Page:Notes of a journey across the Isthmus of Krà.pdf/46

46

Table of Great Sea Routes from Ceylon to China and Calcutta and vice versa.

Tables.		Routes, two steamers starting per month on all lines.	Singapore.	Akyab.	Rangoon.	Maulmein.	Tavoy.	Mergui.	Kraw.	Hong-Kong.	Total.	No. of hours steam.	No of tons. coal burst.	Cost of fuel.	Cost of establishment.	Total cost of steamer per trip.	Cost of 4 trips per month.	Saving
																		Cost per month	Time per trip
I	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ceylon via Singapore to Hong-Kong	1570	..	..	..	..	..	..	1470	3040	337	337	8425	1500	9925	39700
		Celyon via Kraw to Hongkong	..	..	..	..	..	..	1150	1380	2530	281	281	7025	1200	8225	32900	6800	56
II	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Calcutta via Singapore to China	1610	..	..	..	..	..	..	1470	3080	342	342	8550	1500	10050	40200
		Calcutta via Akyab, Rangoon, Maulmein, Tavoy, Mergui and Kraw	..	280	480	120	150	110	150	..	1290	143	143	3575	750	4325	17300	22900	19
III	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Calcutta Via Akyab and Rangoon to Maulmein	..	280	480	120	..	..	..	..	880	98	98	2450	525	2975	11900	11900
												Total Saving per month Rs.						41600
																		12
												Ditto Annum						499200
IV	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Calcutta to Kraw direct 1 stewamr twice per month	..	..	..	..	..	..	920	..	920	102	102	2550	450	3000	12000	2960	39
																		12
																		355200

1st.—Table I. exhibits the cost of the present line of steamer per month, without taking into consideration the expense of idle vessels, or any incidental expenses whatever, merely the cost of fuel and establishment per trip, for running steamers, as kept up	9,700,0,0
Table II. the cost of ditto (kept up we believe by Messrs. Apcar & Co.,[1]) direct from Calcutta to Hongkong via Singapore	40,200,0,0
Table III. the ditto of ditto kept up by C. & B. S. N. Company[2] from Calcutta to Maulmein[3] via Akyab[4] and Rangoon	11,900,0,0
Total cost of present arrangement per month	91,800,0,0
2nd.—Table I. shows again the cost of a line running from Ceylon to Kraw and from Gulf of Siam (Tayoung) to Hongkong	32,900,0,0
Table II. the cost of a line from Calcutta via Akyab, Rangoon, Maulmein, Tavoy, Mergui and Siam and thence per China line to Hongkong	17,300,0,0
Total cost of two lines which would answer all the purposes of the present three lines	50,200,0,8

1. See: Apcar and Company. (Wikisource contributor note)
2. See: Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company. (Wikisource contributor note)
3. See: Mawlamyine. (Wikisource contributor note)
4. See: Sittwe. (Wikisource contributor note)