SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
WESTPOET. HTQH WATER. This Day ... 0.45 a.m., 1.0 p.m. To-morrow 1.19 a.m., 1.39 p.m. ARRIVALS. Mny 6—Murray, s.s., 56 tons, M'Gillivray, from Nelson. J. Paul, agent. DEPARTURES. May 6—Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, for Greyniouth. Rapid, schooner, Eae, for Pelorus Sound. PASSENGER LIST. Per Murray, for Nelson—Mrs Morris, Mrs Simpson, Messrs Myers and Dickens. Per Murriiy.forGreyraouth—Mrs M'Carthy, Messrs Paul and Alcorn. IMPORTS. Per Murray, from Nelson and Motueka—--2 cases drapery, 2 bales do, Whyte and Pirie; 1 do do, Fair and M'Coy; I truss, Itowlands; 3 sides bacon, Brown; 2 hhds ale. Tonka and Hughes ; 10 qr-casks do, 2 kegs butter, 1 box eggs, 6 do apples, Falla ; 4 do apples, Sniyrk ; 7 pks fruit, Thompson ; 14 pkgs iron, 7 do leather, Jackson ; 1 trunk, Miss Hunt ; 1 horse, order. Shipped at Motueku—s coops fowls, M'Kee; 1 keg butter, 2 bag* peas, Smyrk; 2do barley, 2do peas, W. J. Patterson ; 2 do peas, Stitt Bros.; 36 do potatoes, Bailie and Humphrey ; 7 do, carrots, Western; 14 do carrots, 18 do turnips, Munro. EXPORTS. Per Murray, for Greymouth—2 boxes gold, Union Bank of Australia ; 2 do do, Bank of New Zealand. On February 19, from the y.ird of Messrs W. 11. Potter and Co., at Liverpool, was launched a large screw-steamer, which is intended to trade between the Australian ports, and which has been built for the owners in the colony. The vessel, which is 220 feet in length, 29 feet beam, and 16 feet deep, is 800 tons burthen, and has been fully fitted up for passenger traffic, as well as having large carrying capacity. Her engines are being made by Messrs James Jack and Co., of Liverpool, and are 100 horse-power nominal, but of sufficient power to work up to a much higher rate. ■BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS. Bluff.—May t—Gothenburg, from Dun- ■ edin. Wellington.—May 6 —Rangitoto, from Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. Wangahtji.—May 6—John Penn, for Westport. COMMERCIAL. The import duty collected at the Custom House, Westport, during the present week amounted to £236 19s Bd.
The export duty on gold during the same period amounted to £.534 9s.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 655, 7 May 1870, Page 2
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347SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 655, 7 May 1870, Page 2
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