PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 383, 14 December 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Wateb, This Day. — 2.15 auu. : 2.M) p.m.

AEBIVED.

Doeeoiber 13. — Egmont, s.s., Hall, from Nelson. John White, agent. Bruce, p. 8., Kerley, from Fox's River. F. Greor, agent. SAILED. December 13 — Egmont, s.s., Hall, fov Bluff and Dunedin. Kennedy, s.s., Carey, for Fox's River. Bruce, p.s. Kcrloy, for Okarita. Cymraes, ketch, M'Lennan, for Fox's River.

EVrKRED IN.

Bruce, 95 tons, James Kerley, from Fox's River. In ballast. Passengers — cnbin : Messrs Couiiskey, Cole, Kennedy. 3 strorage. Egmont, 308 tons, J. V. Hall, from Nelson. Passengers — cabin : Mrs Bolton, Mrs Dyson, Mr and Mrs Lyons, Mr Johnson. 36 steerage.

CLEARED OUT. Cymraes, 28 tons, R. M'Lennan, for Fox's River. Kennedy, 125 ton 3, M. Carey, for G-rey-mouth and Fox's River. 20 passengers.

Bruce, 95 tons, Jas. Kerley, for Okaiita. In ballast. 10 passengers. Egmont, 308 ton3,J. V.HaU, for Bluff Harbor. Passengers — cabin : Mrs Lewis, Mosira Hoymanson, Solomon, Coates, Hawkins, Mr and Mrs Moran, Rev. Mr Duliig. 57 steerage. Hope, 15 tons, Jas. Black, for Fox's River.

EXPECTLT) ARRIVALS Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne, early. Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Queen of the Isle, from Dunedin, early. J. B. Russell, from Lyttelton, daily. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, tomorrow. , Rangitoto, from Melbourne, 18th inst. Jason, from Sydney, early. Tararua, s.s , from Melbom'ne, eai'ly. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Nelson, 21st inst. Airedale, p.s., from Nelson, 29th inst. Eliza Blanch, brig from Auckland, early. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. Alexandra, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Alma, from Melbourne, early Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydiey, daily. Jane Lockhart, from Sydney, early, Leonida. 0 , from Melbourne, early. John Bullock, from Melbourne, early. William Miskin, s.s., from Dunedin, daily.

PROJECTED DEPARTCEES. Bangitoto. for Nelson, 18th inst. Gothenburg, s.p., for Melbourne, 16th inst. Mary Jane, for Fox's River, early. Bruce, p.s., for Grey, Fox's River, Pakihi, *nd Bidler, to-day. Isabella, ketch, for Fox's River, to-day. "William Miskin, s.s., for Grey, Fox's, and Buller, early. Jaiie Elkin, for Fox'?, to-morrow.

VESSELS IN roBT. Brigantine — Isabella. Schooners — Jane Anne, "Elfin, Little Fred, Isabella, Mary Jane, Ocean "Wave, Jane Ellriii. Sleamers — Challenge, Yarra, Dispatch. IMPOSTS. Per Egniont, from Nelson — G half-chests tea, 10 cioes -whisky, 10 eases boots, 22 legs butter, 20 cases onions, 0 hhds eggs, 32 cases, 57 bags onions, 1 box, 1 parcel, 1 bag, 7 cases, order ; 3 kega butter, Morison, Law & Co ; 28 bales chaff, T. Pringle ; 15 bags potatos, 2 chests, Kenny ; 1 case, order. EXPORTS. Per Cymraes, for Fox's River— 2B cases beer, 91 bags flour, 2 cases bacon, 2 cases lobsters, 3 kegs nails, 5 cases sarsaparilla, 2 bags salt, 5 cases kerosene, 1 stove, 2 cases, 1 doz tin dishes, 4 doz pick handles, 1 pkg saws, 1 bottle quicksilver, 7 sheets iron, 2 bdls zinc, 3 cases drapery, 2 quarter-casks port - wine, 9 cases brandy, 1 case bacon, 2 case sardines, 1 case biscuits, 14 boxes candles, 2 boxes oysters, 1 case sundries, 1 pkg hops, 1 pkg bacon, 8 bags sugar, 62 bags pot atos, 2 pkgs paper, 1 pk<r soda, 3 qr-casks brandy, 2 qr-cask wine, 4 cases hams and bacon, 10 eases stout, 10 cases geneva, 6 eases nle, 6 cases sarsaparilla, 6 cases claret, 8 case brandy, 2 boxes tsoap, 1 case bitters, 2 boxes tobacco, 6 kegs butter, 2 tons flour, 5 cases jams, 1 case pickles, 1 ease sordines, 1 case lobster, 1 case coffee, 2 cases salmon, 2 cases picks, 2 cases shovels, 1 case sundries, 2 kegs naita, 2 casks sundries, 1 doz buckets, 1 case axes, 2 cases pain killer, 1 c so vestas, 3 cases books, 3 pkgs paper, 1 ton iron. 1 case drapery, 1 case, 6 bags sugar, 1 qr-cask brnndy, 8 cases beer, 6 do geneva, 1 do axes, 4 do bacon, 1 pkg tobacco, 4 boxes do, 2 kegs butter, 2 half-chests tea, 20 bags flour, 2 do salt, 1 billiard table, &c, W. Evans ; 10 cases geneva, E. & J. Houghton.

