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Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1175, 29 December 1868, Page 2

GdVimMENT NOMOBB, Superintendent's Office, i Nelson, December 22,1568. fTIENDERS will be received at this Office, JL until MONDAY, 4th January, 1869, for WIDENING about 30 Chains of SIDE-CUTTINGS, &c, on the Road between Stanley Brook and Motueka Valley. -.. ■ A Specification may be seen at the Provincial Engineer's Office, and at the House of Mr. J. Ribkt, Stanley Brook. ALFRED GREENFIELD, 840 Provincial Secretary. PORT OF NELSON. TO BALLAST GETTERS. "VTOTICE is hereby given, that, in accordlLl aneewith the Harbor Regulations, allapplicationsfor BALLAST GETTING must be made at the Harbor Master's Office, BEFORE ANY BALLAST IS REMOVED, and the MONEY MUST BE PAID to the undersigned at the time application is made. By Order, JAS. S. CROSS, ! Harbor Master. Harbor Office, Nelson, 3rd December, 1868. 728 SHIPPING- INTELLIGENCE. High Water at Nkisonv Mom. Afternoon. Tuesday, December 29 ... 925 931 Wednesday, „ 30 ... 10-0 1019 Thursday, „ 31 ... 1042 115 ENTERED INWARDS. December 24.—Prince Patrick, schooner, 117, Anderson, from Newcastle. 24.—John Perm, Bteamer, 122, Carev, from Westport, in ballast. Passengers—Messrs. Evans, Home, Mecahatn, Pratt, Clear and son, Pitt, 3 sons and j servant, Wilson, Stallard, Miss Docker, Miss Greenwood, Mrs. Cohen, 2 others, and 43 for North. 24.—Kennedy, steamer, 125, Whitwell, from Westport. Passengers—Messrs. Stobo. Henderson, Bell, Evans, Crate, Pickard, Wills, Moller, Reyan, Rev. Mr. Mevpr. 26.—Otago, steamer, 457, Symons, from Melbourne, via f<outh. Passengers : saloon—Messrs. Thornton, Williamson, Robinson, White, and 9 for West Coast and Melbourne; Becond cabin —Mr. Chant, Mr. M'Caly, Mrs. Solomon, and 26 for West Coast and Melbourne. 26.—Lyttelton, steamer, 49, Scott, from Westport, in ballast. 26.—Lady Barkly, steamer, 30, Walker, from Collingwood, &c. 10 passengers. CLEARED OUTWARDS. December 24.—John Bunyan, barque, 520, Allan, for London, via Wairau. 24.—Airedale, si earner, 286, Wheeler, for Taranaki and Mannkau. 11 original passengers. 24.—John Perm, steamer, 122, Carey, for Wanganui and Manukau. 44. original passengers. 26.—Otngo, steamer, 457, Symons, for Melbourne, via West Coast. 45 original passengers. IMPORTS. Ex Lady Burkly, from Collingwood : 40 ozs. gold, 2 bales wool, 2 boxes eggs, Order. Ex Otago, from Melbourne and South : 10 case.", R. Levinn; 1 case, J. Hounsell; 11 bars steel. 76 bars and 16 bundles iron, 233 pipes, Buxton and Co. ; 83 bags sugar, 12 boiler tubes, Order ; 1 case hardware, Tregea; 1 case cigars, 4 oases tobacco, 400 bags flour, 20 firkins herrings, 35 boxes pipes, 27 cases drapery, &c, 6 casks eggs, 29 kegs butter, Edwards and Co.; 3 pkgs copperware, 2 cases corks, Hooper nad Co.; 12 boxes soap, Painton ; 4 boxes tin (in plates), M'Artney; 1 cases, HadSeld; 4 pockets hops, Gibbons; 3 pkgs, 6 ke-js nails, Wilkins ; 1 .-ase, Hounsell; 2 cases, N. Edwards; I pkg, Richardson; 4 boxes, Nation and Luckie ; 1 pkg, Fisher; 1 pkg, Everett; 49 casjs geneva, Bentley and Co. Es Kennedy, from Westport.: 10 screws, 8 bars, 3 trunks, Edwards and Co.; 17 hides, Sedgwick; 2 pkgs, Greenfield. Ex Prince Patrick, from Newcastle: 25 cases kerosine, 4 bales cork*. 