1. Falmouth to Cape Verde.
The steam-boat with all the Indian mails would go from Falmouth by Madeira to Cape Verde, thus:—
| Geo. Miles. | Days | ||
| Falmouth to Madeira | 1 | 170 | 6 |
| Stop at Madeira, coals | 1 | ||
| Madeira to Cape Verde | 1 | 130 | 6 |
| Stop at Cape Verde, coals | 2 | ||
| Cape Verde to Falmouth | 2 | 300 | 12 |
| Stop at Madeira, returning, coals | 1 | ||
| ——— | —— | ||
| Totals | 4 | 600 | 28 |
| ——— | —— | ||
Two steam-boats, actively employed, would perform this work, giving two mails each month. Each boat would be at sea 24 days each voyage = 48 monthly = 576 yearly:—coals, at 25 tons daily = 14,400 tons yearly, at 20s. 14,400l.
2. Cape Verde to the Cape of Good Hope.
The route and time from Cape Verde to the Cape of Good Hope will be—
| Geo. Miles. | Days | ||
| Cape Verde to Ascension | 1 | 530 | 8 |
| Ascension to St. Helena | 655 | 3 | |
| St. Helena to Cape of Good Hope | 1 | 720 | 9 |
| Stop at Ascension and St. Helena twice | 4 | ||
| Cape of Good Hope to Cape Verde | 3 | 905 | 20 |
| ——— | —— | ||
| Totals | 7 | 810 | 44 |
| ——— | —— | ||
Three boats, actively employed, would perform this work, giving two mails each month; but in case of accidents, it would be advisable to have one spare boat at St. Helena, or Cape Verde, making four at this station, or six in all between Falmouth and the Cape of Good Hope. The three boats actively employed would be at sea 40 days each voyage = 80 monthly = 960 yearly. Coals at 25 tons daily = 24,000 tons yearly, at 25s., 30,000l.
3. Cape of Good Hope to the Mauritius.
From the Cape, the steamers will proceed with all the mails to the eastward, calling at Algoa Bay and Bourbon, and next to the Mauritius. From the Mauritius it will proceed to Point de Galle, where it will deposit the mails for Bombay, and afterwards proceed to Trincomalee, from whence it will return by way of Point de Galle to the Mauritius, with the return mails for Europe. It would take the Bombay mails unreasonably out of the way to proceed from the Mauritius direct to Trincomalee. The route, time, and distance for this boat, would be as under:—