SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9182, 11 October 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

"High Water at Auckland—lo.42 a.m.; 11.5 p.m. ~ ~ Manukau— a.m.; 2.45 p.m. «' Sun.—Rises, 5.87 a.m.; sets, 6.23 p.m. MOON.First quarter, 12th, 7.9 p.m. ARRIVALS. Maud Graham, schooner, 80, Fitzgerald, from I.vttelton. Douglas, s.s., 59, Austin, from Opotikitftid Bay ot Plenty. Passenger : Miss Sainsbury. • —Northern S.S. Co., agents. Staffa, s.s., 79, Hopkins, from Opotiki and Whakatane.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Crusader, ship, 1058, Perriam, for London direct.—Cruickshank and Co., agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. XONDON : Selembria, s.s., due about October 14. Waitanjji, ship, loading. Zealandia, ship, sailed August 3 : . NEW YORK. : Rebecca Crow ell, barquentine, sailed June 30. Marv_A. Greenwood, barque, sailed July 6AN FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.M.s.s., sailed September 24. HONGKONG: Taiyuan, s.s., sailed October 9. KIMBERLEY : . Clansman, brigantine, sailed August 3. TORT CHALMERS : Star of the East, barque, early. BRISBANE : Gleaner, brigantine, sailed Sept. 26. NICE : _ Daisy, schooner, to sail September 27. TONGA : Maile, schooner, early. FIJI | Sharpshooter, barque, early. Excelsior, barque, early. Bel'le Isle, barque, early. GISBO7.NK : Gisborue, schooner, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LO.'CDON : Crusader, ship, to-day. Piako, ship, via South, early. PORTSMOUTH: Diamond, H.M. s., early. SYDNEY : Mariposa, R.M.s.s., about October 14. MELBOURNE : Rebecca, barque, to load. NOUMEA : Christine, schooner, early. TIJI : Fiona, s.s., via Whangarei, about Oct. 13. GISBORNE : Waiapu, schooner, on October 10. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. This Day.—Wanaka arrives at Onehunga at S a.m. : Arawata arrives from Wellington : Manapouri arrives from Russell and leaves for South at "noon.; Herald leaves the Manukau, for Greymouth, at 10 a.m. Saturday.—Wanaka leaves Onehunga if mail arrived. _ Sunuay.—Mariposa arrives from San Francisco, jv.id leaves for Sydney; Arawat-a leaves for Fy, i. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. This Day.—lona leaves for Great Barrier at S a.m.; Gairloeh leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Gairloeh arrives from Waitara. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell cfii'ly, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; lona leaves for Mercury Bay at 7 p.m., and Wellington for Whangarei at S p.m. Saturday.—lona arrives from Mercury Bay, and Gairloeh from Waitara. Sunday.—Clansman arrives from Tauranga early. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does no: include coasters.] H.M. s. Diamond, in stream. Fiona, s s., at Sugar Works. Crusader, ship, at Railway Wharf. Piako, ship, in stream. Wairoa, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Rebecca, barque, at No. '2 Jetty. Johann Brodersen, barque, in stream. Stavanger, barque, in Calliope Dock. Turea, schooner, in stream. Christine, schooner, in stream. Magellan Cloud, schooner, at Breastwork. Maud Graham, schooner, in stream. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Fiona, from Fiji: 5204 sacks and 64 casks (SSO tons) raw sugar. Per Manapouri : 30 -chests tea, Union Blend.—W. S. Whitley. Per Australia ; 200 sacks bonedust.—Stone Bros. Per Douglas : 234 sacks maize. — Stone Bros. Per Staffa : 149 sacks maize.— Bros. EXPORTS. Per ship Crusader, for London : 5302 cases kauri gum, £19,105; 27 bales cotton ; 150 tons manganese, 1300; 116 tons copra; S8 bags and 14 loads bark, £111 ; 2SS casks tallow, ±'1632; 103 casks oil, .£.'43s ; 19 cases beeswax, £55; 24 bales wool, £324 ; 63 bags hoofs, 23 bags bones, and 12,510 horns, £123; 41 bales rags, £100: S kegs ironsand, £10; 15 bales leather, £407 ; 12 j-casks colonial wine, i.76 ; 228 dumps and 307 bales flax and 34 dumps tow, £1465; 5 packages pelts, £33; 41 packages sundries, £30 ; total value of cargo over £25.000. About 3 a.m. yesterday the s.s. Fiona, Captain Curphey, arrived from Fiji with a full cargo of 850 tons of raw sugar from the Ba River mills for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Captain Curphey brought his vessel into port himself, and anchored off the Calliope Dock until the morning, when he steamed up to the Sugar Company's wharf at Chelsea, where the work oi discharging was promptly begun. The sugar so far has turned out in good condition, and it is expected that the whole will be got out by Saturday, when the Fiona v ill proceed to Whangarei, there to take in her back loading of 1000 tons of coal for the Ba River mills. The