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ARRIVAL OF THE INA Natal Witness December 1 1849

A barque of 466 tons, commanded by Captain DARKE, the Ina brought 120 settlers, many of them Scottish, and sailed from Greenock, arriving at Natal after a lengthy voyage due to prevailing headwinds. However, there were no deaths on board, nor any sickness. Her passengers were no doubt anxious to be on dry land again, but because of the heavy surf conditions they had to wait for several days in the roadstead.

John SANDERSON, artist, journalist and later editor of the "Natal Colonist" arrived on Ina, as did Archibald MURRAY, founder of Pinetown. The settlers are listed as farmers, labourers, mechanics, carpenters, shoemakers, cartwrights, gardeners and other trades useful in a new colony. With 31 children under the age of 14 on board for 105 days, the voyage must have been bedlam.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

A correspondent writing from D'Urban, under date 13th says - "The Hannah is to sail tomorrow. The bar appears blocked up again for the Water Witch cannot come in, although wind and tide are in her favour today. A brig, supposed to be the Natal, has just been seen far off."

Another letter states, that Mr Cato is about to land the emigrants from the Ina in his large boat; that vessel being of too large a class to allow of her crossing the bar.

An opinion seems to prevail that invaluable as Mr Cato's boat is, he would do still better were he to take the bold stroke of getting a steam-tug. The Government might, by proper arrangements, perhaps, be thus spared the expense of a crew, and thus be justified in holding out considerable encouragement to such an undertaking.

ARRIVED
March 6 - Water Witch, Schr. Capt. Mann, from Cape.
March 8 - Bark, "Ina," Captain Dark, 446 Tons, James Martin, Surgeon, from Glasgow.

PASSENGERS

John Gilfillan and family
Robert Bookless and family
John Sanderson
S Sanderson
William Watson and family
William Graham
John M Calman
Francis Craig
Adam Strachan
John Butler and family
Alex McLean
John Forbes and family
William Horne and family
John Duff
Thomas Duff
Thomas Hogarth
William Murray and wife
Walter Brunton
David Gilt and family
William Howes and family
John Gray
George McLeary
Elizabeth Wilson
John Gray
Anna Gray
Elizabeth Wall
Julia Wall and child
WH McLean
Archibald K Murray and family
Alexander K Murray
Esther Anderson
Martha Anderson
Robert Anderson
William Stright
David Robertson
Adam McBride
Prudence Selby
Simon Graham and family
John Sheils
John Dunlop
Thomas Whittaker
John Wright
John Conolly
John Roy
James Leech and family
Cuthbert Harrison
Alex Porteous
Alex Gordon
Andrew Sharp
Thomas Robertson
W McLeod
K McCrae
James Webb and wife
John Webb
MJ Jackson and wife
J McKechnie
Fergus Murray and family
Andrew Ferrier
Michael Tierney
David Webster and wife
David Suttie
Laurence Suttie
In all 76 adults, 31 children under 14 years of age, 10 young persons above 14 and under 20.
Total 117.
The men are described as farmers, labourers, brickmaker, engineer, gardeners, blacksmith, dyer, carpenters, mechanics, arm servants, wheelwright, slater and glazier, shoemakers, hatter, cartwrights, baker, and groom.

IN PORT
The Hannah - ready for sea.