... LIFE ON OUR SAILING SHIPS. IIO\ TOMAK JACK MORE 11APPY. eI Forecastle life in a sailhig ship is uitterly dlevoid if ev-ery ?? of 7 the smallest approach to the corn fort that tile poot-est agrilcultural ama ouer ci joys inl Enlgi and, witdh the singlc ...

... tonnage from thle register amounts to 416,385 tons; and, ot sailing tonnage, to 153,619 tons or, in all, to 570,004 tons gross. About 53 per cent. of the steam tonnage, and 55 percent. oI the sailing tonnage, included in these figures, has been removed from ...

... rapidly superseding iron, while sailing 'esce's, cveo of large size, are found unable to compete wvith the newest type of stoacier. The following is a statement of number and gross tonnage Oc icron anc steel steamers and sailing vessels the construction of ...

... the sailing tonnage, or 39% per cent. of the whole. The Clyde was thus a little ahead of the east coast, but less so in steamers than in sailing vessels. Last year, on the contrary, the Clyde turned out only 131,443 steam tons and 56,678 sailing tons; ...

... construction in this country. We doubt if sailing vessels will be entirely driven off the face of the waters until a chcaper mode of transit than) steam shall have been devised. All the same, it is beyond doubt that sailing tounnage is not increasing, but is ...

... losses of sailing vessels. Some 22 per cent. of the vessels removed from the merchant fleets can trace the cause to con- demnnation, dismantling, &c. Collision at sea is responsible for 13 per cent. of the steamers' losses, and here the sailing vessels ...

... country has been 783,399 tons gross, and of sailing tonlage, 64,383 tons gross ; or, in all, 847,782 tons gross, The gross deduction of steam tonliage from the register amounts to 531,910 touls, and, of sailing tonnage, to 177,162 tons; or, in all, to 709 ...

... wide. It further appears that the numerous fishincg boats and other crfit, as a rule, use mat sails made of bamboo, while one or two small boats use sails Invade of Amnerican driill. On this point Mr. Gardner makes the following suggestion: 1 think ...

... necessary, for war purposes, a further 15 per 100 tons. The navigation bounties were: 1 f. 50 c. per net ton for every 1,000 miles sailed during the first year of a vessel's existence, with a gradual diminution of 0.075 f. for wooden and 0.05 f. for iron ships ...

... 2'S per cent. There have been no more bullion operations at the Bank of England. The following gold ships are known to have sailed from Melbourne for England :-The .Suf cr1, with 40,000 oz. ; the Kent, with 39,526 oz. ; the ohlo/zdcle. with 16,421 oz. the ...

... there were added to the sailing shipping 148,182 tons, but, on the other hand, there were deducted by wreck, breaking-up, sale to the colonies or foreign countries 307,406 tons. At the end of the year con- sequently, the sailing shipping was diminished ...

... direction of the Bureau Veritas dealing with the mercantile marines of the world are intelr- esting. They show that the number of sailing vessels of fifty tolls auid over now in existence is 28,885, with an aggregate net capacity ot 8,893,769 tons. The number ...