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COST OF TRANSPORT. 



As Instances of moderate charges by a first 

 class line, I give the following rates by steamers 

 belonging to Messrs. Thos. Wilson, Sons and 

 Co., from Hull to the following ports : — 



Bombay ..... £2^ o o 



Alexandria . . . . ;i^i2 o o 



New York . . . . ;^8 o o 



St. Petersburg . . . ;!^5 o o 



and a guinea for ponies from Riga to Hull or 



London. 



' In all these cases, except In thai of ponies 



from Riga, the Company furnishes portable 



horse - boxes, and always drinking water. 



Attendants on the horses are carried generally 



