PASSAGES TO AUSTRALIA 1886-1894. +-----------+--------------+------+-------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | Ship | Destination | 1886 | 1887 |1888|1889|1890|1891|1892|1893|1894| +-----------+--------------+------+-------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | |Newcastle | | | | | | | | | | |_Cutty_ | (1887 and | To | 88 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 79 | 88 | 81 | 79 | | _Sark_ | 1892) | | | | | | | | | | | |Brisbane 1894 |Shang-|Dis- | | | | | | | | | |Rest to Sydney| hai | masted| | | | | | | | |_Salamis_ |Melbourne | 78 | 86 | 70 | 84 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 87 | 80 | |_Patriarch_|Sydney | 97 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 87 | 82 | 80 | 99 | 77 | |_Mermerus_ |Melbourne | 84 | 96 | 82 | 88 | 89 | 85 | 86 | 85 | | |_Miltiades_|Melbourne | 83 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 91 | 86 | 92 | | |_Cimba_ |Sydney | 97 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 89 | 93 | 83 | 93 | 88 | |_Samuel_ |Sydney | | 93 | 76 | 81 | 84 | 78 | 87 | 79 | 79 | | _Plimsoll_| 1886 & 1887 | | | | | | | | | | | |Rest to | | | | | | | | | | | | Melbourne | | | | | | | | | | +-----------+--------------+------+-------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ “Mount Stewart” and “Cromdale,” the last of the Wool Clippers. The last two ships to be built specially for the Australian wool trade were the magnificent steel skysail-yard ships _Mount Stewart_ and _Cromdale_. The former was launched in May, 1891, and the latter in June, both from Barclay, Curle’s yard. They were identical sister ships, and were the very latest development of the full-rig ship. They were of course good carriers, with the modern short poop and long sweep of main deck. Yet, in spite of their carrying powers, they both made some excellent passages out and home. The _Cromdale_ was specially lucky in having Captain E. H. Andrew as her first master, a very experienced and up-to-date sailing ship captain, who had been mate under his father in the _Derwent_.