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Wairoa 1877 (Second Voyage to NZ )
Captain Joss ; 1015 Tons Wairoa was a full rigged ship of NZ Shipping Company which made 19 voyages UK to NZ from 1876 - 1894
Dep London 7th July 1877 Arr Plymouth 9th July 1877 Dep Plymouth 15 July 1877 Arr Wellington 19 Oct 1877
Last Name First Name Age County Occupation Status Contacts Stevens Joseph 27 Staffordshire Farm Lab Single Stevens James 20 Staffordshire Farm Lab Single Stevens Sarah 11 Staffordshire Child Child Stratford John 24 Kilkenny Gen Lab Single Sullivan Timothy 20 Cork Farm Lab Single Aplin Ann 28 Dorsetshire Domestic Servant Aplin Elizabeth 29 Dorsetshire Married Aplin Hannah Elizabeth 26 Dorsetshire married Aplin James 27 Dorsetshire Farm Lab Aplin Robert 25 Dorsetshire Farm Lab Baker Clara 2 Kent Child Baker Edith Emma 4 Kent Child Baker Eliza Ann 28 Kent Married Baker Henry Jnr 6 Kent Child Baker Kate E Kent Child Baker Walter 33 Kent Painter Begley Julia 19 Kerry Servant Berriman Henry 30 Cornwall Farm Lab Bourke Thomas 21 Kerry Lab Boyd Margaret 19 Yorkshire Married Boyd Walter 19 Yorkshire Millwright Brewer Gains 21 Berkshire Shepherd Brosnaham Thomas 39 Kerry Farm Lab Brown John 26 Kerry Farm Lab Brown Margaret 23 Kerry Domestic Servant Buchanan Sarah J 19 Tyrone General Servant Burch Caleb 21 Wiltshire Masons Lab Burnham Arthur 21 Middlesex Carpenter Wood Edward 34 Gloucestershire Carpenter Single Wood Henry 35 Middlesex Carpenter Single Bourke Thomas 21 Kerry Gen Lab Single Connell William 20 Kerry Gen Lab Single Connell Honoria 18 Child Single Doherty Michael 19 Kerry Farm Lab Single Fitzgerald David 23 Kerry Gen Lab Single Fitzgerald Michael 19 Kerry Gen Lab Single Fitzgerald John 20 Kerry Gen Lab Single Hickey John M 20 Kerry Gen Lab Single Hickey John C 21 Kerry Gen Lab Single Hickey Margaret 20 Kerry Single She brings the following passengers in addition to the 193 government immigrants:- Mrs Price, Mr R Hargreaves, Mr A.C.R Drewe and servant, Mr Rowles Patterson, Miss E Spooner, Mr and Mrs J Webber, Mr A Webber, Mr and Mrs Cucksey and daughter, Dr. Hamilton.
ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP "WAIROA" FROM LONDON.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's fine ship Wairoa, 1015 tons arrived off the heads early this morning, and her numbers were run up shortly afterwards. She is announced as having left London on the 7th July and Plymouth on the 15th of the same month, which would give her a passage of 93 days from the latter port. She has a large general cargo, several saloon passengers and a number of Government immigrants. In consequence of strong N.W wind today, she had not been able to get into port up to the time we went to press, but will probably beat in this evening. She brings the following passengers in addition to the 193 government immigrants:- Mrs Price, Mr R Hargreaves, Mr A.C.R Drewe and servant, Mr Rowles Patterson, Miss E Spooner, Mr and Mrs J Webber, Mr A Webber, Mr and Mrs Cucksey and daughter, Dr. Hamilton.
