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“...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, Grenada, and Georgetown...”
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“...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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“...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 21 23 Puerto Cabello 7 7
(Martinique) Colon (touch- 29 St. Nazaire . 23
ing at various Pacific Ports on route)
An intercolonial...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 19
(Martinique) for Cayenne once a month, touching
at the following ports :—
Out. Dates. j Dates.
Arrive. Depart. 1 Arrive. Depart. ]
F ort-de-Fran ce 23 Cayenne 3
St. Lucia 23 23 , I Surinam 4 4 |
Trinidad . 24 24 1 Demerara s 5 1
Demerara 26 26 Trinidad 7 7
Surinam . 27 27 St. Lucia 8 8
Cayenne . 28 ... Fort-de-France 9
Another intercolonial steamer plies between
Trinidad and Colon, touching at various Vene-
zuelan ports.
Koninklijke West-Indische Mail Dienst (The From
Royal Dutch West India Mail Service, de Ruyter Newayorknd
kade 125, Amsterdam), under contract with the
Netherlands Government for the conveyance of
mails. The steamers of this line sail from Amster-
dam and New York every fortnight, the ports of
call being Paramaribo (Dutch Guiana), George-
town (Demerara), Trinidad, Venezuelan ports,
Curasao, Jacmel (Hayti), Aux Cayes, Port au
Prince (Hayti), New York, and vice versa.
Fleet: — Prins der Nederlanden, 1923 tons;
Prins Frederik Hendrik, 2164 tons;...”
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“...between New York and Tamaica fortnightly, leaving
New York on Wednesday and Jamaica on Tuesday.
Fares : first-class, from £8,3s. 4d. and £io,4s. 6d.
upwards. Through tickets are issued from Lon-
don, Southampton, and Plymouth in connection
with the company’s transatlantic service.
Besides the Jamaica route, a special service is
maintained by this line between New York and
all Haytian ports, leaving New York every Wed-
nesday, with connections to Savanilla, &c.; also
about three times a month to Colon and monthly
to Guatemala. Steamers of the Hamburg-American
line leave Hamburg on the 14th and Dover on the
16th of every month for Havre, Santander, Corunna,
and Havana, Cuba, arriving at the latter port in
seventeen days. Homeward steamers leave Havana
on the 17th of every month. This service is at
present served by the s.s. Fiirst Bismarck and the
Kronprinzessin Cecilte, each of 8500 tons. Fares :
First cabin, £20 to £35 > second cabin, £16.
On the 18th and 29th of every month steamers...”
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“...Hayti; the German mail, from
Hamburg, some six times a month, with an inter-
colonial service to Hayti and San Domingo
monthly; and the Danish Line (East Asiatic), from
Copenhagen via Hamburg and Spain, monthly,
with an intercolonial service to the Dutch colonies
and St. Kitts fortnightly. The New York service
is performed by the steamers of the Quebec Line
at irregular dates. In addition, mention may be
made of a monthly service by the West India and
Pacific Company from Liverpool, proceeding to
Colon, Jamaica, &c. Owing to these numerous
opportunities, St. Thomas is easily reached from
any of the islands, or Venezuela, Mexico, and
Central America. The island, which is about
13 miles long and 3 miles wide, is of volcanic
origin, having a range of hills running east and
west, which slope down to the sea. Charlotte
Amalia, the principal town, is built upon three
spurs of a mountain, and it is easy to see that
the harbour is an extinct volcano.
Sugar is the principal industry of St. Thomas.
Bay-rum...”
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“...250, 253, 263,
269, 274, 277, 280
Clothing, 27
Cloves, 162, 199
‘Coaling, by native women, 190
Cobblers, the (reefs), 74
Cochrane, Sir Alexander, 270
Cocoa, 80, 102,132,145,153,162,
172, 175, 190, 191, 199, 235,
236, 237, 250, 253, 274, 284,
292-294
307
Cocoa-nuts, 102,132,153, 162
Cocorite, 138
Codrington, Christopher, 68
Codrington College, 68
Coffee, 80, 102, 104, 132, 153,
162, 190, 199, 235, 250, 274,
280
Cole’s Cave, 73
Colihaut, 240
College sugar estate, 65, 68
Colleton, Sir Peter, 72
Colon, 18
Colonial Bank, the, 12
Columbus, Christopher, 1, 33, 81,
100, 104, 133, 141» IS5. i64.
176, 205, 218, 225, 226, 230,
232, 237, 251, 263, 269, 274,
277, 280. See table at end
Combermere, Lord, 76
Comins, Surgeon D. W. D., on
coolie labour, 45
Compagnie Générale Transatlan-
tique, 18
Compensation to slave owners, 43,
284
Concepcion, 164
Constant Spring, 107
Constitution, 63, 83,106,135,157,
166, 177, 194, 205, 220, 226,
232, 239, 249, 251, 254, 264,
276, 278
Coolie immigration, 44, 45, 94,
130...”
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“...CABLE CHARGES PER WORD
TO From Antigua. From Barbados. From British Guiana (Demerara). * From Colon (Isthmus of Panama). From Dominica. From Grenada. From Guadeloupe. From Jamaica. From Panama. From Puerto Rico. From Santiago de Cuba. From St. Croix. From St. Kitts. From St. Lucia. From St. Thomas. From St. Vincent. From Trinidad.
s. d. s. d. s. d. $ £. s. d. s. o'. s. d. Frs. c. s. d. s. d. 9 c. s. d. $ c. S. d. $ c. s. d. $ c. s. d. s. rf. s. at $ d. i.
Antigua . I 42 3 O o 95 (3/112) 0 6 I 4 4 °5 (3/3) 2 52 O 99 (4/1I) O 33 (1/4*) O 71 (2/nJ) 0 3° (1/3) 0 3 0 IO O 25 (i/°4) I I I H
Barbados . i 4-! 2 4è I 17 (4/I0J) O n|- O 8 4 55 (3/8) 3 4 I 21 (5M) O 76 (3/2) O 81 (3/4I) O 74 (3/0 1 7 0 72 O 68 (2/10) O 6 I I
British Guiana (Demerara) . 3 ° 2 42 I 43 (5/uf> 2 7 I H 7 20 (5/9) 4 5 I 47 (6/iJ) I 27 (5/3*) I 34 (5/7) 1 25 (5/2*) 2 I 1 1 2 2 2i 1 19 (4/ii4) 2 O I 4
Colon (Isthmus of Panama) 3 11 4 IO 5 I I 4 3 4 IO 5 00 (4/--) 3 I O 04 (0/2) O 79 (3/32) I 00 (4/2)...”
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