One of the Coreans was a litle girl ally proposed. Te crossing of the Shat-el-charge of Mr. Appenzeller, and amo Arab at Bassorah and of the various big riveers in the 76 miles between that and the those saved were the captain and purser, Persian frontier at Mohammerah, and the the former of whom will have to make a 50 miles beyond to Doral ould involve very full explanation of the affair. Too "Review" publishes the following from heavy and expensive bridging, The line Mr. Morsel?—""It has been sid that through Southern Persia and Baluchistan to Karachi, whether a coast route or one there is a rumour in Seoul that the reason of the collision was because there further inland is followed, would generally be heavy and expensive from the engineer-are no lighthouses along the coast. ing point of view. The distances would practical mariner I would like to say probably be 1,500 miles from the Turko that the blame cannot be thus shifted persian frontier to Karachi. The cost from the shoulders of the officers who this line should, however, be covered by were running the vessels, All evidences some 10,000!. a mile, or a total of 15,000, so far to hand shows they lost their heads 0001.; the remaining 1,000 miles or so would at the critic) moment. Even had there add five millions. The overland journey of been lights these could not have prevented some 2,500 miles from Alexandria to Kara-a collision. If officers are careless, the added source of danger, for it might give very presence of lighthouses may be an ceed 30 miles an hour, could be covered in chi, even if the Les of travel did not ex-alittle over 3} days, and the sea journey them a false feeling of security which from England 6$ days. Ten days should would lead to further disaster." This and troops in India from London by prac-seems to be to the point, concludes the tically an all-British route. Karachi is about "Review." Li, as we have always sup-450 miles from Quetta, 800 miles from posed, lighthouses are for the purpose of keeping ships on their proper course, ships Bombay, and 1,500 miles from Calcutta by railway.' By the present all-sea.route, vii. coming from opposite directions would be Gibraltar and Suez Canal, Karachi could more likely to come close together than if not be reached under 16 days at the quickest. there were no such lights.—Kobe Itis clear that a saving of "some 38 per cent Chronicle." in the time of transit from London to the We have received from the " Kihin Kai" (The Welcome Society of Japan), Afghan frontier night, under certain contingencies, become of vital importance. The the " Welcome Folio," containing beautiing of the 20 millions required could fully drawn maps of Japan and her and would, be considerably facilitated by principal cities, also a map of her latest-an Egyptian and Ottoman, Persian and acquired possession, Taiwan or Formosa.
Baluchistan guarantee, secured on the tithes It is a tastefully got up little work, with of the provinces crossed by the line. This silver bordering and gold lettering, the could be limited, as in the case of the letterpress, explanatory of the objects of Anatolian Railways, to assum not exceeding, the Society, being printed in English and ay, 3001. a mile a year, to cover the interes t French in parallel columns. The names at 3} per cent on a capital. The cir-on the maps are printed in different type cumstances of the British and Indian Goyernto denote, we suppose, the relative size ments being ce-interested in the line would and Importance of the places mentioned.
The Monthly Railway and Steamer Time insure the requisite capital being raised atate not exceeding 3k per cent,—"En-and Fare Tables, with Notes on Railways, gineering."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.