Comments Evening Post Newspaper article
THE WAIROA, FROM LONDON ("New Zealand Mail" 20 Oct 1877)
Captain Joss 1015 tons Dep London, England 7 July 1877 Arr Plymouth, England 9 July 1877 Dep Plymouth, England 15 July 1877 Arr Wellington, New Zealand 19 Oct 1877 All Wednesday the ship Wairoa was outside the Heads awaiting the flood tide to enable her to beat into port. At 6 o'clock that evening she commenced to work up with a fresh N.W. wind, and an hour afterwards was inside Barratt's Reef, where, however the breeze fell light and it was not till half-past two on Thursday morning that she came to an anchorage in port abreast of Somes Island. The Wairoa , as is already known belongs to this port. She brings 175½ statute adult immigrants, and as clean, healthy and desirable a lot of people as ever arrived here. They comprise 22 married couples, 48 single girls, 65 single men, and 43 children. Some of them (about 15) are destined for the Fielding settlement. Dr. A. Hamilton, the surgeon-superintendent, who has previously visited this port in the Collingwood, reports that the health of the passengers throughout the trip was most excellent, and that no serious sickness of any kind was experienced. Two deaths occurred, viz that of an infant three months' old from marasmas, and a single man named William Muir, aged 22, of consumption. Of amusement there was no lack, for when the ship was fairly at sea, concerts, penny readings, and Christy Minstrel entertainments were held weekly which tended greatly to relieve the monotony of the long sea voyage. Captain Joss and his officers amongst whom we might mention the chief one , Mr Neven, have evidently made themselves very popular with the immigrants during the voyage, a fact which ensued when the passengers were leaving the vessel yesterday. Referring to the Wairoa's passage from London , it may be mentioned that it was fine weather throughout. She never experienced a gale of wind during the whole time, moderate winds with fine weather seemingly having prevailed, which, although it made things pleasant to those travelling in the vessel, must have at least annoyed her worthy skipper, who instead of finding strong winds during certain portions of the trip , met with nothing but light and baffling breezes. Her royals were only furled once from the time she left Ushant till she made Cook Stait. The N.E trades were of a very fickle nature indeed, while the S.E trades although a good wind , did not last sufficiently long to bring the ship within the belt of the westerly winds which in their turn were of no account. Taking everything into consideration the passage of the Wairoa is by no means a bad one. It occupied 92 days from land to land, and 95 from anchorage to anchorage: and her run across the southern ocean was unusually long occupying 35 days. She left London on the 7th July , adjusted her compasses at Greenhithe same day and then proceeded in tow to Plymouth, arriving there on the 9th. Embarked immigrants on the 14th, and proceeded down the Channel at 6pm next day with fresh westerly winds. Took her departure from Ushart at 4pm on the 17th and thence till Madiera was passed on the 26th , had moderate and light N.E and westerly winds, the barometer during the time ranging high. On the 27th what might be called the first of the N.E trades was met with, which proved from first to last to be very light. The southing was made on the meridians of 23 deg to 23 deg W, and the Cape Verde Islands were passed about 90 miles to the westward on the 4th August. The N.E trades were lost in 12 deg, where the wind shifted suddenly int o the S.W, carrying the vessel to 5 deg N and 18 deg W. Thence it worked into the south, and the vessel stood on a S.W course for some time, when the wind gradually hauled into the south-east , which proved to be the trade, and thus the equatorial calm belt was got through without her having any of the calms and baffling airs which are so frequently found in that latitude. The Equator was crossed in 25 deg W 29 days out. The S.E trade proved brisk, and gave out in 20 deg S. and 35 deg W on the 20th , and was followed by light and variable winds , mostly from the northward, until the 26th when the westerlies were found. Tristan d'Acunha was sighted on the 31st August, and the meridian of Greenwich crossed in 41 deg S on the 4th September, and six days afterwards she had passed the Cape. On the 43rd parallel principally she hauled off the balance of the casting, the wind experienced being exceedingly light, accompanied by frqunt and long continuing fogs, in one case lasting for 8 consecutive days, and on two other occasion 5 and 4 days respectively. No ice was met with, and but one easterly wind. The Meridian of the Leuwin was passed on the 1st inst. and Tasmania on the 7th. Land was made in the vicinity of Cape Farewell at noon on the 12th, but owing to a clam-the first experienced during the voyage-Cape Farewell was not passed until noon of the next day. S.E winds and fine weather were found to Stephen Island, where a nor'wester was met with, which ran her down to the Heads, arriving there on the 14th inst. At 7 o'clock next morning took Pilot Holmes on board, but was prevented from beating into port owing to the very heavy N.W winds blowing, and the same night very thick disagreeable weather came on. She went half way across the Strait, and next morning came back to the Heads and waited for the evening's tide, when she commenced to work in arriving here yesterday. The Wairoa comes into port in good order , both above and below. Her immigrants were landed yesterday by the Moa. She has entered at the Customs, and will in all probability be berthed at the wharf today.
