-------------------+-----------+-------------+------------ | Number of | Tonnage. |Horse-power. | Vessels. | | +-----+-----+------+------+-----+------ |1851.|1860.|1851. |1860. |1851.|1860. +-----+-----+------+------+-----+------ Under 1,000 tons| 5 | 4 | 2,949| 2,838|1,030| 900 1,000 to 1,500 tons| Nil | 2 | .. | 2,371| .. | 680 1,500 to 2,000 tons| 9 | 6 |16,593|11,057|3,900| 2,510 2,000 to 3,000 tons| 1 | 6 | 2,069|14,683| 440| 4,120 Over 3,000 tons| Nil | 3 | .. |10,070| .. | 2,400 +-----+-----+------+------+-----+------ | 15 | 21 |21,611|41,019|5,370|10,610 -------------------+-----+-----+------+------+-----+------ [280] See Appendix No. 19, p. 634. [281] These services from Southampton with mails, passengers, and cargo, are as follows: _2nd of each month_—for West Indies, Cuba and Mexico, Colon (Aspinwall), Savanilla, Panama, Central America, South and North Pacific, San Francisco. _9th and 24th of each month_—for Brazil and River Plate Routes, viz. Lisbon, St. Vincent (Cape de Verde), Pernambuco, Bahia,[282] Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres. _17th of each month_—for West Indies, Belize, Grey Town, Colon (Aspinwall), Savanilla, Panama, Central America, South Pacific, Acapulco, Mazanillo, San Francisco, British Columbia, Japan, China. An additional steamer also leaves Southampton the 10th of each month for Barbadoes, Trinidad, La Guayra, Porto Cabellos, Curaçoa, Santa Marta, Savanilla, and Colon. [282] The steamers of the 24th of each month do not call at Pernambuco or Bahia. CHAPTER VIII. Pacific Steam Navigation Company—First steamer on the Pacific, 1825—Mr. Wheelwright—Obtains a charter, 1840—First vessels, the _Chili_ and _Peru_—Warm reception at Valparaiso—The Company persevere—Appointment of Mr. Just, 1846—Extension of contract, 1850—Marked improvement in the prospects of the Company, 1860—New lines—Vast increase of capital, 1867—Further increase of capital to 3,000,000_l._, 1871—Capital increased, to 4,000,000_l._, 1872—Extent of fleet, _Iberia_ and _Liguria_—_Chimborazo_, 1871—Too rapid increase—Loss arising therefrom—Modification of mail contract and reduced services—West coast steamer _Bolivia_—Future prospects of the Company—Trade with Mexico—First line of steamers from Liverpool to Chagres—West India and Pacific Steam Navigation Company—Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Steam Navigation Company. [Sidenote: Pacific Steam Navigation Company.]