ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 19

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

W. B. Eeilly.—From the authority of Brett's "White..Wings." ; (1) The Sebastopol, 992 tons, under CaptainFrazer, sailed from. England on September 6, 1861, and arrived at 'Lyttelton on December 14. This is her only ret corded trip to New Zealand. (2) The Travancore was one of the earliest passenger ships to call at tyttelton. Under Captain Brown, this 562-ton ship left London on December 6, 1850,, and reached Lyttelton on March 3.1, 1851. (3) No details available of Jasper.

T.! H. E. King (Nelson).—(l) Ths Bangitata is registered under the ownership of the Federal. Co., while her two sister ''Eangi'' ships are registered uader theN.Z.S. Co. (2) The Avelona Star has now only; one funnel, the dummy stack having been removed. (3) The trips are: made: to an overseas port— Norfolk Island, because it is the nearest one —to avoid Customs dues otherwise payable to the New Zealand Government on the scows 'engines.; S, ;

Mrs. J. Bryant.—The, British King made a second trip to New Zealand in 1884, arriying at Auckland at 12.30 a.m. on May 3. She brought 175 passengers, and was at Wellington on May 10, proceeding; from here to Lyttelton. A full-list of passengers is not available. ' :

There are'animated to be some 150 lions in captivity in England. The London Zoo has twenty-three, while its full requirements are only twelve. ■