SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6169, 25 August 1881, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HioH WAJsnt, tu-day.—Auckland 6.58 — 7.14 ";.'' ;i> i> Manukaa 9.53—10.9 Sim.—RUes, C.32; sets, 5.80 • Meos.-Bew, tbls day, 8.24 a.m. " ARRIVAL. ■ ■ Arawata, 5.«., Sinolair, from Sydney via RusaelL. Saloon passengers : Meesre. Tester, Cayton, Colvin. Hammcnd, Satchell, Captain Erchirdt, Miu Mays and infant. Steerage: Messrs. Yourn?, Leigh, olcPherson, Brown, Cross, Bain, Oleen. Fryer, Lamg, Muses HcAuliffe (2), Troy, Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Churton, Mr and Mrs.-Bice and 6 family.—Union S.S. Co., agents. DBpARTUREg> City of New York, P.M. »•*•. Cobb, for Sydney. Paassngers: Mrs. Shepherd, Miss Montefiore, and 17 steerage.—T. T. Gamble, Albion, S.S., Webster, for Sydney. PasB Graham, Robert Taylor, E. Anderson, Walker (2), Rattray, and W. H. Hughes.Union S.S. Co., agenti. ENTERED INWARD 3. City of New York, s.s., 3020 tons, Cobb, from San Francisco and Honolulu. Transit, schooner, 79 tons, Garraway, from Rarotonga. Start, cutter, 27 tons, Williamson, from Thames, with 22,100 (ett timber. ' Albion, 8.5., 591 tons, Webster, from Poverty Bay. ENTERED OUTWARDS. Edith, schooner, for Rarotonga. CLEARED OUTWARD 3. Anna Bell, brig, 318 tons, MoLeod, for Sydney yia'Whangaroa. •"■-.,.» City of New York, s.s., 3020 tons, Cobb, for Sydney. Start, cutter, 27 tons.Williamson, forWhangaOcean,' schooner, 28 tons, Cockfield, for Thames, with 48 tons coal. . Albion, «.«., 531 tons, Webster, for Sydney. IMPORTS. Per- ».s. Arawata, from Sydney : 32 packages rope. '2 drums ink, 42 pieces cedor, 85 bags bacon, 2 chests tea, 174 half chests tea, 84 boxes tea, 780 bagi bonedust, 105 cases preserves, 18 pickuges blinds, 3000 mats sugar, 130 gunnies «ugar,3 onses silk, 20 J-casks brandy, 12 i-caske ram, 10 i-casks sherry, 1 J-cask •whisky, 50 cases brandy, 2 sacks seed, 3 cases plants, 9 cases galvanised iron, 20 cask 3 pork, : 8 casks abeet lead, 111 felloes, 11 casks zinc, .5 j cases cigirs, 50 eises cornSour,ls cases matches, 4 barrels coffee, 100 bags maize, 2 cises oil, 10 drums oil, 7 bales shafts, 5 tanks seed, 3 cases confectionery, 4 cases periodicals, 9 cases drapery, 600 cases fruits, 185 cases eundrie3. | Pere.B. Albion, from Melbourne and Southern ports:—From Melbourne: 10 gas stoves, 620 packages sugar, 848 J-chests, 78 chests, 302 boxes and 15 packages tea, 10 bundles timber, 67 bundles calf-skins, 50 rolls matting, 1160 bags rice, 10 oises and 20 oasks castor oil, 32 cases currants, 40 J-easts sugar, 50 cases milk, 8 slabs marble, 12 packages luggage, and a quantity of sundry merchandise. From Bluff: 4 sacka barley, 19 sacks oatmeal, 100 sacks and 120 J-sack» flour, 1 box. From Dunedin: Iβ cases tobacco, 687 bags bonedojt, 12 sacks potatoes, 16 ovens, and 50 packages sundries. From Lyttelton : 24 cases cheese, 8 cases bacon, 12 kegs lard, 102 sacks wheat, 28 sacks peas, and 20 packages snndries. From "Wellington :20 bundles hoop iron, 5 packages castings, 22 sole plates, 14 truck--wheels, 6 plates iron, 32 cues m'eat3, 5 packages luggage, 30 packages sundries. EXPORTS. Per s.». Albion for Sydney : 142 bale 3 fiix, 1 cask gum dust, 25 biles fungus, 3 cases plants, 1 else- seeds. 1 case drugs, 1 box gold, 3 packages sundry merchandise. - ' Per s.s. City of New York for Sydney: 2 packages plantii, 1 package ferns. OoiWABD Coastwise.—Dolphin, cutter, for Thames, with 15 tons coke; Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, for Matakana. Tbe New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Araby : Maid berthed at the western side of the Queen-street wharf yesterday. She will begin discharging her Southern freight as soon as the weather will admit. All her Homeward cargo is ready for shipment. ; _ The Union U.S. Co.'s s.s., Arawata arrived from Sydney via Russell at 9.C0 a.m. yesterday, and berthed at the Railway Wharf at noon. We aro indebted to Mr. D. Dilgleish, purser, for latest files and the following report: —Left Sydney on the 18th, at 6.30 p.m., arriving at Uussell on the 23rd, at 1 p.m.;' left again for Auckland at 9 p.m. yesterday, arriving as