CUSTOM HOUSE.

New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume III, Issue 177, 17 September 1842, Page 2

CUSTOM HOUSE.

IMPORTS.

In the "Tobago," from London.— Agent, T. M. 'Machattie. — 54 keg's nails, 10 casks brandy, 17 casks do., 10 hhds. rum, 5 puncheons rum, 16 hhds. beer, 134 boxes soap, 20 boxes starch, 6 tierces tobafceo, 1 'cask, 2 cases glass bottles, 1 puncheon whiskey, 33 cases British goods, 27 do., 14 do., 6 cases do, 1 ,bale do., 1 crate do., 3 cases do., 1 box do.; 28 kegs do., 6 trusses do., 8 cases do., 46 kegs do., 2 bags do., 1 weight d0.,'l cas,e brushes, 1 do. glass beads, 1 case plate glass, Ido. toys, 5 bales sail cloth, 4 cases Foreign goods, 3, casks do., 1 case sugar, 200 cases Geneva, 3 cases sausages, 50 cases beer, John Scott. — 1 qr. cask Cape wine, 1 tierce tobacco, 1 case tools, 1 cask nails, 1 bundle spades, 1 box metal wares, 2 cases harpoons, 13 do. -pickles, 6 cases British goods, 2 trunks, 1 barrel, 8 crates, 1 bale do., 1 coil, 1 case 2 bundles British goods, 29 barrels beef, Ferguson and Co. — 2 casks Spanish wine, 3 do. vinegar, 18 barrels pork, 1 box apparel, 1 case drapery, 2 cases globes, 1 do. glass, 2 do. books, 2 do. apparel, 1 do. apparel and books, 1 seraphiue, 1 case books, 1 do. apparel, 1 desk, 10 casks bottled beer, 17 casks iron, 750 slates, Order..— 4 cases books, BisJiop of New Zealand. — 3 boxes slops, /. Perry.— A casks 2 boxes 1 case 1 bundle British goods, Shevinan.— 2 bundles 5 cases 1 bale British goods, H. Williams.— l box British goods, Hanson and Co. — 1 case ,apparel, Ridgway.-^ cooking stoves', 1 case pipes for do., 23 cases beer, Williams and Co. — 6 casks ink, C. Thomas. — 2 crates earthenware, J. Walls.— l cask sundries, Hawkins. — 2 barrels hawberries, Busby and Co. — 5o bozes had soap, 3 packages groceries, 39 packages blacking, A: Hornbrook. — 1 box apparel, Lakeman. Passengers, cabin. — Susan Downes and child, Charles Thomas, Sarah Thomas, Harriet Thomas, Ann Thomas, Janet Thomas, Charles David Thomas, Messrs. Ferguson, Young, Hornbrook, and O'Neil. Steerage— Mr. and Mrs. M'Lean and child, Miss M'Lean, Messrs. Thomas, Lord, Ling, Perry, Richardson, and Robertson.

Extract from a communication pr^m Capt. Richards, of H.M. 'Colonial brig "Victoria." t -•_ • . -' We. rounded Stephen's Island/ in Blind Bay, on our nway .to&ards. .ifelson Haven, and worked to the southward during. the night, with alight breeze; n-ext ■ morning we'jpassed Cr.uselles Bay, with the wind srbm the Seaward; and when about eigut miles from the Harbour, saw commencement of the Shingle Bank, by'wliich it informed, along which we ran for a distance of one and .a' half ; or;J two 1 miles, anchoring in seven •fathoms'; oiie mile YroW the bar^ when a Pilot camfe onboard,; and took the brig iato Harbour with! 'thVflood titlei ' It is advisable in proceeding to this- Portj to keep the south- eastern shbr«S f bn 'board;, to avoid a sunken rock, which is said fo exist; and of, which the following are supposed to be the bearings and distance*, Xte Entrance , of the harbour, S/by-E. 7-;ttto;6s|' 'White Cliff, W. I^ olll^ " c , t(uld oV^in; rjam' oP-nipi^^^immi maY anchor outside ,the ; .par l w ? h^»!^i^fflSTr r^* 'flje:fourteen l "days that < 9<K c ? th P*' **? extremely fine, VfliCiras blowing hard from the- N. %^^'W^L- l:-}\ v,.« IV'l'.U ,'■!,'

It appears $Jo<-ine, that large .^vessels may go; eithei^n or put ofkthis Harbojiir wi^h perfect safetwby taking theab vantage of, the .proper rime of tjger-^THe^(pss ojf jthe MfeshWjs waf occassraed ,in a &nseqttenc^f dii'e attention 'uoJ^hayjng/Tjeen. paid to this precaution.

The passage is dangerous if a vessel be taken" into it, on leaving the Port, after the ebb-tide has begun to make, but not otherwise. It JLs high .water at.Nelson at 9 o'clock, -full and ■"change. ', : R"ise<and faWbfPftde, 12 feett Depth of '.watet on the bar, in'sjari^g tides, 22 feet.-— Nelson