IMPOSTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 394, 29 December 1866, Page 2

IMPOSTS.

Per Storm Bird, from Launceston — 400 ■fcugf. lour, 210 do oats, 180 do bran, 2f>9 do 3ii^H- , 50 ca«cs onions, 200 bags potato 3, 20 cast-;: plums, 2 do saddlery, 5 tons chaff, 5 do Laj, 1G tubs butter, 5 crates geese, 10 qrc**a wine, 12 casea green peas, 20 bags flour, 2.f ac- bran, Royse, liudie and Co. " Per Sarah and Mary, from Melbourne — 1 ran- glass, J. B. Clarke ; 1 case glass, J. : Mauuieu; 17 bundles skirting, 4 do sashes, 80 pieces shelving, 350 do lumber, 10 hhds i *le, 60 cases, order ; 1 case, 1 cask hardware, i J. B. Clarke ; 1 cask zinc, 3 bundles galvanized ; iron, Louttit, Eeid and Co; 20 half-chests < tea, Parsons and Co ; 1 cask zinc, 3 cases galvanized iron, Waller and Craig ; 1 case, i Solomon and Co ; 1 cask, 2 cases, J. B. Clarke; 1 bundle sashes, Cowlishaw and > Plaisted ; 4 kegs nails, 1 case bathbricks, 6 nests tubs. T. Samuels ; 11 cases furniture, 2 ■ boles wool, 1 do hair^Munchhauscn and Meyer; 1 hhd sherry, 4 eases bitters, 1 qr-eask brandy, 3 casks currants, 10 cases sarsapariUa, 2 qr-easks por£. -10 casea claret, 10 br»»~^",' o eases stout, 1 case Testas, 2 do sundries, 2 boxes maizena, 1 do bath-bricks, 1 case castor oil, 1 do groats, 1 do capers, 2do ling, Gk A. Patterson ; 50 halfcheats tea, Anderson &, Mowat ; 160 pkgs sugar, order; 20 casks butter, Churches & Ching ; 10 cases moselle, Cassius & Comiskey ; 14 kegs nails, 3 tubs butter, 20 cases kerosene, 1 case, 1 cask hardware, 1 case bath-bricks, 1 do lamps, 1 do chimneys, 1 cask, R. &T. H&worth ; 5 cases, Susman & Co ; 2 crates earthenware, J. Hirsch ; 6 hhds lime, 14 casks butter, 20 barrels currants, 55 bags salt, 6 cases hams and bacon, Ecclesfield Brothers ; 6 cases galvanized iron, E. Reeves & Co; 15 cases furniture, 2000 bricks, order; 4 tubs butter, Upjohn ; 32^ pkgs sugar, 5 casks peas, 10 do barley, Anderson & Mowat ; 3 cases iron, 1 cask hardware, 1 ca6e glue, 1 bdl bellows, 2 nests tubs, 2 bdls fryingpans, 1 do hoes, 2 bags handles, 7 kegs nails, A. Shaw & Co; 10 chests, 6 boxes blue, 4 caseß mustard, 7 do starch, 2 casks peas, 2 cases tin, 4 do milk, 1 coffee mill, 1 pkg paper, 1 case labels, 2 do presorved meat, 5 cases oil, 1 cask whiting, 1 case sundries, 1 do pickles, 1 do biscuits, Parsons & Co ; 1 leather hose, Grow ;50 cases, W. Johnston ; 10 cases moselle, 30 do claret, 5 coils rope, 3 cases, 1 cask, H. Marks & G<ry ' 130 bags sugar, 2 cases painkiller, 2 do &ap, Morison, Law, & Co; 30 half-cliests ifea, Churches & Ching ; 6 chests tea, Pringljf; 3 qr-casks, 2 hhds brandy, 1 half-tierce tobacco, 1 case curry, 1 do catsup, 4 do pickles,l4 do lobsters, 1 qr-cask rum, 6 cases cheese, 15 do gin, Beal3 Bros. ; 5 tanks, 62 bags sular, 3 pkts hops, Cassius & Co ; 1 bdl, 15 caseslHall & Finlay ; 1 case, 11 pkgs basketware, I pkg paper, J. Hirseh; 1 pkg, 3 kege, P. GriffiA ; 35 bates chaff, 1 cask meal, Ecclesfield Bus. ; 1 case iron, Cowlishaw & Plaisled ; 4 esses galvzd iron, 1 case hardware, 6 bdls sreet iron, 1 case picks, 9 kegs nails, R. & T. Haworth; 234 sheep, Campbell & Co ; 1 case pic«, A. Shaw & Co ; 7 cases, 6 casks, 6 nests tubV 6 boxes pegs, 5 ovens, 6 bdls washboards, I box pins, 13 bdls buckets, 2 do fryingpans, 43 camp ovens, J. Hirsch ; 100 bags flour, An* derson & Mowat; 8 casks glassware, J. 8.1 Clarke; 1 steam engine and fittings, J. D'Arcy 1 & Co ; 3 cases lamps, 1 case looking glass, 3| cases figures, 6 crates, 1 hhd, J. B. Clarke ; I 17 bags salt, 1 bale paper, 10 cases mustard, I 70 bags sugar, Hail & Finlay ; 50 cases stout, 60 do clarot, 337 baga B ugar, 14 bales chaff, Spenco Bros. & Co. Per Airedale, from Nelson, <tc— l case, C. Nightingale; 1 parcel, Lensted ; 1 parcel, Collins ; 1 weighing machine, 1 pillar, 1 plate, 1 parcel, Collector of Customs ; 1 bale, J. Stewart ; 1 bale, J. L. Munson ; 1 parcol| A. Buhi; 4 case?, A. Louisson > 2 pkgs, S.W. Alcorn; 2 bales drapery, order; 28 bales chaff, T. Prißgle ; 1 trunk boots, J. Addie ; 1 trunk boots, Colfar ; 9 pkgs~ boots, M'Beath &, Co ; 3 csbcs drugs, E. Prosser ; BTiftweJ. drum, Hospital ; 1 parcel, Mace & Dixon^ic*ses drapery, Thorn & Bullen ; 10 caskß butter, A. Boyle & Co ; 1 psr~-! M.. Finiay ; 1 parcel, Hospital ; 1 case, 1; >„ > j-i -njaram; 2 bmlea papw, order. Per Lu»i© Colcsejj, froir a* ■-, - ' tons coal, 76 bags eugar, 30 bags \ot J rX. < '-j- - Vu L wgs, 200 tajggJJT cu4o r t,-,a,. fl -.. • «. beans, 6 cbj^^B^SM^ he k l . 5 ,, . cases biaad^, 1 10 dp claret,

