ARRIVAL OF THE WAITANGI.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8597, 12 September 1889, Page 1

ARRIVAL OF THE WAITANGI.

The vessel reported from Cape Saunders on Tuesday evening reached the heads at 6 a.m. yesterday, and proved to be the New Zealand Company's Bhip Waitangi from London. The tug Plucky proceeded down to tender her, and brought her across the bar at 9 a.m. under the charge of Pilot Paton, and on coming up she was passed by the health officer, Dr Drysdale, boarded and promptly cleared in by Mr Macdgnuell,)customs surveyor, and came to anchor in the Quarantine ground, her draught being 18ft 9in aft. The Waitangi comes into port in most excellent order, and reflects great credit upon Captain Leeraan and his officers, of whom Mr Reston is chief, and Mr Filleul seoond. She brings some 2192 tons of cargo, of which 1362 tons are measurement goods, and 830 tons dead weight; and, notwithstanding she ia deeply laden, she haß made the passage from port to port in 82 days, and 77 days from land to land, thus proving herself to be no mean Bailer; 2d days only elapsed from rounding the Cape of Good Hope until she passed the Snares, and we congratulate Captain Leeman on the excellent record he has made, and to whom we are indebted for the following report oi the passage, takun from his private journal: Left the South West India dooks at 7 p.m. on June 20, towed down to Graveßend, where she anchored at 9.45 p.m., until 3.30 a.m. on the following day, when Bhe again got uaderweigh and towed to the Downs, casting off the tug at 1 p.m., and landed the pilot off Dover at 5 p.m. same day, with a light N.E. breeae; carried light eaaterty and N.E. winds down ohannel, and took her departure from the Lizards at noon on the 24th, and on June 27 spoke the ship Hesperus, 13T days out from Melbourne, and supplied her with some small provisions, still keeping light winds from N.E. to N.W. until July 6, ou which day she picked up the N.E. trades in lat. 29 N., long. 22.45 W. The trades were steady throughout, and finally gave out on July 12 In lat. 10.40 N., long. 25.31 W. Thence she had variable winds with heavy rains until the 15th. when she took the S.W. monsoon, which led her into the S.E. trades on the 20th in lat. 3 N., long. 20 W., crossing Hie equator at noon on the following day. The S. ts. trades were stroug and equally, and carried her down to lat. 23 S.; on the 28th they were succeeded by moderate variable windß. and on August 4 spoke the Britißh ship Dovenby Hall, from Cardiff for Cape Town, 12 days out; the master wished to be reported " nil well." Moderate variable winds continued, and she rounded the Cape of Good Hope on August 13 in lat. 41 S. Moderate and unsteady windn continued until the 10th, when she had a succession of S.W. to south and westerly gales with heavy neas, and on August 25 she encountered a very heavy W.S.W. gale with tremendous sess running, which held uutil the 29th, when the weather moderated. Passed the meridian of Cape Leuwin on August 31 in lat. 48 S., had moderate N.W. and northerly winds with line weather, and paßsed the Snares at 1 20 p.m on September 8, when a strong ijale from N.W. to west set in, attended by thick dirty weather, and nn the following day was in company with the Bhip Otnki, for Lyttelton. The weather moderated on the 10lh, and had lightwlnds aloug the coast, arriving as above. No ice nor wreck-