Time Table.—(A.) Galway To America.

Summer Service—Outward Voyages.
From Galway to New York, during the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, and October 11 days2 hours.
From Galway to Boston, during the like months.11 days16 hours.
Summer Service—Homeward Voyages.
From New York to Galway, during the like months10 days.
From Boston to Galway, during the like months10 days4 hours.
Winter Service—Outward Voyages.
From Galway to New York, during the months of November, December, January, February, and March13 days.
From Galway to Boston, during the like months 13 days12 hours.
Winter Service—Homeward Voyages.
From New York to Galway, during the like months10 days10 hours.
From Boston to Galway, during the like months11 days2 hours.

[241] See Report of Committee, 1861, p. iii.

[242] See Evidence, Questions 1583 and 1587, p. 139.

[243] Question, 1573, Ibid.

[244] Question 243, p. 25.

[245] The government inspectors, in their Report, state (Question 256, p. 26): “We surveyed the Hibernia in dry dock at Messrs. Laird’s yard, at Birkenhead,” in reference to the Postmaster-General’s communication respecting the leaky state of that vessel, “and we found the whole of the ‘bolts of the flat keel’ and bottom plating, for about 150 feet amidships, very much strained.”

[246] Report of Committee, page iv.

[247] Appendix to Report of Committee, page 298, “Table of Voyages.”

[248] See Appendix No. 6 to the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons.