PAPER F.
OCEAN STEAM LINES OF THE WORLD.
| LINE. | SERVICE. | Ships. | Tonnage. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunard, Paddle-wheel, | Liverpool, New-York, Boston, and Halifax, | 8 | 12,000 |
| Cunard, Screw, | Liverpool, New-York, Boston, and Halifax, | 4 | 4,800 |
| North Atlantic Steamship Co., | St. John's and Portland, | 3 | 4,800 |
| European and American S. S. Co., | Bremen, Antwerp, Southampton, & New-York, | 4 | 10,000 |
| European and American S. S. Co., | Bremen, Antwerp, Southampton, to Brazil, | 4 | 9,000 |
| London and Canada, | London and Montreal, | 2 | 1,870 |
| Liverpool and Canadian, | Liverpool and Quebec, | 4 | 5,000 |
| Liv., Philadelphia, and New-York, | Liverpool and New-York, | 4 | 8,700 |
| Glasgow and New-York, | Glasgow and New-York, | 3 | 6,200 |
| Belgian Transatlantic, | Antwerp and New-York, | 4 | 8,800 |
| Belgian Transatlantic, | Antwerp and Brazil, | 5 | 6,500 |
| Hamburg and American, | Hamburg and New-York, | 4 | 7,300 |
| Hamburg and Brazilian,[K] | Hamburg and Rio de Janeiro, | 2 | 4,500 |
| Genoa and Brazilian, | Genoa, and Rio de Janeiro, | 4 | 8,000 |
| Royal Mail Co., | Southampton, West-Indies, Central America, South-America, | 18 | 21,510 |
| Royal Mail Co., | Southampton, Per., Rio, Bahia, and La Plata, | 4 | 6,820 |
| Pacific Steam Navigation Co., | Panama to Valparaiso and intermediate, | 7 | 5,719 |
| Peninsular and Oriental Co., | Portugal, Spain, Malta, Alexandria, East-Indies, China, and Australia, | 39 | 49,416 |
| Europ. and Australian Royal Mail Co., | Southampton, Alexandria, Suez, and Sydney, | 7 | 15,500 |
| Australian Royal Mail Co., | Transport and other, | 4 | 7,800 |
| Rotterdam and Mediterranean, | Rotterdam, Leghorn, and Trieste, | 4 | 1,900 |
| North of Europe Steam Navigation Co., | African, | 4 | 3,200 |
| McIver's, | Liverpool and Mediterranean, | 10 | 9,000 |
| McIver's, | Liverpool and Havre, | 2 | 2,000 |
| Bibby's, | Liverpool and Mediterranean, | 11 | 11,700 |
| Fowler's, | Liverpool and Mediterranean, | 6 | 7,500 |
| Dixon's, | Liverpool and Mediterranean, | 4 | 8,800 |
| Liverpool and Australian, | Liverpool and Australia, | 2 | 7,000 |
| London and Australian, | London and Australia, | 4 | 7,500 |
| African, | London, Liverpool, and Africa, | 5 | 5,000 |
| Union Screw Co., | Southampton and Cape Good Hope, | 3 | 1,800 |
| Luzo-Brazileira, | Lisbon and Brazil, | 4 | 8,000 |
| Austrian Lloyds, | Very large Mediterranean service, | — | Unknown |
| Messageries Impériales, | Mediterranean, Black Sea, Levant, | 50 | Unknown[L] |
| W. Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., | Hartlepool, Hamburg, and St. Petersburg, | 6 | Unknown |
| Danube Steam Navigation Co., | Vienna, Galatz, and Constantinople, | 6 | Unknown |
| Hamburg and Spanish, | Hamburg, Southampton, and all Spanish ports, | 2 | 2,000 |
| East-India Company, | Suez and India, and the Bombay Mail lines, | 12 | 11,471 |
| Spanish and Cuban, | Cadiz, Havana, and Mexico, | 5 | 9,000 |
| Companhia Brazileira, | Rio de Janeiro to the Amazon and La Plata, | 7 | 5,500 |
| Collins Company, | New-York and Liverpool, | 3 | 9,727 |
| Havre Steam Navigation Co., | New-York, Southampton, and Havre, | 2 | 4,548 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt, | New-York, Southampton, and Bremen, | 3 | 6,523 |
| United States Mail Steamship Co., | New-York, Havana, Aspinwall, & New-Orleans, | 6 | 8,544 |
| Pacific Mail Steamship Co., | Panamá, California, and Oregon, | 13 | 16,421 |
| New-York and New-Orleans, | New-York, Havana, and New-Orleans, | 2 | 3,198 |
| New-York and Alabama, | New-York, Havana, and Mobile, | 1 | 1,300 |
| Charleston and Havana, | Charleston, Key West, and Havana, | 1 | 1,115 |
| Savannah Steamship Co., | New-York and Savannah, | 4 | 4,793 |
| New-York and Charleston St. S. Co., | New-York and Charleston, | 4 | 4,680 |
| New-York and Virginia, | New-York Norfolk, and Richmond, | 2 | 2,371 |
| Philadelphia and Savannah, | Philadelphia and Savannah, | 2 | 2,600 |
| Boston and Baltimore, | Boston and Baltimore, | 2 | 1,600 |
| Texas Steamship Co., | New-Orleans and Galveston, | 4 | 2,400 |
| Southern Steamship Co., | New-Orleans and Key West, | 2 | 1,000 |
| Mexican Steamship Co., | New-Orleans, Tampico and Vera Cruz, | 1 | 960 |
[K] Building another steamer of 2,500 tons for the Brazil line.
[L] These vessels average about 250 horses' power each. Their tonnage is large, probably 1,200 tons each.
There are several other lines of ocean steamers in Europe; but it is almost impossible to ascertain anything definite about them. The list above embraces all of the most important companies of the world. The lines are continually changing, while the vessels are passing into new hands almost every week.
PAPER G.
The following official letter from Hon. Horatio King explains itself.