SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5896, 31 December 1880, Page 3

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

This summary includes skipping events of the month up to date of December 2Sth, and is supplemented to date in page 4 of this issue. FOBEIGS, STATISTICAT.-, ETC. Daring the month we have had five arrivals from oversea ports, representing a total of 3953 tons register, whiln during tbe Bame period four vessels, of 3675 tons register, have sailed from Dunedin for Home ports. The first of the vessels to arrive from Home was the ship Taranaki, of 1129 tons, Captain Hird, from London, which osmo into port on December llth ; and the same day saw the advent of the American brigantine Ned White, of 550 tons, Captain Thomb>, from Ne.v York. On the 13th inst. the New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waitaru, of 833 tons, Oaptiiu Cowell, came into port; and on the 25th we saw the arrival of the Albion Company's ship Nelson, of 1247 tons, Captain Fullarton, from Glasgow, with the brig Ane Cathrine, of 194 tons, Captain Ankersen, from the Mauritius. The vessels which have left comprise the W»ipa, of 1157 tons, Captain Gorn, which sailed on Oecember 4th for London. She was followed on the Sib. inst. by the Zealandia, of 1112 tons, Captain Sellars, for the same port; and on the 14th inst. the brig Arvid, of 200 tons. Captain Nillaon, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, while on the 18;h inst. the good shipTimaru, of 1306 tons, Captain Taylor, took her departure for London.

INTERCOLONIAL. The number of vessels which have arrived from the ports of the sietor Colonies amount to 13 of all classes, representing 92SS tons register ; -while Ilia departures duriug the same period have baen nine vessels, of 7480 tonß register. INTETLCOASTAL, The number of coasting vessels which have arrived durin? the. month amount to 57, ard represent 7871 tons register ; while the departures have been 50 vessels of all classes, showing a total of 8540 tons register. ARRIVALS OF HOME SHIPS. _ We place the reports of veestla whictt have entored in from foreign parts in the order ot their arrival: — ATUUVAL OF THE NED WHITE. The brigantine Ned White, from New York, with a SlSfffi 10th; and being too late on tide to enter the port, stood off and on the coast for the night, and at i.oO am on the next day was taken in tow by the p.s. Peninsula and brought up to the anchorage oft ion Chalmers. Our old acquaintance Captain rhombs is still in command of this smart little ship, which brin"* out about SOO tons of cargo from New Tiork, the greater part of which is for Uunedm, and the remainder for Lvttelton. As usual, this smart little esUl comes into port in splendid order, reflcctinggreat credit on her excellent chief officer. We are indebted to him for the following report of her passage from New York :-Sailed on August 9th with light variable winds, which continued all the way across the northeast trade belt and until she crossed the equatoi in longitude 2.1.7 W., on October 3rd; thence she too., the S.IC. trades, and carried them down to latitude 25 S. en October 14th; they wore followed by light vwhblo winds, which loft her as she crossed tho me idlanof Greenwich, in latitude 40 S on October 28th, whim the first of the brave westerlies set in, Hiey took her round, the Cnpe of Good Hope on No-

vember 2nd, in latitude 44.30 S., then 85 days out, and she afterwards experienced a continuance of steady winds from N.W. to S.W. all across the Indian Ocean, running down her easting in the mean parallel of IS S. ; tho meridian of Cape Lcuwin was passed on November ZSth, in latitude 48 S., and she rounded Tasmania on December 4th, in latitude 47.51 S.; carried strong winds from S. W. to N.E. all the way down, and passed tho Snares at 4 p.m. on the 9th December; thence she had variable winds to arrival. ARRIVAL OF THE TARANAKI. Shortly after daybreak on the 11th of December the signalmastcr at Otago Heads, Captain Louden (who zealously performs the onerous duties of his ollice), ran up the numbers allotted in the Commercial Code to the ship Taraiwki, viz., QMWP, and in a very little time she was tendered by the smart little tug-steamer Plucky, which brought her across the bar as soon as the state of the tide permitted, and left her off the anchorage in Deborah Kay. She was met coming up the harbour by the Customs steam launch, and on Captain Hird returning a satisfactory answer as to the health of the passengers and crew, the Customs surveyor, Mr J. R. Monson, proceeded to clear her in. She brings 45 passengers and 2200 tons of cargo, of which 800 tons is deadweight, and the remainder general cargo. We are glad to see that our old friend Captain Hird (formerly of the Calypso) comes out as commander of this fine ship, which has been purchased by Captain J. Leslie; his chief officer is Mr Borland, a gentleman highly respected here, and well known from his having been chief officer of the Albion Company's ship Auckland. The second officer is Mr Hopkins, who was hero last year as second of the Calypso; while Mr Stevens is the third. We are glad to see Mr and JJi-s Polack back again as chief steward and stewardess, and *~~L Jl a9.»