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THE PANAMA MAIL SERVICE.

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OUTWARD.

B. Sketch Time Tables for the following Services, constituting a Fortnightly Mail between Europe and each of the Australian Colonies. 1. A four-weekly service to and from Galle and Sydney, via King George's Sound, delivering mails at Adelaide and Melbourne. 2. A four-weekly service, alternating with the foregoing, to and from Singapore and Melbourne, delivering mails at Brisbane and Sydney. 3. A branch service to and from Brisbane and Sydney. 4. A branch service to and from Melbourne and Adelaide. 5. A branch service to and from Melbourne and Launceston. The time tables are prepared for two voyages each way. No. 1. —Leave London ... ... 18 April and 16 May „ Galle ... ... 20 May „ 17 June Arrive Adelaide ... ... 9 June „ 7 July * „ Melbourne ... ... 1.1 June „ 9 July „ Sydney ... ... 14 June „ 12 July ( Leave Sydney ... ... 14 June „12 July „ „ \ Arrive Brisbane ... ... 16 June „ 14 July (Branch Service) j Leaye Brigbane 17 June 15 July ( Arrive Sydney ... ... 19 June „ 17 July Leave Sydney ,„ ... 19 June „17 July *Arrive Melbourne ... ... 21 June „ 19 July „ Adelaide ... ... 23 June „ 21 July „ Galle ... ... 11 July „ 8 Aug. „ London ... ... 15 Aug. „ 12 Sept. No. 2.—Leave London ... ... 2 May and 30 May „ Galle ... ... 3 June „ 1 July Arrive Singapore ... ... 10 June „ 8 July Brisbane ... ... 26 June „ 24 July „ Sydney ... ... 28 June „ 26 July t „ Melbourne ... ... 30 June „ 28 July ( Leave Melbourne ... ... 30 June and 28 July j- . ) Arrive Adelaide ... ... 2 July „30 July (Branch Service) 1 Leave Ade i aide ... ... 3 July „31 July ( Arrive Melbourne ... ... 5 July „ 2 Aug.

Number of Letters by each Route. Date of Despatch of Mails from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. Time occupied in reaching Sydney. Via Suez. J Via Panama. Torr Ja raits . Nov. 20, 1806... Dec. 3,1866... No Mail Jan. 13, 1867 Feb. 4, 1867 No Mail 20,592 6,682 No Mail. 54 days, via Suez and Southampton. 63 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. Dec. 20, 1866... Jan. 2, 1867... No Mail Feb. 15, 1867 Mar. 3, 1867 No Mail 18,037 '5,465 No'Mail. 57 days, via Suez and Southampton. 60 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. Jan. 19,1867... Feb. 2,1807... No Mail Mar. 19, 1867 April 19, 1867 No Mail 18,152 5,498 No Mail59 days, via Suez and Southampton. 76 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. Feb. 20,1867... Mar. 2,1867... No Mail April 16, 1867 May 1, 1867 No Mail 19,732 "5,184 No Mail. 55 days, via Suez and Southampton. 60 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. Mar. 20, 1867... April 2, 1867... No Mail May 13, 1867 June 1, 1867 No Mail 16,125 '5,370 No Mail. 54 days, via Suez and Southampton. 60 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. April20,1867... May 2, 1867... No Mail June 13, 1867 July 1, 1867 No Mail 10,026 "o',290 No Mail. 54 days, via Suez and Southampton. 60 clays, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. May 20, 1867... June 3, 1867... No Mail July 13, 1867 „ 31, 1867 No Mail 10,352 "3,753 54 days, via Suez and Southampton. 58 days, via Panama. No Mail via Torres Straits. No Mail.