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LION the previous day. The CHINA was owned by Edward Browne, of Hamilton, and had been lengthened and refitted during the winter. At this time, Aeneas was making further additions to his waterfront facilities. A new sugar warehouse was under construction and its dimensions were 160 feet by 60 feet and it was designed to accommodate 800 hogsheads. Cunningham, Shaw & Co. were again active in the trade and the first of their vessels with cargo for Hamilton was the WIRRALITE. She sailed from Liverpool on the 7 April and made a good crossing, being at Quebec on the 10 May. She then proceeded to Toronto, and arrived in Hamilton on 29 May. Her manifest read as follows: For G. J. Forster & Co., wholesale grocers, at King & Charles Sts.: 250 kegs Carbonic Soda; 100 kegs Soda; 25 casks Crystals; 5 cases Borax; 2 casks Cream Tartar; 10 boxes Vitriol; 50 kegs Epsom Salts; 500 bags Rice; 10 casks Lump Alum; 50 kegs Saltpetre; 10 bbls Green Coperas; 50 bbls Whiting and 100 bbls Pickles. For J. & A. Turner, wholesale grocers, Hughson St., bet. King and Main: 100 bags Rice; 50 bbls. Beer; 5 bbls. Saltpetre; 3 bbls. Sulphur; 2 cases Blacking; 10 casks Soda Crystal and 2 casks Blue. For Harvey, Stuart & Co., wholesale grocers, King St. East, nr. Hughson: 90 bags Rice and 30 bbls. Currants. For Brown, Gillespie & Co., wholesale grocers, King & James Sts.: 50 bbls. Currants, 5 cases Figs and 5 bbls. Sulphur Flour. -7-