EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 138, 12 June 1888, Page 4

EXPORTS.

Per R.M.s. Arawa : 558 cases kauri gum, 200 cases preserved meats, 25 bales wool, 23 packages sundries. Per brigantine Lookout, to be loaded at Mercury Bay : 70,000 feet dressed timber, 21,000 feet rough timber.

Inwards Coastwise. —Four Sisters, cutter from Whangarei, with 600 bushels lime : Jane, cutter, from Mahurangi, with 800 bushel? lime ; Hetty White, cutter.from Waiheke with 40 tons firewood ; Lake St. Clare, scow, with 25 tons stone from the Tamaki ; Lark, cutter, from Waiheke, with 20 tons firewood; Evening Star, cutter, from Mahurangi, with 500 bushels lime ; Gannet, cutter,- from Waiheke, with 437 bundles titree fascines ; Petrel, cutter, from Whangarei, with 43 tons coal; Tokeran, cutter, from Bay of Plenty with 140 sacks gum and 15 hides.

Outwards Coastwise.—Waiapu, scow,in ballast for Mangawai; Lizette, ketch in ballast for Whangarei.

Tho ketch Violet left for the Thames yesterday with a large cargo of grain, flour, potatoes, and coal.

The schooner Agnes Donald arrived yesterday with 100 tons coal from Russell, and is discharging at the Railway Wharf.

The barque Marie Lanre has bsen fixed to load at the Bluff. She left at nine o'clock this morning in tow of the Awhina.

The s.s. Australia was taking in a quan" tity of sugar at Chelsea this morning. She leaves this evening for Wellington and East Coast ports.

The reason why the ship Lady Jocelyn has been once more placed on berth for Home is tho loss of the vessels May Queen and Pleione so close together. The demands for space in the vessels of tbe Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's line have necessitated her being onco more sent iround the world.

The London Salvage Association has joined the Underwriters' Association in the work of getting the Pleione and the barque ■Weathersfield off the beach near Otaki, and a gentleman representing- tho former company will shortly arrive in the colony to take steps on their behalf.

Mr Tickle, late chief officer of the steamer Pukaki, and Mr Colquhoun, late chief officer of the steamer Rotomahana, have been appointed lieutenants in the Victorian Navy. There were three vacancies for the positions, two of them being filled by these officers, which speaks well of the Union Company's servants, the other vacancy being filled by an officer of the P. and O. Company. •

The schooner Glencairn, that arrived at Port Chalmers from Whangaroa last week with a cargo of timber, had a very rough passage down the coast of the South Island. Twice she was compelled to run for shelter to O'Kane Bay, where she anchored for three days. After leaving dirty weather was also experienced.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whangarei last evening with a general cargo comprising 150 sacks lime, 140 sacks oysters, 80 sacks "gum, and the following passengers: Messrs Storey and. family, McLeod, Plaw, Meldrum, French, Rutherford, Morgan, McLean, McGregor, Easthorpe, McKenzie, Lincoln, Alclerton, Newbold, Jones, Young, Eiddle, Gorrie, Meldrum, Bedlington, Galbraith, Spence, Pratt, Nobles, Turner, Rawn3ley, Turner, Donaldson, Harnett, Butler, Clendon, Hughes, Native, Irving, Jones, Brown, Mesdames Wilson, McMillan, McDonald, Day, Mis 3 Clendon, Masters Blagrove (3), and 10 steerage.

The launching of the second half of the Atlas Eloating Dock at Sydney took place on 26th May last. , Tho first half, was completed and launched a few months ago. The dock, which is a floating one, and can be removed to any part of the harbour, is the third of its kind existing in the world, and the only one in the Australian colonies. The two pieces of -which the dock is composed are each 120 feet in length, and have six pontoons in each part. Each half forms a perfect dock, but when the two are connected they are capable of lifting a vessel of 3,500 tons in half an hour.

The "Shipping Guide" of the Ist inst. has the following with reference to trade at Newcastle, New South Wales, In these all absorbing Chinese days it is a relief to turn to the otherwise dull, matter-of-fact affairs of our coal industry. There is, however, just now a special and peculial charm in cogitating over not " the situation of the Danube," but the forest of masts which at this moment fills the great coal intrepot of the South Pacific. , There are, or were on Tuesday, more ships in harbour there than were ever known in the not unimportant history of Newcastle. The aggregate tonnage is at this moment in round figures 80,000 tons, and what is still more gratifying, if possible, is the fact that the Outlook for a continuance of this business is all that could be desired, even by the most pronounced and enthusiaitac denizen of the great coal port.

The schooner Daisy, Captain R. Watt, arrived in port from Vavau yesterday afternoon with a cargo of island produce and one passenger, Mr Wright. The Captain reports of the round passage :—The Daisy left Auckland on March 10th for Vavau, arriving there on the 30th, having experienced very unsettled weather after entering the tropics. She sailed from thab port on April 3rd, and after visiting Samoa, Niue, and KeppePs Island, returned to Vavau. She discharged a load of copra there, and loaded oranges for Auckland, for which place she sailed on the 29th May. Northerly winds and rainy weather were experieneea till reaching 27' S. and 179- E., thence variable' Winds and weather prevailed till within 150 miles of the New Zealand coast, when the wind set in from the South, blowing strong at times. Cape Brett was made on the morning of the 10th instant, and the vessel had light S.W. winds along the coast,till arrival.