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Neio Zealand. — By Panama it is 400 miles more than by Brin- 
disi, 900 miles more than by the Canadian-Pacific Eailway, but 
300 miles less than by the Horn, and 1950 miles less than by the 
Gape. 
Here evidently the Cape route is out of the question ; but for 
Cape Horn cargo boats have only 400 miles further to go to save 
dues, and can coal at the Falkland Islands or Eio. The Panama 
route is 400 miles further than that by Brindisi, and 900 miles 
than by Canadian-Pacific Eailway. The latter route, however, 
cannot compete with the other routes for cargo boats, but only for 
passengers, and light and valuable traffic. 
The most interesting of all the routes mentioned, to Englishmen, 
and one which might be of inestimable use to us in time of war, 
is that by the Canadian-Pacific Eailway, the only route in British 
territory throughout which connects our Dockyard ports of 
Plymouth, &c, Halifax, and Vancouver, and our other ports in 
the Pacific and Indian Ocean, and comes in aid of the route by 
the Cape. It is also a much more pleasant journey for passengers 
from Australia and China and Japan in summer, over the com- 
paratively temperate waters of the Northern Pacific and country 
of the Dominion of Canada, and over the North Atlantic, than to 
sutler the deadly heat of the Indian Ocean and Eed Sea, or the 
Isthmus of Panama and the West Indies. 
By the Canadian-Pacific route the distance from Plymouth to 
Yokohama is nearer than by Brindisi 900 miles, than the Cape 5900, 
than Panama 4800 ; to Shanghai it is nearer than by the Cape 4200 
miles, than Panama 4900, but further than by Brindisi 750 miles ; 
to Hong Kong it is nearer than by the Cape 2800 miles, than' 
Panama 4600, but further than by Brindisi 2200. 
The further west we come, of course, the matter becomes less 
advantageous for the Canadian-Pacific; but it will be seen from 
the above statement that it has the advantage over the Cape and 
Panama routes of some thousands of miles in each case, and to 
Yokohama it is 900 miles nearer than by Brindisi ; but with 
respect to Shanghai and Hong Kong, it is at a disadvantage of 750 
miles and 2200 miles respectively against Brindisi. It will not, 
however, as has been stated by some enthusiasts in the interests 
of the Canadian-Pacific Eailway, shorten the time in getting to 
Yokohama by twenty days, and accomplish the distance to Hong 
