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MARINE REVIEW. 7 had a stream of water forced again tinguishing it. The 51st Congress appropriated $30,000 for these buoys and fif- teen were ordered. Four were intended for the lakes, but as there is no gas station convenient to lake ports they have not been sent forward as yet. Col. William Ludlow, U. S. engineer in charge of the Ninth and Eleventh light-house districts, says these buoys could be used to advant- age in some of the following places: Detroit, "St, Clair, and: St. Mary's rivers, shoals at the lower end of Lake Huron, Graham shoal, shoals south of Fox island, Drisco and Whales-back and several spots in Green bay. st the lantern without succeding in ex- gat light on the New Jersey seacoast, where it served to keep vessels from running on to these wrecks. The appropriation of $30,000 for gas buoys, made by the act approved on March 3, 1891, limited the board to the pay- ment of not exceeding $2,000 each for the buoys. 'This provision pre- cluded the purchase of many of the larger class. The size of the buoy, which the board has used so successfully for the past six or seven "years, weighs about 6,000 pounds and costs about $2,000 on the other side of the Atlantic, where only itis made. The duty upon it is about 45 per cent. ad valorem. That amount, with the freight, will make each buoy cost about $3,000 delivered at the general light-house depot. Ten more of these buoys are needed. The board estimates that they will cost $30,000, and it aye PINTSCH GAS BU The recent avnual report of the light-house board says: "The pues used is of the Pintsch pattern and patent. It 1s forged bye secret ne cess without seams and burns with steady flame which is rarely o in guished from any cause, making a useful light. It is used to eee porarily a light-ship while the latter is under repair, or 1s ae Hes 250 light-ship can not be moored. A wreck in achannel leading into Po ie rat. had to be marked, and as the channel was too narrow to a a ee ship being placed near the wreck, a Pintsch gas buoy San a ao -factorily, to the great advantage of shippie, fore cousttiere® es 3 time and until the wreck had disappeared. The board - ee seca lighted gas buoy in the fairway of vessels go1ng north anc ae oe the wrecks of the steamer Vizcaya and the schooner Hargraves, a TUTTI | 1 ie Litt OYS, FROM THE SAFETY CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING COMPANY, NEW YORK. ) is recommended that an appropriation of this amonnt be made for that purpose." The illustration of the gas holder on the beacon, shows the light on Gantock rock, River Clyde; the tower with holders at bottom, the Broad- ness light-honse, River Thames; the tower with gas holder elevated serves as a beacon at the harbor entrance of Port Said, Suez canal. The illustration of the conical buoy shows tht style adopted by the Mersey docks and harbor board, and the round buoy is the style approved by the Trinity House. The photographic illustrations show the Gantock rock beacon, having fixed light with two red lights; the conical buoy has a bell- ringing apparatus and is located near Havre; the straight-sided buoy be- ing located at the mouth of the Gironde.