LAUNCH.
The new schooner built by Messrs Sims and Brown at Devonport, and recently purchased by Messrs Donald and Edcnborough for the King of Tonga, was successfully launched on Saturday last, and chriutened by Miss Baker the " Toafa Haamia." The new schooner is a handy vessel—6l feet keel and 70 feet overall; beam, 18 feet; and depth of hold, 7 feet v inches. She is well built on a nice model, and should prove a very serviceable crafb. She is well fitted out, and has two cabins painted in white and gold, and upholstered with crimson velvet. One cabin is intended for the captain and chief officer, and the other will accommodate ten passengers. The new schooner will leave this week for Tonga in charge of Captain Mincham.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 173, 25 July 1887, Page 4
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