"Only eighty days, now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened.

Here is the estimate made by the Daily Telegraph: From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and Brindisi, by rail and steamboats .................

7 days From Suez to Bombay, by steamer ....................

13 " From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ...................

3 " From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer .............