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No. 2—List of the Steam Ships belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.—June 10, 1848.

No.	NAME of the VESSEL.	REGISTER TONNAGE.			Horse Power.	Cost.
No.	NAME of the VESSEL.	Ship.	Engine Room.	Old Measurement.	Horse Power.	Cost.
		New Measurement.				£
1	Bentinck	941⁵⁰/₁₀₀	1,032⁸¹/₁₀₀	1,702²⁰/₉₄	520	89,000
2	Precursor	1,133³/₁₀	684	1,640	460	63,000
3	*Haddington	1,166⁸⁴/₁₀₀	480⁶⁰/₁₀₀	1,303¹³/₉₄	450	61,500
4	Oriental	1,103⁵/₁₀	684	1,303²⁰/₉₄	420	78,000
5	India	501¹⁷⁵⁰/₇₅₀₀	369¹⁷⁵⁰/₇₅₀₀	755⁷⁴/₉₄	350	10,500
6	Achilles	586⁷⁹/₁₀₀	405³⁶/₁₀₀	853⁷⁸/₉₄	430	26,500
7	*Pottinger	934⁹/₁₀	467	1,225	450	66,000
8	*Pekin	759²⁴/₁₀₀	423⁹/₁₀₀	1,000	400	46,000
9	Lady M. Wood	296⁵¹/₁₀₀	256⁵⁹/₁₀₀	503²⁰/₉₄	260	31,500
10	Braganza	570	284	707⁷⁰/₉₄	264	21,100
11	*Canton	218³⁵/₁₀₀	170	387²⁷/₉₄	....	14,000
12	Hindostan	971⁶/₁₀	1,046⁶/₁₀	1,552³⁹/₉₄	520	88,000
13	*Indus	927³/₁₀	458⁹/₁₀	1,251⁵/₉₄	450	62,000
14	*Ripon	1,167⁸/₁₀	458	1,394³⁹/₉₄	450	66,000
15	*Ariel	443⁸/₁₀	265	821⁷/₉₄	300	38,500
16	*Erin	532⁶/₁₀	265	810	280	35,000
17	*Euxine	729⁴⁰⁷/₃₅₀₀	435²⁰⁶⁵/₃₅₀₀	1,039⁶⁷/₉₄	400	43,500
18	*Sultan	728⁷⁹/₁₀₀	361⁵⁷/₁₀₀	990⁸⁵/₉₄	400	38,500
19	Tagus	497	285	709⁸⁸/₉₄	286	28,000
20	*Pacha	302⁵³/₁₀₀	245⁸⁸/₁₀₀	517⁷⁴/₉₄	210	16,000
21	Iberia	301⁹/₁₀	213⁸/₁₀	520	190	22,000
22	Jupiter	288	255	437⁹/₉₄	210	15,500
23	Montrose	283⁴/₁₀	322	596	260	18,500
24	*Madrid	315¹/₁₀	163⁶/₁₀	446⁸/₉₄	140	17,000
25	*Malta	776⁸²/₁₀₀	440⁶⁴/₁₀₀	1,225	450	57,500
26	Bombay	....	....	1,209⁴³/₉₄	400	58,000
27	Ganges	....	....	1,209⁴³/₉₄	400	58,000
28	Vestis	....	....	905⁸⁶/₉₄	370	47,000
				27,017⁷⁰/₉₄	9,870	1,220,500

No.	NAME of the VESSEL.	CREW.						NATIVE CREW.			Total Crew.
		Cap- tain.	Mates, Surgeons, Pursers, and Clerks.	Stewards and Servants,	Engineering Department.		Sea- men.	Ser- vants.	Fire- men.	Sea- men.
		Cap- tain.	Mates, Surgeons, Pursers, and Clerks.	Stewards and Servants,	Engin- eering.	Fire- men.	Sea- men.	Ser- vants.	Fire- men.	Sea- men.
1	Bentinck	1	7	21	5	4	23	10	67	39	181
2	Precursor	1	7	25	5	9	28	8	60	28	171
3	*Haddington	1	7	27	5	9	28	10	60	30	177
4	Oriental	1	5	7	3	8	31	...	...	...	55
5	India	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	1
6	Achilles	1	5	6	4	12	23	...	...	...	51
7	*Pottinger	1	6	11	4	6	17	30	60	43	178
8	*Pekin	1	6	10	5	7	14	7	45	41	136
9	Lady M. Wood	1	5	4	4	3	9	8	26	29	89
10	Braganza	1	5	9	4	3	5	4	31	30	92
11	*Canton	1	2	3	2	6	12	...	...	...	26
12	Hindostan	1	7	28	4	24	27	...	...	...	91
13	*Indus	1	7	28	4	24	27	...	...	...	91
14	*Ripon	1	7	31	4	23	25	...	...	...	91
15	*Ariel	1	5	13	3	12	19	...	...	...	53
16	*Erin	1	5	12	3	13	8	...	...	...	52
17	*Euxine	1	6	15	4	18	22	...	...	...	66
18	*Sultan	1	6	15	4	18	22	...	...	...	66
19	Tagus	1	5	14	3	12	17	...	...	...	52
20	*Pacha	1	3	13	3	8	15	...	...	...	43
21	Iberia	1	3	12	3	9	13	...	...	...	41
22	Jupiter	1	3	11	2	9	12	...	...	...	38
23	Montrose	1	3	10	2	10	14	...	...	...	40
24	*Madrid	1	2	11	2	9	13	...	...	...	39
25	*Malta	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
26	Bombay	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
27	Ganges	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
28	Vestis	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
		23	119	340	82	256	434	77	349	240	1,920

