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extracted from July 1849 Colonization Circular No. 9, p. 3

Cost of Passage ca. 1849
to the British Colonies, in private Ships,
from some of the principal Ports of the United Kingdom

    Cabin Intermediate Steerage *
Destination Departure Port Cost
including
Provisions		 Cost with
Provisions		 Cost
without
Provisions		 Cost with full
allowence
of Provisions		 Cost without
Prov. beyond
the legal
allowence
    From To From To From To From To From To
Quebec London £12 £20 £7 £10 £5 £7 £5 £5.10s £3.15s  
Liverpool 13 17 - - 3.15s 4 - - 3 4
Ports in the Clyde 15 20 6 - 4 5 4 5 3 4
Dublin 12 15 6 7 4 5 5.10s 6 3 4
Londonderry 10 12 - - 3.10s 4 - - 3.3s 3.10s
Sligo 7 8 - - 3.15s 4 4.10s - 2.10s -
Limerick 10.10s 12.12s - - - - 5 5.10s 3.10s 4
Cork 10 15 6 - 5 - 5.10s - 4 -
 
New Brunswick London 15 20 8 10 6 - 6 7 3.5s 4.5s
Liverpool 15 18 - - 3.15s 4 - - 3 3.15s
Ports in the Clyde 15 20 6 - 4 5 4 5 3 4
Dublin 12 15 6 7 4 5 5.10s 6 3  
Sligo 7 8 - - 3.15s 4 4.10s - 2.10s -
Limerick 10.10s 12.12s - - - - 5 5.10s 3.10s 4
Londonderry 10 12 - - 3.10s 4 - - 3.3s 3.10s
Cork 10 15 6 - 5 - 5.10s - 4 -
 
Halifax London 15 20 8 10 6 - 6 7 3.5s 4.5s
Liverpool 18 20 - - 3.15s 4.15s - - 3.10s 3.15s
Ports in the Clyde 15 20 6 - 4 5 4 5 3 4
Dublin 12 15 6 7 4 5 5.10s 6 3 4
Sligo 7 8 - - 3.15s 4 4.10s 5 2.10s -
Cork 10 - - - - - - - 3 -
 
West Indies London 30 45 - - - - 10 12    
Liverpool 30 35 - - - - - -    
Ports in the Clyde 20 25 - - - - 12 -    
Dublin 30 32 - - - - 10 12    
Cork 20 30 16 - 10 - 10 -    
 
Falkland Islands London 40 60 20 25 - - 15 18    
 
Cape of
Good Hope		 London 38 60 20 25 - - 10 15    
Liverpool 50 - 25 30 - - 15 16    
Ports in the Clyde 60 65 - - - - 20 -    
Cork same as in London          
 
Mauritius London 60 80 - - - - 15 18    
Liverpool 60 70 - - - - - -    
 
Ceylon London 75 100 - - - - 18 20    
Liverpool 60 70 - - - - - -    
 
Hong Kong London 80 100 52.10s - - - 30 -    
Liverpool 60 80 - - - - - -    
 
Sydney London 45*
70		 60
100		 30 40 - - 15 20    
Liverpool 50 60 30 - - - 20 -    
Ports in the Clyde 55 60 35 40 - - 19 20    
Cork same as in London            
 
Port Phillip London 45*
70		 60
100		 35 40 - - 15 20    
Liverpool 50 60 30 - - - 20 -    
Ports in the Clyde 55 60 35 40 - - 19 20    
Cork same as in London            
 
Van Diemens's
Land		 London 60 90 35 40 - - 20 -    
Liverpool 50 60 30 - - - 20 -    
Ports in the Clyde 50 55 30 35 - - 18 20    
Cork same as in London            
 
Western Australia London 60 90 30 40 - - 18 20    
Cork same as in London            
 
South Australia London 60 90 30 40 - - 15*
21		 20
25		    
Liverpool 60 - 30 - - - 20 -    
Cork same as in London            
 
New Zealand London 36.15*
70		 60
100		 - - - - 18*
21		 20
25		    
Ports in the Clyde 70 80 40 - - - 18 20    
Cork same as in London          
 
* These are the prices when the passengers are victualed according to the ordinary Diet Scale of the ship.
Charges for Children:—The general practise in charging for children is, to compute them according to the Passengers' Act, viz., Children from 1 to 14 years of age, half the price of adults ; under 1, no charge ; but there are exceptions to this rule.
Caution:—Emigrants to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, or Nova Scotia, should not proceed thither by way of Quebec. — See page 19 [sic]

extracted from July 1849 Colonization Circular No. 9, p. 18

Caution against proceeding to New Brunswick &c. via Quebec:—Emigrants whose destination may be New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, or Nova Scotia, are particularly cautioned against taking passage to Quebec, as there are no regular means of conveyance from that port to any of the Lower Provinces. The charge of passage by occasional schooners, is to Miramichi, New Brunswick, 15 shillings, to Prince Edward Island, 20 shillings, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 25 shillings, each adult, without provisions ; length of passage from ten to twenty days. The route to St. John, New Brunswick is much more difficult, as vessels seldom leave Quebec direct for that port, and the general mode of conveyance is by schooner to Miramichi, and thence by land. Several weeks may elapse without a vessel offering for any of these ports.

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