PASSAGES TO AUSTRALIA UNDER 80 DAYS IN 1883. +------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+-------+----+ | | | |Crossed | Passed | | | | | Ship |Departure|Crossed | Cape |Otway or|Destination| Date |Days| | | |Equator |Meridian|S.W.Cape| |Arrived|Out | +------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+-------+----+ |_Maulesden_ |Greenock |Mar. 19|April 10|May 2|Maryboro. |May 10| 69 | | | Mar. 2| | | | | | | |_Samuel_ |Plymouth |April 27|May 19|June 10|Sydney |June 17| 72 | | _Plimsoll_| Apl. 6| | | | | | | |_Patriarch_ |Start |June 6|June 27|July 24| „ |July 28| 73 | | | May 16| | | | | | | |_Salamis_ |Dartm’th |Mar. 23|April 23|May 6| „ |May 9| 74 | | | Feb. 24| | | | | | | |_Loch_ |Tuskar | |April 29| |Melbourne |May 21| 74 | | _Torridon_| Mar. 8| | | | | | | |_Dharwar_ |Plym’th |Aug. 7|Sept. 1|Sept. 26|Sydney |Sept.30| 77 | | | July 15| | | | | | | |_Cutty Sark_|Channel | | | |N’c’tle |Oct. 10| 78 | | | July 24| | | | N.S.W. | | | |_Pericles_ |Channel | | | |Sydney |Dec. 14| 78 | | | Sept. 27| | | | | | | |_Candida_ |Ushant |July 10|Aug. 3|Aug. 27| „ |Sept. 1| 78 | | | June 15| | | | | | | |_Miltiades_ |Start |June 24|June 27| |Melbourne |July 25| 78 | | | May 8| | | | | | | |_Mermerus_ |Lizard |May 22|June 22|July 16| „ |July 17| 79 | | | April 29| | | | | | | |_Aristides_ |Start |June 30|July 26|Aug. 14| „ |Aug. 15| 79 | | | May 28| | | | | | | +------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+-----------+-------+----+ I have put all the passages together this year; of the ships bound to Sydney, only the _Candida_ rounded Tasmania, the skippers generally preferring the shorter route through Bass Straits. A notable return this year to the Australian trade is the wonderful little _Cutty Sark_, commanded by Captain Moore, this was her first passage to Newcastle, and I believe she was one of the first ships to load wool at Newcastle. In future we shall see her somewhere near the top of every table.