SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 6846, 31 March 1883, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Uxon Water. afc Quoen'a Wharf.—B.4o a.m ; 9-4 p.m. 0.9 a.m.; Bets. 6.42 p.m. jj 00 u,—Barometer, 29 04; thermometer, 64. 6 p.m.— Barometer, 29 01: thermometer, 66. Midnight.—Barometer, 29'04; thermometer, 64 Wind. — n, gale, with heavy rain. arrived. MaiuuxSO.—Manapourl, s», 1020 tons, Logan, from Melbourne, Hobart, and .Southern ports. PivHengers .—Saloon : From Melbourne: Bi-hop and Mr/) Sutor, Kov. Mr Jennings, Messrs Carter, Hunter, Brown, Stanley, and .Tones; from the Coast; Mr and Mrs Parker, Mrs Wluharfc, Misses Daniel and Williams, Messrs Meredith and family, Lutterworth, Sorrell, Lambic, Percival, Cox, and Bcgg ; 11 in the steerage, Wheeler, agent. „ r#l . Hawaii, s.h, 401 tons, McGlllivray, from Plcton, Nelson, New Plymouth and Manukau. I’asseniors .Saloon : Air and Mrs Sullivan and servant, Mr and Mrs iloby. Mr and Mrs Frertorlckson, Mesdarnes Atkinson and child, M'abor and child, and Cray, Misses SchulUe, Jormyn, VV*if,y. and Williams Messrs Hill, Hutchison, T'M.v,MS Ci.json, KftzG»rald, Clayton, Owen, Downes, jOntf' M M.-/T, White, and Renfrew ; 9 In'!-' i V/bt.i r agent. Lyitoif. c:, [■«. S'. tons, Butt, from Itangltikel. Turnbull and Co, agent'. Crownthorpy, barque, 813 tons, Everett, from Auckland. Levin and *o. agents. W tkatu.gH, 78 tons, Wide, from Lyttelton, Kaikoura, and Kokorangu. Levin and Co., agents. MniiAWiit.it. w, 120 tons, Hill, from Westport. Williams, agent. BAILED. March 30.—Hawoa, ss, 461 tons, McOilUvray, for Lyttelton. igers—Saloon : Air and Mrs Baker, Air and .Mrs Goo Ison. Mesdamos McCredio and Jackson, Missus .SlaiiHon, Houghton, and Gibson, Rev. Mr Golding. AT oh sr-i Gillows, Habena, Phillips*, Byrne, Oroen, R hh, Kenton. Ladd, UdZoldon. Bovvgon, and Wav :12 in who stourave Wheeler, agent. Manapourl, s.*, 1920 tons, Login, for List Coast ports. Auckland, and Sydney. Passengers -Saloon : Bishop and Mrs .Sulcr, Mrs '-ewman and party, Mesdames Harris, Durham, ami Dunk, Misses Ui<Jdi(»rd, M'-M-unn, and Crump, Messrs Wafers, Boyd, Uay. ton, .\h;n, ami G-ahim ; 16 In the steerage, and 120 or gnal- Wheeler, agent. IMPORTS. Hawca, from Auckland and way porls—4o cases, La cry ami CuopbeU ; 70 c ises. 6 coops. G. Thomas; G cases. I.evn and Co ; 2 halos. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company ; 1 can”©, Fltz Jerald ; 6 bales wool, E, Pearce ; 16 do. National Mor;gago Association. Manapourl, from Melbourne—s qr-casks, 1 case, Smith and Wilson ; IbO pkgs sugar, J. Nathan and Co : 1 case, Duthloand Co ; I trunk, K. W Wheeler; 1 case, Krull and Co; 119 cases, J. and W. Staples : 1 bale, Kitchen and Sons ; 2 pkgs, E. W. Mills; 205 half chests lea, Turnbull and Co; 70 do. Levin and Cy ; 3 f£arcou , ’t and Co; 1 pci, Whittaker Bros : 1 ease, D- Clark ; 1 do, Lyon and Blair; 1 case, J. B. Ha-os; Ido. Now Zealand Drug Company; 1 pci, Btnkof Australasia;! trunk, Hannah and Co ; 2 pkgs, E. U. Hunt: from Hobart—4o cases fruit, G. Thomas ; 9.4 do, Laury and Campbell; from Dunedin —.jo drums, 6 cases, 1 > cl, Johnston and Co ; 1 case, G. Denton ; 1 bale, C. Smith ; from Lyttelton —1 case. Levin aud Co ; 60 s icks, Hasoll and Co ; 2 pkgs, Now Zealand Drug Company. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Kllrneny, sailed Dec. IGth. Auckland and East Coast. —Tnrawera, April 1. Lyttelton. —Hawea, April 1. Southern BoGh.