THE COUNTESS OF KINTORE.
The fine clipper ship Countess of Kintore cleared at the Customs yesterday, and, should the weather prove favourable, will sail for .London to-day. Besides having on board one of the most valuable cargoes that have left this port for some conpiderablo time back, she also takes a number of passengers, whose names appear in another place ; and under the care of Captain Petherbridge, a gentleman who has always been spoken of in the most flattering terms by all his former passengers, for his untiring attention to their comfort while under his cLarge, we antici pate for them a pleasant, and, we hope, a speedy passage home. The following is the quantity and valuo of the cargo on board :— Gum. Tons cwt. qr. £ s. 3,094 cases and bags—3s7 0 0 11,725 0 Tv bulk — 12 7 3 200 0 Gold. oz. dwt. gr. 12 b0xe5—15,447 IS 12 ... 49,600 0 Silver. 6V.aTs—(4o2lb.) I,SgO 0 Wool. 383balcs-(10,939ib.) 5,014 10 Flax. 775 bales—(B4 tons) 1,86115 Tallow. 35 casks and packages—(lo tons) 256 0 Cocowut Oix. 72-casks— (2,878 gallons) ... 435 0 Coppeh Ore. 359 bags—(los tons) ISS 0 Tow. i 15 bales—(f.ton) 6 0 Cobra. 3(ibai;s--(Utons) 25 0 ' Sundries. 1 case plate 125 0 1 case curiosities 5 0 2 caska ivon^and— (1 ton) ... 50 0 1 caw effects 5 0 Total value £71,043 5
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 4
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224THE COUNTESS OF KINTORE. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4180, 6 January 1871, Page 4
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