No.	NAME of the VESSEL.	When commenced Running.	STATION.	REMARKS.
1	Bentinck	24 August, 1843	Calcutta & Suez.
2	Precursor	10 Sept. 1844	Ditto.	Purchased afloat.
3	*Haddington	4 Dec. 1846	Ditto.
4	Oriental	2 Sept. 1840	Ditto.
5	India	...	...	Reserve ship, purchased in India.
6	Achilles	....	Bombay & China	Purchased by the Company afloat; first voyage, 17th October, 1845
7	*Pottinger	20 Sept. 1846	Ditto.
8	*Pekin	28 Jan. 1847	Ditto.
9	Lady M. Wood	1 Feb. 1842	Ditto.
10	Braganza	Sept. 1846	Ditto.
11	*Canton	not comd runng.	Hong Kong & Canton.
12	Hindostan	29 Sept. 1842	Southampton and Alexandria.
13	*Indus	20 June 1847	Ditto.
14	*Ripon	20 Nov. 1846	Ditto.
15	*Ariel	26 Sept. 1846	Malta & Alexandria.
16	*Erin	3 Sept. 1846	Southampton, Constantinople, & Black Sea.
17	*Euxine	3 Jan. 1848	Ditto.
18	*Sultan	3 August 1847	Ditto.
19	Tagus	16 Nov. 1840	Southampton and Peninsula.
20	*Pacha	13 May 1843	Southampton & Italy.
21	Iberia	19 Sept. 1840	Ditto.
22	Jupiter	19 Sept. 1840	Ditto
23	Montrose	....	Southampton and Peninsula.	Purchased afloat.
24	*Madrid	5 Sept. 1840	Ditto	Ditto
25	*Malta	17 Nov. 1845	....
26	Bombay	....	....	Not yet Running.
27	Ganges	....	....	Ditto
28	Vestis	....	....	Ditto

The vessels marked * are built of iron.

No. 3.—Statement of the Debts, Assets, and Effects of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 31st March, 1848.

				£.	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.
General coal account							44,345	2	5
General purser’s account, stores afloat				22,923	2	0
General purser’s account stores ashore				28,451	19	4
General material account ship’s stores				28,474	12	3
				————			74,849	13	7
Ships, &c., at work				754,670	16	0
Ships, &c., stock				304,600	0	0
Ships, &c., building	£152,841	11	7
Advanced on account of repairs	19,273	13	7
	————			172,115	7	2
				————			1,231,385	3	2
Less received from the Portuguese government, on account of the “Royal Tar”				4,799	0	1
				————			1,225,587	3	1
Debts due by agents	£25,388	18	2
Less due to agents	4,396	16	3
				20,992	1	11
Cash, Bills, &c.				94,728	19	3
Insurance fund invested in Government securities				34,168	8	0
Freehold property, King’s Arms				16,958	15	11
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s shares				18,004	2	6
Outstanding freights				3,054	7	3
O. C. Edmond				421	16	7
				————			188,328	11	5
General stock account, barges, hulks, &c.				...	...	...	4,231	10	7
Purser’s cash account				245	10	1
Mazagon Dock, working expenses				1,724	12	0
Petty cash				90	0	0
Bills receivable in suspense				57	5	1
Pacha voyage to Havre				4	0	8
Colombo agency				25	18	1
New iron steam ships				423	10	3
Transit for the Pacha of Egypt				80	0	0
Dadabhoy Rustomjee				1,078	13	1
				————			3,729	9	3
							————
							£1,542,071	10	4
Bills payable				121,475	19	5
Dividend, 8th to 13th, half-year				2,197	6	20
Dividend, 14th to 13th, half-year				2,426	6	4
London and South Western Railway Company				3,722	12	1
Southampton Dock Western Railway Company				1,944	7	0
				————			131,766	11	1
Suspense account				334	19	3
R. Franck, stamp account				6	0	0
S. R. Engledue account				13	0	0
Oil and Tallow account				199	2	11
Patent Fuel Company				76	19	0
Burton and Co.				1,515	10	0
Lord and Co.				211	18	7
Transfer fees				33	15	0
“Bredalbane,” for the Pacha of Egypt				896	5	5
W. Longridge				14	2	8
				————			3,301	12	10
Capital				304,600	0	0
Additional amount called up				668,778	16	8
				————			973,37	16	8
Repairs account	£76,075	17	6
Addition made this half-year	37,633	13	3
	————
	113,709	10	9
	39,630	6	3
	————			74,079	4	6
Insurance account	£123,639	9	4
Addition made this half-year	15,683	4	9
	————
	139,322	14	1
	2,160	7	3
	————			137,162	6	10
Depreciation account	£158,268	7	10
Addition made this half-year	16,915	0	0
	————			175,183	7	10
Profit and Loss:				————			386,424	19	2
Balance of this account remaining from last year							1,484	19	5
Balance of this account remaining from the half-year now concluded							45,714	11	2
							————
							£1,542,071	10	4

