DEPARTURES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 135, 9 June 1898, Page 8

DEPARTURES.

MAY,

14—Defiance, brigantine, for Sydney, Via Kaipara.

14—Moana, R.M.S., N. Carey, for Apia, Honolulu, and 'Frisco.

IG—Elingamite, s.s., A. H. Thorpe, for Sydney.

• 17—Vision, brig, Nilsson, for Sydney, via Mercury Bay. 20—Upolu, s.s., N. Beaumont, Tor Suva and T^evuka.

23—Evie Reed, barque, "Whittier, for New York. ■:•'.—'''urawem. s.s.. J. Gibb, for Sydney. 27—Royal Tar, barque, for Melbourne, via the Thames. .

30—St. Kilda, barquentine, White, for Sydney. / 30-Westralia, s.s., P. W. Bull, for Sydney. 31—Kathleen Hilda, barque. A. McKenzie, for Melbourne, via Kopu.

JUNE

2—Star of New Zealand, s.s., G. W Reed, for Bondon, via the South.

2—Taviuni, s.s., R. E. Smith, for Tonga. Samoa, Fiji, and Sydney.

6—Royal Arthur, H.M. first class steel screw cruiser, Rear Admiral H. B. Pearson, for Jervis Bay and Sydney.

6—Mararoa, s.s., E. Phillips, for Sydney

During the last two years the Union Steamship Company spent £450,000 on additions to its fleet. Within that period the Company built live new steamers (the Rakanoa, Hawea, Moana, Waikare and Rotoiti) and purchased three (the Wanaka, Haupiri and Kia Ora), and have two more building, the Mapourika (named after the West Coast lake by Mr Seddon) and the Mokoia (of the Monowai 'class). Two more steamers are to be built shortly, with a view to gradually replacing, by larger, more modern and handsomely-equipped ships, vessels like the Tarawera and Hauroto. It is also in contemplation to substitute within the next 18 months a faster steamer than the Rotomahana.