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Messrs. Howard Smith & Sons. 
At present the service is a combined one between the Australasian United 
Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., and Wm. Howard Smith & Sons, Ltd., despatching a 
steamer weekly from Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, to Albany and Fremantle, 
and continuing to Geraldton when inducement oilers. The steamers occupied in 
the service are: — 
S.S. “Bulimba” 
S.S. “Waroonga” 
S.S. “Cintra” 
S.S. “Gabo” 
2513 Tons Gross 
2513 
2000 
2000 
The present rates of passage money, which are exceedingly low in consequence 
of the competition existing, are as follows: — 
From Sydney to Fremantle 
„ Melbourne „ 
„ Adelaide „ 
Saloon. Steerage. 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
8 0 0 ... 5 0 0 
7 0 0 ... 4 10 0 
6 10 0 ... 4 0 0 
Besides the above-named Steamship Companies, Messrs. Mcllwraith, 
McEaeliarn, & Co. are now trading between the Eastern Colonies and Fremantle. 
RAILWAYS. 
The present Government Railway System of Western Australia consists of:— 
1st. The Eastern Railway , from Fremantle, the chief Port of the Colony, 
through Perth to Guildford, York, and Beverley, where it joins the 
Great Southern Line to Albany; with branch lines from Spencer’s 
Brook to Southern Cross, and Clackline to Newcastle. 
2nd. The Northern Railway , from Geraldton to Northampton, 34 miles, 
with a branch to Walkaway 17i- miles in length. 
3rd. A line from Perth to Bunbimy , 110 miles, and 25 miles on to Donny- 
brook. 
All these lines are built 3 feet 6 inches wide, which is the normal gauge of the 
Colony, and belong to and are worked by the Government. 
Great Southern Railway. 
In addition to these Government Railways, an English company (“The 
West Australian Land Company, Limited”) has constructed a line of Railway 
from Albany to Beverley, a distance of 242 miles, receiving a grant of 12,000 acres 
of land for every mile constructed, to be selected within a belt of 40 miles on either 
side of the line, but with half the frontage to the Railway reserved to the Govern¬ 
ment. The line was completed and was opened for traffic on the 1st of June, 
1889. 
Midland Railway. 
This line of Railway is in course of construction. It starts from the junction 
with the Eastern Railway near Guildford and runs Northward, via Gingin, to 
Walkaway, where it joins the Government line “ Geraldton - Walkaway Railway.” 
Two sections of this line have recently been completed and are open for 
traffic (1891), viz., from Guildford to the Moore River, a distance of 69 miles, and 
from Walkaway to Minginew, on the Irwin River. 
