IMPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 732, 28 January 1868, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Bruce, from Brighton — 2001 ozs 11 dwts 18 grs gold, Bank of New South Wales ; 4 gases, 1 trunk, W. Graham. EXPOET3. Per Bruce, for Westport — 20 cases sareaparilla, Bailie ahd Humphrey. Per Wallaby, for Greymouth &c. — 1 half tierce, 1 qr-tierce, 2 boxes tobacco, Wittkowski; 10 cases jam, Peak ; 30 head cattle, 9 bales hay, Fisher ; 30^bags coke, 1 bag saddles, Bank of New Zealand. For Westport — 1 case glass, Holmes. For Nelson — 2 eases paper collars, Binney. Per Omeo, for Melbourne — 2714 ozs 7dwts 1 gr gold, Bank of New South Wales. Per Lizzie Coleaon, for Sydney. — 1 trunk boots, Bennett; 10 hhds, 1 crate, 1 pkg copper, 2 barrels, 16 kegs, 17 bags zinc, 2 casks lead, 3 cases copper, W. S. Lockhart : 10 kegs, 18 kegs butter, Peak; 2 bag 3, 1 parcel, 1 box, Bank, New South Wales. The P.N.Z. and A R.M. Co.'s s.s. Rangitoto, W. J. Bax, commander, arrived in the roadstead yesterday at 11.30 a.m., and came to an anchor a short distance north of tho bar. Scarcely had the escape pipe commenced vomiting its cloud of steam ere the steamer Favorite run alongside, and proceeded with tho transhipment of the forty passengers and their luggage, brought up by the clipper steamer. It was soon completed, and then the lighter Isabella dropped alongside to receive on board fifty tons of cargo for tho port, part of it original from Melbourne, the remainder having been gathered at the various ports called at by the Rangitoto. A few hours sufficed to complete the delivery, and before sunset last night the Rangitoto wa3 a clear ship, ready for soa, only waiting for tho gold and passengers that are to be taken off to her this morning. -We have received from Mr Adams, the purser, files ot Melbourne and New Zealand papers, and from Captain Bax tho following report of the Rangitoto's passage from Melbourne. Having received on board the New Zealand portion of the English mail via Suez, she cast off from the Sandridge Bay railway pier at 4 p.m. on the 13th inst., and steamed down Port Philip Bay, passing the heads at 8 p.m. with a light breeze from East. The Straits were cleared at 3 p.m. aexfc day, and after a very pleasant passage,

during which light easterly breezes and smooth water prevailed, sho arrived al Bluff Harbor on tho ISth, at 4 p.m. Lay thcro two hours only, and discharged twenty tons of cargo and passengers and mails, then pushed on for Otago, and reached the anchorage off Port Chalmers at 9 a.m. on the 19th, having steamed down in fifteen hours. Lijjht N.E. winds and cloudy weather marked the run. Tho Rangitoto discharged seventy tons of cargo at Duuedin, landed nearly a score of passengers, and shipped 150 tons of coal, and was again ready for sea at 8 p.m. next day, when she left for Lyttelton, carried fresh SW. breezes along tho coast, and reached her destination at noon on the 21st. Disembarked twenty tons of miscellaneous goods, and at 6 p.m. put to sea agaiu, and proceeded to Wellington, where she arrived at 10 a.m. on the 22nd. Fresh W.N.W. winds wore blowing when she crossed Cook's Strait 3. She discharged twenty-four tons of cargo at Wellington, and lay there until 4 p.m. on the 24th, then left for Nelson, and anchored off the Boulder Bank at 6 a.m. next day. Left again at 8 p.m. same day for the West Coast, rounded Cape Farewell against a fresh sotitii breeze, and carried the same to Grcj mouth Roads, where she came to at 9 p.m. on the 26th. Was tendered by tho Persevere next morning, and having received passengers and gold on board, the Rangitoto pushed on for this port, and arrived here a3 above. The reputation of this splendid steamer is so firmly established, that it is almost superfluous to sing her praises in print. Suffice it if we say that sho has again made a I rapid and successful run from Melbourne, and is now on her return to that port, for which her departure direct will positively take placo this morning. She has already secured several passengers and 4000ozs of gold from the Bank I of New Zealand.

The steamers Wallaby and Bruce simultaneously left tho river yesterday, the Wallaby having the lead out. The position of the boats was, however, reversed in less thau ten minutes after their departure, as the Bruce then assumed tho lead, and rapidly increased it as she rail the coast down. Both vessels call at West Coast ports, tho Wallaby being en route for Nelson, whilst the Bruce is doing her usual round.

Tho steamer Omeo sailed for Melbourno at nine o'clock last night, and she took away thirty-five passengers and 300ozs of gold-du&t, shipped by the Bank of New South Wales. The steamer Dispatch, with a good sized brig in tow, waa observed heading for this roadstead, from the westward, at a late hour last evening. The brig is supposed to be the long-overdue Esperanza. The schooner Alice arrived from Pakihi last evening, her passage up the coast having been very much lengthened by au excess of fine weather and strong north currents. The Alicp left is port with a full cargo (including a stem engine on deck) on the 16tb, fetched iuto Pakihi on the 18th, delivered her freight iv good order, and left for this port on Wednesday last. Owing to light weather she was unable to make headway in the right direction, and got drifted away to tho northward of the Steeples, whore anchored to hold her own, on Saturday night; was underweigh again next morning, and managed to work within sight of Hokitika by last evening, when the Lioness picked her up. She brings up a lot of hide 3 aud skins.

The schooner Three Friends returned to the river last evening, per Fox's river, where she delivered iv first-rate order a cargo of miscellaneous goods. She left Fox's on Saturday, but, hindered by light winds and currents, did not pass Greymouth until yesterday evening. Sho was fastened to by the Lioness several miles north, and together with the Alice was towed to tho roads, and to Gibson's Quay when the tido made a little. The smart brigantiue Lizzio Coleson left for Sydney yesterday. She was in ballast, but had booked no fewer than twenty-six passengers. The bar's condition yesterday continued marvellously good, and the port was open to anythiug between a four hundred ton bottom and a washing tub. The harbor steamers ran in and out as they pleased, and several fishing boats again proceeded to the roadstead in search of sport, returning before sunset. At an early hour tho Lioness pushed out aud stoured the oiling m search of inward bounders, but returned iv time to tow out the brigantine Lizzie Coleson before the tide went. In anticipation of tho Rungitoto coining, tho Yarra took out the lighter Isabella, and transhipped a few passengers to the Omeo. She then returned to tho river, and on the first of the evoning's flood transferred another batch of passengers to the Omeo, and ro-er.tered the river by beacon light, with the lighter Isabella behind her. The Isabella has fifty tons of the Rangitoto's cargo on board, which she is discharging at the transit shed. The Lioness remained outride all the aftornoon, aud having picked up the schooners Alice and Three Friends, ran in at übout 8 o'clock and moored for tho night. The Melbourne "Argus'" of the 13th iust, which reached U3 yesterday by tho Rangitoto, contains amongst other items of shipping news, tho arrival of tho 10, schooner ; and Swab. Barr, schooner, from Greymouth. The schooner Mary Oumming, from Warndinbool, had also arrived at Melbourne, and the old Pilot, from Hobart Town. Tlie Pilot was twenty-two days making the passage.