This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...The regular and usual course of a voyage from Manilla to Tongkoo, and that pursued by the Mars on the present occasion, is north-westerly; and the point at which she had arrived at the time of the accident is altogether out of the regular and usual course of a voyage from Manilla to the United Kingdom, though in the regular and direct course of a voyage from Manilla to Tongkoo. One hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty days is about the average duration of a voyage from the United Kingdom to China or Manilla, and also of a voyage from China or Manilla to the United Kingdom. The north-east monsoon is not so favourable to a passage from Manilla to Tongkoo as the southwest monsoon. The monsoon always blows from the north-east in December and January, and with the greatest strength. In the months of December, January, and February, the voyage from Manilla to Tongkoo can be made during the north-east monsoon without any extraordinary danger, but a vessel must sail a longer distance in making a voyage from Manilla to Tongkoo during the north-east than the southwest monsoon. The due subscription of the policy by the defendants, as directors of the General Maritime Insurance Company, London, is admitted, as also the sufficiency of the capital stock and funds of the company, and of the shares of the defendants therein, to pay and satisfy the plaintiffs the amount insured; and the agency of Wise, Farbridge, & Company, as alleged in the declaration, and the plaintiffs' interest in the subject matter of insurance to the amount of all the money by them insured thereon, are also admitted. It is agreed that the pleadings and policy annexed may be referred to by either party as part of this case, and that the Court shall r be at liberty to inspect maps and charts, ...