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Migration: Australasia Victoria
From 1840-1856 ship rates were 1/- plus inland rate to destination only.
Toulmin Packet
1/- paid
1/6 due t
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18C7 l
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To Melbourne, 17 June, 1847-149 days
1/- paid to Falmouth from Arbroath, Scotland. Packet rate unpaid per sailing ship Trafalgar
Sydney rated on receipt, 116 due: 1/3 inland and 3d ship. 18 June Eclinburgh,
1 July Falmouth, 3 ovember Sydney, 11 ovember Melbourne.
Contracted to provide the fust scheduled packet service to Australia via Cape of Good Hope,
migrants Henry and Calvet Toulmin operated the short lived, intermittent and unreliable
Toulmin Packet service, 1844 until March, 1849. Tou/min packet covers se/dom seen.
3d paid
2/3 due
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1852-1855
Paid 3d Ship Fee
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The Chausan was the fust
steamer to carry mail to ~&~:-.:;
Australia.
Melbourne, 29 November, 1853-77 days
3d ship fee paid, per P& 0 Chausan 3 December Adelaide, London rated 2/3d due (~ to Yi oz.).
10 December King Georges Sound, West Australia, via Singapore to Galle, Ceylon, 29 December.
P& 0 Oriental Galle, Aden, Suez, arrival 31 January, P& 0 Vectis Suez to Marseilles via Malta.
Arrivai London 13 February, 1854, 14 February Eclinburgh and Kihnarnock.
