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3rd. The saving therefore which would be derived by commerce 

 and the travelling world, by establishing a communication across 

 the Isthmus of Krau (provided it be quick and efficient,) by the 

 mere calculation of saving of fuel and establishment of running 

 steamers, will be represented by the sum of Us. (91,800 — 50,200)= 

 41,600 per mensem, or Eupees 499,200 per annum which sum at 5 

 per cent, would give a capital of 100 lakhs, or one million sterling. 



4th. The Tables do not show, however, the vast further saving which 

 would accrue, by running two lines of steamers instead of three in 

 the Bay of Bengal, and one line instead of two on the China side 

 of the Siamese and Malajr Peninsula ; the reduction of the number 

 of steamers, the saving thereby of steamers lying idle while not 

 running, the concentration of coal depots, and many other incidental 

 expenses which of course increase according to the number of 

 lines running. 



5th. The Tables again do not show what a vastly more pro- 

 fitable undertaking it would be to run one through line from Calcutta 

 via Akyab, and Rangoon to the Pakchan, and thence to China, instead 

 of one with a terminus inland at Maulmein getting no traffic as 

 compared with that which would open up to the through line, and 

 another line direct from Calcutta to China, only touching at the 

 Straits' Settlements. 



6th. The 12 millions trade (if positive, but which is probably 

 only a transit trade) of Singapore, Malacca and Penang, and the 

 14i millions of Netherlands-India, could easily command a steamer 

 of its own, to run alternately on either side of the Malayan Penin- 

 sula, communicating with Krau on the one side for the Bay of Bengal, 

 and Tayoung on the gulf of Siam, on the other, for China and 

 Europe, as shown by dotted green lines on the general sketch map. 

 It may occur to some, that the cost of this steamer should be 

 deducted from the saving calculated in the 3rd clause. We think 

 not, but there is much more than sufficient for it ; and we may place 

 this cost against that of the other private steamers, between 

 Calcutta and Hong-kong via Singapore, not included in our calcu- 

 lations. 



7th. From Point de Galle to the five-fathom anchorage in the 

 Pakchan river, and from Tayoung, in the gulf of Siam to Hong-kong, 

 Table I. shows to be 281 hours' steam (more or less does not matter 



