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Return of Passages, number of Passengers and Cargoes of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, under contract for the conveyance of the Mails from
Liverpool to Quebec, and from Quebec to Liverpool; from 17th April, 1862, to 29th November, 1862
(from the annual report of the Postmaster General in Sessional Papers, 26 Victoria 1863 (1)).
| Steamship | Captain | Left Liverpool | Arrived at Quebec | Passage | No. of Passengers | Left Quebec | Arrived at Liverpool | Passage | No. of Passengers | |||
| Days | Hours | Days | Hours | |||||||||
| North American | Burgess | Apr 17 | Apr 30 | 12 | 17 | 281 | May 10 | May 21 | 10 | 21 | 193 | |
| Nova Scotian | Ballantine | Apr 24 | May 10 | 15 | 12 | 352 | May 17 | May 30 | 12 | 21 | 109 | |
| Jura | Aiton (Alton) | May 1 | May 13 | 11 | 16 | 344 | May 24 | June 4 | 10 | 11 | 200 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Graham | May 8 | May 23 | 14 | 6 | 379 | May 31 | June 11 | 10 | 22 | 122 | |
| Hibernian | Grange | May 15 | May 29 | 13 | 18 | 439 | June 7 | June 18 | 10 | 22 | 375 | |
| Bohemian | Borland | May 22 | June 6 | 14 | 22 | 351 | June 14 | June 25 | 10 | 18 | 143 | |
| North American | Burgess | May 29 | June 11 | 12 | 8 | 345 | June 21 | July 2 | 11 | 3 | 147 | |
| Nova Scotian | Ballantine | June 5 | June 18 | 12 | 19 | 358 | June 28 | July 10 | 12 | 12 | 163 | |
| Jura | Aiton (Alton) | June 12 | June 25 | 12 | 16 | 290 | July 5 | July 15 | 10 | 6 | 151 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Graham | June 19 | July 2 | 12 | 20 | 240 | July 12 | July 23 | 10 | 20 | 410 | |
| Hibernian | Grange | June 26 | July 8 | 12 | 13 | 203 | July 19 | July 29 | 10 | 15 | 214 | |
| Norwegian | McMaster | July 3 | July 14 | 10 | 10 | 272 | July 26 | Aug 5 | 10 | 12 | 93 | |
| North American | Burgess | July 10 | July 22 | 11 | 14 | 243 | Aug 2 | Aug 13 | 11 | 13 | 84 | |
| Nova Scotian | Ballantine | July 17 | July 30 | 12 | 23 | 238 | Aug 9 | Aug 21 | 11 | 23 | 115 | |
| Bohemian | Borland | July 24 | Aug 6 | 12 | 14 | 287 | Aug 16 | Aug 28 | 12 | 16 | 131 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Aiton (Alton) | July 31 | Aug 11 | 10 | 17 | 281 | Aug 23 | Sept 2 | 9 | 18 | 116 | |
| Jura | Graham | Aug 7 | Aug 18 | 10 | 22 | 240 | Aug 30 | Sept 9 | 10 | 6 | 75 | |
| Hibernian | Grange | Aug 14 | Aug 26 | 11 | 17 | 220 | Sept 6 | Sept 18 | 11 | 18 | 112 | |
| North American | Burgess | Aug 21 | Sept 3 | 12 | 14 | 230 | Sept 13 | Sept 26 | 13 | 1 | 69 | |
| Bohemian | McMaster | Aug 28 | Sept 9 | 11 | 17 | 333 | Sept 20 | Oct 1 | 10 | 14 | 164 | |
| Norwegian | Borland | Sept 4 | Sept 17 | 13 | 1 | 431 | Sept 27 | Oct 8 | 11 | 13 | 130 | |
| Nova Scotian | Ballantine | Sept 11 | Sept 25 | 13 | 17 | 329 | Oct 4 | Oct 16 | 11 | 16 | 258 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Graham | Sept 18 | Sept 30 | 11 | 20 | 226 | Oct 11 | Oct 23 | 11 | 15 | 220 | |
| Jura | Aiton (Alton) | Sept 25 | Oct 7 | 12 | 2 | 170 | Oct 18 | Oct 28 | 10 | 3 | 162 | |
| North American | Grange | Oct 2 | Oct 13 | 10 | 21 | 249 | Oct 25 | Nov 5 | 11 | 9 | 124 | |
| Hibernian | Burgess | Oct 9 | Oct 30 | 21 | 4 | 223 | Nov 3 | Nov 13 | 10 | 13 | 148 | |
| Bohemian | Borland | Oct 16 | Nov 9 | 25 | 7 | 180 | Nov 15 | Nov 27 | 12 | 9 | 160 | |
| Norwegian | McMaster | Oct 23 | Nov 8 | 15 | 5 | 187 | Nov 11 | Nov 22 | 11 | 15 | 156 | |
| Nova Scotian | Ballantine | Oct 30 | Nov 15 | 16 | 20 | 133 | Nov 22 | Dec 5 | 13 | 1 | 124 | |
| Anglo-Saxon | Graham | Nov 6 | Nov 23 | 16 | 18 | 89 | Nov 29 | Dec 11 | 12 | 13 | 80 | |
| Average length of Westward Passages 13 days 14 hours 20 minutes | Average length of Eastward Passages 11 days 8 hours 30 minutes | |||||||||||
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