PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 78, 2 December 1865, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

ARRIVED. November 30 — Win. Mibbin, Hepburn, itSSt Dunedin. . / December I— Gothenburg, s.s. Mackie. from Melbourne. Passengers— Saloon :Mr and Mrs Henderson, Mr and Mrs Burrill and family, Mrs Planery, Mra Jacobs and son,- Mrs King and pnn, Mr and Mrs Cuirncross, Misses M A Dunn nnd Bracken, Messrs Dunn, Hiotohcook, Parr, Jenkins, Chandler, Thomns, Hualfzen, Shepherd, Myer, Thomas, Stone, and 26 in the steerage.— Hondeison and Bonar, agent*. December 4— Claud Hamilton, s.s. Farcio, from Sydney. Passengers— Saloon : Mr and Mrs Sjoane, • Messrs Edwards, Merril, Wood, and 20 in the steerage.— F. Grepr, agent. 1 December \— Ransitoto. s.s. Scott, from Melbourne. 38?!)aaseiigers.— F. Greer, agent. December 1 Souchays, s.s., Simpson, from Melbourne. Passengers— Saloon': MessrsHarriton, Shea, M'Offerty, ffiell, M'Ddvett, 'O'Brian, and 90 in the steerage. 'tfhrdokmdrtdn rind Co., December I— Wh, from Dunedin.—Fisher Bros, agents December l l — Clarendon, brig, Hughes, from Melbourne. SAILED. November 30— Jane Lochart, brigatitino, for Sydney. November 30— J. B. 'Russel, "BuckStoue, : in l>alla&t. . „ . . November 30— Kennedy, s.s:, Whitwell, for Nelson. • Nnvember 3D— Star of the South, Bis , Hodge, for Dunedip. ,t, t November 30— Maid of tho Yam, s.s., Hughes for Dunedin. December I—Rangito'o,1 — Rangito'o, s.s.-, Scott, for Dunedin and Melbourne, via intermediate ports. December I—Thane1 — Thane of Fife, schooner, f S Kiaiora. IMPORTS Per Gothenburg, from Melbourne : 26 cases oranges, 12 cases on'ons, 10 cases apples, Boyle and Co. ; 7 bottles quicksilver, 16 kegs castings, Reeves and Co. ; 1 case sundries, 2J "barrels apples, 4 cages oysters, 3 chests tea, Patterson ; 4 cases, 2 bundles copper, 2 bundles iron, 1 bag handles, 2 kegs 'nails, Forsyth and Masters ; 2 •cases cigars, Berwin and Mendelsohn ; 12 boxes eggs, 7 tubs butters 10 bags potatoes, 7 cases onions, 4 crates potAeVy, Burrongh-; 16 packages merchandise, order } 8 bottles quicksilver, 'Churches and Co. ; 6 packages merchandise, Sampson ; 2 trunks, Harnett and Co. 4 packages 'bodts,! order ; i> do do^ , 1 'case clothing, Byrne and ' Co. sV do spiced beef, #0 half chests tea, 15 cases lobsters, .10 do jams, 23 boxes vaisius, 20 tubs butter, Haft and Finlay : ; 1 -me cigars, 5 bottles quicksilver, SO half chests tea, Clcvennd Co. ; 3 cases, 2 trunks, 1 cose, order; 2 cases stationery, Henderson and Bonar ; 14 'tubs butter, 1 case boots, Churches ; 16 cases tobacco, order ; 2 cases beef hams, Watson and Patterson ; 1 'package boots, Cassidy ; 200 bogs oats, order ; 6 bottles quicksilver, 1 case hardware, Lewis ; 11 cases, 5 % boxes tobacco, Bor- ' win and Mendelsohn ;25 cases oil, 1 keg nails, ' 2 cases, 1 cask, hardware, 1 keg paint, Johnston ; 1 case merchandise, Solomon ; 1 package ' cigars, Klaark and Co, ; 5 cases vestas, Berwin ' nnd Mendelsohn ; 3 cases, Marks aud Co. ; 30 " trusses paper Harnett and Co. ; 15 packages 1 Loots, order; 3 bales merchandise do; 12 bundies : buckets, Hare'and Pratt ; 3 bottles quicksilver, ' Cassius and Comiskey ; 5 cases hams, Churches; 10 do do, 25 firkins Cork butter, 73 tubs do, • Rpenoe Bros.: 14 hhds eggs, 30 casks butter, Duff ; 7 tubs butter, 1 bale bacon, 2 coses beef Jinmn Churches and Co.; 4 packages drapery, Byrne and Cj. ; 25 cases boots, Stamford