PAPER B.
Reading edition
The following paper, prepared by Mr. Pliny Miles from the reports to which we have alluded, presents the British steam mail service in full detail.
"The following tabular statement gives the particulars of the ocean mail service of Great Britain, now carried on almost exclusively by steamships. The numbers in the margin, running from 1 to 15, will point out the different lines in the recapitulation at the close.
Line of Communication, Contractors, and Contract Price. Places Connected.
1.—Liverpool and Isle of Man. Mona Isle Steam Co. Twice a week. $4,250 per annum. Liverpool and Douglas, Isle of Man.
2.—England and Ireland. City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. Twice a day. $125,000 a year. Holyhead and Kingstown, near Dublin.
3.—Scotland and Shetland. Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde Shipping Co. Weekly, $6,000 a year. Aberdeen, Wick, Kirkwall, (Orkney,) and Lerwick, (Shetland.)
4.—England, Spain, and Gibraltar. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Three times a month. $102,500. Southampton, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar.
5.—Mediterranean, India, and China. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. Twice a month to India—monthly to China. $1,121,500. Southampton, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghae.
6.—England and United States. Sam. Cunard. Weekly. $866,700. Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston; and Liverpool and New-York.
7.—North America, (Colonial.) Sam. Cunard. Monthly. $73,500. Halifax, Newfoundland, Bermuda, and St. Thomas.
8.—West-Indies, Mexico and South-America. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Semi-monthly to the West-Indies and Gulf of Mexico, and monthly to Brazil. $1,350,000. Southampton, Kingston, (Jamaica,) St. Thomas, Vera Cruz and Aspinwall; Southampton, Lisbon, Madeira, Teneriffe, St. Vincent, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, and St. Thomas.
9.—England, France, and Belgium. Jenkings and Churchward. Daily to Calais; thrice a week to Ostend. $77,500. Dover and Calais. Dover and Ostend.
10.—Channel Islands. South-western Railway Company. Thrice a week. $20,000. Southampton, Jersey, and Guernsey.
11.—West Coast of South-America. Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Twice a month. $125,000. Panama, Callao, and Valparaiso. Allowed to touch at Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Peyta, Lambayeque, Huanchaco, Santa, Pisco, Islay, Aríca, Iquique, Cobija, Gopiapo, Huasco, and Coquimbo.
12.—Scotland and Orkney. John Stanger, Esq., of Stromness. Daily in summer; every other day in winter. $6,500. From Scrabster Pier (Thurso) to Stromness, (Orkney.)
13.—West Coast of Africa. African Steamship Co. Monthly. $106,250. Plymouth to Madeira, Teneriffe, Goree, Bathurst, Sierra Leone, Monrovia, Cape Coast Castle, Accra, Whydah, Badagry, Lagos, Bonny, Old Calabar, Cameroon and Fernando Po; omitting Cameroon, Calabar, and Bonny on return.
14.—South-Africa, Mauritius, and Calcutta. Adam Duncan Dundas, Esq. Monthly. $205,000. Dartmouth to Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius and Calcutta.
15.—England and Australia. The European and Australian Mail Steam Packet Co. Monthly. $925,000. Southampton, Marseilles, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, and Sydney.
The following are the names of the steamers in service in each line, with the amount of tonnage, the horse power of each, the draught of water, the number of the officers and crew attached to each one, and, when it could be obtained, the date that each vessel was surveyed and approved for the service. Where the date of survey of a vessel is unknown, it is placed as near as possible with others surveyed at the same time, the vessels in each line being arranged in chronological order:
Name, Class, etc. Horse Power. Tonnage. Draft of Water. Crew. Date of Survey.
