The following will be the periods of the steamers between Halifax and Havannah, from which it will appear how well the whole will work as regards all North America and all the West Indies; and also how regularly and pointedly the return steamer from the Havannah (bringing the Havannah and Tampico mails, should any accident have happened to the Jamaica steamer), will call at New York for the replies to the letters by the packet from Europe, arrived at that city two days before her; and carry these forward to Halifax (giving two days to stop at New York) in time to get the steamer with the homeward British mails from that place to Fayal.
Arrivals and Departures of the London Mails of the following dates.
| Mail of | Arrive at Havannah | Leave Halifax | Arrive at Havannah | Return to Halifax | |||||||||
| January | 1 | January | 31 | January | 20 | January | 30 | February | 13 | ||||
| 15 | February | 15 | February | 4 | February | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| February | 1 | March | 3 | 20 | March | 2 | March | 16 | |||||
| 15 | 18 | March | 7 | 17 | April | 1 | |||||||
| March | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | April | 15 | April | 4 | April | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| April | 1 | May | 1 | 20 | 30 | May | 13 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | May | 5 | May | 16 | 29 | |||||||
| May | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | June | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | June | 15 | June | 4 | June | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| June | 1 | July | 1 | 20 | 30 | July | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | July | 5 | July | 15 | 29 | |||||||
| July | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | August | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | August | 15 | August | 4 | August | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| August | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | September | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | September | 15 | September | 4 | September | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| September | 1 | October | 1 | 20 | 30 | October | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | October | 5 | October | 15 | 29 | |||||||
| October | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | November | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | November | 15 | November | 4 | November | 14 | 28 | ||||||
| November | 1 | December | 1 | 20 | 30 | December | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | December | 5 | December | 15 | 29 | |||||||
| December | 1 | 31 | 20 | 30 | January | 13 | |||||||
| 15 | January | 15 | January | 4 | January | 14 | 28 | ||||||
Sailing packets in these stations would depart and arrive at corresponding periods, being able to be, if any thing, earlier forward to Fayal; but always 15 days more on their respective voyages than the steam-boats.
The steamer outwards from Barbadoes could land, and the homeward bound packet take up the Haytian mails at Cape Henry, when the return packet goes by the north side; and the return Haytian mails could be picked up at Jacmel, if the packet, when a steamer, calls, as she may do, at that place on her voyage to Jamaica, preparatory to her return by way of St. Jago and Cape Nichola to Fayal or Falmouth.
The distance and time of communicating between Barbadoes and Halifax with steamers, by Jamaica and Havannah, would be,—
| Geo. Miles. | Days. | ||
| Halifax to Havannah | 1110 | 6½ | |
| Havannah to Barbadoes by Jamaica, &c. | 1965 | 13 | |
| Stoppages | 2 | ||
| Barbadoes to Halifax by Jamaica, &c. | 3075 | 15½ | |
| Stoppages, suppose | 3 | ||
| ——— | —— | ||
| Total | 6150 | 40 | |
| ——— | —— |