SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4163, 22 June 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. "'^j June 21.—Wind,light, easterly.-Weather: overcast, loca] dull. S a.m.—Barometer, 29.00; thermometer, 43. 1 that p.m.—Barometer, 29.U1; thermometer, 4S. 5 p.m.— cate Barometer, 29.01; thermometer, 47. High water t {, r . on the 22nd:—At the Heads, 4.43; at Port Chal- tric | mers, 5.23; at Imnedin, 6.5. w ho selv PORT CHALMERS OBSERVATORY. thrc Latitude, 45.4S 55 south; longitude, llh. 22m: 375. letti east. fnrt Time ball drops daily (Snndays excepted) at 1 p.m. sue] lort Chalmers mean" time, or lh. 37m. 235. a.m. but Greenwich mean time. sail ———— whi ARRIVAL. W!F Edith Reid, ketch, 75 tons, Munro, from the unt Molyueux. G. .\ Reid, agent. Le j, DEPARTURES. Of Jane H.innah, schooner, 50 tons, Tall, for Catlin's of: River. 11. Guthrie, agent. ' tioi Wellington, s.s., 264 tons, Carey, for Lyttelton and tho the North. J. C. Cannon, agent. Passengers : For mil Lyttelton—Jlr and Jlrs Quinn, Jlessrs Lumsden, hy Reith, Mor.agVan, and 2 steerage, and 10 steerage for ma other ports. cvi Palmerston, ketch, 25 tons, Brebner, for Oamaru. ere Master, agent. «P' Shag, s.s ,35 tons. Wing, for Shag Point and Moo- aff' raki. Martiu and Watson, agents. occ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ?Ie From London.—H. T. Staines, Jan. 27th; Peace- t j; 3 maker, Feb. 2Sth; Cora Linn. March 17th ; Woodlark, th( 3. N. Fleming, John Rennie, Knight of Snowdon, s -_„ Strathmore, Vinceuza Lavauger. tl ° From Glasgow.—Craigielea, April 9 ; Taupo, May jj a 1; Aldergrove, April 29. ' From New York.—Crusader, Frances Lowry. n J O From Puoet Sound.—Maria Trinidad. t jj FromChristiasia.—lsabella Ridley-, Annie Hovdan, ... Jan. 30th. From Western Avstralia. — Albyn's Isle, Janet au Spiers. . ' st „ From Adelaide.—Waverley. j a From Melroi-rxe.—Prospector. rj c From Newcastle.—Bobycito, June 9. Ul] projected departures. IS For Loxdox.- Timaru, early; Dunedin, early. ir l For Melbourne.—Alhambra, 25th inst. ; Omeo, so -23rd inst. a" For Northern Ports.—Phoebe, early; Hawea, early. For Auckland.—Agnes, early ; Rosebud, early. For. Wellington.—Melaine, early. c j. '•For Lyttelton, Sc. -Bruce, 23rd iiiat.: Beautiful C( J Star, early. .For Southern Ports. -Wanganui, 23rd inst; Ex- jj press, early ; Lady of the Lake, this day ; Comerang, ar early. ,„ For Greymouth —Isabella Anderson, early. t l. For Oamaru.— Samson, this day. tl] For East Coast.—Defiance, early. ; n For Shag Point.—Shag, early. t t - th CUSTOMS ENTRIES. tl INWARDS. pi Transport, 507 tons, Fox, from Newcastle, with as cargo. Boumm, Macandrew, and Co.. agents, g' Samson, 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru, with cargo. «' J Mills, apent. ai Lady of the Lake. 60 tons, Urquhart, from Port ol Molyneux, with cargo. G. F. Reid, agent. B Jane Anderson, 90 tons, Dawson, from Havelock, a with cargo. Keith Ramsay, agent. ai Dauntless, 72 tons, Poulson, from Kaipara, with A cargo. Jlaster, agent. n -Dauntless, 12 tons, Jlussen, from Waikouaiti, with v» cargo. Slaster, agent. a Jane, 25 tons, Graham, from Shag Point, with f1 cargo. Martin and Watson, agents. P Agnes, 128 tons, Short, from Auckland, with cargo, f; Bouman, Macandrew, and Co., agents. tft Wanganui, 179 tons, Fraser. from Bluff Harbour, v with cargo. H. Houghton and Co., agents. 1 Eleanor, 12 tons," Divers, from Purakanui, with o cargo. Master, agent. « outwards. f -Jane, 25 tons, Graham, for Shag Point, with cargo, j Martin and Watson, agents. " t Eleanor, 12 tons, Divers, for Purakanui, with cargo. „ Master, agent. J Shag, 31 tens, Wing, for Shag Point, with cargo. c Martin and Watson, agents. c Lady of the Lake, 60 tons, Urquhart, for Port Molyneux, with cargo G. F. Reid, agent. I Palmerston. 