EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1887, Page 4

EXPORTS.

Per Levuka, for Samoa : 107 demijohns, 230 pieces timber, 1 boat and original cargo from Hamburg. Per Janet Nicoll: 94 bags sugar, 30 cases kerosene, 75 bags rice, 33 cases geneva, 20 bags flour, ISO boxes -soap, 2GS kegs beef, 113 cases meats. 100 sheep, 34 kegs butter, 57 crates biscuits. 34,000 feet timber, 138 bags grain, 35 cases spirits, 5 quarter-casks rum, cases onions, 420 bags potatoes, 15 cases cordials, and sundries.

The schooner Buster arrived at Newcastle from this port on 16th inst.

The brigantine Peerless has been berthed at the Queen-street Wharf.

The barque Cabarfeidh sailed for Lyttelton direct at midnight on Saturday.

The schooner Belle Brandon, built at Auckland in 1873, was sold at Sydney last week to Captain Miles for L2OO.

■' The schooner Jessie Niccol was offered for sale by auction on Saturday, and withdrawn at LBO.

Auckland mails and passengers ex Rimu taki, from Plymouth, will arrive at One-hun°-a by the s.s. Manawatuon Wednesday.

The barque Levuka will probably sail for Fiji "and Samoa to-morrow. Passengers : - Messrs "Sr-' Fiughson, E. Eggerss, and Seegner. A » . /"---...

The s.s." Gerda arrived from Greymonth on Sunday with a frill cai-go of coal for the ship Oamaru, and berthed alongside of that vessel. _......

The brigantine Myrtle, which left Dunedin on the 13th inst., arrived in port early on Sunday, and berthed at Queen - street Wharf this morning. -

The s.s. Janet Nicoll left for-South Sea Islands on Saturday evening.. After this voyage she will be replacedby the s.s. Richmond. - , ,

The vessel with which the Darling Downs was in collision was the Britannia, but there are no details as to the cause of the disaster. The Darling Downs sank almost 'immediately after the collision. Her /.row was saved. . - "~ .. •

The barque Notero and schooner Rib berthed at Railway Wharf, where the lastnamed vessel discharged her sheep. Sho left Napier with 4SO, and despite very heavy weather experienced on her voyage, only lost about half-a-dozen.

- The brigantine Seabird arrived at Sydney from Whangaroa on the 12th inst., after a very stormy passage, during which the oabin was flooded, the deck cargo sent adrift, and somo damage done to the bulwarks. ■ ? '

Tho brigantine Gleaner which arrived from Dunedin last evening, nine days out, experienced very heavy weather when crossing tho Bay of I'lenty, and shipped a considerable quantity of water,which filled the cabin,' smashed tho binnacle, and shifted tho boat: -' ■ '

Tho s.s. Go-Ahcnd, wrecked nt Napier, was a composite steamer of 43 tons register, and was built at Auckland in 1574. She is owned by W. Johnson, of Wellington. The s.s.-Sir Donald, also reported ashore, is an iron vessel of .195 ,tpns register, built at Larnaksliiro iii 1807, and 'owned by J. 0. Kinross., of Napier. '

Tho Harrington correspondent, of tho " Sydney Morning Hei-ald • tolograplicd on tho l/Hi inst:—" A fore-and-al'Marge built craft, loaded, stood in close pq Ihp Manning bar about 4.30 p.m. to-day, apparently jusb making the land. It was then ebb tido. When in stays, it could bo scon fcjifit h)]o hailed from Auckland, (W>d M.ttji ») D/.P Qf ]\OV rails and bulwayka wi.ro go^es on tho star-> board Bide, Bho thon boro north." '

The s.s. Tarawera being detained at Wellington by heavy weather, will not arrive here until about 9 o'clock this evening.

Captain Bowden, late of the barque Mina, has been appointed master _of the barque Rebecca, in place of Captain Hopkins.

The schooner Gem, which went ashore in the Waiheke channel during the late gale, has been floated;'and appears to have sustained very little injury.

The s.s. lona, which arrived from Mercury Bay on Saturday evening, brought the following passengers:—-Mrs Parkes, Mir Ware, Mrs Lewis.

Mr Hill, Collector of Customs intends to hold a preliminary enquiry into the strandins of the schooner Julia Pryce on Wednesday next.

The s.s. Chelmsford arrived from East Coast ports on Saturday evening with the following passengers : — Miss MeGeavy, Messrs/Gordon, Bridge, McAllister, Mcintosh, Haney.

The s.s. Clansman arrived from Tauranga early on Sunday morning. Passengers : — Messrs. Smith, Clark, Hazeldean, Maka, Clarke, Harvey, Davis, Tait, Smith, Rogers, French, Jobson, Mesdames Boylan, French, Misses Boylan, and one steerage. _ .