Hindostan (P&O) The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation company (P&O), founded in 1822, has been awarded the service of mail to Alexandria, then to India. It has been delivered the steam packet ship Hindostan for linking Suez with Calcultta, where lie the seats of the Governor-General and of the East India Company's government. ¤ The P&O operates the line Southampton-Gibraltar-Malta-Alexandria, firs segment of the route to India, through steamers as Oriental and Royal L