PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 296, 4 September 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Hion Wateu This Dat. — 4.12 a.m. ; 5.7 p.iu.

AUBIVEP.

Sept. 3 — Claud Hamilton, %s., Ponsonby, from Nelson. John White, agentKennedy, s.s., Whitwell, from Okarita. N. Edwards & Co., agents. SAILED. Sept. 3 — Otago, s.i., Randall, for Nelson and Wellington. Claud Hamilton, s.s., Ponsonby, for Greymouth.

ENTERED IX.

W*llaby, 89 tons, A. Palmer, from Nelson. Passenger — Mr Naylor. Isabella Jackson, 42 tons, John Kinsley, from Christchurc h. Jplin Mitchell.. 26 tons, A. Patterson, from Greymouth. Tambo, 42 tous, John Woon, from Greymouth. Emma Jane, 34 tons, Jainos Wilson, from Greymouth. Challenge, 77 tons, Geo. WiUou, from Greymouth. Iv ballast.

CLXABED OUT.

Gothenburg, 487 tons, H. Mockie, for Greymouth, with origiual cargo. Wallaby, 89 tons, A. Palmer, for Greymouth. Passenger — Mrs Smith. Otflgo, 450 tons, Thos. Randall, for Nelson, via Greymouth. Passengers — Cabin : Messrs Pachten, Cohen, Cahill, Campbell, M'Both, Corufoot, and 18 in steerage.

IJf THK BOADSTEAD . Gothenburg, ■ s., from Melbourne. lona, schooner, (lighter).

KXPBd'KD AHKIVAT.S.

Charlotte, schooner, from Lyttelton, daily. Mary Jane, schooner, from Onehunga, daily. Kathcraw, from Melbourne, early. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. Sea Bird, from Newcastle, N.S.W., parly. Northern Light, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, sth inst. 10, from Melbourne, daily. Rangitoto, from Sydney, 20th inst. Claud Hamilton, from Wellington, 20th inst. Tararua, from Melbourne, 13th inst.

PHOJKCTBD DKPABTOER6.

Claud Hamilton, for Sydney, to-day. Tarnrua, for Melbourne, 13th inst. Rangitoto, for Nelson, 21st inst. Kennedy, *«r Grey and Nelson, to-day. Krera, for Greymouth, this day ; for Dunedin and the Blulf, on Wednesday.

VESSELS IN POUT.

Brig — Clarendon. Schooners — lon«. muma Eliza, Bonnie Lasi, J. B. Russell, Mary Anne, Tiger, John Mitchell, Tambo, Emma Jane, Isabella Jackson.

Stotuners — Kennedy, Challenge, Yarra, Keera.

ASHORE. Win. Miskin, s.s., Lioness, p.s.

IMPOSTS. Per Wallaby, from Nelson — 1 barrel rum, order ; 1 hhd do, Cassius ; 7 qr-casks brandy, 5 canes starch, Edwards and Co. ; 2 cases, 7 hhdß eggs, 2 cases drapery, 4 pkgs, 1 bale, 3

cases, 2 hhds egg*, 2 cases books, 2 bdls buckets, 1 cask, 11 kegs nails, 1 cases, 1 iron box, rJjjgfcbale, 10 cases kerosene, 1 drum, 18 qr-casks iF*sniie, 20 'do brjma^"rcase~Bfatibnery, 2 do <h*apery, E. and J. Houghton ; 2 boxes tobacco, 1 case, 1 pkg, Falck ; 1 iron safe, Sank of New Zealand ; 1 ease boots, M'Cracken ; 4 pkgs leather, Bacon ;3 do do, M'Neil ; 2 pkgs, order ; 1 bag seeds, N. Edwards and Co. ; 10 casks butter. Morison, Law, and Co. ; 34 sacks bran, A. Boyle ; 15 do turnips, 12 do carrots, Moir and Staite ; 22 kegs butter, 1 case, J. Solomon and Co. ; 1 case plants, Edwards ; 5 boxes egga, Naylor ; 8 casks ale, J. Chesuey and Co. ; 1 case vegetables, Moir and Co. : 30 sacks oats, 9 do turnips, 30 do bran, Boyle and Co. ; 1 bag seeds, Newman ; 3 cases plants, Myles ; 3 bags oysters, 1 case fowls, 1 parcel, 2 boxes eggs, Doyman -, 2 boxes eggs, 3 bags fish, 3 boxes fowls, 5 bags oysters, 5 do pumpkins, Piron ; 4 head cattle, 1 carcass beef, 40 pigs, Max. Per Isabella Jackson, from Christchurch — 277 bags potatos, 40 do oatmeal, 202 do bran, 5 cases chocolate, 6 do herrings, 40 do beer, 66 cheeses, 1 case, order. Per John Mitchell, from Greymouth — 26 tons coal, order.

Per Tarn bo, from Greymouth — 70 tons coal, Clarke Bros. Per Emma Jane, from Greymouth — 4,6 tonß coal, Thomson.

EXPOBTE.

