SHIP OTAKI, FROM LONDON.

Thin fine voasol, belonging to tho Now Zealand Shipping Company, was sigmllod yesterday at 1 p.m. The s.s. Moa, with tho health ofllcors, agents, reporters, &c, wont off to her at 8 p.m. She was very soon cleared, and all interested wero admitted onboard, Tho Otakl ia a sister ship in ovory roBpoot to the Orarl, so recently described in these columns, therefore it is unnecessary to givoadotailed description of hor, Ono noticoablo thing was a largo number of leather fire buokots, which will of cotirao prove far more serviceable than wooden ones. The voasol brings only threo passongors in her saloon,' and 274 immigrants. She mot with very Bovert weather in the Channel, being jammed by baffling winds off the Scilly Islands until Fob. 14. Among the saloon passengers is Mr John Lowis of this City, who has returned from his visit to tho Old Country. Tho immigrants seem to be a thoroughly usoful class pf pooplo, and a groator portion of them are agricultural labourers. They one and all speak in tho highest terms of praise of the Burgoon Superintendent, Dr Wilson, who sooms quito to /.ave won the hearts of all tho immiorans on board. Captain M'lnnis, togothor with his officers, wore also spoken of as bavin; boen very kind, and of having done their utmost to vendor tho passage a comfortable one, Tho flrstpartof tho vessel visited was tho single girls' compartment, which had fifty-two ocoupants, under the care of tho matron, Alice Hill, of whom tho girls Bpoko in the most feeling tor ma, They are mostly Irish, and domestics, and look a good, useful class of nor cants. Tho sea certainly soemod to have Agreed with them ns they all appeared to bo in tho most robust health. They had oooupiod part of their timo on tho voyago by doing needlework, &0., and tho artiolos so made woro distributed to tbom previous to their It aviog the ship. Their compart* incut was boautifaJly clean and woll ventilatod. JSToxb In turn cam© the married people's division in tho midships. Thirty.flvo families oooupiod this division, aud amongst them all wo heard of no c mplnints whatever. All spoko of tho good quality and quantity of the food supplied to them, and of tho kind treatment they hadrooeived from the dootor. This compartment showed oyident elgns of having boon kept most sorupulously clean, and tho room for each family was abundant. Both here and in tho single girls' division tho constables woro vevy woll spoken of. Last in turn was tho single men's division j hero eighty<throo were seated at thoir tea, a'ld thoy certainly apnoared to be a thoroughly well conduetod and orderly class of men; the majority being agricultural labourers'* there will bo no difficulty in thoir obtaining plenty of work. Hero.also the dootor was spoken of in tho sumo terms as elsewhere, and all expressed thorn. solves thoroughly satisfied with the food and tho general treatment they had received from the authorities of tho ship. Tho baker must not be omitted, as bo ofimo*in fov his share of praise for the manner in which ho had carried out his duties. In Captain M'lnnis' cabin was a vory beautifully finished model o! tho vessel. Thocondonsor appoirs to have worked splendidly, condensing, as it old. 700 gallons in tho twenty-four hours. Dr Wilson reports the behaviour of tho immigrants as very good, and their general health as very satisfactory. There was, of course, the usual sickness and diarrhoea provalent among young children, of which there were abou^ seventy-live, but nothing of any serious naturo. Two deaths occurred during the voyage, namely, James White and Edith Ashton, of acute bronchitis i each of tho children woro under twelve monthsof ago. Ono birth ooourrodon board, a fine little boy. making an addition to tho Stephens' family. Dr Wilson spoko in very high torms of his assistant during the voyngo, arid, tho.convonioncos placed at his disposal. The singlo girls wero landed yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to Aldington. The following is tho Captain's report :— Passed through the Downs Nov. 1 : had moderate winds down Channel till Nov. 4, when tho wind from tho Westward gradually increased to -hard gales, with heavy conf usod sea, tho barometer falling as low as 28 80. Nov. 4, the ship was in latitfldo 40dog lOmin North and Bdeg 12min Bastlongitudo, Caught tho North-east Trades in latitude Bldeg lOmin North and longitude 23dog 15min Wont, and held there until Deo. 1, in latitude 7dog BOmin North and 26deg OminWost, Got the Southeast Trades in 2dog Khnin North latitude and 29deg 20min East longitftfe; crossed tho Equator Dec. 12, in longitude 31dog 12mln East t orossod tho Moridian of Greenwteb Jan. 1, 1876, in latitude 41de* 81mto South ; Dossed the Cape of Good Hope Jan 6, in latltudo ildeg SOmin South j passed tho Snares Fob, 3, and had light and variable winds all tho way up the coast. The Captain also reports having passed between two immense icebergs in latituto 48deg 40min South, and longitude 63deg 20min East, on Jan.

10, tho weather being fine and olear at tho timoj spoko tho ship Sushox, Livorpool to Cftloutta, Deo. 6 ; ship Glenavon, London to Adolaldo, Doo. 7 } and tho barque Borkloy, Doo. 11. That tho vosbpl is a fast nailer may bojudged from tho faot that she travolled 8009 miles in twelve days, and that when hor trim was too muoh by tho Testimonials were prosontod to both tho Captain and Surgeon- Superintendent upon thoir. arrival in harbour,'

SHIP ORUSADEfc, PEOM LONDON. Mosßra Shaw, Savlll ana Co's fluo ship Crusader, Captain Itonaut, arrlvod in harbour yoßtorday aftoruoon. aftor a passage of niuoty-nino days from London. Loft tho Start throe hours after tho Otaki. and arrived hero just threo hours after that vessel. It is a very rotnarkablo fact that two vessels should, after a voyage of 16,000 miles, nrriyo in tho same timo, and should havo been, as they woro in company with caoh other for a t fow days, and then lost sight of for so "long a timo. Hor saloon was quite taken up, besides having a large number of passongersinthesooondoabinana stoerago. Tho vessol experienced oomo very heavy woathor in tho Bay of Biscay. losing tho majority of her live »took, both that belonging to tho ship and that exported. At one timo sho wns considered inimrainont danger from tho heavy .seas breaking over her; however sho weathered the s,torm wtli, proving hor sea-worthy qualities. Tho romaindor of tho voyage appears to havo boon yory comfortablo, tho passengers having amusod thomsolves in tho usual manner with amateur thoattloivls, concerts, &o. Tho vossfl called at Tristan d'Aounha to replenish her livo stook, and suooooded In obtaining some, but tho weather proving unfavourablo, had to leavo before obtaining as muoh as was required. Boarded tho ship Ivanhoo, from London to Calcutta, on Doo. 22, and forwardod blotters by hor for England. Dr Munroe aoted as Surgeon of the ship, but from tho reports, and Judging by tho appearanco of tho passengers, his heiling art was not greatly required. Ono birth ooourrod during the passage. Tho following report was furnishod by Captain Honaut;-Left dravoaond on Oct. 91, 1875, with light southerly winds and thiok woathor down Channel j landed tho pilot off the Start Point on Nov. 2, and took our doparture from Bishop's Book at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8, with a light Westerly broozo : Nov. 4, spoke ship Otaki j from Nov. 5 to Nov. 14 oxporionced continued heavy gales from South-wost to West wltfa. tremendous sea, during which time wo lost tho greatorpsrt of the stook— both cargo and ship's j tho heaviost galo was on tho night of Nov. 10, during the shift from South-west to Northwost tho ship was m great danger from tho soas that swept over her forward s on Sunday, Nov. 14 tho woathor booame. finer, and from that timo uutil arrival the winds havo boon very moderate and weather very fine. On Nov. ,11/ tho Lizard poiat bore North SOdog and East 108 miles distant i Nov. 27 sightod San Antonio; lost the North-east Trades on Nov. 80 in 7dog North, latitude and longitude 26dog West j caught the South-east Trades on Deo. 6 in latitude Bdeg North, and at 2fldog West longltudo j Doo. 7 at 6 ».m.. sightod 8t Paul's Rooks, and passed to windward of them j Doo. 0, 2 p.m.. pasted to the Eastward of Fernando Noronati, with light Trade wind j lost tho South-east Trades in latitudo 25dog South and longitude SOdeg Wont j These, like tho North-east, wore very moderate} Deo. 27, 10 a.m., sighted Tristan d'Acuhna j Deo. 28, were taoking about off the sottlemont, making signals for a boat, but thoy did not coma oil until 4 p.m. ; git six sheep, and gavo an order fer moro Htocfe to oomo oil in tho morning, but tho woathor coming on foggy, and blowing from tho North, we proceoded on our course ; Jan. 5, 187H, passed the moridian of the Cape in latitudo 40deg83min South; spoke tho barque Glenlora, from London to Auokland, all well, and asked to bo roportod tho samo; Jan. 8, paoaedto tho Southward and In sigho of Prince Edward's Island} Jan. 24,- passed tho meridian of Capo Lewin in Intitudo 48deg EOrnin Boubh } pasjod a barquo steering East by aouth on that dny i passed tho movidlan of Tasmania Jan, 30 ; sightod the Snares on Fob. 4at 4 a in, Casting was made on a parallel of 48dog, with modorate winds from North-west to Wosfc. and very flno weather and pmooth flea throughout, excepting on Jan. 80, 81, and Feb. I, when it blow ham from tho Blast-south-oast tpSouth'BOuth-eftsJlJ with heavy sonj made Banlts^ Peninsula Feb. 7, in**om»any with the ship Otaki. Tho groater number of the snloon" passengera will proceed to Welliugton aud Kolson by tho first steamor. Tho health of'tbo ptssongors gonorally has beon good throughout tho voyage.