Steamship Company. 57

NEWFOUNDLAND. Newfoundland buys ships from and Prince Edward Island, but a large number of small fishing craft are built there. In 1865 these so built were No. 71, Tons 2,010; value £80,400.

MONTREAL OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

This Company was formed in the year 1853, and The Glasgow Line runs once a fortnight from its .first steamers were employed in the transport each side. service in the Crimea during the war with Russia. The average length of passage made by these The first trip to was made in 1854 ; but Steamers compares favourably with any other line the regular Mail Service only commenced in 1856. in existence, being nearly as follows :— The service was then over a fortnight, but in 1859 it was increased to a weekly line, and has now run Mail Line Westward 10 to n days. with great regularity ever since. do. do. Winter.. ..12 to 13 " The Company's vessels now comprise the fol­ do. Eastward, Summer. ... 10 " do. do. Winter.. 12 " lowing :— Glasgow Line, Westward, Summer. 12 to 13 days, MAIL LINE. do. do. Winter ..15 to 16 " Austrian 2,650 tns. Nova Scotian. 2,250 tns. do. Eastward, Summer. .11 to 12 " Nestorian 2,650 " Belgian 2,250 "* do. do. Winter 13 to 14 days. Moravian 2,650 " N'th Amerc'n. 1,768 " Peruvian.. ..2,500" Damascus ... .1,600 " The capital of the Company in steamships, ten­ Hibernian 2,500 " ders, lighters, workshops^ and other plant, may be estimated at about one million of pounds sterling GLASGOW LINE. or $5,000,000. St. David. .. 1,650 tns. I St. Andrew .. 1,430 tns. The following is the statement of the traffic of St. George... 1,430 " | St. Patrick ... 1,200 " the Mail Line in 1865 :— Eeturn of Pnscatres, No. of Passengers, fro 1 3rd November 186-1 to 7th December, 1865.

East. West. Passengers from Ayer'g V\ estw'd To Liverp'l AY. Eastw'd No. of Passages. Days & Hours. Days. Hours. Liverpool, Days. Hours.

Ea=t 53, West 53 637 13 57 3 5 15.236 '3,196 12 6 10 ' 22 The following is a statement of the passages made, and number of passengers carried in 1866 by the Steamers of the Company to this date :—

Arrived Pas'ge No. of Arrived Pasg'e No. of Captain. Left Left Vessel. at Pas'ngrs. at Pasn'grs. Liverp'l . Quebec d's h's c'bn st', Liverp'l d's .h's c'bn st

Hibernian Dutton... April May 469 May May 24 Peruvian Ballantine 490 " 19 ' 30 Moravian. Aiton May " S13 " 26 June 5 Belgian Brown ... a 367 June 2 " 23 2 St. David..... Aird.. . " 30 7'- a 57- Nova Scotian . Wylie June 4 Hibernian .. Dutton (t 469 July Peruvian Ballantine June a 479 Moravian. Aiton ... 326 July 46 Damascus Watts cc July 229 34 St. David.. .. Aird.. . a 250 Augt 53 Nova Scotian. Wylie. . July 16 147 35 Hibernian.... Dutton . CC 26 128 Augt 32 Peruvian Ballantine (C 28 161 49 Moravian Aiton ... a Aug 5 92 3i Damascus Watts .. . Augt " IS 3 Sept 22 St. David._ Aird. ... It " 2! IS 5* Nova Scotian . Wylie ... CC " 27 i8<: Sept 3° Hibernian Dutton .. It Septr 3 270 36 Belgian r Brown ... it :: 4 13 15 47 Peruvian Ballantine a 22 100 117 Moravian Aiton ... Septr 93 3 So Damascus Watts a 229 Nova Scotian Wylie ... . a Octr 127 Hibernian. .. Dutton .. (( 300 Belgian Brown ... Octr 33o

Total... Total .. 206

Average 13 Average The individuals forming the Company are also and repairing others. The magnitude of this the owners of twenty-five sailing ships, of an ag­ Company's establishment may be a surprise to gregate of 20,000 tons. Of these six are built of many in the Colonies and elsewhere. There are iron, and the remainder of wood, and they trade not many people prepared to learn that, taking in to all parts of the world. The Company keep con­ their sailing vessels, there are only three or four stantly in their employ about three thousand men, larger companies in the world, namely, the Cu- thus being the means of support for about fifteen nard, the West India Royal Mail Company, and thousand people, besides the large number of per­ one or two others, which are a little larger. The sons constantly engaged in building new vessels Inman Company is about equal. * This vessel came out with the mails, but returned to Liverpool as an extra boat. t Beturns not received after this date.