The Caduceus.

the Caduceus, a fine roomy ship of over one thousand tons, was one of the first vessels chartered by the Shaw, Savill Co. She was a frequent visitor to Auckland, and brought out a large number of settlers. Nothing of an eventful nature occurred on any of the voyages, with the exception that she experienced a very severe gale in the English Channel and had to put into Spithead for three days when bound for Auckland in 1870. She sailed finally on December 21, and had a favourable run out. On this occasion she was in command of Captain D. T. Roberts, who had made previous visits to Auckland in the Maori. the Caduceus did not run to any of the Southern ports. She made five voyages to Auckland as under:—