Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
THE sTAMsHIP MONnOUTHsHIRI
ARRIVED TODAY.
The Rarkentine KIikitat Outward
Steamers Hawaii and waisIe-
nIe-Other Notes.

The IS Nomenclature from Portland wal
sighted at one o'clock.
The barkentine Klkitat sailed at Mint
o'clock this morning for Puget Sound IL
ballast.
Tomorrow, high tide large 5:25 m; higt
tide small sis M; low tide large IL. pm
low tide small 0:20 pm.
The British bark Ladas Captain Robert
Dixon, has cleared for san Francisco with 51t
tons rock and sand ballast.
The Chilean government is offering liberal
inducements to Englshmcn to serve in 1t;
navy as first and second mates.
The steamer Hawaii arrived in this morn
ing with $3.50 bags Panuhau sugar. which wa:
nut into the brigantine " u Irwin and shiI
Troop.
The schooncrs IA Moi aud KauikeaouIi put
No snd circle D sugar into the barkentiut
\ q Wilder today completing her cargo
The Wilder will sail tomorrow for san Fran
cisco.
The men working in the hold Of the Gains
borough were standing in two or three feet
of water while shUvcliug coal today. The
engi e was again started this morning, and
pumped water steadily.
They do these things better in France, "
doesn't always apply TO the building of war.
ships, for the new irOn.Clud CarnOt of twelve
thousand tons Is n complete failure. The
Echo dc Paris says of her lowing to the
limited space, 1t Is found impossible to &C.
cOmmodalC the crew under good hygenC
conditions, and In consequence of gross
errors In the cal 'u,atiOu of different weights,
which the Superior Council of Naval Con
struction did not detect, she sink, below the
water live 20 such an rXtcnt that her armOr
belt is immersed No such conditions exist
in go 90, NV ships Of the American navy,
Marine journal.
the points of the compass may be deter
mined Win the aid OF an ordinary watch. 1t
Is simply necessary to bring the watch In n
position 50 that the hOur-hand Is directed to-
ward the sun, The south then lies exactly
midway between Whatever hour II may hap.
pen to be and the mineral XII on the dial.
Let us suppose Tor instance that IL is four
o'ci0ch, SuJ mat the timepi,ce /. held In the
position indicated. The direction of the
MINERAL II Will then be the exact south II ii
>Sbe eight O'Clock the numeral will indicate
the "V""' southcrly point. --Cleycland Ma
nine Rc,ylew.
Tn, s,s, steal summary of vessels totally
lost .ondrmu ID, etc, now published hy
Iloyd's RCristrr. -HOwS that during 1895 the
gross reduction IN tie effective ,,,..rc,ri 4.
marine OF IA. world Nmoun!r" IN Ig'7 vessels
OF SyG.2;s tons, excluding all vessels of less
man TOO toms g, this total, @l0 vessels of
2.ij3 tons were steamers, and "a OF 4i5, SO
tons wcrr sailing vessels These figures ex.
ceed the average Of the preceding four years
~ "a steamers Of 81 ,5l9 tons, aud by 55 sail
ing vessels oil2 94O tons. As regards steamers
owned In the United Kingdom the return is
also above the average, while us regards sail
ing vessels II is somewhat below. The in
crease IN To, case of the former is due not "a
actual wrecks hut to the lar G tonnage brOk
en- up. condemned, etc Apart from such
cases, the United Kingdom steam tonnage
lost during 1895 Is only equal to the average
OF the last tour years, notwithstanding that
since 1891 the TONNAGE owned has increased
by one and q half million tons.