EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1898, Page 4

EXPORTS.

Per Alice, barque, fon New York : 6,900 cases and 465 sacks kauri gum, 4 packages and sundries.

The captain of the s.s. Douglas, from Wliangarei, reports sighting a barque becalmed off Kawau last night.

The barqnentine May arrived at the Thames last evening with a cargo of hardwood from the Clarence River.

The auxiliary schooner Aotea sailed early this morning- for East Coast ports and Gisborne with a full general cargo.

The Northern Company's new steamer was taken round to the Queen-street Wharf this morning to have her masts stepped.

The s.s. Hauroto left last evening for Fiji, via Russell, while the s.s. Pukaki took her departure a few hours later, for Newcastle.

The. American barque Alice completed her loading of kauri gum last evening, and this morning took up an anchorage in the stream. She sails for New York with the first-fair wind.

The barque Northern Chief, which has been receiving an overhaul in the Graving Dock during the last few <lays, was floated out this morning, and berthed at the breastwork. She sails hence for the Kaipara, to load timber for an Australian port.

The barque Fido arrived from Newcastle last night, and was towed into port by the tug Admiral. She sailed from the coal port on the 12th instant, with a cargo of coals for the Colonial Sugar Company, and had a fair-weather passage across, light winds-prevailing throughout. The P'ido will discharge at Chelsea, after which she proceeds to Kaipara to load timber for Sydney.