IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
[January, 1902.] 27 
Vol. VIII. No. 85. 
The Espicgle, sloop, will be commissioned at Sheerness on 
January 21, with a complement of 113 officers and men, for the 
relief of the Pigmy, gunboat, Lieutenant and Commander 
A. H. Oldham, on the China Station, 
Colonel H. St. G. Schomberg, C. B. , has relinquished the 
command of the Chatham Division of Royal Marine Light 
Infantry, on promotion to the rank of Major-General, and was 
succeeded at Chatham by Colonel Roger Pine Coffin, the second 
commandant of the Plymouth Division. 
The Admiralty have awarded the Good Service Pension of 
£300 a year, vacant in consequence of the death of Admiral Sir 
William H. Stewart, G.C.B. , to Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund 
R. Fremantle, G.C.B., C.M.G., Rear-Admiral of the United 
Kingdom. 
The cruiser Pearl was commissioned at Devonport on the 
17th ult. by Captain E. P. Ashe for service on the Cape of Good 
Hope and West Coast of Africa Station. The Pearl will 
relieve the cruiser Philomel , which was commissioned on 
December 1, 1898, at Devonport, to which port she is to return 
and pay off. 
The Fearless, cruiser, Commander ]. I. Graham, left 
Sheerness on the 15th ult. for China to relieve the Brisk, cruiser, 
Commander E. H. Martin. The following are particulars of 
her commissioned steam trial: — Steam pressure in boilers, 
1171b.; vacuum — starboard, 25 '9 in., port, 26 '4 in.; revolu- 
tions — starboard, 132, port, 133U ; i.h.p. — starboard, 1,080, 
port. 1,107, total, 2,187 ; speed, 14-5 knots. 
The Devonport dockyard authorities have received instruc- 
tions to prepare to build a battleship larger than any now 
existing. Its displacement will be 16,500 tons, and its* length 
425 feet. The previous largest battleship designed for "the 
British Navy, one of the new Queen class, has a displacement 
of 15,000 tons, and length of 400 feet. The new ship will be 
known as of the King Edward the Seventh class. 
Captain T. G. Greet commissioned the cruiser Rainbow at 
Devonport for service with the Cruiser Squadron, to which she 
will be an addition. This squadron, consisting of the St. George, 
Juno, Brilliant, Rainbow, Hyacinth, and Minerva, under 
Commodore Winsloe, is due at Malta on January 20. The 
squadron will leave a week later for Alexandretta, where it will 
be augmented, for combined exercises, by other vessels belong- 
ing to the Mediterranean fleet. 
Admiral E. S. Adeane, C.M.G. , has been placed on the 
retired list of his rank. Consequent on this the following pro- 
motions have been made Vice-Admiral Sir H. F. Stephenson, 
K.C.B. , to be Admiral in His Majesty s Fleet; Rear-Admiral 
j. W. Brackenbury, C.B. , C.M.G. , to be Vice-Admiral in His 
Majesty’s Fleet ; Captain C. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O., Ad.C., to 
be Rear-Admiral in His Majesty's Fleet. The following pro- 
motion on the retired list has taken place Rear-Admiral J. B. 
Warren to be Vice-Admiral. 
The Hogue, cruiser, has undergone her contractors' steam 
trial at four-fifths power with most satisfactory results, and 
throughout the 30 hours that the ship was steaming at trial 
speed very rough weather was encountered, but this had little 
effect upon her machinery. A total horse-power of 16,456 was 
maintained, producing an average speed of 20H5 knots. The 
mean results were: — Steam in engines -starboard, 220 lb. ; port, 
226 lb. ; vacuum — starboard— 25 '6 in. ; port, 25*5 in. ; revolu- 
tions— starboard, 113'! ; port, hi 6; pressure in cylinders — 
high, starboard, 102 '5 ; port, 104^3 ; intermediate, starboard, 
347; port, 34 '8 ; low (forward), starboard, 13-3 ; port, 13-8 ; 
low (aft), starboard, 13 - 5 ; port, 15-3; i.h.p.' — starboard, 8,139; 
port, 8,137 ; coal consumption per i.h.p. per hour, 2-05 lb. 
The Bacchante, first-class cruiser, which was built by 
Messrs. J. G. Brown & Co., of Clydebank, completed her trials 
on the 10th ult. The trials, at 4,500 i.h.p. and 16,000 i.h.p., 
proved very successful. The first full-power trial (21,000 i.h.p. ), 
however, did not succeed, owing to heated bearings, and the 
vessel had to return to Sheerness to coal and remedy defects. 
Starting on the 7th ult. the machinery was found to be working 
well, and the eight-hours' full power trial was commenced. 
Throughout the vessel behaved admirably, while the machinery 
worked smoothly, and there was an absence of priming. 
