uld be, or nearly so, from any serious
competition by the Cape of Good Hope, the carriage of every thing
being in almost every point and place under the British flag and
revenue laws--would render this line much more profitable than the
line by Egypt and the Red Sea could ever be.

The coal depots for the lines by the First Plan would be--Gibraltar,
Malta, Constantinople, Alexandria, Mocha or Socotora, Bombay,
Trincomalee, Calcutta, Batavia, Canton, Swan River, Hobart Town, and
Sydney: and for the lines by the second plan, Madeira, Cape Verde,
Ascension, St. Helena, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Bombay, Point de
Galle or Trincomalee, Calcutta, Batavia, Canton, Swan River, Hobart
Town, and Sydney.

The course of post between London and the different places here
stated, taking the route by the Cape of Good Hope, would be--London
and Sydney, New South Wales, 195 days; London and Swan River, 165 (p. 081)
days; London and Canton, 165 days; London and Batavia, 135 days;
London and Calcutta, 135 days; London and Bombay, 135 days; London and
the Mauritius, 105 days; and London and the Cape of Good Hope, 75
days, &c. &c., but in working the scheme some stoppages may perhaps be
cut off.

_Income by the Mediterranean._

Passengers:--Falmouth to Alexandria, 48 voyages, at 50
each, 30_l._ L72,000
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
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Total L235,200
Deduct finding ditto, one-third 78,400
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Remain clear L156,800
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
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L349,400
Deduct expenditure L269,910