302 DECREES OP PERtT, &C. 



and can be rendered equidistant one from the 

 other^ and increased or diminished as circum- 

 stances may require. Guayaquil affords ample 

 facilities for repairing vessels^ with an abund- 

 ance of good timber^ and capital workmen. 



Observations on the Decrees passed by Peru, 

 Chile and Bolivia. 



The governments of Peru^ Chile, and Bolivia, 

 have evinced a spirit of liberality for the at- 

 tainment of an object so desirable as steam 

 navigation on their respective coasts, by grant- 

 ing an exclusive privilege to the projector for 

 a term of ten years, a release from all port 

 charges (with the exception of a mere nominal 

 one as it regards Chile) which would, under the 

 recent system, have amounted to more than 

 20,000/. annually; a free use of hulks for the 

 deposit of coals ; a release from port charges in 

 Peru, to vessels arriving with cargoes of coal, 

 and a general obligation to facilitate, by every 

 means, the operations of the steamers. 



Class of Steamers required. 



Small steamers of two hundred and fifty tons 

 were originally proposed as the best adapted to 

 present purposes; but the great advantages 

 which larger steamers offered, and the general 

 expenses of both being compared, a decided 