Fiona sailed from Lancala Bay on the 4th instant, and for four davs had moderate weather, and afterwards encountered strong S.W. gales till arrival. The Fiona is a fine steel twin-screw steamer of 817' tons gross and 414 tons list register, and is quite a new boat, having been built in Glasgow in 1883 specially for the shallow wa'„er traffic on the Fiji rivers. She carries a, crew of 28 men, and is fitted with compound engines, her average speed being 11 knots in moderate weather. Mrs. Curphey a.nd two children accompany the captain on the present trip. The local agent of the China Steam Navigation Company, Mr. H. B. Morton, received cable advice yesterday that the s.s. Taiyuan had left Hongkong for Auckland direct on October 9th, and may therefore be expected to reach this port about the end of the current month. She has on board a full cargo of tea, sugar, rice, etc., of which 300 tons are for Auckland. The ketch Violet sailed yesterday morning for the Thames, with a cargo of 30 tons coal, % tons hour, 30 sacks oats, and 20 packages dynamite. Yesterday morning early the ship Crusader pauled out into the stream from the berth at ;he Railway Wharf, where she has been taking in her cargo. She has had quick despatch at the hands of her agents; and stevedore since she arrived on August 26th, having discharged her inward cargo and loaded again during her six weeks' stay in port. She has now under hatches a mixed cargo of the ordinary staples of colonial ex- 1 ports worth over £25,000, the details of which ] arc given above. The ship was cleared out at the Customs for London direct yesterday j afternoon, and Captain Perriam expects to get away early this morning. Early yesterday morning the Northern S.S. Co.'s Douglas arrived from the Bay of Plenty and Whangamata, with 410 sacks maize and sundries. The s.s. Wellington was floated out of dock yesterday morning, and is receiving painting, etc., at the Hobson-street Wharf. Yesterday afternoon the s.s. Staffa arrived from the Bay of Plenty with a full cargo of maize and several passengers. Two large barques arc shortly to arrive here from Java with raw sugar for the Colonial Refining Co., but up to the present no advice of their names or date of sailing lias come to hand. The barque Rebecca has almost completed her unloading at the No. 2 jetty. The Maud Graham, Captain Fitzgerald, arrived last evening from Lyttelton. She left Lyttelton on September 27, and experienced a strong head wind and bad ■weather until arriving in Auckland. The cargo consists of 1000 sacks of wheat, consigned to the Auckland Roller Mills, and '.150 bundles of fishplates, consigned to the Public •Works Department. PORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. Herald, s.s., Jones, from Greymouth.— Union S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Rowcna, s.s., Johnson, for Hokianea.—A Barnes, agent. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Herald : 91 sacks bones, 584 tons coal. EXPORTS. Per s.s. Rowena : 1500 bricks, 294 bags and 35 sacks flour, 12 bag- coal, 17 sacks potatoes, 7 kegs butter, 9 cases meat, 71 bags sugar, 13 cases drugs, 9 cases drapery, 11 cases spirits, 10 cases biscuits, 19 bars and 10 bundles iron, 2 anchors, 9 cases tea, 2 cases stout, 2 sacks lime, 12 bales sacks, 10 bags rice, 6 sacks

oats, 1 tank, 12 coils wire, 4 sheep, 2 cases glass, 2 sacks lime, and 216 packages sundries. The Northern Co.'s s.s. Roweiia, for Hokianga, sailed yesterday, with a large general cargo. The s.s. Herald, Captain Jones, from Greymouth, arrived at one o'clock yesterday, with a cargo of coal and bones. BY TELEGRAPH. THAMES. October 10. — The brigantine Camille arrived from Auckland this morning, uid proceeded up the Thames River to load 220,000 feet kahikatea at Read's mill, for Melbourne. KAIPARA. October 10.—The barque Presto was towed to the Heads yesterday, but is now v:ndbound there, along with the barqueu.'ne Stanley. The barque G. M. Tucker arrived this morning from Sydney. RUSSELL. October 10. —Sailed : S.s. Stormbird, for the North; s.s. Manapouri, for Auckland. Passengers : Mesdames Tylee and West, and Rev. Mr. West. PORT CHALMERS. October 10.—Arrived : S.s. Rotomahana. from the North. Sailed : S.s. Lindus, for Wellington, via the Bluff; s.s. Wairarapa, for Sydney, via the East Coast. Passengers : —For Lyttelton : Misses Smith and Lanatize Mr. Lanauze, and Mrs. Wallace. For Wellington : Mrs. Howden, Mr. Perotti and son and one steerage. For Napier: Miss Clark and Captain Todd. For Auckland : Mrs. Bridgman, nurse, and child, Mr. Bridgman, and two in steerage. For Sydney: Messrs. Park, Blackmore, Allen, Hannay, J. T. Herbert and son, and one steerage.