The results were as follows : — Draught of water — forward, 
25 ft. 9 in. ; aft, 26ft. 9 in. ; speed of ship, 217 knots; steam 
pressure in boilers, 285 lb. per square inch ; vacuum in con- 
densers — starboard, 263 ; port, 263 ; revolutions per minute- 
starboard, 1193; port, i2o - 4 ; mean i.h.p. — starboard, 10,812 ; 
port, 10,708 — grand total, 21320, The coal consumption was 
292,800 lb. , which represents 170 lb. per i.h.p. per hour, as 
against 175 lb. at 16,000 i.h.p. 
France.— Le Yacht states, in a description of the latest 
American boat Shark, which is of the same pattern as the 
British Holland boats, that France has always avoided the use 
of gasoline in the motors, owing to the danger which arises 
from its presence on board such craft. It is further noted that 
the American and British boats have only one torpedo tube, 
whereas the Narval has four. At Cherbourg the new sub- 
marine Silure has just been commissioned for her trials by 
Lieutenant de Penfentenyo, and it is stated that “our sub- 
marines and submersibles are now making frequent trips to sea. 
The time has come to see that they make their sea trials in a 
methodic fashion, and to submit them to progressive tests which 
will enable their true value to be ascertained." 
Germany. — The Cologne Gazette states that the German 
navy budget for 1902 provides for the supply of a third river 
gunboat for China. The two boats at present there, the 
Forwdrts and Schamien, were formerly river passenger and 
cargo boats which were bought from the English during the 
recent troubles in China, and converted into gunboats. The 
first was built at Shanghai in 1899 and the second at Hong Kong 
in 1900. The new boat will be built in Germany and will be 
the first of the kind ever constructed there. It is destined for 
the Pei-ho river, where the German flag is at present unrepre- 
sented, the gunboats of the litis class not being able to get 
beyond Tong-ku, the terminus of the railway from Pekin. The 
German Admiralty has under consideration a new type of small 
cruiser, an improvement on the vessels of the Gazelle class. 
These last have a length of 328 ft. ; beam, 38 ft. 7 in. ; dis- 
placement, 2,660 tons ; speed, 22 knots ; and a complement of 
249 men. The new type will have a length of 360 ft. ; beam, 
40 ft. 4 in. ; displacement, 2,715 tons ; speed, 24 knots ; and a 
complement of 260 men. The armament has not yet been 
decided upon, but it will be more powerful than that of the 
Gazelle type and possess all the latest improvements, full 
advantage being taken of the results of experiments in other 
navies. 
United States. — The Naval Estimates for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1903, while amounting to nearly $99,000,000, 
or $21,000,000 more than for the present year, only provide for 
the construction of three additional battleships and two armoured 
cruisers, as against two battleships and two cruisers in the 
present year. The largest increase is in the item of docks and 
shipyards. This is placed at $20,000,000, as compared with 
$6,000,000 allowed in the last Budget. A New York telegram 
states that the submarine boat Fulton underwent further trials 
on Saturday in Peconic Bay in the presence of Captain Geel- 
muyden, of the Norwegian Navy. The Fulton was first given 
a surface trial for the distance of a mile, and was then sub- 
merged for a longer run, at the conclusion of which two 
torpedoes were fired at imaginary targets. The trials were 
considered to be completely successful, and Captain Geclmuyden 
is said to be satisfied with the performance of the Fulton, 
MILITARY. 
ILR.H, the Prince of Wales has been appointed to the 
honorary colonelcy of the 4th County of London Imperial 
Yeomanry (the King's Colonials). 
Lieut. -Colonel James Hayes Sadler, His Majesty's Consul- 
General for the Somaliland Protectorate, has been appointed 
His Majesty’s Commissioner in Uganda. 
The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of 
Major-General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, R.E., G. C.M.G., 
C.B., to be Governor of the State of Queensland in succession 
to Lord Lamington. 
Major and Hon. Lieut. -Colonel Everard, second-in-com- 
mand of the 5th Leinster Regiment, the old Royal Meath 
Militia, has been appointed to command the regiment, which 
he joined over 30 years ago. 
Colonel R. H. W. H, Harris, C.B., half-pay, who was 
severely wounded in the relief of Ladysmith, has been appointed 
to the command of the West Riding (33rd) Regimental District 
from January 1, succeeding Colonel H. B. Le Mottle. 
Major Heseltine, Royal Fusiliers, who has recently returned 
to England from South Africa, has been appointed an extra 
Aide-de-Camp to Earl Cadogan, K.G., Lord-Lieutenant of 
Ireland. 
Colonel E. H. Baldock, now commanding the Shropshire 
Imperial Yeomanry, is to be appointed Major, second-in-com- 
mand of the 3rd (Sharpshooters) County of London Imperial 
Yeomanry, commanded by the Earl of Dunraven. 
