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WwW A & fT. 3. 2 R FE V 42 ££ 3. bottomed boat bearing the same name as a similar craft owned at Avalon, Cal--Lady Lou. She is 53 ft. long, with a beam of 22 ft. and a depth of 4 ft. She is equipped with a 20 H. P. Standard engine. The Standard Gas Engine Co. makes a side-wheel engine specially suitable for light draught or glass-bottomed boats. The Northern Commercial Co. has two mail boats, desig- nated No. 1 and No. 2, running on the Yukon river, Alaska. Each. is 20 it. 6 in, long, with a-beam ot 5 ft. 6.in, and 1 fitted with a 10 H. P. Union engine. The State of Washington Fish Commissioners own a hand- some launch with an unusually commodious cabin. She is 4o ft.. long with.a beam of o ft. 6 in. and'has:a 190° H: P: Union engine. She is named Nola. The Young Bros. of Honolulu, H. T., are the owners of a She is 42 ft. long, 8 ft. 6 in. wide and has a speed of 8% knots. Many firms and private persons in New Zealand own craft equipped with Union engines. Capt. Harris of Picton owns the launch Foam, 20 ft. long, 5 ft. 6 in. wide, fitted with a 4 H. P. Union engine. James McAlpine of the same place owns a boat 30 ft. long, 6 ft. 6 in. wide, equipped with a 4 H. P. Union engine. She has a speed of 8 miles an hour. A. Hatrick & Co. of Wanganui, New Zealand, own the tun- nel launch Wai-ti, which is go ft. long, 8 ft. wide and has a draught of 9 in. aft and 6 in. forward. She is fitted with a 12 H. P. Union engine, which drives a 21-in. propeller in g in. of water. She has a speed of 8 knots an hour. The Wanganui Settlers' Co. owns the tunnel launch Aorere, which is 42 ft. long and 8 ft. wide, with a draught of 9 in. * GROUP OF POWER BOATS USED IN FISHING. powerful launch named Waterwitch. She is 45 ft. long, with a beam of g ft. and has a 4o H. P. Union engine. Many vessels owned in the British colony of New Zealand are equipped with Union gas engines. Hinemoa's launch No. 1, the property of the government of the colony, has an 8 H. P. Union engine. She is 25 ft. long and 7 ft. 6 in. wide. Hine- moa's launch No. 2 is equipped with a 10 H. P. Union engine. The Tutanekai's launch weighs complete two tons and has a speed of § knots per hour. She is 30 ft. long and 7 ft. wide, and has a 10.H, P: Union engine. The three-masted schooner Countess of Ranfurly, so named in honor of the wife of one of the governors of New Zealand, is fitted with three Union engines, viz. an 85 H. P. four- cylinder engine, a 5 H. P. hoist and windlass and a 3 ER: electric light engine. She is the property of the government. The Auckland Harbor Board's tug and pilot-boat Kuaka is fitted with three Union engines, viz., an 85 H. P. four-cylinder engine, a 5 H. P. windlass and a 3% H. P. electric light en- gine. She has a speed of 10% knots. The Wellington Harbor Board of New Zealand owns the tug Uta, which is fitted with three Union engines, viz., a 50 H. P. double cylinder engine, a 5 H. P. windlass and a 3 H. P. electric light engine. ? The Timaru Harbor Board, in the same colony, owns the Elsie Evans, which is fitted with a 19 H. P. Union engine. She is fitted with a 15 H. P. Union engine, driving a 24-in. propeller in 9 in. of water. She has a speed of 8 knots an hour. W. A. Ryan & Co. of Auckland owns the launch Union, 35 ft. long, 6 ft. 6 in. wide, fitted with a 10 H. P. Union engine, giving a speed of 8 knots an hour. A. Weir of Morekai, New Zealand, owns the trawler Moerangi, which is equipped with a 25 H. P. Union engine. The French government in Tahiti owns the schooner La Perle, equipped with a 4o H. P. Union engine. The twin-screw schooner Bernardo Reyes, the property of Iberri y Hyos of Guaymas, Mexico, is equipped with two 29 H. P. Union engines. The Standard Gas Engine Co. of San Francisco has sup- plied its marine engines not only to vessels in the Bay of San Francisco, but to owners in other parts of the state of Cali- fornia, in other states of the Union and foreign countries as well. The motor launch Nantucket, owned by Coggeshall's Eureka and Samoa passenger line of Eureka, Cal., has a length of 57 ft., a beam of 10% ft. and a draught of 4 ft. Her registered tonnage is g tons and she is equipped with a 30 H. P. Standard engine. At San Pedro, Cal., the launch Buster B is owned by Hardi- son, Carse & Co. She is 21 ft. 6 in. long, 5 ft. 3 in. wide and is equipped with a 3 H. P. Standard engine.