10 oases oil, 1 cases matches, 3 casks tar, 210 (ons coals, Order. EXPORTS. Per John Bunyan, for London : 38 bales wool, Morrison and Co.; 40 balp« wool, Hodder and Co.; 138 bales wool, Edwards and Co. The P.N.Z. and A.R.W. Go's s.s. Otago, W. J. 0. Symons, commander, arrived here from Melbourne, via foutb, at. 6 p.m. on Friday last. Theliitter portion of her passage to the Bluff was of the most trying character, and exceeded anything she has met with during her fifty-four voyages to New Zealand. The following report is principally taken from her log:—The Otago Railed fromSandridea Railway Pipr, Hobson's Bay, at. 7.30 p.m. on the 12th instant, and came ?o anchor in tho. West Channel for the night. Made a fresh departure at daylight, on tho 13th, and cleared Port Phillip Heads at 5.30 a.m. ; passed the Sisters at midnight, and had fine westerly weather until Hie 15th, when the wind hauled round to tho northward. On the.l7th the wind increased to a terrific gale, with mountainous seas, one of which broke on board nt 11. a.m., completely filling the decks fore and aft, and carried away her stationary poop ladder. At noon the vessel Was hauled to the wind and hove-to in order to prevent further damage to ship or cargo. The gale still continued with unabated violence, gradually hauling pound to tho westward, and causing a high cross sea. At 5.30 p.m. she shipped another tremendous sea, carrying away port side of poop companion, flooded the cabin, bllued starboard after boat, started poop rail, and broke adrift some cases of fruit, which were washed aft and jammed the wheel. At 7.30 p.m. another '.'comber," worse than the last, broke on board; carrying away fore and starboard side of companion, filling the cabin, raptam'* room, and washing fruit overboard; tho main deck was filled, engine-room ventilator^ carried »«wav, horse stalls and horses knocked down, and nil deck cargo washing about. As soon a« the sea cleared her deck* energetic endeavors were made by the officers and men to raise and secure the horses, of •which there were luckily only two killed. Spare wood and horse fittings were got from below, and pliiced over the cabin hatchway, covered with sails, and everything on the poop battened down. The engine-room and stoke-hole were also covered with sails to prevent tho sea from getting below. At midnight the gale veered round to the N.W. and slightly decreased, with every appearance of better weather. On the morning of the 18th the weather, although thick and hazy, moderated, enabline all hands to make everything secure about the decks. During the whole of the gale it is satisfactory to learn that no one was hurt, though one person was washed forcibly out of his cabin. At 11 a.m. she was kopt away at full speed, and passed the Solander at r 7 p.m.; went under easy steam during the night, and arrived at the Bluff at 5 a.m. on the 19th; discharged horses and cargo, and left at 5.30 p.m. same diy, experienced fine weather, arriving at' Dunedin at 9 a.m. on the 20th ; left again at 7 p.m. on the 22nd, arriving at Lyttelton at 2 p.m. on the 23r.f; left same night at 9.10 p.m., arriving at Wellington at 8 p.m. on the 24th ; landed passengers, including 45 recruits for the Armed Constabulary. 79 tons of cargo, and left at 5.30 a.m. on the 25th, arriving as above. The steamer Murray returned to port yesterday I from Nelson. No intimation of her departure from Nelson wns made by the Telegranh Department. If this wore nn exceptional circumstance, notice might not be taken of it; but it is not exceptional. It is more the rule than the exception for the Nelson Telegraph Office to neglect forwarding intimations of the arrival and departure of steamers. From other ports with which Westport i« not connected by business shipping telegrams »re received regularly. From Nelson, with which Westport is intimately connected, they are received most irreguInrly, the vessels often urriviiig before the telegrams. Yet we believe there are four employes in Ihe Nelson office, with two messengers.- If they cannot make arrangement with the Harbor-Master, as is done here, j they should be made to make th*m,— Wettport I ri/w, December 17, , I