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Per Tinonee, from Sydney — 99 bags maize, 22 casks butter, 10 half-chests tea,- 1 cosk salmon, 3 bales bacon, 122 kegs butter, 8 hhds eggs, order ; 1 case, H. Marks & Co • 2 bales greys, 1 case samples, M'Kay ; 7 casks butter, E. Donovan ; 19 casks bu f ter, 8 hhds eggs, 1 coop geese, 1 hlids eggs Quinlan ; 13 balas bacon. 20 kegs butter,' M'Kinlay ; 2 trunks boots, Watson ; 1 pkg, Inspector James ; 5 qr-casks wine, 1 case drapery, 1 trunk boots, 9 kegs butter, 1 hhd eggs, Levi ; 1 box, 1 pkg, Munson : 1 parcel, Nelson ; 2 cases cheese, M'Kinlay ; 4 hhds eggs, J. Duff; 8 cases, 1 trunk, J. C. De Voy. Per Bella Vista, from Hobart Town— looo palings, Cook ; 80 cases jams, Carey & Q-illes ; 1 bed, 4 pillows, 3 camp ovens, 6 bales hay, 5 bags oats, 1 keg nails, 1 parcel hardware, Cook ; 1 case cigars, 7 cases, 1 iron safe, 1 iron safe, 1 bdl balding, Susraan & Co ; 50 cases fruit, Fisher Bros.; 2 crates fowls, Jackson ; 60 cases jam, 228 bags oats, 290 bags bran, 9 tons hay, 10£ tons chaff; 20 bags carrots, 50 cases ale, 16 bags onions, 5 tons flour, 16 bags onions, 27 cases eggs, 3 kegs Elberberry wine, 8000 palings, 4000 Bhingles, 1000 feet hardwood, 1 case, 1 bdl opossum rugs, 13 horses, 50 cases fruit, 3 cases rugs, Carey & Q-illes. Per Dunedin, from Dunedin — 5 qr-casks wine, W. Patterson ; 32 pkgs sugar, order ; 4 pkgs, Holmes ; ,106 bags potatos, E. Beeves &Co; 50 bags malt, 1 case seeds, order ; 82 mats sugar, Loutitt & Reid ; 2 crates crockery, 2 tierces, 1 cask glassware, D. Weir ; 3 bales paper, 1 box brushes, 3 boxes colors, 1 bundle canvas, 2 cases benzole, 7 this paint, 1 bale paper, 4 cases glass, 1 case varnish, J. Keir ; 1 case shovels, J. Chesney & Co ; 1 case, 3 kegs nails, 3 casks zinc, Forsyth & Masters ; 155 bags oats, 20 bags flour. 3 hhds ale, 31 bales chaff, A. Boyle & Co ; 14 bales chaff, E. Reeves & Co ; 18 cases, 3 crates, 5 do, E. Prosser ; 1 bag horseshoes, 38 bundles iron, T. G. Stone ; 71 bags oats, 21 hales chaff, 100 bags potatos, Fisher Brothers ; 3000 bricks, J. Stewart. Per 'Bi-uee, from Greymouth — 1 case, 1 parcel, Luhning. EXPORTS. Per Hope, for Bruce Bav — 8 casks porter, 1 case bacon, o casks ale, 2 kegs spirits. 2 cases salmon, 1 case jam, 2 balee, 13 bags potatos, 3 cases hams, 5 cases coffee, 1 cask apples, 4 boxes tobacco, 1 cask barley, 4 bags oats, 1 bag bran, 6 cases geneva, 1 case sardines, 1 qr-cask brandy, 1 bag currants, 40 bags flonr, 6 cases, 1 parcel, 1 pkge paper bags, 10 bags flour, 1 case cheese, 6 bags sugar, 3 chests tea, 1 case cheese, 1 case 4 boxes cocoa, 1 case pickles, 1 case hardware, 3 kegs butter, 6 boxes candles, 10 bags flour. Hall and Finlay ; 1 case, M'Beath and Co ; 1 case 1 keg brandy, 1 case geneva, 1 case whisky, 1 keg port wine, 1 keg rum, 1 case porter, 1 box tobacco, 1 box cigars, 1 bag sugar, Louttit, Reid, and Co. Per Nelson, for Greymouth, &c. — 4 trunks, 1 case, Carter ; 2 boxes, Boyse, Mudie &Co ; 2 parcels tobacco, Luhning ; 10 bags malt, 1 trunk, Eoyse, Mudie & Co; 1 parcel hops, Henderson & Bonar ; 6 cases, 1 cask, 1 oven, 2 boilers, 1 fender, 1 drum oil, 8 kegs, 4 bundles frying-pans, Forsyth & Masters ; 14 paikages, Smith; 12 kegs butter, Mowat. For Buller — 1 case bncon, 1 case jam, 1 case pickles, 2 boxes candles, 1 case lobsters, 1 half-chest tea, 1 bag boots, 1 case cordials, 2 caseß drapery, 1 case, 1 case sarsparilla, 40 sheet* iron, 29 pieces timber, J Solomon & Co. For Nelson — 7 cases bacon, Binney. Per Bruce, for Okarita — 1 box, 1 case tobacco, 1 case cigars, A. Helms ; 4 cases bacon, 6 kega tmtter, 3 cases sardines J. Nash ; X

