|1885 |_Strathdon_ | _Gers_ |French | 27| |1890 |_Hinemoa_ | |British | 24| |1891 |_Mount Stewart_ | |British | 23| +-----+-------------------+------------------+-----------+---+ APPENDIX F. _The Wool Fleet_, 1874-1890. _Four Best Wool Passages, 1874-1890—Port to Port._ +-------------+--------------+-------+-------+-----------+ | | |Total |Average| Total | | Ship | Best Four |Number |Number | Number | | | Passages |of Days|of Days|of Passages| |-------------+--------------+-------+-------+-----------+ |_Cutty Sark_ |72, 73, 72, 76| 293 |73¼ | 7 | |_Thermopylae_|75, 79, 79, 79| 312 |78 | 10 | |_Mermerus_ |78, 80, 81, 84| 323 |80¾ | 15 | |_Salamis_ |77, 83, 84, 85| 329 |82¼ | 13 | +-------------+--------------+-------+-------+-----------+ _Cutty Sark’s_ passages are far superior to those of any other ship; in fact, if we take the average of all her wool passages between 1874 and 1890, it only comes to 77 days from port to port. _The Wool Fleet_, 1873-4. +------------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+----+ | Ship | From | Left | To |Arrived |D’ys| | | | | | |Out | +------------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+----+ |_Patriarch_ |Sydney |Oct. 25 |London |Jan. 27| 94 | |_Miltiades_ |Melbourne|Nov. 12 | „ |Feb. 16| 96 | |_Mermerus_ | „ | „ 15 | „ | „ 16| 93 | |_Jerusalem_ | „ | „ 18 | „ | „ 12| 86 | |_Sam Mendel_ | „ |Dec. 17 | „ |Mar. 12| 85 | |_Collingwood_ | „ | „ 24 | „ | „ 23| 89 | |_Loch Tay_ | „ | „ 30 | „ | „ 23| 83 | |_The Tweed_ | „ |Feb. 3 | „ |Apl. 27| 83 | |_Star of Peace_ | „ | „ 10 | „ |May 29|108 | |_Ben Cruachan_ | „ |Mar. 5 | „ |June 13|100 | |_Samuel Plimsoll_ |Sydney |April 14 | „ |July 5| 82 | |_Loch Maree_ |Melbourne|June 14 | „ |Sept. 7| 85 | |_Ben Voirlich_ | „ | „ 14 |Lizard | „ 30|108 | +------------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+----+ _The Wool Fleet_, 1874-5.