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TAE Marine REVIEw : | 15 results will be better when the experience oe sea perform- ances is applied. Statistical tables of the traffic on the Suez canal in 1905 and the two preceding years have just been issued by the company. The total number of vessels that passed through the canal was in 1903, 3,761; 1904, 4,237; and in 1905, 4,116. The British flag was represented in the three years, respec- tively, by 2,278, 2,679, and 2,484 ships. The tonnage was in 1903, 16,615,309 tons gross; in 1904, 18,661,092 tons gross; and in 1905, 18,310,442 tons gross. The 'share of Britain being in 1903, 10,215,252 tons gross; in 1904, 12,164,591 tons gross; and in 1905, 11,505,796 tons gross, while the British tonnage declined in 1905, compared with 1904, the German and French increased, the former by 211,941 tons, and the latter by 104,518 tons. The British admiralty has decided to take out a policy : representing in value $50,000,000 to. cover the nation's risk and liability, consequent on the inclusion of British mer- chant ships in the great scheme of naval maneuvers to be carried out next June. It is recognized that as the man- euvers will be carried out under conditions approximating das far as possible to suddenly arising warfare, the various ves- sels both naval and commercial, will be exposed to consid- erable risk, especially at night, when, as is probable, some vessels will be steaming without lights to evade capture. The rate mutually agreed upon between the admiralty and a committee of London underwriters is 3s 9d per cent, so that the premium payable by the admiralty will aggregate be- tween $85,000 to $90,000. been allocated to members of Lloyds, while the other half has been offered to the large marine insurance companies in London and Liverpool. The policy covers damage to ships or cargoes, and in some quarters the opinion is expressed that the premium is not adequate to the risk, but the major- ity of the underwriters and insurance firms, it is said, will agree to be represented in the $50,000,000 policy, if only on patriotic grounds. The February returns of the Manchester Ship Canal Com- pany show receipts to be $169,500, against $142,930 in Feb- ruary last year, or an increase of $26,570. The total increase for the two months of the current year is $46,755. YARROW'S NEW YARD. Considerable interest is attached to the general arrange- ment and constructional details of the new ship, building yard of Messrs. Yarrow & Co., Ltd., on the Clyde, as it was naturally anticipated that a firm with progressive ideas and large experience would aim at the embodiment of the best possible practice. Great satisfaction will be experienced when it is noted that in this work the firm are to have the advantage of the skill in design and ingenuity in construc- tion of Sir William Arrol & Co., of Glasgow. The contract for the whole of the constructional work of the new yard has been let to this company, and it is hoped that it will be possible to begin the building of vessels by the commence- ment of next year. It is too soon to enter into details as to this work. The general arrangement, however, has now been fixed, and the total area to be comprised within the works is 1214 acres, but the company has the right of taking an equal area of vacant land to the east of the new site. On the area acquired, which has a frontage to the river of 750 ft., with a depth of 700 ft., there is to be constructed a fitting-out basin 320 ft. long and 85 ft. wide, 'set at a slight angle to the flow of the river, so as to facilitate the entrance and exit of vessels, while to the east of this there will be several building berths, at the end of which the platers' shed will be constructed. To the west of the basin will be the carpenters' and pattermakers' shop and the smithy. Close to the landward boundary there will be, on the west side of the entrance to the works, the engine shop, having a total One-half of the whole policy has -- gineering. | length of 210 ft., and divided into three bays, 50 ft., 6s Tt, and 36 ft. wide respectively ; while to the east there will be a boiler shop of 300 ft. in length, with three bays, 35 ft., 65 ft, and 50 ft. in length respectively. The offices will be located between these two shops, with the entrance, close by which the railway siding will pass; One of the new features -- is the construction of a gantry 500 ft. long, with columns for the accommodation of a large electric crane of go-ft. span, so that the boilers may be taken from the shops, and the heavy loads from the engine works, right down over the fitting-out basin. This fitting-out basin will be completely covered over by a roofing, entirely glazed, carried on col- umns 90 ft. apart, on which the crane from the gantry already referred to will travel. In this way the loads may be conveyed direct from the boiler or engine works. and deposited in any ship lying in the basin. On either side of the main roof over the basin there will be lean-to roofs, so that the workmen engaged on the wharf or aboard the vessels will be entirely free from interference owing to weather. The side roofing will be of 25-ft. span, so that the total width of roof over the basin will be 140 ft. It will thus be seen that the whole of the work will be carried on under roof, except on the building berths; but it has not yet been decided whether these shall also be cov- ered in. Sir William Arrol & Co. have sublet-the construc- tion of the basin and the building work generally to Messrs. Morrison & Mason, of Glasgow, and will themselves carry out. the whole of the constructional steel work, which will involve the use of some thousands of tons of steel--I[En- ORDERS FOR MORE BIG STEAMSHIPS. The Pacific Coast Steamship Co. will order the construc- tion of two new passenger steamers of the type now being built at-the New York Ship Building Co.'s plant on the Atlantic coast. The three vessels as fast as they are com- pleted will be hurried to the coast and placed on the run between Seattle and San Francisco. President H. W. Can- notn is now traveling' in Europe, but as soon as he reaches New York, the formal approval of the plans for the con- struction of two additional steamers will be given. The order for the next boat will be given six months after the date of the contract for the construction of the vessels now building. This means that work will commence within four months. The third new steamer will be ordered a year after the contract for the first one. By the terms of the New York Ship Building Co.'s contract the vessel now building is to be constructed within twelve months. It will require an additional sixty days to deliver the boat at Seattle, or San Francisco. By the summer of 1908 it is expected all three vessels will be in the coastwise trade for it is understood that the same company will build all of them. The new vessels will be 4oo ft. in length and constructed of steel. They will have passenger accommodation for 300 first class travelers, and built into each of the liners will be sumptuous suites that will rival the furnishings of the Hill liners. It is the intention of the Pacific Coast company to ultimately replace all of the vessels on the run out of Seattle with new boats and other routes will be found for the other steamers now on the run. Capt. Omar J. Humphrey of Seattle, has purchased from the Alaska Commercial Co. the steamers) Portland and Bertha, and will operate them on the Seattle- Southwestern Alaska run. Capt. Humphrey has been identified with Alas- kan trade for more than twenty years. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the largest ship of the Hamburg-American line, will sail on her maiden trip May Io.