25 tons, Brebner, for Oamaru, with t cargo. Master, agent. _ Wellington, 2<>2 tons, Carey, for Lyttelton, with j cargo. J. C. Cannon, agent. ( Samson, 124 tons, Edie, for Oamaru, with cargo. J. , Miils, agent. , EXPORTS. ' Per Palmerston, for Oamaru: 540 bars railway iron, ] EldeT. Per Shag, for Shag Point and Jloeraki: S packages, | Bing, Harris, and Co; 7 do, Edmond, Forsyth, and ; MtNeill: 1 do, Heeles, M'Beath, and Co. , Per Wellington, for Northern Ports : For Lyttelton , —10 packages, Briscoe and Co; 1 do, Brown, Ewing, and Co ; 1 do, Wise and Co ; 2 do, Krull; 2 do, Hayman and Co ; 4 do, Gregg and Co ;1. do, Matheson 1 Brothers ;1 do, Hallenstein Brothers; 4 do, Fergusson and Mitehe.l; 40 do, Bardsley ; 3 do, Watson and Sons; 11 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co; 1 do. Bing, Harris, and Co ; 2 do, Findlay and Co. For Wellington—6 packages, Marshall and Co; 20 do, Briscoe and Co; S do, Copeland; 11 do, Wong Tip; 20 do, Wilson aud Co: 1 do, Jlartin; 1 ; do, Cargills, Gibbs, and Co; 9 do, Neill and Co; 115 do, New Zealand Distillery ; 6 do, Joel; 4 do, Sullivan; 1 do, Halliwell; 2 do, Lange and Thoneman : 1 do, Matheson Bros : 2 do, Burt; 105 do, Robins and M'Leod ; 1 dv, Mosgiel Factory; 4 do, Ross and Glendining ; 1 do, Haworth; 4 do, Telegraph Department ; 2 do, Walden; 1 do, Beaver Bros ;13 do, Oliver and Uiph ; 2 do, Moore ; 1 do, Butterworth Bros; 4 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co ; 3 do, Gregg and Co ; 3 do, Fergusson and Mitchell. For Napier—7 packages, Park and Curie; 1 do, Jlosgiel Factory ; 4 do, Bright; 11 do, Briscoe and Co ; lido, Cargills, Gibbs, aud Co; 1 do, Colonial Bank ofNew Zealand; 7 do, Hayman and Co : 3 do, Sargood, Son, & Ewen ; 2 do, Lange feThjueman; 10 do, Beaver Bros. For Wangauui—2 pakgs, Ross and Glendining ; 3 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co ; 6 do, Paterson and M'Leod ;19 do, Oliver and Uiph; 13 do, Heymanson, Low, and Co ; 2 do, Briscoe and Co ; 2 do, Butterworth Brothers. For Picton—3 packages, Briscoe and Co ;10 do, Anderson and Mowat; 1 do, Mendershausen ; 1 do, Butterworth Brothers; 1 do, Hallenstein Brothers. For Poverty Bay—-20 packages, Wilson and Co ; 1 do, Wise and Co. For Nelson- 6 packages, Bright Brothers ; 2 do, Hayman and Co ; 3 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co ; 20 do, Gregg and Co ; 2 do, Briscoe and Co. For Westport —11 packages, Hayman and Co ; 1 do, Sargood, Son, and Ewen ; 3 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co; 3 do, Haymanson, Low, and Co. For Hokitika—s packages, Ross and Glendining ; 3 do, Hayman and Co ; 1 do, Sargood, Son, and Ewen ; 2 do, Butterworth Brothers. For Greymouth--1 package, Kum Sing Wing ; 1 do, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. For Manukau—l package, Sargood, Son, and Ewen; 1 do, Lange and Thoneman ; 1 do, Gregg and Co ; 4 do. Briscoe and Co ; 1 do, St aidard Insurance Company ; 1 do, Hayman and Co; 1 do, White ; 1 do, Baiik oi New Zealand ;91 do, Millar; 1 do, Beaver Brothers. For Taranaki—l3 packages, Hayman and Co ; 1 do, Briscoe aud Co; 4 do, Brook. Per Samson, for Oamaru: S packages, Fleming; 1 do, Telegraph Department; lot timber, Guthrie and Larnach; 40 packages, R B Martin and Co; 59 do, Neill and Co; 76 do, Briscoe and Co ; 1 do, Copeland ; 1 do, Logan ; 112 do, Neill and Boyd ; 1 do, De Beer and Co; 1 do, Inglis; 1 do, Buuman and Co; 2 do, Blackadder; 13 do, Reid and Gray; 5 do, Wilson and Co; 2 do, Townsend; 2 do, Durie, White, and Co : 2 do, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co ; 1 do, Stavely and Co ; 1 do, Findlay ; 2 do, Mills, Dick, and Co ; 2 do, Rok3 and Glendining; 1 do, Gardener; 3 do, Robins and M'Leod; 10 do, Esther