By the new plan, Nassau, Havannah, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Honduras, Chagres, Santa Martha, and Laguayra, would have two mails each month; all Porto Rico, the north side of Hayti, and the south side of Cuba, would be included, and have two mails each month also; and all Jamaica, Trinidad, and Demerara, would have time to reply to their letters by the same packet which brought them. Time would everywhere be saved, and the whole system would be regular and certain, and properly combined. II. (p. 050) The General Plan for the Western World:-- Capital required by new plan L476,500 By present system:-- 28 sailing-packets,[11] at L9500 L266,000 2 do. vessels, S. America, L5,000 10,000 4 steamers, _above_ L20,000 86,000 10 mail-vessels, Barbadoes, L1500 15,000 Mail vessels, other stations, at least 8,000 Aid navy, as already stated 7,500 -------- 392,500 -------- Difference: increase L84,000 -------- Cost yearly by new plan L272,850 By present system:-- 28 sailing-packets, at L4200 L126,000 4 steamers, and coals 39,000 2 vessels, Rio de Janeiro, &c. 4,500 10 mail vessels, Barbadoes station 6,000 Bermuda, Halifax, Nassau, &c. &c. say 5,500 Aid navy, equal to 3,000 -------- 184,000 -------- Apparent increase L88,850 But against this is to be placed, first, the coals saved by the use of sails, 20,000_l._; secondly, the sum of 11,350_l._ allowed in new plan (not taken into account in the present) for the expense of coal depots, and places for repairs; together 31,350 -------- Real increase L57,550 -------- [Footnote 11: According to Parl. Pap. No. 251, of 1835, the following are the names and the number of the packets:--