-.^L_fchakxinder thuir care the passengers have been rendered tno r ~ ol , t comfortable. The good ship conies into porii in splcnVTm-urnciTw*-*— u«_ up to the condition in which the Calypso (admittedly the handsomest vessel which ever graced our harbour) ever was. To say this is only to give a due meed of praise to Captain Hird and Mr Boland. Thepasragc out has occupied 91 days, rath«r a long one for so smart a ship as the Taranaki, but which is easily accounted foi- by the fact that she mot nothing but light and almost unfavourable winds until she passed the equator, while the south-east trades were light and fickle. This fully accounts for the length of her passage (spoilt at the outset by six days' detention in the Channel) out. She brings in addition to her very largo cargo over 50 passengers, one and all of whom appear to have thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and is, we believe, to discharge cargo in the stream. She left London on September 11th, and Gravesend on the same day; was towed to the Downs, where she anchored at daylight on the 12th ; left again same day, and after beating down Channel against a strong westerly breeze, landed her pilot off Falmouth on September 17th, and took her departure on the same day from the Lizard light. Had light westerly winds across the Bay of Biscay, and picked up the first of the N.E. trades on October 7th, in latitude 22.24 N., longitude 23 W. The trades were very light and uncertain, and died away in latitude 11 N., longitude 26 W., on October 12th; thence she experienced a spell of doldrum weather, and took the S.E. trades in latitude 3 N., on October 19th, crossing the equator on October 21st, in longitude 2S W. Poor S.E. trades were experienced, and thty died away in latitude 23 S., on October 29th, aud were followed by westerly winds, which took her across the meridian of Greenwich on November Sth, in latitude 39 S. The westerlies settling down steadily carried her round the Cape of Good Hope on November 11th, in latitude 42 S., and between the pitch of the Cape and tho Crozot group she encountered a three days' spell of heavy easterly weather. Afterwards she met steady passage winds from N.W. to S.W. all across the Southern Ocean ; passed the meridian of Cape Leuwin on November SOth, in latitude 47 S., and that of the island of Tasmania on December sth, in latitude 47 S. Still keeping westerly winds, she made her first landfall oil the Snare, at 0 p.m. on the Sth inst., and thence had strong northerly and north-east winds until'the 10th inst., when she took a fresh S.W. breeze which carried her past tho Nuggets at 4.30 a.m.; afterwards she had light airs from S. to N.E. all along the coast, and breasted Oa P « Saunders at 9 p.m. on the 10th inst.; stood off and on until tne idiowinsr morning, and came nto port as above. ARRIVAL OF THE WAITARA. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waitara, which has been anxiously looked for for the last 14 day's, made her appearance off the Heads early on the morning of December 13th, but owing to it being ebb tide she dodged off and on until 11.30 a.m., when she was taken in tow by the tug Koputai, and crossed the bar shortly after noon, and brought up the harbour against a strong S.W. gale as far as the Quarantineground, where she anchored, having on boarda quantity of powder. She was immediately boarded by the Cus- ] toms officials, and having no sickness on board was shortly cleared in, when the Press representatives went on board and were courteously welcomed by her commander. Captain Cowell, who is not a stranger in this port, his last visit being some five years since, in command of the barque Isabel Jane ; since then he has been trading to South and West Australia. He brings with him, as chief officer, Mr W. C. Wollarton, late chief officer of the Wamea ; second officer, Mr J. W. Crowder, late second officer of the Waipa. Dr Scoresby Jackson comes out as medical officer. One and all of the passengers, of whom there are 35, express their entire satisfaction at the treatment they have received from Captain Cowell and his officers. The Waitara brings 1500 tons of cargo, the half of which is dead weight and the remainder measurement goods, in addition to 2o|tons of gunpowder (which has been stowed in a properly-constructed magazine),

