IMPORTS.

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IMPORTS.

(A special charge is.made on consignees' an- -,;..,, nouncements inserted in this ;column.) .;..,.: Per WaUacoj : from Nelson :- 21 'cases 'fruit, , t ., ;# ;2.kegs tl butter, 1 brand.- 2 ! 6ags charco&l, 34 casea,fruiti:9 do, lcaseibobts, 4'caserf '6ggs 2 kegs butter, 4 oases wine, 30 bags oats, I 1 j,. case drapery, ii' i.-i,,i-.;./i' = 1 >i * t - : .-:-.'! > '-' 1 - ,-,'■

;..,.,.- ; The p,s (! Wallace, from Nelson^ abd'WestJi; ;,p.prt. arrivednyesterday morhiiig', l and- a'f^er •a .discharging cargo/- sailed 1 on' the aftei'-iioWs ■ / tide.;. for -Hokitika, .from^whence' shb 'will. J!;! .return; tOrday.- and; be 'despatched 'dh 1 her vihxetum..tripitd:Westport>: : ; - • =; ; r The ss Waipara left yesterday afternoon for Hokitika We regrets learn that inattempting ttilentei-! the Hokitika river yestoiday she got:ashore on the South It; is expected that she will be got. off without .eVintich'diniculty: :iii| -'^^'^r There are now 203 vessels belonging lo the port of Mickland. haying, a,tonnHgo of 10.724;t0n5! and giving empldymentt < crews of over 800 hands.■;L% j^ e i^ ermen . of; Norway carry, iii' their • boata a tube. 3ft or 4ftin length They hnEOD^^a^oSiwd : end in water, and then, looking intently through the glass, they are j enabled to, perceive ten ior fifteen Tathoms debp as distinctly as if they were within a foot of the surface. : So when' they iliscover plenty of fisfi. they surround (them with their large draudjnt nets, 'and often . catch them in hundreds at a haul, which,inlyfeie (if nofr'fdrthese telescopes; ! V?ould freJ>£A u^y! P ro y e ; precarious ; and i unprofitable risning This instrument is not only.usedby the fi-hennen, but is also found in the' navy •i! and coasting vessels. J. !'■• ru"'rr.. -.!■•; ■;'-'. '-'-