Norfolk Day Book

M. Lesseps, the projector and President of the Suez Canal, publishes the following notification: The Suez Canal will be opened throughout to navigation on the 17th of November, 1869, with the depth of water eight metres. On the occasion of the inauguration merchant vessels, and those belonging to various governments, presenting themselves at the two extremities of the canal—viz., at Port Said and Suez—on the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of November, will be exempt from all dues. From November 21, conformably with article seventeen of the Act of Concession, the rate of passage through the canal will be fixed at ten francs a head for passengers, and per ton according to the legal tonnage measure of the respective nations. The administration will publish, shortly, regulations for the navigation of the canal, comprising rates of pilotage, towage, &c.