which was immediately transhipped into the schooner Ark, and the vessel towed up and berthed alongside the Railway Pier in readiness to discharge. Her passage has been, we must say, rather a long one, having occupied 109 days from port to port, but this is easily explained when'we take into consideration the factthat she met very little N.E. trades, and afterwards experienced head winds until she crossed the equator on the 40th day out, while her outward passage from that was marked by very indifferent winds and weather. OapJ tain Cowell kindly affords us the following information as to her passage out: —Left London on August 20th, and after taking in her powder at Gravesend left again at 2 p.m. on the next day ; experienced light N. and N.E. winds down Channel, and took her departure from the Lizard on August 29th, at 8 p.m.; thence she had light N.E. winds across the Bay of Biscay until they merged into the N.E. trades, which she picked up on September 11th, in latitude 34 N. ; passed Porto Santo next day. The trades were light and fickle until September 23rd, followed by very unsettled weather until reaching latitude 10 N., longitude 27 W., when she carried away her jibboom during a heavy gale from the E.S.E. This weather continued until she reached latitude 4 N., on October 2nd, when she fell in with the S.E. trades, and crossed the equator on October sth. The trades were but poor, and carried her down to latitude 21 S., on October 14th, and thence she experienced good northerly winds until after she passed latitude 29 S.; the meridian of Greenwich was crossed on October 29th, in latitude 41.9 S., and on that day she picked up the first of the brave northerlies, which took her past the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on November 2nd, in latitude 42.53 S. ; after she passed the pitch of the Cape she experienced very light winds, veering from N.E. to S.W., attended by occasional gales, until November 21st, when a heavy easterly gale was encountered in latitude 42 S., longitude 85 E., which afterwards moderated, and was followed by N.W. and S.W. winds until erossing'the meridian of Cape Leuwin on'Novembcr 2Sth, in latitude 42.23 S., and the island of Tasmania'was rounded on December 6th, in latitude

43.4G S. Slill keeping westerly winds, she came up to the land, and passed the Snares, without sighting them, on December 11th ; passed Long Point at 9 a.m. on the 12th, and made the Heads at daybreak on the 13th. The only vessel sighted was the brig Mozart, bound to the westward, on December 12th. Neither ice, wreckage, nor land was seen after she passed Porto Santo.

ARRIVAL OF THE ANE CATIIRINE. The Danish brig Ane Cathrine, sugar-laden from the Mauritius, arrived off Otago Heads on the morning of December 25th. She sailed across the bar at 1 p.m., and when off Pulling l Joint the N.E. breeze fell away to a calm, and she was taken in tow by the p.s. Peninsula, which brought her off ilansford Biy at 3 p.m. There she was met by the Customs authorities, and all being well, she was promptly cleared in. Captain Arkerscn informs us the vessel (a smart-looking craft) was built in 1878, at the port of Norby, in Den mark, her owner being Mr N. H. Svurrer, of that port; and up to the present time she has principally traded fr>>m Europe to Madagascar and the Mauritius. She left Port Louis on November 21st, and has consequently made a very good passage (31 days) from port to port. After leaving, she had the usual aouth-east winds, which carried her down to latitude 29 S. on November 26th ; from thence she experienced northerly and north-east winds, which continued for about 24 hours, and were followed by variable breezes from N.N.E. to S.S.W., and she afterwards passed Cape Leuwin in latitude 47.3 S., and rounded the island of Tasmania on December 18th, in latitude 48 S.; thence she experienced fresh westerly and southwest winds, and made the Snares at 1.30 p.m. on December 23rd; had northerly and variable winds along the coast, and entered the harbour as above. ARRIVAL OF THE NELSON. The Albion Company's clipper ship Nelson, from Glasgow, arrived off Otago Heads on the forenoon of December 25th, and was' towed up to the anchorage off Deborah Hay at 8.15 p.m. Here she was met by the Customs authorities, and on Captain Fullarton stating that several cases of measles and diphtheria had occurred during the voyage out, it was decided not to clear the vessel in until next day. At the same time Captain Fullarton stated that the last case of illness had been declared convalescent on November 21st, a period of 34 days, in which time all traces of the disease had been effectually stamped out, thanks to the supervision of Captain Fullarton and Dr Hyde, the surgeon in charge, whos« efforts in controlling the epidemic proved eminently