| 3550 | bales of wool, |
| 80 | casks of tallow, |
| 14,000 | hides, |
| 20 | tons spelter, |
| 4000 | ounces of gold |
and 12 cabin passengers. With the above she drew 19 ft. aft and 18 ft. 9 in. forward, her best trim at sea. The ballast of stones, spelter and hides was estimated at 430 tons. The wool was screwed in; and the dunnage, stones and horns, was 12 inches thick in the bottom and 15 inches in the bilges. Port charges were 1s. per ton; pilotage in £28 18s. 6d.; out £28 18s. 6d.
The ship Transatlantic, Captain Philip, belonging to Messrs. G. Thompson, Junr., & Co., of London, took in at Sydney, June, 1864:—
| 1360 | bales of wool, |
| 135 | casks of tallow, |
| 5300 | hides, |
| 300 | bags and 40 cases Kauri gum, |
| 50 | tons of iron bark timber. |
She had no ballast. Dunnage wood in the bottom 9 inches, bilges 12 inches, one treenail between the wool and the sides. So laden, she drew 14½ ft. aft, 14 ft. forward. Her best sea trim was 6 inches by the stern. Port charges at Sydney, customs entry and shipping office £4 4s.; pilotage out 4d. per ton; the same in.
The ship Queen of Nations, Captain Thomas Mitchell, belonging to Messrs. G. Thompson & Co., left Sydney on 21st September, 1865, loaded with:—
| 484 | bales of wool, |
| 44 | bales of cotton, |
| 1037 | casks of cocoanut oil, |
| 219 | casks of tallow, |
| 2602 | ingots and plates of copper, |
| 62 | tons of gum, |
| 9452 | hides. |
For ballast she had 30 tons of kentledge; dunnage, treenails and bones, 12 inches in the bottom, 18 in the bilges and 6 in the sides. The hides were laid from two beams abaft the foremast to the mizen mast; oil on the hides, with a tier of tallow between; the wool, cotton, gum, etc., in the ’tween decks. Her best trim was 9 inches by the stern. So laden she drew 18 ft. forward and 18½ ft. aft. Pilotage in £14 2s.; out £14 2s.
The Murray, under the command of Captain J. Legoe, belonging to Anderson’s Orient Line, left Adelaide in December, 1863, loaded with:—
| 3182 | bales of wool, |
| 19,522 | ingots of copper, |
| 1590 | bags of silver lead ore, |
| 473 | bags of copper ore, |
| 35 | boxes silver lead ore, |
| 15 | bales of leather, |
| 277 | calf skins, |
| 1150 | horns, |
| 16 | cases and 10 casks of wine. |