EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4146, 12 October 1883, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Por To Anau, for Molbourne and tho South— 2f's bags coffee, 9J bags sugar, lii cases salmon, 18 bags gum, 22 halt-cheats tea, 18 packages curios, 10 boxes soap, 53 bags oysters, 15 cases pines, 100 cases twino, 203 bundles hidos.

Tho schooner Gael arrived at Rus3oll from Suva yeatorday.

Tho schooner Agnes 801 l entered outwards at tho Customs to-day for Kurutu.

Tho passage of tho steamer British Queen from London to Fort Chalmers (at which port she arrived yesterday) occupied ff> days 7 hours. Sho tr!ngßsoo aouls for all portr,

Tho schoonor Saxon loft Hokianga for Whangui'oa yesterday to load for this port.

Tho following passengers arrived from liussoll by tho To Anau this morning :—Messrs Larkin, Lord, and Baldwin, Mesdames Trcnehard, Norris, Kemp, E. Lord, and Baldwin, Miss Moody. -",'

Tho barque Examiner, from Groymouth for Manukau, put in hero today, having experienced a continuance of contrary weather since sailing from tho former port on October 2nd.

Tho barquo Calherino Jane arrived from Newcastle this aftornoon after an uneventful passago of twolvo days.

Tho brigantino Nlghtingalo, with coals from Newcastle arrived in harbour late thia aftornoon. Sho loft Nowcastlo on Scptombor 23.

The hrigantino Ranacm, which left Timaru on Soptember 29th, arrived this afternoon, and dropped anchor off tho North Head.

Tho burquo India, bound for Hokianga, ha 3 put back to Rangitoto Reef owing to unfavourable weather.

The s.s. Macgregor arrived from Wharigare* early last evening, with tho following pas' sengors:—Messrs Hoboith, Robson, R. Douglas' Eaaton, Porter, R. Matheson, Harrison, E. LSmith, Gaslor, Brown, and McLcod, Mosdanies Harrison, Knaggs,1 Dickey, anil family (3), Lamont, and Campbell, Misses Wilson and E. Stone.

The s.B. To Anau loft for Melbourne and Southern ports this afternoon, with the following paaaengerß:—For Gisbornc: Messrs Burns, Fraser, and Breach. For Napier: Messrs Craig, Smith, Reed, Kawhina, W. Carruthcrs, Mrs Craig and family (It. For Wellington: Messrs Nathan, Roborta, Roulter, A. Watson, and A. Atkins. For Lyttolton: Messrs Potter, Broadhurst. For Dunedin; Miss McGlashan, Messrs Scott, and Tupmachcr. For Melbourne: Messrs Byrne, Knight, and Mles Williams.

Tho throe-masted schoonor Energy arrivod from Long Island at an early hour this morning. While beating up tho harbour sho got aground on tho North Shoro spit, but was towed off by tho stearnor Victoria this afternoon without damage. Captain Cooper reports'having left Long Island, Chesterfield Group, on September 20th. Experioncod head winds and bad wcathor until Tuesday last, whon heavy westerly weather set in. Heavy gales continued all the way up the coast, blowing away Bovoral sails. Tiritiri was passed at 11 p.m. yesterday, and tho North Head rounded at an early hour to-day.

ARRIVAL OF THE LAIRA FROM LONDON.

Messrs Stone Bro3'. barque Jjaira, under charter to tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, and consigned to Messrs L. D. Nathan sjid Co., arrived from London this morning, otter a lengthy passage of 117 days. Captain Thow has furnished us with tho following roport of the voyago: — Loft tho East India Docks on June 17, and Gravcaond on tho following dayT^Towed to" Dungeness and had thick dirty weather in tho Channol, taking ua twelvo days to clear the land, after which had light winds and calms. Passed between Madeira and Canary Mands on July 11th. Got the N.E. trades in 29 deg. north, and lost them on tho 25th in )2 dog. N. Took tho S.E. trades in 5 dog. N. on the 28th, crossed the Equator on August lat in longitude 3 dog. 10 nun. W., and lost tho trades on tho lGth in 28 deK. S. Passed Tristan D'Acunha, flvo miles distant, on tho 25th, and tho Prime Meridian on tho 28th, in latitudo 39 dog. 30 mm. S. On September 6 had a very Bevero galo from N.N.E., during which vessel was hovo-to for 12 hours; barometer, 28 dog. 65 mm. From thenco to Capo Lewin, on the 21th, experienced fresh gales and high soas. On October 1 passed Predira Balanca Island, off Tasmania, three miles distant, with wind N., which continued till the Bth, when in latitudo 41 dcg. 49 mm. S,, longitude 168 dog. E., it changed to S. Rounded North Capo on tho 11th, and had fresh winds thonco till arrival this morning.