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The City Of Dublin.

Of the three passages she made to New Zealand, the City of Dublin's best was the 93 days to Port Chalmers, port to port, or 87 land to land. Leaving London on April 14, 1878, she was off Start Point on the 19th, crossed the Line May 16, rounded the Cape June 14, passed the Snares July 15, and arrived on July 16. Captain Stevens commanded. The first time the City of Dublin visited New Zealand was in 1874. She left Liverpool on December 27, 1873, experienced heavy weather for the first eleven days, and took her final departure on January 7. She arrived at Port Chalmers on April 15, 1874—109 days, port to port. Captain W. Hall was in command, and was still so upon the second occasion on which the City of Dublin was in New Zealand waters—1876, when she visited Lyttelton. Leaving London on April 28, 1876, the Equator was crossed on May 26, the Cape was rounded on June 24, and the Snares sighted on August 2. the City of Dublin was a fast sailer, but on this passage she was detained by light winds and calms after passing the Cape. Then followed a succession of severe gales. Reporting the ship's arrival, a Lyttelton paper refers to a mishap that occurred when she was working up to an anchorage. Several sails were lost, and included in the number was the fore-topsail, a brand new sail. The ship brought up in eleven fathoms, with 75 fathoms of chain out, but the gale drove her before it, and the second anchor had to be let go, and even then the ship drove a mile and a half before she was finally brought up. The pilot boat, which was being towed astern, capsized, but fortunately the pilot's man had been taken on board the ship.