ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP WAIMEA FROM LONDON.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6370, 18 February 1886, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP WAIMEA FROM LONDON.

The New Zealand Company's snip Wai—ea,-B*B tons register, Capt. Sinclair. ■zrsTed.lii Port yesterday, after a passage, of 106 days, the left theWeßt India Dock o&'ifce Srd November, and proceeded to Orecnhithe to. adjust her compasses, and left the follow: ng day, and towed ty> Beachy Head. After the tu_ left a strorg S.W. - wind was experienced for twenty-four hotiw, after which it changed to the eastward/ wM h contained till the 10th November: after -which B.W. winds prevailed until the 22nd November. " The N.E. trade* Were met in l%t. 24.49 N. long. 2311 W.. which were cuxied tolat. 3 4o N.lang. 25.53 W. Crossed the Equator in long* 26 W. on the 3rd December, and got the S.E. trades, which continued unto, the 15th December, in lat. 24 54 S. long: 28.26 W. After "losing the trades variable ,winds ware experienced uotil reaching Ist. 3026 8. long. '14.49 Wi : when usual westerly winds wt re met with, and good progress was Bade?,; Sighted Cape Saunders on the 9th February, with north: easterly winds and calms, which continued for several

calms, making very litt c progress,- until the B.W. wind came up, which brought - the vessel to her deirinaticn/as above stated. The Waimea __ btriyed m first-class (rrdery and appears, as _ She h&d 5 ist left a harbor, instead of eomingVfi: ia long voyage, and is a credit to heroommander and his ofiieera.The Waimea. —as berthed, at the . Gladstone Pier yesterday after noca.- She brings nine passengers, who, with the crew, have arrivea in good health*. She has brought a large general cargo.