[7] She made one voyage to New Zealand arriving on 26 December 1874 under McRitchie bringing 419 settlers under the Vogel scheme.

[8] On 19 February 1890, she sailed from London for Wellington under a Shaw, Saville, and Albion line charter with a crew of 25 Scottish seamen.

Concerns about her fate began to be raised in late June, Angerona having arrived about a month earlier.

[13] Lloyd's posted her as missing in late August, allowing insurance claims to be made.

Captain McAllister of Kahu, who brought the news of the wreckage thought that the Auckland Island hypothesis was unlikely.

The Government ship Hinemoa was on a scheduled visit to these island groups which included searching for any castaways.

[19] In April Captain Fairchild of the Hinemoa carried out a more thorough investigation, including interviewing the islander who had seen the rockets and those with him at the time.

Based on this and that at one time timber from Bluff had been carried by the currents to the Chathams he concluded that the more probable location of the Assaye's demise was the Snares.