ARRIVAL OF THE 'QUEEN BEE,' FROM LONDON.
The fine ship Queen Bee, in command of Captain GL Dent, arrived in harbour this morning from London, after a fair passage of 107 days. Sho brings a large cargo for this port and Napier.
The Queen Bee left the East India Dock s October 22nd, 1870 ; left Gh-avesond on the 24th ; and the Downs on the 28th : landed pilot at the Start 8 a.m., November Ist; left the Lizard midnight, November Ist; passed inside of Madeira ; detained three days oil Canaries with light south-west winds ; passed inside of the Cape de Verdcs, and crossed the Equator at 3 p.m., November 28th, in 27 deg. 25 mm. west ; sighted and passed Trinidad sth December ; crossed the meridian of Greenwich, December 19th, in 38 deg. south ; crossed the meriuian of the Cape, midnight, December 24th ; easting run down at a mean of 45 deg. south ; from 19 deg. west to 117 deg. ease experienced a continued succession of thick, dense fogs ; passed the south end of Tasmania, January 25th, in company with the Wild Duck, bound to Nelson ; sighted the Three Kings at 6 p.m. of the 4th of February'; midnight of the sth becalmed off Cape Brett; 6th and 7th light airs between the Hen and Chickens and the Little Barrier ; arrived in Auckland on the Bth instant. The ship has arrived in a very cleanly condition, and the passengers were in good health. On the 19th December, Mr. Serdfield died of consumption.
Passengers - Saloon : Mr. John Slater, Harriet, Sarah, Florence M., and John Slater; Tliomus and Elizabeth Masefield, Mr. B. Cox, Captain Jones, Mr. J. G-illman. Second cabiu: Robert Conn; Thomas, Ann, Wilhernina, Richard, and Hannah Jeffuott; Lutha, Emma C., and William L. Guff; George Longhmore, Alexander Stephen, and William Wairon. Steerage: E. L. and Maria Trafford; Richard, Mery R., and Edwin Tom Masefield; Ann, Sarah, aud Emma M. Barker ; Edwin A. W. Avery, Ann Parfitt ; John, Eliza, John, Ann, and Caroline Davis ; G. W. Hamshaw ; Noble and Matilda Johnston ; William Lambert ; John, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizibeth S., Agnes F., Henrietta, and Fanny Baltimore ; Mary A., Jane, and Letitia Cameron ; Alfred H. Hannett; Elizabeth, Ernest H., and Catherine Serdefield ; T. Sedgwick ; James, Marian, and David Shaw.
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 338, 8 February 1871, Page 2
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