A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the WorldMacQueen, James
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A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World
MacQueen, James
Mail steamers -- Great Britain; Postal service -- Great Britain -- Colonies
Demerara steamers, 48 voyages, 20 each, 960 per annum,
at 30 dollars 28,800
1st Leeward station--Barbadoes to Havannah, through
all the islands, 48 voyages monthly, 50 each, is
2400, at 70 dollars average 168,000
2d Leeward station--Havannah to Vera Cruz, and
Jamaica to Chagre, Panama, &c. &c., 96 voyages,
at 20 each, is 1920 yearly, at 40 dollars 76,800
Packets and sailing-vessels in all the points, 120
voyages, average 10 each, is 1200, at 25 dollars 30,000
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Total dollars 303,600
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At 4_s._ 2_d._ per dollar, is sterling L63,250
Falmouth to Barbadoes, 43 voyages, 20 each,
at 40_l._ L38,000
Falmouth to Rio de Janeiro, 48 voyages, 10
each, at 55_l._ 26,200
Falmouth to Halifax, 48 voyages, 20 each,
960 yearly, average 35_l._ 33,600
Halifax to West Indies, by New York, 48 voyages,
20 each, is 960, at 26_l._ 24,960
Falmouth to Madeira and Teneriffe, 200 yearly,
at 20_l._ 4,000
Rio do Janeiro to Buenos Ayres, 240 yearly,
at 15_l._ 3,600
Pernambuco to Maranham, 120 yearly, at 12_l._ 1,440
West India Islands to Bermuda, Nassau, &c. &c.
280 yearly, at 12_l._ 3,360
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135,160
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Total L198,410
Deduct expense, finding one-third 66,136
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Amount gained L132,274
The cost of finding passengers is here estimated at 4 dollars per day.
In the House of Commons Report about Steam Communications with India,
the cost of finding passengers to that quarter of the world is
estimated by experienced captains of ships at 10_s._ sterling per day.
The charge made in steamers in the West Indies for cabin passage
money, by orders of the Admiralty, is 17_l._ sterling, Barbadoes to
Jamaica; 10_l._ sterling, Jamaica to St. Thomas; and 10_l._ sterling,
St. Thomas to Barbadoes.
_Income:--Parcels, Packages, and Fine Goods. Steamers to be (p. 125)
restricted to 40 tons Weight in all._
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