TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1866.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 13 March 1866, Page 2

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1866.

,THE.i.number of vessels which - entered inwards through the customs last week, was eleven,,of an agregate burthen of .725 tons; they consist of. two steamers-^the Kennedy from Hokitika,.. anc]. the : Gothenburg from Melbourne,^ Hokitika, and of nine small sailing craft, — one., from , [ RVanganui, two from Motupipi,-rP,ne from Waitapu^. two from ColHnewoodV two from -Tata Island, and one from the Croixeiles, altogether. ,of 141 tons burthen ; and .bringing 47 passengers, of ; whom-,. 3.9.. were from . Collingwood. „ The clearances outwards. during the same period, consists pf one; steamer and eight sailing , :vessels, of an aggregate burthen of 715 tons; the Go thenburgh steamer left for Melbourne via THokitika—of the sajling vessels three, carrying altogether 104 tons, were.for Havelock, two for Collingwood, one for Tata, oue ■for Waitapu, and, one for . Motupipi, the aggreg.ateburj.hep of. all ; the;, sailing vessels . was ! 185 tons, and they took nine \ passengers, of. whom six Y^ere for jCollingwood. The im-, ports 'during. the. week were ,3,500 ounces of gold from Hokitika, three horses and 20 pigs; from Wangaq,uvj aiid .from tf*§ settlements; rpund..the,Bayj. six tons potatoes,,l4 packages! butter, two-do.' f eggs,-ijwo- do. vegetables,; 13,700 feet timber, 21 tons limestone, three' cords wood, three bags wool, eight do. wheat,

,34, .packages sundries, also v small cargo of general merchandize by the Gothenburg from . -Melbourne. ., „The.expor,ts, were, B,ooo ounces of gold and 32 bales wool toTSelbolir^e, ~16 tons coal and four casks sundries to Havelock, 24 baskets 'potatoes and 64 packages of sundries to 'Waitapu, 77 do. for Motiipipi, find by. the Wallaby, for. Greymouth and Hokitika, two gr.-casks and 20 cases brandy, 6G cases 6ilmen|s .stores, 129 do., merchandize, one boat, 133 cases bottled beer, 45 casks beer, 13 cases eggs, 229 bags potatoes, 14 cases onions, 182 do. fruit and vegetables, one ton flour, 30 kegs butter, eight cases cheese.