EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 222, 20 September 1888, Page 4

EXPORTS.

"Perß.S. Rotomahana: 9rspackages butter, 50 sacks cocoanuts,,43 cas^s whale oil, 1,033 mats sugar, 126 cases che^e,"ls b»WB flax, 10 kegs' fishf u4o^bags-qiilarte, 380 sacks maize, 9 package 3 ,: machinery, ,25 cases meats, 506 sacks oysters, -, 1,053 pieces.tim?, ber, 25 kegs beef, 1 ■ piand; 4Y coiw ro|iie, 1 horse, 24 cases germinal 3 cases'machines, 1 bag seed, 530 sacks flour, 379 sacks sharps, 500 sack's bran, and sundries.

Per e._s. Tarawera: 105 cases fruit, 275 cases salmon,-87 packages redwood, 60 kegs casings, 50: cases 'salmon,' 12 • cases fruit, 15i mats sugar, ,628 bags ?ugar, 60 cases syrup, .. 937 bags sugarj 00 sacks cocoanutß, 72 boxes wax, 144 bides,' 80 cases oranpe'e/ 167 sacks hidbs, 65 ' bags oysters, 17 boxes fruit; and a iqrge quantity of suiidries..'.' ■■/';:'', ■'.■ ' .■■.; ' '~.: " ' :". '/.','. ■. ■.

Inwakds Coastwise.—Lea,.cutter, from Mangawai, with' kauri gum, hides, etc.; Ghost, scow, from Pakii'i, with logs, This morning at 8 o'clock the s.s. lona left' for the Barrier with passengers and cargo. ' A cable from Capetown says •:*-'? The direct liner, Tongacirosailed for New Zealand on the 14th inst." Yesterday the brig Peerless arrived at the Kaiparal i&eads from' Melbourne. She is to load timber at the VVairoa River. The barque Albert Russell, now loading kauri gum al<. the Kail way Wharf, is expected to be re idy to sail for New York about the end of the present week. 1 ■;■ The • barque; Helen, which, receiitly. left here, is now. lying^ ab Whangarpa, laden wibh timber, awaiting a "favourable' chance to eail for Hobart. The schooner Glencairn is putting oub her cargo of Lytfelton grain with despatch, and Cajjtairi Hutton expacts to get away for the Thameanexfc week. The ship Killocban' is still busily pu ttihg out her.cargo at the, Queen-streef Wharf, and the ship Crusader in taking in kauri ,gam, &c , for London* "A? wire from Russell saye :—" A large English: barque passed, south this morning." This will probably prove to be the barque Clairmon t, which sailed from Jjondon onJunelO. ; ■The brigantino Silver Gloudj which sailed from Newcastle on the ,15 inst., with coal and'general;cargo, is expected to arrive h;or,e,nextweek. She is consigned to Messrs : ,-' Stone "BrosV" ', \ ■■■-:.,:■..' ■'.■■.'■ '■;.■■■ .v, if' The-brigantines Magellan Cloud, Clansman, and Camiile ate expected to arrive in the course of a few day?. The two former "will load timber at Baguall's mill, ahd the Camilla at Bead's mill, Thames, for Queens- ■ ,'., land. :,,::' ';, : i; ,'. : , :'.; ■.:,•■; ';• ~'",," -.'' ', : Early this morning the s.B. lona arrived from Tauranga, Vith cargo and the following ,paßsengers: 7— Judge Rogan, Messrs Galbraith;Xundoni Moss, Eather MahoheVj . and Mifises AVhitcombe (2), Messrs Kirk- , wood, Marltnv, Cooney, Sche^nd (2). The British.Consul at Tahiti thinks, there isa fine opening for a steam service between Tahiti and San. ■Francisco to tiikpV'the pla.ee of the service now being performed by sail? ing-ye.asela. _ The trade, to Now. CAledonia and the New JHebrides with the colonies :ia - referred,tb by "some-of the 'Eriglish 'papers aa , being a good opening for British steamers. - Aitertaking'ln cargo, includinga quantity of sugar from, the S»jgar Works, the 8.8. Tarawera left shprtly afternoon to-day for Melbourne, via the South, with the following passengers :~Mesßra Adams, Moss,' Dunn, Davia, Martin, Hon. AVatorhouse, BFoffmahni A, i r.Hay, J: P. Gholeyer, J. X>aly, Jtfr and JMrs Earlo and 2 children, Mr, and Mrs Hay and "b clnldrorij Misses Godwin, I^irig (2), .and I6.in the steerage. I<as| evening the barque Stavanger was towed into fcho Calliope Graving Dock.for thei jpu:rpo^e of having vepaire effected. Mr George Kiccol, tlie. contractor,.fo/' the disehai'ge ana. storing of; the i' .vessel's cargo 'of guano, Is,, inaking geod pro^ gl^ss with his^wopk^ atid On itis oojiipletiori^ ■Jtbe yrotk o| repairiHg fcfee batque'is bull will be jproceedijd [ iritis? Ifc l« worthy remark

that the Stayafiffß)' is. feliua >Se Jarafc Palling A'casel fd eiifei* feae'new docki .'.,'■!'

