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260 "TARE Marine REVIEW August, 1909. ARTILLERY TENDER, Capt. JAMES ForNANCE, UNpErR Construction AT THE YARDS OF THE WILLAMETTE Iron & SreEL Works. assistant engineer; James Clark, fire- man; RK. J. Lewis; able seaman: E. R. Welsh, cook. It is feared that the little vessel shipped a big wave and foundered, NEW CHINESE STEAMSHIP _ LINE. According to advices coming from Victoria, B. C., several steamships are to be built at German yards for a line of Chinese steamers which are to run between Oriental ports and San Francisco, and also between points on the China coast. The Chinese board of posts and com- munications has proposed to float a large shipping company with an enor- mous capital to inaugurate this service. In addition to the lines to America it is planned to run steamers to Singa- pore, Java, . Australia and Bombay whenever it is decided that such lines will pay. The capital is to be con- tributed by the government and_ the merchants equally and the concern will be under their joint management. An order is to be given to a well known German firm for ten steamers now and more vessels to be built in the future. Owing to the difficulty in rais- ing the necessary funds, the imperial government has not yet decided whether to accept the proposal of the board of posts and communications or not. Another phase in the development of Chinese shipping is the entry into the trade of the Yangtze. A Chinese com- pany has been formed known as_ the Suchuan Steam Navigation Co. to run merchant steamers on the Yangtze- Kiang between Ichang and Chungking.