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iVLlV SUUTII WALES. 



The leading companies, each and all, provide such a splendid service that one can hardly 

 make invidious distinctions. The prevailing rates from London to Sydney are as 

 follows : — 



P. and O. Co 



Orient Line 



Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co 



New Zealand S. Co 



North-German Llo3'd's 



British India Queensland Line 



George Thompson & Co 



W. Milbiirn & Co 



W. Lund 



Gulf Line 



British and Colonial Line, Turnbull, Martin 

 & Co., and Tyser Line. 



Children between 3 and 12 years of age, half price ; one child under 3, free ; for more 

 than one under 3, quarter fare each, exclusive of one taken free. An abatement of 20 per 

 cent, off return journey for passengers taking single tickets returning by same line within 

 six months of landing, and 10 per cent, if within twelve months. An abatement of 10 

 per cent, off first and second class single fares to families eqixal to three adults, and 15 

 per cent, to families of equal to four adults and upwards. No abatement is made on 

 return tickets or third-class fares. Missionaries, cricketing teams, and theatrical parties, 

 can obtain an abatement of 20 per cent, off first and second class single fares. This 

 schedule is at present in force, subject to three months' notice to Ije given by either of 

 the companies mentioned in writing. 



In addition to these steamers should be mentioned the splendid line controlled by the 

 Messageries Maritimes Company, whose steamers run between Sydney and Marseilles. 

 The company also provide special facilities for passengers crossing the Continent en route 

 to Paris or London. The fares by this company are about the same as those of the P. and 

 O. and Orient lines. Then there is the American route, giving the tourist an illimitable 

 range of scenery and the choice of deviating paths in tlie great western world. The 

 Canadian-Australian line takes the traveller through Canada or the States, whither he 

 will, as M'ell as to the Hawaiian and Fiji Islands in the Pacific, and thence to Sydney. The 

 Australian-American line carries the traveller across the United States, thence to New 

 Zealand, and on to Sydney. This route is also full of the most striking features of 

 interest. These routes vary in cost, according to the direction taken overland, and the 

 mamier in which it is travelled. The hand books published by the various companies 

 are so complete in every detail that to go into particulars is superfluous. The American 

 route, as well as the British India line, carries passengers direct to Sydney without 

 touching Albany, Adelaide, or Melbourne. By the others, however, passengers can land 

 at the places last mentioned, and proceed to Sydney by rail if they wish, paying, of 

 course, the increased fare overland. The whole of the steamers find their destination at 

 Sydney, to which all through fares are calculated. 



Wages Paid in Varioits Trades, 



In providing a list of the various trades and occupations, and the wages paid, the 

 amounts set forth can only be taken as a^jproximate, as during the past two or tliree 

 years retrenchment has been largely resorted to, and employes have been compelled to 

 accept low rates of wages in order to retain their posts. More recently the prevalence of 

 droughts has curtailed the demand for labour in the interior, which has caused a large 

 influx of persons seeking employment to the more thickly-populated centres, and for 

 similar reasons, as well a.s owing to the effects of the recent depression in the industries of 



