SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8887, 25 May 1892, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Wim at Auckland-6.22 a.m.; 5.40 p.m. , .. „ Manultau-8.2a.m.; 8.26 p.m. hum.— 7.0 a.m.; sets, 4.65 p.m. Moon—New, 26th, 5.29 p.in. ARRIVALS. Fiona, s.s., 817, W. A. Curphey, from Fiji. Colonial Sugar Company, agents. Waihora, a.a.. 1269, John Anderson, from Sydney. Passengers.— Mesdauies Ledes, Mace, Edgelow and two children, Miss Hutton, Messrs. H. W. Turnidge, J. C. Booth, J. Rutherford, and 31 in the steerage. For Napier: Two in the steerage, lor Wellington: Mr. and Mrs. Burrell and three children, Mr. Parkinson, and two in the steerage. For Lyttelton: Mrs. Parkinson.—Union S.S. Co., agents. Australia, s.s., 459, Gibb, from Wellington, via the East Coast. Passengers : Mesdames Coghian, Elworth, Misses Paulson, Coghlan, Messrs. Boal, Renouf, and 11 in the steerage. —Union S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Waiotahi, s.s., 286, Norbury, for Tauranga and Opotiki.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. lona, s.s., 179, F. Atnodeo, for the Great Barrier.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Frank Guy, three-masted schooner, N. Ferguson, for Melbourne, via the Thames.— Master, agent. DEPARTURES. Waiotahi, s.s., for Tauranga and Opotiki. lona, s.s., for the Great Barrier. Frank Guy, 3-masted schooner, for Melbourne, via the Thames.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : Matanra, barque, sailed March 5. Tekoa, s.s. (via South), sailed March 8. Maori, s.s., via the South,sailed Mar. 23. Duke of Buckingham, s.s., sailed April 14. Duke of Westminster, s.s., sailed May 19. Ruapehu, s.s., loading. Helen Denny, barque, loading. NEW YORK : Crescent, barque (arrived at Lyttelton May 21). Mary Hasbrouck, barque, sailed Feb. 12. Abiel Abbot, barquentine, sailed Mar. 4. Doris EckhotT, barque, to sail April 29 (via Wellington)! New Zealand, barque, via the South, to sail May 15. IYDNF.Y : Boomerang, H.M.s., early. NEWCASTLE : Wenona, barque, sailed May 14. TOWNS ville : Eliza Firth, brigantine, sailed. SAMOA : Upolu, s.s., early. FIJI: Clansman, schooner, to-day. Napier: Darcy Pratt, brigantine, early, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London: Sardhana, barque, loading, TsEW YORK; Motley, brigantine, loading. St. Lucie, barque, loading. SAN FRANCISCO : Alameda, R.M.s., June 18. SYDNEY: Te Kapo, s.s., to-day. Fiona, s.s., to-moirow. roXGA: Upolu, s.s., June 7. RAH OA : Upolu, s.s., June 7.

UNION S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. To-pay.—Mahinapua arrives at Onehunga at 1 p.m.; To Kapo leaves for Sydney at 5 p.m. Thursday.—Waihora leaves for South, noon : Mahinapua leaves Onehunga, 1 p.m.; Pukaki arrives from South, and leaves for Westport; Australia leaves for East Coast at 2 p.m. NORTHERN S.STCO/S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—lona arrives from Great Barrier : Gairloch from Waitara; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at 8 p.m. Thursday.— leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara at 1 p.m. ; lona for Kuaotunu. Tairua, and Mercury Bay at 9 p.m. : Wellington arrives from Whansrarei. Fr.i day.— Clansman arrives from Russell early, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m ; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, Mangapai, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m. Thames Service.—Rotomahanaor Chelmsford leaves for Thames daily, and s.s. Ohinemuri leaves for Paeroa twice weekly. HAURAKI S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Paeroa arrives from Paeroa; Ruhv arrives from Mangawai; Maori leaves for Wade at 12 noon. Thursday.—Ruby leaves for Paeroa, at 10 p.m.; Maori arrives from Wade. Friday.—Maori leaves for Wade, at 4 p.m. Saturday.—Ruby arrives from Paeroa; Maori arrives from Wade. VESSELS IN HAKBOUR. [XI, is lint ilne* not include roaster*. J Hingarooma, H.M.s., in stream. Arawata, s.s., in stream. Timaru, ship, in stream. Sardhana, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. Northern Chief, bartjue, in stream. Devonport, barque, in stream. Annie Reed, barque, at No. 2 Jetty. St. Lucie, barque, at Queen-street Wharf, Killarne.v, barque, at Railway Wharf. Grasmere, barque, at Railway Wharf. Zeno, brigantiiie, in stream. Motley, brigantine, at No. 2 Jetty. Southern Cross, Mission schooner, in stream Pitcairn, schooner, in stream. Silver Cloud, 3-masted schooner, at Breastwork. Christine, whaling schooner, at Breastwork. Welcome, schooner, at No. 2 Jetty.

