SHIPPING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 20

SHIPPING.

ARRIVED. Tuesday, Junk 2. Wakatipu, s.s., 1258 tons. Spittles, from Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Pulsion!, Myers (2), Ditchings (2), Mesdamcs Jli-s' Wills, Richardson, O'Connor, Male and child White, Messrs White, Carey, Biss, Wills, Richardson, Wright, Whatman, Sutherland, Seymour (3), Sargisou. Fraser, MoCormick, Cargill and son, Williams, Ivirkcaldie, Lewis. Parker, Townsond, Ivebboll, Masters Warren and Cargill; :i'i steer"Wuiroa, s.s.. II lons, Wcstrupp, from Motucka and Takaka. Waihi, s.s., <r> tons, North, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Everett and Curtis, Takapuna, s.s., [MI) tons, (■rant, from Ouchunga, via New Plymouth. Passyngors -Saloon : Misses Walker, Brewster, Uestell, Trimnell, Mrs -Moore, Messrs 1 Hoy, Judd, McMellis, Drummond, Prowsc, Gunner, Petersen ; 8 steerage. SAILED. Tuesday. Juke 2. Orowaiti, s.s., 283 tons, Kerr, for Westport. Star of Eng'and, 2208 tons, Moid, Wan"\anui. Pas.-engei —Saloon : Captain East. Queen of the South, s.s.. 121 tons. Harvey, for Foxton. Passengers-Cabin ;Mr and Mrs Overdid and family. Meluourn'K, June 2. Arrived-Mararoa, from Bluff. liYTTELTON, JuilO 1. Sailed, 2 p.m.—Glonfinlos, ship, for Sydney. BnU!•'!■', June 2. Arrived, 12. Li p.m.—Hauroto, from .Melbourne via Hobart, with an Engli-h mail. Passengers -Miss Elder, Mrs Galvin and <i children, Mr Galvin, Rev Poutwaltz aid 4 steerage. Auckland, June i. Arrived, noon—Anglian, from Sydney. Passengers-Miss Lynch, Mr Aloes and 2 " Arrived -Taupo, from Tahiti and Para tonga; Maud Graham, schooner,from Lyttelton. T . Port Chalmers, June ■>. Arrived, noon—Himalaya, barque, from Glasgow.

The overhaul to the steamers Wainui, ' Grafton and Mawhera will commence this j month, ami while they are laid up the i Dingadeo will take up the West Coast and Nelson running, and the Southern Cross will , fake the Dingadee's place. Extensive altera- ; lions are to be made to the Wainui, and she is to become practically a new boat. The Star of England ships 10,000 carcases ! of mutton, 10.000 legs of mutton and II'), quarters of beef here, 5000 carcases being from j the Meat Compuiv, and the balance from the . Gear Company. She sails to-day for Wanga- | nui, where she takes in 10,000 carcases of mutton, 250 bales of wool and 200 casks ol j tallow. Mr Bird, of Otak : , is building a steam : launch 30ft long and with abeam of Bft dm. | The launch will carry 20 persons, and is I intended for a plea-ura boat. Although too j launch will bo either furnished with a steam , boiler or an oil engine, she will be rigged as a \ cutter, with her sails always ready in ease 01 j emergency. | The Star of Eil-land sailed for Wanganu \ yesterday, taking 10,7.72 legs of mutton, j 10,151 carcases, 208 casks tallow, 2Vi hales wool, 10t> cases of meat, 108 quarters ol beel, 02 casks pelts an 1 0 balei of basils. The Hauroto will not reach hero from Mel- j bourne until Sunday. She comes via Hobart : and South, and will leave a-ai:i on Monday. The Tysor liner Star ol Victoria will bo due hero in a fortnight or less from London. | She comes via Australia, Auckland and East j Coast, puts out 2l'l tons of. cargo here, ami j then .-ails for Wat'.ganui and the Bluff, and f finally sails trom thai porl lor Loudon. _ I the Wakatipu arrived from Sydney <-'i 'I n 'S j day. ll.r eargo consist, d of 72') tons, ol . wlii.di 2SO tons arc f.-r WeHington. She j brings over 1500 ,;a ;e : of I'riiit, an I'JJI cises arc also for this port. She sailed lor Melbjuiiio via Uobari and S■•uth yesterday. The statistical tablo-for IhOo issued in eonii.jelioii with Lloyd' ■ Register ol British and Foreign Shipping -how thai ou tho whole, during l-'.tL the steamers on the official register of the United Kingdom have increased by 110 vessels and 2".1,150 lons, and that sailing vessels have decreased by 318 vessels and 112,77!) lons. The total number of vessels on the Register has decreased by 202, and the total tonnage has increased by 138,710 tons during the year. The total addition of steam tonnage during the year was 7s:-;,;V.i'.l tons gross, and of sailing tonnage 01,3>1 tons gross, or in all 817,782 tons gross. Over 01 per cent, of this, addition consisted of new vessels. The gross deduction of steam tonnage from the Register amounted to 531.010 tons, and of sailing tonnage to 177,102 ions, or in all to 700.072 tolas.

