The _Vitias_ and _Rynda_, steel cruisers, in which the vital parts will be covered by a curved steel deck one and a half inches thick, are of 2965 tons displacement, develop 3000 indicated horse-power, and have a speed of 15 knots. The _Pamjatj Azowa_, a cruiser of the _Impérieuse_ type, with a partially armored belt and barbette batteries, is expected to develop 8000 indicated horse-power and 17 knots. The rapid, unarmored steel cruiser building at St. Nazaire, and named the _Admiral Korniloff_, is of 5000 tons displacement, has triple expansion engines, a curved steel deck to protect the machinery and boilers, and a cellular subdivision, which it is hoped will insure stability in case of perforation at or below the water-line. For the Black Sea fleet six heavy gun-vessels have been projected; these are the _Uralets_, _Tereto_, _Kubanets_, _Zaporojets_, _Donets_, and _Chernomorets_, of 1224 tons displacement and 2000 horse-power; their armament is to be two 8-inch guns, one 6-inch breech-loading gun, two 6-pound rapid-fire pieces, four revolving cannons, and two torpedo-tubes. The _Bobr_ and _Sivoutch_ are heavily armored gun-vessels of a new type; the _Coreets_ and _Manchooria_ are small twin-screw cruisers of 1213 tons displacement, and the _Aleuta_ is a transport, the interior arrangements of which are designed mainly for the storage and distribution of high explosives and torpedoes. The remarkable development of machine-gun fire on board torpedo-vessels is shown in the _Iljin_ and the _Saken_, a type which occupies the middle ground between the smaller class of French torpedo-cruisers and the British torpedo-boat catchers. The _Iljin_ carries twelve revolving cannons and seven Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns, and has seven above-water torpedo-tubes, one on each side of the stem, one on the port side of the stern, and four in broadside. Russia has a most effective fleet of torpedo-boats, some of which have attained very high speeds under the usual test conditions of carrying 14½ tons of ballast, coal sufficient for 1200 miles, and a crew of eighteen. The Russian officers have already shown their skill and daring in this system of warfare, and, should they be called upon, there is no doubt that the whole capacity of these boats will be tested under the guidance of a courage and an intelligence which are unsurpassed in any other navy of the world. SPAIN. On January 12, 1887, a new naval programme was announced by the Spanish Government, and the following types and numbers of vessels were designated as necessary for the modern fleet: