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APPENDIX III. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES, RAILWAY, POSTAL, AND 
TELEGRAPH SERVICE. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES. 
The shipping facilities possessed by Western Australia are considerable, when 
the small population of the Colony is taken into consideration. 
The following are the principal companies connected with the shipping trade 
of the Colony; and their present passage rates and freights are also given as 
accurately as possible. These rates, however, it must be stated, are liable in every 
instance to alteration at any time as circumstances may seem to require. 
Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Company. 
The Mail Steamers of the Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Company, both home¬ 
ward and outward bound, call in fortnightly at Albany. 
Passage Money. 
Between London and Albany (King George's Sound ) and vice versa. 
First Saloon ... ... ... .£60 to £70. 
Second do. £30 to £37. 
Return Tickets ... ... ... £65 and £115. 
Intercolonial Passage Pates and Freights. 
1st Saloon. 2nd Saloon. 
Single. 
Return. 
Single. 
Return. 
Available 3 months. 
Available 3 Months. 
King George's Sound to — 
£ 
s. 
£ S. 
£ 
S. 
£ s. 
Adelaide 
9 
0 
... 13 10 ... 
7 
0 
... 10 10 
Melbourne ... 
12 
0 
... 18 0 ... 
8 
0 
... 12 0 
Sydney . 
14 
0 
... 21 0 ... 
10 
0 
... 15 0 
Agents — J. F. T. Hassell, Albany; Sir G. Shenton, Perth and Fremantle 
The Orient S.S. Company. 
The Mail Steamers of the Orient Line also visit Albany on alternate weeks to 
those of the P. and O. 
First Saloon ... 
Second do. 
Third do. 
Return Tickets 
Passage Money. 
£63 and £70. 
. £35, £37 and £40. 
. ,£17 17s., £20 and £22. 
£65 to £115. 
Intercolonial Passenger Fares. 
Albany to— 1st Class. 2nd Class. 3 rd Class. Return. 
Adelaide ... £9 ... £7 ... £5 10s. 25 0 /° off double fare. 
Melbourne ... ,£12 ... £8 ... £6 10s. do. 
Sydney ... £14 ... £10 ... £7 10s. do. 
Agents—MeKail & Co., Albany ; J. Lilly & Co., Fremantle. 
