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n new plan (not taken into account in the present) for the expense of coal depots, and places for repairs; together 31,350 -------- Real increase L57,550 -------- [Footnote 11: According to Parl. Pap. No. 251, of 1835, the following are the names and the number of the packets:-- Eclipse Lyra Tyrian Stanmer Plover Renard Seagull Nautilus Swallow Brisei Cockatrice Scorpion Goldfinch Reindeer Hornet Espoir Mutine Nightingale Camden Pike Lapwing Skylark Duke of York Sheldrake Pigeon Spey Lady Mary Pelham Opossum Pandora Lord Melville Astrea, stationary ship at Falmouth, 956 tons. The Express, the Star, the Alert, NEW, have since replaced some of the above.] _Remarks._ (p. 051) By the present system, there is no direct mail communication with New York; no communication between North America and the West Indies, no mail communication with the north side of Hayti, the south side of Cuba, nor with Porto Rico; Havannah, Vera Cruz, Tampico, Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, Chagres, Carthagena, Santa Martha, Laguayra, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, &c. &c. have only _one_ mail in each month; while all Demerara, most part of Trinidad, and all Jamaica (Kingston and Spanish Town excepted), cannot reply to their letters by the same packet by which they received them. Further, every thing is imperfect, irregular, and uncertain; and, moreover, the four steamers in the West Indies last spring are so utterly inefficient and worthless, that they must forthwith be replaced by at least _three_ good new ones, to do the same limited work. By the new plan there will be _two mail_ communications with New York and Halifax monthly; two ditto between all the West Indies and all North America; there will be a mail communication twice each month with Porto Rico, with the north side of Hayti, and the south side of Cuba. There will
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