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Departed London 25 Feb 1874 - Arrived Lyttelton 1 June 1874.
Extract from 'White Wings', Vol.2, published 1928: "Some of the early immigrant ships were crowded to say the least of it. There were 502 people on board the 'Ballochmyle' when she left London on Feb 25th, 1874, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, her destination being Lyttelton. She was a fine ship of 1,438 tons under the command of Captain LUNDEN. The immigrants 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 5 deaths and 3 births during the voyage.