SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4884, 16 November 1876, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

PORT OF VfaT&ITS&iO& :iV '\ , r „f : CJ.s . - : jj:.j l Ii October 21.—4.rawata,..s T s,,; 623 from Melbourne, vii' lHe Bluff/ . Bishop,-agent.,' October 24. — .625 tons./McLean, from Melbourne, via theiAVest ;CoastUfßlßiTOpl’«gent.' October 25. s.s. )ft lfi6'tonaj<jß , Adelaide. * *.' I. Via-** •• s AVakatipu, a.s., 1158 tons, CamefOti,' from’ Sidney, via the West Coast. Levun&nd : Go'.‘, agents. October 27.—Woodlark,- brigr'SuQ tons, ( Richards, 5 from Newcastle. TurnbulTand Co M ‘agents.’ -:r October 30.— John Kn6x,/barqufe;^9l : levies, from Sydney. Levin and Go., agents. r n«r.M'f;Edwin Bassett, barque, 397 : tpn$» from Newcastle. Williams, agent. November 2.—Albion, s.s.; 591"t6nV J Clark, from Sydney via West Coast, Bishop, agfefitl' St. Leonards, ship, 1054 tons, rTcdd> frohuLondon. Passengers- Cabin: 3D. Y. Skae, Hendetta,&kae, Hilda Skae, Y. Skae, Walter Skae, Ethel Skae/Ernest Skae, Winifred Skae, Margaret Graham, Efev.'C!‘Treadwell, Helen Treadwell, C. H. Treadwell, A::'Hw Tread well,. - W. J. Treadwell, Janet B. Treadwell, - .Hilda M. Treadwell, Helen B. Treadwell, J. H. Treadwell, A. M. Heaton, J. A. Burnett, Mary A.‘:Burnett, Joshephine Burnett, Emma Burnett. J. H. Reynolds, W. W, M. Brown, AV. Galpin, A. Rolls, Harold R6Us, Miss B. Jones, Mrs. Norie, Miss Norie, Hate None, - Charles Carr, Ernest Carr, E. Hawkins, G. AY. Mackay, J. Roberts. Second Cabin : R. Sutcliffe, Yreak Sutcliffe, C. L. Phrophllck, B; Bickbam, AV. Somerville, Mrs. Somerville, W. J. Hickson, W. Chisholm. Steerage : AV. Hayes. Margaret Hayes, Abigael Reid, T. Arrowsmith, C. T. Mathews, M. M. Clark, Mrs. J. Taylor, D. Power, A, H. Moore, AV. Galpin, and A. Sinclair. Pearce, agent. November 3. Agnes, s.s., 660 tons, Sims, from Sydney. - 1 l Ceara,- three-masted schooner, 102 tons, Johnston, from Melbourne. Turnbull and Co., agents. November s.— Otago, s.s., 669 tons, Calder, from Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. Bishop, agent. November 6. —Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Kennedy, from Sydney. Turnbull and Co., agents. November 6.—H.M.S.S. corvette Sapphire, 1890 tons, 14 guns, Murray, from Auckland. November 9.—City of New York, s.s., 3009 tons, Caverly, from Sydney, via Kandavau, Auckland, and Napier. Passengers Saloon : Capt. Greenfield, Messrs. Taylor, Bidwell and son, Smalley, Suffield, and Blythe ; 2 steerage and 20 for the South. Turnbull and Co., agents.

October 20. —Australia, s.s. 1715 tons, Cargill, for Napier, Auckland, Kandavau, Honolulu, and San Francisco. Passengers—Saloon—For Napier: Messrs.Withers and Murray-Aynsley. For Auckland: Capt. Morris and Mr. Seymour. For Sau Francisco: Sir Julius and Lady Vogel and family (7), and Mr. Harris. Turnbull and Co., agents. October 23.—Arawata, s.s., 023 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. October 24. —Australind, barque, 481 tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. October 25.—Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via the South; ■ Bishop, agent. November I.—May, three-masted schooner, 237 tons, Plumloy, for Newcastle. Turnbull and Co., agent. Anne Melhuish, barque, 344 tons, Chadwick, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. ;

November 2.—Neptune, brig, 298 tons. Yule, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. . November 3.—Albion, s.s., 691 tops, Clarke, for Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. Bishop, agent. November 4.—Robin Hood, brig, 299 tons. Baton, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. November 6. —Otago, s.s., 642 tons, Calder, for Sydney via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. November 7.—Wakatipu, s.s., 1168 tons, Cameron, for Sydney. Levin and Co., agents. November B.—Young Dick, schooner, 165 tons, Armit, for Hobarton. Beck and Tanks, agents. Edwin Bassett, barque, 397 tons, Foster, for Newcastle. Williams, agent, ,

BY TELEGRAPH. ~TZ AUCKLAND, November 6.

The whaler Two Brothers arrived at Honolulu on 20th October, with the crews of thirteen out o£ a total of sixteen of the whaling fleet hailing from Honolulu. The lost vessels were crushed in the ice. November 9.

Arrived : John Matthews, from Boston : Janet Stewart, from Melbourne, with stone for Auckland dock. ~ . ~ November 11.

