Note 6 — Chapter V
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The Egyptian correspondent of the Boston Advertiser, March 15, 1870, observes: “The channel at Lake Timseh has not much more than 19 feet of water, as on the day of opening. We met two steamers on their way to Bombay, an English vessel going for cotton, and the French steamer Asie. This was evidently all the business of the day, and from the report of the company, it is a fair average of the amount of work done. The company say they register one thousand five hundred tons a day.”
The following statement exhibits more fully the tonnage and toll-receipts of the Suez Canal:
In December, 1869 9 steamers and sailing ships 40,000 francs
In January, 1870 16 “ “ 170,000 “
In February, 1870 28 “ “ 269,000 “
In March, 1870 52 “ “ 450,000 “