IMPORTS. Per Fiona, from Fiji; 6000 bags sugar. Per Waihora, from Sydney : —IO6O bags bones, 120 sacks bonedust, 39 bundles shafts, 1600 felloes, 15 staves, 294 ingots tin, 113 chests and 38 cases tea, G bales kapok, 9 tierces tobacco, 33 pieces redwood, 30 cases medicine, 15 cases sewing machines, 50 casks beer, 16 cases oil, 24 pairs wheel axles and pedestals, 31 cases fruit, 18 crates bottles, 30 cases beer, 12 cases sewing cotton, 82 packages stores for H.M.s. Ringarooma, 142 packages stores for H.M.s. Goldfinch, 31 tons old iron rails, and 142 packages sundries. EXPORTS. Per Frank Guy, for Melbourne: 160,000 feet of Kahikatea timber, to be shipped at the Thames. The Union Company's steamer Australia, Captain Gibb, arrived from Wellinston, Napier, Gisbome, Tokomaru, Waipiro, Tuparoa, Awanui, and Whangaparoa yesterday afternoon, bringing several passengers and 220 tons of general cargo from all ports, including 20 tons of transhipments ex Rimutaka from London at Wellington, and 294 sheep from Tuparoa. The purser reports that fine •weather and smooth sea were experienced up the coast until about half-way across the Bay of Plenty on Monday, when a hard gale, with heavy cross sea, set in, backing from N. W. to S. \\. t which lasted till yesterday morning. The sheep on deck suffered considerably, and it was found necessary to slow the engines flown to save them as much as possible. The gale moderated after midnight, and the steamer came on, arriving at the Queen-street Wharf shortly after three o clock yesterday afternoon, when the sheep were at once discharged. The Australia is to leave for Wellington, via the East Coast, to-morrow evening. Last night the Union Company's steamer W T aihora, Captain John Anderson, arrived in harbour from Sydney, after a quick passage, bringing £. number of passengers and a quantity of cargo, as detailed in our import column. Of the passage across, Mr. H. 0. Seigel, the purser, to whom we are indebted for our files and despatches, reports that the steamer sailed from Sydney wharf at 12.20 a.m. on the 20th instant, and passed outsider the Heads at 1.10 o'clock the same morning. Breasted the Three Kings at 11.40 p.m. on the 23rd, and the North Cape at 3.55 a.m. on the 24ch, arriving at the Auckland wharf at 8.30 o'clock last night. During the run across, experienced easterly winds until nearing the New Zealand coast; thence, S-S.W. winds with squally weather until arrival. The steamer bertned at t/ie Railway Wharf, and leaves for the South at noon to-morrow. The three-masted schooner Frank Guy is to proceed to Bagnall's mill, Thames River, to load kahikatea timber for Melbourne. Owing to the holiday, yesterday, shipping business was completely at a standstill. All the vessels in harbour were gaily decorated with bunting in honour of Her Majesty's birthday. The Northern Co.'s steamer Waiotahi left for Tauranga and Opotiki yesterday afternoon. The 8.3. loua left for the Great Barrier last night, and will return this evening. The a.B. Duke of Westminster sailed from London for this port on Thursday last. The Auxiliary steam ketch Scotchman, from Whangarei, brings a cargo of hydraulic lime, which is to be used in connection with the works now going on at Fort Cautley. The Union Co.'a steamer Te Kapo leaves for Sydney at 5 o'clock this evening. The Northern Co.'s steamer Wellington leaves for Whangarei to-night at 8 o'clock. The deepening of the harbour of Honolulu is now in progress, a dredger being at work , night and dav at the entrance.

