constructed with a topgallant forecastle fitted for the crew, long bridge house extending over the engine and boiler room, and poop which will be handsomely fitted up for the comfortable accommodation of first-class passengers. The machinery (to be ) supplied by R and W Hawthorn, and will develop 600 hp, being greatly in excess of that usually fitted. All modern appliances have been provided for the rapid dispatch in loading and unloading cargo, special winches having been prepared to the company’s own design, as also has the steering gear.