F. I.
1. Liverpool and Isle of Man.
King Orry, 190 429 0 0 22 Dec., 1845
Tynwald, iron, 260 657 8 9 29 Oct., 1846
Benmy Chree, 130 295 6 6 18 June, 1847
Mona's Queen, iron, 220 508 8 6 22 M'ch, 1853
Total, 4 vessels, 790 2,089 91
2. England and Ireland.
Prince Arthur, iron, 220 418 8 8 26 July, 1852
Llewellyn, iron, 342 654 9 6 29 Oct., 1852
Eblana, iron, 372 685 8 11 31 Jan., 1853
St. Columba, iron, 350 650 8 10 29 Sept., 1853
Total, 4 vessels, 1,284 2,407 115
3. Scotland and Shetland.
Fairy, 120 350 — — 18 —
Duke of Richmond, 180 500 — — 24 —
Total, 2 vessels, 300 850 42
4. England, Spain, and Gibraltar.
Sultan, iron, 420 1,001 14 0 67 Jan., 1853
Madrid, iron, 133 448 10 2 40 Feb., 1853
Tagus, 280 691 14 8 41 Jan., 1854
Alhambra, 140 642 13 7 52 July, 1855
Total, 4 vessels, 973 2,782 200
5. Mediterranean, India, and China.
Lady Mary Wood, 270 619 0 0 40 Feb., 1842
Precursor, 520 1,783 18 0 121 July, 1844
Pekin, iron, 415 1,003 14 0 78 Jan., 1847
Oriental, 420 1,427 13 0 78 M'ch, 1848
Achilles, 430 823 16 0 59 June, 1849
Malta, iron, 460 1,222 0 0 82 Sept., 1848
Hindostan, 500 1,595 16 10 53 July, 1849
Singapore, iron, 465 1,189 12 6 96 M'ch, 1851
Ganges, iron, 465 1,189 14 7 69 June, 1851
Pottinger, iron, 450 1,275 17 6 82 April, 1852
Formosa, screw, iron, 177 658 13 6 60 Aug., 1852
Chusan, screw, iron, 100 765 11 3 45 Aug., 1852
Haddington, iron, 450 1,303 17 7 105 Nov., 1852
Vectis, 400 900 0 0 51 —
Shanghae, screw, iron, 90 825 0 0 60 —
Manila, 60 646 0 0 60 —
Bentinck, 520 1,973 19 3 83 Nov., 1852
Euxine, iron, 430 1,071 15 6 72 Jan., 1853
Bengal, screw, 465 2,185 17 6 115 Feb., 1853
Valetta, 400 984 12 2 51 July, 1853
Norna, screw, 230 1,040 0 0 80 Nov., 1853
Colombo, screw, 450 1,808 0 0 118 Dec., 1853
Ripon, iron, 445 1,400 14 9 94 Dec., 1853
Douro, screw, 230 903 13 3 63 Dec., 1853
Bombay, 280 1,240 0 0 84 —
Madras, 288 1,217 0 0 82 —
Indus, iron, 450 1,302 17 9 88 Jan., 1854
Candia, screw, iron, 450 2,212 18 9 115 June, 1854
Nubia, 450 2,095 21 0 122 — 1855
Pera, screw, iron, 450 2,013 19 0 129 Jan., 1856
Ava, screw, iron, 320 1,372 17 0 94 Feb., 1856
Alma, screw, iron, 450 2,164 20 0 124 M'ch, 1856
Aden, screw, iron, 210 507 18 9 40 Aug., 1856
Delta, screw, 210 985 0 0 64 — 1856
Delhi, screw, 450 2,400 0 0 125 — 1856
Unknown, 4 vessels.
