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Passages Made by the Canadian Steamers for 1859 from the annual report of the Postmaster General in Sessional Papers, 23 Victoria 1860 (6)).
| Name of Packet | Left Liverpool | Arrived at Quebec | Passage | Left Quebec | Arrived at Liverpool | Passage | ||
| Days | Hours | Days | Hours | |||||
| North Briton | Apr 20 | May 2 | 11 | 15 | May 14 | May 25 | 11 | 2 |
| Anglo-Saxon | Apr 27 | May 9 | 11 | 16 | May 21 | June 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Nova Scotian | May 4 | May 16 | 12 | 11 | May 28 | June 8 | 11 | - |
| North American | May 11 | May 22 | 11 | 7 | June 4 | June 14 | 10 | 3 |
| Hungarian | May 18 | May 30 | 12 | 2 | June 11 | June 20 | 9 | 6 |
| Indian | May 25 | June 6 | 12 | 8 | June 18 | June 29 | 10 | 6 |
| North Briton | June 1 | June 11 | 10 | 8 | June 25 | July 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Anglo-Saxon | June 8 | June 18 | 10 | 5 | July 2 | July 11 | 9 | 5 |
| Nova Scotian | June 15 | June 27 | 12 | 7 | July 9 | July 19 | 10 | 3 |
| North American | June 22 | July 3 | 11 | 6 | July 16 | July 27 | 10 | 14 |
| Hungarian | June 29 | July 8 | 9 | 14 | July 23 | Aug 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Indian | July 6 | July 18 | 11 | 17 | July 30 | Aug 10 | 11 | 4 |
| North Briton | July 13 | July 24 | 10 | 23 | Aug 6 | Aug 16 | 10 | 1 |
| Anglo-Saxon | July 20 | July 30 | 10 | 6 | Aug 13 | Aug 23 | 9 | 6 |
| Nova Scotian | July 27 | Aug 7 | 11 | 7 | Aug 20 | Aug 30 | 9 | 21 |
| North American | Aug 3 | Aug 13 | 10 | 6 | Aug 27 | Sept 6 | 10 | 2 |
| Hungarian | Aug 10 | Aug 20 | 10 | 9 | Sept 3 | Sept 13 | 9 | 18 |
| Indian | Aug 17 | Aug 29 | 11 | 15 | Sept 10 | Sept 20 | 9 | 16 |
| North Briton | Aug 24 | Sept 5 | 11 | 21 | Sept 17 | Sept 29 | 11 | 8 |
| Anglo-Saxon | Sept 1 | Sept 12 | 11 | 5 | Sept 24 | Oct 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Nova Scotian | Sept 7 | Sept 22 | 14 | 6 | Oct 1 | Oct 12 | 10 | 8 |
| North American | Sept 14 | Sept 25 | 11 | 6 | Oct 8 | Oct 20 | 10 | - |
| Hungarian | Sept 21 | Oct 1 | 10 | 3 | Oct 15 | Oct 27 | 11 | 18 |
| Indian | Sept 28 | Oct 10 | 11 | 17 | Oct 22 | Nov 3 | 11 | 22 |
| North Briton | Oct 5 | Oct 16 | 11 | 5 | Oct 29 | Nov 11 | 13 | 5 |
| Anglo-Saxon | Oct 12 | Oct 23 | 10 | 11 | Nov 5 | Nov 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Nova-Scotian | Oct 19 | Oct 29 | 10 | 7 | Nov 12 | Nov 23 | 10 | 17 |
| North American | Oct 26 | Nov 7 | 10 | 20 | Nov 19 | Nov 30 | 10 | 18 |
| Hungarian
(First voyage from Portland) |
Nov 3 | Nov 13 | 10 | 18 | Nov 26 | Dec 6 | 9 | 12 |
| [The Indian made a voyage but on Nov 20, 1859 she sunk off Nova Scotia. Captain Smith was master.] | ||||||||
| Bohemian | Nov 17 | Nov 29 | 13 | 9 | Dec 3 | Dec 15 | 11 | 12 |
| Anglo-Saxon | Nov 23 | Dec 7 | 12 | 16 | Dec 17 | Dec 24 | 10 | 19 |
| Nova Scotian | Nov 30 | Dec 15 | 14 | 22 | Dec 24 | Jan 5 | 11 | 7 |
| Borth American[sic] | Dec 7 | Dec 18 | 10 | 16 | Dec 31 | Jan 11 | 10 | 6 |
| North Briton | Dec 14 | Dec 30 | 15 | 5 | Jan 7 | Jan 18 | 10 | 9 |
| Average of 34 voyages 11 days 13 hours Westward | Eastward10 days 11 hours | |||||||
The passages made by the Canadian Steamers, as shewn by the above Table, will compare favorably with the performance of any other line crossing the Atlantic; and the benefit resulting to the correspondence of Canada with Europe has been very important.
It has happened frequently, during the past year, that the Mails for Canada brought by the Canadian Steamships sailing from Liverpool on Wednesday, have reached our cities on the same day as the mails which left Liverpool for Canada by the Cunard packet sailing from Liverpool on the previous Saturday-thus gaining four days in the transit from Liverpool to Montreal and Toronto.
That this should be possible, is chiefly owing to the circumstance that the Atlantic voyage upon the Canadian route is several hundred miles shorter than that between Liverpool and New York, or Boston.
The distance from Quebec to Liverpool is 2600 miles.
The distance form Riviere du Loup to Liverpool is 2530 miles.
The distance from Boston to Liverpool is 2849 miles.
The distance from New York to Liverpool is 3020 miles.
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