CITY OF QUEBEC

THE CITY OF QUEBEC HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1853 FOR THE QUEBEC TRADE AND WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN IN 1878. SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TON LYTTLETON, LEAVING LONDON ON THE 3RD DECEMBER AND ARRIVING IN LYTTLETON ON  5TH MARCH 1879. HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN FALCONER.PART OF HER CARGO ON THIS VOYAGE WERE SOME FIVE AND SEVEN TON GUNS FOR LYTTLETON'S HARBOUR DEFENCE SYSTEM. SHE DID A SECOND VOYAGE FOR SHAW SAVILLE & CO THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1880, STILL WITH CAPTAIN FALCONER IN COMMAND.THIS TIME SHE VOYAGED FROM LONDON TO AUCKLAND.THERE WERE ONLY THIRTY PASSENGERS ONBOARD ON  THIS SECOND VOYAGE.