420 
MORE PROPOSITIONS FOR STEAM NAVIGATION. 
■of 400 tons aiitl lOo isorse power. Witli (liese re. 
marks pi erpised, I may aiitiex ilie ftiilowiu^ esti- 
iiiaie of ilie [irol)iible aiiuual cost of tnainiaiiiin^ 
Uiree vessels ? — 
Efitimate of the anmial expence of three vessels- 
Waues of one vessel, as per appeiniix No. 1. 
ai 2 300 per montli 27,600 
Two more al the same rale ,'55,200 
S,00o tons of coal, ui 11s. 20 pei ton CO.OOO 
Aiimial cliarge for euoine room tupplies 
lor one vessel 2.505 
Repairs of inacliinery, ditto SjtOO 
Hepairs and replacing boilers, ditto ... 3,800 
Mainteiiuiice of vessel, diUo, 2,800 
11,100 
Three vessels 33,300 
176 mo 
Interest on outlay at 5 per cent...... 27,585 
203, C83 
.4.5 it may be doubtful wbeiher coal caiiiioi be 
deposited at a more iiiodeiaie rate via tlio Red Sea 
at Cossier, than via Alexaiidtia at Suez, it is sl- 
ed that ill tliis case tlie avliaale of the supply leqiiir- 
ed for the leiiii n iri() miulit in the fn st instance be 
deposited by ships iiami England at Camar:m is- 
land, from whence it mi^llt he conveyed to Cosseir 
iiicotinliy ciaft. The steamer mi<>lii halt six liouas 
at (’osseir on lier way lioili np and doavn,drop pas- 
lemrers wisliin!{ to land there, and in tier wav down 
pickino lip those waiiine for a passage. She coiild 
at ilie same time fill in stifficient coal in •’oing tap to 
take laei to Saaez aiad haack , aaad in qoiiig ilowia to 
take her loCamaian. whieli tvoaild thus becamaeilae 
principal depot iaa the Red Sea. 
If my i.ate for coal be reckoiaed too low at 20 Itn- 
pees per aoii, the kaiowledoe of iiaercaniile meai in 
Bombay can easily correct this item. 
The last poiaat for consideration, and the one of 
most iaiapoataiice is, whaltctnrii caanld be expected 
to meet the expenses of all this outlay , and the snt) 
joined estimate is liazaided as a loaieh approxima- 
tioia, on a scale by no iiaeans cxiiavagaiat :-500 Its. 
Is assaiaiied as ilie value a)f a passage to the ship, 
ieavihg passeiiiiers I* make their onii ai taiiuements 
wiili the Captain for their livinsj ; or the vaiions 
Bteaiiiers miuht have a siewaid or pm vey or who 
ni.ii-lit mniisli any liiimi called for, as well as hieak- 
fiist and (linnet , at fixed r<ile.s ticketed on ahoanl. 
Sailing \ essels to the Red Sea chaige fiom3io600 
R-iipees for a passage, and ,500 cannot theielore tie 
reckoned an extiavagaiu charge for the expedition 
and coinfoi l of a steam vessel. U itli regard to ihe 
iinmiier of passengeis assumed, and tlie icliini of 
6000 Rupees for each single iii|» for h tiers an t par. 
Cels, 1 can merely s.iy, that if snclt a iinmher did not 
take advantage of tile estalilishmeiit of steam ccmii- 
niniiication, and if tlie iinmher of letters, &c. isio 
f ill siioit. of the Slim above stated, then it is idle to 
talk of steam coiinnnnicaiion to India, for llie coun- 
try, that cniinot or will not riiniisli so iiiodi'raie a 
return, i.s not worthy of the boon. I fancy, however, 
(he general opinion will In-, tlial the reiuins will la- 
Iher exceed ihaii fall slioit of the annexed — 
Estimate of letnriis from three vessels performing 
S flips per annum. 
