Newfoundland ... Twice a week by direct Packet or via Same as for Canada, with additional Canada. British Lines. Service by Union Castle Mail Steamship Company of same speed and regularity as before the war. Only alteration is that the mail now leaves on Friday instead of on Saturday. Weekly service by Peninsular and Weekly service by Peninsular and Oriental Packets viâ Marseilles. Time of transitLondon-Bombay, 141 days. II.-Colonies, &c., with Irregular Mail Services. Twice a week to New York, and thence Time to Nassau, 11-14 days. ! Same as pre-war service. Service from United States is by United States Steamship Lines. II.-Colonies, &c., with Irregular Mail Services-(continued). Twice a week to New York, and thence by direct steamship. Also about once a fortnight viâ Halifax. Time- Viâ New York, 13 days. Halifax, 15 days. Fortnightly by R.M.S.P. Contract Packet to Barbados, and thence by inter-Colonial Contract service. Time to Demerara, 15 days. Twice a week to New York, and thence by direct Furness-Bermuda Steamships (British) sailing twice a week during the winter months, and about six times a month during the remainder of the year, or by R.M.S.P. Steamship (British) sailing about once a week during the winter months Time, 10-16 days. To Trinidad, and thence by R.M.S.P. Time to Demerara, 16-21 days. Twice a week to New York, and thence Same as pre-war service once a fortnight by direct steamship, and once a week viâ New Orleans. Time to Belize, 17 days. ... Once every four weeks by P.S.N. Con- About once every six weeks by direct tract Packet. Time to Stanley, 25 days. non-contract P.S.N. steamships. Time to Stanley, 28 days. The Mail service is by British Lines throughout. See Windward Islands for service to Trinidad. Service from U.S. by U.S. Lines. II.-Colonies, &c., with Irregular Mail Services (continued). Fortnightly by direct Contract Packet. Time to Barbados, 13 days. Twice a week to New York, and thence by steamships of Quebec (British) and Clyde (U.S.) Lines sailing collectively about four times a month; also viâ New York and Bermuda (by British Lines), and thence by Canadian R.M.S.P. steamships (British) sailing once a fortnight. Time, 16-24 days. To New York twice a week. R.M.S.P. About four times a month by direct Time to Barbados, 14-19 days. The service is partly dependent on U.S. Lines. Service is partly dependent on Dutch Line and French Packet (to Trinidad). |
