EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 185, 8 August 1888, Page 4

EXPORTS.

Per brigantine Oamaru : 140,000 feet timber (to be loaded at Mercury Bay).

Per s.s. Te Anau, for Sydney : 2 pianos, 80 iron frames, 10 cases glass, m kegs beet, 27 bales flax, 54 sacks carrots, 820 sacks chaff, 1 case cigars, 40 bundles handles, 93 sacks cocoanuts, 3 sacks peanuts, 1 case beer, 6 bags seed, 11 ponies, 5 mares, 8 horses, 15 cases limejuice, 4 cases eggs, 8 sacks germina, 1 case metal, 5 sacks yams, 4 cases bacon, 27 bales flax, 27 cases butter, 2 cases gum, 250 bags flour, 300 bags sharps, 500 sacks oysters, and sundries.

Inwards Coastwise.—South Carolina, cutter, from Groat Barrier, with 45 tons firewood'; Spitfire, cutter, from Russell, with 54 tons coal; Fawn, cutter, from Russell, 50 tons coal; Jane, cutter, from Mahurangi, with 800 bushels lime ; Mahurangy, cut er, from Matakana, with 30 tous firewood. Outwards Coastwise.—-Violet, cutter, for Thames, with blasting-powder and produce. Outwards Coastwise.— Tamaki, packet, in ballast, for Whangarei; Venus, cutter, in ballast, for Whangarei. H.M.s. Diamond has been recalled from the Australian station. The s.s. Australia left for East Coast ports last evening at C, with general cargo and passengers. The brigantine Ika Vuka was this morning engaged in taking in ballast preparatory to°sailing for Greymouth. The brigantine Borealis sailed yesterday for Mercury Bay, where she is to load with sawn timber for Melbourne. The Lurline, barque, an old New Zealand trader, was put on the Sydney berth ab London last month. The ship Piako was brought up to one of the western tees of the Queen-street Wharf list evening, and this morning commenced to discharge cargo. The s.s. Wellington left last evening for Whangarei with passengers and cargo, and the Staffa also took her departure for Opotiki. Messrs Earp, Gillam and Co., of Newcastle, have to load the barques Loangana and Rebecca, the former for Auckland and the latter for Lyttelton. The s.s, Wairarapa was to-day engaged discharging coal into the Union Co.'s coalhulk Bella Marina ab the Queen-street Wharf. This morning the ship Piako commenced discharging ber cargo ab the Queen-street Wharf.lmd will probably be thus engaged for the next ten days or a fortnight. The fact has been noted that seamen, as a rule, are peculiarly subject to colourblindness. In tests made in the British mercantile marine standard green was produced red in 107 case, out of 189. After discharging coal ab the' Sugar Works the barque Presto was yesterday berthed at the Railway Wharf, where she is engaged putting out the balance of her cargo, consisting of 240 tons bonedust.'

After putting out a quantity of raw sugar at the Sugar Company's wharf yesterday afternoon, the s.s. Wainui left the Queenstreet Wharf for Wellington ab 5 p.m., taking one passenger, Mr Ussher.

Tho following passengers have booked per R.M.s. Oceana, to leave London on the 18th July :—For Taranaki: Mr F. A. Ford. For New Plymouth : Mrs M. Webb. For Wellington: Mi-sGrundy. ForDunedin:Mr and Mrs G. Davis. For Picton : Miss S. Smith. For Invercargill: Mr R. Allen.

Mr Stewart, chief officer of the s.s. Wainui, has temporarily taken the place of Captain Spinks, of the s.s. Southern Cross, and Mr Stewart's place is occupied for the present by Mr Lobb, second officer of the Wainui. Captain Spinks is laid up with sickness.

As usual, a large crowd assembled on the Queen-street Wharf at the departure of the Te Anau for Sydney. The passenger list, which numbered 127 from this port, was given in our last evening's issue. The steamer's cargo included large shipments of chaff, grain, oysters, etc., and a number of horses were also taken for Sydney.

The following passengers left London per s.s. Nelson, for Otago, New Zealand, 23rd June:—First Saloon : Mr C. Frazer, Mr Fred. Worthington. Second Saigon: Mr Percy Hampson, Mr John S. Druce, Mr Thomas Todd. Third Saloon: Mr E. P. Stevens, Mr C. W. Stevens, Mr F. 0. Stevens, Mr James Gibson, Mr James S. Gibson, Miss Harriet Gibson, Mr C. E. Noad.

Says the " Guide " of a recent date :— "In connection with the wreck of tho General Picton, tho wires report that a strong body of police are guarding the wreck from the designs of ' the wreckers.' This savours somewhat ■of the pious labourers along the iron-bound coasts of the old country, who are reported to fervently pray that a ship may be driven ashore before morning."

Says a correspondent of a Sydney exchange : "As matters stand now, San Francisco is little better than a closed port. Added to the Shipping Registry law and the tariff are extortionate harbour and pilot dues, and enormously expensive wharf labour. Stevedores aro paid £1 per day, engineers £14s, carpenters and caulkers £1; and then there is tonnage, which on a vessel as small as 400 tons costs at least £1 each way. The cost of discharging cargo is generally about Is s£d per ton.' 1

, f_p the Marine Court of Inquiry, HongIrong, May Ist, the Board took evidence as to ihacasualtyto the steamer Ashington,and found it was; owing to the ship having' Chinese quartermasters, who put tho helm to starboard instead of port. The captain in his evidence said : " When I got to the ■wheel, which was immediately after the ship had struck, I noticed that one of the cruartermasters seemed as if he was under the influence of opium, and smelled strongly of the drug. My opinion is he had been mnoking opium before going oa watch." .