How A Very Important Service is Maintained from One Year's End to Another by the Revenue Cruisers And it is safe to say that, if the lights on the islands and rocks sur-the China Coast were not peri ically and systematically attended to, thoss liners could not have arrived here today.
This remark was made by a guest on board the revenue cruiser Haihsing recently, as those on board watched with interest a relat Messageries Maritimes liner and 9 huge Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer majestically glide into their berths after completing voyages from France and America, respectively.
A casual perusal of the remark will seem to convey nothing but an withstanding the civil wars, pirates, and the multitudinous troubles chieh China has passed and is still passing, not once has carry out its and accordingly kept the China coast lights burning. All cruisers commanded by expert foreign tors and all officers and rs also are foreigners, The Lighthouses Now ax to the lighthouses. themselves, The lighthouse known as the Turnabout is situated on an slond in the northern entrance to the Formosa Channel. The light here is visible for no less than 23 the matter, however, one will realize that it' reveals much more and gives one con thought, Travelling on one of the 1 ficent liners which almost arrive at this port from alli points of the world and observing at night tone of the lighthouses in China waters, it can well be imagined that miles and the illuminating—apparatus is equal to 750,000 candle The rock was first lighted The island is very exposed and on one occasion the visiting revenue cruiser was lying the vicinity for 18 days before it_was possible to effect a landing with supplies,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.