Per Kennedy, for Grey and Fox's River. — For Grey — 50 bags oats, 6 cases stout, 1 ease cheese, 5 bags sugar, 1 qr-cask brandy, 2 cases eardines, 2 do bacon, 2 do hams, 1 qr-cnek brandy, Hall & ITinlay; 7 trunks, 1 portmanteau, Stroud; 1 portmanteau, Cnthberteon; 4 cases drapery, 1 bale leather, 1 cage, Carey & Giplles'; 1 pkg saddlery, Ramsay & Clarke ;*3 packages sundries, Lewis; 1 case drapery, J. Manson. For Woodpecker Bay — 2 horses, 1 dray, 10 bags oats, 2 bale 3 chaff, 1 do bran, Thomas ; 1 horse, order ; 1 case drapery ; 43 packages, A. I/evy ; 8 kegs, Hough ton ; 16 bags potatos, Colliford; 10 bales hay, Noith; 6 cases stout, 5 kegs nail*, *2 do tack«, 2 kegs nails, 1 boxes soap, 1 box raisins, 12 cases brandy, 2 cases whiskey, 4- boxes tobacco. 3 bundles shovels, 2 bundles buekete, Ecclesfield Brob. ; 1 bale paper, Morison, Law & Co; 13 pkgs J. Solomon & Co ; 28 pkgs A. Boyle & Co ; 7 cases, 12 bales drapery, "Williams & Co ; 40 bags Hour, 8 pkgs, 1 case tinware, 3 Legs, 2 boxes paint, 2 boxes pipes, 1 bag peas, 1 box sundries, 1 caso sarsaparilla, 10 kegs butter, 2 horses, Eccles.iield Bros ; 2 horses, 2 droys, Alcorn & Co; 6 bundles sluice forks, 2 case? picks, Levi ; 4 pkgs sundries, Stone. For lJuller — 1 hydraulic, 2 pkga Bullen ; 2 boxes tobacco, 1 ease jams, 2 bundles buckets, 1 bundle pannikins, J. Solomon, 7 ca&es printing materials, 8 castings, 5 pkgs, 1 bale papor, 1 keg ink, Mnusou & Tyrrell.

Per Egmont, for UhuT, &c— l bund'e, Scnith; 8 pkgs, Heymausou, 5 boxes, Greaves; 1 case, Shulc ; 1 case Hawkins ; 1 portmanteau, 1 box, Miidcr.

Per Hope, for Fox's River — I case, 2 boxes salad oil, 5 cases claret, 5 cases cheese, 5 cases champagne, 2 boxe3 tobacco, 1 cask sherry, 2 boxes, 1 cask ironmongery, 2 boxes tobacco, 3 cases sweet oil, 3 cases 1 bdl, ridging, 10 cases hams, Salmon & Eenney; 2 cases bacon, 1 bale leather, 8 bdls galvanised iron, 6 bdls ridging, 1 iron roller, 1 bag, 1 bdl axes, 2 cases gin, 5 caees wine, 2 bells galvanised iron, 2 bags naiie, 1 bale, Haworth & Co ; 2 wheels, >i bdls iron, 1 box tin plates, 2 rolls zinc, 1 bdl buckets, 1 cask ironmongery, 1 keg nails, 2 bdls sheet iron, 1 box scales, 1 bdl dishes. S bags bacon, 1 box tools, 18 pkgs sundries, 500 feet timber, Salmon & Renney.

