Great Changes.

In the following year the directors of the company appointed Captain Rose manager of the newly-opened branch office at Wellington. He took over on August 1, 1874, and held the appointment until 1898 when he retired. During the 24 years Captain Rose was in charge of the Wellington office he saw great strides made in the company's affairs, including the change over from sail to steam. Still more remarkable were the changes that took place afloat between the year 1874, when he made his first voyage on the old barque Orestes, and the year 1898 when he retired from active service, after half a century among ships and shipping, 27 years of which were spent at sea.

Captain Rose died in London in his 79th year. One of his daughters married Mr. C. V. Houghton, who recently retired from the management of the Auckland branch of the N.Z. Shipping Co.

Following is the record of the Merope's passages to New Zealand:—

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