PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 251, 12 July 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Wateb This Day :— 9.20 a.m. ; 9.52 p.m. '■ AEEIVSD. ' July 11 — Star of tho Evening, s.s., 250 tons, Turner, from Melbourne. Passenger — saloon : Mr Montague. Horison, Law and Co, agents. SAILED. July 11 — Airedale, s.s., Meikleham, for . Nelson. Passenger — saloon :Mr Nancarrow ; steerage : 9. Albion, s.s., Kidney, for Nelson. Passengers — saloon : Mrs Mcc and 2 children, Mrs Churchill, Messrs Reeves, Mitchell, Pelly, andThyger 5 steerage : 8. ENTERED IN. Albion, s.s., Kidney, from Melbourne. Passengers — saloon : Mr and Mrs Lnrkcy, Mrs W. Rees and 2 children, Mrs J. Rees, Mrs Tyler, Misses Loo, M'Kearney and Donne, Messrs Fox and Williugham ; steerage : 67. CLEARED OUT. Albion, s.s., for Nelson. Wallace, schooner, Mason, for D lined iv. EXPECTE dJaBRIVALS. Florence, from Melbourne, early. Moyne, from Melbourne, early. Dunedin, from Dunedin, early. Keera, from Dunedin. Katheraw, from Melbourne, early. Crest of the Wave, from Melbourne, hourly. William Miskin, from Dunedin, daily. PROJECTED DEPASTURES. William Miskin, for Dunedin, 13lh instant. Gothenburg, for Melbourne, 13th instant. VESSELS IK POET. Brigantines — Isabella. Schooners. — lona, Isabella Jackson,, Mary Jane, Stanley, Wallace. Cutters — Australian Maid, Volunteer. Steamers — Yarra, Lioness, Challenge, Star of the Evening. 1 m poets. Per Albion, from Melbourne — 1 case drapery, Isaacs ; 3 do merchandise, R. Reeves & Co ; 6 cases zinc, Askew &Co ; 4 hhds eggs, 18 cases merchandise. 3 cases jams, Duff ; 5 cases merchandise, order ; 2 trusses drapery, Pritchard. Per Star of the Evening, from Melbourne — 1 case clocks, 1 case instruments, P. Klein ; 2 kegs tobacco, 20 cases claret, 5 qr-casks brandy, 3 cases tobacco, 2 do cigars, 10 boxes raisins, 10 cases jams, 5 cases maizena, 1 do lemon peel, 1 plcn- twine, 20 cases braudy, 5 eases ham?, 3 do oacon, 2 casks bacon, 3 casks currants, order : 2 cases merchandise, Graham ; 1 do do, Alcorn ; 3do do, 2 bales do, Ramsay & Clark ; 3 pkga drapery, Fowler ; 1 case merchandise, Prosser; 1G truck wheels, 10 buckets, Robertson ; 4 cases boots, 1 bale leather, Rehfisch ; Under bond : 30 cases merchandise, 6 cas?s, 3 caskp, 18 camp ovens, 4 bales, 4 bales, 5 coils, 4 kegs, Johnston ; 38 bags onions, 28 cases, 94 do fruit, order ; 20 cases apples, ■1 do lemons, 10 do apples, Jacobs ; 3 casks eggs, Buckhart ; 2do lamps, Hawkes ; 1 case . merchandise, Clark ; 2 casks glassware, 1 crate, Lewis"; 4 qr-casks braudy, 10 cases gin, Bailie & Co. 5 2 qr-casks port wine, 1 do sherry, 2 qr-casks rum, 10 cases geneva, Paterson ; 2 cases ketchup, 1 case salad oil, 1 do maccai'oui, 1 do dried herbs, 1 do chutney, 1 do anchovies, Gdo ling fish, Powell ; 2 bags corks, Pizey & Co. ; 22 cases fruit, Griffiths ; 1 case merchandise, Sloaue ; 1 do do, Cohen ; Ido do, 1 cask do, 20 cases sarsaparilla, Solomon & Co ; 2 cases tobacco, 1 pkg do, 1 do do, 1 do cigars, 2 cases merchandise, Lewis ; 1 do cigar 3, 7 do merchandise, Bearer ; 3 pkgs do do, Shiers ; 2 cases clocks, Nonlreller; 3 do merchandise, Mendelsson ; 2 do do, Singer ; 2 do do, Meyerstein ; 1 do do, Benjamin ; 2 do cigars, Marks & Co ; 10 kegs, 5 cases tobacco, 2 do cigars, R. Reeves and Co ; 2 cases, 1 pkg merchandise, Luhning ; 2 boxe3 stationery, Munson ; 5 cases drapery, 4 bales, 4s cases merchandise, Isaacs ; 1 pkg, 2 iron bedsteads, P.ees; shhds brandy, 20 kegs butter, Hall ; 5 qr-casks brandy, 4 qr-casks rum, 34 cases whiskey, 4 qr-casks do, R. Reeves & Co ; 4 hhds brandy, 8 qr-casks do, order ; 25 halfchests tea, 7 pkgs scantling, 2 do doors and sashes, 2. bags turnery, R. Reeves & Co. ; d 2 bags chaff, 53 pkgs cigars, order ; 53 do svgai 1 , 231 bigs su»ar, 200 boxes candles, 1 case, 4 do ra s'ns 100 bags flour, Morison &-Co. ; ,10 case-, fruir, 1 do confectionery, Dunning; 6 pkgs bagatelle tables, Pringle ; 26 bdh sheet iron, Cowlishaw ; 6 cases coffee, EcclesQeld ; 4 do do, 2 do pepper, Cassius ; 5 bales, 1 case, 1 pkg, 1 case, order ; 12 qr-casks port wine, order, 10 b::gs phosphates, R. Reeve 3&, Co. j 16 ■ cases mer -haudise, Prosser ; 17 pkgs, Rees ; 1 