EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1307, 16 April 1874, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Go-ahead for Waitara: 9 pgs sashes, 1 do doors, Sash and Door Company;, 2 boxes glass, 1 pge, Holland ; 100 bags salt, Lewis Bros.; 1 bale. Owen and Graham ; 2 casl*s soda, S cases jam, 28 cases sundries, 1 sack catmeal, 43 kegs sugar, and 2 casks, Meyers and Co.; 1 tank McArthur; 1 cask paint, 1 do putty, 10 boxes glass, 12 drums oil, 1 pge mouldings, Philipps; 1 case, McArthur, 40 casks cement, _ Brogden and Sons ; 1 case, McArthur; 4 cases, 2 do raisins, 1 box tobacco, Brown Campbell & Co. —Combes and Daldy, agents.

!It was intended that a visit of inspection should be paid this morning to Rangitoto Reef by some of the members of the Harbour Board in Captain Casey's screw launch, the Eclipse, for tho purpose of ascertaining the most suitable spot for a pilot station in that neighbourhood. Owing to the 'unfavorable weather the trip was postponed. The s.s. Go-Ahead left the Manukau for Waitaia to-day, with a cargo as per exports, !| and the following passengers : Mrs HoneyI field, Mr Petty, and two natives. The cutter Hero arrived in the Manukau to-day from Waikato, with 30 bales flax consigned to Mr A. Buckland. The schooner Ruby' has entered inwards I from Wangaroa with 29,000 feet sawn tim- | ber, 13 empty casks, and 35 dozen bottles, I consigned to G. Hole.ship. The s.s. Murray, Captain Palmer, took j her departure last night for vVangarei and J Russell with a full cargo and several pasI seneers.

I The schooner Golden Isle brings 118 tons I cf coal from the Bay of Islands. I The schooner Clyde brings a general cargo I from Wangarei. Captain A. Marks, whose appointment to I the commandership of the yacht Blanch we I chronicled yesterday, was formerly in comI mand of the gunboat Sandfly, and at differI ent times captain of the steamer Duke of I Edinburgh, He has also filled the post of 1 pilot in the Manukau. The s.s. Southern Cross Captain Sellars I arrived from Tauranga last night with cargo I and passengers as follows :—Messrs Atkin, I Jackson, Connor, Smith and three in the I steetage. The brig Wild Wave left Newcastle on the 27th ultimo. She brings a full cargo of coal. I Two other vessels were loading for Messrs Henderson and Macffarlane when the brig ' sailed. The s.s. Phcebe arrived in the Manukau to-day with the following passengers :— ! Mr and Mrs Kingdon,. Mrs Guildford, Mr " and Mrs Willis, Mr and Mrs Searle, Mr and 1 Mrs Simmonds, Mr and Mrs Booth, Mrs and | MasterDavis,MrsKenny,Mrsßonningtonand | child, Mrs and Miss Holdsworth, Mrs Co'nnell, Miss Clara Stephenson, Miss Merryman. Messrs. Dalgleish, Robinson, Wilcox, Mor--1 gan, Conway, M^honey, Ward, South, Capt. I Jones, and Dr Simpson. Steerages-Messrs. .' Johnson, Cousins, Aamatu, Harrison, Pearce, Still, Jones, Steel, Morris, Roberts, Jackson, I Mr and Mrs Welsh, Mr and Mrs Bigham, and Mrs Quinn. Ir' The Clio ketch is loading with timber j for New Caledonia. She is expected to take '■ her departure about Saturday. Her injured j mainyard has been replaced by a new one. After her next trip it is intended to lighten the foremast, which "as it is at present is too heavy for ocean trading. The cargoes of grain brought by the 1 schooners Ivanhoe and Belle Brandon are I turning out in magnificent condition. E His Excellency's yacht the Blanche took , her departure for a cruise this morning at I at eight o'clock. The strong westerly breeze is and frequent squalls which have been the | order of the day will give His Excellency a 1 taste of some roughish weather. , ;

On Saturday next at the Thames will be 1 launched Messrs. Stone Bros.'new auxiliary 1 screw three-masted schooner which has been I;: built by Mj? Robert Stone, in his yard at H| Shortland. The dimensions of the vessel are §D las follows :—Length, 125 feet; breadth of I beam, 22 feet; depth of hold, 8 feet. Tonnage, about 200 register. She has been built !| on the diagonal principle, and in that respect resembles Messrs. Holmes Bros.'new | J steamer the Hauraki and the Lalla Rookh. j Messrs. Stone Brother's new schooner will be H| the largest to which this principle has been pi applied in New Zealand. Having but a light jjl draught of water the new vessel will be [U specially adapted for coastal trade, as she , |j| ; will be able to enter creeks and proceed up hi fl, rivers which are at present unnavigable to il|jifllarge craft drawing the ordinary depth. The [||;jengines have been constructed, by Messrs. H| Fraser and Tinne, and are calculated 'YY :o drive the ship about three knots an Lliour when unassisted by the sails. The I

schoqner, after being launched, will be towed - up to Auckland, and there be fitted for. sea. - Mr Baker, late chief officer of the p.s. Golden Crown, who resigns for this purpose, is to take command, and we are informed Mr Zealand is to be chief officer. The schooner was originally intended for a screw collier between the Bay of Islands and the Thames, but it has been decided to employ her as a general trader. . . -. -

The s.s. Pretty Jane sailed last night for Gisborne and Napier with a full general cargo, and the following passengers :—Mrs Roble, Steerage : Mrs Wild, Mr Burdett, Mrs Murray and six children.

The s.s. Phcebe before leaving Dunedin was taken into the graving dock and had her bottom cleaned .with anti-fouling composition. ' •