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PORT CHALMERS. September 12.—Arrived, 10.30 a.m., Taranaki, from Lyttelton; Glencoe, barque, from Hobart Town ; Woodviße, barque, from Newcastle; Vision, brig, from Auckland ; Bunker Hill, sliip, at the Heads. Sailed: Dunedin, ship, for London ; Sam Mendel, ship, for Melbourne. Thes.s. Napier sailed for Foxton yesterday morning, but on getting off the lighthouse Captain Butt found the gale too severe, and put back to tho wharf to wait until the weather moderates. The barque Cneverte sailed for Newcastle on Saturday. The s.s. ‘Wellington, which sailed northwards on Saturday, took 87 immigrants, 43 of whom are for Taranaki, 37 for the West Coast, and the remainder for Nelson and Picton. The Ladybird arrived on Saturday morning from the North, after a fair passage, and sailed again southwards in the afternoon. The Eangatira arrived from Napier on Saturday afternoon, having left that port at 4 a.m. the previous day. She experienced a strong M.W. gale, with heavy head sea, during which the main and fore trysails were split. The Superintendent of Auckland announces in the Provincial Gazette -that he has appointed Captain Joseph Kennedy to be Pilot of the port of Poverty Bay. Captain Marks and Captain Davis have also been appointed Pilots at Tauranga and Wangaroa respectively. & The Great Ports of the United Kingdom.— The Nautical Magazine for June gives the following tabular statement in reference to the ports of tho United Kingdom, showing the total register tonnage for all trade, inwards and outwards, taken from the latest published Parliamentary Returns, namely, 1872 ; Total Total Name of Port, Tonnage, Dock Space 1872. in acres. London .. 11,459,536 about 300 Liverpool.. .. 11,283,791 421 Newcastle .. 5,901,614 117 Cardiff .. .. 3,671,164 115 Sunderland .. 2.803,294 61 Glasgow .. ;. 2,804,939 Hull .. .. 2,868,995 73 Dublin .. .. 2,712,050 about 40 Belfast .. .. 2,015,173 30 Swansea .. .. 1,001,744 33 Southampton .. 1,603,373 26 Hartlepool ~ 1,242,3X9 55 Bristol .. .. 1,600,092 73 Newport .. .. 1,208,519 38 Leith .. .. 1,274,720 20 Cork .. .. 1,1X8,693
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4207, 14 September 1874, Page 2
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