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Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd. 
TAHITI • NEW ZEALAND • AUSTRALIA 
OWNERS AND FREIGHT AGENTS 
FOR 
ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. 
230 CALIFORNIA STREET 
SAN FRANCISCO. 11, CALIFORNIA 
IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO 
file Passages 
Air Mail 
August 31, 1956 
CABLE ADDRESS 
“UNIONSTEAM” 
Mr. Waldo L. Schmidt, Head Curator 
Smithsonian Institution 
U. S. National Museum 
Washington 25, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 
We have your letter of August 29th, asking if it 
is possible to furnish you with schedule of our 
vessels from Papeete northbound toivard the end of 
April. 
We regret that our schedule is not projected beyond 
December. We, normally, have a freighter from 
Papeete to the Pacific Coast every six to eight weeks 
and the port of arrival is usually Vancouver, B. C. 
We cannot say if it would be possible to secure 
passage for up to five people from Papeete to the 
Pacific Coast around the 1st of May, as all but one 
of our ships carry six passengers only. There is 
always a long waiting list in Papeete for northbound 
travel. 
For your information the fare - from Papeete to 
Vancouver, B. C. - is |>2S0.00. 
Yours very truly, 
7 V 't 4 
RF/mb 