— Mahlnapua, this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURE*. Westport and Grovmonth.—Mahlnapua, this day. Southern Ports and Melbourne.—Tarawera, April 2. Plcton and Nelson.—Hawea, 2nd. BY TELEGRAPH. (UNITED FRESH ASSOCIATION.! Oretmouth, March 30. Arrived—Murray, from Hokitika. Sailed—Star of tho South, for Dunedin ; St Kilda, schooner, for Melbourne; St Kilda, steamer, for Wellington. Westport, March 30. Sailed- Kennedy, for Groymouth. Dunedin, March 30. Arrived—Camellia, from Hobart; Abbey Holme, barque, from Port Augusta. Lyttelton, March 30. Arrived—Kosonofch, from Newcastle. Soiled—Philomono, for United Kingdom, with 19,319 sacks wheat; Montgomery Castle, for Newcastle; Cleopatra, forTimaru; Mahlnapua, for Wellington ; Stella, for southern lighthouses. Tho Now Zealand Shipping Company received a cable announcing tho sailing of the as British Queen fr»m Plymouth on March 24. for Wellington and Lyttelton, with a Urge number of passengers; and the arrival of the ship Waimate from Lyttelton at London on the 27th Instant ; all well. At a mooting of masters of British traders, hold at tho Harbor Board office, Lyttelton, seamen’s wages wore fixed at L 6 a month, owing to tho low rates of freight obtaining forborne cargoes. Tho Union Company's steamer Manapourl arrived afc tho Queen's Wharf at Bam yesterday. She left Melbourne on tho 20th Instant, and cleared Port Phillip Heads at 9.45 pm, passed Swan Island afc 5 pm on the Slsfc, experienced very light winds and thick weather across Bass Straits, and anived afc Hobart at 10.45 arn on tho 22nd ; left at 5 prn the same day. mot fresh .southerly winds and heavy swell all through the passage to Now Zealand; passed the Solandors at 8 pm on tho 25th instant, and then slowed down tho engines till arrival at Bluff harbor at daylight on the 26th ; left again at 5 pm, had fine weather, and arrived at Port Chalmers at 6.30 am on tho 27th ; left again at 4 pm on tho 23th, experienced flue weather and smooth sea, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9 am on tho 29th ; loft again at 7 pm, experienced fine weather and smooth sea till 1 am, and thence strong southerly winds with rising sea till arrival. She left for East. i'ivi.»i ports. Auckland, and Sydney at 6 pm. Tuo (T ion Company's steamer Hawea loft Manuk »u nt 11 20 am on the 27th instant, and arrived afc - 5. 4 ' .n on tho following day; Bailed iigalvi .»t. 0 a n a.i c-.e same day, and arrived at Nelson at U»,.'js pm : left at 11 20 am on the 28th, and arrived at I’iclon at 7 pm on the 3Jth ; sailed at 830 pm. and arrived alongside the Queen’s Wharf at 2 am yesterday. Experienced fine weather and variable winds throughout Mu left for Lyttelton at 5 pm. Messrs Shaw. Bavill, and Co’s barque Crovvnthorpa, Captain Evore.t. left Auckland on the 21st Instant, and had fine weather till after rounding the East Cape, whoa a heavy pile with high sea, lasting three days, was ex erlu.ee.’. Thence had light winds and calms till sighting the Hj.adi, on tho 23th instant, when a ’N'W g do spra g up, and drov* her to C*pe Campbell. \fc 2 mn yeMerniy a southerly breeze sprang up. gndna’dy freshening into a gale, which brought her Into port at 7am. Bhe is to load wool and other produce for London, and should the weather permit, will bo berthed to-day. Tho steamer Wakatu arrived from LyVoUon, KMkoura, and Kekonngu early yesterday morning, and returns to tho two Urst-mmccl porta to day. Owing to h«f strong BE gale which prevailed yes orday, the depirtn