There are no assisted passages except, in some provinces, loans by
Government to domestic servants. The steamship fares are: Second class,
from £8 to £12; children from one year to twelve years, half fare;
infants under twelve months, £1. Third class, £5 to £10; children from
one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, 10_s._
The fare by rail charged to newcomers is one penny a mile.
Colonists are allowed free on ocean steamers twenty cubic feet of
baggage for second cabin, and ten cubic feet third-class. On railways in
Canada and the States one hundred and fifty pounds for each adult, and
seventy-five pounds for each child’s half-fare ticket are carried free,
but this applies only to personal effects. No single piece of baggage of
over two hundred and fifty pounds will be carried on passenger trains,
but must be sent by goods train. This must be done also, at additional
charge, in the case of all goods not wearing apparel or personal
effects.
If free baggage allowance as above is exceeded, the extra charge on
steamship will be 9_d._ per cubic foot, second cabin; and 6_d._ per
cubic foot, third-class. On the railways the extra charge will be 12 per
cent. of the colonist fare for each one hundred pounds or part thereof.
SALVATION ARMY TICKETS COVERING COST OF BED AND FOOD ON RAIL AT
INCLUSIVE RATES.
To Vancouver, for British Columbia, £17 15_s._; to Calgary, £15; to
Medicine Hat, £14 10_s._; to Regina, £13 10_s._; to Winnipeg, for
Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, £12 5_s._; to Toronto, for Ontario
(10_s._ less from Southampton), £9 5_s._ The figures quoted cover
third-class accommodation on the ocean and colonist railway car in
Canada. Passengers travelling second-class on the ship can add the
extra.
For particulars apply to Commissioner D. C. Lamb, 122, Queen Victoria
Street, London, E.C.; or any of the following branch offices: 170A,
London Road, Liverpool; 5, Denmark Street, Bristol; 74, Cobourg Street,
Plymouth; 203, Hope Street, Glasgow; and 222, Albert Bridge Road,
Belfast.
The Army also has a fully-equipped department for dealing with first and
second-class business. Address: 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.