this or other localities still imperfectly surveyed. Chart affected: No. 214, Solomon Islands, also Pacific Islands, Vol. i. (Western Group), 1885 pages 66 to 69. ' Canada now holds fifth place among the maritime nations of the world, and is very nearly fourth among the commercial fleets. ""* Its ; fleet gauges 1,214,900 tons, valued at £7,250,003 sterling. Its tonnage is now only inferior to that of the German Empire by about 55,000, and exceeds that of France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Austria, etc.

One of the oldest whalers afloat is probably the Rousseau, a barque, at present at New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was built in 1801, and so is 87 years old. She was built by Nicholas Vandusen for Stephen Guard on the Delaware, and is 95 feet long, 28 feet beam, 18 feet deep, and 305 tons gross.