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14 - | : TRAE MarINE REVIEW MERCHANT MARINE OF ALL COUNTRIES. 'The thirty-sixth annual issue of the "General Register of the Merchant Navies of all Countries,' published every autumn by the Bureau Veritas, has made its appearance and the figures therein show that the number of sailing ships of 50 tons and upwards now existing is 27,122, with a total measurement of 7,620,679 register tons, against 26. 873, of 7,811,957 tons, a year ago. Of steamers of 100 tons and up- wards there are 14,018, measuring 28,369,140 register gross tons and 17,799,102 tons net, against 17,532, with 27,900,457 tons gross and 17,188,661 tons net. This apparent falling off in the number of steamers is stated in an explanatory note to arise from the fact that last year's figures included a number of vessels of less than 100 tons that were. registered with the Bureau Veritas but that this year all these small vessels _ have been left out. The sailing fleets are dealt with first in the book, and the number of ships and their aggregate ton- nage under the flags of the different countries owning 10,000 tons and pees are thus set out: 1905-6. 1904-5. Revyister Register : No. tons. No. tons Britis: eck 6,589 1,912,360 6,773 2,080,243 American 042) 25 3,705 1,513,178 3,550 1,465,819 Norwegian. ") 2.4 1,647 741,070 1,661 749,354 OSSIAN Go oe cece 3,243 506,165 2,535 534,166 Pee | 1454 517,009 1,549 494,123 ernie' 026 88 055 492,411 948 506,010 OVAMME os aise es 1,500 445,002 1,440 523,910 OMWOdISh koi oes 1,473 200,013, 4 1,484, 262,899 AMISH eos Sea 879 178,262 1,582 173,305 Pigreek, ... 1.2). eae bases 880 167,243 867 170,147 Papanese' 5080, (a. 280 166,723 889 184,220 VSG Sol 120,441 791 121,662 Duley 651 89,918 670 90,573 poate 541 85,583 524 86,323 Wraeiian <3 eke: « 240 TAAT5 345 76,252 Portuguese o.oo... 206 53,505 270 56,449 Argentine. 6.6... 6. 161 40,581 90 42,222 Citlien le 84 30,340 156 43,394 Uruguayan 2.4... Te 31,002: 76 32,053 Peravian 6.3... 85 25,039 36 24,662 ANieetidn veo. te 105 416,776 102 _ 19,494 Gia 8 eee e. 120 11,605 120 12,066 Wresi@an 0.6 o0 5. 20 8,451 32 10,564 It appears from the foregoing figures that the sailing tonnage of only six of the countries in the list has in- creased--namely, America, Russia, France, Sweden, Turkey, and Peru--while the other countries own less than they did last autumn. A list is next given of the countries owning over 10,000 tons gross of steam vessels; and the steam tonnage under each flag, compared with that of a year ago, is thus recorded: 1805-6. 1904-5." N>. lens gross. No, Tons gross. Bitiee a 6.079 ne 919,578 8,406 14,889,175 Geran oe, 1,273 3:023;433 1,479 2,887,130 Actretican oe. 00.3 876 1,750,327 QOL. 1,720,176 Bench 64 eee 577 1,222,008 835 1,266,486 Norweplan 4.6... g16 1,057,822 1,037 1,030,637 Japanese 662. es 502 843,710 550 645,978 Reset 0. 2, SBF 637757 590 637,114 Tala cee 340 696,500 370 738,212 Spanish: 0c. es 386 679,645 456 Fi2775 ute ee 319 644,961 302 631,600 Swedish oot 662 567,060 730 528,728 Ausitiat.. 40.4: te 28k 559,096 206 555,482 Dams 226 384 528,095 408 511,310 Greg) eo, iis 331,921 201 347,160 Belkan) oc. 0s es 85 162,005 126 154,093 Bea mliat oes ck, 192 145,502 202 136,214 Vuteied, i. ks 35 98,356 iTiA 103,915 Afoentine 4. ...4..5 TOI 85,321 120 78,005 Crman ee: 40 ol pki pee 54 65,066 CRIRESE sy ee, 35 56,289 43 56,476 Portuguese' 4 ..4.,.- 28 49,439 40 48,180 Cuba ee, aC tO 45,031 43 41,581 Rowgiaian 52.1.5 .4 i 25,281 26 25,193 IVEORICHIN Ss 31 21,220 30 17,800 Litueuavan (oor. 21 20003 -. 