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Shipping News - September 1865
Partial
listing of the larger overseas vessels arriving at Port Chalmers and Dunedin in
1864. Immigration increased during the Otago gold rush so the practice of
publishing full passenger lists in newspapers was abandoned. Transcribed by
Jan E. April 2007
Reference online:
Papers
Past Images online. NZ National
Library.
Passengers to Otago Harbour
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
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1858
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1860 1861 1862 1863
1864 1865 1872
1879
1880 1881
1883 1886 BDM's 1864
Otago Witness 2 September 1865
August
26 1865
Per Lady Darling from Hokitika -
For Dunedin Brookman Mr
and one in the steerage
Landed at Bluff Harbour
August 28 1865
Per Wellington from Lyttelton
Saloon: Henderson Mr Young Mr and two in the steerage
August 26 1865
Per Phoebe from the North
Coventry Mr Dillon Bell Mr Hoyt Mr McClean Mr Prendergast Mr and 11 in the steerage
Per Maid of the Yarra for Hokitika
Forsyth Mr Francis Mr Gould Mr Harper Mr Hellyn Mr Henry Messrs (2) Johnson Mr Keenan Misses (2) Kirket Mr McCall Mr McRanon Mr Mackenzie Mr Noble Mr Scott Mr and Mrs and 20 in the steerage
Per Phoebe for Sydney and the North
Franck
Mr & Mrs 4 children and servant
and 10 in the steerage
August 28 1865
Per Wellington from Northern Ports
Clune Mr A Gray Mr W J Hart Mr J James Master E Lloyd Mr W McNeill Mr Mitchell Mr W R Ward Mrs 2 for the Bluff and 4 in the steerage
August
29 1865
Per Hero for Melbourne
Aitken Mr DeLeon Miss Feldheim Mr Fisher Mr G Fry Mr & Mrs and family (7) Gillies Mr Gray Mr W J Heymanson Mr Hill Mr Hughes Miss Isaacs Mr Kennedy Mr Lusk Mr Miller Miss Russell Miss Scott Mr Stafford Mrs 2 children and servant Touzel Mr Whittingham Mr Wood Mr and 34 in steerage
Per Egmont from Nelson, Wellington and Lyttelton
Chief Cabin Gregg Mr McTavish Mr Pearson Mr
Second Cabin Smith Mr Speechfield Mr Thomson Mr
August 31 1865
Per Thracian from London
Petchell Mr John Petchell Mrs Hester and 17 in the steerage
Otago Witness 9 September 1865 pg 4 No passenger
list
Inwards
Sept. 4 - P.C.E., 291 tons, Macfarlane, master, from Newcastle, with coal.
Master, agent.
Sept. 4 - Collingwood, 457 tons, McKinnon, master, from Newcastle, with coal.
Sept. 5 - Peter Denny, 997 tons, Adam, master, from Glasgow, with cargo and
passengers. Cargill and co., agents.
Sept. 8 - K dar, 531 tons, Corrie, master, from London, with cargo and
passengers. R.B. Martin and Co., agents.
