PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 2927, 11 February 1875, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Water tm'B day — l.S> a.m; 1.28 p.m. ARRIVED. Feb. 10— Nil. SAILED. Feb. 10 — Wallace, stbamer, 64 tons, Convrujy for Nelson, via Coast ports. J. White, agent. Circe, brigantine, 135 tons, Priest, for Dunedin. Churches, agent. Waipara, steamer, 70 tons, Bascand, for Greymouth. Bonar, agent. Titan, steamer, 21 tons, Bignell, for Greymouth. Churches, agent. PASSENGERS. Per Wallace — Mrs and Miss Hamilton, Meßsra Swain, George, Reid, and four original for Greymouth. EXPORTS. Per Wallac«-*For Westport, 2 pairs sash frames.— For Greymouth, 6 hhds ale. Per Circe— Bo,ooo feet sawn timber. Per Waipara— Original cargo for Greymouth, transhipped ex Tararua and Otago. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Albion, from Melbourne, via New Zealand ports, February 14. Charles Edward, from Nelson, and Westport, early. Murray, from Nelson, via Coast ports, 12th instant. Wallace, from Nelson, via Coast ports, early. Alhambra, from Melbourne direct, Feb. 20. Lady Don, from Lyttelton, early. Seabird, from Melbourne, early. Prosperity, from Melbourne, early. Maori, from Dunedin, via Southern ports, February 18. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wallace, for Northern ports, early. Murray, for Nelson, via Coast ports, 14th instant. Maori, for Dunedin, February 1 8. Charles Edward, for Nelson via Coast ports, early. Alhambra, for Melbourne, via New Zealand ports, February 20. Albion, for Melbourne direct, Feb. 14. Eliza Firth, for Melbourne, early. Waipara, for Southern ports, early. VESSELS IN PORT. Lioness, Garibaldi and Eliza Firth. There were no arrivals at this port yesterday. The departures were the Wallace foi Nelson, via Coast ports, the Waipara and Titan for Greymouth, and the Circe for Duredin. The latter vessel was towed out ■ by the Titan, and carries a full cargo of sawn timber. The Anchor Line steamer Murray, is expected to arrive alongside the wharf tomorrow from Nelson and Westport, and is .s, ROBOunced to sail on her return trip on ■Sunday, next. Tne Waipara will sail for Southern ports , at ten p.m. to-morrow. : The Freight Company's brigantine Sea! Bird, cleared out at the Customs, Melbourne,' for Hokitika on the 3rd instant, and her' arrival here, may therefore be shortly looked : for. We remark that Messrs McMeckan, Black- • wood, and Co., have altered the date of mailing of their regular steamers from Hobson'g Bay to New Zealand from Saturdays to Wednesdays. There will thus be', one at the Bluff and Hokitika respectively' eTery Monday. The Albion, which will bring the monthly Suez mails, will be the exception to the rule. The Chief Harbor Master of Taranaki reports the discovery of a shoal patch in the roadstead at New Plymouth. There is only 17 feet of water on it at low-water gpring tides. The centre of the patch is abeut 30 feet square, and consists of large flat-topped Btonefl, with several detached Btones Jying from 20 to 30 feet off the . centre, with 3J to 4 fathoms over them at V low water. There is 4£ fathoms round the Bhoal. The little screw steamer Egmont, built at Dunedin for Messrs Duthie and Co., of Wanganui, arrived in Wellington last week. She is a handy little steamer of 54 tons, built of iron, with compound engines, and apparently well fitted for trading to the ehallow bar harbors of the west coast of this island. With seventy bales of wool on board ehe draws a trifle under three feet. She is not remarkably well finished.