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quality are equal to what might be obtainable outside the 

 colony. 



The mail communication between Europe and British Hon- 

 duras is carried on, vid New York, by the Atlantic steamers, 

 from Liverpool; thence by train to New Orleans, where the 

 mail steamer for Belize is authorised to await the arrival of the ' 

 English mails.* British Honduras is included in the Postal 

 Union, and the usual rates of postage are in force. Locally, the 

 postage is twopence and one penny, according to distance. News- 

 papers, of which there are two (The Belize Advertiser and Colonial 

 Guardian), are carried locally free of postage. Erom London to 

 Belize, vid New York and New Orleans, the mails generally 

 take eighteen to twenty days ; passengers might also accomplish 

 the journey within the same time. Through tickets are issued 

 from New York to Belize per rail and contract steamer, including 

 sleeping car, for 19; this, with 18 for the passage from 

 Liverpool to New York, will make the total journey from 

 England to Belize cost about 37. 



Direct communication between London and Belize (calling at 

 Nassau and Jamaica) is effected about once a month by the 

 London line of steamers (Messrs. Scrutton, Sons & Co., 9, Grace- 

 church Street, London). The cabin passage is about 25 ; and 

 rates of freight from 35s. to 70s. per ton. 



Between Belize and Philadelphia, Warner & Merritt's line 

 of steamers sail once a month, calling also at Livingstone, Hon- 

 duras, and the Bay Islands. Communication by independent 

 steamers and sailing vessels is being organised between British 

 Honduras and many ports in other parts of the States, and 



* Particulars of this service may be obtained from P. Leckie & Co., 

 34, Lime Street, London ; Macheca Bros., 129, Decatin Street, New 

 Orleans ; and P. Leckie & Co., Agents, Belize. 



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