Captain Raven, in the “Britannia,” visited Dusky Sound in 1792, and there left the first sealing gang ever placed on the coast of New Zealand. The following year, in company with the “Francis,” he returned and relieved the gang. The “Francis” sailed for Sydney, and the “Britannia” for Nor-folk Island, where she was chartered by Lieut.-Governor King to take that officer and two captured Maoris across to New Zealand. Records published in Vol. i (pages 169 to 194) relate to the same matters.