SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2031, 8 August 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

The shipping business sintfe the despatch j of the Panama mail on the 6th ult! j has been as brisk as usual for this season of. the year. PuFing the month 42 vessels have arrived, and 55 have taken their departure. The inWard registered tonnage was 10,652, and the outward 10,071. The arrivals include a few extra sailing vessels from the Australian Colonies, two Bhips from London, and. one barquefrom Boston, U.S. Those from London were, the Ajmeeronthe 7th, and theElmstone on the 26th ult. The latter vessel made a fine passage of 90 days.. The arrival from Boston was, the; American Lloyd's;' with a cargo of general merchandise for this port and Lyttelton. The departures include the .cutter Lapwing, on the 6th, for' the Fiji jlslands, with cargo and a number of passengers ; the French brig Dauphin, after making several voyages to/Mewcastle.N.S.W., sailed for Valparaiso on the 9th; the ship Niphon, last from London, sailed for Newcastle on : the 17th ult. v; ahd the barque Briton, On the 3rd instant, for Maldon Island, where she f will load guano for Melbourne. . Of the ships in port, the Caribou, from; -Glasgow,; has discharged her cargo, and reiceived' her ballast on 'board! She sails for ;Callaothis week. The Ajmeer'is'about two-thirds discharged;-she alsp saib tor Callao when ready. The Elmstone is expected to be ready for sea in a fortnight, when she takes her departure for Newcastle, there to lokd coal for Shanghai. ": ' - ; The principal traffic ;to the Australian Colonies'has been ih'e coriveyknc^ '6f grain and wool; large quantities of the former ;have been shipped from: the.Province, both by sailing arid steam yessels. So much has been offering lately that someof the steamers have been obliged to refuse.in consequence of haying no room. J V_ fheTessels next «xpected from Home are the steamer Salamander fibta. London, andthe ship Helenslee from Glasgow, both vessels are now 83 days out. . The Helenslee brings a; large number of passengers, including assisted immigrants. . ": ■■■..■■ The Tarquin, from New York, is expected daily. .- .; .

The passenger traffic for. the past month shows a total arrivabof i 620 souls, of whom 413 landed and remained in the Province. The departures for the same period = show a total of 616, of whom 409 left the Province The departures include a number' for the Auckland and Queensland diggings. The new EloatingT>6ck, which has been for some time in the course: of construction at Port Chalmers, was launched, yesterday. An account will be found elsewhere. The p.s. Geelong during the month has been doing good service in the towing of ships, since her thorough overhaul. She is admirably adapted for the work. The steamer Wallace now makes two trips weekly to O'amaru,: ah^js being well supported. "Lately, she'made an excursion'trip from Oamaru to' Moeraki and back, with about 180 people, everything being provided free by the"owners. r-f ' -

The paddlef steamer .Bruce, which arrived lately from the West Coast for -repairs,' is being thoroughly overhauled 6n,Mf3Kumon's slip,atPbrtOKalmers.' ' ; '":.;"" "■

The screw-steamer Keera,: a well-known coaster; "is laid up' -for' "the purpose/of^eing lengthened .30] feet'^midships,' '-vrhien her carrying?capacity will be about 200 tons.-^ Kincaid, M'Queen, and-Co. the Engineers and Boilermakers;" of" DunedJn, ■ h'ay^ fiken the contract, and. Mr AJ. M'Kinnon,' of Port Chalmers,-has ■ arranged to; haul" Her .up; alongside the Pelichet;Bay jetty, where the; work will be peftoMed; -'; ■ | The Veather for the ,^ ea!*er part-x)f the; month has ; been.very' stormy .; for. .the .lasti fewdays stormy south-west gales; acsom-i paniedby hiard- squalls andpassing shbwersi of ano^ ; and; sleet,'haire prevailed 1/ 'The only: casualty on the' cbs9t", of . note is the wkeck of ■ the brig Daniel Watson in Lyttelton Barbor i during a; heavy gale; •■•.■•. ".■; : ■.'r '■•.'•■ r:- ■:'*■;'■■■">, .] The; following .tare. the reports of late^ arrivals-:—: -.. ■:...-.. 'V^;.--i

