IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 661, 14 April 1870, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Magnet, from Melbourne : 50 cases stout, 84 do kerosene, 5 do sauce, 40 do geueva, 10 bags salt, 2 cases lemon peel, 50 do brandy, 10 kegs herrings, 8 boxes tobacco, 10 qrs brandy, 10 qrs wine, Kennedy Bros. ; 5 pockets hops, 5 tanks malt, 72 bags do, M'Carthy and Co; 42 bags salt, 269 mats ' sugar, 25 boxes raisins, 20 bags rice, 10 cases jams, 15 do vinegar, 1 case confectionery, 5 do vestas, 3 do cocoa, 4 do starch, 30 halfcheats tea, 3 cases salad oil, 5 qrs port, 5 do sherry, 40 cases gene.va, 50 do brandy, 50 do claret, 10 do moselle, 422 bags flour, 6 bags seeds, 30 cases jams, 40 boxes soap, 1 case shovels, 15 chests candles, 70 mats sugar, 8 packages do, 180 mats do, 2 bales paper bags, lr bag corks, 8 do guano, 2 cases biscuits,' Kennedy Bros.; 3 half-chesta, 1 chest, 7 boxes tea, 28 bags sugar, 50 boxes candles, 1 package oysters, 8 cases milk, 3 do lobsters,- 2 do salad oil, 20 boxe3 soap, 3 cases pickles, 1 cask beans. C. Woolcock aud Co ; 2 cases sardines, 20 do kerosene, 7do milk, 20 do geneva, 5 do lobsters, 3 qrs brandy, 5 bags salt, 1 pkg oysters, 4 boxes stout, 1 case colza oil, 5 coses pickles, 5 casks soda crystals, 1 case anchovies, 1 do red cabbage, E. De Costa and Co ; 1 cask, 6 cases, 2 packages, 2 casks chain, 1 do covers, 4 bundles ovens, 6 kegs nails', 15 bundles buckets, 2 cases, 3 hand-trucks, 2 packages wheels, 2 ploughs, 1 chnffcuttei , 1 package boxes, 1 weight, 48 sash weights, Forsyth and Masters ; 3 cases drapery, 1 trunk boots, Thompson, Smith and Barclay ; 2 qr-tierces, 2 cases tobacco, 2 do pipes, A. M. Hunter ; 50 bags flour, 100 half do, 10 boxes oysters, 10 cases jams, 3 cases marmalade, 5 do lobsters, 4do pickles, 1 do pills, 3 casks salt, 6 cases oil, 3 do vestas, 11 boxes tea, 3 cases sundries, 3 do glass, 3 nests tubs, 2 cases handles, I do tacks, 1 do saws, 1 truck, 1 keg nails, 5 cases axes, M. Levy; 50 bags flour, 10 do salt, Ryan Bros.; 50 cases fruit, 21 bags onions, H. Fergusson ; 110 cases jams, 10 do oysters, 5 do lobsters, 3 do cocoa, 3 do chocolate, 5 do marmalado, Nancarrow, Henderson and Co ; 8 bags potatoes, Lucas ; 200 fire bricks, 84 bars iron, ] 1 bundles do, 9 do sheets, 7 bars Bteel, 1 case sundries, 1 circular bellows, 2 weights, H. Noy ; 2 cases cigars, C. Harling ; 2 do do, Hamilton and Nichol; 3 do books, Parkinson ; 1 bale hessian, 7 casks paint, 16 cases glass, 1 do plate glass, 1 cask putty, 1 case varnish, Badger ; 1 case. 1 hhd, 1 crate, Orr and Co ; 1 bale, O'Brien ; 1 do, Thomas and M'JBeath ; 1 looking glass, 1 case, Miss Fyf c ; 3 cases confectionery, Woolcock and Co ; 2 cases furniture, order; 2 bales, 8 cases, j. Manson and Co ; 2 cases furniture, D. Maclean ; 2 cases, Cowlishaw and Plaisted ; 1 bale; H. DeCosta ; 1 bale, : Hunter ; 1 case biscuits, order; 1 case, Manson; 1 bale, order ; 2 cases boots, Thompson, Smith and Barclay ; 18 bales straw, Cook and Sampson; 62 bales chaff, Kennedy Bios. Per John Perm, from Manwkau, &c : 40 sheep, 4 head cattle, Dick and Seaton ; 10 kegs butter, 1 ton potatoes, Nancarrow, Hen- ' derson and Co ; 3 bundles iron, 11 bars do, 1 parcel, 1 bale sashes, Forsyth and Masters; 1 piano, order. Per Rangitoto, from Dunedin : .1 case, De Costa. EXPORTS. :Per Rangitoto, for Melbourne: 15120z 3dwts gold, Bank of New Zealand ; lOOOoz gold, Bank of Australasia ; 26300z lOdwt 6gr gold, Bank of New South Wales. The s. .s. Beautiful Star is now loading at Dunedin for West Coast ports. Orders can ,be. forwarded by telegraph, as she is' announced to leave to-morrow. We notice that freights have been reduced to L 3 per ton. .The brig Magnet, Captain Clinskill, from Melbourne, arrived in the roadstead early on Tuesday morning, but was not brought in until the evening's tide, when she was taken in tow. by the p. s. Dispatch, aud at 7 p.m. securely placed alongside the wharf. Her date of departure from Melbourne was the 28th March. Coming through the Straits she had to contend with light easterly winds. From thence experienced light northerly breezes to 160deg. E. long., when a strong breeze from the N.W. sprang tip, which lasted till Saturday, then a gale set in from the N.E., which continued for twelve hours. On Sunday. morning made Bold Head, which bore E.N.E. twenty miles. From thence until Monday experienced light southerly winds until making this roadstead. Yesterday a large quantity of her cargo was turned out in first-rate order. The s.iß. Waipara, Captain Bascand, from Hokitika, arrived at the wharf last night, and will leave .early this morning for flokitika and Martin's Ba} 7 . Tlies.s. JRangitoto, Captain Maofcie, letb Hobson's Bay at 2. 50 p. in. on 28tii Mai eh ; cleared the Heads at 5.25 p.m., and passed Swan Island at 6 p.m. same day. Experienced moderate winds from the N E. for the first day, then light S.W. winds and fine weather until making the Solandcr, at 6. 55 a.m. on the 2nd April, and arrived at the Bluff at lpm. same day f* discharged cargo and left at 3.45 p.m., and experienced fair winds until arrival off Otago Heads, which were reached at 4 a.m. on Sunday ; remained outside until daylight; discharged cargo,

