timates for Passengers on each Station._ (p. 124)

Demerara steamers, 48 voyages, 20 each, 960 per annum,
at 30 dollars 28,800
1st Leeward station--Barbadoes to Havannah, through
all the islands, 48 voyages monthly, 50 each, is
2400, at 70 dollars average 168,000
2d Leeward station--Havannah to Vera Cruz, and
Jamaica to Chagre, Panama, &c. &c., 96 voyages,
at 20 each, is 1920 yearly, at 40 dollars 76,800
Packets and sailing-vessels in all the points, 120
voyages, average 10 each, is 1200, at 25 dollars 30,000
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Total dollars 303,600
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At 4_s._ 2_d._ per dollar, is sterling L63,250

Falmouth to Barbadoes, 43 voyages, 20 each,
at 40_l._ L38,000
Falmouth to Rio de Janeiro, 48 voyages, 10
each, at 55_l._ 26,200
Falmouth to Halifax, 48 voyages, 20 each,
960 yearly, average 35_l._ 33,600
Halifax to West Indies, by New York, 48 voyages,
20 each, is 960, at 26_l._ 24,960
Falmouth to Madeira and Teneriffe, 200 yearly,
at 20_l._ 4,000
Rio do Janeiro to Buenos Ayres, 240 yearly,
at 15_l._ 3,600
Pernambuco to Maranham, 120 yearly, at 12_l._ 1,440
West India Islands to Bermuda, Nassau, &c. &c.
280 yearly, at 12_l._ 3,360
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135,160
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Total L198,410
Deduct expense, finding one-third 66,136
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Amount gained L132,274

The cost of finding passengers is here estimated at 4 dollars per day.
In the House of Commons Report about Steam Communications with India,
the cost of finding passengers to that quarter of the wor