Arrived ; City of Auckland, from London, ninetysix days from Gravesend. She brings a full general cargo, and seventy-eight passengers, all well, there were no deaths on the voyage. She also brings some prize cattle. The passengers presented Captain Ball with a testimonial and purse of sovereigns.—H.M.S. Conflict, from Fiji.

NELSON, October 26. Arrived : Annie Hall, from Mauritius. , October 30. Amoved : Helen Denny, 116 days from London.

LYTTELTON, October 31. Arrived ; The N.Z.S. Co.’s ship Waimate, from London. Made Stewart Island, on October 26, after a passage of 83 days from the Soilly Isles. Moderate and fine weather characterised the pasage throughout. She brings a largo number of passengers and a full cargo. One of the passengers, a youth named Frank Tapling, died from coma on September 30; he had been subject to fits. , . ■ November 11, Arrived: Langstons, ship, from London; Eoi, brigantine, from Mauritius. , . , ,

PORT CHALMERS, October 20. Arrived: Timaru, ship, from Glasgow, after a passage of 85 days, with 357 immigrants and 1000 tons cargo; Isabella, brig, from Newcastle. i-.., j October SI.

i The ship James Nicol Flemiiig, 82 days from London, arrived last night. ~ She reports;that on October 8, Thomas Gaynor, steward, jumped overboard and was never seen afterwards. It was caused through the effects of drink. On Octobers, William Buchanan, passenger, died ot eonsnmptien.

November 2. Arrived: Bremen, barque, Frederick Harbury, from Bordeaux, with a general cargo for Dunedin; Otago, from Bluff; Transport, from Newcastle ; Catherine, brigantine, from Mauritius, 60 days out, with a full cargo of sugar. Novembers. Arrived: White Eagle, ship, 93 days from London, with 1600 tons cargo, and 38 passengers. November 0. Arrived : Brig Miss Kirmansegg, 80 days out from Foochoo, with a cargo of tea. Ship Calypso, from London, SO days out, with 51 passengers, and 1700 tons of cargo. Easby from Lyttelton.

THE GOVERNMENT STEAMER STELLA. The long-looked for steamer Stella arrived in port on Wednesday’morning, October 25. She is a very handsome little vessel of 156 tons register, and in her model apd outline is exactly the same as the s.s. Hinemqaj a full account of which we published -a short time ago. Her internal arrangements are different in some degree to her larger sister.. The cabin is not so large or so well fitted up, and the officers’ quarters are situated where the passengers’sleeping berths are on board the Hiuemoa, the after-cabin being done away with altogether; Her rig is that of a three-masted schooner, and the masts are constructedlof iron. She looks rather heavily riggedbn the foremast, but probably it will be reduced when she takes the lighthouse work, for which she is intended. She has been built and engined by Messrs. Scott and Co., of Cartsdyke. The following are her dimensions —Length between perpendiculars, 150tt.; beam. 21ft.; depth of hold, 12ft. 6in. Her engines are direct acting, compound surface condensing, of 96 h.p, nominal, but capable of being worked up to double that power, and are fitted up with all the latest improvements. Altogether the Stella is a very dainty little craft, and coiues into port exceedingly clean, which is a credit to her officers, considering the very long voyage she has made. We are indebted to Mr. McKersie, first officer, for allowing us to peruse bis log, from which we find that the Stella left the Clyde on the 6th June; had heavy S.W. weather across the Bay of Biscay, and it was there found that the masts were far too topheavy, the vessel rolling greatly. Put into Lisbon, where the fore and main masts were cut 12ft. shorter, and the mizzen mast 10ft. Was delayed there 17 days, and after leaving had moderate weather till arrival at St. Vincent on the 7th July; left there next day, and had light N.E. trades: crossed the equator on the 16th July; sighted St Helena onthe;2ls£, and had strong S.E. trades till arrival at the,gape, which was reached on August 2- It was here fouiul necessary to erect a breakwater onthebcws^-Befoie-mossing the Southern -Ocean there was ,mpcb Treed for after leaving-the f *<?ape a ■heavy~s;E ; 'faleJw4s encountered/.lastingwffor four’ days,- during- wHieS-time the little stqameß ; ,)yas;ContianaUy;Bhip{Sßg3hel*rateE over'Tieij'.,in Iprge.,. qu^tities ij -f'Arsiv(fe:pti the Mauritius on the’morning of tlie 271)1, coalcd'sthere, and "left on’-the 29th,’but ’had oti 1 y beon finaler way for forty minutes when the high-preSßUle'pistofi-met with an accident, and the vessel had;to return to the •'Mauritius; left-’again oil SepiemberlO. 'aad had S.E. .winds:to tbenae’ridian fif Cape l,ewin. Touched in .at, King. Georges SqppAonjthe 30th for ballast, and left next day. .. RqaoheajL.-Adelaide on the 7th; left again on’ the'ljth’ after ‘coaling, and had moderate weather across, arriving iicrc-as befure slated.

