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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

Passengers. for Australia and New Zealand leave Southampton every fourth Thursday, Venice every fourth Friday, and Brindisi every fourth Monday.

The Passengers from Southampton proceed through the Suez Canal, and those from Venice and Brindisi are conveyed from Alexandria to Suez by Railway.

At Point de Galle they are transferred to a Steamer which proceeds to Melbourne. calling at King George's Sound and Adelaide (Glenelg). Glenelg is about twenty minutes by rail from Adelaide, and during the stay of the Steamers trains will run at frequent intervals.

One of the Company's Steamers leaves Melbourne for Sydney immediately on arrival of the Packet from Galle.

Passengers for New Zealand are transferred at Melbourne to the Local Steamers carrying the Mails under contract with the Colonies.

The Contract time by the Company's Steamers is as follows :—

Between Southampton and Melbourne Between Brindisi and Melbourne.......

54 days 43

but the voyage is generally performed in from three to seven days less.

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879.

For the convenience of Exhibitors and other Visitors to the SYDNEY EXIII- BITION, which opens in September next, the Company have decided to issue SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS to the Colonies, giving a stay of rather more than Three Months, at the reduced fares of

£125 FIRST CLASS.

£75 SECOND CLASS.

The issue of these Tickets will commence with the Mail of 1st May from South- ampton, and 12th May from Brindisi. They will be available via Southampton or viâ Brindisi, at the Passenger's option,

QUEENSLAND.

Passengers (First Class only) can now be booked at through rates, viâ Singapore and Torres Straits to Queensland. They are conveyed from Singapore by the Steamers of the Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Co. (Limited).

They can also be booked to Sydney by this route. (For fares, see page 21.) Tickets for the Homeward Voyage can be obtained from the Agents of the Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Co. (Limited), at the above Ports.

NEW ZEALAND.

Passengers (First Class) are booked to New Zealand at through rates (see page 21).

Rates of Freight can be ascertained upon application at the Offices of the Company, 122, Leadenhall Street, E.C.

Galle.

COLOMBO.

Passengers are now booked from Europe to Colombo at the same rates as to They will be conveyed from Galle to Colombo by the Coach which runs daily between those two places.

MANILLA.

As the Spanish Mail Steamers between Singapore and Manilla now run in correspondence with the Company's Steamers, arrangements have been made for through booking from Southampton and Gibraltar; also from Venice and Brindisi, (For fares, see page 21.)

Rates of Freight on application.

BATAVIA & PORTS IN THE DUTCH ARCHIPELAGO.

Arrangements having been made for the conveyance of Passengers from Singapore by the Steamers of the Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company, Through Tickets are issued from Southampton and Brindisi.

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