mail tender and tow boat, the of about 97 tons register, built t the order of the Shanghai Tag Boat TA., was most successfully launched xt Messrs. Farnham, Boyd and Co's Pootung Dock (formerly Boyds' Dock) on Thurs lay afternoon (4th inst,). The weather was all Uhit could be desived, but there were only " small number of yaests and senators present. Among these present re Mr. ant Mrs. Colin Buchanan, and Mrs. Shorrock, the Messrs, J. Prentice, J. Liddell, Chas, Hay, J. W. Gande, the Darwent, and J. Smithers. lag-decorated pi 1 AS ery vetoed ut the live of the vessel, ni suspended tru her by a red, white and blue ribbon was a bottle of wine with a bouquet of Hhiwers tel portly before 4 welocs the nests mounted the platform, and the christening ceremony was gracefully performed by Mrs. Colin Buchanan. The munching was most success fal, the vessel tuking the water and coming to anchor without " hitch. Mr. Prentice then invited the guests to the offices where refreshments were provided, and the usual toasts, success to the new ship and health and prosperity to the owners and builders, were drunk, Mr. Prentice proposed the health of Mrs. Bachawvan and thanked her for the important part thst she had taken in the ceremony. He also proposed success to the new ship and her owners. Mr, Buchanan sophed on behalf of Mrs, Buchanan andas director of the Shangl Tag Bart Ca, Ld. He said that the Vieturia was a splendid, addition to the fleet of the Company. The bust could be used both as a passenger tender and a tow-boat. It had been specially built for the double purpose, and having been constructed by Messrs, would inseriptiva on He wou' now call 1 Mr. J. Lildell, as the of the Tox Boat 6 success ty the was proposed in chosen words by Mr. remarked Mrs. Buch sua ally performed pericues in the cot was quite sure that th not fail to he a suees. splendid ex: notion of Lovs, he new Victoria could The Vietoric eas been "built ons) lines for use as a mail tender or Her dick sty the fore'snor ior who is conversant with the The Chinese never fe riosiry of weeater att a never onder at their prtriarehal ways, n, ok of logic, and ability to the wt seeming exs-tials. he fanily rel, opium suicides, eries of loaded and gong. and iting xt his heels, ble amon tot fleas is oe Lor a doy—they.
from borodin' on bein' a dog," mand both Chinese a foreigners in the interior can hear w ness be its truthfulness, with harawonl panels and ete be apholstere coiling 18 to be fin the attitu lo of both people avd ollicisls differs From tat of dwellers in treaty por less veiling of meaning less exe terior itoness, srg of the vol win disphyed. "When they are good ave very. very gool, and when they which gers can deposit Uheir weeps and lend.
Tu the afer part is a ty the lower satuon, At the howd of tie "tuitease are tw carved Hors and the entrance is protected by a balust 'The lower saloon is also to bs upholstered in rel velvet. 'The ling is panelled and will be fivishel in white and Phis saloon be With entrance yor saloon there is a luries'
ory. Aft of the saloon is a passe feom which ove enters the zentlanen'
Tu this passage is the arch for hold, which ete ds under the Alufe of this is the stairway upper deck. Forward, on the oppe is the wheelhouse fited wih powe han? steering-gear, In front of this is a Chadhurn's repeating telegraph far com dicating with? me rom. In contre of the upper deck, which will be ished with sea's for the accommo loti of passengers, is a mast for si poses. In the deck house aft, are the rances to the boiler room and en 2 mn; on the slarhowd side is the foreize Ivy and on the pot side a native g-hey, aft of which ty with teak fi In the boiler roam, on level with the deck, is a forced draught on she pert sile'and a ventilator on ide. Abift of the engine posts, and agents' roo: ing, attache which ein he used as a smoke roon will be suitably upholstered and paint out in white." Right aft, below dec', i water-ballast tank, ud can. be res'
Chiehow is only 45 English po wiily only portion of her ink bitints have ever asteumboat, a Customs officer, or a fore curiaze, They haven't tine. The whole strict has only two foreign Lunilies Jingle men, and their tion.
"Like people, Tike priest" has been their policy. A' few years ago it seemed as hopeless to win their friends ko down their mountains with a pop= and patty balls Changes in those at the herd of affairs have been ina measure fe for the prose st harm mnious Tie ollivials have worked in harmon:
with the Nanking Viesroy to such an extent that not a tile or a brick: has cone up missing during the long enforced absence of ast year. Foreignes and property have ben perfectly p Sheng (Bor), the present Chen Wl, las had two terms of ellice ove jthisdistric'. All classes have b-on pleased {with his work, When leaving the city the close of his fi st term ths people hung his shoos over the city yates as a hint to {his successors to walk in his steps. He {his written, 1 ent hi stay of the city, illustrate ant drawing, His whole eu foreigners. Wa lym in the northern put of Arhui pr Vines, he saved two of them from a mob ich the cxrolessness and indifference of days of last {then with ay:
With the stra jo Nanking sifely, y rigid hand dealt both soldiers 5 ting down There also avery sp. {frem the North and the dangerous deck ait which em bs used local characters, The foremost Incal secret cither by passengers or for baggage. had to go bull for the good behaviour tha starboard side, suspended of their leader, an influential young man in from davits, is a life boat. The the dimensions of the V are: Length,. When the famous (or infamous) edict of over all, feet; Tength between the Empress Dowager became known to perpendiculars, 130 feet; extreme breadth, the elders of the city, they strongly 5 feet; m buted depth, 12 feet. Her feated horse-power will be about 800. Her engines are of the compound surface-condensing type, and the boilers are advised him to take forma possession of the foreign ebmpounds, using one as a i yamen, the other as military head-quarters, He didn't do it.
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