CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1051, 3 May 1865, Page 4

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

May'JJ—Nil,

inwards.

OUTWARDS

fay 2—Nil

JNWAUDS - COASTWISE,

" Tay 2—Gothenburg, s.s., Macirie, master, f m Ilokitika, with passengers and cargo. li >yse, Mudie, and Co, agents.

May 2—Midlothian, 72 tons, Bristow, master, from Molyneux, with cargo. JXilrymple and Co, agents.

May 2—Mount Alexander, A. Bell, from Ilokitika, in ballast. U. Houghton and Co, agents.

OUTWARDS —COASTWISE

May 2—Dolphin, 40 tons, Osborn, master, from Oamaru. Koysu, Mudie, and Co, agents.

IMPORTS.

Per Midlothian, from Molyneux : 4 cases, 1 box drapery, Turnbull ; rs kegs butter, J Ilcid ; 150 bags oats, Lees ; 13 pkgß sundries, order.

The s.s. Queen, from Northern Ports, arrived at G p.m. Her <lat-:-s are—Auckland, 23rd ult ; Wellington, 2!)t!i ult ; and Lytteiton, Ist inst.

Tlic S.s. Omoo sailed from Melbourne for Ilokitika on tho 11th ultimo. At the latter port she remained three days, being fortunate enough to experience, while discharging, un. usually fine weather. Having shipped upwards of 200 passengers and !>BOO ounces of gold, she sailed for Nelson on Saturday, 22nd ultimo ; spoke the Gothenburg on tlio following morning ; mr.de Nelson on the 24th ; after discharging cargo, sailed for Lyttelton, arriving at 8 a.m. on Priday. Sailed thence on Saturday afternoon, and has Rince been baffled by strong S.E. gales. Tho great majority of her passengers came on by her to Otago, many of them being diggers who had given several months' trial to the Ilokitika gold field. The gold she brought to Nelson was for the Banks of New Zealand and New South Wales. The Union Bank forwarded, about the same time, by another vessel, 3200 ounces. A rush had set. in towards the Wanganui River, thirty-seven miles south of the Ilokitika, half-an-ounce to the dish being quoted as the prospects, and it vas intended to despatch the Bruce to that port with passengers. Cargo was offering, but the masters of sailing craft preferred not running the risk until more reliable information was obtained as to the water on ihe bar. The steamer Storm Bird was got off the strand on tho morning of the 22nd. SFhe Nelson, which the shareholders hnd thrown upon the hands of the original trustee com-- "iy, was still on shore, and would have to ) launched over the spit into the river. The brig Cnvigievnr was discharged, but there was a probability that she would never be able to leave tho river. Among the expected arrivals were several cargoes of cattle from Wellington, in addition to some small herds which were coining overland. With the ordinary descriptions of goods, tho markets were described as completely overstocked.

Tho two schooners Mount Alexander and Maid oi Eriu arc both from Hokitikn. The Mount Alexander sailed on tho same day as the Omco, and came south-abont. 03 West Cape she sighted the cutter Fanny and schooner Jane, both from Invercargill. The Maid of Erin is a line new Auckland-built schooner, intended to be added to the tonnago of this port. She came via Cook's Sttaits, and was detained by gales and by patting into Lyttelton, ■where her passengers were landed.

The s.B. Gothenburg, which arrived in the forenoon, sailed from Hokitika on the 27th

nit., five days later than the Omeo. She was also fortunate in having fine weather to discharge cargo and pa«seogers, the sea being perfectly smooth during the three days she lay off the pott. On going ashore from her ! the steamer Bruce, near the entrance of the river, struck a snag, which penetrated one of the plates, when the fore-compartment filled, and the vessel went down by the head. The other compartments, however, remained dry, and her cargo and sheep having been transferred to, the Undine, she was backed on to the beach, and had the injured plate repaired. Unfortunately, during this work, the Undine's boat '.rent adrift. The steamer's boat proceeded to pick her up. but cot capsized among the breakers, and one of the two hands who were pulling, got drowned. At Nelson the Gothenburg landed 10 passengers, and remained one night. At Lyttslton the s.s. Queen had arrived, and from Captain Mackie we have Wellington papers received from her, in addition to Nelson files. About eighteen miles off Akaroa, and steering in that direction, the Gothenburg sighted, on Monday morning, a steamer believed to be the Gs'elong.

Th- fine schooner Can'erbury, recenlly sunk in Port Cooper, has been purchased by Captain Adams, formerly cf the s.s. Favorite, and, on the return of the Lloyd's Herald from the West Coast, steps will be taken to have her raised.'

The ship Mermaid, the last of the wool ships from Lyttelton, cleared at that port on Saturday morning. Some three months ago the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company's new steamer Egmont made her trialtrip in Auckland harbor, and was accepted and approved of for her services by Captain Johnson, Mail Agent, and Mr Aylmer, C.E., Engineering Surveyor to the Marino Board, conditionally that certain alterations were made in her machinery. The steamer was at once sent to Sydney, where the required alterations were made, and while in the dock she underwent a thorough overhaul. A ladies' saloon has been added to the passenger accommodation, and additions and improvements have been effected in the fore cabin. She has returned to Auckland, and during the trip steamed 12 miles an hour.