HBH 1892 Oct 13 Shipping Arrivals Port of NAPIER 12th-Lily s.s. from WAIROA 12th-Gleaner, brigantine from the BLUFF Departure 12th-Kanieri s.s. for Northern Ports. Shipping Notes: Three years ago the first whaleback was launched; now there are twenty-five of them in use. Twenty are in the inland waters, one on the Pacific, and four on the Atlantic. A shipyard is being prepared on Puget Sound for the building of this class of craft. At West Superior, eight are building, six being steamers, and none of them less than 334 feet in length. Two more are to be laid down shortly. Alexander M'DOUGALL, the inventor of the whaleback, is an Islay man, and was for some time a pilot on Lake Superior. He predicts that when the enlargement of the Lawrence Canal is completed, the Canadian route will do most of the freight both ways for the American West. He insists that very little grain will go further east than Chicago by rail, and he is confident that Montreal harbour will fail to accommodate the vessels that will seek it as a destination. Telegraphic Shipping SYDNEY-Wednesday Sailed, Mararoa for Wellington.