An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed Session, 1849, to Inquire Into the Contract Packet ServicePeninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
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An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed Session, 1849, to Inquire Into the Contract Packet Service
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Mail steamers -- Great Britain
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|Distance| | |
STATION. | per | Annual | Annual | Per Mile.
|Voyage. |Distance.| Sum. |
----------------------------------+--------+---------+--------+-----------
1. Southampton to Vigo, Oporto, | | | £ |
Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar;| | | |
three times a month, say on | | | |
the 7th, 17th, and 27th | 2,400 | 86,400 | 20,500 | 4/8¾
| | | |nearly 4/9
2. Southampton to Malta and | | | |
Alexandria, once a month, on | | | |
the 20th | 6,084 | 73,008 | 28,500 | 7/9½
| | | |nearly ¾
3. Southampton to Malta and | | | |
Alexandria (bi-monthly) on | | | |
the 3rd | 6,084 | 73,008 | 15,525 | 4/3
4. Calcutta to Madras, Point de | | | |
Galle, Aden and Suez, and | | | |
Point de Galle to Penang, | | | |
Singapore, and Hong Kong, | | | |
once a month | 15,590 | 187,080 |160,000 | 17/1¼
+--------+---------+--------+----------
| | 419,496 |224,525 | 10/8¼
| | | |nearly ½
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London, 8th June, 1848.
_No. 2--List of the Steam Ships belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.--June 10, 1848._
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