Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Pak Wan, 818 tons, Captain William Burns Lawrence, from London 30th May 1874, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 25th August 1874

The South Australian Register, Wednesday 26 August 1874 p. 4

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. Tuesday, August 25.— PAK WAN, barque, 818 tons, William Burns Lawrence, master, from London May 30. J. Staling & Co., agents.
Passengers —, R . E. and E Alp, Michael Baker, Sam. Condenning Wm and Margaret Edgar, Ed. Betchills, Mich. Fox, John Hughes, Robt Jones , Wm Kermode, Sam Masters. James Onagle, Jas. Ouinlan, Martin and Jno. Rooney, W. Robinson, Thorpe (7), John Kelly, and J. H.Gaurel, in the steerage.

. . . . — 10th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1874 ; —0— births and —-0— deaths on the passage ; —?, surgeon-superintendent.

The Passenger List indicates the class of Emigrants, so in the list below, I have combined those lists, but have made notations alongside the family name, thus, CPCH = Colonial Passage Certificate Holders ; CFPCH = Colonial Full Paid Passage Holders ; UKA = United Kingdom Assisted Passage regulation ; UKFPPR = United Kingdom Full Paid Passage regulation ; FP = Free Passage. — Robert

IMPORTS

PAK WAN, from London— 2,406 cases, 16 tanks, 67 qr.-casks, 35 pieces and pkgs., 82 pkgs. 115 bales, 260 coils wire, 20 hhds., 1 casting, 611 Casks, 1,488 bars, 241 bdls, 110 do. iron, 200 Cases Geneva, 161 kegs, 160 drums, 8 machines, 2 boxes, 80 tons coals, 10,065 pieces boards,  4 parcels, 6 brls., 85 hf.-brls, 24 boilerplates, 4 head stocks, 32 springs, 32 buffers, 8 frames, 768 iron rails, 86 cart arms, 78 grindstones, 67 trunks. For Port Augusta: 175 bdls. wire, 80 do. Hoop iron, 26 pkgs. For Port Wallaroo: 50,000 Bricks, 51 Pkgs. per Pak Wan, from London For J. Osborne — 4 cases drapery. For J. Morgan— 12 trunks Bostock's boots and shoes. For G. and B. Wills and Co.— 56 cases, 4 bales, 5 trunks. For A. Bowie— 36 trunks. For Jas. Scott and Sons— 102 casks, 336 bars, 110 bdls. iron, 75 kegs. For W. and J. Storrie— 18 cases.

MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING.

The Pak Wan was originally a full-rigged ship, but on being changed to a barque was rendered workable with fewer hands. The mizenmast was stripped of its gear, and a long unsightly pole was sent up to carry a gafftop sail.  The Pak Wan has been in the Indian trade, and being a composite craft was laden for this colony, and she brought some assisted passengers. She left London on May 30, and had fine weather for a long time. On June 30 she crossed the line in 21° of longitude, and afterwards had fine south-east trade winds.  From the Cape the ship crossed between 36° and 40°, but was so far to leeward of Cape Borda in making the land that a bold course was shaped for Backstairs Passage.  She encountered heavy squalls about St. Paul's, and knocked the bulwark planking about a little; but the climax of bad weather was fell on Saturday night, when a hurricane blew. The sea was in a complete drift, and suddenly, at about 7 at night, it made a breach through the starboard bulwarks, sweeping the lot from the fore rigging to the forecastle. Stanchions, main rail, and planking were torn away like matchwood, and a vast volume of water careered on board, filling the Deckhouse and washing away all loose deck gear. A boy was holding on to some of the lashings of the spars, but when the vessel somewhat recovered herself he could not be found. Nobody saw him go, and not a cry, or sound, or single noted how or when he fell, but Stephen Hobs was gone, and it is concluded that the sea which took the bulwarks took him away. When the weather moderated a course up the Gulf was shaped, and Cape Jervis was passed on Tuesday.   As night approached the chief officer, who had been here before, looked out for the red light, and when he saw it induced the master to come to anchor.  The blunder was afterwards discovered, and the next day the vessel proceeded to the Semaphore, as we have before reported.

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
		No records found

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
		No records found

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formerly ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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