A General Plan for a Mail Communication By Steam, Between Great Britain And the Eastern And Western Parts of the World
A General Plan for a Mail Communication By Steam, Between Great Britain And the Eastern And Western Parts of the World
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As the Falmouth and Mediterranean department is in every point of viewa most important station, so it may be rendered a profitable one;because it will connect itself with the East Indian communication, andconsequently a very great additional number of passengers, letters, parcels, &c. Will be obtained. Calling at Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Palermo, and Malta in the way out to, and in the way home fromAlexandria, steam-boats sufficiently powerful (240-horse power) wouldcomplete the voyage in 45 d...ays from London to London, including allnecessary stoppages.
Three powerful steamers would do this work, giving two mails eachmonth. The capital necessary to purchase these would be 72, 000_l. _ Theannual expenditure for these three boats, on this station, wouldbe--Wages, provisions, tear and wear, &c. 6, 200_l. _ each, or18, 600_l. _; and for coals, 20, 400 tons, 25, 600_l. _; together, 44, 200_l. _ Thus each boat on this station would be actively employed34 days each voyage = 74 monthly, 816 yearly: coals, 25 tons daily =20, 400 tons at 25_s.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As the Falmouth and Mediterranean department is in every point of viewa most important station, so it may be rendered a profitable one;because it will connect itself with the East Indian communication, andconsequently a very great additional number of passengers, letters, parcels, &c. Will be obtained. Calling at Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Palermo, and Malta in the way out to, and in the way home fromAlexandria, steam-boats sufficiently powerful (240-horse power) wouldcomplete the voyage in 45 d...ays from London to London, including allnecessary stoppages.
Three powerful steamers would do this work, giving two mails eachmonth. The capital necessary to purchase these would be 72, 000_l. _ Theannual expenditure for these three boats, on this station, wouldbe--Wages, provisions, tear and wear, &c. 6, 200_l. _ each, or18, 600_l. _; and for coals, 20, 400 tons, 25, 600_l. _; together, 44, 200_l. _ Thus each boat on this station would be actively employed34 days each voyage = 74 monthly, 816 yearly: coals, 25 tons daily =20, 400 tons at 25_s.
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