SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8384, 11 October 1890, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland—4.B9 a.m.; 5.4 p.m. „ „ Mannkau— 8.19 a.m.; 8.44 p.m. Run.—Rises, 6.24 a.m.; sots, 0.12 p.m. Moon.—New, 14th, 10.45 am.

ARRIVALS. Clansman, s.s., 336, Farquhar, from RusBell and • Northern Ports. Passengers:— Mesdames Wallnutt, Edwards. Gow, Wilkinson, Reid; Misses Goulton, Bennett, Wilkinson, Kirkpatrick ; Messrs. Cow, Ratcliffe. Mills (2), Hoyes, and 9 steerage.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. To Anau, s.s., 16a2, J. Mcintosh, from Russell. — Union S.S. Co., agents. Waihora. s.s., 2003, J. Anderson, from South. Passengers :—Mesdamcs Smith, Center, Hewson, Faulkner, Collins, Ford, Smith, Mensaes, Wells, Everard and family (2). Misses Brown, Lewis, Treumann, Grovely and 4 children, Mackie. Messrs. Smith, Roulston, Center. Stowe, Parkinson, Gordon, Faulkner. Collins, Cadwallader, Christie, vis, Mackie, Wright, Myers, Captain Henry, and 'JO steerage.— Union S.S. Co., agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. To Aiiau. s.s., 1652, J. Mcintosh, for the South. Passengers — For Gisborne : Miss Suite, Mrs. Day and child, Messrs, J. Johnston, Raman, A .1. Choas. For Napier : Mr. and Mrs. Younghusband, Mr. and Mrs Hanmer, Mr. and Mrs. Highly, Misses Baker '_'). Master Baker, Messrs. W. Morgan, W. Klford, H. Dcvenney, W. Wilkie, G. Watson. For Wellington : Mrs. Ilott and child, Messrs. F. Turner, A. W. Hill, N. Parehi, J. flott, H. Wilson, Peach. For Lvttelton : Miss Thompson. Mr. Hammond. For Duneilin : Mr. P. J. Collins, and twenty-five Steerage. — Union S.S. Co., agents. Clansman, s.s., XfcJ, Farquhar, for Whaagarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., 279, Stephenson, for Tauranga.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Douglas, s.s., f>9, Austin, for Bay of Plenty and Cuvicr Island.—Northern" S.S. Co., agents.

DEPARTURES. Te Anau, s.s., for the South. Clansman, s.s., lor Whaugarei. Wellington, s.s., for Tauranga. Douglas, s.s., for Bay of Plenty. EXPECTED ARRIVALS? L&NPOtf : Hermione, ship, sailed July 26. Main Bhan, ship, loading. Oamaru, ship, loading. Sew york : Prospect, barque, via Dunedin, sailed July 25. Clan McLeod, barque (via South), early. Mary S. Ames, barque, via Wellington, sailed July '23. Essex, barque, vi* Dunedin, loading. SAN" FRANCISCO : Alameda, P..M.5., sailed September 20. SYDNEY : Keuilworth, schooner, early. WOIXONOONQ : Northern Chief, barque, loading. HOWLASD ISLAND : Notero, barque, early. TAHITI, etc. : Nautilus, brigantine, early. BAKOTON'GA : Torea, schooner, early. Akarana, schooner, early. Honga:

Olive, schooner, early. LYTTKLTuK : Devonport, barque, sailed October 1. Gleneairn, schooner, sailed October 4. DT7XEDIS : Clansman, schooner, sailed Sept. 25. LSTEF.CAKGILI. : Waireka, 3-m. schooner, sailed Sept. 26. PROJECTED .DEPARTURES. tOXDON' : Zealand!*, ship, to load. Waitangi, ship, via South. «TEW YORK : Carrie L. Tyler, barque, early. Clan MeLeod, barque, to arrive. MELBOURNE : Seabird, bripantine, to load. SYDNEY : LiMy Bowen, 4-tn. schooner, to load. Devonport, barque, to load. Defiance, brigantine, loading. KOKPOLK ISLAND : Christine, schooner, early. MALT) EX ISLAND : Vivid, barque, early. Hapikk : Rangitikei, ship, early. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. This Day.—Alameda arrives from Honolulu and leaves for .Sydney ; Waihora leaves for Sydney ; Kanieri leaves Onehuiuja with San Francisco maiL

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

This Day.—Glenelg leaves for Raglan, Kawhia, Wanganui, and Opunake, at 8 a.m.; lona arrives from Mercury Bay and Kuaotunu. Sunday.—Wellington arrives from Tauranjja at 6 a.m. Monday.— Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth and altar* at 1 p.m. ; lona leaves [or Kuaotunu a.nd Mercury Bay at<9 m. ; Wellington for Russell, Whangaroa, and Mangonui, at 7 p.m.; Clansman arrives from Whangarei. Tuesday.—Clansman leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay, at 10.30

