NICARAGUA CANAL DISTANCES.
New York via Nicaragua Compared with Liverpool via Suez.
| New York to Singapore | 11,549 m. | 29 m. more. |
| " " | 11,308 m. | 2,363 m. less. |
| " " | 9,363 m. | 5,951 m. less. |
| " " | 10,000 m. | 4,920 m. less. |
New York to San Francisco {10,753 m. less than via Cape Horn.
New Orleans to San Francisco {11,853 m. less than via Cape Horn.
Distances saved via Magellan Straits vary between different ports, but may be approximately stated at two thousand miles.