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Peace Establishment - Rates of Passages by H.M. Vessels employed for the Conveyance of Mails.

4to. Singlesheet. Light damp-staining at the upper margin, otherwise very good. Admiralty, 17th Dec, 1834.

£150
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Sets forth the rates, Cabin or Steerage, for voyages in the Mediterranean, South and North America and the West Indies. For example, a cabin "To or from Falmouth and Buenos Ayres [via Pernambuco and Bahia]" costing £75 as against the steerage fare of £38, "Jamaica or Havannah to Falmouth" at £52 and £27 respectively. At the foot of the table are the conditions of carriage, "Female servants to pay two-thirds of the cabin passage money. Men servants as steerage passengers"; "Each passenger allowed to carry any weight of linen, wearing apparel, and books, not exceeding 400lbs."; & "Any Commander of a packet demanding more than the above authorized rates will incur the high displeasure of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."

Stock No.
14961
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