Per Wallaby, for Greymouth — 2 qr-casks, 4 octaves sherry, 4 kegs nails, 20 half-che6ts tea, Cassius and Co. ; 1 case drapery, J. Maiison ; 2 cases absynthe, 1 hhd brandy, 1 bdl rakes, 1 do hoes, 2 boxes tacks, 2 kegs horseshoes, 1 bdl spades, 1 roll saddle-cloths, Hall and Finlay ; 1 trunk, 1 pkg, 1 sausage machine, 1 atove, Foster.

Per Otago, for Nelson and Lyttelton— l case instrument!, Heywood and Co. ; 1 swag, Houghton.

TheP.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s s.s., Claud Hamilton, G. Ponsonby, commander, left Nelson for Greyraouth at 2 p.m. on the Ist hist., and after a pleasant run, arrived in that roadstead the following day at 4 p.m. Eemained there during the night, and steamed for this port next morning, arriving off the town at 10.30 a.ra. After being tendered by .the Yarra she ran back to Greymouth, there to ship gold and passengers for Sydney. Tlie Claud Hamilton will return to-day, receive freight from this port, and leave for Sydney in tlie evening.

No time has been lost in clearing the s.s. Gothenburg of her cargo, as yesterday evening ehe discharged the last of it into the schooner lona. She has thus got rid of 210 tons in a little over forty-eight hours, which may be considered very fair work in such an opeu roadstead as that of Hokitika. The Gothenburg leaves for Greymouth this morning, and will return here to-morrow, and sail for Melbourne the day following. It is expected that she will carry away between 15,000 and 20,000 ounces of gold dust.

The s.s. Kennedy returned from Okarita yesterday, having been absent on the trip since the 30th ult. On that day she left this port ; reached Okarita the same evening; and crossed the bar the following mornii g. Discharged cargo, and after shipping 3000 ounces of gold and 40 passengers, left for Hokitika on the 2nd instant, and arrived safely iv the river as above. The Kennedy reports the Okarita bar to be in a very fair condition, as the channel iB straight and deep, but rather narrow. During her absence she has experienced fine weather.

Both the Yarra and Challenge worked the bar yesterday, the former runuing out to attend tho B.s. Otago and Claud Hamilton. Thirty passengers were transhipped to the Otago, which then left for Wellington. Her departure was shortly succeeded by that of the Claud Hamilton, which sailed for Greyinoutb. When she returned inside, the Yarra sounded tho channel on the top of tlie tide, and found it contained eight feet of water only. It was also both narrow aii I crooked. The s.s. Keera and Wallaby, 'which Imu Bteam up ready for storting in the afternoon,

were very prudently detained until to-duy, in anticipation of a favorable change. That can alone be effected by a freshet, and the appearance of the heavens last night induced the belief that the river would not long remain in its present low state. Emigration from Liverpool. — During May there sailed, under the act, to the United Stales thirty-seven ships, with 15,333 passengers, of whom 14,995 were steerage, and 358 cabin. Of the steerage passengers 3818 were English, 303 Scotch, 8317 Irish, and 2457 foreigners ; to Canada four ships, with 12-A cabin and 1596 steerage passengers, of whom 535 were English, 280 Irish, and 781 foreigners ; and to Victoria two ships, with ton cabin and 509 steerago passengers, of whom 181 were English, 21 Scotch, 305 Irish, and two foreigners ; making a grand totnl of 17,572 passengers, of. whom 472 were cabin, and 17,100 were Bteerage. Of tho latter 4534 were English, 324 Scotch, 8902 Irish, and 3240 foreigners. Twenty-two " short" ships sailed, with 1064 passengers. Ten were for the United States, with 283 passengers ; two to Canada, with 71 ; one to Victoria, with 29 ; four to the West Indies, with 25 ; four to South America, with 91 ; and one to Africa, with 25. In the corresponding month of lash year 17,021 emigrants sailed under the act, and 629 in short ships, which shows a total increase in favor of the month last past of 996. — Melbourne Argus. Our Newcastle correspondent informs us that the diver, Mr M'Nab, arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning, for the purpose of making another attemp-, to go down to the wreck of the Cawarra, the weather being more favorable and the sea calm and clear. Shortly after ten o'clock, the diving apparatus having been put on board the little steamer Aquarius, the diver, Mr M'Nab, accompanied by Captain Munro, superintendent of tho A'.S.N. Co., and Captain Allen, harbor master, proceeded to the scene of the wreck ; a strong ebb tide waß running at the time ; remained until slack water. The diver went down, and and remained for half an hour. The water being thick he could not see very distinctly ; after flood tide the water became much clearer, and he went down a second time, and remained under water for a considerable time. He reported that the vessel had parted in two before the engine-room ; the fore part of the vessel could only bo found, which is deeply imbedded in the sand ; tho capstan, deck, and other fittings could be distinctly seen, but nothing whatever could be found or seen of the engines, boilers, paddles, or anything whatever of tho after part of the ship. It is therefore surmised that when the vessel broke in two the after part must have been washed, with the heavy seas then running, further in shore. There is no hope whatever of Baying any part of the wreck. A few spars remain floating attached to the wreck, which alone is left to point oufc the grave of the ill-fated Cawarra. — '" Sydney Morning Herald."