PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3056, 10 July 1884, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Tho flagstaff at Timaru is situated m 171 deg. 17mm. 20seo. East longitnclo ; 4Meg. 23 mm. Sonth lfttitnde. July 9— 9 a.m.: Bar., 29.5(5; ther., 55; weather, bright and clear ; sea, calm. 5 p.m. : Bar.; 29.70- ther., 59; wind, N., light; weather, bright and clear ; sea, smooth. Snii rises, this day, 7.34 ; sots, i.30. High water, this day, 3.45 a.m., 4.9 p.m. ARRIVED. Nil. BAIIiSD. Nil. VESSELS IN PORT. Inside the Breakwater — Si-.'^m Tug— Titan. Barqne — l)ova. Barquentine3— Hauda Isle, Annie Bow, and Formosa. Schooners — Onward and Rio. EXrECTED ARRIVALS. Taiaroi, s.s., from Dnnedin, to-morrow. Mahinapua, s.s., from Groyinonth, this day. Lady Mabel, brigantino, from Newcastle, oirlv. Asteriou, barque, from London, early. AY. H. Watson, barque, from London, early. Eileen Pouan, from Newcastle, early. Hero, cutter, from Wellington, daily. PROJECTED DEPAHTUKES. For Northern Ports — Taiaroa, s.s., tomorrow. For Dnnedin — Mahinapna, s.s., to-morrow. For Incklaud — Handa, Isle, barqnontino, daily. For Sydney- -Formosa, barquentine, early. For the United Kingdom — Dova, barque, daily. EXPORTS. In the Onward, D. Stuart, agent— 2oo socks (800 buslieU) wheat, SCS sacks (2272 bushels) oats, 63 sacks barley, 24 sacks wheat meal. Shipper — William Evan3. The schooner Onward completed loading for Napier last evening, and was expected to sail during the night. The Union Company's s.s. Mahinapua is expected to arrive from Greymoutb this morning with a load of coals for Mr E. Smith, and the Timaru Gas Company. The schooner Rio was busy discharging her coals at the wharf again yesterday. Tho barqne Deva will probably be clear of her ballast this morning. She is being worked by the Landing Service, and her ballast is thrown on the shoreward sido of the T wharf. The barquentine Formosa will be ready to take m produce to-day. The ketch Alpha soiled for Dunedin on Tuesday last m baila.st. Prep iratious are bow making for lighting tao buoys ia the river St. Lawrence with gas, and it is" anticipated that most of them will bo ready by Jnly. Each buoy will be supplied with sufficient gas to last three mouths. A resolution Has been passed by the Maritime Exchange, Philadelphia, recommending tho adoption of gas-lit buoys m all the harbors of the United States. A shock of earthquake was felt on board tho Acacia, barque, from Hobart to Geelong, on 17th nit. , when she was about ten miles off the Bay of Fires, on the east coast of Tasmania. The shock was so sudderi'and severe - that it was at first supposed that she had struck on a rock. For some time past the north-eastern portion of Tasmania has been subject to frequent slight shocks of earthquake. (By Teleobaph.)