1860.

Anne Longton, 700 tons, Captain Mundle, from London, via Nelson, arrived August 27th.

(From 1861 to 1862 there were no ships.)

In 1860 the Maori War broke out in Taranaki, and for many years things were in a very unsettled state throughout the district. All direct shipping from England to New Plymouth ceased, and no emigrant vessels visited the Roadstead till January 23rd, 1875.