PROPORTION OF SEXES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 15 May 1852, Page 7

PROPORTION OF SEXES.

Steam Communication with Europe.—The long deferred question of Steam Communication between Britain and Australia has been once more revived by the Home Government. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiraltyadvertised last November for tenders for a steam communication between Singapore and Sydney. This was to be bi-monthly only, but it was supposed to be under consideration that during the alternate months a steamer should start for Australia via the Cape. The Singapore route was to be by the way of Swan River and Port Philip, instead of the more (dangerous passage of Torres Straits. The most recent intelligence from Britain, namely, up to the end of December last, gives the note of preparation as more and more distinct upon this long expected and important communication. This subject was discussed by the Legislative Council of this colony during the past session. A bonus of £3000, yearly, for three years, was voted, to be held in readiness for the benefit of the parties who first introduced a steam communication, at least monthly, with Britain, and a strong expression of preference was given to the line via the Cape, as the most suitable for the great passenger traffic of this colony, that might reasonably be anticipated to result after receij)t of intelligence of our extraordinary gold discoveries. Our adjacent sister, New South Wales, has agreed to appropriate a like amount towards the same desirable object.

The Isthmus of Panama has acquired a celebrity as the grand impediment in the highway of nations. But the wants of society, in its incessant modern locomotion, have at length put a remedy in operation, and a railway is now being constructed between the two oceans. An American Company have undertaken this business, and their shares are stated to be in request by the public. They have chosen Navy Bay as the terminus on the atlantic side, Panama being that on the Pacific. Hereafter this may prove a frequented route for Australian colonists. The completion of the undertaking is looked forward to for March or April next year ; and in the

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