.Tliefoiletving sliowe .bhe rekfci vo positions s of Indian'and 'QtutiA'tea "to|)ortß to the colonies. Her- the sake of brevib^ round figures are used. Imports from China, July fco Augusb, 18S8, 11600,0001b8, in 1887. 18,000,0001b in 18.80, 16,700,000. Imports from India May and Juna, 1888, 368,0001b, May to Außiisb inolusivo in 1887, 444,000, corrospondinpr date in 1886, 583,600. •; From the' figures it'will be seen how insignificant) is tha brad© with India as compared with that done with our friends of the Flowery Land.; ■'":'.: '■ >■■ ' ■ :-'■■. ' '■" , ',' , •

.The ship Sil verdale, wbioh haR arrived from Pugob Sound at Melbourne, reports \ that whiie off one"; of the Friendly Islands | the natives came off and informed the cap- i tain thab a yessel :had been wrecked on ! Penrhyn- Islands.' All hands nxi board es- j caped, with1 the exception of'the captain's,, wife,'who was drowned through a boat capsizinj?. The shipwrecked people; were taken to.Tahiti by a French vessel. From! what could be' gathered from the natives ji the vessel wrecked Wab bKe bq. Derby Park, | 1,262. tons; Captain Bbthei'ay, bound ,froni| Pugeb'Sound to Melbourne with a cargo flf'! timber. _' .' ■ , , ' • « , . ' J The departure of.the s.s. Rotomabana for ; Sydney at 5 o'clock last evening was' witnessed by a large crowd of people. The ! steamer took the following passengers :— | Meadameß G. S. Jakins and family (5), | Wrigg, J. Giey, Neville and infant, Mulyay | and infant, Hammond, Swinnerton, Duncan, i Oxley, Holdship, M. Davis, R. Levien, : Williams, Misses "Writrg, Stephenson, ! Milne (2), Swinnerton, Jakins, Rev. Mr Neville, Dr. Hannay, Captains Whitney and Johns, Messrs J, Grey, fly. Lee, A. E. Devore, G. W. Holdship, J.; J. Craig, Duncan,1 Mulvay, H. N. Martin^ F. W. Lally, B. Eve, D. Sheehan, Neville, Ross, Percival, D. Arkell, Kew, W, GO3S, Swinnerton, J. Milne, W. Bailey, fly. Green, I Williams, R. Baunds, W. Paton, H. Phillip- i son, W. Gray, Ewan, and 132 steerage, j also 21 saloon and 17 steerage through from j Southern ports. • V. It seems that it Was one of the officers of the North German "Lloyd steamer- Werra that invented the oil rocket, the tempestsoothing instrument, ho to speak, reference to Which Was made /in the "Guide" columns lately,. The statement that the inventor's employers, the/-.North German Lloyd, had acquired the patent is therefore, explained in a sense.1 In point or superiority over the use of baps of oil slung over the ship's side there is no doubt the rockot is away ahead. Its description will bear /repeating :—On a voyage from New York to Bremen an oil cylinder four inches long, and a diameter of one and seven - eighth inches, was fired at an angle of thirty degrees. It Hew one thonsaud feet in front of the vessel and the cylinder exploded at a height ot-"twenty feet above the Water. The oil was distributed over an area of about 1 thousand feet. Another rocket, a five-inch cylinder, was fired at an elevation of fifteen' degrees in order to make it explode , under water. The feat was accomplished, and the oil rose promptly to the surface, ' and, was distributed over a large area, a.I comparatively smooth sea resulting whero- i ever the oil had spread. Experiments were I also made in the presence of the Imperial ! Commissioner of Bremerhaven. From the i deck of a steimsbip"five large rockets were fired a distance of 1,500 feet and the oil covered an area of 2,000 4 feet.' As soon as the oil had spread the rolling of the eea quieted down. ' ,