EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1249, 6 February 1874, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per schooner Colonist, for Napier, via Cabbage Bay, 36,000 feet timber, Cashmore.

The s.s. Go-ahead, Captain McGillivray, arrived at Onehunga to-day at one p. m. She left Wanganui at 11 p.m.: on the 4th ; crossed the bar at midnight, arriving here as above. Experienced; strong; head winds, with confused se^ to the Cape", From thence light variable winds,. ..with smooth water. Passengers :—Misses -.Lodge, and Walsh, Messrs ifrcCallum," Pearce, Robinson, and Titford. " We are indebted to Mr Newman, purser,-, for^filep, Sic.) < / 3P. VI 7' A

The cutter Mercury has cleared for the East Coast and Gisborne with 1200 shingles 9000 feet of timber, 6 pair sashes, and 2 doors, Campbell and Co.; 15,000 feet of .timber for Gisborne... Transhipped ex Glenhuntly from London—l case, T. Bilham. J The .barque Lady Agnes.'is now full of cargo'and will sailforNewjYorkimmediately. The s.s.. Star'; of the ,South sails for the Fiji's this evening with passengers and cargo. The baTque Margarita46dk- her departure for Kaipara yesterday'evening. .. ~.„ , The Golden Isle, schooner,, brings .107 tons of coal from the Bay of Islands. ■ •. il ■ I .. - •

The brig Albion/hence arrived at Newcastle on the 28fch u.£';' ',' ':, \'77'<'7'7 ,

The barque Bella Mary left Hobart. Town for this port oh January 15th with % cargo of bark, timber, fruits andjam, and the following passengersL':—Mrs McArthiir, Mr' Anderson, Miss Boon.. v.The.Bellaj Mary should -be close at hand. yl.li

' The barqueßeatrice, from New York via Adelaide,;arrived in Rangitoto Channel .at,a late hour last night, and ."came up harbour this morning, anchoring in mid-stream off. the wharf. SheA brings a^ small cargo of Yankee notions. She left Adelaide oh the' 19th ult:, and has had a longish [passage of eighteen days;-. . '. , l,

Port of Ngaloa, "Island of Kandavu, following letter from.Commodore Goodenough to Governor Sir Hercules Robinson, K-C-M-GU has beenjpresentedLto both Houses of Parliament, by command. ''Her, Majesty's ship Pearl,,at Levuka, Fiji, lPth I.ecember ; 1873. , Sir,-,-!', havei taken ah opportunity;, of visiting the j port of. Ngaloa in the island of Kandavu, and have ,the honour to ehclose'to your Excellency^iforthe ihfcrmatioh of ;the Government of New South Wales,. Ia : tracing of : corrections to the Admiralityi plan which it may be convenient to publish.' 2. It is. so important to the Government of New South Wales to secure a good port of call for their mail steamers, that I'feel sure that your 'Excellency Lwill not think it.,an,'undue interference on.my part if I express an opinion on the* harbour of Ngaloa, and on any preferable, routo pr depot which might"*b,^chosen here. 3. It will be seen from,ithe/enclosed tracing that the sea reef of >< Kandavu extends much further to seaward than is marked,in the Admiralty plan. ..There will be, .moreover^ great difficulty and.expense in placing the leading lights for the entrance sufficiently far apart to enable a ship to enter with certainty at. night. Uutil those lights are so placed it is imposssble to enter the port at night. 4. The alternative which presents itself is to. make,-Levuka the port of call, and to pass through the group and by the Nanuku passage, as was formerly done ; and I have no hesitation whatever in saying that . this is the proper course'to pursue. 5. Coming from the. Samoan Group, , I myself entered, the Nahuku passage (where there is now no light) under sail only; ; ,at 10, p.m. ; ,and;on. the following night entered the: port of Levuka, also under sail, at the.the same hour, without difficulty and without employing any person.who had ever been in the Fiji Group before. 6. If any money be spent upon lights, it is far better that it should be laid out on placing* a -light in the Nanuku passage, rather than make an effort to light Ngalbayif such, a light be established" at Ngaloa it will be 4| miles from the extremity of the sea-reef.—l have, &c.-, JLG. Goodenough, Captain knd Commodore 2nd, Class, Commanding Australian Station/- '-<■ '■>