Source: New Zealand Mail 20 October 1877- Alexander Turnbull Library, National Newspaper Collection, Wellington, New Zealand.
Immigration Office Wellington 2nd Nov 1877
Sir, We have the honour to report the arrival on the 18th October of the ship "Wairoa" from Plymouth, with 174½ adult immigrants = 200 Souls, there were three births, and two deaths during the voyage, one being that of a young man by name William Muir who died of consumption, the other was a young child. We boarded the ship soon after her arrival, and were pleased to find everything well arranged, clean and orderly, there being no complaints of any kind, it was arranged to land the people on the day of arrival, which was accordingly carried out, the "Moa" being sent off, by the agents of the ship, for the purpose. The Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Hamilton has made three voyages with immigrants, he therefore understands the management of them. The surgeon , Captain and officers of the ship appear to have carried out their duties in a very satisfactory manner , the Fire and Boat Drill was carried out according to instructions. In conclusion we beg to recommend that all gratuities be paid, and that Dr. Hamilton should again be employed if he desires it.
We have the honour to be Sir Your obedient Servants
Alexander Johnston MD John Holliday James B Redward Source: National Archives Wellington IM 77/1014
Wairoa was a full rigged (f.r) ship of 1050 tons built in 1875 owned by the NZ Shipping Company. On a typical voyage in 1882 the Wairoa with Captain Barclay in command left London on 1st July 1882 and arrived at Lyttleton in 92 days. There was a diary kept by William Harding on this voyage now at the Canterbury Museum Library of this voyage. John Michael Hickey (1855-1927) was a passenger on it's maiden voyage to New Zealand in 1877. He landed at Wellington. He settled in Opunake, Taranaki. Source : Log of Logs Vol II By Ian Nicholson (National Library of Australia) ISBN 0 646 0918 2 4 Roebuck Books (1993) Wairoa was a full rigged ship of NZ Shipping Company which made 19 voyages UK to NZ from 1876 - 1894 Source: Log of Logs Vol I ISBN 0 7316 6543 1
Evening Post 18th October 1877 The Ship Wairoa This fine vessel, the property of the New New Zealand Shipping Company, commanded by Captain J. Joss, came into our harbor at 1 o'clock this morning. She left London on the 7th July, made Plymouth on the 9th, took in immigrants on the 14th and sailed on the 15th. Madeira was passed on the 26th and crossed the Equator on the 29th day out. The New Zealand coast was sighted on the 12th inst. The pilot brought her in on the 15th having been detained in the Strait by the NW gale. She brings 3 steerage passengers and 175½ adult immigrants (of 200 souls). Mrs Duffey gave birth to male twins on the 13th September and on the 7th inst., Mrs Curnow a male infant. The health of the passengers has been very good throughout. Two deaths occurred during the voyage - the first an infant, from marasmus on the 27th July and the second on the 5th September, when William Muir, a single man, aged 22, died of consumption.
Arrival of the ship Wairoa from London The New Zealand Shipping Company's fine ship Wairoa, 1015 tons, arrived off the Heads early this morning and her numbers were run up very shortly afterwards. She is announced as having left London on th 7th July, and Plymouth on the 15th of the same month, which would thus give her a passage of 93 days from the latter port. She has a large general cargo, several saloon passengers and a number of Government immigrants. She brings the following passengers, in addition to 193 Government immigrants:-
Price Mrs Cucksey Mr and Mrs and daughter Drewe Mr A C R and servant Hamilton Dr Hargraves Mr R Patterson Mr Rowles Spooner Miss E Webber Mr and Mrs J Webber Mr A