supervision
second
"distance
The
answer
Lo
my
question viz:. "Is the
between the wo
Ports "Kaffic from need of restriction?
so short as to free the
I have to be answered
by
nautical experts, contenting myself with pointing
few facts.
voyage.
out a
connected with the
The distance from:
Chefoo to Wladivostock is estimated
at from 1,200
I know no
voyage
to 1,240 miles.
Nor do I see
why the
between these two ports
should be
different
looking from the voyage between Hong Kong and Singapore. If 200
be so
miles a
steamers new.
in
day
in the
my opinion, it showed
in the other
I would
also
call
233
attention to the fact
that not only
the seas
off North China and Corea apt to be stormy in early
spring
and
but that fogs
late autumn,
are
extremely
spring and sum. will not only
prevalent in spring
A fog
delay
gale,
than
ship more ever but it will prevent
vessel run
running into a harbour either midway
the end of
will
cause
at
the land, which
would afford a shelter in
to be the vessel's
bad weather to
greatest danger.
Messrs. Jardine Matheson
& Co. argue that as their
steamers
have a chance to
Wladivostock via Nagasaki
4 1/2 days, rate of
which
260
is at the
270
in