French whaler L’Asia visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Arrived on 12 September 1836, barque, name master Jay, tonnage - tons, belonged to France, active in the black oil fishery, cargo 1,500 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.