The OTAKI departed London on 11 September, 1878 and arrived in Wellington on 10 December, 1878. Captain H Devitt was in command.
Transcribed from the Evening Post, 10 December 1878, Page 2
ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP OTAKI, FROM LONDON.
The numbers of the New Zealand Shipping Company's clipper ship Otaki, 1,041 tons, Capt. H. Devitt, were run up at Mount Victoria at 7 o'clock this morning, and a telegram from the pilot station at 10 informed us she was then four miles off, and Pilot Holmes had boarded her at 8 am. The Otaki is reported as having left London on the 11th September, which thus gives her a passage of 90 days. She has beaten the Corina (left London 20th August), Alexa (left 22nd August), and Hermione (left 30th August). The Otaki will beat in this evening, and is to be berthed at the wharf at once. There are no Government immigrants on board. A telegram from the pilot station said the ship was close up to the Heads, and preparing to beat in at 2pm.
The following is a list of her passengers:-
Saloon—
Mr. G. C. Ellis
Mrs. Ellis
Master J. M. Ellis
Mr. W. P. Brown
Mrs. A. G. Brown
Master E. Brown
Master A. Brown
Mr. A. Bonner
Mrs. Emma Bonner
Mr. R. Walker
Mrs. C. Walker
Miss C. Walker
Miss L. Walker
Master J. Walker
Mr. W. H. W. Haines
Mrs. Haines
Miss Elizabeth Patterson
Miss Edith Brown
Mrs. Watt
Master H. Watt
Master A. Watt
Second Cabin—
J. Roark
A. H. Pearson
Philip Grichy
Mary Grichy
Helena Grichy
M. Longney
Edward Newland
Clara Newland
Alex. G. Clark
J. H. Reynolds
Thomas Lane
Wm. Bethwaite
Steerage—
Alfred T. Fauvel
Henry Braddock
F. L. Platt
Richard Brandon
Frank Hood
Anthony Bousfield
Thomas White
Michael Lowery
Margaret Lowery
John Winchester
Catherine Winchester
John Winchester
Thomas McMillan
Mary McMillan
Eva McMillan
Elizabeth McMillan
Ada McMillan
William McMillan
Thomas McMillan
Gertrude McMillan
Miss Robertson
T. Hopkins
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