""d ale, Meclard ; 1 case drapery, CnirnC1 oss ; 2 cases hams, 3 half-chests tea, D. \lurphy ; 2 cases hams, Helier ; 5 tubs butter, J. Nash ; 1 hhd eggs, 7 kegs butter, Bur--rough ;17 kegs butter, Eyrie ; 1 case fish, 1 case- sardines, 3 cases claret, 2 cases champagne, 1 case vinegar, 2 kegs butter, 2 cases hams, 1 cask currants, 1 cask sugar, 8 rat-traps. 3 boxes tobacco, 1 box clothes pegs, 1 ream paper, 20 bags sugar, Loutitt, Eeid and Co ; 4 kegs butter, Murphy ; 6 kegs butter, order. The P.N.Z. and A.E.M. C.o's s.s. Egmont, J. V. Hall, junr., Comniiinder, left Nolson at ] 1.30 p.m. on the 9th insfc, with passengers and cargo for Hokitikn, transhipped from the steamers Tararua and Phoebe. Experienced light winds and cloudy weather until the evening of the 10th, when it came in exceedingly thick and rainy, and continued so during the remainder of the run. The Egmont caiiie to an anchor off the bar at daylight on )he 11th. She brings 17 saloon, and 28 steerage passengers for this port, and 32 steerage for the Grey. She reports that the Panama s.s. Euahine, had sailed from Wellington prior to the Phoebe's departure from that port. The Egmont leaves for Bluff Harbor, and Dunedin to-day. Passenger list per Egmont — Saloon : Mrs Mose, two children and servant, Mrs Harvey, two children and servant ; Mesdames James and Marshall ; Messrs Coleman, Ford, Wayniarsh, La Griff, (phrenologist) Macintyre, Hanson, and 28 in the steerage. The s.s. Mstaura, the fourth large steamer built by the Panama Company to run across the Pacific, arrived in Melbourne on October 27, with about 100 passengers for Australia and New Zealand. Allowing for the delays she experienced through break-downs in the machinery, and a sojourn at the- Cape, a clipping passage was r .ade, as she left Plymouth on the August 7, and arrived at Melbourne on October 27, a period of 81, days. The first break-down occurred % on September 4, and ten days were lost repairing the damage. Eight days -were also lost during her stay in Table Bay, wliich port she left on September 21, but was only three days out when some part of her machinery again gave way, and three days were wasted in making the damage good," and again when near the Australian coast, four days were lost again in getting the engines into working order. During the passage Mrs Twentyman gave birth to a daughter, and Mrs Bourn to a son. The " Nelson Examiner " informa us that the Panama Company's s s. Tararua, wliich it will bo remembered arrived off the port on the 4th inst, but owing to the heavy weather prevailing at the time was compelled to run on to Nelson. Left Melbourne at 6 p.m. on the 30 ult., and rounded to off HokitikaT at 1 p.m. on the 4th inst. She thus made a splendid passage of 4 da^s 17 hours. The Tararua arrived at Nelson on the sth inst it 2 p.m. The Bruce left for Okarita yesterday with 30 pnbscngers and 15 tons of cargo. This was an exceedingly light freight hardly worth sending her -uvay with, but Mr Greer is determined to (at least for a trip or two) keep up the trade, hoping that in the meantime something will occur to improve it. We are glad to seee the p.s. Persevere once more at work. On Saturday she commenced operations by towing out the cutter Hope bound to Bruce Bay, and yesterday she brought in the ketch Elfin, from Dunedin. The little steamer works remarkably well, the late repairs and overhaul she lias-Undergone having apparently increased her power. We are happy to hear that the s.s. Keera is not damaged to such an extent as was at first anticipated, and there is a probability therefore that she will again take up the Duuedin trade. Captain Carey informs us that he assisted at the survey held upon her, which resulted satisfactorily as no damage could be detected. She wasj however, sanded up about two feet, so that her bottom plates could, not be examined. At the same time determined to be convinced, the surveyors remained on board one night to mark whether she would leak as the v tide flowed ; and although it rose round her to a height of five feet, only eighteen inches of water was found in the well. But to release the Keera a long overland journey is inevitable, as the Snit is nearly 500 yards across. This, it is supposed, will entail a co3t of but little les>s than £1500. The ketch Elfin, after a two months absence, returned to port yesterday. She left Dunedin on the 2nd instant with S W. -winds and fine weather, which carried her round the coast to Cape Earewell by the 9th. There the breeze fell light and next day settled into N., and favored by this slant she reached the anchorage outside at 2 p.m. on the 10th, crossing the bar next morning astern of