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Jan. 4, schooner May, 21, Turner, from Adele Island. — cutter Dauntless, 12, Ricketts, from Adele Island. — steamer Claud Hamilton, 529,Chatfield, from Melbourne via West Coast. SAILED. Jan. 3, cutter Planet, 15, Thome, for Motueka — cutter Maid of Italy, IS. Clarke, for Riwaka. EXPECTED ARRIYAX3. Steamer Charles Edward, from West Const, to-morrow Steamer Wallace, from Wellington, to-mor-row Steamer Taiaroa, from Picton and Wellington, Jan. 7 Steamer Arawata, from Melbourne via South, Jan. 11 Schooner Awaroa, from Wanganui Schooner Richard and Mary, from Lyttelton Steamer Pelorus, from Havelock. Schooner Croydon Lass, from Lyttelton Barque Tongay, from London « IMPOSTS. Midge, from Waitapu— 4 bales wool, E. Buxton & Co,' \ keg butter, Garin; 2 bales wool, Edwards & Co; 1 bale wool, Neale and Eaddow. EXPORTS. Wallace, for Wellington— 5 cases, 60 bales wool, Edwards & Co; 12 bales wool, Buxton and Co; 31 cases, Hale.

The Murray leaves for West Coast ports at 4 o'clock on Alonday afternoon. The Lyttelton has been waiting an improvement in the tides to get on the cradle. All being well she will sail for Blenheim at noon on Monday. The Wallace arrived at Wellington early this morning. She leaves on the return this evening, and proceeds to Wanganui at 2 p.m. on Monday.

The Charles Edward left Westport at 6.30 this morning, will arrive here to-morrow moiniug, and sail for Wellington and Kekerangu on Monday evening at 7 o'clock. The Edwin Fox is still lying at th« anchorage, no orders as yet having been received from her owners as to where she is to proceed to.

The Kennedy is making a rapid run round the Coast. She arrived at Hokitika this morning, and will sail for and arrive at Greymoutn this evening. The Hokitika bar at present is only workable when perlectlv smooth.

The Richard and Mary only secured a teith at Ly ttelton yesterday, as usual having had to wait nine or ten days before one was vacant. She will ship whatever cargo there is offering for this port, and then set sail. The Taiaroa arrived at Wellington early this mornine. She leaves there on Monday afternoon, will arrive here on Tuesday morning and return to Picton and Wellington. The Claud Hamilton arrived at the outer anchorage at 1 p.m. to-day, too early for the tide and she consequently came to an anchor where she remained until 2.30 p.m, when *he came into harbor. She sails for Wellington at 5 p m, and leaves there for Nelson on Monday in place of the Tararua, arriving here on Tuesday morning, and sailing for Melbourne via West Coast ports the same day The number of vessels that arrived here during 1878 from England was seven, being a slight increase on the previous year. There •Was one foreign vessel arrived, the Norwegian barque Kvik, which came from Newcastle. In the beginning of the year the shipping trade was pretty brisk, a large numberof steamers arrivingand sailing every week. The coasting fleet has been largely augmented during the year, one steamer having been built here, and a sailing vessel having been built at Torrent Bay. Two vessels have been purchased for the coasting trade, the Argus and Dart, while the schooner Dido, which was stranded at Totaranui at the latter end of 1877, has been repaired and placed on the Nelson register. And we must not omit to mention the valuable acquisition which has been made to our fleet by the schooner Croydou Lass, which was recently purchased at Melbourne, and is now on her way to this port. The year 1878 taken on the whole, was a bad one for shipping on the New Zealand coast. Although ireightß were not much lower than In previous years, it was almost impossible to make anything like an average trip, especially during the winter, owing to the bad weather which prevailed.