SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11229, 27 September 1898, Page 1

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, September 26.—Arrived: \Yai- - iora, from Sydney. Passengers: Mrs Smith, Messrs Lowe, Smith, Grant, and Christie.— Sailed: Gairloch, for Now Plymouth.- Passengers : Mrs Tueley, Messrs Pearoe, Moresby, Tueley, Washbourn, Ebster, Brown, Clayton, Wrigg, Moody, Eaynes, Tapper, M'Bride, M'llhone, Captain Kerr, Eev. Mr Ingle and i2 steerage, Sailed: Mararoa, for Sydney. _ , KAIPARA HEADS, September 24.—Arrived: Huia,' "schooner,' from1 Lyttelton.— — September 28.—Arrived; Eliza Firth, schooner, irom Lyttelton. . , WELLINGTON, September 26.—Arrived: Akaroa, barque, from Liverpool (June 17). She had a rough voyage. Her decks were frequently awash. She saw nothing of the missing vessel Lake Ontario;/—Sailed: Oniapere, for Auckland, via Eaat Coast.——Sailed : -Penguin, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Copland, Jack, M'Gregor, Holden, Mesdames Tucker, Hunt, Jounnax, Kev. Mr Purchas, v Messrs Tucker, Christensen (2), Stronach, Hannah, Hercus, . Hislop, Anderson, ■ Folroy, Kenny, Halley, Master Christensen; and 17 stcexaga. .LYTTELTON, September 26,—Arrived: 6.30 p.m., barque Opawa, fromjNatal.1 BLTJFF, September 2G.—Arrived: Zealandia, Bhip, from London; Pareora, from Greymouth. ■• STDNEY, September,.26.—Sailed: Mariposa, for.Ssm Francisco, via Auckland. ,

■ The s,s. Onda is making excellent: progress with the discharge of her cargo, of which she has.already put out 1200;.t0n5,; and will take in 800 tons of coal before proceeding to Newcastle and ..Melbourne, at which port she takes in a shipment of horses for India. .

. The, s.s. Kini, Captain Rolls,- from the West Coast,; with a cargo of coal, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, and went alongside the B.s. Onda to tranship cargo to her. The Kini left Westport at 4.15 a.m. of the 23rd inst ;■ had thick weather with heavy seas, and reached Wellington at 11 a.m. of the 24th; landed ,400 tons coal, and. left again at midnight same day; had fine weather down the coast, and arrived at Port Chalmers as above.

The s.s. 'Rqtokino steamed down to Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, and was berthed at the Bowen pier to tranship coal. In the evening she left for Sydney, via Tim'aru and Lyttelton.

The s.s. Napier sailed for Waikawa at 0 p.m. .yesterdav. She is due to return on Friday, and Bails again for Fortrose.

.The s.s.. Invercargill sails for Invercargill to-day. . '

„ The Huddart-Parker Company's s.s. Elin'gamite sails at ■ 1 p.m. to-day for Sydney, via Auckland. At Lyttelton she will await the arrival of the Dunedin express, and carry the 'Frisco mail to Wellington. " While the quarantine exists at.Tonga the iTJnion-Company's steamers from Sydney for Auckland, via the- Islands, will not call at ports in,the Friendly Islands, but will proceed from Sydney to Fiji, thence to Samoa, returning to Fiji,rand, then going on to Auckland. Vessels leaving. Auckland will, However, call at Tonga as. usual.. ■'■

The barque reported off Farewell Spit on Sunday proved to bo the Akaroa, and. not the Lake Ontario. As the -latter is now considerably overdue some anxiety is felt concerning her non-arrival. The Lake Ontario is an iron barque of 1096 tons register, and. was built by Messrs'Barclay, Curie, and. Co., of Glasgow, in 1868. Her dimensions are:' Length, 217ft Tin • breadth of beam, 34ft 7in; depth of hold, 21ft. She is owned by Mr D. Haye, commanded by Captain Prindt, is registered at New York, and Bails under the German flag.

