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“...with their itineraries
and the fares charged:—
From The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (18
orAmerica. Moorgate Street, E.C., and 32 Cockspur Street,
London, S.W.). The transatlantic steamers of
Vj^this company leave Southampton on alternate
Wednesdays for the West Indies and New York,
calling regularly at Cherbourg, and according to
present arrangements at Vigo, the Azores also
being visited as circumstances permit. The route
then followed is Barbados, Trinidad, La Guayra (for
Caracas), Puerto Colombia, Carthagena, Colon,
Jamaica, and New York, the same ports being
touched at in the reverse order on the return
journey. In conjunction with the Cunard Steam-
ship Company, the company affords an alternative
, route to and from Jamaica via New York in
twelve days for ^11 (first cabin in Royal Mail
Steam Packet Co.’s steamer, and second cabin in
Cunard Steamship Co.’s steamer). Barbados is
the junction for intercolonial steamers, and pas-
sengers and mails are transhipped there for St.
Vincent...”
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“...40 0 38 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 45 0 40 0 60 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 40 0 44 0 £ s. 26 xo 26 xo 26 10 26 xo 26 10 30 0 26 xo 40 0 26 10 26 xo 26 xo 26 10 26 10 26 10 26 XO 26 xo £ 30 27 30 30 30 30 30 40 30 - 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
In the following table the distances of the
various ports of call are given in miles:____
TRANSATLANTIC MAIN LINE
Southampton
84 I Cherbourg
37x2 I 3628 I Barbados
3915 1 3831 I 203 1 Trinidad
-4355 I 4171 I 543 I 340 I LaGuavra
■ *8°S 1 I I093 I 890 I 550 1 Puerto Colombia
5H0 1 5036 I 1408 I 1205 I 86j I 315 1 Colon
_Sb7° I 5586 I 1958 I 1755 I 1415 I 865 I 55° I Tamaica
—7*5° I 4918 I 3438 I 3235 I 2895 I 334S I 2030 I 1480 I New York...”
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“...18 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
From
France.
Street, Liverpool). Regular sailings from Liverpool
to Barbados, Trinidad, La Guayra, Puerto Cabello,
Curasao, Santa Marta and Cartagena; also to St.
Thomas, Puerto Colombia, Colon, and Kingston
(Jamaica). Fares: Barbados and Trinidad,
^17,10s.; Kingston, ^20; and St. Thomas, ^16
(including first-class railway fare from London to
Liverpool).
The Liverpool Line (Booker Bros., McConnell
and Co. Ltd., 77 The Albany, Liverpool). First-
class cargo steamers of this line sail from Liverpool
to Demerara (British Guiana) direct every three
weeks. They have accommodation for a limited
number of cabin passengers.
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The vessels
of this company leave St. Nazaire, France, on 9th
of each month and touch at the following ports :—
Dates. Dates.
Out. Home.
Arrive. Depart. Arrive. Depart, j
St. Nazaire 9 Colon 3
Pointe-è.-Pitre . 20 21 Cartagena . . 4 4
(Guadeloupe) Basseterre 21 21 Savanilla 5 5
(Guadeloupe) Fort-de-France...”
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