(miles). 8. od.
South Australia...... 12,000 4 9 Hongkong 9900 5 6 Ceprus 3,000 64 Malta 2,280 4 San Francisco 6000 1
"This list does not exhaust the comparisons, but those given will suffice to indicate the very great differences existing. Thus, while South Australia is more than 2,000 miles further distant from London than Hongkong, the rate thither is 9d, per word less, while Cyprus, which is nearly one-third the distance from England, enjoys a rate-about
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