above. Fine weather throughout. The Arawata is announced to proceed to Melbourne via Southern ports at noon to-morrow. A consignee for three cases drapery ex Ashmore from London is advertised for; The A.S.S. Co.'s s.e. Southern Cross is announced to leave for Levuka. and Suva at noon to-morrow. The b.s. Mary Allen his discontinued running at Wairpu, Kaipara. The s.s. Oreti left Gisborne for this port yesterday afternoon, with a fall load of stock. She will probably arrive about daylight tomorrow, leaving agiin for Gisborne and Napier at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The s.s. Planet will leave Wairoa, on Thursday at 7.30 a.m., and Turanga Creek on Friday at the snms hour. The P.M. e.e. City of New York left for Sydney at 3 p.m. yesterday. The Union S.S. Co.'s s.s. Albion steamed for Sydney at 9 o'clock last night. Thu barquentine Handa lele was expected to leave New York for Natal, on July 23. From Shonce sho would proceed to Mauritius. Captain Couch writes that the schooner Kate McGregor struck on an unknown reef about two miles off the Island of 010, Fiji. She escaped, however, almost uninjured, the only sign of damage being tha loss of a little copper off the forefoot. A warp and kedge were loat.

THE OVALAtT. The schooner Ovalau had eallod at Rarotonga, Atiu, Borabora, Raiatea, and Taha, and was on her way to Auckland, a fall Teasel, when she was wrecked at Hushine. She had on board 41,0001b5. cotton, 67.0001b3. copra, 8601b3. kapok, 1 ton shell, 1000 gallons limejuice and a quantity of trading goods. The hull was »old for 10£ dollara, but hardly had the bargain been concluded when the wreck slipped off the reef and sank in deep water. An inquiry into the circumatancea connected with the wreck was held before Mr. Goodman, Lloyd's agent at Barotonga, and Captain Q. F. Kisdeu and William Bonar. The Ovalau, 116 tons, wai built early in 1879 by Messrs. Sims and Brown, to the order o£ Mr. A. B, Donald. Fiji at that time possessed a profitable field for enterprise, and with a view to placing her on that trade no expense was spared,' so as to make her as comfortable as possible for passengers. She cost £2500, and at the time she was wrecked was valued at £2400. The hall was insured in the New Zealand Office -fer £1400, but that company's net loss will only be £1000, as re-insurances were effected to the extent of £400, viz.— £150 in. the National and £250 in an Australian office. The cargo also was covered to the extent of £1000, by a policy in the New Zealand Office. Of thia amount the Union and National Companies will each'have to bear £250, leaving the net loss of the New Zealand Office £500. In April last the hull was insured for £2000, and the cargo for £1800. In that month the insurance was re-adjusted, a total reduction of £1400 being made on the previous policy, and a year's premium paid. It waj the intention of Messrs. ■ Donald and Edenborough to keep this vessel plying between Auokland and Barotonga only, leaving the work of collecting cargo for hoi: amongst the adjoining groups to smaller vessels. The loss of these gentleman is considerable. The value of the vessel and cargo above insurance will probably be about £3000, Bat there is a far more important consideration in the disorganisation of their business through the loss of the vessel. ■ : '...-' FORT OF ONEHUHGA. ' ARRIVALS. . Hannah Mokau, s.s., McCarthy, from Raglan. —Waller and Co., agents. Rowena, 8.5., Scott, from "Waitara. — A. DEpAKTuEEi ; Wanika, e.g., McGiUivery, for the South. PauengeTJ: Mr. and Mrs. Thompsen, Mr, and

Mrs. Day, Mrs. Walker and three children, Messrs. Home, Komo, and three natives. — Union S.S. Co., agents. ■ : IMPORTS. .: Per h.s. Hannah Mokau, from Raglan : 24 bales fl»x. 1 bale fungus, 7 case 3 bacon, rfl pig', and 7 packages sundries. Per s.s. Rowena, from Waitara: 50 sacks grass seed, 15 packages, and 273 eheep. The e.e. Wanaka left, with 219 bags of English mail, for Sohthern ports at 9 a.m. T<3 The sX Hannah Mokau arrived from Raglan at 11 a.m. yesterday, with produce. The s.'s. Rowena arrived from Waitara at i o'clock yesterdty afternoon. She is announced, to return thither at 1 p.m. to-day.