The Island trading schoonor Olive, 92 tons. Captain Ross, cleared at tbo Customs this morning for a trip to tho Friendly Islands. She has a fall cargo of g-eneral merchandise and kauri timber for Keppoll, Vavau, Hnpai, Fanuale, and Tongafcobu Islands, and has the following passengers : —Mr and Mrs J. B. Peiston (merchant), and Mr and Mrs Smallwood (trader), for Vavau. She mil probably sail this even ing.
TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.
Whangarei, this day.—Arrived, 7 a.m. : Wellington, 5,.., from Auckland. Port Albert, this day.—Arrived : Chit toor. Sailed : The Wenona. Tauranga, this day.—Arrived, 9 a.m. : Waiotahi, s.s., from Auckland. Tauranga, this day. — Arrived, 11,30 (km. : Chelmsford, s.s., from Auckland,

Russell, this day.—-Arrived : Mana pouri, ab 6.30 a.m. Sho sailed for Sydney at noon. Passenger : Mrs Peterson.
New Plymouth, yesterday. — Sailed, 10.30 p.m. : Gairloch, s.s., and Mahinapua, s.s., for Onehunga (wibh ditecb mail, con nected with express).
Lytteltox, yesterday. —Arrived : Har den, barque, from Japan. Sailed : Pakeha, for Dunedin.
Port Chalmers, yesterday.—Sailed : Duke of Sutherland, s.s., for Lytteltoii. Bluff, yesberday.— Sailed : Aidle, s.s., for Sydney.
INew York, March 2S.—Ai-rived : Barque B. Webster, from Auckland, November llbh ; barque Essex, from Auckland, De cember 24th. Ab Boston : Barque Hector, from Wellington, November 29th.
Capetown, March 27.—The Aorangi lefb to-day for Hobart and Auckland.
COMMERCIAL.
GUM MARKET.
Auckland, March 30, 1892.
Albhough supplies continue very large, the markeb for ordinary gum is firmer. East Coast is unchanged. Supplies for 30 days of March are about 742 boris, and these heavy supplies, if continued, may have a weakening efiecb.
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Fair ordinary ... Unpicked ordinary Poor ordinary ... Easb Coast

£42 bo £43 £44 to £48 £38 to £40 ... £70

THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.
