This superb new frigate-built ship is considered the finest specimen of her type ever built at Quebec. She was constructed by Mr. James Erskine Oliver, and is the property of a very spiritual and enterprising shipowner, John Dunn Esq., of Belfast. The Hibernia registers 1065 tons measurement, and is about 1600 tons burthen; and, as she is esteemed an excellent model for sailing, and as she is in superior trim for realising these expectations from her cargo, outfit, &c., there is no doubt she will earn a high reputation for her fast sailing qualities. She is about being dispatched to Port Adelaide and Port Philip, with a cargo of merchandise and emigrants, by Messrs. G. & A. Herring and Co.
Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius
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