Excerpt from A Link of Empire, or 70 Years of British Shipping: Souvenir of the 70th Year of Incorporation of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Extract from original prospectus OF the royal mail steam packet company chronological notes charter OF incorporation OF the royal mail steam packet company supplemental royal charters list OF R. M. S. P. Company's original fleet list OF companys past fleet list OF company's present fleet mileage mail contracts original west india mail contract commissioners for executing the office OF lord high admiral admiralty postmaster general foreign transport work BY R. M. S. P. Crimean war american CIVIL war, including incident ON trent ashantee south african war list OF british colonies served R. M. S. P. Present mail and passenger services: cargo services isthmus OF panama luxurious travel R. M. S P. Tourist arrangements personalia list OF chairmen directors directors list OF directors offices home and abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.