municate with Hobart Town, and to call at Otaheite in her outward
voyage; as she will do, and, in fact, from the course which she must
take, she may and can do, in her return voyage, without any
inconvenience or delay whatever.

The next plan is, to consider the communications alluded to as to be
carried on by making Christmas Island the central point of
arrangement; thus:--

_Rialejo to Christmas Isle._

Geo. Miles. Days.
Rialejo to Christmas Isle 4000 21
Christmas Isle to Sydney, N. S. Wales 3650 20
Stop at Sydney " 3
Sydney to Christmas Isle, by Otaheite 5100 35
Christmas Isle to Rialejo, by Owhyhee 5800 35
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Totals 15,500 114
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Eight packets would perform this work, giving two mails each month:
cost, 76,000_l._; yearly charges, 35,600_l._

_Christmas Isle to Canton._ (p. 062)

Geo. Miles. Days.
Christmas Isle to Canton 5250 26
Stop at Canton " 3
Canton to Christmas Isle, by Owhyhee
route 6900 46
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Totals 12,150 75

Eight packets would perform this work, giving two mails each month:
cost 76,000_l._; yearly charges, 33,600_l._; which shows that it takes
one packet more by this arrangement than would be required by the
other.

Keeping the stations altogether separate, the following would be the
periods and number of packets required, premising that the packets
would return to the point of departure on the west coast of America,
nearly in the dotted lines which are laid down on the accompanying
Chart:--

_Rialejo to Canton._

Geo. Miles. Days.
Rialejo to Owhyhee 4100 22
Owhyhee to Canton 5200 27
Stop at Canton " 2
Canton to Rialejo (circuitous) 10,000 59
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Totals 19,300 110

Eight packets would p