IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 240, 9 October 1891, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Mariposa, from San Francisco :—2l packages beans, 31 packages casings, 2 packages candy, 50 cases canned goods, 240 packages fruit, 10 packages leather, 38 packages machinery, 9 packages merchandise, 54 cases onions, lOflasks quicksilver, 2 cases dry goods, 250 cases salmon, 8 cases seeds, 5 barrels wine, and quantity for South and Fiji.

Per Waitangi, from London : — Plain cottons, £.*"00 ; coloured ditto, £200; waterproof and india-rubber goods, £100; hosiery, £100 ; haberdashery, £200 ; apparel, £500 ; carpets and rusrs, £500 : felt hata and caps, £100 ; floor and oilcloth, £380; cotton waste, 4 tons ; vestas, £280 ; agricultural machinery, etc., £400; rails and general machinery, £200 ; paper, 1,633cwb ; upholstery, £140 ; iron bedsteads, £140 ; stationery, £820; brushware, £130; paperhangings, £100; toys, £70 ; pianos, £320 ; manure, 208 tons; cartridges and dynamite, £500 ; gunpowder, 182cwt; safety fuse, £60; hardware and cutlery, £2,500 ; iron, 178 tons ; sheet lead, 4 tons ; yellow mebal, 4 tons; copper, 1 ton; tin plates, 282 boxes; zinc, 8 tons ; iron nails, 44 tons; wire, 54 tons; wire netting, 3 tons; linseed oil, 5,190 gals. ; rape oil, 80 gals.; varnish, £100 ; paint colours, £740 ; china and earthenware, £1,340 ; canvas, £230; cement, 500 barrels ; spirits, 3,630 gala. ; white wine, 840 gals. ; glass beer, 112 barrels ; fish, £140 ; vinegar, 1,620 gals. ; cocoa and chocolate, 73 cwt. ; Bait, 120 tons ; soda. 14 tons ; candles, 16 cwt; soap, 21 cwb. ; currants, 100 cwt. ; treacle, 20 cwt; arsenic, 3 tons ; apothecary ware, £300; and sundries. Total declared value of cargo, £21,900. The s.s. Manapouri lefb Sydney yesterday for Auckland. The barque Himalaya hauled out into the stream this morning, in readiness to sail for Timaru with part cargo from London. The barque George Manson, from Newcastle to San Francisco, which was spoken by the Jubilee on Saturday dismasted, has returned to Sydney safely. The next steamer of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line to arrive here from London will be the s.s. Duke of Buckingham, of the Chartered Duke fleet. She is due aboub the 20th inst., with part cargo, and will load some outward freight here. The s.s. Ovalau with passengers and periodicals ex R.M.s. Kaikoura from London arrived at 8 a.m. bo-day from Wellington. She leaves for Fiji on Sunday. Passengers :—Mr and Mrs Harrison, Misses Harrison (2), Mr Holloway, 15 steerage. For Suva : Saloon, Mr E. A. Sleigh.