IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XII, Issue 3382, 30 May 1881, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Kato McGregor, from Lyttelton: 800 eacks wheat, 60 sacks oats.

Per Julia Prico. from Norfolk Island: 02 baga sweet potatoes, 250 bunches bananas, 9 hides.

Per Defiance from Dunoain-300 sacks flour, 59 4 sacks ditto, 100 i-sacks ditto, 224G packages various 133 sacks oats. 111 sacks oatmeal, Ao sacks pollard, 41 sacks bran, C 9 sacks bones.

Per Zenlandia, from San Francisco-557 casos salmon, 5 caaos peas, 15 bales hops, 38 casos rubber uoods, 3 cases chairs, 1 case stationery, 1 trunk 5 cases picturo frames, 2 cases books, ol packages oil cake, 3 cases clothing. 10 cases c-sinits, 30 flasks quicksilver, 10 windmill castiuas. 12 casos windmill flxturos, 1 box seeds, 10 bales broom corn, 1 case merchandise, 18 sacks wheat 1 box wine. 5 packages papers. 1 packneo seeds, 5 packages. 5 cases paint, 1 case nuts, 1 drum nuts. For rioleon—loo cases salmon. For Welliugton-20 cases honey. For Port Chalmers—loo cases salmon, 20 bales hops.

Tho barquo Gazollo left Timaru for Kaipara on tho 22nd inst.

Tho eohooner Marmion arrived at Timaru from Kaipara on tho 22nd inst. Tho Union Co.'s Te Anau left Gisborne at 9 a.m. to day, and may thoreforq be looked tor abiut 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Tho schooner Norval left Noumea, for Cheatorfleld Shoals after a loud of guano for Hoimrt four days previous to arrival of the Julia i-Tioe § Tho barquo Dunkoia. 1005 tons, Captain Finlayaon, left London for this port on April IJ, and passed Dover on the following day. 'Jhe tonnage loading on the berth at London for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope, oni April 25, amounted to 13,215 tone, and for Australia and Mew Zealand, to 50,482 tons.

Tho New Zealand Shipping Company mtimato by circular that they will despatch the ship Rakata for this port about May 5. The s s. Southern Cross was announced to Icavo for Levuka at 4 p.m. Tho following passongers had booked :-Mr J. Gladstouo. Mrs E, and child, Henry Mar.ham.X. M. Jones, Captain J. Dawson, and Henry O'Miara. The schooner Kato McGregor arrived in harbour from Lyttolton on Saturday evening. Captain Couch roports loaving Lyctelton in company with tho brigantine anthons on May 22nd. A strong southerly wind was experienced until reaching Cape Pailißer, and from thence to port light westerly winds. The whaler James Arnold left Norfolk Island on a craieo prior to the arrival ot tho Julia Price at that port. The total clearances of vessels at London with cargoes for foreign port*, for tho three months ending March 31, wero 1,369 ships of 780,871 tons, against 1110 ships of 819,333 tons in banv period inISSO showing a falling off in tho present year of 71 vessels and 38.163 tons.

Inwards Coastwisp.—Lake St Clair Omaha ■with 650 po3ts, 2U ton 9 firewood ; Christina from Russell, with 86 tons coal; Gem from Tairua with 22 900 feet timber; Four Sisters from N trurguru with 30 Totara piles; M orcury from Tairua with 21,285 feet timbor, 300» shingles and 19 bags gum, Sovereign of the Seas trom Tryphena with 30 tons n-ewood, 100 rails; PorBeverance from Waiheike with 300 bushels sand.

Outwards Coastwise.—Lake St. Clair u^ Omaha : Lizzie for Wsngapoua ; Josephine lor Hussell; Gem for Tairua ; Perseverance (or Waiheke; Coralie for Ruasel.

The barque Loongana cleared at tho customs for Hobart to-day in ballast.

Mr Malcolm Niccol has received a telegram from tho master of tho Makarau stating that ho spoke the schooner Caledonia, 28 days out from Vavau, off Katikati yesterday. She will probaWy be making for this port.

The brUantine Defiance arrived from Danodin yesterday morning. Captian McKay reports as follows—Left lmusdin on the 18th, at 6 a.m.; carried S.W. wlJd to Banks' Peninsula; on the 10th paßsed a topßail schooner: experienced a calm all day to the 20th, at i a.m.; light breezea from the N.W.; light weather, windi from S.w. to fe.K. ; rounded the Kast Cape on the 23rd, at 4 a.m.; sighted a schoonsr bound north; lay becalmed all day; light westerly winds and variaoles to port- passed a brigantine off Mayor Island on the 26th.

The brig Camille left New York for Lyttelton and Auckland on April 1 with the following cargo for this port:- 3,000 oases oil, 139 cases chairs, 53 ousos handles, 65 ensea agricultural implements, 100 caaoa ?ar^aparilla. SGcasea hiirdwere 1 case axles, 13 cases noils, 6 cases bookcases, 25 cases emulsion, 80 cases merchandise, 4 cas;s forges, 2 casos envelopes, 2 cases axle grease, 2 cases shovels, 2 cases scale", 1 case perambulators, 3 C 1863 manufactured tobacco, 2 cases sample 3, 2 cases shade rollers, 1 case [dry goode 1 case circulars, 1 caso wheels, 70 cues axes, 2 cases mattresses. 15G barrels rosin, 50 kegs cas'ngs. 40 casks seed, 6 casks pumps, 67 coils wire, 100 bdles washboards, 4 pkgs ruober, 1 pKg belting, 13 pkga drugs. 122 oare, 1 lumber truck.

The schooner Julia Price arrived from Noumei and Norfolk Island last evening. Captain Edwards reports leaving Rangitoto Reef on April 4th ; on the 7th took a gale from S.W.; on the 9th passed Norfolk Island, blowing very heavy—could not stop; arrived at Noumea on the 14th inst. Discharged cargo, and then loaded for the Isle of Pines; arrived at the Isle ot Pines on tho 29th; left Mo or Pines on May Ist, and had a continuation of S.B. winds, and arrived at Norfolk Island on tho 11th. Left Norfolk Island on the 19th, with Btronu breeues from S.E. making little or no headway. On the 27th hadlight N.W. weather. Sighted the Three Kings on the evening of tho 26th; from thence lignt variable winds Arrived off Rangitoto on Sunday evening, the 29th inst., and came up the harbour about midnight.