IMPORTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 148, 25 June 1877, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Charles Edward, from West Coast—9o tons coal, Edwards & Co.; 1 pkg, Wastney; 1 parcel, Flyell. Taaauaki, from South— 210 boxes soap, 16 cases, Buxton & Co; 4 frees, 2 axles, 2 axle arms, 4 springs, 1 pkg, Gorrie & Son; 6 cases iron, Scott; 1 case, Greig & Burton; 2 che3ts tea, E. Hooper; 5 kilderkins ale, Sharp and Pickering; I trunk. Waters; 2 cases, H. D. Jackson; 3 cases, Hadfield; 4 pkgs, West; 2 casks, A.Robertson; 2 trunks, Healy & Son; 120 sacks and 60 half-sacks flour, Sclanders - and Co.; 1 cask, Lightband; 3 cases, PatterBon; 2 pkgs, Railway Storekeeper; 8 cases, Akersten; ll cases, Wilkie, 25 boxes tea, Hodder aud Co.; I truss, Pickett; 1 parcel, Isaacs; 80 casea fruit, R. Levien; 2 cases fruit, Stafford; 2 cases, Wymond & Co. The Charles Edward arrived from Westport yesterday morning after an absence of a fortnight. She will leave for West Coast ports at 8 o'clock to-night. The Lytteiton will leave for Blenheim and Wellington at 8 o'clock this evening. The Hawea, after being bar-bound at Manukau for 24_houra, made her escape this morning, and is expected to arrive to-mor-row. ( -*' The= Murray left Greymouth for Nelson direct 'at 9 a.m. to-day. She will arrive tomorrow morning, ana sail for Wellington at *6 p.m. t : The Lady Barkly made a trip to Motueka and back this morning, and will sail for Golden Bay to-morrow evening. Advices from Greymouth state that a canal '.has been, cut for 300 ft for launching the Wallace, which, it is reported, will be,, got off during the afternoon. After lying for. shelter for nine days at Greymouth, the Kennedy sailed this morning, and arrived at Hokitika by the same tide.( j She will leave for Nelson via intermediate ports to-morrow morning. The cutter Maid of Italy arrived from Biwaka this morning with a general cargo: ' The Tararua sailed for Melbourne via West Coast on' Saturday evening, and arrived at Greymouth at 7 p.m. yesterday. The schooner Sisters sailed for Motupipi this morning. The. cutter Dido finished discharging cargoi this jnorning, and commenced ballasting, She will sail for Blenheim this evening. Discharging coal was finished on board the brig Transport this morning, and she at once commenced taking in ballast. She will probably get to sea to-morrow., The Australian Maid was placed upon the hard this morning for the purpose of being cleaned. Tl&Alb-Oti leaves Wellington for Lytteiton this afternoon. ; The. Ringarooma was advertised to leave 4 Melbourne for New Zealand to-day. The Post says that the steamer Stormbird has been purchased from Messrs Turnbull and Co by the N.Z.S.S. Company, who intend at once to increase their capital, and to take vigorous steps to develope the Wellington coastal trade by extending and improving their-fleet.'- - ' The Post learns that Captain Calder, late commander of the ill-fated s.s. Otago, has been appointed to the command of the South AusSralian Steamship Company's splendid new steamer the Victorian, employed in the Melbourne and Adelaide trade, and stated to be aifaster steamer thau even the Arawata and Hihgarooma. The ketch Pearl, about whose safety fears were entertained, has turned up at West Wanganui, whither she had run, having lost her mainmast daring a heavy gale. She loaded up with coal there, but as she is on the ground she will have to wait for the spring tides, when she will come on to Nelson, a jurymast having been rigged. The cutter Midge arrived from Waitapu early yesterday morning. Captain Eure reports the schooners Garibaldi, Lady Don, Mary Ogilvie, and Sarah Pile standing out from Totaranui on Saturday afternoon, and when he last saw them at dusk they were heading towards the Spit, and as the wind was blowing behind them all night, they, no doubt got round the Cape. The vessels areall bound for the West Coast, but have been laying in Totaranui for two days, where they had run for shelter. The cutter Margaret Scollay