Ballochmyle
Ship: 1438 tons
Captain: Lunden
Surgeon Superintendent: Edward Smythe
Sailed London 25th Feburary 1874 - arrived Lyttelton 1st June 1874

Some of the early immigrant ships were were crowded, to say the least of it. There were 502 people on board the Ballochmyle when she left London on February 25th, 1874, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, her destination being Lyttelton. She was a fine ship of 1,438 tons, under command of Captain Lunden. The emigrants came aboard at Plymouth, and the ship took her final departure from Start Point on March 4th. The Cape was rounded on March 18th, and the Snares were passed on May 27th, the ship having taken 84 days from Plymouth. Port was reached on June 1st. There were five deaths and three births during the voyage.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

The list of deaths includes a 5 month old William Taylor who died on April 18th 1874 of dirrhoea.
We could not find this young man on our list. He may have been a cabin or paying steerage passenger.