State. Number of route. E. Steamboat service as in operation on the 1st of October, 1851. Termini. New Hampshire.. 260 From Weir's Bridge to Centre Harbor and Wolfboro.. Massachusetts.... 461 From New Bedford to Nantucket. From November 25 to March 25, from Wood's Hole to Nantucket only, by steamboat and packet alternately. No contract. Six trips per week 8 months; 3 trips per week 3 months. Two trips per week 8 months; 1 trip per week 4 months. Three trips per week 7 months to St. Louis; 2 trips per week 5 months to Cairo; 1 trip per week 5 months from St. Louis to Cairo. • Six trips per week 9 months; 8 trips per week 3 months. S. D. JACOBS, First Assistant Postmaster General. Remarks. F. United States mail service abroad, as in operation on the 1st of October, 1851. 1 New York by Southampton, Eng- 3,750 Once a month. Ocean Steam Navigation $200,000 2 Charleston, South Carolina, by Sa- 669 Twice a month.. M. C. Mordecai. 50,000 290,000 348,250 385,000 Panama to Chagres. 60 Twice a month. 49,387 Ocean Steam Navigation Under contract with the Postmaster Under contract with the Secretary Under contract with the Secretary 150,000 Under contract with the Postmaster S. D. JACOBS, First Assistant Postmaster General. |