ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP CAROLINE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 13, 14 January 1876, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP CAROLINE.

The signal for a sail in sight was hoisted yesterday afternoon and kept flying until sundown, shortly after which time the vessel was made out to be a full rigged ship, which at first was thought to be the Celestial Queen, now due Irom London via Dunedin. It turned but, however, to be the immigrant ship Caroline, 984 tonß, Captain W. S. Turnbu'l, 93 days out from Plymouth. She arrived at the outer anchorage shortly before dark, was boarded this . morning by Mr Elliott and Dr Squires, the Immigration and Health Officers, and was towed into hnrbor by the Wallace and Charles Edward, and berthed alongside the Government wharf at 11 a. m She brings 319 souls, equal to 271 adults, 152 being for Nelson. 80 for Westland, ;'69 for Maryborough, and 20 for Tttr*naki, The passage was a most quiet and uneventful one. There was no sickness at all of 1 * a serious nature nmongthe adult?, although there were five d< aths of infant?, all und.tr twelve months old, principally from diarrhoea. Three younar women had to be landed from the ship's side in chairs, two of them having been ailing when put on board. Their names are -.—Emily Gamble, in a far advanced etnge of consumption ; Honor Mangan, suffering from heart disease, and Laura Dobb, suffering from a broken rib caused by being thrown against one of the lockers by a lurch of the ship. The former was 4t once conveyed to the Hospital, and the two latter to the depot. The ship is in splendid order, everything being as clean and comfortable as could possibly be desired, and the passengers speak in high terms of Capt. Turnbnll, Dr Scott, and the officers— Messrs Butt, Cox, and Bickards. who left nothing undone to ensure the comfort and happiness of those committed tt their care. The men are a remarkaoly fine looking set of fellows, and' Bhould be able to give a good account of themselves either in the mine or the harvest field, white all, of both sexes, appear to be a well behaved, respectab c lot, and likely to prove a valuable addition to our population. The following is an abstract of the ship s log :— Left Plymouth on the 12th October at two p.m., the total number of souls on board, including passengers and crew, being 359; crrosed the equator on the Bth of November in longitude 29 west, and the meridian of the Cape on the 3rd of Deearafcer in 41 £ south; ran the easting down between 47 and 48 souths on the 31st passed Tasmania, 80 days oufcj sighted the coaßt of New Zealand about Mount Cook on the 10th January; passed Cape Farewell on the 12th, and arrived off the Lighthouse at 8 p.m. on tlie 13th. Had veryliebt NE. and S.E. trades, and remarkably fine weather down South, having experienced only two gales throughout the voyage. The longest distance logged in one day was 317 miles. The Ciroline is an iron vessel, owned by Messrs Henry Ellis aad Bon of London, and was built in Glasgow in 1855. She was originally a steamer, and was built for the Hoyal African Mail Service, and is aplendi'ily fitted out. The Caroline is not unknown in New Z : aland waters, she having visited Otago last year. She has a commodious saloon, handsomely furnished. The following are her dimensions: — Length, 260 feet; beam, 30 ieet 6 inches; depth, 20 ftet. The following vessels were passed on the passage: — October 12, ship Orari, bound for Canterbury; November 5, ship Kakaia, bound for; canterbury, in latitude sdega lOmins S.; November 9, barque N. W. Blethen, bound North, iv longitude 3ldegs W. ; November 11, ship Lord Falraerston, of Glasgow, bound South, in latitude 7| degs S .longitude 83 W ; December S, ship Isle of Erin, bound from Glasgow, to Sydney, 53 days out, in latitude 42 degs S., longitude 26 degs E.; Dec. 6, ship fGlenoowan, bound from Liverpool to Caleatti, 56 days out, latitude 42 i S.; loDgitude, 31 degs E.