returned to port- from an oyster cruise this morning. On this trip her operations have been confined to the Croixelles, where about two miles of ground was broken, and some oysters and gigantic, horse mussels found, the latter preponderating. The number of oysters obtained would hardly pay for working the ground, but Captain Scoones expects to meet with better luck on the next mile of ground he breaks. That there are oysters there thefe caii be no doubt, several having been lifted up with the fluke of the .'anchor. The provisions having run short, the Margaret Scollay came on to Neisou to obtain a fresh Bupply. In the event of not meeting with better luck on the next mile of ground Captain Scoones is determined, with praiseworthy perseverance, to try the Sounds again, and, although he has sunk a good deal of money, does not intend to quit this side of the .Straits until he is thoroughly satisfied that the much desired mollusca is not to be foudd in sufficient payable quantities. The Margaret Bcollay will be placed on the hard to-morrow morning for tbe purpose of having her bottom cleaned, and on Wednesday will prodeed back again to the Croixelles. The Union Company's s.s. Taranaki, Capt* Griffiths, came into harbor at 6-30 p.m. yesterday. She left Port Chalmers at 130 p.m. on the 21st inst., and arrived at Lytteiton at 10 a.m. on the 22nd; sailed at 7*30 p*m. same

day, and arrived at Wellington at 11*30 a.m. o i the 23rd; Jeft at 2 a.m. yesterday, and reached Picton at 8 a.m.; sailed at 9-30, and arrived here as above. -.Fine weather was .experienced.on the passage. The favorite old jsteatper, while- at : \Port Chalmers, wa9 thoroughly overhauled, iand all the damages sustained by her on the passage to Nelson repaired. The cabin has Been painted afresh, and new velvet covers supplied to all ttie cushions which run round the cabin aft. A new skylight has been fitted, and a new wheel is to be seen aft. The network which runs round the poop has been taken away, and its place supplied by iron railing, which, en passant, though very strong, gives the vessel a very clumsy appearance aft. Two new boats have also been put in the chocks in place of the ones which were washed away. The Taranaki sails North at 5 p.m. to-day. The barque Vindex was towed into harbor yesterday morning by the Charles Edward, and berthed alongside the Government Wharf. Regarding her passage Captain Rose reports that he left Newcastle on June 15th, | the wind then blowing light from the S.S. W., which lasted for two days. Ifc then commenced to blow hard from the S.W., with a very heavy sea, which in order to get more aft, the -vessel had to bear off her course four points. The weathered moderated on the 19th, when all sail was made, the wind varying from S.W. to W.S. W. Rocks' Point was sighted on the 2lst, the wind then being light from the N.E., with heavy S.W. swell. At 8 a.to. on the 22rid Cape Farewell was rounded, and at midnight was close on to Nelson, coming to an anchor at 7 a.m. on Saturday. The Vindex is rather above the laverage class of colliers. She was built at Shoreham, and is now sixteen years old. This .is her second voyage to New Zealand in the coal trade, the first trip being to Wellington. She has fair lines and appears to travel well, and Captain Hose says that she s.ays like a top, and withal is a good sea boat. The barque has made a good run down, which, would have been accomplished in a shorter time, but having beeu caught in a gale, with the sea well abeam, Captain Rose had to deviate from his course in order to bring the sea well aft, as he was afraid, the vessel being deep, that she would poop some of jthe i seas, whereas by bringing the stern on there was no danger. He expected by this oblique sailing to get a slant of wind from the N.E., but it came not, and the passage was one or two days longer in consequence. Only one vessel Avas sighted on the passage, the barque Edwin Bassett, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday morning. -<_-_- •-. --...-