Lteut, -Colonel A. Creagh Macdonnel, instructor in survey- 
ing at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, will be 
succeeded in February next by Major Charles Frederick Close, 
Royal Engineers, who was formerly connected with the Niger 
Coast Protectorate. 
Sir Partab Singh, of Jodhpur, has been appointed Hono- 
rary Commandant of the new Imperial Cadet Corps in India. 
Of the first batch of native cadets passed in, four are ruling 
chiefs. The winter camp will be at Meerut — the scene of the 
outbreak of the Mutiny in 1854. 
General French has permitted the use of railway bicycles, 
which run along the rails, sometimes attaining a speed of 30 
miles an hour ; and also of a motor railway cycle, which is 
being built, and will be capable of covering 40 miles an hour. 
These are used for patrolling purposes. 
Colonel George J. Younghusband, C.B. , Indian Staff 
Corps, who originally belonged to the Leicestershire Regiment, 
and has recently been in command of the 3rd Battalion 
Imperial Yeomanry at the front, has so far recovered from his 
wounds that he is returning at once to South Africa, instead of 
to India, as at first was intended. 
The strength of the Russian military railway companies in 
the Trans-Caspian territory (says the United Service Gazette ) is 
to be largely increased, and also the number of companies in 
the 1 st and 2nd Railway Battalions of the Trans-Caspian 
Army. Each of these latter is now to have a sixth company, 
the cadres of the new formations being drawn from the Russian 
European Army. The two companies thus created are to be 
quartered in the Turkestan military district. 

STATISTICAL NOTES. 
India. — Foreign Trade. — The following tables, taken 
from the Monthly Returns of the Trade and Navigation of 
India, show the imports into and exports from India during 
six months (April to September) of 1901, as compared with the 
corresponding period of 1900 : — 
SUMMARY. 
I. — Imports into British India from Foreign 
Countries. 
Six months, 
1st April to 
30th September. 
+ Increase, 
- Decrease. 
1900. 
1901. 
Rs. 
Rs. 
Rs. 
I. Animals, living 
II. Articles of food 
22,15,245 
18,39,015 
-3.76,230 
and drink — 
Sugar 
2,39,96,488 
2 . 35 . 6 4 , 836 
-4,31,652 
Other articles . 
III. Metals and manu- 
3,09,26,709 
2,67,78,872 
-41.47.837 
factures of — 
Hardware and cut- 
lery, including 
plated ware . 
86,94,283 
84,28,416 
-2,65,867 
Metals . 
2.88,74,327 
3 , 2 3 , 43> 2 °4 
4-34.68,8 77 
Machinery and mill- 
work 
Railway plant and 
rolling-stock (other 
than Government 
1,02,77,907 
1,35,02,068 
+ 32.24,161 
stores) . 
IV, Chemicals, drugs, 
6 4 . 43 . 6 S 9 
1,23,91,612 
+ 59 , 47.953 
medicines and 
narcotics, dyeing 
and tanning ma- 
terials 
96,18,277 
1,11,47,179 
+ 15,28,902 
V. Oils— 
Mineral . 
1,42,10,507 
1,88,61,020 
+ 46.50.513 
Other oils 
VI. Raw materials and 
14,44,070 
16,84,975 
+2,40,905 
unmanufactured 
articles 
1,58,06,070 
1,60,20,946 
+2,14,876 
VII. Articles manufac- 
tured and partly 
manufactured — 
Cotton yarn . 
1,16,90,479 
1,43,72,748 
+ 26,82,269 
Cotton piece-goods 
11,46,47,030 
14,66,24,749 
+ 3 A 9 . 77 . 7 I 9 
Other articles . 
5,86,88,280 
6 . 75 . 74.376 
+ 88,86,096 
Total merchandise 
33 . 75 . 33 , 33 * 
39 . 5 T 34> OI 6 
+5,76,00,685 
Gold 
4 , 6 r,i 6 , 73 2 
2 . 39 . 49.662 
-2,21,67,0 79 
Silver 
2.18,92,031 
5.05.98,526 
+ 2,87,06,495 
Grand total of imports 
40 . 55 , 42,094 
46,96,82,204 
+6,41,40,110 
II. — Exports from British India to Foreign 
Countries. 
Six months, 1st April to 
30th September. 
+ Increase. 
- Decrease. 
1900. 
1901. 
Rs. 
Rs. 
Rs. 
Foreign merchandise 
exported 
1,48,96,087 
1,61,31,747 
H 12,35,660 
Indian merchandise 
exported — 
I. Animals living 
10,44,048 
10,55,665 
+ 11,617 
II, Articles of food 
and drink — 
Rice 
5 . 94 . 49,556 
6,13.00,362 
+ 18,50,806 
Wheat and wheat- 
flour . 
