THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, July 28, 1853. INCREASING PROSPERITY OF THE PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 120, 28 July 1853, Page 3

THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, July 28, 1853. INCREASING PROSPERITY OF THE PORT OF AUCKLAND.

It has afforded us unqualified satisfaction to he enabled, from time to time, and from sources of undoubted accuracy, to direct the attention of our readers to the steadily progressive piosperily -of the :i.m iiultui :il and commercial interests of Ihe Port and Province r\ii<-M;iiid. Tlieslalislics ofcaeli succeeding ,**j-lcr afford the most gratifying proofs ofihe proniahle account lo which the industry of the Colony U being, turned ; and almost each tin.mill gives iudicalioiis. liy ihe .Miips in search of cargo, or by Ihe falling of Oilifni'iiinn vessels in want of provisions and other supplies,, that Auckland, —a year or two since a province of sm:ill account is'nol oiilv becoming widely known lo maritime and commercial men, liui is being eagerly sought as a rapidly advancing and easily-accessible port of export, refreshment, and refit. These are, indeed, cheering facts And il must not be forgotten thai, although llm California!! ships, with their hundreds of Australia-bound passengers, are merely passing visitors, lhat the circumstance of their calling at all shows lhal the capabilities of the port and province are becoming -Mown ; that the country is, more or less, perambulated by each succeeding sojourner, and thai its means, appliances, anil attractions, are thereby wafted to every quarter of the globe. Il maybe well affirmed, ihal Xew Zealand is, at present, in a transition slate a transition from unproductive barbarism to a a condition or rapid and beneficially-produc-tive civilization. The value of the exports of promise lo exceed those of 18.V2 by more than double the amount; at least, ihe official returns of exports during the lirsl six mouths of IS:>.", exhibit an excess or 2G,OS3<. over those of I 8. v >2; the lirsl half year's exports for I s:>2 amounting lo 20,:.8b7. iht; lirsl half year's exports of IS.'ij, to

These, wo ropoat, aro encouraging faols; and from tho coninionilablc activity lliai is every where being tlisplayoil in exiouding and improving tho culture orour fertile (crrilory, llioro can be lilllo doubt that the exports of ISr;t will as much surpass those of ISoo, as those of 18153 have exceeded those of 18.'5-2. Allhough Iho Australian markots have, of laic, boon looking down, still as Iho influx of population from Kuropo lo Iho gold fields appears lo be; largely increasing, there can be no question thai the produce of NewZealand will continue in demand, and with every probability of a ronuinoraling prolii to Iho producer. We have condensed the following partiall.ii's fl-oiii iho Auckland Gorcrnmeiit Gazette' of iho lUlli inst. They present a truly gratifying picture ol llic pasl results of success- I nil industry, anil should bo the strongest in- j veniivos lo unabated diligence : | The exports from (lie port of Auckland conti- . line steadily and satisfactorily to progress. Their j ainiiiinl, in money value, from the lilli April lo the "illi of July hist., are estimated at lieiiiS i!,$U!) in excess of the like return for the previous quarter. Of this, llicre has been'J,i}.'>l/. worth of liniliiT, sawn, in houses in frame, laths, pilling*, tirewuod, and shingles ; .",(121/. ingrain, sucii as liMiley, liran, maize, o.ils, ami nltcat ; 321/. in hay ; 1,'J77/. in provisions, viz., hams ml lmcou, butler, cheese, and pmU ; (i,.'il.'i/. in vegetables, to wit, carrots, onions, pumpkins, and potatoes : wool roaches 10813/.. copper ore

lo IOOOf., mid sperm oil to 590/. —every item indicating an increasing prosperity. The imports during Hie same period, from the (Slh April lo the .'illiof July, amount to 12.01'.)/. Of the live stock in the schedule, sheep are cs-liin.-itc<ln( 2,5967. Ms., and horses at HO/.—• Groceries, snc-li as codec, vice, tea, and sugar, amount to 7,82."/. During the quarter ended the 50th of June, there wore Ijl roasters, or an avgrei-alclinilhen or 5171 lons, and na\ tailed hy SSI uu-ii, eulcred inwards at the port or Auckland ; and 157 vessels, of 32' Mi tons, and ."(it) men, denied outwards. The estimated value or produce lirouuhl roaslwise. during the same quarter. ni inled to 1.'i,719/. 15s. lid. Then! were also 17 vessels, or 557 lons, and IS men, entered inwards, coislniso, at (lie ynrl of Kossell. during the same quarter ; ami It \e>scls, of 'J IS Inns, and 'r2 men, entered outwards. The imports at Unwell were 1511/. Ms. : the exports, 7!17/., and almost exclusively or colonial produce. M llieporl of MmuMiiiii IS vessels, or 5M lons, and G'i men, were entered inwards ; 20 vessels, or S(S lons, and 71 men, outwards.— The irnpons amounted lo Hi/. Bs. ; the exports to sir.. The returns of immiLiralion and emigration for Hie June quarter, are thus staled : 581 heing the totals on the first, and 201) on the last columns; le.ning a of !>i immigrants in r.ivour or the province. The arrivals are almost exclusively rnmi Ureal Itrilain, New Soulii Wales, and Victoria ; the depatlines, with the exception or IS, exclusively thereto.