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Passages of the Montreal Steamship Company from April 18, 1860 - March 9th, 1861

(from the Sessional Papers, 24 Victoria 1861 (1))

Return of Passages, Number of Passengers and Cargoes, of the Steamships of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, under Contract for the Conveyance of the Mails, from Liverpool to Quebec and from Quebec to Liverpool, from the 18th of April till the 24th of November, 1860.
Steamship	Left Liverpool	Arrived at Quebec	Passage		Passengers	Freight in Tons		Left Quebec	Arrived Liverpool	Passage		Passengers
			Days	H.M.		Quebec	Montreal and Canada West			Days	H.M.
North Briton	Apr 18	May 1	12	2	304	181	529	May 12	May 26	13	8	115
Bohemian	Apr 25	May 7	11	5	325	109	370	May 19	June 1	12	15	137
Canadian	May 2	May 13	10	7	318	26	333	May 27	June 12	15	21	97
Anglo Saxon	May 9	May 21	11	14	372	68	450	June 2	June 14	11	16	266
Palestine	May 16	May 28	11	14	316	26	320	June 9	June 22	13	-	144
Nova Scotian	May 23	June 4	11	18	301	64	346	June 16	June 27	11	9	156
North Briton	May 30	June 11	11	7	293	22	270	June 23	July 4	10	14	129
Bohemian	June 6	June 18	11	5	186	53	404	June 30	July 10	10	4	139
Melita	June 13	June 25	11	9	37	92	309	July 7	July 19	11	20	63
Anglo Saxon	June 20	July 1	10	1	219	108	433	July 14	July 24	9	23	194
Palestine	June 27	July 8	10	18	139	40	270	July 21	July 31	10	5	83
Nova Scotian	July 4	July 16	11	7	142	92	680	July 28	Aug 7	10	1	106
North Briton	July 11	July 26	15	-	169	66	650	Aug 4	Aug 15	10	14	102
Bohemian	July 18	July 30	10	22	178	108	843	Aug 11	Aug 21	10	8	60
Canadian	July 26	Aug 7	11	20	131	59	875	Aug 18	Aug 28	10	4	42
Anglo Saxon	Aug 2	Aug 15	12	7	181	53	1,104	Aug 25	Sept 5	10	13	52
North American	Aug 9	Aug 20	10	17	165	64	1,135	Sept 1	Sept 10	9	7	94
Nova Scotian	Aug 16	Aug 28	11	4	253	105	1,399	Sept 8	Sept 18	10	5	71
Palestine	Aug 23	Sept 4	11	17	92	76	1,045	Sept 15	Sept 25	10	13	59
Bohemian	Aug 30	Sept 11	11	11	142	166	1,298	Sept 22	Oct 2	10	9	150
Jura	Sept 6	Sept 17	10	-	251	173	1,063	Sept 29	Oct 8	9	9	59
Anglo Saxon	Sept 13	Sept 26	12	8	178	250	779	Oct 6	Oct 16	10	1	90
North American	Sept 20	Oct 2	11	17	141	118	920	Oct 13	Oct 22	9	19	116
North Briton	Sept 27	Oct 12	14	5	153	202	503	Oct 20	Oct 30	10	17	97
Nova Scotian	Oct 4	Oct 19	14	8	186	61	418	Oct 27	Nov 6	10	15	84
Canadian	Oct 11	Oct 26	14	19	128	34	390	Nov 4	Nov 14	10	12	55
Bohemian	Oct 18	Nov 2	14	1	142	37	629	Nov 10	Nov 22	12	2	50
Anglo Saxon	Oct 25	Nov 6	11	14	139	154	534	Nov 17	Nov 29	12	4	84
North American	Nov 1	Nov 11	9	19	99	75	575	Nov 24	Dec 6	12	-	59
Average Passage Westward			11	19	Average Passage Eastward					11	1
Return of Passages, Number of Passengers, and Cargoes of the Steamships of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, under Contract for the conveyance of the Mails, from Liverpool to Portland, and from Portland to Liverpool, from the 8th of November, 1860, till the 9th of March, 1861.
Steamship	Left Liverpool	Arrived at Portland	Passage		Passengers	Freight in Tons		Left Portland	Arrived Liverpool	Passage		Passengers
			Days	H.M.		Quebec	Montreal and Canada West			Days	H.M.
Palestine	Nov 8	Nov 21	12	5	46	163	155	Dec 1	Dec 14	12	11	33
Nova Scotian	Nov 15	Nov 28	12	3	64	78	199	Dec 8	Dec 21	11	9	69
Canadian	Nov 22	Dec 4	11	1	57	11	139	Dec 15	Dec 28	13	3	47
North Briton	Nov 29	Dec 12	12	15	37	20	134	Dec 22	Jan 7	15	12	27
Bohemian	Dec 6	Dec 19	12	9	40	53	169	Dec 29	Jan 10	11	12	43
Anglo Saxon	Dec 13	Dec 25	11	15	31	75	219	Jan 5	Jan 19	13	3	44
North American	Dec 20	Dec 31	10	10	36	23	230	Jan 12	Jan 24	11	5	92
Nova Scotian	Dec 27	Jan 9	12	16	19	3	215	Jan 20	Feb 1	11	17	66
Canadian	Jan 3	Jan 17	13	14	23	7	212	Jan 27	Feb 7	10	13	29
North Briton	Jan 10	Jan 23	12	16	25	8	256	Feb 3	Feb 15	11	11	38
Bohemian	Jan 17	Jan 30	12	9	32	32	564	Feb 12	Feb 22	10	10	25
Anglo Saxon	Jan 24	Feb 6	12	22	58	40	560	Feb 17	-	-	-	40
North American	Jan 31	Feb 17	16	3	41	51	909	Feb 24	-	-	-	29
Nova Scotian	Feb 7	Feb 21	13	5	30	16	1,254	Mar 2	-	-	-	47
Canadian	Feb 14	Feb 28	13	4	65	18	1,036	Mar 9	-	-	-	-
Average Passage Westward			12	1	Average Passage Eastward						11	6