21,20,817 
2,03,57,624 
+ 1,82,36,807 
Tea 
4,26,53,472 
3.96,82,896 
-29,70,576 
Other articles 
1,25,40,716 
1,80,84,320 
+ 55 . 43.604 
111 . Metals and manu- 
factures of 
20,26,418 
17,15,699 
-3,10,719 
IV. Chemicals, drugs, 
medicines and 
narcotics, dyeing 
and tanning ma- 
terials — 
Opium , 
4,87.48,380 
4 . 35 , 45 . 7 io 
-52,02,670 
Indigo . 
20,86,424 
32,14,676 
+ 11,28,252 
Other articles . 
61,74,401 
71,49,076 
+ 9 , 74,675 
V. Oils 
34,81,673 
31,92,300 
-2,89,373 
VI. Raw materials and 
unmanufactured 
articles — 
Cotton . 
3,07,68.227 
6,21,54,613 
+ 3,13,86.386 
Hides and skins 
4,02,12,758 
2,98,06,393 
-1,04,06,365 
J ute 
2,34,36,172 
2,38,78,353 
+4,42,181 
Oilseeds . 
5,82,03,941 
10,20,08,426 
+4.38,04,485 
Other articles . 
3 , 03 . 75+02 
2,80,13,702 
-23,61,800 
VII. Articles manu- 
factured and 
partly manufac- 
tured — 
Cotton yarn . 
1,49,30,920 
4 , 33 , 99.419 
+2,84,68,499 
Cotton picee-goods 
73,73.118 
70,37,228 
- 3 . 35,890 
Hides and skins 
2,24,46,251 
1,45,11,060 
- 79 . 35 ,i 9 i 
J ute — bags and cloth 
3 . 84 . 51.395 
4,28,27,810 
+ 43,76,415 
Other articles 
1,38,01,742 
1,41,53,448 
+ 3,51,706 
Total Indian merchan- 
dise 
46,03,25,931 
56,70,88,780 
+ 10,67,62,849 
Gold . 
2,21,25,483 
1 . 85 . 93,533 
- 35 . 31 , 95 ° 
Silver 
1,41,06,362 
2 . 35 . 94 , 69 i 
+94,88,329 
Grand total of exports 
51,14,53,863 
62,54,08,751 
+ n, 39 . 54.888 
United Kingdom. — Imports of Pig-iron and Un- 
wrought Steel from the United States. — According 
to returns received by the Board of Trade from the Statistical 
Office of H.M. Customs, London, the quantity and value of 
pig-iron and unwrought steel registered as imported into the 
United Kingdom from the United States of America dining 
each of the months of January — November, 1900 and 1901, 
were as follows : — 
I.— Pig-iron. 
1900. 
1901. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
January 
Tons. 
5 , 74 2 
£ 
22,898 
Tons. 
12,847 
£ 
48,297 
February 
2 .356 
8,905 
8,766 
28,241 
March .... 
4,688 
18,101 
2,910 
11,577 
April .... 
1.853 
7.544 
788 
4,602 
May .... 
1,629 
5.154 
1 . 5 10 
4,332 
June .... 
4,829 
14,783 
346 
1,462 
July .... 
3.121 
13,022 
3 i 9 
i ,°55 
August. 
7,282 
31.140 
801 
2,596 
September , 
8,829 
33,987 
355 
1,114 
October 
11,041 
45.175 
1,261 
6,110 
November . 
28,759 
99,484 
2,374 
9,488 
Year 1900 
Tons 94,282 . 
. ,£350,649 
.. 1899 . 
r » 
80,988 , 
. £219,715 
,, 1898 . 
t > 
76,356 . 
, £180,614 
II. — Unwrought Steel, 
1900. 
1901. 
Quantity, 
Value. 
Quantity. 
Value. 
January 
Tons. 
4°9 
£ 
3+88 
Tons. 
16,647 
£ 
98,927 
February 
369 
5 T 90 
16,405 
89,817 
March .... 
585 
4 , 99 i 
5.804 
34,542 
April .... 
2,632 
18.955 
5,275 
28,251 
May .... 
2,190 
17,684 
3,247 
16,442 
June .... 
14,988 
109,034 
412 
3.019 
July .... 
10,200 
67,108 
65 
553 
August. 
11,883 
84,663 
605 
4,057 
September . 
2 i, 53 8 
142,796 
238 
2,137 
October 
31.217 
181,591 
572 
4,671 
November . 
3 2 ,643 
198,925 
1,050 
8,807 
Year 1900 
Tons 
157,628 . 
£1,011,851 
,, 1899 . 
y r 
59.375 ■ 
. £288,706 
,, 1898 . 
* » 
29,374 ■ 
. £158,689 
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