-----+------+----------+----------+------------+---------+-------------------- | | | | Gross | Total | Line.|Trips.|Distances.| Subsidy. | Postage. | Miles | Pay per Mile. -----+------+----------+----------+------------+---------+-------------------- A | 52| 3,100| L173,340|L143,667.10s| 304,000|11s 4-1/2d $2.38-1/2 B | 24| 11,402| 270,000| 106,905.00 | 547,296| 9s10 $2.46 C | 24| [F]| 244,000| 178,186.11 | 796,637| 6s 1-3/4 $1.53-1/2 D | 12| 14,000| 185,000| 33,281.12 | 336,000|11s00 $2.75 E | 24| 2,042| 14,700| | 98,000| 3s00 $0.75 F | 24| 2,718| 25,000| 5,715.00 | 130,434| 3s10 $0.96 G | 12| 6,245| 23,250| 3,196.02 | 149,880| 2s 6 $0.62-1/2 | | | | French | | | | | | Belgian, | | | | | | and Dutch | | | | | | Postage. | | H | 156| 132| | {74,430.08 | 41,184| I | 730| 64| | {36,158.09 | 93,440| J | 112| 70| | {10,032.15 | 14,560| K | 52| 200| | | 20,800| | | |==========|============|=========|==================== | | |L1,062,797|L591,573.07s|2,532,231| 9s 7d $2.39 -----+------+----------+----------+------------+---------+-------------------- Total Average per Mile, $2.10-1/3. Average of four principal lines, $2.39. [F] The Peninsular and Oriental Company run twice per month between Southampton and Alexandria, and between Suez and Calcutta and Hong Kong; twice per month between Marseilles and Malta; between Singapore and Sydney every two months; and three times per month between Southampton and Gibraltar, touching at Vigo, O Porto, Lisbon, and Cadiz. It would hardly be expected that the lines of this country should run at cheaper rates than those of Great Britain, as the prime cost of ships and their repairs, fuel, wages, insurance, etc., are much cheaper there, and as they have more paying freights, in their manufactured goods. It only explains to us, what has alway seemed a mystery; that while the regular companies in England were making money, nearly all of those in the United States not only had not made money, but were embarrassed more or less, and were selling their stocks at sixty to eighty cents on the dollar.