and Low : 2 do, Marshall: 1 do, Hayman and Co; 3 do, Paterson aud Jl'Leod ; 1 do, Bing, Harris, and Co; 1 do, Edmond and Co ; 2 do, Weir and Samson ; 5 do, Lees ; 1 do, Jlatheson Bros; 1 do, Moore; 15 do, Scoular; 12 do, Sirgood, Son, and Ewen; 1 do, Driver; 1 do, Law, Somner, and Co ; 1 do, Anderson. Per Lady oi the Lake : For Port Molyneux—l package, Briscoe and Co ; 77 do, Tumbull* and Co. For Kaitangata—2l do, Maekerras and Co ; 1 do, Findlay and Co ; 2 do, Keast and Oo ; 4 do, Edmond and Co ; 12 do, Oliver and Uiph; 10 do, Marshall and Co; 1 do, Reid ; 4 do, Turnbull and Co. For Balclutha—22 do, Reid and Gray ; 4 do, Briscoe and Co ; 40 do, Findlay and Co ; 8 do, Stavely and Co ; 12 do, Hayman and Co; 20 do, Hogg and Hutton; 2 do, Sargood Son, and Ewen; 12 do, Wilson and Co ; 2 do, Finch and Birch : 1 do, Farquhai; 1 do, Thomson, Strang, and Co; 5 do, Oliver and Uiph; 6S do, Turnbull and Co. For Greenfield—2 packages, Findlay and Co; 90 do, G F Reid; 7 do, Briscoe and Co. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, June 21st Arrived.—Alhambra, s.s., from Nelson, and sails South to-morrow. Greymouth. June 21st. Sailed.—J'aori, s.s., for Dunedin, via Jackson's Bay and Bluff. Lyttelton, June 21st. Arrived.—Phcebe, s.s., from the North, and sailed suuth at 2.30. The brig Transport was brought in from the stream yesterday morning, and moored for discharging at the new pier. Bulk was broken on board the brig Elliots y-esterday morning, and a great deal of sugar landed in the course oi the clay. It came to hand in good order. Oi the ship Timaru's inward cargo only about 120 bars of iron remain on board. She is partly ballasted, and waiting for » decision to be come to respecting her future movements. The ship Wenuington disch' rged the balance of her cargo on Thursday last, and finished ballasting or. Saturday. She is ready for sea, and merely waiting for orders expected hy the 'Frisco mail. The tost of the ship Leucadia's cargo wp.s put nut yesterday. She is ballasted to within 60 tons, aud all but ready for sea. Her dispatch will follow immediately upon the a.rival of the 'Frisco mail. About 300 or 350 tons of cargo, the most of it dead weight, is yet to be discharged from the ship City of Cashmere. Of ballast she has 100 tons in. The ketch Edith Reid returned from the Molyneux yesterday with a cargo of 900 bags of grain, and a quantity of timber. She left on Saturday night, and worked down against a light N.E. wind, and cross sea. She passed on to Uunedin. The schooner Jlelaine was towed to Dunedin yesterday afternoon by the tug Geelong. The steamer Wellington took her departure yesterday afternoon, on her return North. She took away fourteen passengers, and 70 tons of cargo. The cutter Dolly Vardtn sailed up to Dunedin yesterday to discharge her cargo. The schooner Agnes was towed to Dunedin yesterday morning by the steamer Portobello. The brigantine Sea Gull went up to Dunedin yesterday to discharge. The schooner Rosebud was to have towed down to Port Chalmers from the Upper Harbour, la3l night. She has about 100 tons of grain to take in, to complete her cargo for Auckland, and will fill up at the Port. At the Rattray street wharf the brigantine Zephyr is discharging, and waiting for orders. She was removed yesterday evening tothe upper part of the wharf, to make room for the Agnes. The barque Robert Jones hauled into the stream yesterday, preparatory to sailing for Newcastle to-day. The ketch Palmerston sailed ior Oamaru yesterday with a cargo of railway iron. The brigantine Sea Gull took the ground on Sunday night when off the training wall, Rattray street Jetty, and had not got off last night. The War Office in England has been engaged in making some experimente for the