(True Copy.) (Signed) C. W. HOWELL, Secretary.

No. 4.—Disbursements and Receipts of the Peninsular and Oriental

DISBURSEMENTS. (Six Months from 1st October, 1847, to 31st March, 1848.)
				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
To 58,789 tons of Coals (cost)				93,568	2	4
Oil and Tallow				2,687	14	0
Victualling Crews				16,501	14	6
Charter Money for Hire of Vessels to supply the place of “Royal Tar,” (sold), and “Tiber,” (lost)				6,326	12	0
Wages to Commanders, Officers, and Crews				29,383	6	0
Fees to Commanders of the Company’s Ships				445	16	3
Port Charges, Sea Stores, and other incidental expenses in the ships				8,114	1	11
Directors’ Attendances				918	15	0
London Office; Expenses, Salaries, &c.				976	18	8
Southampton Expenses, Salaries				1,341	0	11
Malta Expenses, Salaries				461	1	4
Constantinople Agency				1,508	18	6
Calcutta Agency (exclusive of Repairs to Ships)				3,323	19	0
Bombay Agency (exclusive of Repairs to Ships)				1,382	7	8
Hong Kong Agency				835	1	7
Lisbon Agency (for two years)				1,206	19	3
21 Minor Agencies at sundry Foreign Stations				2,237	0	4
London Agency, 2¹/₂ per cent. Commission on Freightand Passage Money, comprehending Rent ofOffices, Taxes, Stationery, Account Books, OfficeExpenses, Postages (not foreign), Custom Housebusiness, and Clerks’ Salaries, for the business ofthe management, &c. &c., pursuant to the Deed of Settlement				8,246	10	9
Advertisements during the half year				1,121	3	11
Floating Light (Suez) Expenses, year				71	15	5
Condemned Pursers’ Stores				271	15	1
Income Tax for six months				811	3	1
Damages (and goods stolen on China line £463 10s 10d)				578	1	2
Law Charges				325	16	5
Auditors’Fees (for two years)				42	0	0
Captain Guthrie’s pay (nautical examiner)				120	0	0
Stationery and Printing for Foreign Agencies, &c.				323	10	1
Donations; viz.—Mrs. M’Leod	£305	0	0
Donations; viz.—Lieutenant Waghorn	300	0	0
Donations; viz.—Captain Bingham	100	0	0
Donations; viz.—Sundries	39	0	0
	————			744	0	0
Subscriptions (see particulars at foot[8])				163	16	8
Foreign Postages, Travelling Expenses, Charts, Newspapers,vand Petty Expenses				908	0	2
Gratuities to Officers				105	0	0
Telegraph Charges				35	19	0
Foreign Postages, Travelling Expenses, Charts, Newspapers,and Petty Expenses				908	0	2
Repair Account for the half year				37,633	13	3
Insurance (on vessels at work) ditto				15,683	4	9
				————			238,404	19	0
Balance carried down							62,629	11	2
							£301,034	10	2
							————
To Depreciation for the half-year				16,915	0	0
Dividend for the about				40,000	0	0
Balance carried down				5,714	11
							£62,629	11	2
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