│LENGTH │ SAVING │ TIME │ SAVING │ TIME │ OF │ IN │ SAVED │ IN │ SAVED │PASSAGE │DISTANCE│ BY │DISTANCE│ BY │OUT AND │OVER THE│ISTHMUS │ OVER │ISTHMUS FROM N. Y. TO │ HOME. │ROUTE BY│ OVER │ THE │ OVER │ │CAPE OF │ TIME │ ROUTE │TIME BY │ │ GOOD │BY CAPE │ BY │ CAPE │ │ HOPE. │ HOPE, │ CAPE │ HOPE, │ │ │OUT AND │ HORN. │OUT AND │ │ │ HOME. │ │ HOME. ────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── │ DAYS │ MILES │ DAYS │ MILES │ DAYS Calcutta │ 244 │ 4,100 │ 74 │ 9,600 │ 174 Canton │ 192 │ 8,900 │ 162 │ 10,900 │ 198 Shanghai │ 188 │ 9,600 │ 174 │ 11,600 │ 212 Valparaiso │ 86 │ │ │ 8,100 │ 148 Callao │ 62 │ │ │ 10,000 │ 182 Guayaquil │ 50 │ │ │ 11,500 │ 210 Panama │ 36 │ │ │ 14,000 │ 254 San Blas │ 68 │ │ │ 14,000 │ 254 Mazatlan │ 72 │ │ │ 14,000 │ 254 San Diego │ 82 │ │ │ 14,000 │ 254 San Francisco │ 90 │ │ │ 14,000 │ 254 Wellington, N. Z. │ │ 5,260 │ │ 2,620 │ Melbourne, Australia│ │ 3,340 │ │ 2,830 │ ────────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴──────── The following condensed statement, from tables carefully prepared by an advocate of intermarine canals, exhibits some of the commercial advantages depending upon the completion of the route: _Table showing the saving to the trade of the world, in insurance on vessels and cargoes, interest on cargoes, saving of wear and tear of ships, and saving of wages, provisions, etc., by using the Isthmus Canal_: United States $35,995,930 England 9,950,348 France 2,183,930 Other countries 1,400,000 ——————————— Total yearly saving $49,530,208 Exports of Great Britain increased one hundred and seven per cent. in ten years; exports of France increased one hundred and thirty per cent. in ten years; exports of the United States increased ninety-three per cent. in ten years. If the trade increases one hundred per cent. in the next ten years, the saving to the world will then be ninety-nine millions sixty thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars ($99,060,416) per annum.