ARRIVAL OF THE "OCEAN MAIL."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 265, 9 November 1874, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE "OCEAN MAIL."

x ?heJs.Z. Company's fine ship Oc^n Mail, 1040 tons, Captain •Watsdat dro^ped^ltfchor in -th'-S roadstead ou Saturday after&oon after a smart run of 78 days, from Start Point, baying passed all the vessels sighted on the voyage. She brings about 400 .immigrants, 240 of whom are for Nelson, and the balance for Westland and Marlborough. She e^pe.riejpjced, on, Jthe wholoj favorable weather, and there was very little sickness on board. On the voyage there were three deaths of infants and two" births/" Her cargo, with the exception of about 20^t^jJf-jfpiL^ Nelson^ chiefly consists of railway material for the Bluff, whither she will as soon as^he ha's landed her passengers, and, as Captain Watson is not disposed to run the risk of losing his men,'i_r does npt purpose to. en ter : the bjwbor, ; and trie immigrants will therefore be brought on shore by the, steamer Murray to-day. Thoae for Nelson will be taken to the new Asylum, and those for tbe other provinces to the new Inli^grjit|ojoißarrackß. , :,The captain and surgeon (Dr Froude) we understand,, are spoken of by the passengers, and in their turn'" give 1 a most favorable report of those placed, under tbeir care. The Ocean Mail is one of the finest ships trading to New Zealand;' All her internal fittings are most complete, she has splendid esiloon accommodation for passengers, and her 'tween decks are lofty and airy, a man of the average height being unable to touch tbe ceiling with his extended arm. Her last voyage to Wellington . was made in 77 days, and having arrived there in December, able proceeded thence to Lyttelton, where she loaded for London, for which port she sailed in April last, and now, early in November, is once: more in New Zealand. Among ber passengers are a large number of Sheilandera who have left tbeir desolate island in the" hope of finding a more attractive home in this colony. It is, perhaps, worth mentioning, that on board this ship are a couple of the oldest' emigrants l that ever left the old country in search of a new home, the husband being 79 yeara of oge, and tbe wife 70. It is not usual to grant free passages to veterans over wbose heads so many summers bave passed, hut in .the present inetance the rule has ' been relaxed .on account of the family of buxom daughters tbey bring with tbem, who are well calculated to supply some of the numerous demands for general servants. Tbe nationalities of the passengers for Nelson are :— English 124, Scotch 97, Irish 14. Jersey 1, French 2, Germans 2. The names are :-— Maeeied Couples —• W. and. E. Williams, 2 children, J. and E. M. Dunn, J. and E. Gerrick, 5 children, J and B. Georgesen, 1 child, J and J. Jamieson, Pr^anff' KiyHfcnrjT," 1 _6bi{d;' L. and B. LawrensoWr 4 children, £/ arid A. Sinclair, 2 children. J. and A. Moffat, 4 children, 'E. and J; Beddliff, 2 {children, E. anfl J.Cbarles, 4 childran, B. and E. Cbeyne, A. and E. j l^rson, R. and M. Ward, 3 children, ' T. Wa^ETKelly; 4 ghildren,;R. end Er j Cowley, 7 children, T. and'AjC6r)e r tte, l^child, J. and, 8.. Kerr,, J. and A., J. Myjrj>ie t _3^cbi^ J. and A. Kirton, 3 children, P. and 8M;t». Eday,^ihild,yW;;and J| Solomon, I 4 children, D. and S. Newher, 2 child-; ren, A. and E. Warcombe, 5 children, B. and A. Johnson, 4 children, A. and: EV Williams, 2 children; J. arid*' 4*. j Strange, 3 children, B. and B. Coutts. W. and S. Greenslade, F. <and?oE. ! Greenslade, J. and C. Macdonald, 1 child*, T. and S. Stephens, T. and M. Jamieson, J. and C. Coutts. Single Men — E. Williams, W.| Gear, R. Henry, W. Moffatty Gv'Cor- 1 lette, B. Stanton, B. and J. Johnson, P. Coutts, J. Lawrenson, W. Melville, ' J. Willcocks, B. Williamson, James,! John, A. and Tv-Jamieson, J. Doule, ; P. Shepperd, P. Ozouf, T. Coombs, J." St>_ttr(Srs, r T. Kelly, Ai Cannon,, -\£.j Burton, W. Watson, P. Murphy,^ J. ! and G. Boyd, S. B. Butler, W. Chis-j holing J. Leitch, J. and Sinclair, J. \ Wren, G. Stephene, J. Weymen, P.l .Sullifan,jGr. Smart, A. Leslie. ' Sin&e WbitEN— A. Jamieson, M., 8., and J. Henry, M. Sinclair, J.; Charles, J. and C. Corlette, M. Co wen,; M. SVSkirton. El Stanton, M. and E. JohnsoD, C, E., and L. Coutts, O, T., 8., and M. Coutts, Q. and J. Jamieson, C. Somers, E., M., md B. Sinclair, B. Fraser, E. Donll, A. Jamieson, C. Elmes^ E., ; . and E. Kenny, J, E. Smith, R. White, L. Parsons, M. Butt, M. Fowatt, C. M'Farlane, D. and J. Muller.