Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1879 — Cost of doing Round the World. [ARTICLE]

Cost of doing Round the World.

A correspondent of an Eastern paper writes from Adelaide, South Australia, showing the cost of travel in these days of improved transportation, as follows: Saloon. Steerage. Boston or N.Y. to Liverpool.... #75 S3O Liverpool to London (rail i 5 3 London te Adelaide 225 100 $305 $133 If by steamer from London to Adelaide, SIOO must be added to the saloon passage, and say S4O for second cabin in place of steerage. For those who have money at their command, the route via San Francisco is the most pleasant as well as the shortest. This will cost for a first-class passage: New York to San Francisco *139 Sleeping car _ 22 Meals (18 at $1) 18 San Francisco to Sydney by steamer 200 Sydney to Melbourne ’ 25 Melbourne to Adelaide ..." 25 T .... $429 In addition to which the cost of living at the various ports must be taken into account. This may be estimated at about $4 a day, or as much more as the traveler feels inclined to st>end. The round trip from New York to*Adelaide, and thence to England and home again, may be done very comfortably in about six months. I will give figures for first-class and second-class: Ist 2nd V, Da//«. Class. Class. N.Y. to San Francisco.. 7 $139 SIOO Sleeping car 22 00 Meals jg jg San Francisco to Sydney 28 200 150 In Sydney 10 40 30 Sydney to Melbourne... 2 25 25* In Melbourne 10 40 30 Melbourne to Adelaide.. 2 25 25* In Adelaide 40 49 39 Adelaide to London 100 225+ 150 London and England at $4 per day England to New York... 11 75 50 A , 180 $849 S6OB ♦First class. (Sailing Ship.