The Best Outward Passages—Liverpool to Melbourne, 1854-5. +------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+------+ | Ship. | Captain. | Date | Date | Days | | | | Left. | Arrived. | Out. | +------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+------+ | | | 1854 | | | | _Red Jacket_ | Sam Reid | May 4 | July 12 | 67 | | _Mermaid_ | Devy | „ 3 | „ 17 | 74 | | _Miles Barton_ | Kelly | „ 4 | „ 22 | 78 | | _Lightning_ | J. N. Forbes | „ 14 | „ 31 | 76 | | _Marco Polo_ | Wild | July 22 | Oct. 25 | 95 | | _Arabian_ | Bannatyne | Aug. 19 | Nov. 13 | 86 | | _Morning Star_ | — | Sept. 6 | „ 20 | 75 | | _Champion of the Seas_ | Newlands | Oct. 11 | Dec. 22 | 72 | | | | | 1855 | | | _Indian Queen_ | McKirdie | Nov. 12 | Jan. 31 | 80 | | _Shalimar_ | Robertson | „ 23 | Feb. 7 | 76 | | _James Baines_ | McDonald | Dec. 10 | Feb. 12 | 64 | | | | 1855 | | | | _Lightning_ | A. Enright | Jan. 6 | Mar. 20 | 73 | | _Blue Jacket_ | Underwood | Mar. 6 | May 13 | 69 | | _Marco Polo_ | Clarke | April 6 | June 26 | 82 | | _White Star_ | Kerr | „ 30 | July 18 | 79 | | _Oliver Lang_ | Manning | May 5 | „ 31 | 87 | | _Arabian_ | Bannatyne | „ 21 | Aug. 13 | 84 | | _Donald Mackay_ | Warner | June 6 | „ 26 | 81 | | _Champion of the Seas_ | McKirdy | July 5 | Sept. 26 | 83 | | _Shalimar_ | Robertson | „ 20 | Oct. 16 | 88 | | _James Baines_ | McDonald | Aug. 5 | „ 23 | 79 | | _Emma_ | — | „ 21 | Nov. 17 | 88 | | _Lightning_ | A. Enright | Sept. 5 | „ 25 | 81 | | _Red Jacket_ | Milward | „ 20 | Dec. 4 | 75 | | _Invincible_ | — | „ 30 | „ 18 | 79 | +------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+------+ 1855-1857—Captain Anthony Enright and the “Lightning.”