SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 722, 1 January 1886, Page 22

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF WELLINGTON.

ABBXVED. - . Friday, December 25. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, from Wanganui. Passengers—ls excursionists. Turnbull and Co agents. _, r ■& Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Passengers—lo excursionists. Turnbull and Co, agents. _ . * Go-Ahead, ss, 129 tons, Plumley, from Castle Point. Jobnston and C(>, agents. Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, from JJoxton. Passengers—l2 excursionists. Bishop, agent. Mahinapua, ss, 205 tons, Holmes, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs Giles, Mcintosh, and Fielding; 3 steerage. U.b.b. Co, agents. „ Hauraki, ss, 58 tons, Harvey, from Pan"itikei. Levin and Co, agents. Southern Cross, ss, 158 tons, Spmks, from Auckland, via East Coast. PassengersCabin : Mrs Catley, Messrs Madden, Carrick Brown, Tabuteau, and Master Grubb ; 4 steeraee. TJ.S.S. Co, agents. Sarah Pile, brigantine, 115 tons, Komerill, from Taiaroa. Waddelh McLeod, and Weir, agents. ._ oc Saturdat, December 2b. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Connor from Greymouth. Passengers-Cabin : Mr andlVSrs Powell and Mr Toomer ; 2 steerage. Brunner Coal Co, agen s. g VST>AY , December 27. Ringarooma, ss, 623 tons, Popham, from Auckland, -via Fast Coast. Passenger*— SaS: Misses Hopper (2), Walters and Bell, MrsCargill, Messrs Hearnes, Saunders Kay and son? Wilson, Hulke Nairn, and Key--worth ; 8 steerage. US.S. Co, agents. Lyttelton, ss, 86 tons, Forbes, from Collingwood. Turnbull and Co, agents. Manawatu, ss, 113 tons Lambert from Westport. Passengers—Cabin : Mr and Mrs Hogan. TJ.S.S. Co, agents. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Russell, from Nelson and Picton. Passengers—los return excursionists. TJ.S.S. Co, agents. Pleione, ship, 1092 tons, Renaut, from Lond°Grafton, ss, 297 tons, from Nelson Pas-seneers-Saloon : Mr and Mrs Solo, and Messrs Peddicombe, Redmond, and 82 return excursionists. TJ.S.S. Co, agents. Monday, December 28. Hawea, ss, 462 tons, Hansby, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Fergusson, Tvess Auketell and Dantheran, Mesdames Hill Pudney and child, Hon P. A. Buckley, Drs'Johnson and Cahill, Captain Malcolmson, Messrs Neighbours, Huston, McGill, Young, Taylor, Isherwood, Blacklock, Davey, Robertson, McDonald, Fisher, Dawson. Underwood, Crombie, Gifford, Brown, McMiUan, Leckie, Hunt Murchie, and 42 excursionists ; 1J steerage. TJ.S.S. Co, agents. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, from Patea. Passenger- Cabin :Mr Hutchison. Turnbull and Co, agents. - __ Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Chambers, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: 50 return excursionists. Turnbull and Co, agents. m Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin: 18 return excursionists. "U.S.S. Co, agents. «,„',. „ T i.-*. n Charles Edward, ss, 140 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : 60 return excusionists. Turnbull-and Co, agents. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, from Cape Turnagain. Levin and Co, agents. Tuesday, December 29. Kennedy, ss, 136 tons.; Furneaux, from West Coast ports and Nelson. PassengersCabin : Messrs Sherwood -and McMaster. Turnbull and Co, agents. - Jane Douglas, ss, 75. tons Fraser, from Foxton. Passengers-Cabin : Misses Fosberry and Farmer, Mesdames Clothier, Grigg, Boss and family, Messrs King and Henley, Turniull and Co, agents. ■nw*™ r> aa Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, from Foxton. Pas-sengers-Cabin : Messrs. (2) and Miss John'Bton, Mr and Mrs Haines and family (3), Messrs Morris, Kreeft, Prouse, Dawson, Jamieson, and Thomas. Bishop, agent. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser,4froni Wanganui. Passengers-Cabin : Mrs Bush, Messrs Keyworth, Austin, Smith King, Phillips Cameron, Bishop, and Murray. Turnbull and Co, agents. ' _,. . . Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passenger—Cabin: Mr Hyde. U.S.S. Co,. ss, 75 tons, Wills, from Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Passengers-Cabm: Mrand Mrs Danaher and family, Messrs Gibson. Davidson, Hammond, Clement, Page. Levin and Co, agents. m Wednesday, December 30. Koranui, ss, 301 tons, Oliver, from Greymouth.' Passengers—Saloon : Misses Webster, Anson,.Martin, Hood, and Roberts, Mrs Kiernan and family, Mr and Mrs Sherwood, Messrs Carlow, Carpenter, White, Jones, Rise; 7 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Hawea, ss, 462 tons, Hansby, from Nelson and Picton. Passengers-Saloon : Misses Woodward, Haldane, Jamieson, and lerrill, Mesdames Hudson, Berry, .Tarrant, and Drurv, Dr and Mrs Greenwood, Mr and Miss Gray, Mr and Miss Stafford, Mr and Miss Parker, Mr and Mrs Dixon, Mr and Mrs Daly, Rev F. Keenan, Messrs Sharp, Pierard, Williams, Myers, Biss, Fordham, Allen, Davy, Thompson, Johnston, Field, Smythe Hoggard, Reeves, Hume, Galhen, Rose, Young, Storey, Maars, and Bell ; o steerage. U.