ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP "HERALD" WITH EMIGRANTS This splendid vessel has brought three hundred and twenty bounty emigrants, under the superintendence of Dr Sullivan, consisting of 106 males, and 103 female adults, 47 male and 45 female children, above three years of age, together with 81 infants; the whole have arrived in healthy condition, three infants died on the passage, and four births took place. The cleanly state of the vessel and emigrants reflect great credit on the surgeon-superintendent, captain, and officers; in fact, the fittings up are superior to any emigrant vessel that ever arrived in the colony. The berths are in two tiers round the ship, and as there are about nine feet 'tween decks there is a free ventilation; each single man or woman had a separate berth, and the married people two; the young men were placed in the fore part of the ship, the married people amidships, and the single women aft, with bulk heads between to keep each party separate. The passage made by the Herald, ninety-one days, is the quickest that has been made for some years, and the passengers are about to present a memorial to the Captain and Surgeon, for the kindness evinced towards them throughout the voyage. The principal part of the male adults are agricultural laborers, but there are also some mechanics - blacksmiths, masons, carpenters, &c. SOURCE: Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser. Vol 1 No 3 Saturday 13 January 1844, page 3 Kind Regards Kevin Wilson Mount Isa Qld