Total, 39 vessels, 12,850 46,053 2,877
6. England and United States.
Europa, 650 1,777 15 6 88 July, 1848
Canada, 680 1,774 19 6 88 Nov., 1848
Niagara, 630 1,774 19 6 88 Dec., 1849
America, 630 1,729 15 3 88 Jan., 1850
Asia, 800 2,073 19 0 105 May, 1850
Africa, 800 2,050 0 0 105 Oct., 1850
Arabia, 870 2,328 16 7 105 Dec., 1852
Persia, 858 3,587 21 0 165 Feb., 1856
Total, 8 vessels, 5,918 17,092 922
7. North America, (Colonial.)
Merlin, 120 451 0 0 26 May, 1850
Delta, screw, iron, 180 700 12 10 34 June, 1852
Total, 2 vessels, 300 1,151 60
8. West-Indies, Mexico, and South-America.
Dee, 410 1,269 18 0 87 May, 1846
Trent, 450 1,293 17 7 87 April, 1848
Eagle, 263 496 11 10 57 July, 1849
Derwent, 280 708 15 0 66 July, 1850
Magdalena, 760 2,250 19 0 108 May, 1852
Medway, 420 1,305 17 6 72 May, 1852
La Plata, 939 2,404 21 10 114 Aug., 1852
Conway, 270 827 12 10 55 Sept., 1852
Orinoco, 800 2,245 20 11 108 Oct., 1852
Avon, 450 2,069 17 0 94 M'ch, 1853
Teviot, 450 1,258 18 1 97 April, 1853
Paraná, 800 2,222 21 2 120 May, 1853
Clyde, 430 1,335 19 1 87 June, 1853
Thames, 413 1,285 18 3 72 Aug., 1853
Solent, 420 1,805 14 11 88 Oct., 1853
Camilia, iron, 213 640 9 0 34 Oct., 1853
Wye, screw, iron, 180 818 14 0 45 Feb., 1854
Atrato, iron, 758 2,906 20 6 127 M'ch, 1854
Tamar, 400 1,873 18 7 93 June, 1854
Prince, 200 446 8 8 35 July, 1854
Total, 20 vessels, 9,306 29,454 1,667
9. England, France, and Belgium.
Alliance, 120 300 7 3 16 —
Vivid, 120 300 7 0 16 —
Violet, 120 300 7 0 16 —
Empress, 100 308 6 6 16 —
Queen, 100 307 6 6 16 —
Ondine, 80 250 6 0 16 —
Total, 6 vessels, 640 1,765 96
10. Channel Islands.
Atalanta, 120 240 8 4 21 Oct., 1846
Wonder, iron, 150 449 0 0 22 Feb., 1853
Courier, iron, 184 440 7 0 18 April, 1853
Dispatch, iron, 183 443 7 6 22 Aug., 1853
Express, iron, 160 380 7 4 24 Nov., 1853
Total, 5 vessels, 797 1,852 107
11. West Coast or South-America.
New-Granada, iron, 210 600 13 0 41 Nov., 1846
Bolivia, iron, 252 705 0 0 41 Oct., 1849
Inca, iron, 370 549 13 0 55 Aug., 1851
Lima, iron, 370 1,122 10 8 55 Nov., 1851
Bogota, iron, 394 1,122 13 6 61 April, 1852
Valdivia, screw, iron, 480 782 13 2 41 Nov., 1853
Valparaiso, iron, 320 839 13 6 84 —
Total, 7 vessels, 2,396 5,719 377
12. Scotland and Orkney.
(Unknown,) 60 250 6 0 16 —
13. West Coast of Africa.
Hope, iron, 120 833 15 0 46 —
Charity, iron, 120 1,007 15 6 52 —
Ethiope, 120 674 0 0 42 —
Candace, 120 900 0 0 46 —
Retriever, 120 900 0 0 46 —
Niger, 120 900 0 0 46 —
Gambia, 130 637 14 0 42 —
Total, 7 vessels, 850 5,951 320
14. South-America, Mauritius, and Calcutta.
Five screw steamers,
Total, 5 vessels, 2,000 8,000 — — 570 —
15. England and Australia.
Oneida, 400 1,600 15 6 84 —
Simla, 630 2,510 17 2 88 —
European, 530 2,200 18 9 115 —
Columbian, 530 2,300 17 6 120 —
(Unknown,) 400 1,600 0 8 88 —
(Unknown,) 400 1,600 0 8 88 —
(Unknown,) 400 1,600 0 8 88 —
Total, 7 vessels, 3,290 13,410 671
RECAPITULATION.
Lines. Number of steamers. Horse Power. Tonnage. Number of men. Service commenced. How often. Annual Compensation.
1 4 790 2,089 91 1833 2 a week $4,250
2 4 1,284 2,408 115 1850 2 a day 125,000
3 2 300 850 42 1840 1 a week 6,000
4 4 973 2,782 200 1852 3 a month 102,500
5 35 12,850 46,053 2,877 1853 2 a month 1,121,500
6 9 6,418 18,406 922 1850 1 a week 866,700
7 2 300 1,151 60 1854 1 a month 73,500
8 20 9,308 29,454 1,667 1851 3 a month 1,350,000
9 6 640 1,765 96 1854 1 a day 77,500
10 5 797 1,852 107 1848 3 a week 20,000
11 7 2,396 5,719 378 1852 2 a month 125,000
12 1 60 250 16 1856 1 a day 6,500
13 7 850 5,951 320 1852 1 a month 106,250
14 5 2,000 8,000 575 1856 1 a month 205,000
15 7 3,290 13,410 671 1857 1 a month 925,000
Total, 121 42,254 140,139 8,137 $5,114,700[I]