&.&. J TaXa? ss, 228 tons, Thomson, from South. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Wilcox, BUey, and Downing, Mr and Miss Barker. Messrs Tucker, Free, Bell, Runjay, Matthewson, Drake, Hawthorne, Reid, Pilcher, Scharatt, Holden, McAllister, Poynter, Colegrove, Paygon, Wise, Levy, Jackson, Knowles, Hickey, Archibald, Sexton, Hampson, Taiaroa, Wagg, Salien, and Laing ; 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Murray, ss, 78 tons, Vickerman, from Nelson. Passengers-Cabin : Miss Sowman.Mr and Mrs Stratford and child, and Mr Day. Turnbull and Co, agents. Penguin, ss, 442 tons, Allman, from South. Passengers-Saloon : Misses Versey, Elliott, Duff, Duncan, Mesdames Porrita Johnston, ( and Mikeless, Mr and Misses Kebbell (2), Mr and Mrs Frank, Mr and Mrs Corfe, Mr and Mrs Perston, Mr and Mrs Cormack, Dr liutchinson, Messrs Cox, Cunningham, Stratford, Harris, Inglis, Nathan, Scarrell, Gould, Quartley, Purdie, Noble, Kershaw, Gudgeon, Davis, Cate, White, Hart, Brown, Reid, 1 odd, Jenkins, Cox, Gore, Harris, Weston Stock, Bowern, and Smith; 14 steerage. U.S.S. Co, ss, 228 tons, Greager, from Greymouth. Brunner Coal Co, agents. SAIXjJttiJL». Thursday, December 24. Isca, yacht, 7 tons, Batkm, for Lyttelton. ss 137 tons, Chambers, for WaSS : d Pa S lengers-Cabin : Misses Ewine, Plfrke Bowden, Payne, Duck, Mrs Moncneff, kx? *%A nvrTa Unton and 3 children. Meesrs Andrew Skerrett, PridlS), Treadwell. Webb, and 30 excursions' Turnbull and Co., agents. 228 tons, Greager, for Nelson.

Passengers—4o excursionists. Brunner Coal Co., agents, __, .. „ , Charles Edward, ss, 140 tons, Whitwell, for Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Chapman. Mesdames Arnold, Fosella, Wilson, and Sanderson, Messrs (2) and Miss Power, Mr Parnard, and 45 excursionists. Turnbull and Co., agents. • \, , T Hawea, ss, 462 tons, Hansby, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Clarke, . Wilcox, and Keefe, Mrs and Miss Tigne, Mr and Miss Fuller, |Messrs Fell, Todd, Stock, Collman, Thompson, Wilson, Colegrove, Wagg, Bowern, McJLennan, Lang, Gregory, Danks, Pileher, Dale, and 40 excursionists. U.&.fe. Co, agents. T , Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Kussell, for Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Tait, Williams, Priee, Pettitt, Milner, Speed, Youug, Messrs Richmond (2), McKay, Myers, Kives, Biss, Buoholz, Kirk, Pitt, and 110 excursionists. IT.S.S. Co, agents. Kotorua, ss, 576 tons, JSeville, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Onehunga. Passengers —Saloon: Misses Header, Sutcliffe, Brown (2) Mr Mrs, and Miss Williams, Mr and Mrs Carrow, Mr and Misses George (3), Mr and Mrs Baker, Dr Fell, Messrs Biss (2), Smyth, Hoggard, Turton, Smith, Pollen, Batger, Field, Hume, Gray. Emerson, Davy, Wilson, Mackay, Allen, Dixon, Luke, McGowan, Thompson, and 100 excursionists. U.fo.b. Co, Tekapo, ss, 1543 tons, Anderson, for South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Harding, Sowman, McKenzie, Mrs and Misses De Kidder (3), Mr and Mrs Signell, Dr. Johnston, Messrs Hutchison, Hart, Gore, Wood, Jasall, Stewart, Wallace, Hughes, Bell, Curnow, Nash, Kedston, Mackay, Hickey, and 22 excursionists. U.S.S. Co, ageuts. „_,.,. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passengers aS Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Hill, for Nelson. Passengers —51 excursionists. U.S.S- Co, agents. Friday, December 25. Te Anau, ss, 1028 tons, Mcintosh, for Sydney, via INapier, Gisborne, and Auckland. Passengsrs—Saloon ; Misses Pamley, Remenschneider, Elkins, Bennett, and Windmill, Mesdames Alexander, Watson, Gillies, Terry and family (2), Messrs (2), Mrs, and Miss Knigge, Messrs Bacon, Richardson, Billers, Millward, Saunders ; and 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Janet Nicoll, ss, 489 tons, Hutton, for South Sea Islands, via Napier and Auckland. Laery and Campbell, agents. Saturday, December 26. Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, for Foxton. Turnbull and Co, agents. Sunday, December 27. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, for Wanganui.