Trinity Board as to the best form of gun for signalling in fog. In the course oi the experiments it was found that the explosion of gun-cotton produces a louder sound than gunpowder and consequently, further trials are now to be made with gun-cotton in reference to its manipulation and effect. The following suggestions have been made for "fog signals by vessels under way," -viz.:—One blast of the whistle—l am porting; two blasts— starboarding ; three hlasts—alarm ; and four blasts—going astern. This would of course be only applicable to steamers. IMPORTANT BOARD OF TRADE NOTICE. The following important notice upon a marine question that lias much exercised the miuds oi the more thoughtful and conscientious shipmasters of late

•ears, was issued by the Board of Trade in the mouth. >f December last, in the form of.a-aetter : to- : local narine boards. -Mr Thos. Gray, assistant secretary, nditing the letter, says :— Sir -I am directed by the Soard of Trade to state for the information of the ocal Marine Board, that they have reason to believe :hat masters not uufrequently give to seamen certifi;ates of di-charge bearing endorsements as to eharac:er and ability, not supported by facts or by the enivies in the official log. Tlie result of this is that men nho are incompetent, or have misconducted themselves during their term of service, are enabled, through the production of these certificates with the letters "V.G."or "G:" endorsed.upon them, to find further employment without difficulty. Not only do such seamen avoid the consequences of wrong doing, but injustice is thus done to the good and efficient sailor and to the masters of the ships in which men holding such false characters afterwards obtain employment. But this is not the whole of the evil, for the present loose and untruthful practice really frustrates the object the Legislature had in view in requiring these, certificates of discharge to be issued and certified. The making of a false certificate or report of the service, quahfi--a--tions, and conduct or character o£ auy seaman is by tha Merchant Shipping Act oi 1554 declared to ben misdemeanor, but no steps have hitherto been taken by this Board to bring home such an offence to a shipmaster. The Board is, however, of opinion that the evil, if unchecked, is ca'culated not only to go on increasing, but also to have a most injurious operation upon the discipline of the merchant service, and to affect the security of human life at -sea. It has occurred to this Board that the Superintendents of Mercantile Marine Offices might perhaps be required, in cases where the character given on the certificate of discharge is obviously and materially at vaviauce with the statements iv the official log book, to refuse to sign it, and put a " cross " in the place of his signature. Tbis-Board would be much obliged if the local M.irine Board would favour them with their opinion upon the question, and with any observations which may occur to them as to the best moile of dealing with the'cases. It will obviously be better to do away with the certificate of discharge altogether rather than to convert it, as is often the case at present, into an authorised official document for furnishing a false statement of character to incompetent, dishonest, and dangerous seamen. It may, of course, be open to this Board to proceed against the master in each ease, under the 19th scDtion of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1554 ; but whether this is so or not, they would rather try co-opeiation with local Marine Boards to hit upon some plan whicli will render unnecessary the delays and vexations of such a course." IRON WALLS. The London Mail chats pleasantly about H.M. ironclad Alexandra, recently launched