IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 300, 28 December 1897, Page 4

IMPORTS.

Per barque Lake Erie, from Sharpness TOO tons salt.

Per schooner Marmion, from Noumea:— 30 tons scrap iron. Per Star of Victoria, from London : 1800 lons general merchandise.

Per schooner Huia : 80,000 feet kauri, 20 ions gum, 10 tons scrap iron. Per barque: Woosung, from Sydney and Newcastle :—762 tons of coal, 202 tons of shale, 50 tons tiles.

Per s.s. Anglian, from the South:—6o cases meats, 26 steel sheets, 136 sacks chaff, 14 cases bacon, 50 sacks flour, 18 cases cheese, 9 crates biscuits, 30 sacks oatina, 2G cases pickles, 15 cases 5 octaves cider, 25 cases sheep dip, 12 sacks hides, 3D drums oil, 25 cases machinery, 25 cases tea, 71 pipes, 50 cases matches, 200 sacks manure, 1 case piano, quantity sundries, and 4,297 packages merchandise ex Gothic. Per s.s. Westralia, from Sydney :—lO4 sases brandy, 54 pairs shafts, 75 bags pnions, 30 drums oil, 20 cases oil, 7 casks ,*il, 30 pairs naves, 184 ingots tin, 130 jngots metal, 10 packages steel, 5 steel plates, 3 iron plates, 489 sash weights, |59 tubes, 80 bags sugar, 41 bags pepper, 130 bags rice, 539 bags tapioca, 180 boxes iinplates, 7 crates bottles, 28 slabs marble, $. cases marble, 540 pieces timber, 802 packages tea, 381 cases fruit, 52 bundles rattans, 80 cases starch, 20 bags seed, 32 cases elemes, 37 packages sewing machines, 50 cases beer, 366 rails, 223 bags bottles, 120 bags meal, 25 cases matches, 182 bags bones, 23 bales gambier, 67 eases fcuit, 550 sacks manure, 1,615 sacks bonedust, and quantity of sundries, 120 packages iron.

The s.s. Flora left for East Coast and Southern ports on Saturday afternoon.

The s.s. Hauroto arrived from Wellington and Picton on Saturday evening, after a line passage. The schooner Huia arrived early this morning from the Kaipara. She left Kaipara at 7 p.m. on Thursday last and passed the North Cape at 8 p.m. on Friday. Down the coast light winds were experienced, the vessel arriving as above.

The barque Woosung arrived from Sydney and Newcastle on Saturday with a cargo "of shale and coal. She left Newcastle on the Bth insfc,, and had light easterly winds and smooth seas throughout the voyage. The North Cape was passed on the 23rd inst., the vessel arriving as above.

The schooner Marmion arrived from Noumea on Sunday morning. She sailed from Noumea on the 3rd inst. with a light, S.E. wind, passed Norfolk Island on the 6th, was in the latitude of King Island on 10th, with a light, south-easterly wind, thence strong easterly winds were experienced for eight days ;'from then till arrival in port, light south-east winds and calms prevailed.