IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 835, 31 March 1871, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per St. Kilda, from Westport : 180 sheep, j 25 pigs, 3. cows, 1 horse, Dick and Seaton. , Per Kennedy, from Nelson : 2 cases hams, Coates ; 20 kegs butter, 1 case cheese, D Maclean and Co; 1 case, Glenn Bros j 60 bales chaff, 8 bags sundries, Andrews i 2 kegs butter, Bock ; 1 case eggs, Maxwell ; 2 cases eggs, Middleton; 2 cases fruit, Masters; 13 keg's butter, 3 cases eggs, 2 cases apples, 3 cases, 20 cases fruit,2 coops fowls, 2 bags onions, 2 cases cucumbers, 2 cases grapes, Hunter ; 43 cases fruit; 6 cases eggs, 10 ;Ws butter, 6 coops fowls, Pickard ; 1 keg butter, Max ; 4 kegs butter, 3 cases eggs, . Woolcock; 13 cases fruit, 1 bag bacon, Hunter; 18 cases fruit, Pickard. From Westport : 1 gun, Schlichting. W'"'- v.-'" EXPORTS."""/- ; -;■'•'■ ! Per Si Kilda, for Wanganui: 70 tons coal, D Maclean and Co ; 100 hides, Nancarrow, Henderson and Co. • . Per Kennedy, for Hokitika : 1 box notes, Bank of New Zealand; 1 case ale, 1 case biscuits, lbag potatoes, 1 case fancy goods, Jones; 1 bagatelle table, order; 60 bales . chaff. Andrews ; 17 tons coal, Nancanw. Henderson and Co ; 8 casks ale, M'Carfhy and Co.

The s.s. Waipara is now undergoing exten- ;- sive : repairs at Hokitika. ' J The next steamer. from Melbourne, the Tararua, is now. overdue at the Bluff. She will not come any further North than Wel- , lington.L ; />. Yesterday afternoon, the s.s. Kennedy left for Hokitika, the St. Kilda for Wanganui, and tHe ketch Brothers and Sisters, bound, for Hokitika with coal, was towed to sea by the p;'si Dispatch. ; - ■■■■<■• .■••■.-. : Yesterday afternoon, the p.s. Dispatch made a long run seawards in the hope of picking up a sail sighted about fifteen miles {n the offing. After a run of about twelve . miles, the sail was made out to be the Prosperity, for Hokitika, and the tug returned to t .; i port.,..r , .. ; ..I .... „..., . ...... ■/. „ The ketch Jane EUiin left, Kaiappi three ::>weeka.ago, in. company wifli'the Jane. Ann, ' - and has not since been heard of,.although the ■ - r Jane Ann has left on her :refcurn . trip, after -1 .-••'Jbeing a forfcnightin port. , ... % . ; The Anchor Liner s.s. Kennedy^ Captain Whitw,ell,varrived from the North yesterday morning, at 3 o'clock. She left Nelson at 9 1 a.m. oh Saturday last ; arrived in Motueka at 10.45 a.m., shipped 11 tons produce/aud started again at .1 p.m. At 5 o clock, blowing very hard from S.W., ran for shelter under Separation' Point. During<Sunday, the weather being the same, remained at anchor all day. Got under weigh at 9 a.m. on Monday, and steamed as far as Bush End ; finda - iaa it still blowing hard; brought up off the lighthouse toll 6 when the voyage was continued against a strong breeze and heavy head sea. ; Grossed the Buller baronTues- - dayv discharged 47 tons cargo, and sailed ; , again at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and arrived •:3m -above. She brought 20 tons of cargo for this ; iport, which was, discharged yesterday forenoon, and in the afternoon she sailed for . Hokitika. She will return here to-night, and will be despatched for Westport and Nelson on Saturday morning, at 7 o'clock. ■ The schooner Spray cleared at Christchurch, for Hokitika, on the 24th inst. The three-masted schooner Rifleman, Captain 3. Hobbs, arrived at Lyttelton at 4 a.m on the,24th, from Hokitika. Left there on Wednesday, the 15th instant, and had thick N.E. weather until Monday, the 20th. .When' abreast of Cape Farewell, the wind came from the -northerly . From thence till abreast of the Kaikoura Peninsula, on Tuesday, ai 5 p.m., had strong N. and W. winds ■ with foggy weather, then variable winds to •nival. , ' : The first vessel of the United States, New Zealand, and Australian Steam-ship Co.'s • Line* the Nevada, 2146 tons register, J. H. Blethen, Esq., commander, will leave San Francisco on 31st March next, and will reach Auckland on or about the 25th~April; Wellington, the 28th ; Lyttelton, the 29fch ; and Port Chalmers, the 30th. Will leave Port Chalmers on the 6th May (calling at Lyttel- . . ton and Wellington), and leave Auckland on the 12th for San Francisco, calling at Honolulu. .; i The clipper ship Whirl wind, from Hong Kong direct, with 354 Chinese passengers, who intend to locate themselves on the Otago 'diggings, arrived at Port Chalmers on the 22nd instant, and brought up off the lower part of Deborah Bay, at 4.30. After the usual enquiries had been made by the Health .. . Officer, who was accompanied by Mr Monson, of H.M.C., and Drs O'Donoghue and Drysdale, and the report of the state of health on • board being found highly satisfactory for such a large number of passengers, the geutlemen named boarded the vessel. A muster of the whole of the passengers was at once made, aud each passed the inspection of the medical men,' the tally of the numbers being at the same time taken by Mr Monson. The • tally prpved correct according to the passen-gcr-liat,; w#h the exception of one who. died of asthma ten days after the departure of the ship from Hong Kong, as Btated by the Captain (Graham), and two of the Chinese doctors, through an interpreter, who were on . board.- .The ship .was then cleared, and arrangements made for the conveyance of the passengers; to Dunedin by Kum Yum Lee, of Dunedin. , The appsar- " anoe of this, ; our largest importation of Chinese in one ship— we can testify from personal observation— speaks well for the attendance' and care that have been bestowed on them during the passage, as, generally ■peaking, they look a healthy lot.— Daily