THE PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1696, 10 January 1874, Page 2

THE PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE.

Speaking ci" this service, the Sydney Morn,' '' my Herald of DeeCmW 18 says :-" From a private letter reeeureu .by .the mail, we learn thatthe capitalists «oaßft?ted with Mr Hall :. 'iDteu^ifonnuig a company, £o be called the Australian and American Htfl Steamship -Company. -with 'a capital p£ IXQOffIO, in " eh res of L2O each, some ot which 1 , will if . s ■.; possible be reserved for Australian investors. ' The dim«nsions of the steamers contracted ; / tor are -two of 2800 tons, 350 ft long. 37ft ' ' ' team, 27ft Gin depth of hold; and two of - ! 360; lone, 38ft beam, 28ft 6in depth, ton- ■.:.■■■■■ i nage 3l3o— all with a guaranteed sea speed ' ' loaded 'of twelve knots. They will be all I f oar-masted, fitted with the' latest (rnpro/e---meats, and; have accommodations for 100 ...... first-class passengers. Mr P. S. Forbes, ;-; . whose mine has 'been mentioned in counec- • .' tion with the contract, is onn of the managing ewnersof the Union Steamship Company, ,: • „ .whose extensive fleet monopolise the bulk of the China coasting trade, Mr Hall! leaves '• , \ England with the first mails by the new line, and will return here per Maegregor, Tha ,-i! ;.-.-' : .''..^fiezt'ves»el to leave will be the Mikado, of 3CP tons, now en route for this port via « — — ©ttoedioi- She-was specially chartered by the Pacific, Mail Company for a voyage from China to San Francisco, and is reputed to fee one of tfe» fastest vessels afloat.