and left Port Chahners at 1.25 p.m. on the sth April, and arrived at Lyttelton at 7 a.m. on the 6th ; left again at 7 p.m. on the 7th, and experienced strong head winds, arriving alongside the wharf at Wellington,- at 2 p.m. on the Bth ; left Wellington at 4 a.m. on the 10th, arid experienced moderate fine weather andwirids, arriving at the Nelson wharf at 3 p.m. same day ; left Nelson at 4 p.m. on the 11th, and experienced light head winds and fine weather until arrival off Greymouth at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. At 4 p.m. the DisJJ patch ran out and tendered her, putting on board over 5000oz of gold, 12 passengers, and bringing ashore eight passengers. The Rangitoto left immediately for Hokitika. The s.s. John Perm, M. Carey, commander, arrived alongside the wharf on Tuesday evening, at nine o'clock. The Perm left Onehunga on Tuesday, the sth inst., and arrived at Wanganui at 12 o'clock on Thursday. Experienced strong head winds and very heavy seas throughout the passage. Shipped a full cargo of stock on Friday, and sailed at three o'clock on Saturday for West Coast ports, arriving in Westport on Monday at 6 a. ra., and at Hokitika on Tuesday morning at 9a. m. She left again last night for Westport, Nelson, &c. The American barque Washington, from San Frpncisco, arrived at Auckland on the Ist instant, after a passage of 60 days. She did not discharge her cargo (timber), but sailed for Sydney on the evening of the 2nd instant. :; The brig^ Galilee, from San Francisco, Feb. 5, with aj full cargo of wheat and flour, arrived at Auckland on the 28th ult., after a' passage of 51 clays. The Gah>e, with her cargo of breadstuffs, has gone on to Sydney for orders. The steamer Claud Hamilton, from New Zealand, had a narrow escape from fire on Saturday, 26th ult., about 12 o'clock. When she was only a few miles from Sandridge Pier it was discove-ed that she was on fire down the fore hatchway. The engine-punips were immediately brought, to bear on it, and quickly extinguished the flames. She had a o.uantity of wool aud flare on boaid, which was stowed in the fore compartment. A survey was held during the afternoon, when the fire was stated to have been caused by the wool. There was little damage done beyond the wetting of the wool and flax, which, in consequence, will have to be repacked. Great credit is given to Captain Underwood and his officers for their promptness and energy in extinguishing the fire.— Argus. A telegram, dated Kiama, March 22, says : —The Rangoon, barque, of about 400 tons, was driven upon the rocks at the mouth of the Minenamurra River- Kiama, at three .o'clock this morning, during a fearful gale. She -was from Melbourne, in ballast, bound for Newcastle • for coal. Captain Charles, J.P., sent a team to Kiama for a boat, and succeeded in getting nine persons, the whole of the crew, from off the islaud. Her masts and rigging are over the side. The crew were takeu on to Shell Harbor. The flag adopted by the new San Francisco Mail Service Line is appropriate and effective, and consists of the Union Jack in an oval, surrounded by thirteen white stars for the United States, the whole in tho centre, of a blue ground. The following is the decision given relative to the burning of the barque Hera :— "That from the evidence it appears that the fire broke out in a bale of flax on the starboard side, a little behind the after hatchway. That there is no evidence to show how, or by what means the fire originated. The suggestion of spontaneous combustion appears opposite to all principles of reason or experience. In spontaneous combustion, the focus of heat should be near the centre of the heap, and would radiate on all sides. From the evidence it appears that no heat or close smell had been detected below as late as the day upon the night of which tho fire took place ; while ia Jthe provision-room, which was separated from the flax by a thin bulkhead only, no heat was felt until some hours after the fire was discovered. After the fire became known, the captain and officers appeared to have exerted themselves to the utmost to subdue it, and when all hopes of saving the vessel became lost, every exertion was made to save as much of the apparel aud cargo of the ship as possible. And in my opinion no blame is attributed to the officers and crew of the ship."