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Show IrfnRDUtnnto MnlK A letter Bent from New York to Hangkok, Slam, travels overland to San Francisco nnd thence by water, reaching reach-ing Its dcatlnntlon In about forty-threo days, having been carried nearly 13,000 miles. A letter mailed hero for Ado-laldo, Ado-laldo, Australia, also goes via San Francisco, trnvcls 12.815 miles, and Is delivered usually within 35 days. Now York mail destined for Calcutta goes by way of London, traveling 11,120 miles In 20 days, while mall Bent from this city to Capo Town, South Afrlcn, goes 125 miles further In two days' less time. Mall communication between be-tween Now York nnd Hong Kong ordinarily or-dinarily consumes ono month of time; tno letters go by way of San Fmnclsco, And covor 10,500 miles of dlslancc. To reach Melbourne, Australia, from this city, a letter will travel 12,205 mllca In about 32 days, and to reach Sydnoy n letter will travel 11,570 miles In 31 days. The mall route rom'Now York to Yokohama, via San Frnnclsco, Is 7,348 miles long, and about 22 days nra consumed In transit. To go to Honolulu Hono-lulu from this city n letter travels 5.GI5 miles In 13 days. Leaving Now York on steamer days, mall matter Is scheduled sched-uled to reach Romo In about 11 days, Madrid In ten days, London nnd Liverpool Liv-erpool In eight days, Rotterdam in nine days, St. Petersburg In cloven days, Berlin In nlno clays, and Athr-ns and Alexandria In fourteen days. Communication Com-munication with South American porta Is mucn slower. 11 takes twenty-rour days for n letter to go from New York to Rio Janeiro, which Is only about t0 miles further from this city than is Alexandria. Mnil matter going from New York to Ducnos Ayros, which is 8,045 miles distant, consumes 29 or 30 days. New York Times. |