SHIPPING.
High Water at Wharves, 5.59 a.m.; C.lB

p,m. San.—Rises, 5.3 G a.m. ; sets, 6.31 p.m.
MBTEOKOLOOTOAL —YESTfSHDAT. Noon. —Barometer, 20*92 ; thermometer, 71. 6 p.m,—Barometer, 20'95 ; thermometer, 02. Midnight.—Barometer, 30*06; thermometer 05. .Wind. —Light, variable; weather, fine.
MOON'S AOB. New Moon.—February 27, Oh. sm. a.m. First Quarter.—March 5, Ih 03.1 m a.m.
ARRIVED. _ THUB3OAY, FEBROABT 23. Taiaroa. as, 228 tons. Parsons, from Uyt* tolton and tort Chalmers. Fassengers- Saloon: Mr and Mrs Mc Douall, Key Mr Grainger, Messrs Encoath, Proffitt, Williams, Innia, and Hazlett; sin the steerage. Wheeler, aS Waihi, as, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Chuck (2), Messrs Cooper, Hickman, and Musaill. Wheeler, a2 Manawatu, ss, 120 tons, Steele, fromi West port and Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs and Miss Soutgon, Mesdames Garde and Hook him, Miss Wilkes, Messrs Lloyd, K-jrk, Wood, Hargreaves, and Christie. Williams, “"St/Kilda, ss, 174 tons, Greager, from Grey mouth. Johnston and Co, agents. Genevieve M. Tucker, barque, 019. tons, Woods, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Grafton, ss, 242 tons, Hill, from Nelson and West Coast ports. Passengora-Saloon ; Mesdames Cameron and child, Hoy mil J children, Asher, Wright and family (7). Misses Bowden, Heron, Finmgan, Speed, Womsett, Draper, He v Mr Berkenhoim, Messrs Hams, Skillon, and Cutler. Williams, agent. Botorua, ss, 576 tons, Anderson, from Pioton, Nelson, New Plymoutl| andManukau. Passengers—Saloon iMr and Maltby, Mr and Mrs Downes and family, Mr and Mrs Bowler and 2 children, Mesdames Ballester, Tunnecliffo, Darby, Colton, Gaukrodger, and Cullen and 2 children, Andrew, and Har greaves, Miss Shoebridge, Messrs Adams, Haaell, Hayton, Sullivati, Baylie, Scott, Sin clair, Dunk, Merritt, Burquit, Graves, and McCarthy; 9 in tho steerage. Wheeler, agent.
