The William Davie.

the William Davie, a speedy craft of 841 tons, was built in 1866 by Stevens at Glasgow for the Albion Shipping Co. She ran, with one exception, exclusively

the William Davie At Dunedin.

to Dunedin, and up till 1875 brought out an average of 150 passengers each voyage. On her maiden run out in 1866 she sailed from Glasgow on August 5 with 200 passengers, crossed the Equator on the twenty-ninth day out, the Cape on September 29, and the Snares on October 28, reaching Port Chalmers on November 1, completing the passage in 88 days. The following year she cleared the Channel seven days after her departure from Greenock, and was off the Snares in 78 days.

In 1870 the William Davie made the smartest passage of any ship that season, 77 days land to land, or 83 port to port. Four years later, in 1874, she ran from Gravesend to the Bluff in 88 days, or 76 days from her final departure. the William Davie was most consistent in the regularity of her outward passages. In 1876 she crossed the Equator in 19 days from Greenock, and completed another good run of 77 days, land to land. In 1880 her rig was changed from a ship to a barque. On her last voyage, in 1881, she had a bad run to the Equator of 48 days owing to light winds and severe storms. The vessel is also credited with some smart passages Home. I have no record of these.

the William Davie completed fourteen voyages to New Zealand, as under:—