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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 ..... ^25 o o 



Alexandria . . . 12 o o 



New York . . . . ;8 o o 



St. Petersburg . . > S 



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 