20 kegs butter, 10 cases whisky, 81 do onions, 10 do fruit, 6 casks bread, 15 do beer, 43 empty kegs, W. S. Lockhart ; 20 kegs butter, 32 bags onions, 40 do potatos, 8 cases fruit, 18 hhdß eggs, 15 kegs butter, 18 bngß onions, 8 cases fruit, 40 do wine, 1 pel, 20 bags onions, order ; 7 hhds eggs, C. Burkhart ; 20 kegs butter, Hall & Finlay ; 38 casks butter, Spenco Bros. & Co ; 21 kogs butter, 16 cases onions, Anderson & Mowat ; 1 gun. 2 pels, ! W. S. Lockhart. . r"i*erUona,from Jrtji Islands— so,ooo oranges, 50,000 limes, 1000 cockatoos, 80 pigs, 200 pineapples, 200 citrons, a quantity of South i Sea Island curiosities, Carey & Gilles. Per Airedale, for Bluff Harbor and Lyttclton — 2 trunks, A. Louisson. Per Bruce, for Greymouth and Fox's River — For Grey :19 kegs butter, 2 parcels, G. W. Mosa ; 10 bogs potatos, Ross ; 4 cases, 1 box billiard balls, Middleton ; 1 case drapery, Manson & Co ; 1 trunk, 1 case, 1 chair, 1 dressstand, G. W. Moss ; 3 hhds eggs, F. Miller. For Fox's River : I case drapery, 1 parcel, 1 case, order ; 10 cases stout, 2 do bacon, 6 kegs butter, 5 cases wine, 7 bags sugar, 3 kegs nails. 1 case candles, 6 boxes soap, 1 cheese, 7 bags onions, J. Moss ; 3 cases onions, 1 do eggs, 1 do cheese, 3 do claret, 2 kegs butter, 1 case gin, 1 cask sugar, 1 box blue, 1 bag oatmeal, 1 bag barley, 1 case, H. Marks & Co. Each of the harbor steamers received a good share of work yesterday, as there were six Teasels to tow inside, and the s.s. Airedale to be waited upon in the roa'lskad. The latter was attended to by the Yarra, which left the river on the early tide and returned with the Isabella, partly laden with the Airedale's and Claud Hamilton's cargos. At midday she *a,miin ran out with mads and passengers to th\ P. N. Z. boat, and, the transhipment effected, returned to her moorings again. The Challenge brought in the schooner Storm Bird, from Launceston ; Lizzie Coleson, from Sydney ; and Matilda, from Pakihi ; whilst the Lioness secured the brig Rona, from the Fiji Islands, and the John Mitchell, from Fox's River. The channel still keeps a straight course through the bar, on which there was ten feet of water at high tide. A very handsome topsail schooner named the Storm Bird, yesterday arrived in the river from Launceston, and that she is the first vessel which ever cleared out of that port for Hokitika is a circumstance worth recording. The Storm Bird sailed from Launceston wharf at 10 a.m. on the 19th inst., aud passed through Tamar Heads at 4 p.m., the wind then being light and variable, with fine weather. An offing, however, had hardly been gained when the breeze died away, and it was not until 1 a.m., the following day when a S.W. breeze sprung up that she lost sight of the heads, and favored by a freshening gale, cleared the Straits at noon, taking her last departure from Swan Island. During tho first tliree days the wind kept steady and strong from the southward, and the schooner bowled along under double-reefed canvas, making excellent headway. On the fourth day it fell away, and hence to the land light south and S.E. breezes prevailed. Bold Head was sighted on the 27th, and next morning, when some five miles south of this port, she was picked up by the p.s. Challenge, and safely towed across the bar. During the passage the barometer ranged from 29*70 to 30-15. The Storm Bird brings a full cargo, chiefly consisting of colonial produce ; she has also a quantity of live stock. The steamer Bruce arrived in the river, from theßuller and intermediate ports, on early tide yesterday, after an absence of forty hours only, during which thne she twice called at Fox's River, and once at the Buller and Greymouth. She left this port on the 26th inst., at 11.30 a.m., and reached the Grey at 2 p.m., where she lauded and shipped passengers, and left for Fox's at 1.10 a.m the next day ; came to anchor in Woodpecker Bay at 5 a.m., and discharged cargo and passengers, leaving again at 8 a.m., and was moored off Westport by 1 1 a.m. After ridding herself of downward freight, she started on her return at 1.10 p.m., and on;c more rounded-to off Fox's at 4 p.m., where she received on board twenty-five passengers, and then steamed for Hokitika, at 8.45 p.m., arriving in the roadstead at 2.30 a.m. next morning, and