The first wave of settlement came of two ships (from Greenock on the Firth of Clyde), the "John Wickliffe", arrived in 1848, and the "Philip Laing" arrived three weeks latter but with twice the passengers. Early immigrants came from Scotland's lowlands as the worst of the highland clearances had occurred decades before. The land of Dunedin had already been divided up and settlers had drawn lots in Scotland to define the picking order. About half of those to arrive were from the Free Church. Of the 12,000 immigrants who were to follow in the 1850s about 75% were Scottish. This can be determined from the diary and informal census of the Reverend Thomas Burns.