Ilicli "Water at Lyttelton for the month o£ October, 1872 :— Date. a.m. p.m. . 28 — 00.53 ... 1.14 29 — 1.35 ... 1.57 30 — 2.18 ... 2.41 31 — 3.03 ... 3.27 The following letter from the Superinten dent of Otago is addressed to the captain of the Nebraska : —" On board Nebraska, Wel lington, September 28, 1872. Dear sir, —As a passenger in the Nebraska from Wellington to Dunedin and back. I cannot refrain from expressing the grcnt satisfaction which I feel at there being such a vessel trading on the coast of Now Zealand. Never before have I experienced any pleasure in a voyage, or escaped the nausea which is common to most landsmen during the first few days at sea. On fcoard the Nebraska, however, it is like being on terra firnia, and without the slightest feel ing of discomfort;. I look upon it that, apart from postal considerations, and from those of commercial relations with the United States of America, the advent of ships of this class upon our coast, enabling the people of the various provinces tointerchange visits without the discomforts which usually pertain to a sea voyage, as calculated to exercise a highly beneficial influence upon the political interests of the colony, and I earnestly wish the lino of which your ship is the precursor every success. As a public man, I deem it right to contribute my mite towards dispelling the prejudices which/havo been so assiduously sought to be raised against the line, and will only repeat that your ship is by far the most comfortable one in which it hns been my lot to travel. I only hope I may be fortunate enough in itiy future travels by sea to be a passenger in your ' ship.—l am, dear sir, yours faithfully, J. BIACAiiDBEW. Captain Isaac Harding, steam. - hip .Nebraska."

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