Shipping Arrivals and Departures




MONTHLY LIST OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES IN THE PORT OF LYTTELTON, FROM THE 1st TO THE 28th FEBRUARY, 1868.

ARRIVALS

DATE OF ARRIVALS NAME OF SHIP TONS FROM WHENCE PASSENGERS
Males Females Children

February

| | Theseus | 80 | Dunedin | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | S.S.Corio | 116 | ... | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mail of Yarrow| 97 | Timaru | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Harriet Armitage | 61 | Timaru | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Traveller’s Bride | 45 | Dunedin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Fanny a’Garrigues | 189 | Wellington | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Yarrow | 223 | Wellington | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Storm Bird | ... | Wellington | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Geelong | 105 | Dunedin | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Young England | 105 | Lyttelton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mary Ann Christina | 42 | Wellington | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Pride Alland | 703 | Wellington | 29 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Aurora | 286 | Dunedin | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Amanda | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Maid of Yarrow | 97 | Timaru | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Storm Bird | 104 | Dunedin | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Wild Wave | 49 | Auckland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Julia Ann | 112 | Auckland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gothenburg | 459 | Dunedin | 17 | 15 | 4 |
| 19 | Queen | 177 | Wellington | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Juno | 60 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wan-to-Tohie | ... | Auckland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Foam | 75 | Akaroa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Geelong | 105 | Dunedin | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Dove | 30 | Auckland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Queen | 177 | Dunedin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Rifleman | 82 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Naubina | 60 | Nelson | ... | ... | ... |
| 29 | Maid of Yarrow | 97 | Tiroua | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| Inwards | | 3793 | Inwards | 154 | 34 | 15 |

DEPARTURES

DATE OF DEPARTURES NAME OF SHIP TONS DESTINATION PASSENGERS
Males Females Children

February

| | Theseus | 80 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thomas Sparks | 116 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mary | 40 | Port Underwood | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maid of Yarrow | 97 | Oamaru | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Augusta | 25 | Queen Ch. Sound | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Margaret | 30 | Dunedin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Esau | 27 | Akaroa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fawn | 52 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fanny a’Garrigues | 104 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Young England | 103 | Dunedin | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Geelong | 104 | Dunedin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Yarrow | 229 | Wellington | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | San Bird | 156 | Akaroa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Airedale | 284 | Wellington | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Storm Bird | 104 | Wellington | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mary Ann Christiana | 42 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Prince Alfred | 702 | Nelson | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Traveller’s Bride | 450 | Dunedin | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hero | 30 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Queen | 177 | Dunedin | 30 | 14 | 1 |
| 15 | Maid of Yarrow | 97 | Timaru | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Geelong | 108 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Foam | 77 | Akaroa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Queen | 177 | Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Foam | 76 | Akaroa | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| Outwards | | 3323 | Outwards | 129 | 27 | 9 |

FOREIGN SHIPPING

ARRIVALS

DATE OF ARRIVALS NAME OF SHIP TONS FROM WHENCE PASSENGERS
Males Females Children

February

| 2 | Camilla | 191 | Hobart Town | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Triumph | 45 | Melbourne | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniel Watson | 141 | Hobart Town | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dorwent Hunter | 388 | Hobart Town | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Excellent | 1212 | Melbourne | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Sylph | 51 | Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Susa | 573 | Hobart Town | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Le Sabine | 391 | London | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Le Sabine | 173 | Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Windhover | 207 | Hobart Town | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Lady Denison | 129 | Hobart Town | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Avana | 697 | London | 6 | 4 | 2 |

| Inwards | | 2858 | Inwards | 40 | 16 | 2 |

DEPARTURES

DATE OF DEPARTURES NAME OF SHIP TONS DESTINATION PASSENGERS
Males Females Children

February

| 5 | Harriet Armitage | 269 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Camrella Hunter | 308 | Hobart Town | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Derwent Hunter | 191 | Hobart Town | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Daniel Watson | 144 | Hobart Town | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Le Sabine | 173 | Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sylph | 51 | Auckland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Dorwentwafer | 675 | London | 0 | 6 | 6 |

| Outwards | | 1802 | Outwards | 16 | 7 | 7 |

I do hereby declare that the above is a true and faithful account of all the Arrivals and Departures of Vessels, and Immigration and Emigration at the Port of Lyttelton, during the month of February, 1868.

Harbour Master’s Office, Lyttelton, March 17, 1868.

ALEXANDER SPROUL, Harbour Master, Lyttelton.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1863, No 2





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🚂 Monthly List of Arrivals and Departures in the Port of Lyttelton (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 March 1868
Shipping, Arrivals, Departures, Lyttelton, February 1868
  • Alexander Sproul, Harbour Master, Lyttelton