Turnbull and Co, agents. I Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, for Foxton. Bishop, ag Wa'naka, ss, 278 tons, Russell, for South. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Manaway, Messrs Solomon, Long, Giles, and Park ; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Monday, December 28. Manawatu, ss, 113 tons, Lambert, for Wanganui and Westport. Passengers Cabin : Masters Grace (5), and Mr Sheldon. U.b.b. Co. agents. . , , „_ Mahinapua, ss, 205 tons, Holmes, for Westport. Passenger—Cabin : Mr Hardie. U.b.b. Co, agents. . __ Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Hill, for Westport. U.S.S. Co, agents. -,,-*«• Hawea, ss, 462 tons, Hansby, for Picto'n and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Triggs, Rose, Kelly, Davidson, Dickson, Ross, Holmes and Bell, Mesdames McGrath and Russell, Mrs and Miss Kenny, Mr and Mrs Lowe and 2 children, Colonel Burlton, Messrs Malcolm, Campbell, Kay, Stearns, Nairn, Saunders, Keast and Wilson, Masters Kay (2) and Young ; 6 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Bingarooma, ss, 623 tons, Popham, for Melbourne, via South and Hobart, Passengers—Saloon: Misseß Brown, Hadfield, Hannay, Hislop, Hoare, Vance, Whiteman, 1 riggs and McCririe, Mrs and Miss Smith, Mrs Scoullar and son, Mr and Mrs Myers and son, Mr and Mrs Crow, Mr and Mrs Hall, Mr and Mrs Skelly, Rev Mr Walters, Messrs Stratford, Thompson, Peddicambe, Mclntyre, Fraser, Thornton, Tribe, Worthington, Chrystal, Watkins, Graham, Dickson, Ussher, Dumbell, Reeves, Biers and Holdsworth ; 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. _ Go-Ahead, ss, 129 tons, Plumley, for Lyttelton. Johnston and Co, agents. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, for Ureti and Blackhead. Levin and Co, agents. Southern Cross, ss, 158 tons, Slinks, for Auckland, via East Coast. U.b.S. Co, agents. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Morris and Jenkins. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waverlev, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, for Patea, Passenger—Cat in : Miss Turner. Turnbull and Co, agents. ,; Charles Edward, ss, 140 tons, Whitwell, for Nelson and West Coast ports. PassengerCabin : Mr Hartley. Turnbull and Co, agents. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Chambers, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Sullivan (2), Burgess, Marshed, Lawson, Meek (2), Dixon, Mr and Mrs Auffray, Mr Fitzherbert and Master Whitehouse. Turnbull and Co, ag Lyttelton, ss, 86 tons, Forbes, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co, agents. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Conway, for Greymouth. ' Passengers—2 steerage. Brunner Coal Co, agents. Tuesday, December 29. Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, for Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Johnston and Luke, Mrs Jones, and Mrs Anderson. Turnbull and Co, agents. -\ .'•-:.■,. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. ' - Kennedy, ss, 136 tons, Furneaux, for Nelson. Turnbull and Co, agents. ].■ „.- „ Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, for Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs Hewitt, family (3),, and servant, Mr and Mrs Barber and daughter, and Master Southern. Bishop, agent. Wednesday, December 30. Koranui, ss, 30L tons, Oliver, for South. Passengers—2 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. _ Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Riby, Worgan, and Gray, Mr and Miss Wall, Messrs Field, Rapky, Anderson ; 1 steerage. Turnbull and Co, agents. . W 1 Murray, ss, 98 tons, Vickerman, for Nelson and West Coast ports. Passenger—Cabin : Mr Jackson. Turnbull and Co, agents. Hauraki, ss, 58 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Levin and Co, agents. Ocean Bird, ketch, 33 tons, Gillard, for Lyttelton. Master, agent. Wakatu, ss, 75 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passengers Cabin : Mrs Cook, Messrs Sharp, Lindsay, and Lane. Levin and Co, agents. Hawea, ss, 462 tons, Hansby, for South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Cook, Curtis, Cimino (2), Lottiward, Newburn, Fenton, Thompson, Mesdames Parker, Turnbull, Maher, Hill, Dr and Mrs Ferguson, Mr and Mrs Camobell, Messrs Woodford, Healy, Doige, Marsh, Buchanan, Mee, Loxley, Bower, Reeves, and Bindon ; 6 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. „ Taiaroa, ss, 228 tons, Thomson, por Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses White, Vere«y,