' FKOM ■'.-'Tire BUip t! Si' ! &oiai^^<sssr£ t 'Shaw, Savill,:aud ■Co.’s favorita'cltpper. WAs slgnalledearly on November 2nd 85'being ji Atifcon she had worked inside ffieH;eaas ‘agaißgt,a* fresh;N.W/wiaai and at u 3. } 30 sib. she 4 showed Hals well mp -the 1 harbor, 'almost ‘dnd£r r all style* -<She • ground hf ,at . r 4.30 r .p.m.r '.always' been noted for making^,rapid ’but*- 1 KgF / h& [ '.beeh 1 ’rather*: rcccupying.xMßs Jilt did;*-102 : days‘. u): fihe'^was favored withmoderately-tfavorable* wmdsqdsxinAr the " first portion of<to£ rf trip, ; bufc..-.when i [arriYj| t mania, after a { good run of 81 fdays, from Gravesend, >und a-splendid'pagsage across the Sbutnjtn Gr&an of . be;- we might say up to the.lastmament, an‘unexceptionable -fine arid rapid passage, St. Leonards comes out here under tHe-Odihmdird of whqWftS h ere .with her. last year, when she for, Loafwau . iS Hcr D * d qhielvOfiieerjMr. r Krase‘r;‘wfro h£sJfiUed~tnai po§ltiorC A iinqje‘ she- was ■-first- -heretisorhe- 1 threeyear-ago, 'is^stJll‘ on board. The St. Leonards:bcings. general cargo, in a clrctila'r iron tank. .' She Has. also some stock on uTjoitd,- donaUting df J fbur-pri2fei' , pig:^ :, 'dM six valuable rams. They, have allatrived in good f ebndition. Thf« .vessel has-been .yejy .pdsSengers, : haying 55 onboard—ll steerager and; the remainder saloon arid second ckbinr She brings of :powderi ; which'wil} , then It she will be berthed at AVe*,tfaank CapfcTodd for the following report nfthp passage:— .XeftGravesenocp the 23rd Julylanded on ‘ 24th? and took her-dephrture'ffom'Starf Folnfctm the 25th. i Had light variable winds until 'August bj*when .Bhe.goti (i the SfcJS. ;trade-::winds degree of cabled} to f latitudd J T l4."degrees 'north,^wher.e, they; wpre slcst; uthenti&‘t6 north fiad :: af‘ succession 'Of' south 7dnd south-westerly :winda ' Grossed ths equator on .August 24, j-fax-as SO degrees South; whichparallel was passedon September ‘3, west Ibng'itude'; 'passed tne/roeri- : ofiithecrCape" on Septemb^^ : i7/ andhadsfrong westerly, galeqiUp til ;i qtTasiimpia sigjbjbed,;, nu■‘ancß of S E. and N.E/Winds ; passed Capje, Farewell on ithe morning Of instant, -and’eame throughihe fj§>traHjwitS light - Mr. E. Pearce. Is. thi&PQTb/orAhiiSt. Leonards. She is announced elspwhp.re n<t one nf wool ships>o£,tho |ftloaduAt,tMß)^ort. NOTICES-TO MARINERS. •jvjx.'/w 1 • juixrr AV el Ungto n? .0 ct oh ar J 7,1876. CQSZBLS TRAIT.

.. Jon's Rock.—From-a survey,of this rockymadoby -department.' it "has.-becn (ascertained ttliahrtotpbsitlonrtisiabouratbly laid down r cm,tljeA.dfli(lr^lty; cbprt,.apd thatifciieodireotlaißrfor ■'eieMmgjtg}ve_n,intlie. *‘New.Zcatott.l’-Uot.” maybe I Veließ ,; on.v l lbere' J are-Tio outlying' dangers;’ liut Tor half-a-mile seaward there is a bank with froinJO 1 - to iKdDk tfoesi^tPstrongly ■jQvcvi thisobanlc.causing particularly with the flood, which causes an appearance: similar to a shallowly-covered reef. f ■ » w - isVaangercme grokexftodraiscovered hy?Captaititi?aS¥ChUfli smalPTirfcize, and has onljr Cft- of wajtsr qur.ifc:at lqw water springs, with deep round. N. 57deg. W., and^m nearest beach a line from Karori Ifock. to Terawiti. Owing to a strong flood tide which. r sel^partly,.on-the shojfe between Sinclair Head * from the westward bound to Wellington should against being carried inshore of their'counsev;' T:?f Shoal off Baring Head.—This shoal lies to the north and westward of Baring Head. It is, about 1 cable in width by 3 in length, running parallel with the shore. It has from 7to 4£ fathoms on it at 10Wwater springs. The shallowest part bears from Baring Head N. 53deg. W., distant 2J- cables. It breaks in heavy weather. To clear it-, keepPencarrow Light N. by W., until Baring Head is one point open of Taourakira Head. ' Boat Passage off Jackson’s* Head.—The master of the steamer Hawea having reported that she. struck when drawing 14ft. of water one-third across from the main in the inner passage. Captain Fairchild, of the Luna, sounded it, and found the least water 4 fathoms, with very uneven bottom. This passage Is therefore not recommended for vessels drawing over 12ft.