An item gave an example of the huge freight costs in England at that moment. The newspaper Times reported that for a 2.000 ton clipper lying at Liverpool 12.000 l. st was paid for just for one return voyage to Australia. It was also difficult to find British sailors which asked extra ordinary high wages despite that foreign sailors were active on the British labour market. However the newspaper admitted that as a result of the more as ever full loading of the ships, the comfort for the sailors even more decreased.
