Vu Lu, an officer of the Premier button, brevet rank, a President of one of the Six Boards of Peking, cashiered but retained in office #8 Tartar-Gexeral of Foochow and Commissioner of the Foochow Arsenal and Dockyard, reports upon the official trial trip of the ship of war Chienching, built at the Foochow dock and shipbuilding yard. The ship's keel was laid in 1893 by th then Viceroy of Ming Che, T'an Chun-lin, and was destined to be a transport to carry grain for the Government, and the price of building her was estimated at Tls. 220,000, odd. The length of the Chien-ching between perpendiculars is 252-feet 7 inches, and breadth of beam 34 feet, 1 inch. depth of hold, 25 feet, 1 inch, and burthen 1,900 tons. The depth at the bow of the ship. when loaded, is 14 feet and 16 feet at the stern (all calculated in Chinese feet). In April, 1895, the engines of the Ohienching were put into her, consisting of compound Horizontal engines, with four boilers, two large and two small, the indicated horse-power of the engines being 1,600. It was at firet intended to have finished the vessel -this year, but,
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