APPENDIX No. 25. Vol. iv., p. 444.
Statement of the Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage, that have passed through the Suez Canal.
| Nationalities. | Year 1870. | Year 1871. | Year 1872. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Tons. | Number. | Tons. | Number. | Tons. | |
| Great Britain | 314 | 289,234 | 502 | 546,453 | 761 | 1,059,926 |
| France | 75 | 84,657 | 66 | 89,076 | 80 | 162,621 |
| Austria | 26 | 19,382 | 63 | 38,728 | 61 | 53,066 |
| Italy | 10 | 5,795 | 47 | 27,413 | 66 | 48,001 |
| Holland | 2 | 313 | 5 | 6,714 | 13 | 26,420 |
| Turkey | 17 | 10,996 | 32 | 18,229 | 33 | 32,697 |
| Germany | .. | .. | 7 | 2,069 | 16 | 12,181 |
| Spain | 3 | 732 | 5 | 3,158 | 8 | 7,769 |
| Russia | 1 | 480 | 5 | 4,820 | 10 | 13,134 |
| Egypt | 33 | 22,053 | 22 | 13,334 | 13 | 7,919 |
| Denmark | 1 | 660 | 1 | 660 | 1 | 570 |
| Norway | .. | .. | 1 | 1,316 | 6 | 4,000 |
| Sweden | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 532 |
| Belgium | .. | .. | 4 | 4,400 | .. | .. |
| Portugal | 1 | 371 | 2 | 920 | 10 | 8,366 |
| Japan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| United States | 1 | 306 | 3 | 4,171 | 2 | 1,245 |
| Burmah | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Greece | 1 | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Peru | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Zanzibar | 1 | 881 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tunis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 726 |
| Totals | 486 | 435,908 | 765 | 761,461 | 1,082 | 1,439,167 |
| Nationalities. | Year 1873. | Year 1874. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Tons. | Number. | Tons. | |
| Great Britain | 813 | 1,499,791 | 898 | 1,797,494 |
| France | 83 | 221,810 | 87 | 222,945 |
| Austria | 70 | 90,967 | 61 | 84,159 |
| Italy | 58 | 59,121 | 52 | 63,498 |
| Holland | 36 | 72,592 | 53 | 106,422 |
| Turkey | 26 | 20,116 | 15 | 13,792 |
| Germany | 28 | 35,619 | 31 | 39,841 |
| Spain | 17 | 31,299 | 27 | 50,417 |
| Russia | 9 | 14,361 | 7 | 11,977 |
| Egypt | 7 | 6,246 | 8 | 6,461 |
| Denmark | 5 | 6,438 | 1 | 1,094 |
| Norway | 5 | 9,298 | 8 | 13,489 |
| Sweden | 4 | 4,304 | 6 | 6,559 |
| Belgium | 4 | 6,911 | 1 | 908 |
| Portugal | 2 | 753 | 3 | 2,618 |
| Japan | 2 | 1,004 | 1 | 1,010 |
| United States | 1 | 2,211 | .. | .. |
| Burmah | 1 | 677 | .. | .. |
| Greece | 1 | 208 | 5 | 984 |
| Peru | 1 | 1,299 | .. | .. |
| Zanzibar | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tunis | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 1173 | 2,085,065 | 1,264 | 2,423,668 |
APPENDIX No. 26. Vol., p. 554.
Average Time of Passages of the Four Mail Packets between Kingstown and Holyhead (Distance 56 Knots, or 65½ Statute Miles), for 14 Years, ending 30th September, 1874.
| Ulster. | Munster. | Leinster. | Connaught. | Four Packets. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trips | Time | Trips | Time | Trips | Time | Trips | Time | Trips | Time | |
| H. M. | H. M. | H. M. | H. M. | H. M. | ||||||
| Winter Half Years | 2631 | 4 1·6 | 2240 | 3 59·1 | 2387 | 3 57·6 | 2939 | 3 56·0 | 10,197 | 3 58·5 |
| Summer Half Years | 2379 | 3 56·0 | 2667 | 3 52·8 | 2719 | 3 53·0 | 2478 | 3 52·2 | 10,243 | 3 53·7 |
| Whole Years | 5010 | 3 58·9 | 4907 | 3 55·6 | 5106 | 3 55·1 | 5417 | 3 54·3 | 20,440 | 3 56·1 |
Note.—When two of the vessels, the Leinster and the Ulster, were completed and ready for duty, it was thought advisable to make a trial with them, by way of practice, in the performance of the old contract. Each performed the distance between the lighthouse on Kingston Pier to the lighthouse at Holyhead, upwards of 65½ statute miles, in nearly the same time on the average, namely, the Leinster, in three hours and thirty-one minutes, and the Ulster in three hours and thirty-two minutes, being respectively thirteen and twelve minutes less than the shortest monthly average of the Banshee in 1848-49, and twenty and nineteen minutes less than the Llewellyn, when the distance between the lights was one mile less than in 1860—the Holyhead breakwater not having been then in existence. The gain in speed realized by the new vessels was therefore at the rate of from 1·2 to 1·7 mile per hour.
The shortest passage of the Leinster was made in three hours and twenty minutes; that of the Ulster in three hours and eighteen minutes, and of the Munster in three hours and twenty-six minutes. But the average performance of the vessels for the first two years and five months during which they had been on service was still closer. Inclusive of all passages made in fogs, gales, &c.,