successful. At 10 a.m. on the 2Cth of December the Customs steam launch proceeded off to the Nelson, taking Captain W. Thomson and D. M'Calkun, health officers, Mr J. R. Monsqn, Customs surveyor, and Captain V. Logan, marine superintendent to th» Albion Shipping Company. We regret to state that through severe indisposition Dr Drysdale, the medical officer of the local Board of Health, was prevented from being present. On reaching the ship the official party were met at the gangway by our old friend Captain Fullarton, who promptly informed them of the state of affairs, and introduced Dr Hyde, the surgeon superintendent. That gentleman having explained the state of affairs, the Commissioners decided to clear the vessel in, and the obnoxious yellow fla" was prom tly hauled down, to the cvHent satisfaction of both passengers and crew. The representatives of the Press, who were promptly alongside, were most courteously received by Captain Fullarton, who kindly supplied them with ample details of the vessel's pas-age from Glasgow to Otago. From the very exhaustive report furnished by him, we find that the voyage from anchor to anchor has occupied S7 days, and from land to land 81 days— rather a long passage, it will be said, for to smart a ship as the Nelson admittedly is, and so competent a commander as our old friend Captain Fullarton. who, as usual, has gained golden opinions from all classes of his 'passengers for the kind and constant attention he has displayed towards them. But this is easily explained by the fact that she met with little or no trade winds, and after passiiv the meridian of the Cape of Good llnpo oncountered very unsteady winds. The Nelson tasa 5' passcn"ers and 1850 tons of cargo, of which 800 tons ia dead-weight and the remainder measurement goods. In addition to her cargo the Nelson brings three polled Angus cattle—two bulls and a heifer, with 12 sheep, all of which have been under the suporvisi'Oi of Mr Dagff. The cattle are superb specimens of their class, and are, \v,-. are told, consigned to the Hon. Mathcw Holmes ; while the sheep consist o Southdown and Cheviot of the highest acknowledged strains. And it is indicative of the care displayed by Captain Fullarton that th* animals have arrived in stieh ucrfcet condition. Captain Fullarton describes the passage out as follows :—Left Greenock on September 20th, an.l was towed down the harbour, clearing the north channel at 5 a.m. ; cast the towrope off, and cleared the land off Innisirahull at 1 p.m. on the' 30th September; thence she had light s.E. winds for a day or two, and this was followed by specially strong gales from N.W. to S.W., and at 9 p m. on October 2nd, when it increased to a strong S E. gale, in latitude 40.20 S. and longitude 18.1 \V., one of the ship's company (Alexander Stewart, a painter, A.B.)fcll overboard, first striking the half-round of the poop headforemost. The vessel, when the accident oecu red, was scudding at the rate of 13 knots an hour, attended by a very heavy sea and as the ship was running before a fearful sea no assistance could bo rendered. The gale abated on October O.h, and thence the wind veered to the N.W., which took her ,ip to latitude 27 N., longitude 25.15 \Y. on October 11th, where she found the first of the N.E. trades. They provod thorou-'hlv easterly in direction, and gave out in latitude 10 N., longitude 24 W., on October 2Ut, te\Y-

ing averaged about seven knots an hour from first to last. On October (;th it was discovered that a very unpleasant visitor was aboard the good ship—no less than measles, which made its appearance among the little people in the steerage. It is almost needless to mention that Captain Fullarton, aided by the medical officer of the ship, at once adopted precautionary measures; but despite all they cnuld do, the epidemic gained ground, and two children succumbed to the effects of the disease. This is accounted for by Captain Fullarton's statement, wherein we find that for 10 .days in the tropics she met no thin;,' but calms, attended by damp sultry weather She spoke the ships Hurunui, for Wellington, and Largo Bay, for Calcutta, between the 25th and 20th October, and finally saw the termination of her unpleasant weather on November Ist, in latitude 2.30, north, longitude 22 west, when the S.E. trades set in, bringing with them a most agreeable change from excessively sultry to fairly agreeable weather. The equator was crossed on November 2nd, in longitude 24.15 W, then 31 days out from Greenock; thence she experienced fresh northerly winds with dull, gloomy weather, which continued until November 3rd, on which day she boarded the barque Samarkand, from Lyttdton to London, and by her sent letters Home, having previously (on October 19th, in latitude 15 N.), spoken to and requested the steamer Van'jyck, from Buenos Ayres for Lond ;n, to report her. The south-cars?, trades were moderately good, and averaged S.E. in direction ; they were about eight knots in force, and left the ship on November 11th, in latitude 20.30 N., longitude 34.30 W,; after which she experienced a succession of light variable wind, and which continued until she passed the island of Tristan d'Acunha on November 20th, when she met baffling- winds, which veered all round the compass, and she passed to the southward of the group with light winds, which principally came from . -north and north cast, and afterwards rounded the 2^^-r^«l-Jlftpo on November 27th, in latitude turtle, sha^s,Tc., ™"3 o^ y ?