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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
[introduction]
From the arrival of the “John Wick-liffe” and “Philip Laing” in 1818, to the present time, one of the most important factors in the progress of Otago has been the shipping interest, and it must necessarily ever remain so. New Zealand has a very large seaboard, with a number of good harbours, and an extensive and increasing coastal and external trade. The port of Dunedin has been so successfully deepened by a powerful dredge, that large steamers, which formerly discharged cargo at Port Chalmers, are now enabled to come up the Victoria channel, and lie alongside the city wharves. A long article on the Otago Harbour Board, commencing on page 115 of this volume, gives a comprehensive account of the operations carried on at the port of Dunedin. The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Limited, has its headquarters in Dunedin, and is very fully noticed in this section. The Huddart Parker Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company, Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, Limited, the Tyser and Shire lines of steamers, the New Zealand and African Steam Ship Company, and other important shipping companies, are all locally represented by agents in Dunedin.