parcel, Forsyth & Co. ; I parcel boots, M'lntyre; 1 box seeds, Reid ; 1 washing machine, .Rees; 1 tv. sl >, J. Bealy ; 3 cases, M'Duff; 1 do, Duin^ ; 80 pkgs, order. EXPORTS. Per Wallace, for Dunedin — 40 bags onions, 20 bundles bags, A. Boyle & Co ; 25 kegs nails, 1 pkg shovels, 1 box, 1 case saws, Fisher & Co ; 10 cases painkiller, Bain, Houghton, & Co. The only vessels on the berth at Melbourne for Hokitika, are the Tararua s.s., and the John and Jane ; the former to sail on the 10th inst., and the latter early. We are informed » by the Melbourne "Argus" of July 2nd, that the schooner Moyne sailed thence for Hokitika on June 30th. The " Westland Observer," July 7, informs us that the schooner Caledonia, from Dunedin, arrived off this port -yesterday, and remains at anchor, waiting a favorable wind. As yet, there is no appearance of the Flying Squirrel, although she sailed from DuneJin before the Phoenix, which has arrived here, discharged, and prepared for sea. The Court of Common Picas ha 3 just delivered a judgment in a case of average in connexion with deck-loading, to which we invite the attention of our readers. An action had been brought last term, but, as the case presented peculiar features, the parties agreed to state a special case for the opinion of the Court, and the judgment referred to was delivered on the case so stated. The i plaintiffs are the owners of a ship named I the Shooting Star, and the defendant is a I London merchant, who, in May, 1863. chartered the plaintiffs' ship 'to load at Quebec a complete cargo of deal», including a deckload, for delivery hi the port of London. After leaving on her homeward voyage, the Shooting Star encountered very severe weather, and portions of the deck cargo were jettisoned on two separate occasions, as alleged in the captain's protest, " for the safety and presorvatio n of the said ship, her oirgo, and all on board.' ' The deals were duly delivered at the port cf destination, lees the portions jettisoned. The owners of the Shooting Star refused to con--.tribute to the loss, and the charterer insisted on his right to deduct the sliip's contribution from the freight as for general average. Hence this action, which has terminated in judgment for the defendant, thereby fixing the owners of the Shooting Star with liability to contribute, and pronouncing the jettison of a deck cargo a general, and not a particular, average losi. It I is evident that the Court arrived at this oon[Vision after very careful consideration. The K»int to be decided was one which has greatly Bjerplexed underwriters anJ average slaters' Krcd which led, some time since, to the ndop,Efion by a section of the Social Sfience As3ocio_

tion of a sot of rules which, it is hoped, may become .general. — "Mitchell's Maritime Eegister," March 17. Advices from Hongkong to the 29th of April have been received, but they contain no news of the arrival of the Margaret) Mitchell, which vessel sailed from Sydney on the 23rd of December last year, making her from that time up to the 29th April, a period of 126 days out ; whilst the Young Looliinvar, which, left on the 15th March, arrived at Hongkong on the 21st April, doing the run in 36 days. Tlio Margaret Mitchell was a vessel of 895 tons, and was commanded, by Captain (Kb9on. Her passengers consisted of a Mr Newton and 106 Chinese ; sho had as cargo 907 tons coal, 3361 ounces of gold, and a quantity of copper and beche-de-mev, and is, wo understand, insured to tlio full amout in the Syduey offices. — " Sydney Morning Herald," June 19. We aro informed by Mr Connel of tlie firm of Edwards and Co.', that the s.s. Kennedy sailed from Nelson yesterday morning for Greymouth and Hokitika. A telegram contuined this advice. The Otago Steam Shipping Company's s.s. South Australian, E. Kidney, Commauder, left Port Philip Heads at 8 a.m., on the sth inst.^ and after a pleasant run of fi\e days, two hours, during which she experienced light N.E. winds and fine weather, cast anchor off Hokitika at 10 a.m. on the 10th. The Albion reports that when in latitude 39 deg. 49 mm: S. and longitude 151 cleg. 43 mm. E.'sho spoke the brigantino Mary Stewart, bound to Greymouth, 15 days ant.