32 26,822 Heveuan tie II 10,260 15 11,274 "Here. we fitid a falling: off in eight cases--namely,' France, Italy,, Spain, Greece, Turkey, China, Uruguay, and Egypt-- while the steam tonnage of all the other: countries has in- creased in the past twelve months. In conclusion, we annex a.table showing the total steam and sailing tonnage under the flags of all the nations (stated in round figures) in each year," commencing with 1893: Automn : Steamers. Sailers. Ei taln net of Net reg. tons. Rey. tons. reg. tons 1003 ees 9,074,000 9,829,000 19,503,000 ind ASR ies «2 OOAL000 9,547,000 19,541,000 Tagg 2 eee 2s « 10{360,000 9,324,000 19,684;000 T0008 oe ae ss < 10;70T,000 9,136,000 19,897,008 MOO re 11,427,000 8,894,000 20,321,000 $008 fe 11,087,000 8,693,000 20,380,000 Hog: 2 ee 12,165,000 8,347,000 20,512,000 IQ00) Boeke ee 13,465,000 8,2¢5,000 21,670,000 TOO ee a 14,663,000 8,119,000 22,782,000 $002) Beco hae 15,431,000 8,078,000 23,510,000 O03. Og 16,317,000 8,066,000 24,383,000 HOOW i. ss oe 17,189,000 7,813,000 25,002,009 TOG ee ae .. 17,700,000: «7,621,000 25,420,000 THE UNITED STATES THIRD IN NAVAL STRENGTH. During the twenty-three years from 1883 to 1905 the appro- priations for the naval establishment of the United States have passed the billion-dollar mark. The total and the dis- tribution among the years are given in the following table, . prepared by Clerk Pulsifer, attached to the Senate Committee on. Naval Affairs: IS68.. 3s ak. $14,819,976.80 POOSe ue. $25,475,362.57 TSa4. 16,782,695.02 $C 4, 30,615,714.43 TOOR ee alse ' 16,252,920.01 #007 5.20). . 31,220,004 57 TOOOy 6 16,052,050.88 P06 2 125,301,975.78 POOP ee. - 16,489,907.20 TOO fi. 62,547,793.06 TROD 4 553 26,263,054.76 TOGOM? J205 6. Fe 53,582,770.90 TB8O. < esis ise .22;550,087.38 LOOt oo. 69,516,775.45 Th00 22,266,063.62 O02 Go 84,382,551.80 pol oa, 25,320,922.00 1003 3 84,672,048.73 1802 732). 31,664,850.70 TOO4 Ss 103,633,115.40 108 ii 23,611,257.99 1006 115,420,997.75 1894. ccs < 22,304,124,00 ----_--___ Ot ee bee eo, 1,040,449,011.79 As will be seen from the above table, the greatest expendi- tures on account of the navy were in the years 1808, 1905 and 1904, in the order named. In each of those years the expenditures exceeded $100,0c0,000. A table comparing the relative strength of the great navies of the world places the United States third in the list. Great Britain, of course, stands at the head with a tonnage of 1,907,998 tons, distributed among 497 vessels, of which sixty- one are battleships. France is second with 800,958 tons, dis- tributed among 533 vessels, of which twenty-five are battle- ships. The United States is third with 701,797 tons, dis- tributed among 158 vessels, of which 25 are battleships. After the United States follow in order Germany, Japan, Rus- sia, Italy and Austria. ALTERATION ON THE VIRGINIAN. The Allan Line turbine steamer Virginian, is about to be taken in hand by the builders, Messrs. Workman Clark &' Co., Belfast, for a change of propellers, three-bladed propellers taking the place of the four-bladed ones now on the shafts. To compensate for the loss of a blade, the new propellers will have an increased diameter of one foot. The number of revolutions will also be reduced to about 300. The alteration will,-it is believed, add materi- ally to the success of the ship, for the edge friction will be greatly minimized by the smaller number of blades and the slower engine speed. The new propellers will be of the best metal, and great care has been exercised in selecting the pitch. H. M. Ship Iris has been subjected to a similar change of propellers, with the result that the high speed she had previously attained was increased by at least a knot.