SHIPPING

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13713, 1 October 1908, Page 4

SHIPPING

!• PORT OF TIM ABU. agstuif o£ Xmi am is situa'.ed in ongtitude lTldeg. 15min. losec.; atitude 44deg. 23min. 41eec. water,- 6122 Am.; 6.47 p.m. sws. 5.45 aum.; sets, 6.11 p.m. rases. 8.25 a.m.; sets, p.ui. ?HASES OP THE MOON. I —First quarter, 5.44 p.m. Lo—Full moon, 8.55 a.m. .7—Last quarter, 5.5 p.m. ►—X-ew moon, 6.17 p.m. ARRIVED. SAILED. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. "a, >.>.. to-dav. :tt, s.s., about Friday. item, s.s., early. s F. Crooker, barque, early. reili, s.s., early. iiut, sjs., October sth. ra, scs-, next week. mats, s.s— next Mondav. EXPORTS, r.s- Corinna: 190 sackp potatoes, netting. 485 bales straw. 10 drum* kegs. 13C0 bag* oats. 140 bags and general. Shippers—Messrs* idsofi, T. Buxton and Co.. X.Z. "Co.. R. Wilson and Co.. X.Z. id Mercantile Co., Timaru Milling :dford Mills. X.M. and A. O'.". and Stevens. Evan.* and L, Ltd.. A. .Moritzoo. I). C. L and C. Patterson. Koonya will be here to-day. with »1 csago front Dunedin. She will > here for Pictcm. Nelson. and the LOttma is to extend her northern to Onelinnga. for the OnehungaymiKith butter service. during the month*Kotuku left (ireymouth on Tikb;ht for Lyttelnon. and will be at abont the end of the week. Nhe ,000 feet of timber, and SCO iiw for Timaru. itistiVa! summary of vessels totally nd condemned. published by 5 Register." ?>howH that in 1907 the eduction' in the effective mercantile of the world amounted to 868 ves--851,224 tons. Of this total 556 of 565.119 tons, were steamers, and 286,105 tons- were sailing voxels. | The losses in ten years numbered SGBB. - tonnage 7,625.011. (!reaf» a* is the ahsolute annual loss of vessels belonging to "■ the United Kingdom—lsl in 1907—it ■ forms a very moderate percentage of the mercantile marine of the country. ant? compares favourably with the average of the losses sustained by other leading marilime countries. . The merchant navies which exceed a total of 1,000.000 tons are those of the United Kingdom, the- British colonies,, the United States of Ainerv.M. France, * (Germany, Italy. Norway. and Japan. Tit? percentage of steamers Inst by the "United Kingdom during 1907 is 1.09, while the average of th* pelventage* for the next six countries fa 1 41.' &» regards sailing vessels, tin- percentage* *•- are 5.35 for the United Kingc »m. and 4.09 for the other sir countries. v " Per Press Association . - DUNEDIN. Sept. 30. I , Th?_ 'V,I at 7 o'clock this fur the' Island*, in s search of the barque I,«eh Lomond Br Cable. HOBART, Sept. 30. 13m! Atbenic nails for New Zealand tomorrow with 682 passengers.