SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4793, 2 August 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLTNOTOK.. Hide Wamr.—l.44 a.m.; 2.18 p.m. . ARRIVED.. ..,.; August I.—Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Kennedy, from Newcastle and Sydney. Passengers—Cabin: Misses MoTganand Parsons, Masters Parson 3 (2), Messrs. . - Kennedy, Sutherland, and Symes ; 4 steerage, anu i> for the South. Turnbull and Co., agents. „_„ . Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons. Doile. from Wanganui. Passengers-fcabln : Miss Hatwood, Mcsdamesi Jones, : HatwoSS and two children, Messrs. Richardson 11.11 Olive, Skelly. Clements. Finandes, Nicholson ; ana J ■ ■■- steerage. - Turnbull and Co., agents: Hawea ss 401 tons, Wheeler, from the North. P "seders-Cabin : MUses Smith. Blamford, Burnett, and MeCaley, Mesdames Hursthot.se, Syme and Fiven Messrs. T. Hirst. Shaw, ■■ Thompson, Jor.es, Manson Walker. Craig. Tainuilnia, Soloman, Riley, Fordbam, Augustus, Johnson. Ridley, Monk, Churton, Captain Bailey; 12 steerage, and 21 for tho Sonth. Levin and Co., agents. _ ■ Hannah Broomfleld, brigantlne. 133 tons, Dawson, . ■ from Kaipara. Greenfleld and Stewart, agents. ' ",' SAILED. ■- • Auovst 1.-rHawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for the South Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Dicker and two children. Mrs:. Smith and child; Miss Dash, Messrs. Lynch, Tullook, McCormick, Pierce, Dickan, Martin, Sharper, and Smith. Levin and Co.. agents. Bangatira, s. s., 185 tons, Evans, for Castlo Point, Napier, and Poverty Bay. Passengers-Saloon : Mrs. Elliott and three children, Mrs. Dickens and child, -. Mrs. Norrls, Misses Stevens and Eabone Mrs. Stevens ' and 3 children, Messrs. Bohan, Ken, EUiott, Douglas, Dumerque, Bowler, DlcKens, Williams, Solomon, Sutton, Parker, Mahoney, and ElUs; 9 In tho steerage. Ledger, agent. l ' IMPORTS. . v • ■ Easby, from Sydney: SO cases fruit, Thomas; C 6 do do, Marshall; 8 domatches, Logan: 45 keg 3 treacle, 2 cases, 6, brls, Turnbull and.Co.;lo pkgs rope, Mills; 7 ' tip carts. 4 spring do. Order; 2 pkgs, Farrany; 9 cases, 1 bale, 1 pel, Jacob Joseph and Co.: 8 coses, Pilchor; 1 cask, 3 cases, Bennett; 2 carriages, 2 bags collars, Prosser; 1 case fruit, Stuart; 3 casks, Allan; 10 qrcasks brandy, 100 cases do, Dransfleld; 3 casks, 3 cases, Bishop: 1 do, Mills; 1 do, Warburton and Goodman; 1 pel, Rowlands and Co.: 1 bdl trees, Moako; 3 cases, Order; 1 do, Dutton: 1 do, Turnbull and Co.: 4 kegs. Laing. From Newcastle : 1430 tons coal, Turnbull and Co. Hannah Broomfleld. from Kaipara : 28,000 ft sawn kauri timber, Greenfield and Stewart. Hawea, from Onehunga: 40 boxes soap, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 1 case, Marshall-; 1 do plants, Maginity: 20 do sauce. 8 bales tow. 1 case, Nathan and Co.; 10 sacks oysters. Smith; 13 pkgs, Levoi; 1 pel. Secretary of Customs: 5 cases, Nathan and Co.; 1 do, Anderson: 3 do, Buirett: 1 do, Watt; 1 do, Rowlands. From New Plymouth : 6 bales fungus, lSkegs butter. Order. ■ From Nelson: 9 sacks potatoes, Lockett; 1 pkg, Crnickshank; 12 oases fruit, ChishpUn. Slormbird. from Wanganui : 7 kejs butter, Grimths; 1 bdl trees. Skelley; 1 case, Turnbull and Co.; 100 ewe sheep. Pollock and Young. Young Dick, from Hobarton: 10,200 ft. timber, 7800 palings, 104 pair cart shafts, 123,000 shingles, 4 tubs honey, S 3 bags onions, 2 tons chaff, 10 sheep, 1470 cases fruit, 579 do jam, 12 do marmalade. 16 cases tart fruit, Beck and Tonks; 100 cases jam, Taylor and Watt; 170 do do, 50 cases tart fruit, Bank of N.S.W. ,- 41 cases jam, Saunders and Henderson. ' EXPORTS. Hawea, for Lytteltou: 48 cases, 16 bales, 1 pel, 1 curiage, Turnbull and Co.: 1 case, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 1 pel, Burrett. For Dunedin: 10 kegs. 3 pkgs. Ledger; 1 box. Levin and Company; 1 do, Liardet; 1 pel, Burrett; 1 do, A.M.P. Society. Rangatira, for Napier: 5S pkgs, 1 oven, 5 kegs, 5 •' : casks, 11 cases, 2 pels, 1 box, Bishop; 9 cases, 25 gals wine, 1 hhd, 1 cask, Johnston and Co.; 20 bags flour, £0 cases brandy, 5 qr-casks do. Dransfleld; 86 sacks grass seed. Ledger; 369 pkgs, 25 kegs butter. Levin and Co.: 3 cases, 1 crate, Samuel, Ladd, and Co.: 1 case, 2 tiles copper, Mills:lcase. Stuartnnd Co.; scasks, 1 jar, 2 cases. Barrand and Son ; 11 cases, 2 bales, 10 boxes soap, 4S bags! sugar, 25 boxes candles 17 cases, 20 do brandy, 10 do spirits, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 50 pkgs, 2 casks, 5 do sugar, 25 boxes candles, 1 case biscuits: 7 casks whiting, Turnbnll and Co.; 1 case fruit. Barlow; 1 pel. Burrett; 3 pkgs, Knowles; 1 . pel, Dutton; 20 bags flour, 8 qr-chests tea, Palmer. For Poverty Bay :. 