and Co. ; 16 cases jnms, 2 enses mercban- ' disc, Tnrnbull ;10 bottles quicksilver, Moiison, Law & Co ; 1 case vinegar, 2 do vestas, 1 do baking powder, 1 case sardines, 1 do salt, 1 do lobsters 1 do sundries, 1 do biscuits, 1 keg -soda, 5 bags Biik, 2 boxes tea, 32 bags sugar, 1 case tobacco, 1 half tierce do, 10 half chests do, Patterson ; 100 bags flour, 1 keg butter, Sullivan ; 1 4 cases boots Stanford and Co ; 1 4 pkgs do, Byrne and Co; 154 balos chaff, Henderson and Bonar ; 100 boxes candles, 1 cs mechandise, Pole ; 6 screw- jneks, Ordei. Per Wonga Wonga from Nelson : 300 bags •'oats, order ; 1 case shovels, Turnbnll and Co ; 1 keg butter. Hurley ; 100 sheep, Brooks ; 24 ;kogB; kog8 'batter, Turnbull and Co; 4 do Wilson, Burncll and Co , sdo Mark's ; 7 cases bacon, ' Turnbull ; 6 calves 6 lambs, ordor ; 2 cases ■ cheese, Atcheson ; 1 cs, 1 package bacon, Hurley ; 6 lambs, order ; 2 cases stationery, ' Customs ; keg butter, Hurley"; '24 casks, 3cases 12 owes eggs, "16 kegs butter. 1 bago 'onions, 2do sundries, Max"; 1 case lemons, 1 case butter, Linnamon ; 25 pigs, order. Per Stormbird, from Dunedin. — tinder bond — 1 qr-eask sherry, Marks. Free nnd dnty paid — ''06 cases bottled ale, 116 campovens and lids, Marks ; 14 bundles timber, 10 cwt corrugated iron, 13 bundles lumber, 20 pieces do, 13 cwt iron, 1 piir skids, 1 stoic truck, 1 keg nails, Reeves and Co; 1 case shovels, Ecclesfield 'Brothers; 1 case harness, M'Farland; IS ' bundles mouldings ; 51 do shelvfng, 27 weatherboards, 8 packages moulding, 30 bundles shelving, 83 battens, Order $ 40,000 feet timber, 1949 do, 106 doors, 12 packages sashes, 10 doz 'buckets, 1 packa°o brooms. . 3 cases shovels, 10 ■do picks, 1 do pick handles, Howortb ; 6 bales chaff, 30 bags oats, Cbesnoy ; 00,000 feet timber, Driscoll ; 25 kegs potatoes, Captain Simpson. Per Petrel, from Dunedin. — Free and duty paid — 1,414 boards, 67 bundles do, 8 deals, 4\ cases corrugated iron, .20 sheets do, Grey ; 2 ' lihds porter, 4 CS pepper, order] 7 cs spice, 17 <\o merchandise, 2 barrels ginger, 1 bag seeds, 2 kc;*B merchandise Greig and C o ; 7 kegs nails, 3 vie™, 2 anvils, 1 case, 3 bundles fryingpans, Ido washboards, 1 do shovels. Jackson j 1,248 boards, 15 cases galvanised iron, 13 do sundries, 2 casks, 10 do shovels, 3 do picks, 3 packages fryingpans, 132 bawiron, 6 bundles do, 1 cask, 1 parcel. Haworth. 1 Per Three Sisters' from Invercargill, frcfe and duty paid, 04 pl<gs merchandise, Pulling ; 1 box, 2 cases, 1 hhd, Hare, Bull, and Co ; 1 package, 3 pieces iron, Love j 3 pkgs merchandise, 2 casks hams, Spenco Bros ; 1 case, Alcorn and Co j 29 pkgs inorcbnndise, Gilohrist ; 12 do, Higgins ; 19 do, Osbortie ; 1 bile paper, 2cs coffee, Ics capers, 2 cs boots, 1 cs yeast powdor, 1 bale caps, 1 exso, 4 C 3 moselle, 1 cs champagne, •order ; 4 cs brandy, Anderson and Mouatt ; 6 packages merohainlise, Grigor ; 30 cases do, Bailey, Nichol, and Co : 6 do, Potter ; 5 chests tea, 1 case. Chandler ; 35 packages merchandise, Bailey, Nichols, and Co ; &80 do. Hare, Pratt, and Co ; 6 cases stout, Order ; 1 box sundries, Drnke : 9 packaged merchandise, Bincer ; 6 oises do, K^gins ; 89 do, Anderson k Mouatt ; 2 canks teeds, Montil : 1 trunk, Order ; 1 table, Wagner j 1 box Petrie. Undor bond— 2 qreasks brandy, 10 cases do, 1 qr-cask wiho, 10 bngs sugar, 5 cases geneva, 10 Cases whisky, 60 do do, Hare, Pratf, and Co ; 10 do geneva, Bailey, Niohol, and Co.

