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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 730, 13 April 1853, Page 3

We arc gratified to state that there seems good reason to believe that Auckland has been fixed upon as the port of call for the Panama Steamers both coming out and going home. A gentleman whose testimony is of high character has brought this report from Sydney, with ihe additional and circumstantial information that the Company intended to send out the first steam ship, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, to Sydney, there to take in a cargo of coal, afterwards to deposit it at Auckland, and then to proceed from this port to Panama to receive the mail. Wo shall await with a solicitude proportioned to the importance of the statement, the confirmation of it which we trust may shortly be anticipated. The papers mention that there were five vessels building for the Australian Pacific Line, viz.: the Kangaroo, the Emu, the Blade Swan, the Ditiornis, and the Mantra. The Kangaroo was expected to sail in June. We are also informed that an arrangement is likely to be made by which the Pen•nsujar and Oriental Company's fine steamers Will sail for Australia monthly, instead of every second month as at present; and further that it is by no means improbable that P n e of them may occasionally visit New /eahuulj as the Agent at Sydney has been

authorised to fill up the time of the disengaged vessels by short trips to the adjacent colonies. Such a trip to Auckland, with sheep and cattle, and the return cargo of produce which could be speedily obtained here, would no doubt prove amply remunerative to the Company.