iv England. Our contemporary says:— The Alexandra" has,been built on the model of the Hercules, but is more powerful both in armour and armament. Thus she will carry on her sides, in the most vulnerable p*rts, armour plating of 12 inches thick, and on other parts of as much as 9 and 10 inches thick. The Hercules nowhere carries more than 9 inches of armour, and when it is consi ered that in the strength of her armour the Hercules has four times the advantage of the Warrior, and that the strength of the arm mr of the Alexandra is as seven to four compared with the Hercules—in other words, is nearly twice as great as that of the Hercules and seven times as great as that of the Warrior—we can form an estimate not oiilv of the enormous resisting power of this last addition to our ironclad fleet, but of her superiority to other vessels of her class As in the case of the Htr.ules, the Alexandra has, fitted outside, a skin plating of li inch thick, a teak backing of 10 and 12 inches, with the [usual longitudinal girders. Altogether, the total protection of this vessel, at its most vital parts, consists of about 14 inches of iron, of which one thickness is 12 inches solid ; and it is hardly an exaggeration that, of its class, it is the most powerful vessel yet constructed. Passing, however, from its power of defence and resistance to attack, it will be found that in its armament it is as superior to the Hercules, its prototype, as in its armour. It will carry at least two 25 ton guns and two lvtou guns, on what c irrespond? to the central or principal battery of the Hercules; on the upper deck eight or ten IS-ton guns, and in addition, fore and aft, will probably carry two or four chase guns, as is the case in the armament of the Hercules. In her central bittery, the Hercules carries eight lbton guns, two 12-ton "gnus fore and aft. and four o}-ton guns on the upper deck, lt was considered a triumph of constructive power when it was found possible to carry these 18-ton guns, throwing 400lb. of projectiles on a broadside battery : and it was considered essential for the 25-ton gun batteries that they should be built on the tun et principle ; but our great objection to the broadside, sea-going ironclad has vanished with the capacity it has now been found possible to give the Alexandra — of carr} ing a battery of 25-ton guns. It is doubtful whether the speed of the Alexandra will be greater than that of the Hercules or of other 6ea-going ironclads. 'Ihe Hercules has attained a speed of 14 091 knots au hour, but this is good work and very difficult to improve on. lt is not generally understood that every additional knot gained by any vessel alter a certain point h-.is been .-cached, means, not a proportionate, but a most disproportionate, and even extravagant increase of steam power. Thus, a horse-power of 4045 gave a result in a trial of the engines ol the Hercules of 12.123 knots; but it required no less a horse-power than 5529 to give a result of 14.091 knots an hour: and to gain au exra knot, by increasing the .speed to lf> knots, would mean a s-ill greater addition to the horse-power of the engines. If, therefore, the Alexandra can maintain really a speed of 14 knots, she will be a fast vessel. So far as is known, there are no vessels afloat which are equal to the Alexandra as seagoing ironclads, except the Kaiser and the Deutschlanil, belonging to the German navy. The Kaiser was launched recently, but the Deutschland will not be ready for at least another year. Both ships are smaller than the Alexandra, but their armour is almost equivalent in protective power, ond their armament will hardly be inferior, as it will consist of eisctit 22 ton Krupp steel breech-loading guns, and foui smaller ones.