2 boxes, 1 basket, 1 portmanteau, Krull and Co.; 1 cask, Ladd and Co.; 45 pkgs, 3 cases iron, 10 gunnies sugar, Turnbull and Co.: 1 pel, Dutton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Loudon.- Dunbritton, ship, early ; Midlothian, ship, early; Waikato, ship, early. Hamburg.—Fitzßeuter, ship, daily. Lyttleton.—Star Queen, barque, early. Melboukite.—Wollomai, brigantine, early. NOBTniRK Pouts. —Taupo, s.s., 4th inst. Newcastle.—Britomart, barque, early. Waxganui.—Manawatu, p.s., this day. SooiDEnK Ports.—Wellington, U.S., 3rd inst.; Hawea, s.s., Bth inst. Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —Tui, 5.3., 9th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Sax Francisco. —Camperdown, ship, 7th inst. Southern Forts. —Taupo, s.s., 4th inst.; Taranaki, S.s., Sth inst. - \ .... - Melbourne, via the South.--Rlngarooma, s.s., this'day.' > Wanqanui —Stormbird, S.S., this day; Manawatu, ;- p. 8.. this day. * ~;. . >-* -~»... ' ~,.._.,_Eariox.—-Maian.-s.il, thU day.. ',,,.-■■.... and N*piEß.-=Krwir «.?._, 3rd inst. ";>-■• NoRTHBRi* J PORTs:—Wellington, . s.s.,' 4tlt inst. ; ' i Hawea, s.s.; 9th inst. Port Chalxzbs. —Easby, s.s., this day. Foxton and Ranoitjkei.—Napier, s.s., this day. Pictox.—Dido, cutter, 4th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. ARRrvET*: City of New York. Sailed : Camatic, for London ; Taupo, for South. Passengers—For Nelson : Signor Gammana. For Wellington : Messrs. Webster, Grant, and Pritchard. ForLyttelton: Mrs. Symonds and family. For Dunedin : Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and Colonel Harrington. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Sailed: Wellington. Passengers—For I.yttelton: Messrs. Manyard, Rout, Roberts, and Godfrey. For Wellington : Mrs. McLean. Messrs. Charlwood, Barron, Reynolds, Weir, and Goodfellow. The ship Wellington has sailed for London with 25 passengers, 1576 bales wool, 124 cases,. 566 casks tallow, 6025 cases meats, 20 bags bones and horns, 5001 bags wheat, 35 boxes sundries, and 4 boxes gold. Total value, £Z5,265. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Sailed : Ferngleh, for London, with a full cargo, valued at £92,000 ; Fairlie and Flirt, for Auckland. NELSON, Tuesday. Arrived : Early, Ringarooma, fiom Wellington. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Arrived : 7 a.m., Manawatu, from Wellington. FOXTON, Tuesday. Arrived : 8.30 a.m., Matau, from Wellington. WEATHKR AT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—29 72—N.W., light; fine. Napier.—29's3 Calm; gloomy. Bar smooth. Castle Point. — 29'50—N.W., light; threatening. Slight swell. Wellington.—29 55—5.5. W., light; gloomy. Hokitika.—29s4—W.N.W., light ; fine. Bar rough. Westport.—29s4—Light; fine. Bsir smooth. TniABT/.—2964—5.W., fresh; gloomy. Considerable sea. Oamaru.—2966—S.S.W., light; gloomy. Moderate sea. Bluff. —2970—S., light; cloudy. The barque Duke of Edinburgh, Captain Thompson, arrived at Newcastle from this port on the 7th of July. ' The splendid ship Camperdown, Captain Paton, is advertised to sail for San Francisco on or about the j 7th inst. We would advise intending passengers for America to book by her, as her cabin accsmmodation is superb and her sailing powers unrivalled; besides, she carries a genial and skilful captain and obliging officers, which are a great desideratum on a long voyage. Captain Wagstaff, well known in the colony as commander of the ship Commissary, has been appointed to the ship La Hogue, which vessel has been undergoing a complete overhaul, and has been reclamed. She was to leave London for Sydney during last month: Her owners intend making her a season chip. The s.s. Ringarooma will arrive here from Nelson this morning, and flail again in the afternoon for Melbourne, via Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff: In the present age of fast passages performed by steamships it is worthy of note that the White Star .. steamer Germanic has made the shortest passage on record from New York to Queenstown. She left New York on 6th February. The total distance traversed was 2984 knotß, equal to 370 knots per day, 15'8 knots per hour. Duration of passage from Sandy Hook to QueenstownJ: 7 days 15 hours 17 minutes. The s.s. Easby, Captain Kennedy, arrived here at . 