[WED]Immigration patterns

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This may not be relevant but an advertisement in  the 'Sunderland Weekly Echo 
and Times' of Friday 22nd. June 1883 gives an  example of what was available.
Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers to the United  States and Canada from 
Liverpool.
Hanoverian, for Quebec, June  18.
Hibernian, for Halifax and Baltimore, June 19.
Peruvian, for Quebec,  June 21.
Nestorian, for Quebec, June 21.
Austrian, for Boston, June  28.
Sarmatian, for Quebec, June 28.
Caspian, for Halifax and Baltimore,  July 3.
Parisian, for Quebec, July 5.
OCEAN RATES.
Saloon, 12 to 21  Guineas; Intermediate 8 pounds; Steerage 4 pounds 4 
shillings.
Through  tickets at special rates to Chicago, and to all points in the 
Western 
States  and Canada.
Note; The best, quickest, and cheapest route for Manitoba and the  Great 
North West is by the Mail Steamers of this Line.
Assisted Passages to  Halifax are granted to General Labourers, Mechanics 
&c., for 4 pounds, and  to Agriculturists, Agricultural Labourers, and Female 
Domestic Servants for 3  pounds; and Through to the Inland Points in Canada at 
Special  Rates.
Passengers landing at Quebec and going inland are accompanied on the  Railway 
by the Company's special conductor.
Full particulars on application  to 
ALLAN BROTHERS & Co.,
James Street, Liverpool.  


Regards Stan Mapstone
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