Otago Witness 15 September 1865
August 26 1865
Per Geelong from Lyttelton
Balderston Mr Bailey Mr Belchard Mrs Cameron Mr Hays Mr & Mrs Jackson Mr Jeffreys Misses (2) Manchester Mr Pinkerton Mr Wright Mr Thos and 12 in the steerage
September 14 1865 at Port Chalmers
Per Lord Ashley from the North
Gorman Sergeant-Major Lawers Mr Parry Mr and 8 in the steerage
Per
Queen for the North
Bates Mr Buchanan Mr J Hardcastle Mr E Prescott Miss Policarpo Signor Bagnasco Ward Mrs and 71 in the steerage
Per Phoebe for the Bluff Bell Miss Menzies Dr and 4 in the steerage
Per Alhambra for Hokitika Arnott Mr Binney Mr Cameron Mr Campbell Mr Campbell Mr Coventry Mr Fuller Mr Gormer Mr Grey Mr Hepburn Mr Hill Mr Geo. Lande Mr Leeks Mr Lynch Miss McLean Mrs Martin Mr R B Miller Mr H Patterson Mr Pearson Mr Prictor Miss Raphael Mr Rutherford Mr Thomson Mr Tonks Mr Watts Mr Wilson Mr R 202 in steerage
Otago Witness
23 September 1865
September 18 1865
Per Auckland from Lyttelton and Northern Ports
Bates Mr Bruce Mr Chalmers Dr Donaldson Mr Ellis Mrs Greenfield Mr Honeywill Mr Kempthorne Mr McKenzie Mr Nashelski Mr Pritchard Mr Rowley Mr & Mrs Sneath Mr Thiel Mr & Mrs Young Mr & Mrs and 17 in second cabin
September 18 1865
Per Albion for Melbourne
Bolnier Mr F W Byrne Mr A Chalmers Mr W Clark Mr T Cocker Mrs Cocker Miss Cocker Miss E Geddes Mr W Gray Mr J Kingsland Mr H Kirkland Mr J D Jago Mr J W (mail agent) Lane Miss McGregor Mr G McLachlan Mr McNorth Miss Remington Mrs J Soutlebey Mr H Thiels Mr D Tasping Mr J Thiels Miss Thomson Mr J Traill Mr C White Mr S 62 in steerage total 86 September 19 1865 Per Auckland for the Bluff Baldy Mrs Kingman Mr Per Alhambra from Hokitika Amos Mr Houghton Mr Butler Mr and 6 in steerage
September 20 1865
Per Rangitoto from Melbourne
Davies Mr J R Davies Mrs Ellis Mr J Foy Miss Godfrey Mr J B Hardy Mr J Hayland Mr A S Haymans Mr McDougall Mr J Myer Mr C Proudfoot Mrs and family (5) Solomon Mr J Stagg Miss Stringer Mr W Tallerman Mr J Twemlane Mr J and 2 children Per Maid of the Yarra for Hokitika
Johnson Mr Yorke Mr and 29 in the steerage
Per
Lord Ashley for Lyttelton and Northern Ports
Saloon Hume Mrs Royer Rev E Wamill Miss Ward Mr and 22 in the steerage
September 22 1865 Per Barwon from the North Horsfall Mr Clunchei Mr and 6 in the steerage
September 22 1865
Per Lady Darling from Hokitika and Nelson
Saloon Garratt Mrs and infant Garratt Miss Jannet Garratt Master John Garratt Master William Garratt Master Thomas Monteath Miss E
September 22 1865
Per England from London
Cabin
Fleming Mr John Fleming Mr E M Fleming Mrs 5 children and servant Mouat Mr Charles Thos. Watts Seaward Mr W Wakefield Mr E Simpson Mr Francis S Charles Mrs Calcutt Mrs Padday Mr Cyril H Da Costa Mr Frederick Gomaz
September 22 1865
Per Lady Bird from Lyttelton and the North
Gollison Miss M Gordon Mrs and 9 in the steerage
Otago Witness Saturday 23 Sept. 1865 pg 12
Chinese Immigration
Mr W.A. Tolmie said at the Chamber of Commence meeting "That it is desirable
that the immigration of Chinese into this Province be encouraged." His
experience with Chinese in Australia was that they made very valuable colonists;
were a well-behaved class, and produced large quantities of gold, and were large
consumers. Mr R.M. Robertson seconded the motion. The Chinese did not drink, for
they were a sober race. They were also a very orderly population generally and
did not swell the criminal trails in a greater proportion than Europeans; they
were seldom connected with great crimes, their principal ones being those which
were connected with canning and cheating, and were clever at making spurious
gold. They also labored hard- were content with a small result, and were very
frugal in their expenditure. Their organisation and manner of life, enabled them
to find gold in sufficient quantities to pay them, where Europeans would not
work for it. There was work for Chinese were Europeans would not work...
Otago Witness 30 September 1865 No passenger list