^w^^S,V cvi£l»»S_ anything like ahard blow. A'ttei, hownvcr, she rounded the pitch of the Cape, the winds, which had been persistently inconstant, settled down to .1 stiff gale from the S.E. (a well-known burster by all old Cape residents), which sent her down to latitude 30 S., longitude 41.30 E., when, rather than allow his ship to go farther to the northward, Captain Fullarton decided to round her to, and she was headed to the westward , in order to allow the gale to oxhaust its force. After this she took what may be considered as the first of the westerty or passage winds; prior to this, the westerly quadranthavingbeen most unfavourable, the wind shifting round from point to point during the whole of time. She took what were fairly considered the steady passage winds on December 3rd, when the westerly breezes were first experienced, and which, on December Cth, increased to a wholesome gale oS about 14 knots, which lasted only for 12 hours. Four days after the received an addition to her passengers, Mrs Johnston, one of the steerage passengers, having given birth to a fine little boy. The meridian of Cape Leuwin was passed by the good ship on December ICth, in latitude 45.30 S., and thence she had northerly winds, with damp, gloomy weather ; passed the meridian of Melbourne on December 20th, in latitude 48 S., and bowling cheerily along, met .favourable weather until December 23rd, when a strong north-east gale set in(the ship being in longitude 1C1.9 E.), when for the first time during the passage the sails were reefed, and so fresh was the gale that as evening approached the sails had to be handed ; and at 9 p.m. John Kelso, ordinary seaman, fell overboard from the top of the deckhouse, where he had been engaged in stowing the maintopgallant staysail. The ship was at once hove-to, a lifeboat lowered, and six lifebuoys ; I hove to the unfortunate fellow, whom Captain Fullar- . ton tried his best to save; but after pulling about for six hours the men came back to the ship without . achieving their object. Everything that coidd be i done to safe life was effected by Captain Fullarton, 1 who burned blue lights and rockets at very [ frequent intervals, in order to attract the attention of [ the people sent away in search of the lost man. But [ unfortunately all this was of no avail, and at 3 a.m. I on the next day the boat made her way back to the ; ship, her crew being completely exhausted. She » finally passed the Snares at 3 p.m." on the 24th inst., met a fresh N.W. gale, against which she made good hoodwny, Dassed the Nuggets at 4 a.m. next day, was off Cape Sauncuua at, noon, and crossed the bar at 8 p.m., coming to anchor at 9 p.m. Ib io pleasant to remark that the passage was marked by a thoroughly harmonious feeling between the passengers and Captain Fullarton, who, it is hardly necessary to state, has done all in his power to make his charges comfortable, and we expect to see him leave the Port for London not only with a complete cargo, tat with (a host of colonists on their wray to visit the Old Country. The following is the report of infectious eases on board the Nelson during her passage from the Clyde to Otago :— Ist Case.—Measles : Thomas Bartholomew, aged 5 years, son of T. Bartholomew, steerage passenger. Taken ill on October Cth ; recovered on October 13th. 2nd Case.—Measles, complicated by dyphtheria : Elizabeth Lindsay, aged 2 years 9 months, daughter of Margaret Lindsay, steerage passenger. Taken ill on October 17th ; died on October 26th. 3rd Case.—Measles : Frederick Keys, aged 2 years 8 months, son of Josiah Keys, steerage passenger. Taken ill on October 20th; recovered on October 27th. 4th Case.—Measles: Donald Lindsay, aged 13 months, son of Margaret Lindsay, above mentioned. Taken ill on October 25th; di^d on October 30th. sth Case.—Measles : Jane Johnston, aged 3 years, daughter of Alexander Johnston, steerage passenger. Taken ill on November 2nd; recovered on November 12th. Cth Case.—Measles: Bridget Leetham, aged 15 year 3, steerage passenger. Taken ill on November 7th ; recovered on November 21st.