EXPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 913, 26 August 1868, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Otago, for Melbourne— 2733oz 7dwt 19grg)H. Bank New South Wales; 3800oz gold, Union Bank of Australia.

Th-3 P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Go's s.s. Oiago, W. S. Symon=, R.N.R., command.ii-, lefr Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the 7th irstant, passe I Vovt Phillip Heads at G. 30 p m , and cienro I tho Straits at 4 p m. tho following day. Swan T.-inn-i bo!!"g t lie point of departure. Duiing the fir^t fjtir fluys of the run ac:oss li^'nt easterly we itlier w.is expcriencfd, but as she approached the land the wind increased to a strong gale, tliar. held until her arrival ofi' JJluirJlsirbor sit 8 p.m., on the 12ih. Tho cngined werj f lien cased for the nijtht, and at daylight next morning she ran in and anchored, to lunvc again at 8 p.m. fur Dnucdin, after landing a quantity of cargo iiii'l :i few p.ii-3e;iiji'rs. Early on tho lllh she anchored off Tort Chalmers, di<K.-mb:irkcd a largo o.ir 0 -o and a great many passengers, and put to ben at 5 p.m. o-i the IStb, northward bound. Her next poitof c-'.ll iv.is LjtH'on, vlsurorhn n.vivcd afc iO 30 a.:u on Iho loth, «!id rcui:.inod at her anchor thirty-si* hours, Ending and taking in passengers and cargo, f.-fl Lvt'eHon at 8 p.m. on the 17th, arrived at Vv'< U'mgton :it noon next day ; mad j another start :it 530 p.m. on the 19lh, and entered Poison havea at 10 a.vi. the following duy. Disembarked pa»?cngers and cargo, filled up c ->:il and pul ti> £ea for tho West Coast at l' ) > i>.m , on tho 2lst, rounlol the Sand i-p'.l ut 7 p.m. on the 22nd, having oxpe-neiii-cd thick weather nivl a strong S.W. galo. tUiriiifj hor passige along the coiist. It was still blowing fresh when s!ie nnired in the roadstead, and as the weather was not assuring, she stood to sea for the night, aud run iv and anchored at 8 a.m. next day. Com-

bai, bat On tia' „13^ ;,;o :.i^,.t. .i. .•, a to £rt but to her with Ivlo'bour.h! paso engird and gold. This was all ih-u could be effected on that tide by the tendering steamer, . - n;d tho Otago, therefore, Wl3 pcrfoivo I'o.npcil'd to wait through the n;gh> us -he had tieaiiy oixly pa.ssrni'ers on iioir-l for I In-. p^i'D L'he»e, together with twenty - iliree tons oi' cargo, wore transhipji^il to thu Por-s-evere, ycsti'i'tiyv, md sulely landed by that ve-sel," whilst, Jlie Otu^o got Iht anchor up and shv.med a«ay direct for Melbourne, having ivvciici (3>cy.no:i:h ])asfcL'xijTfti, ai.d g./!d J".0..; Iho a.e.iid t.< Di-|.a1..-h, whi' h '-tu-.e up for thr- purpose. Tlie Otago brought filVy-ix passemfers, including four; ecu Uiiiu- -f, mi. 1 . t>ik iuvsiy si'Wiify pi-scngt-ra from tin ■ port, and tl.iilv— ix iV'Mii Gtvy mouth. Hirgol.i f'rei^lu animinti'd 10 11,100 ounces, y'lij-pt'ii .is fo liiwm — Hokirika: Union Liank, :WjO ozs. ; H.mk ot Ne.v S.-uch Wales, 2330 >•/.- ; G t<;. im-utii: B.mk oi'Ne>v Sour.li Wales, 0 'O'J oz<.; and liio cm-fio si.c collected for Mtlb.uiriic a: ihe vano-is New Zealand ports enumerated above, compribos 2i300 biigj, 56 ball's wool, and 54 packages, ex Puuauia. steamer Kaikoura. We must not omit to mention ihat the West Coast portion of tlie English Panama mail was brought up and delivi red by tlie Otago. To the court -.»?y of her purser, Mr Heb'on, we are indebted for the receipt of full files of Melbourne and New Zealand papurs. Tho tides were at dead neap yesterday, aud the bar in eonsequci.ee hud very little water upon it. This was manifested very plainly when tlio Persevere camo iv with the Otago's passengers, mails and cargo, as despito her light draught she grounded on the bar, and being caught juat then by one or two heavy rollers which wiped her bows off and hove her bodily towards tho beach, she. was placed iv iminont jeopardy of a pile up. That catastrophe was, however, averted by the masterly manner in which the Persevere was handled, and also by the fresh land breeze blowing, which enabled Captain Robertson to use his heod sails to advantage, thereby getting his vessel end on to the channel again. She was then in the deeper water between the bar and tho beach, and a few strokes of tho paddles suflk-cd to place her out of danger, and within the influence of the flood tide which was still running iv with ao:ne rapidity. Tho Persevere reached tho transit shed shortly afuv thne o'clock, and landed passengers and mails. Tlie cargo will be discharged this morning. We see by the Grey " Argus" that, the brigantine Northern Light, from Melbourne, was tovvod into t\u above port mi Monday by the Dispatch. The Northern L'ghfc left Porh Phillip Heada on the 7th, and encountered strongly easterly weather during the ensuing nine days.