The h s. Souohays loft Port Philip Heads at 6 a.m. on Saturday last. Had strong head winds the whole way. Arrived off Hokitika on Thursday night, nt 7.30 p m. off tlio fthnnckthes.s. Albion, from Port Chalmers, with' 1 00 passengers for Melbourne. Tho Souchays l-ringß 60 passengers, 250 sheep, and a general cargo, ennuigned to C. L. Throckmoiton. ' The bh. Gothenburg left Hobson's Bay at midnight, November 24. Passed through tho Heads at 6 a.m , November 25. Experienced taoderate east winds for the first two days;

afterwards strong soutli-south l east winds. Sighted Bold Head at 11 p.m., November 30, and arrived at. ' Hokitika on December lut, at 5 a.m. She brings a large cargo and seventy passengers. The B.s. Ra'bg'itoto left Melbourne on the 26th ult., 'making a splendid rund down'in four days sixteen hours. She brings the English mails for all {forts of New Zealand, consisting in nil of three hundred ana twonty-four bo\cs, tinder the charge of Mr Schrader, mail agent. . %ie Rangitoto left for Dunedin yesterday evchifig via all the intermediate ports. The s.s. Claud Hamilton left Sydney on : the 24th ult., at 5 p.m., arriving off Hokitika at 7 p.m. on the 80th. 'During the run across strong easterly Winds "prevailed, Amdngst her passengers She brings Mr Merrii, U.S. ConEiil. The ClaUd fia'fniltdn adds considerably to our live fttock) having on "board CO head of cattlo, 330 sheep, Also ft largo 'quantity of general cargo. Tho s s. William Miskin, which arrived off the Hokitika bar on Thursday,, tbo 80th ult., nt nOon, left DUnedin on the 1 5th, and on the 16th, through stress of weather, . put in at the Tuetuke, and called at the Bluff on the 17th to land passengers an. l take toals ; here she was detained till the 22nd, the weather during this period being most tempestuous, at times blowing perfect gales. On tho latter day slio again left, but the weather being still adverse, she put into Port William, remaining there till the 24th ; early in tho morning she made a fresh start, but was met by a perfect hurricane, and wns compelled again to put back. On the following Monday, the 27th ult., she again made sail, and the weather being still tempestuous, nnd the winds adverse, she anchored off Codport Island, where she remained till the following morning, anti then finally effected a favorable passage from that anchorage, starting on the 28th ult., and anchoring in the Bay mid-day on the 30th. Tho s- s. Keera had left Dunedin a week previously, and was also detained by tho weather at the Bluff, from whonce both vessels kept company till 'they parted at Fort William, Captain Hepburn taking Hie southern, and Cnptain Joyce the northern route. A mishap befel the Wonga Wonga on her attempting to leave the harbor yesterday morning; for through hugging the north spit far too closely she 'took the ground, nnd although the Lioness last night'endeavoured to tow her off she resisted all efforts to movo her, remaining hard and fast 'in the sand, The Wonga, we are happy to sny, is not in the slightest degree injured or imperilled in her position, and will in all probability (if not moved before) be got off at high springs, which takes place on Sunday, The Ballarat, p.s., has, since the late accident to her shaft, laid up in ordinary, where she will remain pending the arrival of a now shaft from Auckland. Wo have been given to understand Ihat her agents have forwarded the necessary measurements and instructions to awell known firm in that port.

Saturday Sunday Monday 8.28 a.tn. B.ld a.m. 10.4 a.m. .. '8 52 p.m. ... '9.40 p.Hi. ... 10.23 a.m.