Tsingtao, too, the super numerary second engineer, who is said to be an ex-Engineer Admiral in the Chinese Navy, was made "First Chief Engineer." He is stated to be in possession of First Class Engineer's Certificate No. 0001, issued by the Chinese Department of Mercantile Marine and Good for five years. Two of the inoer cadets were offered a Joint salary of $160 a month to assume the duties of assistant engineers to help to take the vessel to Hongkong. They refused.
Altogether, it appears to have been a most Interesting cruise,
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