the Yarra. The Elfin brings, a general cargo and one passenger. The schooner Tiger sailed from Wanganui (N.1.) on the 27th ult., with steady S.E. breezes and fine weather. Next day was off Cape Farewell, and then the wind fell light, hauled to the north, und freshened to a stiong gale, which carried her to abreast the Teremakau by the 30fch. There the wind hauled round to the S.W., and drove her back to Wanganui river, and then fell light ; and heuce to the roadstead variable light weather was experienced. The Tiger anchored off this port on the 10th, and was towed over the bar by the Yarra the following day. She brings a cargo of pigs in excellent condition. We cannot report very favorably on the state of the bar, the westerly sea having made up the South Spit, which again threatens to overlap the Norlh. The channel, in consequence, is once move diverted to the northward, and is both narrow and shallow, as the Yarra, which steamed through it several times yesterday, found hut ten feet of water at high tide, and reported the entrance to be contracted as well. On Friday night last the p.s. Challenge was despatched to Greymouth, to assist in releasing the schooner Maid of Erin from her position on the North Spit. Unfortunately, however, her services were of no avail, as during the night the Maid was washed up high upon the beach, und will have to be launched overland into the river. According to the " Grey Biver Argus," her stranding was occasioned by an accident to the steering gear, as the spindle of the wheel came out of the socket just as she entered the break. We understand she has received no material damage. The schooner Excelsior left Otago Heads on the 3rd instant, with S.W. winds and fine weather. Was off Bank's Peninsula on the sth, when the breeze shifted iuto the N.E., and held there for ten hours, and then veered to the southward again. She passed Cape Campbell on the 6th, and Earewell on the next day, arriving in the roadstead on the 10th, and was towed inside by the Yarra on the following day. From Cape Farewell she experienced light easterly weather. The Excelsior brings a full general cargo. The schooner Dunedin cleared Otago Heads on October 27th, with N.E. winds and fine weather. For eight, days she thrashed against, a strong breeze dead ahead, and on the 4th inst., found herself off Cape Campbell, in company with two barques, a brig and schooner. Breasted Stephens' Island next day at noon, and there met the S.W, gale which swept the Westland coast on the preceding Saturday, and as no headway couW be made against it, she ran for shelter under D'Urville Island, and remained there until sunset the next day, when the wind shifting to the eastward, she weighed anchor and stjocl to set>. Passed the Steeples on the Bth hibt., and hence to the roadstead encountered light baffling weather and a strong northset, which kept her outside until' the 10th, when she brought up off the bar, and at tide time was towed in by the Challenge. She brings a full general cargo. Captain Stewart reports, that on the evening of the 7i.h inst , when oil' Kaurangi Point, between Eock's Point and Cape Farewell, an extraordinary line of broken water was observed some .miles •from the shore. The break was exceedingly heavy, sufficiently so to have swept the decks of the schooner had she

by an} r chance been drawn into it, and the captain is impressed with the belief that a reef of rocks exists there, which is not laid down on any chai'fc. He stood in close to it, and by cross-bajiringa ascertained the brenk commenced nine miles N.N.W. from Kaurangi Point, and extended two and a half miles in a S.W. direction. Captain Stewart also reports that he ran in shore under and to the nor'ard of the Steeples to look for anchorage, but where there should have been deep water and good holding ground he found only three fathoms and a foul bottom. [In reference to the above, we may state, on the authority of several seamen well acquainted with the coast, that heavy tide rips prevail at certain seasons, olf Kaurangi Point, which niiy account for the break observed by Captain Stewart ; and at the same time -we remember that Captain Ponsonby, of the Claud Hamilton, reported that his vessel touched ground when miles distant from the shore, in the vicinity of the same point. It is, therefore, possible that a reef does exist there ; and from this and other facts that have lately come under our notice, we consider that it is incumbent on the part of the General Government to have the West Coast of the Middle Island thoroughly re-surveyed, as the charts now in use are proved beyond doubt to be faulty iv the extreme.