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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY STEAMER FOR CANADA. The contract for the construction of a steamer for the Canadian Hydrographic Survey, Pacific coast, has lately been awarded to the British Columbia Ma- rine Railway. €o., of Esquimalt, "i, ©. She is to be completed and delivered ready for service on July 1, 1907. The designs for this vessel were approved by the Hon. Mr. Brodeur, minister of marine and fisheries on April 15, 1906, and public tenders were immediately in- wited. - The plans 'etc, owere. prepared in the office of Mr. W. J. Stewart, hy- "THE MaARINE. REVIEW draught she will carry 150 tons of coal and have a displacement of 780 tons. She will be of steel throughout, with a double bottom and seven water-tight compartments, bilge keels and large fresh water tanks. She is intended to be slight- ly stronger than. Lloyds require, both in plating and frames. OUTBOARD PROFILE OF HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY STEA MER, She: will have two decks, main and spat. ~The main deck forward will be sheltered by extending the bulwarks right up to the spar deck for a distance Of 35° 4t bath and wash rooms for crew, refrig- erator, vegetable locker, etc. Under this shelter will be On this - ai mate, and bath, pantry and saloon for ship's officers. In a small house on the spar deck will be wheelhouse, cabin for sailing master and large. airy chart room. Abaft the smokestack will be fitted six pairs Wel- vin patent davits for two launches, two gigs and two dories, with steam winch for hoisting them. This 'spar deck will be the full size of the main deck below. Over the wheelhouse will be the bridge, extending from side to side and fitted in-the usual way. The main accommodation will be fit- ted below the main deck. The crew and INBOARD PROFILE OF HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY STEAMER, : drographer, in Ottawa, by Mr, R. L. Newman, of Victoria, B. C., and are for a twin-screw, schooner-rigged steamer, with smokestack amidships, 172 ft. long over all,. 163 ft. between Lloyds perpen- diculars, 27 ft. molded width, 15 ft. deep and drawing 11 ft. 3 in. On this deck will be a'steel house 90 ft. long by 18% ft. wide, leaving a passage on each side 4 ft. wide. In this house will be situated saloon and smoking room, with pantry and storeroom aft for sur- veying staff, large engine room,. boiler room, galley, cabins for engineers and * firemen in separate quarters forward, petty officers in cabins between forecastle and coal bunkers, and the surveying staff abaft the engine room, four large cab- ins and bath room for assistants, and cabin, sitting room and bathroom for the officer in charge. She is expected