5 a nd Fodhal, Mesdames Gaskin and child and Lunn, Mr and Mrs Bellamore, Mr and Mrs Frank, Mr and Mrs Corfe, Messrs Smith and Holdsworth. IJ.S.S. Co, agents. IMPORTS. Te Anau, from Melbourne —1 case, W. Bishop : 21 cases, 1 pkg, F. J. Preston ; 1 case, J. Watt; 1 do, G. W. Dutton ; 1 pci, Lyon and Blair; 1 case, McEwen, Brown, and Kitto ; 1277 packets sugar, 3 cases, Levin and Co ; 130 cases fruit, Heaton and Miller ; 125 do, 15 cases onions, Laery and Campbell; 98 bags sugar, 11 cases, 1 pci, W. and G-. Turnbull and Co ; 52 casks, G. Crawford ; 1 case, L. Smith ; 1 do, Harcourt and Co ; 155 casts, 230 bags, 6 pels, 2 pkgs, and 1 qr-cask, variously consigned and to order. From Hobart 79 cases fruit, G. Thomas; 38 do, Laery and Campbell; 28 cases, 27 bdls, varionsly consigned. Tekapo, from Sydney—l case, C. Mill; 2 bales, J. Duthie; 3 cases, Levin and Co. ; 120 cases fruit, Laery and 1 bdl, Turnbull, Smith and Co. ; 414 cases fruit, G. Thomas ; 28 cases, 16 casks, 14 bales, 5 pkgs, 4 pels, 2 kegs, and 1 length shafting, variously consigned and to order. From Newcastle 1600 tons coal, U.S.S. Co. ' Pleione, from London —10 cases Whittaker Bros ; 100 do, 10 qr-casks, United Importers Co ; 175 cases, 90 coils, 50 rolls, 45 kegs, 6 bdls, Murray, 'Roberts, and Co ; 182 cases, 450 bdls, 400 bags, 50 hf-hhds, 30 kegs, 14 bales, 4 tanks, Levin and Co ; 134 cases, 25 jars, 12 crates, 6 casks, 4 drums, New Zealand Drug Co ; 200 bags, Gear Meat Preserving Company; 8 cases, 4 hf-chests, 2 casks, 1 basket, 1 tierce, C. I). Barrand ; 4 cases, 2 bales; 2 casks, G. Denton : 10 casks, 1 basket, 1 case, W. ,C. FitzGerald ; 100 kegs, Johnston and Co ; 50 cases, W. M. Bannatyne and Co *. 6 eases, G. Reiehardt, 7 bales, 3 cases, Turnbull, Smith, and Co ; 7 cases, J. Nathan and Co; 2635 bags, 2171 cases, 600 casks, 25 tons scrap iron, 20 qr-casks, 15 kegs, 10 sheets iron, 8 octaves, 6 bales, and 1 tank, W. andG.Turnbull and Co; 61 cases, 1 bale, P. Hayman and Co; 301 kegs, 154 bdls, 52 cases, 30 rolls, 20 casks, 11 bales, 5 coils, 1 hhd, 1 box, W. Nathan and Co ; 2 cases, Deacon and Bushel!; 30 qr-boxos gunpowder, W. Dawson and Co ; 10 cases, JS. Pearce ; 823 kegs, 410 bars, 50 bdls iron, 313 cases, 240 reels wire, 213 casks, 110 drums, 77 grindstones, 47 bdls, 44 rolls, 21 coils, 10 crates, 2 bales, John .Duthie and Co ; 237 casks and cases, 1463 bars and bdls iron, 160 drums 10 kegs, 6 frames, E. W. Mills and Co ; 2090 cases, 1153 boxes, 336 casks, 296 bdls, 498 pkgs, 175 drums, 106 camp ovens and 108 covers, 100 bags, 100 brls, 55 kegs, 54 doors. 50 jars, 45 bales, 42 grindstones, 12 rolls, 9 crates, 10 firkins, 6 tierces, 4 hhds, 3 vices, 3 tanks, 1 wheel, 1 mortar, and 1 pel, variously consigned and to order. B Y TELEGRAPhT (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). Timaru, December 27. Arrived—Ocean Ranger, from Newcastle. Oamaru, December 24. Sailed—Barque Ada, Melmore, with a full cargo of wool and tallow. . December 27. Arrived—Barque May Queen, from Nelson, to load wool for London. , Gisborne, December 24. Sailed—N.Z.S. Co’s ship Waipa, for London, with 4014 bales wool, 218 sacks barley, 22 casks tallow, &c., valued at Lso.ooo—the largest cargo ever taken from this port direct for Eugland. ■ Lyttelton, December 27. Sailed, 2.30 pm—Hawea, for Wellington. Napier, December 26. Arrived—9.2o am, Janet