The Australian Mails by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 43.

The Australian Mails.

By Editor

WE are glad to be able to announce that from this time forward there will be regular steamers carrying mail, freight, and passengers between San Francisco and New Zealand and Australia. A satisfactory arrangement has been made, the contract being for three years' service. The subsidy from the New Zealand Government is £20,000 a year, from New South Wales, £10,000, and from the United States, £4,000. Any one wishing to correspond with the friends in Australia, can now mail their letters direct, via San Francisco. Following is the time table for the next fourteen months:—

Leave San Francisco—November 21, December 19, January 16, February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 5, July 3, July 31, August 28, September 25, October 23, November 20, December 18.

Arrive—December 28, January 25, February 22, March 22, April 19, May 17, June 14, July 12, August 9, September 6, October 4, November 1, November 29, December 27.

Copy this schedule, so that you will not forget the dates of sailing. Then by allowing sufficient time for your letters to reach San Francisco, there need be no loss of time.