1,012 tons.
Ericsson, 1,902-1/95 tons.
Star of the West, 1,172-33/95 tons.
Daniel Webster, 1,035 tons.
Orizaba, 1,450-62/95 tons.
Panama, 1,087 tons.
Fremont, 576 tons.

The registered tonnage of these vessels was furnished me by Mr. S. P.
Ingraham, of the New-York Custom-House.

PAPER B.

The following paper, prepared by Mr. Pliny Miles from the reports to
which we have alluded, presents the British steam mail service in
full detail.

"The following tabular statement gives the particulars of the
ocean mail service of Great Britain, now carried on almost
exclusively by steamships. The numbers in the margin, running from
1 to 15, will point out the different lines in the recapitulation
at the close.

LINE OF COMMUNICATION, |
CONTRACTORS, AND CONTRACT PRICE. | PLACES CONNECTED.
---------------------------------+--------------------------------
1.--Liverpool and Isle of Man. | Liverpool and Douglas, Isle of
_Mona Isle Steam Co._ Twice a | Man.
week. $4,250 per annum. |
|
2.--England and Ireland. _City of| Holyhead and Kingstown, near
Dublin Steam Packet Co._ Twice a | Dublin.
day. $125,000 a year. |
|
3.--Scotland and Shetland. | Aberdeen, Wick, Kirkwall,
_Aberdeen, Leith and Clyde | (Orkney,) and Lerwick,
Shipping Co._ Weekly, $6,000 a | (Shetland.)
year. |
|
4.--England, Spain, and | Southampton, Vigo, Oporto,
Gibraltar. _Peninsular and | Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar.
Oriental Steam Navigation Co._ |
Three times a month. $102,500. |
|
5.--Mediterranean, India, and | Southampton, Malta, Alexandria,
China. _Peninsular and Oriental | Suez, Aden, Bombay, Calcutta,
Steam Navigation Co._ Twice a | Singapore, Hong Kong, and
month to India--monthly to China.| Shanghae.
$1,121,500. |
|
6.--England and United States. | Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston;
_Sam. Cunard._ Weekly. $866,700. | and Liverpool and New-York.
|
7.--North Am