The Colonial Sugar Company's steamer Fiona arrived at midnight from Fiji, with a cargo of sugar. Captain W. A. Curphey reports that the lona left Labasa at 2 p.m. on Thursday, the 12th instant, and arrived at Ba on Friday, the 13th, at 4 p.m. Left again on Wednesday, the 18th, at fa a.m., and landed mails at Levuka at 1.30 p.m., arriving in Suva at 7 o'clock the same evening. Left again at noon on the 19th, and anchored in Lanthala Bay at 2 p.m. She left Lauthala Bay at 6.45 a.m. on Friday, the 20th, and anchored off the Queen's-street Wharf at midnight. Experienced fresh S.E. and E. winds during the first part of the passage, and strong S. W. winds the latter part. This morning the steamer will proceed up to the Sugar Works at Chelsea to land her consignment, and will proceed on to Sydney at noon to-morrow. At the last meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board it was decided to send home for alternative tenders and also to invite them in the colony for a suction and grab dredge, and for such a dredge and a tug combined. The reasons are that larger carrying power is necessary if the shingle has to be shifted, stronger dredging power required in the harbour, and as to the combination a separate tug entails a loss of £2000 a-year.

The New York Maritime Register says that as early as 1808 certain enterprising shipbuilders proposed to construct iron vessels, but owing to the lack of proper material they did not carry their plans into execution until 1818. In that year Thomas Wilson built an iron ship and launched her on the river Clyde. near Glasgow. This boat was named the Vulcan, and up to a few years ago she was still running on the Scotch river. In 1821 another iron vessel, the Aaron Manley, wa3 built at Horseley aud sent in sections to London, there to be put together. When the vessel was completed it was sent to France to be used on the Seine. During the next few years iron shipbuilding became comparatively common, but these are believed to be the first vessels constructed solely of iron ribs and plates. From a private letter received at San Francisco it is learned that the well-known Inman line steamer City of Richmond has been purchased by a Liverpool firm, will be transformed into a five-masted sailing ship, and be placed in the Californian trade. Her machinery is now being taken out. The dimensions of the steamer are : Length 440, beam 43, depth 34 feet; gross tonnage 3780, net 2957. After her engines are out, of course her net tonnage will be much larger. The City of Richmond was built at Glasgow in 1573. A Marine Board (South Australia) by-law passed, relating to pilotage at the port of Wallaroo, is to the following effect Sea pilotage is not compulsory, but when a pilot is employed he has authority to charge according to a scale fixed by the Board. The engagement of' a pilot inwards does not necessarily include his employment wards. The employment of the harbour master as harbour pilot is compulsory for all vessels, exclusive of those engaged solely in the coasting trade, and a scale has been fixed for the charge of the same. The limit of harbour pilotage has been fixed within one mile of the outer end of the new jetty. The Marine Board will not be responsible for any damage to any ship from the negligence of the harbour pilot. In his evidence given before the shipping scction of the Labour Commission, Sir Henry Calcraft, permanent secretary to the Board of Trade, stated that, notwithstanding the great increase of the tonnage in the British mercantile marine, there had been a great decrease in the total tonnage wrecked and in the proportion of lives lost. This was due to the good results following the Load-line and Life-saving Appliances Act. The percentage of foreign sailors employed in British ships is just now 14'63, as against 16 42 in lSS,3and the statement contained in the report of the Commission on Loss of Life at Sea still held good—that whilst the British sailor was superior to all others in qualities of courage, coolness, and resources in times ot danger, he was not so sober, so submissive to authority, and so punctual in keeping his engagements as his brethren from the northern parts of Europe. Although, perhaps, the majority of sailors were not aware of the fact, a penalty of £20 could be enforced by them against a master for supplying them with food or water unfit for human consumption.

