This fine vessel, measuring about 2,000 tons, steaming 14 knots, fitted up with every comfort and kept scrupulously clean, was commanded by Russian officers and manned by a mixed crew of Russian and Chinese sailors. Since the outbreak of hostilities, however, she has been transformed into a hospital ship at Port-Arthur.
Approximate Cost of Journey _ s. d._ Passport vised at Russian Consulate in London 4 10 Ticket from London to Moscow, 1st Class 14 4 9 Freight and Insurance on heavy luggage from London to Shanghai by P. & O. steamer 4 0 0 Cab hire at Warsaw and Moscow 1 0 0 Ticket from Moscow to Shanghai 34 10 0 Maintenance _en route_ (including hotels) for 22 days at ten shillings a day 11 0 0 Sundries 5 0 0 --------- Total from London to Shanghai 69 19 7 =========
Length of Journey _Miles_ From London to Moscow about 1,600 " Moscow to Dalny " 5,375 " Dalny to Shanghai (by sea) " 550 ----- Total distance from London to Shanghai 7,525 =====
Time Occupied
_Days_ _hours_
From 10 a.m. on 15th October to noon on 6th November, 1903 22 2
Less 3 days 19 hours stay at Warsaw and Moscow 3 19 --------- Time spent in actual travelling 18 7 =========
The rate of travelling was therefore rather more than seventeen miles an hour, inclusive of all stoppages and delays.
Between Moscow and Dalny the train stopped at 151 stations, thereby losing almost 37 hours.
The rouble is equivalent to about two shillings and a penny. There are 100 kopeks to the rouble.
German is the most useful foreign language for travelling in Russia.
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FINIS
SECOND EDITION.
"Life and Sport in China."
(ILLUSTRATED.)
BY OLIVER G. READY, B.A.
PRESS COMMENTS.
_Times_--"A bright popular account of Anglo-Chinese life, and of the characteristics and customs of the Chinese."
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