PASSAGES TO AUSTRALIA UNDER 80 DAYS IN 1884. +-----------+---------+-------+--------+------+-----------+-------+----+ | | |Crossed| Crossed| | | | | | Ship |Departure|Equator|Meridian|Passed|Destination| Date |Days| | | | | Cape | Otway| |Arrived|Out | +-----------+---------+-------+--------+------+-----------+-------+----+ |_Miltiades_|Ushant |June 28|July 18 | |Melbourne |Aug. 13| 71 | | | June 3| | | | | | | |_Sobraon_ |Plym’th | | | | „ |Dec. 13| 75 | | | Sept 29| | | | | | | |_Loch Long_|Clyde | | | | „ |Aug. 15| 75 | | | June 1| | | | | | | |_Thessalus_|Downs | | | |Sydney |June 27| 77 | | | Apl. 11| | | | | | | |_Windsor_ |Dartm’th | | | | „ |June 12| 78 | | _Castle_ | Mar. 26| | | | | | | |(D. Rose | | | | | | | | | & Co.) | | | | | | | | |_Star of_ |Gr’v’s’nd| | | |Melbourne |Feb. 13| 78 | | _Italy_ | Nov. 27| | | | | ’85| | |_Cutty_ |Channel | | | |Newcastle |Sept. 5| 79 | | _Sark_ | June 18| | | | | | | |_Cimba_ |Channel |June 23|July 18 | |Sydney |Aug. 17| 79 | | | May 30| | | | | | | +-----------+---------+-------+--------+------+-----------+-------+----+ Notes on Passages to Australia in 1884. A good many ships this year were just into the 80 days; for instance _Dharwar_, 80 days to Sydney; _Samuel Plimsoll_, 80 to Sydney; _Trafalgar_, 81 to Sydney; _Loch Vennachar_, 80 to Melbourne; _Romanoff_ 80 to Melbourne; _Salamis_, 82 to Melbourne; _Patriarch_, 82 to Sydney. _Miltiades_, _Cimba_ and _Loch Long_ had a good race out. The _Star of Italy_ was Corrie’s crack jute clipper; this was her tenth voyage, and her first trip to Melbourne. She was nearly lost when about to sail through a fire in her sail-room.