QUARTERLY SHIPPING RETURNS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1903, Page 4

QUARTERLY SHIPPING RETURNS.

The nnarterly shipping returns ior tne period Sng Ma«h 31st last have been compiled by the Customs as undoi.— C The number of vessels entered inwards was 55, of 10-1,852 tons, with «« to crews Of these OS vessels of t»5,4.-,8 tons were steamers, and 17 of 6414 sailing yesJell. Six steamers of 21,457 tons, Withi 864 men as crews, were from the *£**£% dom- 1 sailing vessel of 4>..S ton*, with t> m» ne crew, from Victoria; 1S of 41 <)04 tons with 1765 men as crews, ami 19 sailing vessels of 3901 tons, with 115 mon as from New South Wales; 4 steamers of 4795 tons, with 165 men as crew*. from Fiji; 2 steamers of 7122 tons, with.l4o men as crews, from Bengal; 2 sailers ot UK) tons, with 23 men as crews, from Capetown; 5 steamers of 19,280 tons, with b.04 men as crews, and 1 sailer of 690 tons, with 15 men as crews, from United States or America; 1 sailer of 149 tons, with 7 men as crew, and S steamers of 3740 tons, with 137 men as crews, from Friendly Islands. The clearances totalled 47 vessels of iV 752 tons, 31 of 70,012 being steamers, and 16 of Sl4O sailers. Three sailers of 3029 tons and 1 steamer of 4170 tons were despatched to the United Kingdom; 2 sailers of 989 tons to Victoria; 18 steamers of 39,----733 tons, and 1 sailer of 1955 tons to New South Wales; 4 steamess of 4707 tons, and 1 sailer of 45S tons to Fiji Islands; 1 sailer of ?03 tons to Norfolk Island; 5 steamers of 10 320 tons, and 2 sailers of 1474 tons to United States of America; 2 steamers of L'5(M tons to Friendly Islands; 1 steamer of 118 tons to Sandwich Island.

The nationalities of vessels entering were shown as follows: United Kingdom, 7 steamers; Colonial, 21 steamers and 15 sailers; American, 10 steamers; German, 2 sailers. The returns lor the corresponding period last year were: Entered inwards, 65 vessels of 125,454 tons, representing 47 steamers of 118,801 tons, and IS sailers of 6593 tons. The clearances were' 49 vessels of 77,724 tons, made up as follows: 35 steamers of 71.571 tons, and 14 sailers of 6153 tons. In addition to the above a return has been compiled showing that 3 steamers of 2301 tons entered from the Cook Islands, and 3 steamers of 2444 tons cleared for the Cook Islands, and 1 sailer of 149 tons for Niue.