this Port to W Radivostock.
The latter.
termed purely
voyage,
docs
arra
may coasting
in
any
6
not exceed
be
Case
days, calling
and the
at the various ports, longest time occupied between any of the Ports is 2½ days,
and should bad weather be
encountered there are
plenty of
places of shelter where the
vessel
could
run to, if need
be.
The exodus of passengers from this takes place generally in the months of
April / May, and they are considered the best months of
the year,
when there is very
little likelihood of bad weather
being experienced,
and it is
not like in the Southern
where
has to reckon
into
the...
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and typhoon, which
is hardly known
left this
for North. The vessels which have
sailed under the British flag for Wladivostock
may possibly have carried more
passengers
than
the Chinese Passengers' Act warrants, but
we contend that they did
not carry
more than they
could comfortably
accommodate
and provide shelter for, in the event of encountering
bad weather.
that the
We
would unconditionally.
Customs Returns of
passengers
that left this
for the North are approximate,
as
relied on
from
F. R. Allen, Esq. and M. Cowel,
Choffor.
only appear
not to be reliable,
as
we know
our statistics.
We have relied
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