, r The Jbarque American Libya's; from Bos-i *Pa>.with aiull cargo of notions for thjs port and Lyttelton,. arrived. at the Heads on^ the forenoon ■of the 19ih-ultimo^-arid* signalled for' a; tug. The Geelong 'pro-j .ceeded outside,... and. 'towed: her up to' a discharging berth during the; afternoon.! Of'her passage, Capt. Parkinforms usihatthe; barque left Boston on the'lst April, and en j countered very heavy southerly weather for! the first'fifteen days1; ,^fter that had mode-! rate and light winds ; crossed, the. Equator On; May the Sth,. in. long .23.30 Weighted! the island of Trinidad on the 15th, and passed Tristan d?A.cunha on :the 26th of the same month ;■ strong westerly gales -were then met with.- ■ The meridian-of the^Cape' was passed on the "sth"; of ;Jiine, and the Orpzets, which werenot sighted, on the 16th. The Snares were made at 4 p.m.on the 16th inst. 106 days out. In running ;dbTYii.her easting she fell in \nth fearfully heavy westerly father and tremendous seas, which often flooded the decks; in fact, for the last fifty days her decks have never been dry. Owing to the weather experienced she had the misfortune"t° lose, although every care waataken, five valuable merino rams and one ewe, which were consigned to Messrs Bates, Si3e, and Co , her' agents., ,Out of the original lot four only remained. .

The ship Ajmeer, from London, sailed from Gravesead on the 24th of March, and experienoed two days' strong N.W. gales, in the English Channel. Moderate and variable weather was then met with until sighting Madeira, on the 3rd of April •, shortly afterwards she caught the KE. trades, -which were very indifferent. The Equator was crossed on the 21st of the samemonth, in Ion" 19.'47 W. The S.E. trades, which [wereVjery light, werelostinlafc 17 S. Variable windsl-sf ere then experienced to themeridian of Greenwich, which wascrosaedontheSOfch of Mayi and that of the.Cape, on the 23rd. In running down her easting, northerly winds prevailed to the longitude, of Cape Leuwih, when she encountered a terrific gale from N.E., with a tremendous sea, which lasted.to off Tasmania. During the gale she had a number of her sails split, and blown, to pieces -no other damage was sustained. Westerly winds prevailed from Tasmania until making Stewart's Island on the 6th ult, when it veered round southerly—continuing from that quarter to

arrival off the Heads on the forenoon "of the 17th : thus making the passage in 105 dayg from Gravesend, which, from her heavy draught of water, may be considered a: very good one. The Ajmeer has fitted to her a novelty in the shape of a windmill, whicTb, from its construction, can be made to work the ship's pumps in wind from any quarter; its. sails being worked on a swivel, j TheclippershipElmstohe.fromLondon, arrived offrthe Heads on the forenoon of the 26th ult., after the best passage of the season, viz.r, 90 days from the- Dowias and-80-days from land to land. During the afternoon she signalled for a tug, 'and the' Geelong proceeded outside arid towed her 'in "to a convenient discharging berth in the evening.: Of her passage, Captain Tomlinson reports thattheElmstone left the Downaonthe 27th of April, and encountered heavy westerly weather in the channel; She finally took her departure from the Lizard on the sth of May; light favorable winds were, then met with to the Equator,'which was crossed on the 27th of May, in long. 2341 W. "The S.E. Trades were very light, and lost in 23 S. The meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 17th of, June, and that of the Cape on the 21st. In running down her easting, in latitude 46 S,, Bhe experienced very variable winds and weather. The Snares were; sighted at 10 p.m. on the 24th, and the Nuggets on the following day. Light head winds and calms; were then met with to'arrival. The Elmstone brought 19 steerage passengers, all "of whom enjoyed good health throughout the passage, . and on arrival expressed themselves well satisfied with the treatment they received on board. On her passage she spoke; the Aberdeen clipper Bhip George Thompson, from London, bound, to Melbourne, three times ; first in lat. 24 "59 deg. S., long. 32-18deg. W. ; afterwards off Tristan d'Acunha and the Cape of Good Hope.