The Moreton Bay Courier
and Northern Districts' General Advertiser
Saturday, 30 April 1853
Shipping Intelligence Section, p. 2
Arrivals: April 25,
Florentia, barque 453 tons, T. H. Banks, from Plymouth, Nov. 22.
Passengers - Dr. Clegg, Surgeon-Superintendent, and 245 immigrants.
The Florentia has had a tedious passage of a one hundred and
fifty-three days from Plymouth, and had to call at Hobart Town for
provisions, where some of the seamen absconded. The only vessels
spoken during the passage was the Free Trader, for New York,
and the American ship Great Britain. The Florentia brings
249 immigrants, who are reported healthy by the Health Officer. There are
43 married couples, comprising 36 agricultural labourers, 4 gardeners,
1 mason, 1 herdsman, 1 shepherd, 2 smiths, a tailor, 2 carpenters, and
1 plaisterer: 9 single men, viz., 8 agricultural labourers and 1 schoolmaster;
and 64 single women, viz., 62 domestic servants and 2 sempstrerses. There
were 12 births and 17 deaths during the voyage, the latter being 5 adults
and 12 children. The Florentia is ballasted with coal.
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