EXPORTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 53, 28 February 1879, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Jane Douglas— 2B bales -wool, NZ« Loan & Mercantile Co ; 72 pkgs, 1 7 empty hhds, and 38 pigs, other consignees. j

The s.s. Jane Douglas left "Wellington nt 8 p.m. on the 2_th, and experienced a Btronghead wind and tide off Terawhiti ; "crossed the bar at 10.15 next morning, and reached .ho wharf at 11 o'clock. The Douglas soiled again for "Wellington at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, taking the excursionists to Eapiti The Jane Douglas is exported to arrive this morning from "Wellington. The steamer Or.ti, a fiao looking little vessel of 117 Sons, from Dunedin and intermediate ports, arrived in Wellington on Tuesday last. Sh3 is an iron vessel, and very much resembles the Huia, only being a little larger. Her speed is considerably above the average of vessels of her class. From thoso who have travelled in her we learn that*she generally steams 10 knors, unless in very bad weather. She was to .til for Wangaoui yosterday. Mr McCarthy, h»te chief officer of the ill-fated Taupo, is la command of her. The Oreti is intended for the "West Coast trade.

The steamer Glenelg left Wellington yoaterday for Adelaide. It is probable she may return to New Ztaland'J he steamer H uia has been laid up for the last five days ut Wellington receiving repairs for the damages she sustained in the recent collision. The barqao Bointo arrived at Wellington on Tuesday, after a passage of 109 days from New York. The barque Estella arrived at Wellington on Wednesday from Glasgow, 120 days out, bringing additional plant for the Gas Company.

The barquo Aberdeen, for the safety of which great fears havo been felt, arrived at Wellington on Wednesday, ISG days out, from New York. The voyage was prolonged by storms and calms On the 7th October fell in with the brig Ida Fulton, from Halifax to Cuba, with a cargo of coal, which vessel was in a ftinkijg condition. Too!: off the captain and nine men, and transferred half of tliem to the British ship Saladus, of Priuce Edwards Island,' bouud to Permarabuco. Tho other half wero transferred to the barquo Malcolm, of London, bound to Barbadoes.