APPENDIX No. 8.

Passages of Clipper Ships engaged in the Trade with China.

The following Tables, showing the dates of starting and arrival of ships from the China ports during the years 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, is abridged from ‘Naval Science’ for July, 1873.

Date of Sailing.		Ship’s Name.	Port.	Date of Arrival.		Passage.
1868
May	28	Taeping	Foo-chow-foo	Sept.	7	102
”	30	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	”	8	100
June	7	Yang-tsze	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	7	122
May	28	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Sept.	3	98
June	11	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	17	128
”	13	Titania	Shanghai	”	17	126
May	30	Undine	Whampoa	Sept.	11	104
”	28	Ariel	Foo-chow-foo	..		97
”	29	Spindrift	Foo-chow-foo	..		97
June	1	Serica	Foo-chow-foo	..		113
”	2	Fiery Cross	Foo-chow-foo	..		121
July	10	Challenge	Shanghai	..		131
1869
July	9	Taeping	Foo-chow-foo	..		107
”	2	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	102
”	16	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	”	14	90
June	10	Forward Ho	Shanghai	”	2	114
”	16	Titania	Shanghai	Sept.	22	98
April	2	Undine	Shanghai	Aug.	2	122
June	30	Ariel	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	104
July	4	Spindrift	Foo-chow-foo	..		106
”	27	Serica	Foo-chow-foo	..		110
”	1	Leander	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	12	103
Aug.	6	Challenge	Shanghai	..		148
July	28	Falcon	Foo-chow-foo	..		110
”	3	Thermopylæ	Foo-chow-foo	Oct.	2	91
June	21	Taitsing	Shanghai	..		115
1870
June	5	Taeping	Whampoa	Sept.	29	116
Oct.	13	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Jan.	18	97
Aug.	2	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	12	102
June	28	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	25	119
”	14	Titania	Hankow	”	8	116
July	30	Undine	Shanghai	Nov.	13	106
June	28	Serica	Shanghai	Oct.	14	112
Sept.	15	Fiery Cross	Whampoa	Jan.	10	117
Oct.	6	Leander	Foo-chow-foo	”	17	103
Aug.	30	Windhover	Foo-chow-foo	..		100
Sept.	2	Falcon	Foo-chow-foo	Dec.	20	109
July	29	Thermopylæ	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	12	106
June	24	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Oct.	14	112
Nov.	3	Taitsing	Foo-chow-foo	March	4	121
1871
..		Taeping	..	..		..
July	27	Lahloo	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	15	111
June	24	Forward Ho	Shanghai	Oct.	20	118
July	1	Titania	Foo-chow-foo	”	2	93
June	27	Undine	Shanghai	”	16	111
Sept.	4	Ariel	Shanghai	Dec.	26	113
June	22	Thermopylæ	Shanghai	Oct.	6	106
Sept.	2	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Dec.	21	110
1872
July	7	Sir Lancelot	Foo-chow-foo	Nov.	6	122
May	25	Titania	Whampoa	Sept.	19	116
June	24	Undine	Shanghai	Oct.	17	115
Dec.	4	Fiery Cross	Shanghai	April	2	119
Aug.	3	Falcon	Whampoa	May	22	111
June	18	Thermopylæ	Shanghai	Oct.	11	115
”	17	Cutty Sark	Shanghai	Oct.	18	122
				Lost her Rudder.
Aug.	8	Taitsing	Shanghai	Nov.	30	114