the Hinemoa, a line steel four-masted barque of 2203 tons, built as late as 1890 by Russell, of Greenock, was, I believe, the first four-masted barque to visit New Zealand, when she arrived at Wellington on December 28, 1892, under the command of Captain de Steiger, after a smart passage from Liverpool of 78 days. The ship sailed from Liverpool on October 11 at 6 p.m., crossed the Line on November 6 in 24deg west, passed the Cape on November 29, and Hobart on December 20. She made the run from this point slightly under five days to Cape Farewell, where she received the pilot on December 25, anchoring at Wairau until the 27th, when she got underweigh and cruised about the Straits until 8 a.m. on the 28th, when she was towed to anchorage. the Hinemoa was only 75 days out when the pilot was taken on board. the Hinemoa came to New Zealand on this one occasion only. She was engaged mainly in the Australian trade, in which she made some remarkable runs out and home. She ran to Melbourne on three occasions under 80 days, but none of these passages compared with the one made to Wellington.