LARGE BARQUE OFF BRETT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 118, 27 May 1885, Page 2

LARGE BARQUE OFF BRETT.

Captain W. Farquhar, master of tho s.s. \3lansniun, which left for Ruesoll last evening and arrived there early to-day. telegraphß: "Largo barquo passing Capo Brott 6.30 this morning, bound for Auckland." This refers probably to cither tho Alastor or Sam Mendel, both overdue from London, tho former being 133 days out and the latter 113. One or both of these vcnscla may arrive at any moment. We recently gave a full list of the Alaator's cargo, and now append the cargo list of tho Sam Mendel:— Apparel, 000; carpets and ruga, £100; dressed leather, £C 0; iloor cloth, £210; sewing machines, £110; luoifera, £230; blacking, £10; agricultural implomcnts, £80; rails and general machinery, £1,900; books, £150; paper, 195cwt: stationery, £1150; paperhangings, £60; upholstery, £810; iron bodsteadn, £320; brushwaro, £70; toys, £50; llrcorma. C 130; pianos, iCCCO; printing materials, £50; agricultural and pardon needs, £50; piped, £10; cartridi-es and dynamite, £10; hardware, cutlery, £1200; bar and rod iron. J!!i tons; sheet iron. 5 tons; galvanised iron, 16 tons; pig lead, 5 tons; yellow metal, :i tons; ingot tin, 2cwt; iron nuils, i tons; zinc, i tons; Unseed oil. 2.090ga15; kerosene arm naphtha, 200ga13; varnish, £70; whiting, 21 tons; paint colours. £810: pitch and tar, 'JObrla; flint glass, £10; foreign window glass, 168 cases; plate glass, i cases: china and earthenware. £160; glass bottles, £10; bran and flour bags, £10; boards, 1 load; canvas, £120; cordage, £10; lines and twines. £20; slates, GI tons; cement, 350brls; Clgare, 3501b; brandy in bulk, 300«als; brandy in case, 250 galls.; rum, I.JCO galls.; Geneva, 100 ga113,: British spirits in bulk, 250 galls.; ditto in case. 500 galls.; red wine, 30 galls,; -white wins. 200 galls ; beer In bulk, 36 brls.; beer in glass, 23 brls.: hopa, Bcwt.; preserved fish, not rated. £60; sardines, £50; assorted oilmen's stores, £870; foreign salad oil, 220 galls; ■popper and epic;;-.', 6 cwt.; cocoa. 25 owt.; nuts, 10 cwt.; musurd, ><!370; starch, £200; blue, £40; micelll and macaroni, U cwt.; split peas, 32 cwt.: white salt, 3i> tons; soda crystals, 8 tons: caustic fiorla, a ;ians; candles, 201 cwt.; uoap, 15cwt; dates, 36cwt; raisins, 75owt; currants, 229cwt; almonds, 16owt; figs, iewt; carraway seed, lOcwt; liquorice juice, lewt; refined sugar, 200cwt; treacle. 151cwt; confectionpry and peel. £190; apothecary ware, £110; cream tarter, 35cwt; condensed milk, £410; canary seed, sowt. Total value of cargo, £16,600.