THE GOTHIC, FROM LONDON. I he Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's fine steamer Gothic arrived here on Sunday afternoon from London, via Capetown and Hobart. She left Plymouth on Saturday, tho 18th April, at 3.18 p.m., and experienced fine weather to Tencriiie, arriving there at 0.50 a.m. on the 23rd. She left again the sumo day at noon, and a continuance of fine weather was experienced, accompanied for a few days with moderate north-easterly trades. The Equator was crossed ou the 20th in longitude lldeg. 4luiin. west, and tho vessel arrived at Capetown on the Bth ult. at 8.30 a.m. Shu sailed again the same day at 4.32 p.m., and arrived oft' the M.owstone at 0

I p.m on the 20th. Hobart was reached at 7.18 a.m. on the 27th. She left again tho same I day at 1.3(p.m., and arrived otf the Spit at I 4.50 a.m. and reached Wellington Harbour at ! 1.30 p.m. on Sunday. I Tho Gothic encountered a moderate gale ! from south-west, with a heavy sea, on May I 15th in latitude 45deg. 20min. south, longitude ! 59deg. 4.omm. east, which lasted for two days, j and for several days previous to arrival at I Hobart foggy weather was experienced. The I usual sports and entertainments were held by 1 the passengers. A fancy dress ball, arranged | to take place just previous to arrival at Capoi town, had to be postponed owing to the ' weather, but those passengers who had proi pared special costumes for the occasion wore them at dinner, some causing great amusement. The Gothic landed at Tcnenfle 10 saloon passengers and Capetown 11 saloon and 173 steerage, at Hobart 20 saloon and 20 steerage for Australia. The steamer brings for New Zealand ports 3d saloon and 41 steerage, also 3200 tons general cargo. She lands 1000 tons of railway iron and 500 tons of general cargo here, and then sails for Lyttclton, where 1000 tors of general cargo will be landed. From Lyttclton she goes to Dunedin and discharges 500 tons, leaving Lyttclton for London ou the 25th oi this month.

THE TONGARIRO'S PASSENGERS. The following is a list of tho passengers bo ,ked up to [Sill April, per the New Zealand Shipping Company's Tongariro, which sailed from Plymouth on 2nd May and Capetown on the 2ltli: -For Wellington—Miss Oliver, Airs Oliver, Master Oliver, Master J. Oliver, Ma4er A. Oliver. Mr Skinner, Mr N. Gregory, Miss Lurking, Miss F. Head. Mr T !-' Larking, Mr T. Larking, jun., Master Larkiii", Mr T. E. Heath. Mr J. Pcltit. For other ports-Rev Poole, MUs Reeves. Mrs |i,„ son, Miss A. Vance, Mks L. Vance, Miss K. Vance, Miss M. b'aulbrey, Miss N. Saulbrev, Mrs Vance, Mrs Hvndmau, Mr R. Vance, Mr F. P. Gilmour, Dr Mclircarty.

THE TAIN(JI, FOR LONDON. LTTTELTON, May 28. ?'Sailed-Tainni, lor London. PassengersMis scs Handvside, Graves, Dove, Abbott, Bh'elar, Chapman, Neil, Hawker, Kohn, Hansen, Anderson, Mesdamcs Stichbury Graves, Abbott, Clayton, Kohn, Britain and child Woodlands and boy, Colville, Messrs ,|,.,ie-', Handvside, Olney, Eaiikin, Maguire Abbott Stichbury. McVicar, Crawford, James, Redpath, Hobbctt, Moreton, Trcloar, Mouten, Wingatc, Neish, Jones, (lick, Ltviek, Taylor WrMit, Shaw, Beaven, Brdtain, He'nme, Davics, Gordon, Neats Ricli.trdson, Thomas, Ellerv, Maslin, Colville, lurkwood, Urquhart, Chiel:, Hibby, Wolf, Little, Smith.