p.m. , _ . Wednesday.—Gairloch arrives from Waifcara. Thursday.—Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara at 1 p.m. ; Clansman arrives; from Whangarei; lona arrives from Mercury Bay and Kuaotunu early, and leaves again for same porta at 9 p.m. Friday.—Wellington arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay, at S p.m. ; Clansman leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m. Thames Service.—Rotomahana or Argyle leaves for Thames daily.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coaster*.] Waitangi, ship, in stream. ZealantHa, ship, at No. 2 Jetty. Rangitiki, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Vivid, barque, at Railway Wharf. Carrie L. Tyler, barquentine, in stream. Silver Cloud, barquentine, at Queen-street / Wharf. Seabird, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Lady Bowen, 4-masted schooner, at Hobsonstreet Wharf. Defiance, brigantine, at Queen-street Wharf. Christine, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Prosperity, schooner, at Railway Wharf. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Waibora, from the South: 970 Sacks oats, 12*5 sacks wheat, 274 sacks potatoes, 120 sacks oatmeal, 150 sacks flour, 150 Backs bark, 15 sacks peas, 25 sacks malt, 200 bundles rattans, 40 qr.-casks spirits, 250 cases fruit, 40 cases currants, 70 cases jam, 50 boxes candles, 24hlids ale, 35 hides, 2 racehorses, 558 packages sundries. EXPORTS. Per s.s. Te Anau : 35 bales wool, 7 casks eocoanut oil, 47 sacks oysters, 19 cases tea, 278 kegs butter, 104 pieces timber, 526 bags sugar, 18hhds treacle, 69 cases syrup, 4 bales brooms. 10 sacks ivory black, 50 cases drapery, 5 cases biscuits, 40 sacks potatoes, 44 cases lemons, 32 cases paint, 23 cases gum, 73 bags rice, 27 bars iron, 5 cases tobacco. .

Having completed the discharge of her bones from Queensland, the brigantine Seabird was towed down from the Sugar Works, and berthed at the Railway Wharf. She ■will begin at once with her loading of timber for Melbourne. The barque Devonport, now almost duo •with a cargo of wheat from Lyttelton, has been chartered to take a cargo of timber to Sydney, and bring back Wollongong coal for the Sugar Company. The four-masted schooner Lady Bowen finished putting out her sugar at Chelsea yesterday, and berthed at the Hobson-street Wharf to load timber for Sydney. Early yesterday morning the s.s. Te Anau arrived from the Bay of Islands with 500 tons coal. She took in a quantity of general cargo, and'left at noon for the South, having a good number of passengers on board. The brigantine Defiance was yesterday towed down from the Sugar Works and berthed at the western tee of the QueenStreet Wharf. She will load up timber for Sydney on behalf of tho Kauri Timber Company. , Mr. R. Mackay informs us that his wellknown barque Northern Chief is now loading coal at Wollongong for this port for the Sugar Company. During yesterday the Northern S.S. Company's steamers Clansman and Wellington were busy shipping large freights for Whangarei and Tauranga respectively having exchanged their usual trips. Both sailed in the evening. . About eight o clock last night the Union S.S. Co.'s YVaihora, Captain Anderson, arrived from Southern ports and Melbourne, with a general cargo and passengers. Mr. Fenwick, the purser, reports that she left Dunediu at 5 p.m. on the 3rd instant, and reached Lyttelton next day at 10 a.m. Sailing at 4 p.m. on the 6th she reached Wellington on the 7th, and left after a stay of eight hours. Sh* called at Napier and Gisborne, leaving the lastnamed port at 5 p.m. on (Thursday. The Waihora experienced fine Weather up the coast, with moderate to fresh variable winds. The Colonial Union S.S. Co.'s Star of England, which has frequently visited the

Southern porta, has sailed again for the colony, from London, with a full cargo of general merchandise. The s.B. Janet Niccol, which was here the other day, has been purchased from Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane by the Union Company, and will run in their service henceforth. The steamer is in command of Captain McLean, a young man who was a short time ago second officer of the 8.8. Mararoa, and lately chief mate of the 8.8. Takapuna, and who-did not, like others, lose his head over the strike mania, but remained loyal to the company, and consequently received promotion. Mr. Johnston, late of the Australia, is second officer. A telegram from Invercargill states that the pinnacles of the rock recently discovered in the fairway of the Bluff harbour have been almost entirely removed by one charge of dynamite, the depth over the patch at low water now being '24 feet. It is expected that another chargo will clear the rook away.

i FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING. . The great activity that the shipbuilding industry has enjoyed for two years is being reflected in some of the foreign building yards, and especially is this the case in Stettin, Hamburg, and Gothenburg. There is not quite so great a flush of work as there was, but the foreign shipbuilding yards are still comparatively few, aud thus they will be able to continue full employment. In Stettin, the variety of the work is most conspicuous, for the vessels in course of construction include very large mail steamships, ships of war, and very small vessels. In Hamburg two of the building yards are attaining vast dimensions; at Gothenburg steamers have been launched up to 3400 tons dead weight, the largest that has been yet built in Sweden ; and at Bergen there have also been built and launched this year some mail vessels. The growth of the shipbuilding industry on the Continent is necessarily slow, but it Is beginning in earnest. It is slow because the steam navies of tho Continental countries are small to what those of Great Britain are, and the orders for replacement are few ; and it is slow because Continental builders have much of their experience yet to gain. There are disadvantages, too, under which these builders work, especially the comparatively long distances the yards are from some of the sources of the supplies of plates and other material. But there is tho advantage generally of cheap labour, and frequently there is that of cheaper carriage than is known by rail in this country. There are at times, also, the abnormal gain which the bounty system gives to the builder indirectly: and thus it must not be wondered at if some of the orders for steamships for foreign buyers, which used to come to us. pass now to the foreign builder. In times of brisk trade there will be abundance of orders that will come to our builders from abroad, because the desire to obtain larger mercantile fleets seems moro pronounced on the part of many nations ; but, in times of dulue&s, it is to be feared that we shall have fewer foreign orders for steamships, except as far as the increase in the losses of vessels may exceed the comparatively small possibilities of production in the yards of the countries that are future competitors with us.