; Assistaut siurgeou Manly, R.A< ; Veteri nary burgeon Blake, R.A,; with 185 nou-com-i missioned officers and men, 1 Battery, 4th Brigad* R A, : «3 womun, aud 43 ohildreu ; 79 udu-coul mission.ed omours aud. uieii of the Military Train, 14 women and *40 children. '-> The Artillery briug their battery of Armstrong guns, six 12-j.ouudew, and six 6 pouudera/ ./;' The casualties during ihe voyage are— Died one man of the Artillery, and two iufeiiU). ; Five, births are recorded. :> : ;^ ■>'.. i$ n ; % The ship Empres had sailed for Auoklaud four dayabeiore me Sea King, bringiugtftl^,;i|M|4^;!; i; lraiisport Corps ■■■ •■■' : '_•-. '' \*^'spi;jyf???ihj£ The Bhip Silver Eagle'' Has /W^i^to*^i^t^/^||:| briuu out units for tne dili«reut te^i^u^.-^vwijCl!®^®

The s.s. Storm Bird, JCapt Reynolds, from Manukau, Raglan, Taranaki, and Wanganui, arrived in this harbour yesterday morning at C o'clock. She sailed from the Queen's Wharf, Wellington, at 9am on Saturday, 23rd Jan., with a fresh N.W. wind; at 2 pm on Sunday, the wind increasing bore up for the Sound and anchored in Snip Cove at B'3o am ; started again at 7 pm, same day, and arrived at Wanganui at sam on Monday. Left Wan ganui at l'3O pm on Tuesday, and arrived at Taranaki at 3am on Wednesday. Left same d<iy at 4 pm, arrived at Raglan, at sam on Thursday. Loft same day at 10-30 am, had light winds and calms, and arrived at Manukau at 6-30 pm on Thursday. Friday waa observed as a gene ral holiday in Auckland, and no business was done. Left the Manukau at 5 pm, on Saturday, had light southerly winds, and arrived at Raglan at lam on Sunday. Left Raglan at 1 pm sam 3 day, and arrived at Taranaki at •1-30 am on Monday. Left again at 8-30 am, same day, and arrived off Wanganui at 7 pm; blowing a gale of wind from the northward. The veusel was hove-to from 7 pm to 4 am on Tuesday ; crossed the bar at 5-30 am ; left the same day at 6 pm, and arrived in Wellington at 6am on Wednesday, i^xperiunced strong westerly winds as far as Taranaki, with hi^h sea, going North, and moderate weather, with westerly winds coming back. She ivin -n l' 6 bales of wool, and an average number of passengers. i. a*. 