IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 290, 21 November 1870, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per iKeera, from Napier: 1100 sheep, Carey ane Gillies. —J. S. Macfai-lane, agent.

Per,schooner Kauri, from Fijis : —3OO lbs. cotton seed,; RjLusk ; 4 cases shells, 100 pine apples, 100 cocoa nuts, Shepherd. —S. W. Hill, agent.

The schooner Meteor arrived in harbour

this morning from Napier via the coast, with ~ t .J99 ',ba'ge woo.l, 198 'bags maize, 9 horses, ■ JQBncilancf; 12'casks ( pork, Penchy. She also passengers- :'. The s.s. Lord Ashley may be expected in harbour from Tauranga, Napier, and the South, to-morrow. The brigantine Flirt arrived, at Lyttelton on the 7th in3t., to;load grain for Auckland. The Margaret Campbell was loading grain

at Oamaru for this port on the 7th inst. r - -i-The Jbcig, Princess, Alice, from Mauritius, 1 hai arrived at Dunedin.'

The clipper schooner Merlin arrived in port on Wednesday, being seven days from Auckland. Tlie Merlin ha 3 been just twenty-eight days absent from Levuka, and brings a full freight and six passengers. Captain Yates reports baring experienced fine southerly winds until Tuesday evening, when he got a strong south-easter, with torrents of rain.— Fiji Times, November 5.

The schooner Golden Isle left Levuka for

Auckland, via Anitaun, on the 27th October. • ,jo?TTie schooner Lulu,= Captain Bergin, sailed sfrom Levuka for Lime, Island.on October 25. The smart schooner Kauri returned from the Fijis on Saturday evening, after another successful voyage. She left Auckland on the 19th October at 11 p.m., with light south wind which continued for two days; got the south-east trades in 30 deg. S., which carried the vesseLto the land. A very thick fog was experienced for three days before, making the land, during which the schooner was placed under easy sail. She arrived at Levuka on the 26th ult. after a good run of nine and a half days. Owing to the very heavy surf on the beach she did not land cargo till the follow-

ing day. On the 7th November was again ready for sea, but at the request of Captain t .,Braund,.'remained till the following day. "Sailed from Levuka at 6.30 p.m., on the Bth, with a light south wind. On the following 1 'and two succeeding days was becalmed in sight of the land. On Saturday, when in latitude 25 deg. south, longitude 146 east, experienced ft heavy thunder, storm, with, lightning, the wind work-

ing all round the compass ; from thence till Wednesday, the 16th, fresh, breezes from east to south-east, with heavy head sea. Made the land of Poor Knights on Thursday night, at 12 p.m., light southerly winds; on Friday night, experienced a strong gale, from the south, -which lasted for twelve hoursj .during which time the jib was blown into' ribbons ; thence to Auckland light east and north-east; •winds, arriving here at 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, after an absence of 28 days from Auckland. Passengers — Messrs. Batement and Lozer, and; 8 shipwrecked seamen of the Albatross. The Auckland schooner Janet Q-rey, Capt. Kean, sailed from Levuka for Tanna on the 25th October. ~-.;, .-. ; The following Auckland vessels were lying at Levuka on the sth instant: —Midnight, Orphpus, Emma, and Merlin. The Emma and Midnight were offered for sale. First Wool 3?ob London from Poet Underwood. —From a telegram received yesterday by the agents of the Firth of Clyde, v/e learn that this vessel has arrived safely at Port Underwood, from Wellington, and the first bale of Wairau produce wa,3 taken from' the cutter Alerb, lying alongside. It is expeected this vessel will sto^w away nearly 3000 bales of wool.— Nelson Examiner; Nov. 10.