Nicoll; 11.45 am, Te Anau, from Wellington. Sailed, 11.30 am—Janet Nicoll, for Auckland. _ , Foxton, December 27. Arrived, 12.30 pm—Jane Douglas, from Wellington. „„ Auckland, December 20. Arrived —Sandfly, from Tonga; Ada C. Owen, from Rarotonga. Wanganui, December 27. Sailed, 1 pm—Stormbird, for Wellington. Wanganui, December 28. Arrived, 2 am—Huia, from Wellington. Sailed, 2.15 pm—Huia, for Wellington. Lyttelton, December 28. Arrived, 11.45 am—Wanaka, from WellingSailed, 6.15 pm—Wakatu, for Kaikoura and Wellington. _ Port Chalmers, December 28. Arrived —Ship Taranaki, from London (at Heads). _ ■ Bluejf, December 28. _ The ss Manapouri, with an English mail, arrived here at 4 this morning. She left Melbourne on the 23rd at 8 pm, was abreast of the Solanders at 6 pm on the 27th, arriving as above. Had fresh westerly winds with rain during the passage. Passengers for Wellington —Misses Lay, McGowern, Lucas, Messrs Rylands (2); December 25th, Thurso, barque, Sander, from Lyttelton, to load grain for Australia; December 26th, Sarah and Mary, brigantine ; and Circe, brigantine, From Greymouth, with coal. Auckland, December 28. . Arrived, 1.45 pm—Janet Nicoll, from South; Three Cheers, from Brisbane. Sailed—Nettie, for New York; Hattie N. Bangs, for Newcastle ; Rotorua, for South. Passengers —Messrs C. Hensen, Wallace, Johnstone, J. Taylor, Newcombe, Jones, Bagnail, Laird, Florence, Thompson, Little, Blair, Oakes, Partie, Given, McGinon, Mesdames C. Hansen and infant, Toole and 3 children, Wallace, Wright, Bagnall, McGinon, Thompson, Little, child and nurse, Renfrew and child, Blair, Oakes, Misses Haselden, Godby, Wright (2), and Aldridge. Picton, December 28. Arrived, 5.30 pm—Hawea, from Wellington. Sailed, 7.5 pm—Hawea, for Nelson. Dunedin, December 28. Arrived —Ship Taranaki, Gordon, from London, 79 days out. She has 9 passengers ; bricrantine Seagull, from North. Sailed —Stella, for lighthouses ; Penguin, for North. Passengers for Wellington Mrs Michaelis, Misses (2) and Mr Kebbell, Mr and and Mrs Cormack. For Picton —Miss Elliott and Mrs Quartly. , Lyttelton, December 29. Arrived —6.20 am, Ringarooma, from Wellington ; 11.50 am, Go-Ahead, from Wellington, via Stoneyhurst; Lake Erie, from Adelaide. Sailed —Ringarooma, for South ; Penguin and Taiaroa, for Wellington ; Orari, for London, with a cargo of wool and other produce. The New Zealand Shipping Company are advised of the arrival of the Aorangi, at Plymouth, on December 28th, all well; frozen meat in good condition. Wanganui, December 29. Arrived —5 am, Manawatu, from Wellington ; 3.50 pm, Stormbird, from Wellington. Timaru, December 29. Sailed —Wanaka, for Dunedin ; Omapere, for North ; Kenilworth, for Oamaru. Dunedin, December 29. Sailed —Hauroto, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. Passengers for Sydney—Mrs Hutcheson and family, Messrs McLaren and Ferguson. Manapouri, for North. Passengers for Wellington —Mesdames Earl, Lloyd and infant and servant, Miss Reay, Mr Jacob; for

I Napier—Mrs Spooner, Miss Finch; for Gisborne —Mrs Grant; for Auckland Messrs Rosling, McFee. Jessie Readman, ship, for Wellington. Blenheim. December 29, Arrived, 3 pm—Lyttelton, frdm Wellington. Napier, December 29. Arrived, 5.45 pm—Southern Cross, from Wellington. Westport, December 29. Arrived, 5 pm—Grafton, from Wellington. GreymOUTH, December 29. Sailed, 4 pm—Pelham, for Wellington. 