CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 784, 18 June 1864, Page 4

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

IHTPABDS. ■ June 17- Nil. otto-wards. June 17—Julie Hayes, 318 tons, Underwood, master, for Newcastle, with part of original cargo. Cargill and Co, agents. INWABDS-rOOASTWISB. June 17-Nil. OUT WAS DS—COASTWISE. June 17 —Qeelong, 137 tons, Tumbull, master, for Invercargill, in ballast. Cargill and Co, agents. i

The paddle-steamer Aphrasia, which has been employed for some time past as a tvs boat at New River and Bluff Harbor, arrived in port in the morning, and has been beached for an overhaul before being put into some new employment. The Aphraeia was employed for some days to attend upon the Scotia in the hope that that vessel mraid be floated off, but the heavy sea which had set prevented that vessel bang approached with any safety. In the meantime, divers, Messrs Watson, Wheeler, and Kendal, continue to be employed at intervals sending up cargo, and further attempts will still be made to float the vessel, if they do not prove nugatory through the continued prevalence of the present unfavorable ■weather. The ship Paria is to bring on some of the cargo.

The s.s. Airedale, with about 50 passengers on board, arrived in port ot2p.m-, bringing the northern portions of the mails for England. She left Auckland on the Bth, at 230 p.m.: arrived 'at Taramki at 6 a.m., on the 9 th. Lost an anchor and chain in a ffale from the south-west. Arrived at Nelson and Picton on the 11th, and at Wellington on the 12th. She reports the City of Danedin and Wm. Miskin as having put in at Ly ttelton, through stress of weather. The Wm. Miskin remained in port, but the City of Dunedin had sailed, and it is considered probable that, being very lig it in ballast, she has put into Akaroa, though she may now be hourly expected. She arrived at Wellington from Picton at 3 p m. on Friday, intending to leave there the following day, but a severe gale from the south-west set in, and there being a large number of passengers, Captain Boyd remained id harbor until the •weather moderated.

We learn that Captain Francis of the Queen steam r has been appointed to the command of the New Zealand Swam Navigation Company's iice new steamer Wellington; that Captain Cellem, of the Wonga Wonga, takes command of the Queen; and that Mr Thomson, late chief officer of the s.s. Airedale, formerly of the ships Wo!-' Wester and Indiana, becomes his successor In the Wonga Wonga. The ship Ivanhoe, from London, has arrived at Xyttelton, and has been put into guarantee. She is reported to be very dirty, and the cabin ; passengers complaia loudly of the want of fresh provisions, especially during their six weeks* passage through the tropics. Yesterday there were three persons still ill. It is intended to keep the cabin ; passengers on hoard, and to land the immigrants this morning at the barracks in Camp Bay. There were on board 275 immigrants, in addition to several persons who went on board at Tiraaru, and were detained in consequence of the quarantine regulations. The N.Z.8. W., Company's s.s. Wellington, previous to leaving Nelson on Saturday last, made the official trip on the measured mile, by request , «f Captain Johnson. Inspector of Mail JStsamers, outside Nelson harbor, when a speed was obtained of 11 6-10 knots against the tide, and 11 210 against a strong breeze a-head. How■ever, this can hardly be considered a fair test of her speed, as the fires had no time to get hot •enough, and, the greatest pressure was barely 181b during the time. A few NeLson residents as gue3ts, an<i also Captains Johnson and Kennedy, and Mr Nancarrow, Inspector of Engines, in 4heir official capacities, accompanied the vessel, «nd all were highly satisfied with the trip. The steamer finally left the Nelson Wharf at half-psst one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and steamed from the lighthouse and through the French Pass, a distance of 35 miles, in the short space of tr/o hours forty minutes fifty-eight seconds. When in Queen Charlotte's Sound, a large right "whale was harpooned by a boat's crew, close alongside the steamer. Two other boats were assisting in capturing the whale, and the whole affiir, as witnessed from the deck of the steamer, •was a moat exciting scene.