of "The Blue Funnel Line"
received at this office. This publication issued by Alfred Holt & Ca, gives the of the company from the time it was formed in 1852 by Alfred Holt, trained engineer, who with the help of some friends bought their frst steamer for the purpose of trading with China. This vessel, the "Dumbarton Youth," was a three-masted sailing vessel fitted with two direct acting engines of 44 H.P. colpectively. Part of the bargain was a number of bibles and a quantity of blue paint, and the first "Blue Funnel" ship had arrived to form what has since developed into one of 4he greatest steamship companies in the world.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.