PORT OF TIMARU.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3378, 25 July 1885, Page 2

PORT OF TIMARU.

Tho flagstaff at Timara is Bittmted in 171 deg. 17min. 20aeo. Eaet lonfritnde ; ildofr. 23 min. Sonth latitude. July 2-I—9 a.m.: Bar., 30.03: thor., 16; weather, calm and bright : sea, slight swell. 5 p.m.: Bar., 30.19; thor., 52 : wind, S.W. light ; weathor, calm aud bright ; sea, slight svrell. Sun risea, this day, 7.23 : sots 1. 10. High water, this day, 1.53 a.m. ; 2. 1t", p.m. ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. Nil. CLEARED. July 2-t-Stanlcy. brigautino, 3-tl tons, Davics, for A tiokland. EXPORTS. Tn thp Stinlev. D. Stuart agont : U39 sack* (So/bushcls) wheat, 250 sacks (1000 bnshels) oats. 200 .sacks bran 11/ tons flour Shippers-Koyal Flouring M.IU ; Sia S ert and Fauvol ; G. Blyth aud Co. ; Agent. VESSELS IN POUT. Inside tho Breakwater— Ship-Ransritiki. Barques— John Knox and Cingalese. Brißantino— Stanley. Steam tng— Titan. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Taiaroa, s.s., from Dnnodin. to-day. Omapere, s.s., from the South, on Monday. Wakatipc. s.s., from tho Sonth, next Friday. Mawhera, s.s., from tho South, early. Wanaka, s.s.. from Nelson and way ports, on Tuesday. Mahinapna, s.s., from the South, early. Examiner, barque, from Kaipara, early. Allegiance, ship, from London, via Lyttolton, daily. . Ganymede, barque, from London, r«i tuo Blnff, early. Crost of tho Wave, schooner, from the Bluff, early. „ „ , Annie Bow, barquentine, from Sydney, daily. , Loohnacrar, barque, from London, early. Magellan Clond, schooner, from Newcastle, ""ste'ssina. barque, from Wellington, early. Ocean Bird, ketch, from Lyttelton, daily. PROJECTED DF.PAH.TUB.es. For Northern and West Const ports—Mahinapna, 8.3., early. For Nelson and way ports— Taiaroa, s.s., to-dav. For Auckland and way ports— Omapere. s.s., on Monday. For Wellington and West Coast Ports— Pelham, s.s., on Tuesday. For Sydney— AVakatipn, s.s., next Friday. For Northern and West Coast ports—Mawhera, s.s., early. For Dunedin— Wanaka, s.s., on Tuesday. For Hokitika— Crest of tho Wave, sehooner, early. For Auckland— Stanley, litigantine, to-day. For London— Kangi tiki, ship, early. The barqno John Knox was hanled to the ■wharf yesterday morning, aud commenced putting out her pile3. - Tho barqno Cingalese broke bulk at the bnoys yesterday. She is being worked by tho Landing Service. The 3.5. Pelham will sail for Wellington and We3t Coast Ports on Tuesday. Mr W. Evans is the local agent. The N.M. aud A. Company, local agents for I the Union Shipping Company, notify this j morning that the s.s. Wakatipn will make another trip to this port next Friday, sailing in the evening for Sydney with produce. The brisanti 1 "' Stanley finished loading at the wharf yesterday afternoon. She has had excellent despatch, about 2300 sacks of produce having been put on board since throe o'clock on Thursday afternoon. She is expected to snil for Auckland with the firat favorable breeze. The Department of Ports and Harbors, ; Brisbane, under date Juno 30th, has issued tho following notice : — Torres Straits : Reefs near and extending from Saibai Island. — Notice is hereby given that a reef, upon which is a sandbank, always dry, lies with its eastern extremity N. by W. J W. two and a-third miles from the hill, 50 foot l.i<rh, shown on the north-we3t end of Saibai Island, on the plan by Navigating Lieutenant E. R. Connor, H.N. The reef is about one and a-third miles in length E. and W., and one-third of a mile in width. Another reef, which at low water Bprings is dry about two feet, lies with its N.E. extremity N.N.W. one mile from the same hill. The reef is about one and a-half miles in length and three cables wide, and lies N.E. -J E. and S.W. iW. The extremities of both these reefs are marked by beacons, and they can be approached to within a quarter of a cable on each side. There is a clear passage with three fathoms at low water between the southernmost of these reefs and Saibai Island. A third reef, awash at low water, and which is one mile in extent, lie3 E.N. K. and W.S.W., with its centre in the following approximate position :— Peak of Mount Cornwallis, S.E. i S. eight and a-third milea. The fringing reef extends from the western end of Saibai Island to a distance of nearly one mile. The foregoing information has been supplied by Mr Liljeblad, master of tho missionary schooner Ellangowan. (By Teleokaph. l