IMPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 579, 2 August 1867, Page 4

IMPORTS.

Persevere, from Greymouth — 2 stoves, 3 cases, 2 bales drapery, 3 cases axes, 4 trunks, boote, 10 cases drapery, 1 case shovels, 10 nests tubs, 6 dozen buckets, 2 boilers, 1 case shovels, Royse, Mudie and Co. ; 1 box, Bank of New Zealand. Sea Bird, from Launceston : 659 bags oats, 360 bags potatoes. 252 bags bran, 80 bags flour, 143 bales chaff, 78 tubs butter, 8 cases eggs, 40 coops poultry, 4800 palings, 7 bags, biscuits, Carey and Gilles.

EXPOBTS.

Per Persevere, for Greymouth — 20 cases fruit, Dunning Bros ; 1 bale drapery, Carey and Gilles ; 1 case drugs, E. Prosser ; 5 cases oranges, 1 cask eggs, Dunning Bros. Per Pelorus, for Brighton — 3 casks butter, 4t hf-chests tea, 6 cases kerosene, 1 cask soda, 1 case milk, 1 case, 3 bags sugar, 1 bag handlos, 1 cask barley, l v case lobsters, 2 bdls shovels, 1 bdl picks, 1 case salmon, 20 boxes candles, 5 boxes boap, 5 cases whisky, 5 cases stout, Churches and Ching ; 1 qr-cask vinegar, 3 brls ale, 2 cases bitters, 1 case cocoa, 1 box candles, 1 bag, M'Farlane ; 8 cases kerosene. 1 case ironmongery, 1 cask tacks, 1 case bitters, 3 billies, Ecclesfied ; 4 bales chaff, 100 bags flour, 15 bags potatoes, Churches and Ching ; 27 bags potatoes, Ecelesfield Bros ; 5 boxes so&p, 1 case sauce, 1 case salmon, 1 case peas, M'Farlane ; 6 bags bran, 2 bales chaff, Ecclesfield; 10 caaeß kerosene, 1 boiler, Churches and Co j 26 bags coke, Bank New Zealand j 1 case matches, 8 mats sugar, 1 case, M'Farlane and Co j 8 mats sugar, 1 owe geneva, W.

The clipper schooner Seabird, laden with a foil cargo of Tasmanian produce, was towed Id from the roadstead yesterday by the Challenge. • She left Launceston on the 18th ult., passed Tamar Heads at 9 a.m., and falling in with a Bteady west wind outside, drove clear of the Straits on the following day, her point of departure being Swan Island. Moderate westerly weather prevailed during the pas■age across, which was accomplished in eight days, Bold Head being sighted on the 26th. {The wind then headed her, and she was driven down the coast as far south as Okarita, and there met the first of the south-east gale that blew so heavily during the early part of this week. She has been within sight of this port since Monday, but was unable to fetch the roadstead until yesterday, and then towed in as above related. Captain Walters reports having spoken the schooner Stormbird from Dunedin on Monday afternoon last, when only a few mile 3 distant from the bar. As there were no signs of her yesterday, we suppose she must have been driven off the land by the late gale. The Panama Company's branch mail steamer Airedale is again here on her monthly mission to gather up mails and passengers for transmission to England and America by the Panama route. She arrived in the roadstead yesterday morning, and will sail again this morning at 11 o'clock for Wellington, there to connect with the R.M.S.S. Bakaia, which leaves for Panama on the Bth instant. We understand that several passengers for Southampton and New York have already engaged berths. She will also take away between 4000 and 5000 ounces of gold dust consigned to the Bank of New Zealand in London The Airedale brought round a few passengers from Dunedin. They were landed yesterday by the Yarra. The brig Valiant sailed from Melbourne on the 11th ult., with Bteady N.W. winds, and the following day cleared Bass's Straits. Bain? favored by fresh breezes from north and K.W., sho made a capital run across, sighting Mount Cook on the 18th, and two days later anchored in the roadstead. She remained there twelve days, waiting for a fair opportunity to cross the bar, and yesterday was towed in by the Challenge. The Valiant is laden with a full general cargo. The brigantine Mary Anne, a fine powerfullooking craft, on her first trip to this port, ar-rivedjin-the river yesterday morning from Melbourne. She left that port on the 12th ult., with S.E. winds, which, when she cleared

the heads, veered to west, and carried her clear of the Straits by the 14th. The run across was .marked fey exceedingly fine weather, and tile first glimpse of the New Zealand Ooaßt obtained on the 24th, the roadstead being reached the same day. A bar too shallow for her draught (nine feet) kept her outBide until yesterday, when she was} towed in by the Challenge. The Mary Anne is loaded with general cargo.

We have much pleasure in reporting an excellent channel yesterday, the depth of water on the bar being nine feet six inches, with a fine open entrance to the port. The sea was very smooth. Such a combination of favorable circumstances was made the most of by the harbor boats to clear the roadstead of slapping, and with the greatest success, as, for the firßt time for many weeks, there was not a single sail in sight from the beach last night, excepting the s.s. Airedale, which arrived in the morning. The Challenge made a capital tide's work, by towing in the brig Valiant and brigantines Mary Anne and Sea Bird, and convening to sea the brig Esperanza and schooners Ocean Wave, Bungaree, and Joanna. The little Yarratendered the Airedale, and on her return brought in the lighter Isabella, laden with 144 tons of cargo from the and ßangitoto. ThewrecksFrederic'andOmeo Gratitude have not changed the positions they occupied yesterday morning on the middle bank and North Spit.