Passengers:--Falmouth to Alexandria, 48 voyages, at 50 each, 30_l._ £72,000 Malta to Constantinople, 48 ditto, at 15 each, 10_l._ 7,200 Suez to Bombay, 48 ditto, at 20 each, 55_l._ 53,600 Ditto to Calcutta and Madras, &c. 48 do. at 25 each, 65_l._ 78,000 Ditto to Mauritius, 48 ditto, at 10 each, 55_l._ 24,400 -------- Total £235,200 Deduct finding ditto, one-third 78,400 -------- Remain clear £156,800 Freights--Parcels, Packages, and Goods, say 57,600 Freight--Specie, suppose 20,000 Government Troops, Stores, &c. 35,000 Ditto, carrying all Mails and Despatches 80,000 -------- £349,400 Deduct expenditure £269,910 Sinking Fund. 10 per cent. 41,400 -------- 311,310 -------- Balance gain £38,090 --------
Passengers:--Falmouth to Bombay, 48 voyages, at 20 each = 960, at 80_l._ £76,800 Ditto to Calcutta and Madras, &c. 48 ditto, at 25 each = 1200, at 90_l._ 108,800 Mauritius to Calcutta & Madras, &c. 48 ditto, at 10 each = 480, at 60_l._ 28,800 East Indies to Batavia, China, &c. 48 voyages, at 15 each = 720, at 40_l._ 28,800 New South Wales and Falmouth, 48 voyages, at 10 each = 480, at 120. 57,600 Madeira, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, and Coasting voyages, India, 48 voyages, and 48 Ceylon and Calcutta, together, say yearly 28,800 New South Wales coastways, 48 voyages, at 10 each, average 12_l._ 5,760 -------- Total £335,360 Deduct for finding _one-third_ 111,786 -------- Balance gain £223,574 Freights--Parcels, Packages, Fine Goods, 48 voyages, 150 tons each, average at 15_l._ per ton of tonnage £108,000 Freight--Specie, say 35,000 Government Troops, Stores, &c. 35,000 Ditto Mails, Despatches 90,000 ------- 268,000 ------- Total 491,574 Deduct expenditure £309,038 Sinking Fund, to replace Capital, 10 per cent 52,900 Sundries, Port Charges, &c. 20,000 ------- 381,938 -------- Balance gain £109,636 --------
GEOGRAPHICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA, (p. 083)
A COMMUNICATION WITH CHINA AND NEW SOUTH WALES WESTWARD THROUGH IT.
A ready and safe communication with these important places, and at the same time with all the most eastern parts of Asia, with all the Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and with all the western coasts of the great continent of America, it will be readily allowed, is of the utmost importance to Great Britain and to the whole civilized world.