Notes: The Melita, Jura and the Palistine were not built for the Allan Line. They were brought into service after the loss of several ships. These were dark days for the Allan Line as she lost the Canadian, June 1, 1857; the Indian, Nov 20, 1859, the Hungarian, Feb 2, 1860 and the second Canadian on June 4, 1861. (Appleton, Thomas E. Ravenscrag, The Allan Royal Mail Line. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974.). The following information on these two ships is supplied courtesy of Ted Finch.

The Jura was a 2,241 gross ton ship, built by J&G Thomson, Glasgow in 1854 for the Cunard Line. Her details were - length 314ft x beam 36ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. Launched on June 27, 1854, she arrived at Liverpool from the Clyde on September 26, 1854 and became a Crimean War transport. On March 12, 1857 she sailed under charter to the European & Australian R.M.Line from Southampton to Alexandria and started her last voyage on this service on July 12, 1857. On September 16, 1857 she commenced Cunard sailings between Liverpool, Cork and New York and on February 6, 1861 started her last Liverpool - New York voyage. During this period she made two chartered voyages for the Allan Line between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal, commencing September 6, 1860 and April 11, 1861. She was then purchased by the Allan Line and resumed Liverpool - Canada voyages on October 24, 1861. On November 3, 1864 she was wrecked in the River Mersey with no loss of life. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.144-5] Courtesy of Ted Finch.

The Melita was a 1,254 gross ton ship, built for Cunard in 1853 by Alexander Denny, Dumbarton (engines by Macnab & Clark, Greenock). Her details were - length 233ft x beam 29ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts(rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 9 knots. Launched on March 27, 1853, she was used on the Mediterranean service until June 13, 1860 when she sailed from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal under charter to the Allan Line. After this single round voyage, she did a voyage for Cunard, leaving Liverpool on September 5, 1860 for Halifax and New York. In 1861 she was acquired by William Denny in part payment for the Sidon and in 1863 went to S & S. Isaac. On June 2, 1866 she commenced sailings between Liverpool - Queenstown - Boston - Philadelphia on charter to the Warren Line. She started her last voyage on this service on July 28, 1868 and on August 27, 1868 sailed from Boston for Liverpool, but was destroyed by fire at sea on 5th September. All the passengers and crew were rescued by the sailing ships, Jacob A.Stamler and Monequash [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.145-6]

The Palestine was built by R.Steele & Co, Greenock (engines by Robert Napier, Glasgow) in 1858 for the Cunard Line. She was a 1,800 gross ton ship, length 276ft x beam 36.1ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Launched in 1858 for the Mediterranean service, she commenced sailings between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal under charter to the Allan Line on May 16, 1860. She started her fourth and last Allan voyage between Liverpool and Portland on November 8, 1860 and commenced Cunard voyages between Liverpool and New York on December 25, 1860. On April 4, 1865 she started her first Liverpool - Halifax - New York sailing and in January 1866 made her first Liverpool - Boston - New York voyage. Her last voyage on this route was made in November 1868 (4 round voyages on the Cunard N. Atlantic service). In 1872 she was sold to W.H. Jones, Liverpool, rebuilt to 352.1ft in length, 2,867 gross tons, three masts and fitted with compound engines by J & J. Thomson, Glasgow. Chartered to the Dominion Line, she started a single round voyage from Liverpool to Boston on March 27, 1873, and then started her first of three voyages between Liverpool, Quebec and Montreal on May 16, 1873, and her last on August 21, 1873. She was chartered to Warren Line and commenced Liverpool - Boston sailings on June 24, 1876. Her last voyage on this service started on November 23, 1892 and she was scrapped in 1896. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.146]