NEW SOUTH WALES.

West Coast Times, Issue 648, 22 October 1867, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

(TBOM THE SYDNEY MOBNING HERALD, OCX 1.). Tbadb of Sydney.— From Government statistics, just published, wo find that ■ during 1866, the *aluc of goods imported into this colony from the United States of America amounted to L 381.760, an excess of L 352.000 over our exports thenco. From Chili we received merchandise valued at L 289,38 3; from Panama, L 4946; Callao, L 45;4 5; Rio de Janeiro, L9O. Details of these imports are as follows : — From tho United States— Agricultural implements, L 5 ; guns, L6O ; bricks, Ll9; brushware, L 1932; cheese, L3O; carriages, L 1160: carriage materials, L 964; waggons, L 46;.4 6;. preserves, L 80; &> J" 50 ' dr "gs and medicines, L38OO; fish, L 6931; flour, L 135.23 3; 7™' 1*150,914; oats, L 2194; maize, L 510; beans, L 248; barley, L 654 2; and fruit, L 87 5; furniture, L 329 6; glassware, L 1391 ; grindery, LCS ; hardware, L 15.993; lamps, L 1449; drapery, L7O ; matches, L2O ; machinery 14649 ; nails, L 492 ; oars, L 765 ; oatmeal, L 13 5; pearl barley, LSO ; oil 1,1325 ; oilmen's stores, L 197 1; paint,' MO7; peas,Ll2B ; pittmrM, Ll© ; pi pBl

L4O ; pitch, tar, and rosin, L 515 ; plants and seeds, L 8; photographic materials, LB, provisions, L 156 2; quicksilver, L 23 1; spirits, L 195 3; stationery, L9B ; stoneware, L4O ; timber, L 698 4; tobacco, L 555 6; cigars, L2l ; woodvrare, L 506 3; clocks, L 793; wine, L 8; sundries, L 37. Our imports from Chili and Peru were entirely in breadstuff's and nuts ; from Eio we received a shipment of salt; and from Panama goods received by steamers* from New York and England. In return for the foregoing articles, we exported : — To the United States — Apparel, value LSO ; coals, 48,242 tons, value L 29,075 ; drugs and medicines, L 80;8 0; furniture, L4O ; iron, 100 tons, value L 450 ; plants and seeds, L2O ; kerosene shale, Lo ; brandy, Ll2 ; tobacco, Lls; oil, L 3 ; sundries, LlO. To Chili — Bags and s-aclcs, L 116 0; coals, 8044 tons, value L 7687; beef, L 562; brandy, L2l ; sugar, L 88 4; tobacco, L 25. To Peru —Brandy, Ll3O. To PanamaApparel. LGO ; butter and cheese, LSO ; coals, 1172 tons, value L 1020; gold, L 41.876 ; earfclienware and china, Ll4 ; dried fruits. L 29;2 9; preserved meat, L2O ; brandy, Ll4 ; wine, L 2, The shipments to the United States were chiefly to San Francisco, and tho bulk of thoso to Panama, were en route for England. Unfortunately, there is no reliable data as to the total amount of shipments ■either to California or Chili, as it was the fashion when despatching vessels with breadstuff's to clear them out for Petropaulovski. Several purchasers of tallow for Chili were made here last year, and are doubtless included in the shipments to the port jusi named, bu( as shipments for other ports l>ave been concealed in the same way, the quantity cannot be ascertained, The same remarks also apply to several shipments of coal. Owing to the failure of the crops in 1865, the balance of trade has been in a marked degree against the colony. This year it is not improbable that shipments to and from will be nearly equalised. Twenty-five American ships, of 13,943 tons, entered inwards at ports of this colony, and twenty-eight vessels, of 15,711 tons cleared out. A Brave Boy. — Quite a sensation was caused on the Queen's Wharf, Newcastle, on Friday evening, by an act of daring bravery displayed by one of Mr W. K. Lochhead's sons, a lad of only ten years of age, in promptly jumping into the harbor to save his younger brother, Freddy, who had fallen from the steamer Commis-sary-General into the water. It appears the two lads — the younger one is only eight years old — were standing on the steamer together, when Master Freddy Lochhcad accidentally fell overboard. He had barely reached the water before his brother James plunged in after him, with all his clothes on, and succeeded in holding up his head until Captain Williamson, seeing what was the matter, also jumped in to the rescue. Having taken the youngest lad ashore, Mr Williamson was returning for " the other, when he was politely informed his assistance would not be required. The cool intrepidity of so young a lad pleased and astonished all who witnessed it, and the young hero — for such he really is — was soon surrounded by a crowd of admirers, not the least interested of whom was Mr Lochhead himself.—" Newcastle Chronicle."