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laddies, ] Every month. 



1834. Four Gun Brigs were employed on the American station. 



Nine Gun Brigs were employed on Leeward Islands and 



Jamaica. 

 Six Gun Brigs were employed on the Mexican stations. 

 Five Gun Brigs were employed on the Brazilian and 

 Buenos Ayres stations. 



On the starting of the Eoyal West India Steam 

 , Company, these Gun Brigs for the West India Islands 

 and Mexico were discharged. And on the joint 

 petition of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet 

 Company, and the Eoyal West India Steam Company, 

 supported by other interests, Southampton was shortly 

 afterwards proposed as the Packet Port. This led 

 to the abandonment of Falmouth as the general 

 Packet Station. The Brazilian and Eiver Plate 

 Packets continued running to the last in Gun Brigs. 

 1835. — The Mails for Malta were conveyed by H.M S - Steamers, 

 several Sailing Packets therefrom being discontinued. 

 These steamers also subsequently conveyed the Over- 

 land Mail for India via Alexandria. 

 1838. — The above, as well as the Lisbon Line, were supplanted 

 by the Peninsular and Oriental Company contracting 

 with the Admiralty to convey these mails. There 

 were then employed six steamers, belonging to this 

 company, to convey the mails to 

 Vigo, 



Oporto, 



Lisbon, ^ Weekly. 

 Cadiz and 

 Gibraltar, ^ 



taking mails for 



Malta, ) 



Greece and > Every fortnight. 



Ionian Islands, ) 



And for 