1 Nelson, December 29. Arrived —2.30 am, Hawea, from Picton ; 12.40 pm, Charles Edward, from Wellington. Sailed —2 pm, Hawea, for Picton and Wellington ; 3 pm, Koranui, for Wellington. Taranaki, December 29. The steamer Rotorua left for .Nelson and Southern ports at 11 o’clock this morningPassengers—Miss Baddeley, Mesdames Craig, Richmond, Donahue, Breach and son, Messrs Cable, Jackson, Jardine, Lovell, Tyrer. Greymouth, December ?0. Arrived, 4 am—Mahinapua, from Wellington. , Foxton, December 30. Arrived, early—Jane Douglas; 3.30 pm, Tui, from Wellington. Sailed, 3.30 pm—Jane Douglas, for WellmgWanganui, December 30. Sailed, 4.15 pm—Stormbird, for Wellington. Auckland, December 30. Arrived, 6.30 am—Waihora, from Sydney ; Vanduara Corrance, from London, with a cargo valued at L 60,000, after a passage of. 75 days; Mahuarangi, from Tonga ;> Julia Price, from Norfolk Island. Sailed—Te Anau, for Sydney. Nelson, December 30. Arrived, 10.45 am—Kennedy, from Wellington. Sailed, 3.5 pm—Rotorua, for Picton and Wellington. Blenheim, December 30. Arrived, 2.30 pm—Waihi, from Wellington. Patea, December 30. Arrived, 5 am—Waverley, from Wellington. Sailed, 4.45 pm—Waverley, for Wellington. Lyttelton, December 30. Sailed —Merope, barque, for London ; Hauroto, for Sydney, via Wellington ; Manapouri, for North. Passengers for Wellington; — Mesdames Colton, Stratfield, Blacklock, Miss 'Pearson, Davidson, Cross, Solomon, Messrs Pennefather, Stratfield, Reston, Aitken, Hughes;-Harris, Dwarris, Blacklock.

The t U. S;S. Mahinapua left Dunedin at 11 pm on the 21st inst,;called at Oamaru and Timaru, and reached Lyttelton at 6 am on the 24th, left again at 5 pm:,samp day, and arrived here at 11.30 am onfUhnstrnas. Day. She sailed for Westport on Saturday. ' • The U.S.S. Ringarooma arrived here on Sunday morning. She ; fef§Auckland at 0.15 p.m, on the 24th instant,‘&tvd arrived at Gisborne at 1.30 p.m, on the 25th; left again at 7.20 p.m. same day, and reached Napier, at 3 a.m. on the 26th, moved on at 3 p.m. same day, and arrived as above. Experienced strong easterly breeze and thick weather from Auckland to Gisborne, thence fine weather to arrival. She left for Melbourne via South and Hobart next day. J.- VT' The U.S.S. Manawatu arrived here at 3 on Sunday afternoon from Westpbrt," after a passage of 26 hours. She returned; via Wanganui, on Monday. The U.S.S. Wanaka left Nelson at 11 pm on Saturday, and reached Picton at 7.45 next morning ; left again at 11 am same day, and arrived here at 4 on Sunday afternoon.. She sailed South same evening. . J? 4 The brigantine Sarah Pile arrived’here;.last Friday evening from Taiaroa with,a cargo of timber. The passage occupied 7 days; The B.C.S. Maori left Greymouth at. 11 pm on the 24th instant* and arrived in port at 7.30 on Saturday morning. -VThe D.S.S. Southern Cross left Auckland at 3pm on the 21st instant, Gisborne at 10 30 am on the 23rd, Napier at 4pm on the 24th, and arrived here at 9.15 last Friday night. She retured on Monday. / ' The S.S. and A. Co’s barque Jessie Readman has been ordered to leave Port Chalmers for Wellington to load for London. The A.L.S. Charles Edward left Nelson at midnight on Sunday, and arrived here at 11 Monday morning. She sailed for Nelson and West Coast ports in the evening. The ss Kiwi returned from Cape Turnagain Monday morning. She sailed for Ureti and Blackhead in the evening. The U.S.S. Maitai has now taken up the Suva’s running between here and Auckland, the latter steamer having been sent to Fiji to trade between the Islands. The S.S. and A. Co’s steamer Tainui is due at Wellington this morning from London, via Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. The U.S.S. Co’s Koranui left Greymouth on the 28th inst, Nelson at 3 pm next day, and arrived here at an early hour Wednesday. She sailed South the same day. The U.S.S. Co’s Taiaroa left Dunedin on the 27th inst., called at Oamaru and Timaru, and arrived at Lyttelton early on Tuesday; left again at 5.30 pm the same,, day, and arrived here at 10 am Wednesday. She sailed for Nelson in the evening. „ . The U.S.S. Co’s Penguin left Port Chalmers on the 28th instant, and reached Lyttelton next morning ; left again at 9.15 pm same day, and arrived here at 11.15 on Wednesday morning. She sails for Picton to-day. The A.L.S. Murray arrived here at 10.15 Wednesday morning from Nelson, which port she left at 9.45 on Tuesday night. She sailed in the afternoon for Nelson and West Coast, ports.

ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP PLEIONE. The S.S. and A. Co’s ship Pleione, 1092 tons, Captain Renaut, arrived off the Heads Sunday afternoon, and, notwithstanding the stiff northerly wind, managed to beat into harbor, and anchored off Kaiwarra at 9 Sunday night. She brings a large general cargo, and has made a passage of 110 days, as folio W s : Left London on September 7th, took in powder at Gravesend, and anchored in the Downs on the Bth. Weighed anchor three days later, had westerly and SW winds down the Channel, and landed the pilot off Berry Head on the 15th, clearing the Channel on the 18th. From thence to the 24th, inlat. 45 N, long. 12 W, had light SW airs, and on the latter date picked up a NE wind, which carried the ship to the NE trades, which lasted to lat. 22 N, long. 26 W, October 2nd ; from this date till October 23rd, when the Equator was crossed in long. 26’8 W, light variable winds and very hot weather were experienced. On October 12th spoke several vessels, including the Hermione, for Auckland, and Parramatta, for Sydney, which left London from ten to fifteen days after the Pleione. At 3 pm on October 31st passed to the eastward of Martin Vass Rocks, seven miles distant. The SE trades proved light, and were lost on November 3rd in lat. 25 o, long. 28 W. At 8 am on November 14th passed the meridian of Nightingale Island 30 to the south, the meridian of the Cape at 8 pm on November 21at in lat. 4313 S, meridian of the Crozets at 10 am on November 29th in lat. 45*5 S, the meridian of Cape Leuwin at 4 am on

December 14th in lat. 45"30 S, and the meridian of Hobart at 4 pm on December 20. Cape Farewell was sighted at 10 pm on Saturday last, The Brothers passed at • nboa on Sunday, and the Heads reached _ several hours later, the vessel eventually arriving m port in charge of Pilot Holmes, as stated in our last issue. With the exception of a JS'E gale on Nov. 30, lasting 10 hours, followed by a NW gale, which continued for 24 hours, and a SE gale of 16 hours on December 13, in long 112 E, the weather and winds throughout the passage have been moderate, but very wet and cold for the time of the year. The Pleione brings lour second-cabin and four steerage passengers, who have come into port in good health. FRENCH PASS BUOY. The lightkeeper at the French Pass has re- - ported to the Marine Department that the buoy at that place has gone adrift, and that he has moored it in a bay about two miles from the Pass. SHIPPING- SUMMARY. Nothing of any great importance hashappened in the shipping trade of this port during the past month. Of course, owing to the Christmas holidays, the shipping has been a great deal more active than usual, the coastal trade at present being very brisk. The American barque Escort, 638 tons, Captain Waterhouse* which came here from New York, via Lyttelton, having discharged her cargo for this port, took in ballast, and sailed for Guam on Friday, December 4. The S.S. and A. Go’s barque Lochnagar, 464 tons, Perriam, arrived here on Saturday, December 6, from Gisbourne, to complete her loading for Home, and speedily filled up with wool, &c., sailing for London on Thursday, the 24th December, taking one passenger. The N.Z.S. Co’sR.M.S. Ruapehu, 2645 tons, arrived here from London, via Otago Heads, on Tuesday, December 8. The passage from Plymouth to Otago Heads occupied 42 days IS hours 5 minutes, the actual steaming time being 41 days 8 hours 10 minutes. She brought 209 passengers and 2890 tons of caigo for the whole of the Colony. After landing mails for here and coaling, the Ruapehu proceeded to Auckland, returning to this port on December 14th. She then discharged her Wellington cargo, and left for Lyttelton on the 19th. She leaves here for London via Rio de Janiero on January 14th. The S.S. &A. Co’s steamer Coptic, which it will be remembered was chartered by the Imperial Government with the intention of fitting her up as an armed cruiser, arrived here from London via Auckland on the same day as the Ruapehu’s arrival. She made the passage from Plymouth to Auckland in 51 days, less 6 days 3 hours’ detention, which was chiefly caused by her_ meeting with an accident to her propeller which compelled her to put in to Capetown for repairs. Her passengers for all ports amounted to 212, and her cargo to 2364 tons. The Coptic took in 6000 carcases frozen meal here, and left for Napier and Lyttelton od Sunday, December 13th, sailing from the latter port for London via Rio de Janiero on Wednesday the 23rd instant. Her frozen meat cargo from A uckland, Napier, Lyttelton, and Wellington, amounted to about 22,500 carcases. The S.S. and A. Co’s barque Langstone, 746 tons, Captain Tonkin, with a full cargo of wool, tallow, skins, &c. ; and ship Canterbury. 