✨ Mail Service Time Table




TIME TABLE OF INDIA, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, AND MAURITIUS MAIL SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 1861.

APPROVED BY THE RIGHT HON. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL, LONDON, ON THE 16TH JANUARY, 1861.

Contract time for the Transit through Egypt of the Marseilles portion of the Mails.............24 hours.
" " Southampton ...................................................48 "

H O M E W A R D R O U T E.

Table of Mail Services (Date data omitted as per instructions)

  • SHANGHAI TO HONG KONG.

    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Shang-hai.
    • Arvs. at: Hong Kong.
  • HONG KONG TO BOMBAY.

    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Hong Kong.
    • Arrives at: Singapore, Penang, Galle, Bombay.
  • SYDNEY TO CEYLON.

    • STEAMER.
    • Leaves: Sydney.
    • Arvs. at: Melbourne.
    • Leaves: Melbourne.
    • Arrives at: King George's Sound, Galle.
  • CALCUTTA TO SUEZ.

    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Calcutta (Sand heads.)
    • Arrives at: Madras, Galle, Aden, Suez.
  • MAURITIUS TO SUEZ (CALLING AT REUNION AND SEYCHELLES).

    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Mauritius.
    • Arrives at: Aden, Suez.
  • BOMBAY TO SUEZ.

    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Bombay.
    • Arrives at: Aden, Suez.
  • ALEXANDRIA TO MARSEILLES.

    • STEAMER.
    • Leaves: Alexandria.
    • Arrives at: Malta, Marseilles, London.
  • ALEXANDRIA TO SOUTHAMPTON.

    • MAIL
    • STEAMER
    • Leaves: Alexandria.
    • Arrives at: Malta, Gibraltar, Southampton.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1861, No 21





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πŸš‚ Time Table of India, China, Australia, and Mauritius Mail Services for the Year 1861

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
16 January 1861
Mail services, Time Table, India, China, Australia, Mauritius, Routes, Steamers
  • The Right Honourable The Postmaster-General, London