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On Low Steam Power to Vessels^ instead of Sails, 



[Oct. 



Total expence of such a vessel per annum 2151 £ 



Do. for 3 months £538 



Actual receipts of the same vessel 700 



Net profits 162£ 



Do. per annum 650£ 



which upon 6,000£ is , , 11 percent. 



Calculation for steamer. 

 Expences (inclusive of coal)~per annum 2,100£ 



Do. for 3 months 525 £ 



Fuel. 



Miles. 



Madras to Penang J, 300 



Peiiang to Madras (in part) 1,000 



Madras to Penang .......1,300 



Coal for miles 3,600 at 2^ tons 



for 100 miles, 82 tons at 17 Rupees 140 



Penang to Singapoor (4 times) ...1,500 miles 



Penang towards Madras 300 



Wood for. 1,800 miles 



at 5 tons, per 110 miles, 80 tons at 2 Rs. 16 



Total expences for 3 months 681 £ 



The steamer has a 30 horse engine with which she averages 4^ 

 knots, which she would do with ease, as she will encounter no head sea, 

 a great part of the voyage will be in perfectly smooth water, and there 

 will be very little head wind. She takes in at Madras coal 

 to work her to Penang, 1,300 miles, and also to work her part 

 of the way back, viz. 1,000 miles, in all 2,300 miles at 100 miles 

 for 2| tons, making 53 tons. At Penang she deposits coal for 1,000 

 miles, taking in wood both there and at Singapoor and Malacca if neces- 

 sary, for the Straits and also for the first 300 miles out of Penang to- 

 wards Madras. The wood is taken on deck, and does not interfere with 

 the tonnage. 



