IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 221, 18 September 1893, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Richmond, from Tahiti and Rarotonga :—3,052 cases oranges, 1,000 bunches bananas, 193 sacks coflee, 131 sacks pearlshell, 60 tons copra, a quantity of fungus, cocoanuts and sundries.

Per Soubbern Cross, from Wellington and East Coast ports:—loo boxes soap, 22 sacks manure, 10 sacks bonedust, 9 barrels coda, 3 sacks hides, and sundries.

Per Mary Hasbrouck, from Now York : —2,040 cases kerosene oil, 10 cases velocipedes, 33 cases handles, 7 cases machinery, 95 caßea chairs, 4 cases stoves, 8 cases rollers, 20 'caaea axes, 5 cases choppers, 4 cases wringers, 22 cases kalsomine, 70 rolls printing paper, 9 cases printing paper, 200 reals barbwire, 200 boxes clothes pins, 21 cases clocks, 4 cases drugs, 75 bundles paper bags, 47 bundles washboards, 8 bundles Bteel, 4 rack sieves, -17 packages lamp and glassware, 37 packages carriageware, 45 packages hardware, 77 packages agricultural goods, 16 packages churns, 125 grindstones, arfd 14 packages sundries.

The four-masted schooner Lady Bowen is now loading ab Sydney for Fiji.

The briganbino Rachel Cohen arrived ab Adelaide on the 7th instant from Hobarb.

The brigantine Sarah and Mary arrived at Lyttelton from Ureymouth on the lOtb insfc.

H.M.B. Riugdove left Rarotonga on the 19th ulb. for Fiji via Ponhryn Island and Samoa.

Tho schooner Clansman tows down to the Thames this evening to load timber. for Lyttelton.

Tho Wellington briganbine Linda Weber was also trading in the group whon the Richmond Bailed.

The Cuthona had not returned to Rarotonga iroin her trading cruise when the Richmond left.

H.M.B. Rapid left- Suva on tho 20bh August for Samoa. She is to return to Fiji in a fow weeks.

At the lateab advice, received via Sydney, the s.s. Poherua waa to have left Suva for this porb on the 16th inst.

At 10 o'clock this morning the b.s. Wairar'apa left Gisborne for this port, and she should thereforo arrive here beforo noon tomorrow.

The topsail schooner Dcnedin, Captain Bergenson, arrived at Napier on the 12th inst. from Dunedin, after a ton days' trip.

The barquentine Grecian Bend, now going td Sydney from Kaipara, loads a back freight either ab Woolgoolga or the Clarence for Nesy Zoaland.

When the Richmond left Rarotonga on the 9fch inst., the schooner Norval was lying there. She is (o tend on tho Richmond, and will remain trading in the group.

On Saturday afternoon the bricantine Defiance sailed for Sydney via Kaipara. She was at anchor under Rangitoto yesterday, owing to the stiff nor'-aaater, bub sailed for her coastal destination this morning-

The four-masted ship p or b Jackson has had the damage sustained by fire at Sydney made E°od in dock, and she 13 now being painted and cloaned. She is expected to go to Newcastle shortly to load for London.

Shortly after noon yesterday tho 8.8. Moa arrived from Napier via East Coast and Bay of Plenty ports with a general cargo. She experienced strong and variable winds and tine weather throughout the trip.

The RiM.s. Miowera arrived ab Sydney on the St.h inab. after her second round trip, which has been a smart one, in tho Canadian mail service. She averaged 14J knots thronghoub the passage. Sbe brought to Australia about 1,000 tons of cargo, innludinf shipments of agricultural machinery, ealmoa, lumber, etc. • Vo^nrdaV morning tho b.s. Southern |J Ba arrived from Wellington-.via-tiK,

usual ports, with a general cargo. She experienced light variable winds to the Easb Cape, thence strong westerly winds to Hick's Bay, where shelter was taken for six hours ; thenco light westerly winds to arrival.

Messrs Donald and Edenborough's smart island packet returned to port yesterday morning from her cruise to the Society and Hervoy Groups, with a full cargo of fruit and produce. She left here ab 1.30 p.m. on tho 22nd August and arrived ab Rurobonga at 6.50 p.m. on the 29th, after a fine woabhor trip. Hence she proceeded through the groups for cargo and returned to Rarotonga lit 6 a.m. on the 9th, finally leaving for this port at 10 p.m. Ligbb variable winds and fine woather were encountered until Friday, tho 15th, when the wind shifted into the S.W. with strong breeze and head sea. The Richmond leaves again for Rarotonga and Tahiti on Thursday.