— Ed. W. C. T.] The s.s. Kennedy arrived in the river yesterday morning from Nelson, which port she left on the Bth inst., at 10.30 p.in-, and anchored off the Buller at 7.30 p.m. the next day, having experienced light N.E. winds and fine weather. Crossed the bar on the following morning, and discharged twenty tons of cargo and twenty passengers, and left again at 11 p.m. the same day for this port, arriving as above. From the Buller strong easterly winds, thick weather, and heavy rain prevailed. The Kennedy brings fifteen tons of cargo and two passengers. She leaves. for Nelson via Buller and Greymoutb, to-day. The p.s. Bruce returned from her trip northwards on Saturday last, having experienced since her departure very unfavorable sveather, which prevented her directly communicating with Pakihi. She left this port on Monday last, the sth inst., for the Grey, Pakihi, and Buller, and arrived off the former river tit 7 p.m. Too late to run in that night, she waited until morning, and then took the bar, but the sea being unusually heavy she received some slight damage in the break, but reached the wharf safely. Discharged Grey passengers and cargo that day, and received fresh freight on board, and having coaled, she was ready for sea on the 7th, but a frightful sea upon ihe bar compelled her to defer her departure until the Bth, when 6he left the river and steamed to the northward. On arriving off the Pakihi at 4 p.m., found so heavy a sea breaking on the roekboimd coast, that without incurring a most unjustifiable risk, no passengers could be landed, for, although two whaleboats did push out of the cove and managed to reach the Bruce, they refused to run in again, and came to an anchor with the intention of waiting until the sea abated. The Bruce accordingly pushed on for the Buller, and entered the river at 6-30 p.m. Discharged Buller freight and passengers, and the next day, at 11 a.m., started, intending to make another effort to land at Pakihi, and as the sea had-apparently gone down, she took two boats, bound to Pakihi and both deeply laden, in tow. But on rounding the Steeples the full force of a heavy S.W. sea was felt, and it wus very evident that the entrance to Pakihi would be impassable. The Bruce, however, ran down there, and found the sea breaking furiously on the ridge of rocks across the mouth of the cove, the spray flying thirty and forty feet high. She came to an anchor at a respectful distance, and observed a number of people on the ro"ks, making signals for her to keep off, so after a short stay she hove up and ran back to the Buller, taking the two boats with her. By this time the sea had increased, and in consequence of the- heavy and sudden jerks upon the tow-rope, the bows of one of the boats came out, and had not tlie steamer stopped and used extraordinary measures to save it all the cargo would have been lost. As it was, every package was landed on deck and undamaged- The Bruce gained the Buller at 4 p.m., and tLen discharged the Pakihi freight ' and passengers, and left for the Grey at 11 p.m., arriving off the bar at 6 p.m. the next day. Ean inside at tide time and coaled, and then fastening to the schooner Fairy, towed her to sea, aud then proceeded on her way to Hokitika, where she arrived at 2 p.m. the same day (Nov. 10.) The Bruce reports that the schooners Emerald Isle and Mary Anne were lying in Pakihi when she left ; the latter did not appear to be much damaged. The attempts made by Captain Kerley to land the Pakihi passengers ut the cove appears to have been thoroughly appreciated, as the following acknowledgment « as presented by them to himself^ and Mr Harper : —