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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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According
to
the
Postmaster-General's
Ninth
Report--from
which
much
of
the
information
concerning
the
present
state
of
the
mail
service
is
taken--we
find
that
the
total
number
of
steam-ships
employed
in
the
mail-packet
service,
exclusive
of
tenders,
&c.,
is
no
less
than
ninety-six,
with
an
aggregate
of
140,000
tons,
and
of
36,000
horse-power.
The
largest
and
most
powerful
mail-packet
in
the
service
is
the
Cunard
paddle-wheel
steam-ship
Scotia,
of
3,871
tons
burden,
and
1,000
horse-power.
It
belongs
to
the
contractors
for
the
North
American
service,
Messrs.
Cunard,
Burns,
and
Maciver.
The
smallest
packet,
according
to
the
same
authority,
was
stated
to
be
the
Vivid,
of
300
tons,
and
128
horse-power,
the
property
of
Mr.
Churchward.
It
is
more
than
probable,
however,
that
this
packet
is
not
now
in
the
service,
as
Mr.
Churchward's
contracts
have
subsequently
been
given
to
the
Belgian
Government.
The
mail-packet
contracts
are
divided
into
those
of
the
Home
and
those
of
the
Foreign
services.
The
most
important
home
service
is
that
for
carrying
the
Irish
mails,
entered
into
by
the
City
of
Dublin
Steam-packet
Company.
They
are
required
to
keep
four
powerful
steam-vessels
to
ply
twice
a-day
between
Holyhead
and
Kingstown,
for
a
yearly
payment
of
85,900l.
This
contract
lasts
until
1865.
The
least
important
contract
in
the
home
service,
if
we
may
judge
by
the
terms
imposed,
is
that
for
the
daily
conveyance
of
mails
between
Greenock
and
Belfast,
entered
into
by
Mr.
Burns
of
Glasgow.
Mr.
Burns
undertakes
to
perform
this
service
in
all
weathers,
free
of
expense,
and
to
pay
an
annual
sum
of
100l.
as
penalty
for
general
improper
performance
of
the
duty!
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