American whaler Courser visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand according to the newspaper Otago Daily Times dated 25 March 1862

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An item reported that the American whaler Courser, barque, 327 tons, master Hammet, of New Bedford, 340 barrels sperm oil arrived on31 January at The Bay of Islands.(1), putting in for letters and left for Sydney, Australia despite being leaky. 

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1. Bay of Islands, area on the east coast of the Far North District, North Island, New Zealand.

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