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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7922, 29 January 1904, Page 3

The schooner Falcon sailed from the stream for Havelock early this morning. The. s.s. Corinna left for Wellington, Nel- ; son and New Plymouth at noon to-day. j To-day the s.s. Manuka arrived from Syd- : ney via Wellington at 6.50 a.m., the _.s., Rotomahana from Wellington at 8 a.m., the s.s. Warrimoo from Melbourno via southern ports at 8.25 a.m., and the s.s. Whangape fror-t Newcastle at 12.45 p.m. The Auckland " Herald" states that the barquentine Benicia, from Eureka, now atAuckland, bas a cargo of 641,000 ft of redwood timber. Sho is to (come to Wellington and Lyttelton. The Wellington "Post" states that Captain Smith, who had charge of the schooner Jessie Nicoll, has shipped on the dredge Rubi Seddon as mate for tho run down to Westport. Respecting the portion of the fruit cargo brought from Fiji by the steamer Rotokirio, which was condemned by the Health Department at Wellington, the *; Post" states that * the steamers Penguin, Rotoiti and Mararoa, which left port on Wednesday night, took some 820 cases to be thrown overboard in Cook Strait. The balanoe was taken out last night by the Roiomahan^. - : 'A return of imports and exports for the port of Timaru for 1903, published in an exchange, gives the following figures:—lmports —General merchandise 17,587 tons, timber 485,000 superficial feet, coal 33.033 tons. Exports—General merchandise 612 tons, wool 35,987 tons, skins 215 bales,' hides 2000, wheat 77,527 sacks, oats 404,705 sacks, barley 5442 sacks, flour 123,108 sacks, oatmeal 3400 sacks, bran and sharps 64,817 sacks, potatoes 18,717 Backs, tallow 1907 tons, preserved meats 2342 cases, grass seed 774 sacks, chaff 12,236 sacks, frozen mutton 657,604 carcases, hay and straw 605 tons, pelts 188 tons, flax 711 bales. A general idea of the strides made in this port of late years can be gained by a comparison of the figures for 1893, which were as follow: —Imports—General- merchandise 9689 tons, timber 1,669 509 ft, coal 19.393 tons. ExportsGeneral merchandise 708 tons, wool 30.713 bales, skins 27 bales, bides'l964 bales, wheat > 256 214 sacks, oats 48,869 sacks, bar- j ley 1243 sacks, flour 110,134 sacks,; batraeal ' 3256 sacks, bran and ■ sharps , 39.124 sacks, potatoes 23,837 sacks, tai- j low 535 tons, preserved meats Sl cases, grass < Beed 812 sacks, chaff 1997 sacks, .frozen mutton 121,582 carcases, hay and straw 198 tons, pelts 203 tons. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ' ' * POUTO. January 29. .Sailed—Hinemoa, s.s., for Onehunga.