3 a.m. yesterday. She left Sydney at 6.30 p.m. on . the 24th ult. For the first three days had fresh northerly winds; thenco till making Cape Farewell on Monday morning, had strong E. and N.E. gales. Thick rainy weather was met with in tho Strait. The • Easby will sail for Port Chalmers direct to-morrow. We thank Captain Kennedy for lata Sydney flle3 and report. The Union Company's s.s. Hawea, Captain Wheeler, nrrived at the wharf yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. She left Onehunga at 2 p.m. on.tho 28th nit., and arrived at Taranakiat Ba.m. on tho29tli;leftat 1 p.m., ' and arrived at Nelson at 4 a.m. on the 30th; left at 3 p.m. on the 31st, and arrived at Picton at 11 p.m.; left at 6 a.m. yesterday, arriving as above. Fresh E. and.S.E. winds, with unsettled weather, prevailed throughout.' She sailed again for Southern ports at '3.30 p.m. ' The schooner Young Dick is turning out her cargo of fruit and preserves in excellent style. It is expected she will be discharged and ready to sail for Lyttelton to-morrow. The brigantinc Hannah Broomfleld, Captain Dawson, arrived here yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, from Kaipara ; she left that port on Saturday morning last, and had thick weather all the way. The steamer Napier will leavo for I'oxton and Kangitikei this evening. •'■ Tho s.s Stormbird, Captain Dolle, arrived here yesterday at 0 a.m.; she left Wanganui at 6.16 p.m. on Monday, and got over the bar at 6 p.m.; had strong S.E. wind during the run. Tho Stormbird will sail again for Wangannl this evening. ' The s.s. Kiwi will not sail for the East Coast before to-morrow. - The s.s. Matau will arrive here this morning from Foxton. She will return to tho samo port in the afternoon. :'• : '..'.'' ' ~ ,','',-"' The barque Britomart, which we noticed yesterday as having left Newcastle for this port on tho 11th inst., : is a barque of 600 tons register, and is under the com-, ( (inaridofCaptaln Bees. ■> She* bring*-7lßtoris'coalifor. f , captain wuijams,i J,! ,■•■ ;;;.'.• ■. i •.: ■ ■• • ■ -■■' ■ .'' & a.s. Rangatira,. Captain Evans, sailed for the; . "-""firtCoaj't yesterday at 6.16 p.m;,. with a,full general . ■'.) cargo and 82passengers. "•••■ ' '; '' . , The Manawatu will arrive here .till* morning Worn Wanganui, and sail thither In the afternoon. »

NOTICES TQ MARINERS.; _"•'. The following is an extract from .the Remark Book" of navigating Lieutenant Henryi Hosken, of H.M.S. Pearl:—"HydrograppicilrhemoJNo. f.— The following observations are .communicated -.for general information:—'NanukuP^ssage, v Eiji Group t Probably the correction in latitude for Wailagilala Island given by Lieutenaut H. J. Rcndell In his survey of this passage should be extended to the neighboring reefs, for a line of heavy breakers .wtS"seon 'from the Pearl E. 0' N. 1\ milos from that island, extending two miles to the eastward, supposed to be Identical with tho Duff Reof, which is shown on chart of Fiji, No. 2691,6 i miles to the S.W. }W. "Levuka Harbor: Tho coral knoll shown upon plan JSp... 1244tw0-thirds of a cable S.S.W. from the Half-tide Rock, was blown down on the Bth June, 1876. There is now at low tide a depth of 24 feet over the spot."'. The Colonial Government of Victoria have, given notice that, on inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the barque Flying Squirrel, off the East Coast of King Island, Bass Strait, it was- stated that a sunken rock existed about 5 miles from, the .shore.,: This danger (Squirrel Rock) is reported to. extend about 100, yards in ft north and south direction, to be 30 yardshvide, and to have 8 feet water on the shoalest part.: faquir' -rel Rock bears from Sea Elephant-Rook N.E, by IS., distant about 4 miles. This bearing and distance places the danger in latitude 39'47 Bouth.aongitudo 144 14 E. [The bearing is magnetic, Variation 8* easterly in 1876.] " '-'.': ,H