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the shipments from the south coast to Panama^ 

 are confined to specie; therefore, a sufficient 

 quantity of coal could be taken on board the 

 steamer at Payta and Guayaquil, for the return 

 voyage. 



Periods of Sailings and General Arrangements 

 of Voyages. 



It is quite impossible, at present, to lay down 

 any fixed rule for the minor operations of the 

 steamers, as they must always be subject to the 

 improvements which time and experience may 

 suggest. But as some general plan is necessary, 

 it is proposed that the two steamers intended 

 to ply between Valparaiso and Lima, should 

 sail simultaneously from each of those places, 

 on the first of every month, touching at such of 

 the intermediate ports as may be found neces- 

 sary ; each performing a round monthly voyage, 

 and thereby establishing a communication every 

 fifteen days, between those ports. The steamer 

 which is intended to ply between Lima and 

 Panama, should leave the former port about the 

 10th of each month, which would enable her to 

 take the mail and passengers that left Valparaiso 

 on the first, and, returning, reach Lima on the 

 1st of the following month. By this arrange- 

 ment, each steamer will require about fifteen 



