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Maritime company

Notes

[Source 1] The title of the advertisement is: "Companhia Pernambucana de Navegação: Southern Ports - Packet Jacuhype". [Source 2] The Company's office was located at Rua Visconde de Inhaúma, nº 28 - Parahyba do Norte. Augusto Gomes e Silva was the company's agent. The company's packet boats departed from Pernambuco for the "Northern Ports on the 11th and 26th of each month", arriving at the port of the Paraíba capital on the 12th and 27th. This line was served by the packet boats: "Biberibe, Jaboatão, S. Francisco, Jacuhype, and Una". In the price table, there were five types of tickets, being: "Steerage", "Deck", "Round trip", "Government Steerage", and "Government Deck" (see Sources/Newspapers: #JRN-05. Tickets destined for the government were cheaper, with a difference of up to "10$000", dependingon the destination.The "Steerage" passages were cheaper than "Deck" passages, and buying a round trip could get a good discount, which varied from "8$000" to "20$000", depending on the destination.

Source(s)

A UNIÃO. Annuncios. Parahyba do Norte. 27 de Jan. 1899. 4 f., p. 3. Disponível em: <http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/171239/3299>. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2017.

PARAHYBA DO NORTE. Almanak do Estado da Parahyba: 1899. Parahyba do Norte: Imprensa Official. 559 f., p. 201.

Year of Source 1

1899

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