1245 tons, Captain McMillan, for Timaru, to load frozen meat for Home, sailed on Tuesday, December 8. On Saturday, December 12, the Eastern Extension, Australian, and China Telegraph Co’s cable steamer Sherard Osborn arrived in port from Melbourne. She came here for the purpose of repairing the Cook Strait cable, which was broken some months'■ ago. She accomplished her work on Sunday, December 20, and left for her headquarters (Singapore), via Sydney, four days later. The Sherard Osborn is a twin-screw steamer274ft long and 1429 tons gross, and was built by Messrs Scott and Co, of Greenock, in 1878. She is commanded by Captain F. Worsley, and her hands number 92 all told. During her stay here the captain and officers established themselves as great favorites by their courtesy and general bearing to visitors to the steamer. The N.Z.S. Co’s R.M.S. Rimutaka, 2885 tons, Captain'E. O. Hallett, R.N., arrived here from Lyttelton on December 12, and sailed for London on the following Thursday, with 32 passengers, 41 bags mails, and a full cargo, including about 14,000 carcases frozen meat, of which 4324 carcases, in addition to 72 quarters beef, 12 casks kidneys, and 3 bags- calves’ heads, were shipped, at Wellington. This magnificent steamer left here in first-class trim, and doubtless will make another fast run Home. The N.Z.S. Co’s, ship Otaki, 1014 tons, Captaiu Worcester, sailed for London on Saturday, December 19th, and cleared the Beads next day, taking a large cargo of wool, tallow, preserved meats, skins, &c. The next ship which the N.Z.S. Co will despatch from here for London will be the Piako, 1075 tons, Captain Sutherland, which returned from Napier, where she had been to discharge original, cargo from London, on December 23rd, and is now loading at the Railway Wharf. The first wool ship, however, to leave this port for Home will be the S.S. and A. Co’s ship Nelson, 1247 tons, Captain Bannatyne, which will probably sail on Saturday next, having nearly completed her loading. The S.S. and A. Co’s ship Pleione, 1092 tons, arrived in port on Sunday night last from London, after a rather long passage of 111 days, which is accounted for by the fact of the vessel having had more than her share of light and bafiling winds during the run out; > She brought 8 passengers and a large general cargo, which she is now discharging at the Queen’s Wharf. Mr Edward Pearce is her agent. The steamer Mohaka, which was sunk by a collision with the steamer Waihi in the Opawa River some time ago, was raised and brought over to Wellington on December 14. She is now receiving repairs on the Patent Slip, and it is believed that she will be ready to resume her ordinary running to Blenheim in about a week from the present time. Wellington will be visited shortly by Admiral Tryon in H.M.S. Nelson, which is at Auckland now. The next vessel to arrive here from London are the S-S. and A. Co.‘s steamer Tainui, via Port Chalmers and Lyttelton, which is expected to leave the latter port to-night, and will therefore be here to-morrow ; the N.Z.S. Co.’s R.M.S. Kaikoura, via Auckland, 40 days out, the S.S. and A. Co.’s steamer Doric, via Auckland, 26 days out, and the sailing vessels Hurunui, Wave Queen, and Opawa, bound for Wellington direct, 98 days, 73 days, and 44 days out respectively. From New York, the Sagetta, 110 days out, and Stella, 82 days out, ought to arrive before the publication of our next Summary. The Loch Bredan is 97 days up to the present on her passage from Liverpool to this port, and should thus be showing up at any minute.