342 TABULAR STATEMENTS. 



No 2, A. 



Estimate of Voyages to be performed yearly, 

 and of the annual consumption of coal by three 

 steamers, each worked by two engines of eighty- 

 horse power. 



Tons. Dols. Dols. 

 pr. tn. 



24 Voyages between Chile and Peru, 

 each voyage requiring 14 days' 

 steaming, at 12 tons of coals per 

 day, is 4032 



12 Voyages between Peru and Pa- 

 nama, each voyage requiring 14 

 days' steaming, at 12 tons of coals 

 per day, is . . . .2016 



Extra allowance for contingences . 952 



7000, at 8, ^ 56,000 

 Reduced to sterling money, at 48d. per dollar, is £ 1 1,200 



Proposals have already been mkde to the 

 projector^ to place any quantity of coals^ free of 

 all charges, less insurance, in the several de- 

 posits in the Pacific at eight dollars per ton ; 

 but, looking to the probable future increase of 

 the exports of produce from the Pacific coast, 

 and the consequent demand for shipping, the 

 projector anticipates being enabled to procure 

 them at a considerably lower rate, by entering 

 into arrangements for procuring return cargoes 

 for the vessels conveying them. 



B. H. W.— W. D.— S. L — J. T.— C. R. P.— 

 Committee. 



