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producers of Van Diemen's Land, as well as cheap food, and an ample supply of cheap stock from the very beginning, the plantation in South Australia will be the same as a new settlement on Van Diemen's Land, if not better: it will be better, unless the supposed new settlement in the old colony were connected by the means of water-carriage with some district superabounding in food and stock. It seems needless to dwell further on this most important and satisfactory consideration.
Place. | Distance in Miles. |
Winds. | Time, Days. |
Proper Seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|
From Port Lincoln to: | ||||
Timor | 2700 | Fav. at all Seasons. | 20 | All times of the year. |
Java | 2650 | Ditto | 18 | Ditto |
Madras | 4700 | Ditto | 33 | Ditto |
Ceylon | 4500 | Ditto | 32 | Ditto |
Isle of France | 4400 | Ditto | 29 | Ditto |
C. of G. Hope | 6000 | Ditto | 40 | Ditto |
England | 11500 | Variable. | 105 | Ditto |
Van D. Land | 800 | Favourable. | 6 | Ditto |
Sidney | 1200 | Favourable in general. | 12 | Ditto |
To Port Lincoln from: | ||||
Timor | 2700 | Favourable at all Times. | 23 | At all Times. |
Java | 2650 | Favourable. | 18 | Ditto |
Madras | 4700 | Ditto by proper route. | 36 | Ditto |
Ceylon | 4500 | Ditto | 34 | Ditto |
Isle of France | 4400 | Variable, gen. Favourable. | 29 | Ditto |
C. of G. Hope | 6000 | Strong and Favourable. | 34 | Ditto |
England | 11500 | Ditto | 100 | Ditto |
Launceston | 700 | Always easy. | 6 | Ditto |
Sidney | 1200 | ... ... | 12 | Ditto |