crossed the bar at once. Captain Kerley informs us that when the Bruce left the Buller the schooner ExcelBiorwas inside, and hadnearly discharged. The Necromancer and Constance were also moored off the town, the above being the only vessels then in the river. An addition was, however, afterwards made to their number by the arrival of a topsail Rchooncr, which crossed the bar just after the Bruce left. At Fox's River there were but two 'schooners — the Enterprise and Tliree Friends. Our old friend the Lizzie Coleson has once more returned to port, her absence, this time, having extended to a period of thirty-four duys — quite five days beyond the average time of her trips. She, howerer, made a coasting voyage from Sydney to Newcastle for a cargo of coals, which sufficiently accounts for the detention. The Lizzie Coleson sailed from Sydney on the lt)i.h inst. with light westerly winds and fine weather. When clear of the land, the wind became very variable, and during tliesucceeding twentyfour hours veered into N.E., and then round the compass by west to south, where it settled, and freshened into a stiff breeze, keeping steady at from S. by E. to S. by W. until the brigantine was within twenty-four hours' sail jof the New Zealand coast. It then fell light and scant, and the weather came in very thick, which prevented her sighting the land I until woll in to the roadstead, where she dropped anchor on the morning of the 28th, and was towed inside at noon by the p.s. j Challenge. Southerly weather having prevailed during the run, the barometer stood high", fluctuating between 29 - 84 and 30 - 6. The Lizzie Coleson brings a full general cargOj. ■ "'~*"'> N^ r ~~ The brig Rona, bound to this port, saft»d from the Island of Kantava, one of the Fij^ group, on the 16th instant, with light S.E. trades, which failed her altogether when the parallel of 33 degrees south latitude was reached. Calms and light airs then prevailed for a few hours, when the breeze came out of the northward, and during the remainder of the passage kept light and variable. The North Island was not sighted, the first land-fall made being in the vicinity of Fox's River on the 26th, where Captain Hayes landed, the brig in the meantime standing off and on the coast under canvas. After a few hours stay she was headed for Hokitika and anchored in the roadstead on the morning of the 28th. It was not fated, however, that she should remain stationary, as shortly afterwards a smart breeze sprung up from the N.W. sending in a jumping sea, which set the Rona pitching to her anchor, and caused her by a sudden jerk to snap the chain at the hawse pipe. Sail was immediately made and the brig was kept under canvas until noon, when she was fastened to by the Lioness an« Wowed inside. The Rona is partially lo>eued Spiitb Spn. Tfllnnrl proriiif-f;. I' The schooner Malildu mmori frnm — the. Pakihi yesterday, having left the cove on the 25th in&t. Light airs and calms, and a strong northerly current kept her to the north of Fox's River until the 27th, when she was drifted in shore, and compelled to anchor off Fox's to save herself. Lay there until tho following day, and then loft for Hokitika, where she arrived on the 28th, and was towed inside by the Challenge. The Matilda has mado an excellent voyage, "having left Okarita with a full cargo for PaklhV^hich she discharged in one tide, and succeeacd.in getting outside again on the nest. ~""~^^--~_ • Yeetcrdny was \n2uriedTTJy"»cpiaHy, changeable weather. Tv the morning raln-foU..hea-"ri^i^st/ cetts^jL !ia tho sun neared the meft--Jian, Rnd tho bi*ien clouds gave promise of a .-.uc- cucrii-'j l "- "tys, howfuer. was not real-

.-•pj, 03 at t breo o'cu.'k a heavy squall &wept mo f-oiu tho W.S.W. mj^cng another deluge •:>.' rais, which continued urnVJ^r sunset. -when tho wnther partially <*le»red^^^^; r i n ight

the sky was much overcast, and a considerable sea rolled home, indications of a continuance of unsettled weather to-day. We are glad to see tho John Mitchell safe in port, as only the other day it was currently reported that her sailing days were over, owing to tho mishap which popped her ashore on Fox's Eiver beach. She, however, succeeded in getting off again, and sailed for Hokitika on the 27th, arriving the next day.