Tu response to instractions from the Grand Couneit, Admiral Sah, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Peiyang Squadron, made n detailed report, Tecently, to Peking of the actual numerical strength of the entire Chinese Navy, which is composed of the Peiyang, Nanyang, Min-Che, and Kuangtung squadrons, We give below an outline of the report on the question:—Thirteen cruisers (new and o'd) aggregating 32,500 ons displacement thirteen gunboats, total displacement, 10,350 tons; ten transports, total displacement 11,000 tons; three torpedo boat destroyers, tots] 1,500 tons; and two dispatch vessels, total 9,520, or an aggregate displacement of 57,870. ons.
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