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compass on this particular course? 379. What is meant by local attrac- tion? 380. The deviation on correct mag- netic ENE is 10 degrees Wly. and on NE by E 8 degrees Wly, the ship hav- ing this compass steers a compass course of NE by E'4E, the mean Var. being 3 degrees Ely, what is the true course made good? 381. Having found the deviation for the various points of your compass how do you know when it is easterly and how do you know when it is wes- terly? 382. Does the ship's head move the same in reality as that shown by a compass on board having considerable deviation? 383. How is it- possible for a ship's head to move more or less than what the compass shows the vessel's head to have turned in azimuth? 384. Why is the deviation different for the ship's head in different direc- tions? REPAIRS TO VESSELS. The Niagara Navigation Co., Toron- to, Ont., will put in a new condenser in the steamer Chippewa. -. Isaac Stephenson, Marinette, Wis., will make repairs to the hull of the steam yacht Bonita this winter. Capt, joann ©, Prange, St Cla, Mich., will enlarge the hatches of the steamer Isabella J. Boyce this winter. The. Warde. Transportation Co, Chicago, Ill., will put new toprails on steamer Niko and a new stern bearing this winter. : Ashley & Dustin, Detroit, Mich., - will put new bulwarks on the steamer Frank E. Kirby. and new flues in the boilers, The Rideau Lakes Navigation Co., © Kingston, Ont. will give a general overhauling to the Rideau Queen and Rideau King. The Grace Harbor Lumber Co., De- troit, Mich., will make general repairs to the steamer. Tempest and will put a new deck forward on the barge C. G. King. ae Le Rar, or Cleveland, O., will repair the crew's. quarters and deck aft of the schooner Donaldson and will install a new 20 H. P. boiler and fire deck pump. The schooner Fanny Neil will have. new rails and new stringers, some new calking and new decking abreast of cabin. Both schooners will be painted in the spring. The Cleveland & Buffalo Trans:t Co. will give the City of Erie and City, S ' "TAE Marine REVIEW of Buffalo a general overhauling of hull, cabins and state rooms. Both ships will be painted throughout. The Ionia Transportation Co., De- troit, Mich. will renew part of the throat sheets of both furnaces of the steamer Tonia and thoroughly clean the interior of shell. F. W\ Gilchrist, Alpena, Mich., will make repairs to the hull of the steamer F. C. Hall, to the boilers of the tug John Owen and to the hull of the steamer Sam Flint and schooner King- ston. The Wallace & Cunningham Transit Co., Dearborn, Mich., will make gen- eral repairs to the steamer W. B. Mor- ley. New planking also will be placed forward and some new floor in the hold. The steamer Annie Laurie, owned by CC. McG Koch, Sandusky, O.. will have new deck beams and new upper works aft, together with some new planking and the entire hull will be re-calked. The steamer C. H. Starke, owned by Paul. H. Hoeft, Roger City, Mich, is now laid up at Detroit and will have new bulwarks, new _ stringers, new calkings, new rails, new deck and some new deck beams. The Ann Arbor railroad will rebuild the hull of the Ann Arbor No. 1 next summer. The sister ship No. 2 was rebuilt during the. past summer at a cost of $65.000 and the company con- templates similar repairs to No. If. The Hope Transit -Co, Detroit, Mich., will make slight repairs to the. bulwarks of the steamer W.-R. Staf- ford. The valve stems will be trued up and brass bushings where required and new fire box in boiler and throat sheets. The steamer Traverse, owned by Stephen Jones, will be given a general overhauling this winter. General re- pairs will be made to the steamers Cherokee and schooners owned by W. S. Brainard, of Toledo. Both vessels are 2t Toledo. The -Detroit River Transit Co., De- troit, Mich., will rebuild the steamer Desmond above the water line and in- stall a new system of boiler heating. The company expects to have the largest and best wooden sand sucker on the lakes. The Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co., No. Tonawanda, N. Y., is giving its fleet a thorough overhauling this win- ter. The boiler has been taken out of the steamer Veronica and the boiler from the steamer Lewiston installed in its place. New decks will be placed in Chippewa al the steamérs: C.F. cOurtis, Nee eo land.and T, S.:Passe: The fleet of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. and-.the Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co., will have a general overhauling with new interior decorations. The steamer Samuel Marshall, owned by the Central Can- ada Coal Co., Ltd. Brockville, Ont., now laid up at Detroit: will have a new deck and enlarged hatches and new steam steerer will be installed and ~ repairs made to engines and boiler. The Leatham & Smith Towing & . Wrecking Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., has changed the name of the tug A; J. Wright to Smith. During the winter this company will raise the deck 12 in. and put in new beams, deck and cabin and will also install a fire pump. The engine will be changed from 26 and 30 to fore and aft compound 18 and 54 by 45 in. with independent air pump and condenser. Repairs will also be made to the deck of the tug Leatham. Slight repairs will be made to the upper works of the steamer Allegheny of . Allegheny Transportation Co's fleet. -E..17.. Carrington, Bay Cay, ~ Mich.; to repair damages sustained in collision on Lake Superior Oct. 27. General repairs will be made to the steamer Seguin, owned. by J. B. Miller, Toronto, Ont., necessitated by collis- ion with the steamer Sir Louthian Bell. : wien, The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., Montreal, will make extens've re- pairs to its fleet. The steamer Quebec will be stripped entirely and length- ened 20 ft. The steamer Montreal will have anew _ shaft. The steamer To- ronto extensive repairs to her engines. The steamer Beaupre repairs to guard and cabins and the steamer La Prairie will be remodeled. The rest of the fleet will undergo the usual: renova- -- tion. | i The Indiana Transportation Co., Michigan City, Ind., has purchased the steamer Soo City from A. Booth & Co., and will use her as an auxiliary steamer during the coming season b_tween Mich- igan City and Chicago. The steamer © which is now laid up at Duluth will be thoroughly overhauled and rebuilt. -------- The Canadian steamer Winona which was wrecked on Big Duck Island, has | been abandoned to the underwr.ters as a constructive total loss. The Winona which was owned by R. O. and A. B. McKay, of Toronto, went ashore late in the fall with a cargo of cement. She > was released by the wrecker Favorite and taken to Collingwood.