ARRIVAL OF THE KINGDOM OP SWEDEN.
The barque Kingdom of Sweden, from London, was towed up yesterday afternoon, and anchored off Deborah Bay. The Kingdom of Sweden is a fine iron barque of 787 tons register, and was built at Sunderland, in 1875, by Messrs Mounsey and Foster, to the order of Messrs Gossman and Smith, of London. She is now on her second trip, and comes under charter to the Albion Shipping Compnny. She brings a full cargo of about 1,200 tons of general and dead weight. We thank Captain Smith for report of her passago, which wo are compelled to abridgo. The Kingdom left London on April Bth, and took her departure off the Isle of Wight on the 14th; crossed the equator on the 14th May, in long. 27 W., the meridian of Greenwich on the 4th of June in lat. 42 S., and that of the Cape on the 9th in lat 46 S.; passed the Solanders at 7 a.m. on the 7th July, having lau down her casting between th j parallels of 46 to 48 S.; passed through Fove>ux Straits same day with a light N.W. wind, and arrived off the Heads snxne night. The passage was made from port to port in 92 days, and from laud to land in 87 days. She will discharge at the railway pier.
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Evening Star, Issue 4172, 11 July 1876, Page 3
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226ARRIVAL OF THE KINGDOM OP SWEDEN. Evening Star, Issue 4172, 11 July 1876, Page 3
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