IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 47, 25 February 1895, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Richmond from Tahiti and Rarotonga : 200 tons CQpra, 106 gaeke coffee, 14 bales Cotton, 5p crtske limejuice, 51 tins • " tleseicated cocoanuts, 1,600 cases oranges, . 1,100 bunches bapanae, 32 sacks cOQoanuts, ■ and sundries. Pel- Te Upoko Enua, from Rarotonga: SO tons ccpra, 10. crates oranges; Per Tarawera from Sydney : 1,000 bags rjee, 2,200 bags ealt. 389"packages tea'^s.o " CBBOB wax vestas, 182 ingots tin, 247:baJ2:8; bones, SSO .bag* boneduab, 100 packages > fruit, 548 baj/s tapioca, 115 cases wines and spirits arid sundries, y : ■:.The^.echooner Gisborne left pn Saturday ev|niiig fqrJJoromandel, Mercury Bay and Dunedin. ';*' The s.s. Manapouri, from Che South, : should arrive at this port about 8 o'clock '' to-mpvr,ow morning. . , v The Californian brigahtine Galilee, which j has for some time been a regular trader ] v between San Francisco and Tahiti, will ( ,* visits Auckland shortly. . \'l '.'■ < L .; The Auckland schooner Tore* lefb Raro" I Ipnga oa February J3th for & cruis^' §h8 1 c

is to come on to Auckland in about three months' time for overhaul and repairs. ,

The three-masted schooner Lark, of 197 tons, which has been engaged in the trade between Sydney and the islands, was sold the other day to Mr H. Howard for £900.

The British warship Hyacinth; Captain H. J. May, arrived at Tahiti from Honolulu about the 10th January. Afber a stay of about ten days she left for Marquesas.

The barque Natal Queen sailed on Saturday from Bagnall'B Mill, Turua, for Melbourne, and the schooner Clansman left ,Kopu the same morning for Warrnambool v(S).

The native schooner Te Upokoenua arrived yesterday morning from Raroronga, with Island produce. She left on the 7th instanb, and meb with fine weather and variable winds.

The barquentine Silver Cloud, 16 days oub from Newcastle to this port with coals, was passed on the cpasb last evening by the s.s. Tarawera, which arrived this morning from Sydney. *

The brigantine Linda Weber arrived at Rarptonga from Auckland on Tuesday, February s,bh, and left again on February lObh for a cruise round the Group. She may be expected back at) this port about the first week in April. ■'■'■'

The sis. Richmond arrived ab 7.30 o'clock yesterday morning from the round trip to Rarotonga and Tahiti. She discharged and loaded in the Islands,leaving Rarotonga for Auckland finally on the 17th insb. The paseage was a tine one, the Richmond berthing ab the Railway Wharf as'above.

Ab 7.30 rfclock this morning, the b.s. Tarawera arrived from Sydney. The purser, Mr A. G. Tubby, to whom we are indebted for files, reports that she lefb Margaret-street Wharf at 4.30 p.m. on the 20^h insfc., passed the Heads at 5.15 p.m., sighted the Three Kingrs at 9 a.m. on 24th, and arrived as above, having experienced fine, bright weather with moderate south* east winds, throughout.

The topsail schooner Huia, recently built by Mr Barbour, of Aratapu, for Messrs Mitchelson Bros., at a cost of about £4,000, arrived in porb this morning with a cargo of coal for the Devonporb Ferry Company, The schooner made a somewhab lengthy passage of 16 days, owing to meeting contrary winds. The vessel, a full description of which appeared some months ago in these columns, is commanded by Captain McKenzie, late of the barque Vivid. On discharge she leaves for the Kaipara to load for Sydney.

Early yesberday morning the Norwegian barque Prospect, from Tonga, was bowed into port by the p.a. Eagle. The barque, which was considerably damaged through going ashore ab Tonga some libble while back, waß temporarily repaired ab Nukualofa, and comes bo this port) for thorough repairs and overhauling. She left Tonga on bbc Bth instant, and when five days oub meb a strong norbh-easb gale, and again, when off the North Cape a heavy gale, lasting two days, was encountered. The barqua anchored inside Tiri on Friday night, and was towed into port as above.. The Prospect visited this porb several years ago, loading with gum and flax for New York.