PORT OF KAIAPOI.

Press, Volume VIII, Issue 929, 30 October 1865, Page 2

PORT OF KAIAPOI.

October 28. AKTUVET*. Annie, ketch, Sinclair, from Lyttelton. IMPORTS. Per Annie 132 coils wire, 60 bundles shingles ' 83 coils wire, 5 bales woolpacks, 4 bundles baskets, Birch and Co; 1 case chain, 3 bandies ; j scythes, Newnhnm and Buddie j 28 mats sugar, 3 chests tea, 6 half-hhds vinegar, 4 boxes candles, 1 case salad oil, 5 casks soda, 1 do paint, 2 cases red herrings, 5 do glass, 1 do pipes, 1 cask ruddle, 1 do hardware, 1 do white lead, 1 "do putty, order. The S.S.N. Co.'c p.s. Geelong arrived in Lyttelton on the afternoon of the 28fch instant. She left Dunedin on the 25th, having called in at all the intermediate ports. She experienced T«?rjN severe weather on the passage, at times * the sea baving'iriade a clean breach over her decks; she also experienced a very heavy snow storm. Panama Boats cueling at Tahiti.—Mr. Wilkens, a gentleman deputed by the French Government to come to New Zealand for the purpose of ascertain in g wh ether arrangements can be made to get the Panama steamers to call at Tahiti, was a passenger by the s.s. Tararua, from Sydney, on Sunday last, and has had an interview with Captain Vine Hall, the Manager of the P.N Z. and A.R.M. Company and the Postal Committee, in connection with the matter. Hβ was tbe bearer of letters to his Excellency Sir George Grey from M le Comte de In Eonciere, the Governor of Tahiti, and also to Captain Vine Hall. We understand that the substance of the proposal is, that the boats should call at Tahiti going; and coining:, and for this the Government were prepared to pay the sum of £4000 annually Mr. Wilkens, having communicated with Caplain Sail, was referred ~to the Postal Committee, then sitting, and we believe that he mis then requested to submit the proposal in writiiig to the Government of this colony- - From what we can learn with refereuce to the subject, the steamers calling at Tahiti would confer many conveniences upon travellers, not the lea«t of which would be, that by that means a half-way resting place would be obtained, and travellers would be ennbled to get on shore for the purpose of recreation. —" Wellington Advertiser/* ;