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ward VII Land, a virgin field for ex- ploration. The exploration is to con- tinue for two years, the Endurancé re- turning to New Zealand after the first winter for supplies. Capt. E. Francke, of the wrecked steamship Dakota has appealed to United | States Supervising Inspector Captain John Bermingham from the decision of the United States local inspectors at Seattle recommending that no license should be issued to him for two years and six months, his license having ex- pired during the investigation, Francke takes the ground that the rules of the department do not allow inspectors to refuse a license to any competent man. Should his contention be true he will escape punishment other than the official reprimand for the loss of the ship. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha Trans-Pa- cific line will begin the retirement of the fleet consisting of the American Maru, Hongkong Maru and the Nip- pon Maru from their. service at. once and will replace these three vessels with three larger ones, two of which are now building, while the steamers now visiting San Francisco will ply between the Orient and South Amer- ican ports. The new vessels will be between: 5,000 and 6,000 tons displace- ment, which is about 1,500 tons larger than those in service at present. new boats are to be fitted with tur- bine engines and will burn oil for fuel. The Toledo Fuel Co. has leased a new dock in the Toledo & Ohio Cen- tral slip. The dock 4s directly oppo- site the Brown ore unloading ma- chines, and so located that tow barges or steamers can readily heave across the slip and take on fuel during the noon hour or after quitting time. The dock will also be used for load- ing the company's fuel lighter. The material for the new dock is all on the ground and two pile drivers are ready to begin work at once. «It will be equipped with a McMyler ma- chine of 20 tons capacity. The new machine will be shipped this week. The Kumeric.and the Suveric, the two largest steamships of the Wier fleet, are soon to be placed steamship service from Seattle to Japan and China, going through to Manila. The vessels will be run in conjunction with the fleet of the Boston Steamship Co., the sailings being so arranged as to come in between those of the Boston Steamship Co. These two vessels, with the exception of the Minnesota, are the largest to engage in the Oriental trade, having a cargo-carnying capacity of 17,000 measurement tons or 12,000 tons dead weight. Both ships are practi- cally new. A magnificent silver service was pre- The . in a regular "TAE MarRINE. REVIEW sented to the battleship Kansas at the League Island navy yard on June '17, the state of Kansas being the donor. The presentation speech was made by Gov. E. R. Hoch, the ceremony being held on the main deck of the battleship and being witnessed by a number of. prominent residents of Kansas and by naval officers. The decorative scheme of the service includes the sunflower, the emblem of the state of Kansas, and the seals of the state and the navy. The Kansas chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution also presented the ship with a stand of colors. The rumor is again current on the Pacific coast that the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. may extend its line from Panama to San Francisco and Puget Sound. It is also probable that the far east will be included by the in- stitution of a triangular service, the vessels to go up the coast from Salina Cruz, proteeding to the fdr east -and- back to: Salina. Cruz, omitting a call at Honolulu. The company has added _a tonnage of about 18,000 to its fleet in the past' year, its fleet aggregating altogether more than 200,000 _ tons, while five new vessels have been or- dered recently. The passengers on the American liner Philadelphia bound for New York were recently treated to the unusual sight of a mirage of the French liner La Lorraine, which was at the time twenty-five miles ahead of the Phila- delphia and slightly off the starboard bow. The reflection was of an _ in- verted vessel sailing across the sky with smoke pouring from her, stacks and with passengers walking about on her decks. So clear was the likeness that those on the Philadelphia could make out the .officers on the bridge and the captain pacing up and down. The mirage lasted for an hour and a half. : The Delaware, Lackawanna. & Western railway has purchased of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co., its ferry steamers Woodbury and Callahan,. recently built for the ser- vice between Washington, D. C., and Alexandria, Va. The Woodbury was under charter to the Old Dominion 'Steamship Co. for its Jamestown ex- position service but she has been re- leased by that company and together with the Callahan will be employed in the ferry service at New York. The latter, now under charter to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. for exposition service is not to be re- leased until November. : To diminish the rolling of vessels, M. V. Cremieux has devised a new compen- sator, which, it is said, so diminishes the amplitude of oscillations, that those 'yards and only yards. 17 which would make an angle of 22 deg. with the vertical are reduced by about 17 deg. Inside the vessel, regarded as a kind of pendulum, is placed a second pendulum, oscillating round ° an axis which coincides with the vessel's own axis of oscillation. This pendulum is immersed in a chamber completely filled with a viscous liquid; and, when the vessel rolls, the pendulum mass, which always remains in the vertical line pass- ing through the ship's center of grav- ity, will, it is claimed, tend to lessen the oscillatory motion. The appropriation of $60,000 for the building of a new buoy boat to assist the United States beacon light Lilly in her service of the fifteenth light- house district, comprising from Cairo to St. Paul on the upper Mississippi, and from Sts, Louts to LaSalle on the Illinois river, and the Missouri to Kansas City, will be available after July 15 and no doubt the construction | of the steamer will be commenced. Es- timates are now being taken. As the Missouri river has a line of steamers, service that has been abandoned in that' stream will be inaugurated and the buoy boat will be a great acces- sion, aiding. the Lilly in her vast terri- tory. When the German battleships Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein have been launched Germany will have twenty-four battleships afloat, having each a displacement of from 10,000 to 13,200 tons. In the new period of naval construction which will now be- gin the displacement will be increased to 18,000 tons and the armament will be completely altered. It is expected that this will increase the cost of build- ing from £1,212,500 to £1,825,000. The twenty-four battleships above men- tioned constitute the total output in battleships during the reign of the present emperor. Of this number eighteen have been built in private six in government Commodore Robert G. Denig, U. S. N., was recently relieved of the com- mand of the department of steam en- gineering at the League Island navy yard by' 'Commdr: J.» K. Batton. * Since Commdr. Denig took charge of the de- partment four years ago, the antiquated machinery and frame sheds have been abolished and there now stands near the head of the new dry dock a modern ma- chinery plant, installed in the hand- somest buildings of the kind owned by the government. The last of these, the machine shop, was, formally opened recently. In a farewell address to his force Commdr. Denig said that the yard will' be the greatest and most important navy yard in the United States. Commdr.