1 mometer eter at linehade. 9 aa, owns a large iron always, &o., and is fully equi building and repairing of the The government has contributed largely to the success of the same both directly and indierotly. the new tariff law all materials intended for Up to the time of going {ato operation of ship-building wore imported free of duty. The new law exempts from all duty such amatoralo a8 antar into the construction, Fovernment uss fostered the growth of this ira oF equipment of sea-going "he
industry ting here for many of ite War-vessels, 'A burried inspection of me by on in such matters lid not of cours forming of a opinion as to the merits of the work-
finish and inattention to nicety of detail cou Faanabip, ote, However, the inferiority of not escape, the eye of a lynx accustomed to the handiwork of the American mechanic. Tt rant pity that Chinese authori Te la therefore not surpris ince the organisation of these worl more than 3,000 Stationary, Locomo Marine Boilers have been di red."
The Vulcan has built a large number of merchantmen and men-of-war for different Among others for the German Navy, are the ironclad frigate Preussen, the corvettes Leipzig, Prinz Adelbert, Stosch, Stein, the ironclad corvettes Sachsen, W'uertemberg, the Flush-Deck corvettes Carola and Olga. For the Ras Navy the Toryedo boats Raketa and Samopal and for the ket Ca, to run between Hamburg and New York and an ironclad for the Chinese Government, the last one being the one hundredth built by the Valoan, which is employing now about 3,000 workmen.
The following testimonial explain them-solves.
hereby certify with pleasure, that Stettin Maschinenbaw-Actien-Gesellschaft, can, (Vulcan Tron Ship-building and Engi Works), has built for the Imperial Germ:
ber of m r, among ethel frigate, a corvettes, war of any The Chief of the Admiralty, (L.S.) sig. Vox Stoscs. 1879.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.