4. REGISTERED STEAMSHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES ON JUNE 30, 1899- Continued.

4. REGISTERED STEAMSHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES ON JUNE 30, 1899-Continued.

5. NUMBER OF TRIPS, AVERAGE, AND QUICKEST TRIPS. Statement showing the number of trips made per quarter and year, the average apparent time (in hours) of the trips, and the quickest trip made by each steamer of the trans-Atlantic steamship companies in conveying the United States mails from New York to London and to Paris during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, as shown by the records of the Post-Office Department.

[The number of hours stated does not indicate the time consumed in the sea voyage only, but the period elapsing between the actual receipt of the mails at the post-office in New York and their delivery at the post-office in London or Paris.]

1 Delayed on trip from New York September 6, 1898 (about two days).

Cause not stated.
Cause not stated.

2 Delayed on trip from New York December 21, 1898 (about two days). 3 Delayed on trip from New York January 11, 1899 (about two and one-half days). Cause not stated. 4 Delayed on trip from New York December 21, 1898 (about two days).

Detained by fog in bay.

201.4 3 203.1 3 210.5 2 204.9 3 200.5 3 206.1 3 3 205.7 2 211 2

203.8 10

202.6

198.3

199.1 11

204. 6

186.3

1

209.6

3 224.7 2

229.6

2 220.8 9 227

205.2 9
215. 3 9
3 216 209.6
218.5

205.8

200.5

209.8 197.6