EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 280, 26 September 1894, Page 4

EXPORTS.

Per. Talune, for Sydney :— 82 cases kauri gum, 100 balos flax, 175 sacks oysters, 17 cases meats, 3 Bnckß coffee, 100 bags sawdust, 50 doors, 20 bales and 74 baga fungus, 4 boxes ferns, 14 bundles sacka, 71 packages merry-go-round, and sundries. Per Richmond, for Rarotonga and Tahiti:—s7 caseH meats, 26 bars iron, 61 kegs beef, 254 cases kerosene, 260 halfboxes soap, 53 bags rice, 10 cases spirits, 70 bags and 10 boxes sugar, 40 crates biscuits, 12 cases jams, 18 cases sardines, 5 boxes soap, 10 boxes butter, 8 sacks oysters, 75 cases beef, 6 cases milk, 10 barrels pork, 60 bundles sacks, 26 bars iron, 20 cases galvanised iron, 25 cases Balm'on,~"3s sacks flour, 6 tanks, 50 sheep, 60 tins ca.bin bread, 1,480 bundles shooks, 30 sacks produce, 6 cases tea, 6 packages torpedo ventilation, 933 pieces timber, HO church seats, and large general cargo.

The s.a. Talune left last evening for Sydney. . ■.■."■'■ .;..;■■. ■; . ' ','. ; The Dingadee and Australia now take up the East) Coast weekly Ber?ic*,

The schooner Waiwera ia taking in timber at the Quay-street Jetty for Tonga, and will sail at the end of tihe'week.

i The 3.5. Rose Casey is running to Coromandel at present, owing to the s.s. Gotomandel being laid up for inspection. The s.B. Richmond sailed shortly after 1.30 o'clock this afternoon for Rarotonga and Tahiti on her usual monthly cruise. The s.s, Rotomahana lefb Sydney last evening for this port, and may be expected to pub in an appearance here on Saturday night. ■;'' "!'■' ' After a fair passage of 104 days from this port, the barque Edward L. "Mayberry arrived at New York' on Monday with general cargo. ,;"..'.' A bottle message was picked up at the Kaipara the other day, which ran: "S.sr Ruapehu, 44 days out from London, November 2, 18yS." ... The topsail schooner Welcome, Capt. Schulbze, has been expected to put in an appearance from the islands for some weeks past and may at any time be looked for. Two topsail schooners passed Russell' South yesterday. No vessels, of this rig bound for Auckland being likely to pass Russell, their destination waa probably Napier; The barque Rangitiki, now 131 days out from this porb to London with general cargo, according to a cable received: by the New Zealand Shipping Company. yesterday, was spoken on the Bth. ult. in the Southern Ocean, " All well." Competition on the trans ■ Atlantic steamers has reduced the steerage fare from New.York to any part of England or the Continent to 810 each. The rush of passengers is so great that all tbe steamers are overcrowded, and tbe number who are awaiting their turua to go was increasing at the latest daces. Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co., the loca 1 agents for the lonic, inform us that the" Auckland paaaengera by the steamer, and also the cargo, arrive in Auckland on Monday next by the Tarawera and Australia, while the periodicals will come to hand by the Takapuna, due on Saturday nighb at the Manukau. ..? ' The Mexican Government has signed a contract with M. Eliseo Julio for the creation of two lines of steamers, to commence business in two years' time. One line (with three boats) will run between Mexican Gulf ports .with privilege of extension to the United States and»Europe, and the other (also with three boats) will run between ports of the Pacific, and can be extended to United States and Central American ports. ■■»...

The s.B. Southern Cross from Wellington, via ports, arrived about 7 o'clock last evening. The steamer left Wellington atinidnighb on the 20th insb., and experienced fresh variable winds and smooth sea throughout the trip. It is the last time we will see the Southern Cross at this port for some time, for on return to Wellington she will be taken over by Messrs Levin and Co., having been chartered by them to replace the steamer Kiwi. ; A Scotch shipowner writes to a Liverpool paper, complaining that the pilotage charges ab Newcastle, Australia, are simply monstrous considering the services rendered, and far exceed anything ot the kind of which bo has any experience. He says : To-day I have received the disbursement account of a 2,000 register ship, which recently arrived ab Newcastle in ballast and left loaded with coal, and h'nd that the charge for pilotage was as follows: Inwards, £33 8a 4d; outwards, £33 8s 4d; shifting iw harbour, £1S: total, £84 10s Bdi Ce-isferasb this with what was paid ab Liverpool for the same ship under exactly Eimilar conditions as to" towage, ballast and'Cargoj Inwards, £3 16s ; outwards, £4 63 : total, £8 2s.