n of the steamers llnuaki. for Wanganui Opimaise, and Wnitara ; *Vaihi. for Blenheim ; and Tui, for Wanganui, has been postp mod till today. The Union Company's steamer Mahlnapua will arrive from Southern ports this morning, and sail for Westport and Groymouth during tho d*y, Tho Black Diamond Line steamer Manawatu left Westport at 1 30 pm on Thursday, experienced fine weather to Stephens Island, and thence a heavy SB gale, arriving at 6pm yesterday. She brought a full cargo of coal. MARINE INQUIRY. Tho official inquiry into the recent stranding of the barque Conference on tho Pinnacle Rocks was held before Messrs E. Elliott and J. Moore, J’s.P., and Capt. G ant, Nautical Assessor. Air H. S. McKellar conducted tho proce-dings on the part of H.M. Customs, and Air Travers attended for tho owners. The ov donee of Captain Lmhor, in command of tho barque, Air Newton, chief officer. Pilot Holmes, and MrJ. Dransfteld. junr. was taken, but nothing was elicited! beyond what has already been published. Tho following decision was given “ Tho Court Is of opinion that tho accident was attributable to the vessel overrunning her distance while putting her round, caused by a change of wind from N to NB, and to tho vessel getting sternway on. At (ho same time the Court Is of opinion that the captain stood too long on the atarboml tack before going about.” Tho cap(ala was ordered to pay .05 and costs.

ALTERATION IN LONDON DOCK CHARGES. (Kuropcati Hail.) It Is no secret in commercial circles that for gomo time the Dock Companies of London have contemplated an Increase in their charges on shipping ; and wo have now received from them notice of some vor/ Important alterations to take effect on February li. Hitherto It has been their practice to assess the payment for tho discharge of vessels on their not register tonnage, in contradistinction to the custom at the outports, where the rate is levied on tho weight of goods discharged. The principal feature of the altorations now announced Is the assimilation of the London method to that of the outports. The practice of charging on the register tonnage of the vessel is a relict of the days of sailing ships, when tho difference between the gross and the register tonnage was almost nominal. But thn introduction of steam has produced an Important distinction between the two measurements —a distinction which has been continually on tho Increase, and has now become so notorious that tho register tonnage of any one of our groat ocean-going steamers 1b no indication of Us enormous carrying capacity, which not unfrcqucntly doubles that of the register. The ro'Ult has boon that for years tho receipts of the dock companies, which are deiivod from thoir rates for discharging cargoes and tho work actually done, has boon affected by tho serious divergence between tho two measurements, and their incorao has been further reduced by tho deductions claimed off the register tonnage on account of cabin spice, chain lockers, (lock-houses, water tanks, and other features of vessels propelled by steam. In addition to this, there is tho circumstance that tho skill of marine aichitects is stoa Hly devoted to Increase tho disproportion between the gross and tho register tonnage of vessels. Under tho circumstances, the dock companies have determined to abandon tho register as a basis of charge, and to adopt the more rational system of charging for tho work actually done, re*adjn.*ijing the present rates accordingly.