of America, to the south of these States, would be brought by the
General Plan within the range of the Post Office of Great Britain.
There would, moreover, be two mails each month between Great Britain
and the eastern coast of South America.

XVI. A great and useful commercial correspondence, between the United
States, British North America, and all the West Indies, would be
opened up, but which at present does not exist.

RECAPITULATION.

In order to obtain a view of the Plan, brought into the narrowest
possible compass, without wading through the minute and multifarious
details, it is necessary to particularize the different stations and
departments, to which the numbers affixed immediately and only relate,
thus:--

No. 1. Falmouth to Terceira or Fayal.
2. Fayal to Halifax.
3. Halifax by New York to Havannah.
4. Fayal to Rio de Janeiro by Pernambuco, &c.
5. Fayal to Madeira and Teneriffe.
6. Fayal to Barbadoes.
7. West India Department, from Demerara to Vera Cruz,
including Chagres, &c.
8. Expenses, depots for coals, and repair boats.

_Cost of Plan by Steam._ (p. 045)

--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+------+-------
| |Provi- | | | | | |Number
Number | Fixed | sions |Tons of|Price of|Cost of| Total |Number| of
of |Capital|Wages, | Coals | Coals | Coals |Expendi-| of |Sailing
Station.| re- | &c. |Yearly.|per ton.|Yearly.| ture |Steam-| Ves-
|quired.|Yearly.| | | | Yearly.| ers. | sels.
--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+------+-------
| L | L | | _s._ | L | L | |
1 | 48,000| 12,400| 8,400| 20 | 8,400| 20,800 | 2 | "
2 | 48,000| 12,400| 12,000| 25 | 15,000| 27,400 | 2 | "
3 | 48,000| 12,400| 12,000| " | 15,000| 27,400 | 2 | "
4 | 72,000| 18,600| 23,400| " | 29,250| 47,850 | 3 | "
5 | 7,000| 3,600| " | " | " | 3,600 | " | 4
6 | 96,000| 24,800| 22,200| " | 27,750| 52,550 | 4 | "
7 |157,500| 44,400| 30,000| " | 37,500| 81,900 | 6 | 9
8 | " | " | " | " | " | 11,350 | " | "
|-------+-------+-------| |-------+--------+------+-------