POUT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 133, 20 February 1866, Page 2

POUT OF HOKITIKA.

nioti watki:. Tuesday .. 1.12 am. .. 1.36 p m AUKIVKD. February 19—Lady Darling, thrfie-mastetl sehoouer, 109 tons, Hughe?, from Melbourne. Morison, Law ami Co, agents. Lioness, p.s., Whitford, from Gray. Lapwing, cutter, Edwards, from Grey. SAILBD. February 19—Star of the Evening, s.s., Turner, for Wellington. Passengers—Saloon, none; lore cabin, 6. Egmont, a.B., Hagley, for Nelson. Passengers —Saloon, Mr and Mrs M'Alister and child, Messrß Last; Prince, and Philips; foro cabiu. 91. , Challenge, p.s., Wilson, for Grey. Ball&rat, p.s., Quance. fir Okarita. Bruce, p s., Kerley. for Okaritu, IN TUB BOADBTBAD. A brigantine, Mippoaed to be Ihe Colonist from Sydney. HNTUKBD IHWARDS. Nil. CI.EARBD OVT. Egmont, for Nel&on. Ballarat, for Okarita. IMPORTS. Per Bgmout —Shipped at Dunedin for Hokitika—Duty paid and free: 1 case, 2 doors, 2 windows, Clayton; 2, cascfl, 1 bale. Thorn and Co. Shipped at Lyttelton—2 boxes, Rnowden ; 1 portmanteau, Oakes; 3 boxes, Prosser; 1 cote, flawkca nud Co; 1 do, Bain ; 0 screw piles, 11 pieces iron, TurnbrMge ; 13 package.?, Brougham. Shipped at Wellington—3 bags flour, 2 eases, Harrison. Shipped at Picton— 1 ease, Moas. , ' Per Lady Darling—lo cases whiskey, 5 qr>caska brandy, order ; 4 qr-casks brandy, Cassius and Comiskey; 1 bale raisins, Lunge and Thoneman ; 1 cisc painkiller, 47 bags sugar, 1 cases Bcbnapps, 1 hhd treacle, 10 cases old torn, 10 do stout, order ; 50 do claret, 10 do absynthe, 10 qr-easks brandy, Caasius and Comiskey ; 60 cases stont, 400 half-sacka flour, order; 10 cases chicory, Munro and Co; 43 tons coals, 10 barrels bacon, 5 cases toKtcco, 2 do painkiller, 10 chesta tea, order ; 4 or-ca'jks wine, Cassius nnd Comiskey; 11 qr-casks port wine, order; 10 cases claret, 20 do moselle, 25 do claret, Marks and Co j 32 bags sugar, s') balf«chests tea, 5 tons coals, 7 c.isrs iron bed steads, 2 bales coir fibre, 3 casts furniture, 11 bags white pepper. 93 packages hardware. 1 bale drapery, 4 barrels pitch, 3000 palings, 440 flooring boards, 1 case boots, 0 do sardines, 1 bale leather, 1 cask grindery, 1 box sundries, 10^ cases wine, GO do jama, 5 do slops, 14 kegs noils, 1 box files, order. , RXPOWtS. Per Ballarat —Duty paid and free: 20 bogs flour, 20 cases porter, 1 case bacon, 1 do candles, 1 do jams, I do coffee, 3 bags Mij;ar, 2 kegs butter, 4 boxes tobacco. 1 qr-cask brandy, 1 paice', 1 case sundries, Nash ; 2 bags turnips, 2 cheese, 1 bag onions, 11 do sugar, 1 ease stationery, Marks; 100 bricks, Cameron; 15 bags oats, Marks ; 40 bngs flour, Morison, Law and Co. BXPKOTBI) ABHIVAIIB. . Lloyd's Herald, ketch, from Dunedin. Auckland, ».«., trom Sydney x Thane, s.s., from Nelson via Grey. William Miskin, ».s., from DuneJin. Isabella, from Dnncdin. Dispatch, from Dunedin. Pearl, from Dunedin. Alma, from Melbourne Colonist, from Sydney Amy Robert, brigantine. from Sydney William, brigautine, from Sydney , Spray, schooner, from Christchurch WalUby, from Grey PUOJECTEP PKPARTORK3, John Mitchell, for Grey River. Matilda, schooner, for Okarila. Ion&, schooner, for Okarito. June LocUhart, for Sydney VK3BKLS IK TOUT. Brigantine—Jane Lockhart Schooners-Caroline, Meteor, Mutilda/Erauia, TUisai, John Mitchell, lona, Kate, Lady Darling. Cutter —Lapwing. Steamers—Yarr.i, Lioness Th» Clmllengo, steam tug, commenced work yesterday, by bringing in tho Lady Darling, from theroadstead. Shosteained out and in in good style, and seeme to bo well adapted for t he trade. Aftor conveying Jior chargo in safety to tho wlmrf, she left for the Grey, to attond upon the Mary Anno, schooner,' which was waiting for her arrival in the roadstead. Yesterday tho Lioness arrived -from tho Grey, having again made a fair trip. Sho loft Hokitika nt 9 am. on Suudav last, uud arriTed alongside tho Grey wharf at noon. Here sho found tho brig Reliance, and schonere Vixon and Breezo ready for sea, bo chcT fastened to them one after the othe^ nnd towed them over tho bar, returning again to tho .river for the night. Tho next morning she got steam up, and at 11 a.m., with tho Lapwing in tow, crossed the bar, and reached Hokitika wharf at 2 p.m. The three-masted schooner Jmdy Darling cleared Port Philip Heads on tho 2nd instant, with easterly winds and fine weatbor. On her getting fairly into tho Straits, tho breezo increased, which determined tho captain to run to tho south of Tasmania, trusting ho would tho sooner fall in with a westerly wind, to carry him clenr of the lund. In* this, however, ho was mistaken, for until tho 10th a succession of easterly gales was experienced, and it was not until tho day after that they took their final departure. Honco to New Zealand, which was sighted on tho 17th, strong northerly winds,«»nd a heavy sea prevailed. Tho Lady Darling ennio to an anchor off Hokitika on tho 18th, and was towed to tho wharf the next day by tho Challenge, stdim tug. She brings v full general cargo to the port. This clipper schooner is ono of tho handsomest vessels wo have yet seen in the river, and is quite new, this being her lnuidon trip. Sho is a Gippa Land built craft, of 104 tons reghner, well and faithfully constructed of fh.' best description of colonial tiinbrr. Hor htn>'lh over all is 106 ft, width of beam 18ft., with 9ft 6 inches depth of hold. Her mr.del is a good ono, the linos being beautifully drawn," and from hoi appearanco we should say she is a remarkably fast vessel, as her 'entrance is lon{: and fine, and her run correspondingly clean. Our opinion is borne out by the Captain, who stales she is nn excellent sea boat, and a perfect " flyer" iv light winds, knocking offher five knots with case wiMi her upper canvns only drawing. We heartily welcome the Lntly D.irling, and trust a prosperous future is before her.