Note 119 — Chapter XV · HOMEWARD BOUND.
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The Pacific Steam Navigation Company under contract with Her Majesty’s Government for the conveyance of the mails semi-monthly between Panama and Valparaiso, in connection with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, have now on the West Coast of South America the following steam-ships, viz:—
Lima 1,100 tons and 400 horse power
Bogota 1,100 ” ” 400 ”
Santiago 1,000 ” ” 400 ”
Bolivia 800 ” ” 280 ”
New Granada 600 ” ” 200 ”
Valdivia 700 ” ” 180 ”
Osprey 300 ” ” 100 ”
The distance steamed annually is about 200,000 miles, and the number of intermediate ports touched at on the coasts of New Granada, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili, between the termini, is about 13. The company have also a contract with the Government of Chili for the conveyance of mails monthly between Valparaiso and Chili, as mentioned in the text.