We understand that an enquiry into tho 'causes which led to the wreck of the Ballarat will be held by the Collector of Customs to-day. The entrance to the river is undergoing considerable change, as during the past few days the southern channel has gradually contracted, and is now but little more than a mere gutway. This has diverted the bulk of the outflow through the north channel, thereby materially improving it, by adding force to the stream, which is thus enabled to overcome the Burf, and tnkc a straight course through the bar. The break in the North Spit, separating tho bank upou which the remains of tho old Ballarat are lying from tho main beach, is fast closing up, so that it seems almost a certainty that ere long the entire J>ody of the river vrator will be confined to the one outlet, Tbjs -was worked by the

! passengers and mails from- the F.gmont, and again crowed the bar viith v return load of pasH'ngers to that vcb-n-1. She then picked up the Jaue Elkin, which had in the meantime lightered tho Ejpnont of some twenty tons of cargo, and made for tho river. Tlie captain reports eleven feet of water in thu channel at- high tide. A walk to the beucii was alone needed to convey assurances of the extreme smoothness of the sea, which broke upon the shore in gentle ripples that an outrigger skiff might have ridden over in safety. To the surprise of everyone tho p.s. Bruce returned tp port yesterday morning at five o'clock, having made the trip to and from Fox's River iv sixteen hours. She left the .wharf at one p.m. on Wediiesdny, and anchored in Woodpecker Bay at 7 p.m., having been just six hours over tho run, thus sailing at the rate of nearly ten knots an hour. She landed her passengers and get rid of an awkward cargo consisting of sheep, horses, and general merchandise by 9.30 p.m., and then turned her head southward and steered for nokitika, arriving as above. Throughout tho trip most beautiful weather prevailed. The Bruoe left again yesterday afternoon for Okarita.

Tho P.N.Z. & A R.M. Company's s.s. Egmont, J. V. Hall, jun , commander, left Wellington at 9.40 a.m. on the 10th, and arrived oli' the Boulder Bank tho ?tune eveninsr, but too late for tide. Next morning the ran alongside the hulk and coulc.l, and Ihi-n steamed up to the wharf and tlisihargod 15 tons of cargo, and sailed for Hokitika at noon the same day, arriving in the road-Ua I at an early hour yesterday morning. She experienced most lovely weather on tho passage, and hove to off the Buller river, and sent a boat in«hoio to take soundings. The Egmont brought 20 tons of cargo and 33 passengers. She reports that the Rakaia sailed for Panama at 7.30 p.m. on the Bth inst wilh 20 passengers, and that the s.s. Tararua arrived in Wellington harbor at 5 p.m. the same evening from Sydney, which port she left on the 2nd inst. Tho passage across proved most stormy, as she was hove to for 36 hours in a heavy NE. gale. The Ejimont sighted a full rigged ship in Cook's Straits, supposed to be the Countess of Kintore, from Nelson to Port Underwood.

The great transport ship Jumna, built by Messrs Palmer, at Jarrow-on-the-Tyne, made a beautiful launch recently, and was towed and moored safely in the Tyne Dock. The Jumna's length is 360 feet between perpendiculars ; extreme, 370 feet H inches ; 49 feet beam ; depth moukled. 41 feet 11 inches j registered tonnage, 4073 25 94, by displactment upwards of 6000 tons. Her engines will be of 700-horsc power, nominal. The hull is divided into 20 compartments ; each one is watertight, so that should any accident occur to one portion of the ves«el no risk will be incurred to the whole. The whole of the interior of the fhip, save those portions necessarily set apart for machinery and the working tackle, has begs designed and arranged for the accoauno lation of army officers, troops, passengers, seamen, &c. Each suite of compartments is separale and independent of the other : yet each is comprehended in one plan of ventilation, so from one end of the huge ship to the other, and from the. lower deck to the poop, a constant supply of fresh ah* is obtained. To provide sleeping accommodation for the troops and seamen tho roofs of the various decks are so arranged that hammocks can be sluns from them. The poop and forecastle will be connected by three bridges, one on each side of the vessel, and the usual bridge above the centre of the upper deck. The steering apparatus and capstans will be of a very strong and complete description. The launch of this noble vessel, notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the weather, was witnessed by a great concourse of spectators. — " Home News," Oct. 2.

The iron h'oopship Scrapis, 4173 tons, and 700-horse power, intended for the transport of troops to and from India, was launched on September 26 from the yard of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, at Blackball. Her length between perpendiculars is 360 feet ; extreme breadth, 49 feet : and depth, 31 feet. Viscountess Cranbournc named the sliip, and the vessel went off in the ir.os ! successfid manner. There was a large concourse of spectators, and the band of the Royal Marines was in attendance. — Ibid.