14
East Coast.
CAPE CABLES.
Proposed Routes and Distances.
Route No. 1.
Distance.
Black, 19%
Length of Cable.
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West Coast.
CAPE CABLES.
Proposed Routes and Distances. Route No. 3.
Distance.
Slack, 18
Length of
Cible.
Miles.
Miles.
Miles.
Aden to Zanzibar
Zanzibar to Mozambique
1,755
228
1,983
620
81
701
Mozambique to Natal
1,100,
143
1,243
3,927
Zanzibar to Mauritius
1,410
183
1,593
5,520
If cable landed at Delagos Bay instead of Natal, it would reduce the
length of the line by 260 miles
260
Total
5,260
This route is considered best for the following reasons:—
1st. A considerable part of the trade of the Cape Colonies and Mauritius is with
India and the far East.
2nd. There is a growing traffic likely to be remunerative with Zanzibar and the
East.
3rd. The tariff would be considerably less by this route to Europe, and not half so
much to India and the East.
4th. From Aden there is a duplicate system to Europe and the East.
5th. The whole system can be more easily maintained.
6th. The cable would touch points more likely to become remunerative than those
on the West Coast.
7th. The cables on the West Coast, lying as they would in the line of a continuous trade wind, could only be repaired with the greatest difficulty, but more likely they could not be repaired at all.
CAPE CABLES.
Proposed Routes and Distances.
Route No. 2.
Cape de Verd to Ascension
Ascension to St. Helena
St. Helena to Cape Town
Total
Miles.
Miles.
Miles.
1,580
206
1,786
690
90
780
1,720
224
1,944
4,510
This route is connected by a single line of cable to Madeira and Lisbon, 1,824 miles, and does not give communication with Mauritius.
It would not develop any traffic, except that of the Cape of Good Hope; it would be almost impossible to repair, lying as it would within the trade winds nearly the whole of its length.
CAPE CABLES.
Proposed Routes and Distances.
Route No. 4.
Cape de Verd to Senegal Senegal to Bathurst - Bathurst to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone to Mourovia Mourovia to Dixcove
Distance.
Slack, 10"
Length of
Cable.
Milen.
Milen.
Milea.
480
48
528
220
22
242
480
48
528
240
24
264
600
60
- 660
Dizcove to Cape Coast Castle
60
6
66
Cape Coast Castle to Fernando Po
600
60
660
Fernando Po to River Congo
750
75
825
River Congo to Walwich Bay
1,280
128
1,408
Walwich Bay to Cape Town
750
75
825
Total
6,006
Distance.
Slack, 13%
Length of Çable.
Mile.
Miles.
Milen.
Aden to Johanna
1,935
252
2,187
Johanna to Zanzibar
480
62
642
Johanna to Mozambique
275
36
811
Mosambique to Natal
1,100
143
1,243
4,283
Johanna to Mauritius
1,030
134
1,164
5,447
If cable landed at Delagos Bay instead of Natal, it would reduce the
length by 260 miles
260
Total
5,187
This route, like No. 3, is also connected by a single line of cable to Madeira and Lisbon, 1,824 miles, and does not give communication with the Mauritius.
It would be very expensive to maintain, and the traffic would probably not pay the expenses of the stations.
For the of communicating with Ascension and St. Helena as naval stations
purpose should it be desired, a line from Cape Coast Castle to those islands would be 2,046 miles, or they could be connected with Pernambuco by a cable 2,136 miles in length, but these lines have obviously no commercial value.
No. 5.
Johanna offers no facilities for trade, and is only a central point for connecting the Mauritius and Zanzibar. The saving of cable by this route is so unimportant that we think the direct route to Zanzibar, No. 1, should be preferred.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
Downing Street, July 13, 1877.
WITH reference to your letter of 16th August 1876,* relative to the establishment
of telegraphic communication with the Cape of Mauritius, I am directed by the Earl of
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