_Anna_, Captain Downward, left Liverpool, 6th April, 1852; arrived Port Adelaide, 21st June, 1852—76 days. _Constance_ was owned by James Beazley, _Runnymede_ was a ship hired by the Emigration Commissioners, and _Anna_ was a Fox Line packet. They were all under 1000 tons. Other passages which I have been unable to verily were—_Bride_, 75 days to Adelaide; _Raleigh_, 81 days to Perth; _Cambridge_, 81 days to Melbourne; and _Progress_, 82 days to Melbourne. The keen competition set about by the gold find not only produced larger, faster ships, but much improved victualling and accommodation. Rules and Customs aboard the “Eagle” in 1853. The improvement is well shown by this account of life aboard an Australian emigrant ship just nine years after that horrible 1844 report had been submitted. The _Eagle_ is a first-class ship, 187 feet in length, has three decks, viz., a spar or upper deck, main deck and ’tween deck. On the spar deck are placed the small boats, entrance to the cabin and main deck. Cabin and saloon passengers have the exclusive right to the poop; but, through the kindness of the captain, ladies from the ’tween decks are allowed to walk on it. On the main deck are situated the cabin and saloon, entrance to the ’tween decks, the galleys and the ropes to work the vessel with. The ’tween deck passengers have the right to walk on the spar deck from the poop to the bow. The captain generally appears on deck about 6 a.m. After breakfast he mingles with the passengers, ready to hear and redress grievances. At 10 a.m. Dr. Dunlevy attends at the hospital to give advice and medicine free of charge. The passengers are divided into four leading divisions viz.:—Cabin passengers, saloon or house on deck passengers, second cabin passengers, ’tween deck and intermediate or third class passengers, who are again sub-divided into enclosed and open berths. The accommodation in the berths is first rate. In the cabin the berths are 8 feet 2 by 5 feet 6 for two persons. There are a few double berths for families. In the second cabin on deck, the sleeping berths are 6 feet by 4 feet 6 for two persons and there are a few double berths. The second cabin ’tween decks sleeping berths are divided into closed and open. The open berths are exclusively occupied by single men. The enclosed are occupied by families and single ladies. Young ladies’ sleeping berths are in compartments of 4 or 6 beds and placed on one side of the ship—young men on the opposite side of the ship; families occupy berths on either side. The same system is followed in the enclosed and open intermediate with the exception that some of the compartments for single people contain 8 beds.