IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 168, 16 July 1894, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Upolu, from Lyttelton, Timartt and Gisborne : — 20-4 sacks, 100 halfsacks and 240 quarter-sacks flour, 176 sacks oats, 2,819 sacks wheat, 419 sacks bran, 60 sacka barley, 11 sacks peas, 36 sacka pollard, 10 sacks oatmeal, 11 packages zinc, 2,961 sacks potatoes and sundries. Per Taieri, from Suva ; 1,489 tons raw sugar. H.M.s. Waterwitch will relieve the Egeria on the China aad Australian stations as a surveying vessel. The schooner Spray was berthed ab Queen-sbreet Wharf bo-day, where her main mast was taken out. H.M.e. Orlando left Suva on the evening of the sth iiiab for Tonga and Samoa, bub is to return to Fiji aboub July 21st. Rear-Admiral Bowden-Smith will be Vice-Admiral about the end of the year, when ho vacates his Australian command. The brigantine Linda Weber was discharging her island produce into the ship Euterpe, for London, throughout) the day. Rear-Admiral Cyprian Bridge will likely succeed Rear-Admiral Bowden-Smith, and Rear-Admiral Kawson will have Devonporb Dockyard. The schooner Waiapu, after being detained in porb several days by contrary winds, gob away yesterday morning for Gisborne, via ports. Captain Beaumont, of the Excellent, succeeds Rear-Admiral Bridge as Director of Naval Intelligence, and Capt. Hammill will be appointed to the Excellent. . The schooner Annie Hill, which pat in for shelter on Wednesday last, resumed her voyage for Lyttelton this morning, after being detained here for four days. Thes.E. Southern Cross, from Wellington via way ports, berthed at Queen-street Wharf ao 7.30 p.m. on Saturday evening. She lefb Wellington on the 11th iuub., meeting with fresh easterly and southeast wind and sea as far as the East Cape, thence to arrival light, variable winds, with smooth sea. The e.s. Taieri arrived shorbly after ll j o'clock this morning from Suva, with a cargo of raw sugar. She lefb Suva or the iObh instano, and had fine, calm weather till the 12th, followed by fresh westerly winds and beam seas till passing Mokolurou at 4 a.m. to-day. Theuce tine weather till arrival as above. The Taieri went up to Chelsea to discharge, on the completion, of which she sails, probably for Melbourne. Captain Bernech, late of the s.s. Rotorua, is in command of the Flora. Captain Bwen has taken up his former duties on the Wakatipu, whilst Captain Waller has been transferred from the Wakatipu to the Corinaa. Mr Sadler is purser oi the Flora, and Mr Fletcher, late of the Mawhera, chief steward. Mr Naiamith is now chief steward of the Monewai. Ab 9.30 p.m. on Saturday night, the s.s. Upolu arrived in port irom Lyttelton, Timaru and Gisborne, berthing at the Quay-street Jetty, Hne lefb Lyttclton on the titii, Timaru July 10th, had foreland Itsiaud abeam on the 12th iuet,, and leaving Gisborne on the Friday, arrived aa above, having experienced B.JE. winds and eoa to Gißborne, and moderate easterly winds to the Ease Cape, thence to arrival light westerly winds and fine weather. The latest performance of the Atlantic steamer Campania is wonderful. Time alter time the Cunarder has broken the Atlantic record, and her latest) ruu shows ib to be practicable to do ib in rive and a half days. The exact time occupied was 5 days 12 hours and 7 minutes, which eclipses all records both on the westward and eastward routes. She has done the round voyage in 11 days 1 hour and 30 minutes. Her performance ii equal to 21*28 knots per hour. A good deal has appeared from time to time with regard to a proposed steam service that would connect Tahiti, Karatonga and other groups, with Sydney as headquarters of the service, and with Samoa, to meet the San Francisco mail steamers. An English shipping paper of the 25th ultimo, referring to the undertaking, learns that the Messageries Mantunes Company are about to establish a new line of steamers to New Caledonia, by > the side of the existing line from Sydney. The boats are to touch at Tabibi, the Fiji Islands, and Samoa, and eventually at Tongatabu (Friendly Islands) and a New Zealand port, probably Auckland.