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The fine steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Line 

 now start from Tilbury every fourteen days, and the 

 traveller by the famous line which boasts the motto Quit 

 separalif, will have plenty of opportunity of studying men and 

 things at any rate to a small extent in Egypt, Arabia, Ceylon, 

 and the Australasian colonies of Western Australia, South 

 Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. The fares by this 

 eastern route to Sydney are 70 first class, and 45 

 second. 



Those who want to combine great luxury, rapid travel- 

 ling, and economy, will unquestionably find the steamers of 

 the Orient Line the best means of reaching Sydney. These 

 steamers leave London every fourteen days, going alternately 

 via the Canal, calling at Naples, and via Cape of Good Hope, 

 calling at Cape Town. They carry first, second and third 

 class passengers, the saloon fares being from 50 to 70 

 guineas ; the second class 35 to 40 guineas, and the third from 

 15 to 20 guineas. The Orient liners have often beaten the 

 mails both via 'Frisco and Galle, and it is little short of 

 a scandal that they are not long ago in receipt of adequate 

 payment for their postal services. To give some idea of the 

 luxury of travel by one of these boats, it may be mentioned 

 that their new steamer the Austral (whose displacement is no 

 less than 9500 tons) is lighted throughout by electricity, and 

 bath-rooms are set apart for each class of passengers, and for 

 the firemen and crew. 



Messrs. Chas. Bethell and Co., London, have recently started 

 a direct line of sailing vessels to the colony, and the fares 

 by these vessels are 40 first class, 25 second class, and 

 16 third class. 



The sailing clippers of the London Line to Fiji leave the 

 Thames about every six weeks, and usually have comfortable 