12 liomenaid and six outward passenger?, 
per inonili, or 162 per annum, at per each, 
Rupees .500 81,000 
Leiiers, yiarcels, treasme, deck passet'gets, 
&c. say per trip Rupees, 12,000- 6,000 tn- 
waids England and the same towards India t,()?,OOo 
Iletuiiis.. 1,89,010 
I'.xpcnces 2,03,686 
Deduct, Apparent deficiency 14,638 
Interest on the steam funds of the three pre- 
sidencies, £25.000 sterling, wliico i-s to he 
giveu as a -bonus at 5 per cent I2,.50o 
Apparent net deficiency of returns to meet 
♦;^l>ences linpees. 2,188 
N. R. If Govctnnient (as it is not iiiijU'oIntble they 
might,) would come foiwuid with a homis of anoilier 
lakh, oi lakh and a iialf of Itiipees, to assist the steam 
fluids in the first oiulay in pnichasing vessels and 
niaciiiiieiy, tliere is little douht that the returns 
would fully cover the cnireiit expenses, and even 
leave a profit : blit wliethei t his is done ornoi,ii is 
tiiMlei siiKid iliai government would pay fo'rilie nans, 
mission of ilieii dispatches at lliestmie rale as iiidi« 
vidnals, and that tlie Bi iiisli consul should see to 
^lie tiansport of the mails tliiougli Egypt. 
APPENDIX- 
Stntement of the establishment of the fJon’ble 
Company's steam vessel h raivaddy, 'iW tons 
burthen, and 80 horse potver. 
New scale 
Crew- 
Old scale. 
from 1st 
Nov. 1820 
I Commands 
'l ablo alUnvaiite for 
Iiimsirlf 1 
603 0 0 
1 Chief oliiccr 
251 0 0 
200 0 0 
I Enigiiiecr at 25) per im nth. 
41. 10 S payable in Eiiglaiul 208 5 4 
Tahle allow aiice to diuo, at 
2 rupees per diem 60 0 0 
1 Assistant Engineer 2i)0 0 0 
I Carp enter 3.5 0 0 
I Butler 20 0 0 
• Cook |2 0 0 
1 .Sei \aiit 8 0 0 
4 Sea cnmiies, at 16 e.ycli per 
month 610 0 
1 Syrang .. .. ... — 2o 0 0 
2 I indalsat 15 eaciiper moiiiii 3.) 00 
21 Lascars, at 9‘‘ do.. 216 (i 0 
2 Idpasses, at 7 “ do.. 14 () 0 
10 Slokeis, at 16 “ do.. leO 0 0 
Victualling 47 men, at 4 per 
inoniU eacli 188 0 0 
Sicca Bs .2,285 5 4 
STEAM COMMUNIC \ TIO.V WITH INDIA VI.A 
SWAN ItlVEU. 
A correspondent of the Renga! Hiiikarii, mett- 
tions, a \Vesiein Ansli alian C ompany , or Assocl- 
a ion, b-iirg about tone formed , wliat say nauti- 
cal men to the inaclicabiliiy of Steam Navit;ation j 
between England and Bengal, via Swan Itiver Co- 1 
tony ? Coals can be si-nt 10 the depots from Eng- ' 
land and New South Wales- ! 
England, Azores, or Wesleiii Isles, Madeiia, I 
.Santa Ciuz in TeiiiM iffe, St. Vi nceiils , Cape de, ! 
V'eid, or Salt, Islands, Eeriiando I’o, Cape of 
Good Hope, Isles of s. I’anl and Amsieidam. ! 
Days IO 5 Swan Rivet, Western Australia. L5 j 
Keelini;, or ffoco, Isles, ti Ceylon, 2 iviadias, i 
7 Calcutta, (ReiigaU 32 Days, Total 13? by .T. sail- j 
mg vessel, or by Steam 68 or -.6 days. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
The works by Col. Sykes, and Proceedings | 
of the Statistical Society and other works tor ! 
Review will be noticed next month. The ji 
extent of important foreign Scientific intelli- j: 
gence in our present number has limited the I 
number of articles under Review. I 