The German barque Henny Clement, from Hamburg, arrived at Santa Rosalie on August 1, after a passage of 242 days, and without being once reported. This is said to be the longest passage on record on this particular voyage. Fears were entertained for the safety of the vessel, and 60 guineas per cent, had been paid to effect insurances on her.

■ The Lilla, which left London for Otago on September 23, is a stranger to this port. She is an iron barque flying German colours, and is. owned in Hamburg. She was built at Rostock in 1886.-

I The Shire line steamer Perthshire, Captain Wallace, which is coming here to take in part cargo.for London, will make the Bluff her final port of departure. She arrived at Sydney on the Bth inst. from London, via Adelaide. On the run out she made a direct steaming paasage to the South Australian port, the daily consumption of coal being 39 tons, and'a speed of II knots was obtained. She left London mi July 12, and after passing Cape Finisterre took the N.E. trade winds, which carried her down to lat. 17.0 N., when a strong S.W. monsoon, with heavy head seae, set in. It gradually changed to S. and S.E.- From lat. 2.0 to lat. 29.0 S. strong head winds prevailed, which rreatly retarded- her progress; but afterwards jhe had' a spell gf Sna weather, with smpoth

seas, and she rounded the Cape of Good Hope on August 8. Thence she had moderate weather to.lat. 14.0 S., and from long. 50.0 to 100.0 E. she had a succession of heavy gales from the northward, veering by W. to N.W., and blowing furiously, attended by a heavy sea. The vessel kept on for a time, but at length Captain Wallace decided to lieave her to, and she was brought to the wind for 16 hour3. The gale abated on August 26, and thence she had fine weather for the rest of the passage. The barque Pleione was towed up to Dunedin yesterday forenoon, drawing, 19ft of water, and was berthed at the Victoria wharf to discharge cargo.

Mr TP. J. White, of the s.s. Rotokino, and Mr W. Meredith, of the s.s. Duchess, who have been studying at Mr Gifford's Navigation School, Wellington, have passed their respective examinations- as second mate of a foreigngoing vessel, and master of a steamer plying within restricted limits.

A Board of Trade return has" just been issued dealing with British and foreign merchant vessels, and discloses a curious fact as to British tonnage since the repeal of the navigation lawn over 50 years ago. The return states that at the end of last year the United Kingdom owned steam and sailing vessels with a capacity of 8,958,171 tons, compared with the 7,978,53S tons of 1890. This total shows a very appreciable increase, but compared with the 9,020,282 tons of 1896, it shows a decrease of more than 67,000 tons. The return gives no explanation at all, the department offering nothing more than long tables of figures. There was an unusually large transfer last year of British, shipping to foreign flags, and builders were well occupied with foreign orders. The output of ( new tonnage was rather below the average, but the proportion built for foreigners was very much above. The yards of the Clyde, the Tyne, the Wear, and the Lagan have been phenomenally busy all 1898, so it is hoped that 1898 will atone for the poor showing of 1897, and create a new record. As it is, the British are a long way ahead of any and all rivalß in the carrying trade. Including the tonnage owned in tlie colonies, the British flag floats over 10,416,442 tons of shipping, which compares with about 4,765,000 tons for the United States (only 805,48-1 tons being engaged in oversea trade), 1,566,5GS tons for Norway, 1,487,577 tons for Germany, 894,071 tons' for France, 765,281 tons for Italy, 750,305 for Spain, and so on. British shipping enjoys 60 per cent, of America's foreign trade, 58 per cent, of Portugal's, 57 per cent, of Russia's, 54J per cent, of Holland's, 43 per cent. of Italy's, and 38 per cent, of Germany's. British ships last year carried 76 per cent, of the inward and outward trade of the United Kingdom. This is very respectable, though in 1895 it was 78 per cent., in 1890 79| per cent., and in 1880 83 per cent.