SHIPPING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1262, 7 May 1896, Page 28

SHIPPING.

ARRIVED. Monda.y, May i. Tainui, s.s., 3291 tons, Stuart, from London via Plymouth, Tcncriffc, Capetown and Hobart. Passengers—First saloon for Wellington, Messrs Allen and Mac Ewan ; second saloon, Miss Moore, Mr Porter ; steerage, Mr Maithmd. First saloon foi G-isborne, Mr S. F. Barton ; steerage, Mr F. St. Paul. First saloon for Napier, Miss H.C. Davenport. For Dunedin, Mr and Mrs Edward Smith and infant. First saloon for Port Chalmers, Miss F. J. Squires Mr F. Squires: second saloon, Mrs It. Fleming, Mr and Mrs W. Woolcott. First saloon for Auckland, Mr and Mrs Finley and infant; second saloon, Mrs J. Hamilton: steerage, Mr and Mrs 11. Nicholson, Masters D. and J. Nicholson. Mr R. Herd. Second saloon for Lyttelton, Mr J. W. Watson, Mr F. N. Scaley. Steerage—For Grcymouth, Messrs AY. Berry and W. Wall; Timaru, Messrs J. Mackenzie and E. McLochlan; Lyttelton, Messrs D. McWha, J. Nicol, W. Roborts, E. Watt; Now Plymouth. Mr W. Deo.

Tho barque Gainsborough, which arrived off the Heads on Tuesday, could not bo scon next morning from the signal station. Captain Fleming, of the Omapcro, reported seeing a barque under lower topsails off Port Underwood on Tuesday morning. This no doubt will be the vessel, Pilot Shilling probably havinc run thee for shelter.

Turnbull and Co. have completed arrangements for the chartering of the brig Sunlight, which will leave for Tonga tit an early date to load copra for Europe. She will probably leave on Friday,

Tho Bnrrumbeet, which arrived at Auckland on Tuesday to take up a trip of tlio Anglian, is a screw steamer of 2420 tons gross tonnage, and 1501 tons not tonnage. Her dimensions are :—Length, 300 ft ; length of beam, 40ft ; depth of hold, HUt Tin. Her ongir.es are what are known as triple-surface condensing engines of 233 h.p. nominal. She is schooner-rigged, and built of stool. Hor registered speed is 14 knots. Captain Eekford is having his now steamer built by Messrs Dixon, Clatworthy, Watt and Uringans. The engines and machinery of tho Waitapu aro to be transferred to the new steamer. Tho Waitapu, it will bo remembered, was burnt on tho Patent Slip somo time back. The planking of the new vessel will bo of kauri built on tho diagonal plan, and tho keel will bo of iron bark. The dimensions will be:—length, 'Mil ; beam, 10ft; depth of hold, 7ft (Jin. THE TAINUI, FROAI LONDON. The R.M.S. Tainui, Captain Stuart, arrived here on Monday afternoon after a favourable passage. She left Plymouth at 3 p.m. March 21st with 171 passengers, and arrived at TonerilTc at 7.50 a.m. on March 2Gth, having had lino weather with a very heavy northwest sea crossing tho Lay. Left Tencriffo at 4.35 p.m. the same day, and had light northeast trades. Crossed the Equator on Wednesday evening, April Ist. The commencement of south-east trades were light, hut towards tho end became strong with heavy head sea. The Tainui arrived at Capetown at 0.20 p m. on April It, hiving had strong southerly and south-south-west gale for tho last two days, with very heavy head sea. Tho Tainui lauded 111 passengers and mails, and ;>rocooded again at 3 p.m. next day for Hobn't. Experienced lino weather and very unsteady variable winds until reaching long. 76dog. oast, then strong north-west and south-west winds and very long ami heavy westerly sea. Arrived at Hobart at 1 p.m. on lhc2olli April, and after landing passengers, mails, and somo general cargo for Launccstui and Hobart, proceeded for Wellington at 8.13 a.m. on tho 30th April, and arrived 3.2 ) p.m. on Mond ly. Had fine weather, with light, variable winds and long south-westerly swell during the run across from Hobart. Tho Tainui's eari.ro consists of 23.50 tons, of which amount 1800 tons arc for Wellington. She leaves for Dunedin on Saturday, and then j,'oes to Lyttelton, which port she leaves for London on the 23th inst.