This may not be relevant but an advertisement in the 'Sunderland Weekly Echo and Times' of Friday 22nd. June 1883 gives an example of what was available.
Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers to the United States and Canada from Liverpool.
Hanoverian, for Quebec, June 18.
Hibernian, for Halifax and Baltimore, June 19.
Peruvian, for Quebec, June 21.
Nestorian, for Quebec, June 21.
Austrian, for Boston, June 28.
Sarmatian, for Quebec, June 28.
Caspian, for Halifax and Baltimore, July 3.
Parisian, for Quebec, July 5.
OCEAN RATES.
Saloon, 12 to 21 Guineas; Intermediate 8 pounds; Steerage 4 pounds 4 shillings.
Through tickets at special rates to Chicago, and to all points in the Western States and Canada.
Note; The best, quickest, and cheapest route for Manitoba and the Great North West is by the Mail Steamers of this Line.
Assisted Passages to Halifax are granted to General Labourers, Mechanics &c., for 4 pounds, and to Agriculturists, Agricultural Labourers, and Female Domestic Servants for 3 pounds; and Through to the Inland Points in Canada at Special Rates.
Passengers landing at Quebec and going inland are accompanied on the Railway by the Company's special conductor.
Full particulars on application to
ALLAN BROTHERS & Co.,
James Street, Liverpool.
Stan
