ARRIVAL OF THE WAITARA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 277, 22 November 1877, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE WAITARA.

The ship Waitara, Captain W. E. Caborne, from London, was signalled late yesterday afternoon, and came to an anchor about 10 p.m., after a passage of 89 days She brings 214 immigrants, made up as follows.- 23 married couples, 67 single men, 64 single women, and 37 children. The immigration officers boarded the vessel this morning, and found all well, there having been no deaths or sickness on the passage out. Only one birth occurred. This speaks well for the attention paid to them by Dr. W. W. Dunkley, surgeon superintendent. We are indebted to Captain Caborne for the following details: Embarked the emigrants at Plymouth on August 22nd, and set sail on the 24th; moderate weather was experienced to the Equator, which was crossed on Sept. 23rd, in long. 21degs W.; the meridian of the Cape was passed on October 14th; ran the easting down between the parallels of 41 1 degs to 42 degs S., and passed Tasmania on Nov. 11; sighted Cape Farewell on Nov. 20th, and arrived here as above. When making the coast of New Zealand had four days thick fog, which delayed the vessel. The passage on the whole was an uneventful one. The following vessels were spoken:— Sept. 22, in lat. 2degs 15mins N , long. I7degs 47mins W., ahip Crownthorpe, bound from London to Wellington, 40 days out; Sept. 24, in lat. Ideg 31min3 S., long. 22degs 24mins W., ship Peacemaker, bound from Mauritius to .Liverpool, 50 days out; Oct. Ist, in lat 19degs 42nsina S., long. 26degs 37mins W sent home letters by barque Arctic, bound from Bolivia to Cork, 56 days out; October I3fch,.in latitude 39dega 17mins South, longitude lOdegs 51rain3 East, sighted ship North Wales, bound from Liverpool to Bombay, 70 days out. The Waitara has on board five cabin passengers. She will not come into harbor, having no cargo for this place, but will sail for Wellington aa soon as the immigrants are landed.