the Wave Queen, a fine comfortable ship of 853 tons, was one of the first vessels chartered by the Shaw, Savill Company to bring out immigrants to New Zealand. With the exception of one voyage she had an uneventful career, and sailed the seas for over 30 years, during which time she landed several thousand passengers at New Zealand ports. She never made any sensational runs, but her average was above that of many of the ships sent out to New Zealand in the sixties and seventies. She first arrived at Dunedin in 1863, and was then diverted to Australia until 1872, when she came again to New Zealand. Captain Kelly, on his arrival at the Bluff in 1889, reported a terrific gale on August 20, when tumultuous seas broke on board. During the storm boats were smashed, the poop doors Stove-in, and the saloon and cabins were flooded. Matters were very serious at one time when the barque was thrown on her beam ends by an exceptionally heavy squall, and considerable difficulty was experienced in righting her.

To Auckland.
Sailed.	Arrived.	Captain.	Days.
Oct. 14, 73	Feb. 7, '74	Sinclair	114
July 20	Oct. 5, '82	Kelly	107
To Wellington.
Dec. 19, '78	Apr. 8, '79	Perriam	110
June 19	Oct. 6, '80	Kelly	109
May 26	Sep. 7, '81	Kelly	106
May 19	Aug. 30, '83	Kelly	103
Oct. 19, '85	Feb. 3, '86	Kelly	107
June 30	Oct. 16, '87	Kelly	108
To Lyttelton.
Oct. 2, '85	Jan. 10, '86	Kelly	100
July 31	Nov. 16, '90	Kelly	108
Aug. 20	Dec. 23, '91	Kelly	114
To Dunedin.
Apr. 10	July 22, '63	Ritchie	103
Apr. 27	Aug. 4, '72	Sinclair	97
June 4	Sep. 25, '75	Anderson	113
To Bluff.
May 11	Sep. 7, '89	Kelly	119