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OVERSEA M.\ILS: CO:Illi U~ICA'I'ION. 45
tU. CANADA-tetter mail to and from lbe Dominion of Canada is sent and received
b,. each U.S. mail. Parcel post moil is, however, conveyed only in direct bottom by the
~ic:nncrs of the Canadian National Steamships trading between :Monlreul and Halifax
1 ~nd Jamaica once ~very week, the Pickford and Black Line trading between Halifax,
;-U:l. and Jamaica, and United Fruit Company trading between St. John and Jamaica.
IV. CENTRAL AMEmco~.-li•Jail communication with these countries (except East Coast
of Nicaraou.a and Vcuczuclct) is maiotttined by the steamers of t be "lJniLed l?ruit Co.,
<:ntcl Line, f:tandard Fru t and "ltt11msh p Co., and Canadi11n Natioonl Steamships, via
Cristobal, Bnrranquilla, Limon, Belize, Bnrrios, etc.
V. WEST INDIA ISLANDS AND BmTrsu G UlANA - Letter and Parcel-post mail to and from
the West India Islands is exchanged by way of Trinidad nod Barbados, fortnightly by
.\luminum Line steamers and occasionally by Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd. steamers. The
(lrnce Line maintains a weekly service with Haiti.
The Canadian National Steamships maintain a direct service between Jamaica, Ber-
muda, and the Bahamas.
VI. CAYMAN IsLANDs-A twice-3-month service is maintnincd by R.M.S. " Cimboco"
unci a n irregular service by schooners.
VII. TuRKs IsLANDs- A monthly mail service is maintained by the M.S. "May-
flower." Letter mail is also exchanged via New York. .
By courtesy of the United F'ruit Company, the following schedule of routes, etc., of tho
their regular mail-carrying steamers is furnished.
NEJW YoRK-JAMAICA-Cor.o~mrA.-PANUIA SERVICE. A stmmer J.;avcs Nvw York every
Wc•dn,-sday and calls at thJ following ports:-
1{ingston {arriv -s and lcav~s Sunday), Pu ,rto Colombia (arrives Monday lean s
Tuesday), Cartagena (arrives and Lavcs Wedn ·sday), Cristob~l (arriv..s Thursday and
J. aves Friday), Kingston (arrive and leaves Sunday), New York (arriv. s Thursday.)
T h J round voyage takes 15 days. Mail from New York is not received by these ships_
BRISTOL-JAMAICA SERVICE, FYFns INE. (ELDERS & FYnE's LTD.} An A-T
st•amnr l~aves Bristol cv"ry Monday direct for Jamaica. arriving at Kingston ev, ry
Sunday. Thes' steamurs 1 ave Kingston every Tu•sday direct for Hristol, and the
voyag.1 takvs 13 clays. Ther J nro also friJQubnt sailings of B-Type st:;am..rs usually
sailing from Swans a or Garston fot· Jamaica returning direct to England.
GRACE Ltl\'E st tllners sail from New York ev ;ry Friday on tho following itinerary:-
Curacao, Tu sday; La Gu~tira, Wednesday; Pto. Cabello, Thursday; Pto. Colombia,
Raturday; Cartagena, Sunday; Cristobal, Monday; Kingston, Wednesday; Cape
llaitien, Thursday; New York, Monday./
~EW YonK-CUBA-JAMAICA-HONDUR<I.S REnvrce. A st)llmer of the Standard Fru.it
and Steamship Company leaves ~ew York every Saturday and arrive9 at mngston on
following Thursday, I _aving same day for La Ceiba.
1'ho following is the schedule of the Canadian 1\ ational Steamships mail-carrying
steamers:-
CANADA-BEn."llUDA-NASSA u-BnrTrsu HONDURAS.
Canada (Summer Service) (During St. Lawrence River Navigation).
Southbound: Weekly from Montre.'\1 1 calling forthnightly 11t Bermuda and Nassau
en route, arrives Kingston every Monday (every other Monday direct from Montreal
via Halifax).
Northbound: Every Wednesday from Kingston for i\'Iontreal cn.lling fortnightly at
Nassau and Bermuda en route. (Every other Wednesday direct to Montreal).
Canada-Winter Service.
Southbound: Weekly from Halifax, calling fortnightly at Bermuda and ~:tssau en
rout~, arrives Kingston every other Sunday and Thursday. (Arrives direct from Halifax
every other Thursday).
~orthbound: Weekly from Kingston every other Tuesday and Wednesday for Halifax
calling fortbnightly at Nassau and Bermuda. (Direct to Halifax leaving Kingston
every other Wednesday).