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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 4 (of 4) by W. S. Lindsay

CHAPTER VII. 292-313

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Royal West India Mail Steam Packet Company, 1841—Number of their ships—Conditions of mail contract—Large subsidy—Heavy loss during the first year of their operations—Capital of the Company—Liberal concessions by Government—Complaints of the public—Improved prospects of the company from improved management—Contract renewed, 1850—Its conditions—Fresh conditions, 1857—Contract again renewed, 1864—Further renewal, 1874—The steam-ship _Forth_—Losses of various ships of the company—Causes of these losses—Loss of the _Amazon_—Terrible sufferings—Loss of the _Demerara_—Additions to their fleet, and superior class of vessels
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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I. Pages 1-59 3. CHAPTER II. 60-120 4. CHAPTER III. 121-162 5. CHAPTER IV. 163-220 6. CHAPTER V. 221-250 7. CHAPTER VI. 251-291 8. CHAPTER VII. 292-313 9. CHAPTER VIII. 314-335 10. CHAPTER IX. 336-375 11. CHAPTER X. 376-415 12. CHAPTER XI. 416-446 13. CHAPTER XII. 447-485 14. CHAPTER XIII. 486-515 15. CHAPTER XIV. 516-543 16. CHAPTER XV. 544-584 17. CHAPTER I. 18. Part II., “Specifications relating to Marine Propulsion”), convinced 19. 5. Iron bolts with screws. 6. Depth of the inner beam. 7. The wheel 20. CHAPTER II. 21. Part II. 1860. In this interesting paper, Mr. Evans calls attention to 22. 1843. She was considered a remarkably fine model, and of very unusual 23. CHAPTER III. 24. CHAPTER IV. 25. introduction of steam itself for the purposes of navigation; nor indeed 26. introduction of larger steam-vessels for their naval service, and, 27. CHAPTER V.

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