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i&m 3. British Isles to America.—Steamship time,- Liverpool to Rio Janeiro 5,252 miles, 24 days. Airship Time Liverpool to Madeira Madeira to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone to Pernambuco Pernambuco to Rio Janeiro Rio Janeiro to Buenos Ayres Miles 1,500 1,300 1,400 1,140 1,140 S days, Hours 30 26 28 23 23 13° 10 hours. 4. British Isles miles, 18 days. to South Africa.—Steamship time, 6,000 Airship Time Liverpool to Madeira Madeira to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone to Lobito Bay Lobito Bay to Capetown Sierra Leone to Capetown . 5. British Isles; to China a«d Japan.—Steamship time, London to Yokohama via Halifax and Vancouver, 9,185 miles, 21 days. • Airship Time Miles 1,500 1,300 2,O0O~l 2,OOOj 3,IO0 4 days, ] Hours 30 26 62 118 8 hours. Marseilles to Port Said Port Said to Aden .. Aden to Bombay Bombay to Colombo. . Colombo to Singapore Singapore to Hong King Hong Kong to Shanghai Hong_Kong to Yokohama Miles 1,506' 1,310 1,650 883 i,577 1,440 1,000 1,580 9 days, Hours 30 26 33 17 31 30 20 32 219 2 hours. JANUARY 16, 1919 5. Another route.—Liverpool to Halifax, 2,400 miles, 48 hours. To cross to Pacific Coast, 5 days. Vancouver to Yokohama, 4,200 miles, 84 hours. 10 days, 12 hours. 6. British Isles to Scandinavia— Newcastle to Bergen London to Christiania Miles •• 405 680 Steamship Time Days 2 Airshij Time Hours 8 Uses of the Airship 1. To carry mails and urgent goods over the routes pre viously outlined. 2. Coast guard, patrol duties, in Persian Gulf, China Seas, etc. 3. For exploration of parts at present inaccessible. 4. To quell native risings, police duties, etc., in Protec torates. 5. Political tours in Persia, Central Africa, Egypt, etc. 6. Extend British sphere of influence in general. Taking these headings in rotation :— 1. It is not anticipated that airship transport of mails will be able to compete with the ordinary letter post as far as charges are concerned for some years to come, but as an adjunct to the telegraph, it is bound to assist to a very large extent the commercial development of the Empire, The saving in time would be an enormous benefit to the business man, enabling him to complete transactions with the minimum waste of time. 2. The small non-rigid type of airship which has been used for anti-submarine work with great success is particularly suitable for patrol work at present carried out by gun-boats in the Persian Gulf and China Seas. This form of patrol could be more economically carried out not only with regard to the first capital outlay, b\it also with regard to mainten ance and running costs. 3. The survey of unexplored parts of the globe could be quickly carried out by means of the airship, as an airship can hover over any particular part to enable the lie of the land to be noted. This would save much labour and transport especially where thick undergrowth impedes the progress of 'mule transport. OUR AIRSHIP FLEET.—Towing an airship, photographed fronTthe airship. 74
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