IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 86, 13 April 1896, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Richmond, from Rarebonga and Tahiti: —612 sacks copra, 2,700 cases oranges, 20 sacka cocoanuts, 800 bunches bananas, 30 casks limejuice, 39 packages mother-of-pftfrl shell, 7 packages vanilla, and sundries. Per Manapouri, from Sydney : 807 bags rics, 273 packages tea, 30 empty hogsbeads, 59 cases brandy, 1.120 bags, 6 cases eugar, 300 bags salt, 322 bags bones, 12 cases whisky, 30 cases sewing machines, and sundries.

The barque Bells haa sailed from Melbourne for Newcastle to load coal for Auckland.

This afternoon the barque Tana com-, pleted he loading for London, and she will probably sail on Wednesday. The schooner Maud Graham arrived at the Tbamas on Saturday evening from Timaru with a cargo of produce.

The s.s. Oceanic, tho well-known White Star Liner, is to be broken up at London, ib having been decided nob to re-engine her.

The e.B. Walhora is expected to leave Gisborne ab 9 o'clock to-nighb, and should arrive ab this port aboub the same time totaocrow. Yesterday the barque Acacia arrived ab Lyttelton from Adventure Bay (Tas.). She Bhips timber ab the Thames for Adelaide on discharge.

The s.s. Chelmsiord, which haa been barfooaod at) Whakatanefor the past week, got oat on Saturday nighb and sailed for Mercury Bay.

A Press Association telegram states that the Mount Sirion, from 'Wellington, and the Waimate, from Lybtelton, arrived in the English Channel oo Saturday,

Shortly after, midnight on Saturday the e.s. Southern (Jroas, under charter to Mr W. Dodge, arrived from Rarotonga and Mangara after an uneventful passage.

The Auckland briganbine Linda Webs* was at Rarotonga when the Richmond left on 6bh April. She was bo leave in a day or two for Auckland, via Palinerafccm and Savage Island.

The 8.8. Manapouri lefb Sydney ab 6.15 p.m. on the Bth insfc., and arrived at Auckland at 6 a.m. to-dayj She experienced lighfe W.S. W. to strong N.E. winde, with heavy swell to North Uape, thence thick rainy weabher.

On Wednesday, March 25th, in lab. 24deg 31min south, long. 164deg 26min weeb the Richmond spoke the British ship Corolla, bound from Newcastle* N.S.W., to Honolulu. 28 days oub. She desired to. be reported " All woll."