THE CLANSMAN. Captain W. A. Curphev, of the Sugar Company's steamer Fiona, which arrived at midnight, reports that he passed the schooner Clansman at 10 30 a.m. on Tuesday, 45 miles north of the Poor Knights. It was blowing hard from the S W. at the time, and the schooner was standing to the westward under >-mall canvas. The Clansman, Captain Douglas, left Suva for Auckland on Friday, the 6th inst. She may be expected to arrive during to-day. THE W. F. WEITZMAN. Regarding this vessel our Kaipara Heads correspondent writes : —" The four-masted schooner W. F. Weitzman, for the last three years a regular trader from Kaipara to Melbourne and Sydney, is qpw upon her last trip, for. after discharging her present cargo of 508,000 feet of baulked and dressed timber she proceeds directly to San Francisco to enter into the timber trade from there to Puget Sound, for which purpose she was originally designed, and proved to be so highly adapted. The Weitzman is comparatively a new vessel, having been built in Eureka, Humboldt County, in 1887. She is substantially constructed of the very best selected pine, and is well found in all modern appliances for facilitating the loading and discharging of cargo; carries 850 tons dead weight; and is generally manned by ten men all told. After several trips from Puget Sound to San Francisco, her owners, of whom there are seventeen, determined to give her a trial in the Australian colonies; and after some negotiations they entered into an engagement with the New Zealand Kauri Timber Company to convey cargoes from Kaipara ports to Melbourne and Sydney, which she has done regularly for the last three years and six months without the slightest mishap, under the able command of one of her owners. Mr. James Johnson. For the information of Captain Johnson's numerous friends and acquaintances in America and the Australian colonies, it is pleasing to be in a position to state that during her sojourning in these colonies the W. F. Weitzman has paid herself twice over. In her numerous voyages between New Zealand and Australia, Captain Johnson almost enjoyed the comforts of a home ashore, for on every trip he was accompanied by his amiable wife, who devoted the greatest portion of her time to the education of her five children aboard. Anxious, however, to bestow upon them the very best education, Captain Johnson has decided to retire from the sea and settle upon his snug farm of 250 acres in Tacoma, Washington State, where it is hoped its proceeds will prove as remunerative as those of the Weitzman. We wish Captain Johnson, who has been a general favourite in Kaipara ports, lon voyage to Melbourne and San Francisco, and prosperous seasons when he settles upon his farm.

THE CUNARD COMPANY. According to the annual report of the Cunard Steamship Company, just issued, the aggregate income from freights, passage money, etc., for the year amounted to £1,221.933. The profits, including £8838 brought forward from preceding year amount to £220,991, and, after deducting income tax, and providing £125,426 for depreciation of ships and wharf properties, and transferring £138,407 to the insurance fund, there is left ac the credit of profit and loss account £52.382. Out of this amount the directors recommend the payment of £47,000 as a dividend, being at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, carrying forward £4382 The balance at the credit of the company's insurance fund has been increased from £280,000 to £315,000. During six months of the year freights generally were of an unremunerative character, and increased competition of new and fast steamers on the Atlantic inevitably diverted some portion of the company's passenger traffic. To meet this competition, and to uphold the company's position, the directors havq ordered two large twin-screw steel steamships of great accommodation and power from the Fairfield Shinbuilding and Engineering Company (Limited), which are expected to be ready for service in the early part of 1895. BY TELEGRAPH. RUSSELL. May 24.—Arrived: Clansman, s.:s., from Auckland. NEW PLYMOUTH. May 24.Arrived : Gairloch, b.b., from Onehunga. Sailed: Mahinapua, s.s., for Onehunga. L yTfELTON. May Sailed : Pukaki, s.s., for Auckland. May 24.—Arrived : Manapouri, s.s., from Wellington, with the San Francisco mail; Rosamond, from Oamaru ; Paquita. barque, from Port Chalmers. Sailed: Elginshire and Pleiades, ships for London j s.s. Rotorua, for Wellington. BLUFF. May 24.—Arrived Star of Victoria, s.s., from Napier. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. London, May 23.—The s.s. Duke of Westminster left for Auckland on Thursday.