_Comparative Distances of Places._ (p. 112)

Geo. Miles. Falmouth to Terceira 1180 Terceira to Barbadoes 2340 ---- 3520

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Falmouth to Madeira 1170 Madeira to Barbadoes 2600 ---- 3770

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Falmouth to Teneriffe, by Madeira 1410 Teneriffe to Barbadoes 2570 ---- 3980

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Falmouth to Madeira, by Lisbon 1260 Madeira to Barbadoes 2600 ---- 3860

Falmouth to Fayal 1230 Fayal to Barbadoes 2255 ---- 3485

Falmouth to Fayal 1230 Fayal to Cape Nichola Mole 2600 ---- 3830

Falmouth to Terceira 1180 Terceira to St. Thomas 2350 ---- 3530

Falmouth to Terceira 1180 Terceira to Cape Nichola Mole 2700 ---- 3880

Falmouth to Madeira 1170 Madeira to St. Thomas 2800 ---- 3970

Falmouth to Madeira 1170 Madeira to Cape Nichola Mole 3000 ---- 4170

Madeira to Rio de Janeiro 3700 Ditto, by Pernambuco and Bahia 109 ---- 3800

Terceira to Rio de Janeiro, by Pernambuco and Bahia 3900 Falmouth to Gibraltar, by Lisbon, &c. 1020 Gibraltar to Alexandria, by Palermo and Malta 1955 ---- 2975

Falmouth to Gibraltar, by Lisbon and Cadiz 1050 Gibraltar to Madeira 600 Madeira to Barbadoes 2600 ---- 4250

CALCULATION OF YEARLY COST OF SAILING PACKETS AND STEAM BOATS. (p. 113)

First cost, 9500_l._--Interest, 5 per cent. £475 Repairs, ordinary tear and wear, at 7-1/2 per cent. 710 Wages, say 1,270 Provisions, say 730 Insurance, 10 per cent. 950 ------ Total £4,135

Exclusive of yearly depreciation of capital--say, last seventeen years, is 558_l._ 16_s._ yearly.

The per centage here taken for yearly supplies, is below the true outlay. The following sums, in full details, have been received from a very accurate and competent hand, of the outfits of a _new_ vessel of 230 tons, cost 4000_l._, for six successive voyages in the West Indian trade, during a period of 48 months. It is considered unnecessary to insert the details at length. The amount is given for each voyage:--

1st Voyage £96 11 5 4th Voyage £646 3 11 2d ditto 219 17 0 5th ditto 348 12 8 3d ditto 301 1 4 6th ditto 266 8 2 _________ __________ £617 9 9 £1261 4 9 _________ __________ Together £1878 14 6 Average £313 2 6

Nearly EIGHT per cent, for each voyage, or _twenty-four_ per cent. per annum. The amount would also increase yearly with the age of the ship.

Value 24,000_l._, Interest at 5 per cent £1,200 Tear and wear, do. do. 1,200 Insurance, do. do. 1,200 ______ £3,600