Great Western Steamship Company, formation of, 7. Brunel the founder of, 9. Grimshaw & Co.’s line, 113. Guion line, establishment of, 25, 113. steamers of, lost between Fastnet and Liverpool, 195. the freight capacity of, 218. Hamburg-American line, ships of, 43. their freight capacity, 218. Henderson, Thomas, self-cleaning fire-bars of, 89. Henriette, Princesse, the, description of, 70. Honduras & Central American line, the, 243. Hong-Kong, 277. Hoogly River, navigation of, 275. Horse-power, 64. increase of, not in proportion to increase in size of vessel, 67. Howden, James, forced draught process of, 88. Hulls, Jonathan, pamphlet of, on propelling boats by steam, 1. Hydrographic Bureau, charts issued by, 199. Ice at sea, perils of, 198, _et seq._ Icebergs, origin and dangers of, 200. Immigrant passenger traffic, proportions of, 147. how handled, 148. Impérieuse, the, 63. India, short route to, from Europe, 255. Inman line, ships of, 42. beginning of the, 122. the first to use the screw propeller and to carry steerage passengers, 124. the freight capacity of the largest ships of, 218. Iron vessels, the first, 13. Thomas Wilson, the first builder of, 14. Japanese steamship lines, 281. John Randolph, the, first iron vessel in the United States, 13. Kirk, Mr. A. C., triple expansion engines of, 39. Kurrachee, 272. Laird, Mr. J., 11. builder of the first iron vessels on a large scale, 13. Laird, Mr. McGregor, estimate of coal consumption in steam navigation, 9. Lardner, Dr., his declaration of the impossibility of steam navigation, 7. Lima, 284. Liverpool, New York, & Philadelphia Steamship Co. See _Inman line_. Log, patent, 213. London, table of distances and prices from and to San Francisco, 265. Madras, 275. Mails, accommodations for, on ocean steamships, 230, _et seq._ sorting, on board ship, 231. largest European, brought by the Servia, 231. Majestic, the, fast trip of, 44. description of, 74. breaks the record, 229. Marshall, C. H., & Co.’s line, 113, 120. Marshall, Mr. F. C., paper of, 36. Mary Whitredge, the, a famous clipper ship, 225. Maudslay & Field, builders of marine engines, 11. McIver, Mr. David, 12. McKinley bill, influence of, on freight rates, 251. Mediterranean fruit trade, the, 243. Merchandise, value of export of, in 1890-1891, 244. Messageries Maritimes, the fleet of, 264. Miller, Patrick, 68. Mirehouse, Captain John, 144. Models of British boats, display of, 2, 4. Molasses ship, the, 246. Montevideo, 288. National line, the establishment of, 25. as a freight carrier, 233. Naval Exhibition, at Liverpool, in 1886, 2. models of Italian and French ships at, 4. at London, 4. Netherland-India Steamship Company, 276. New York & Havre Steam Navigation Co., 120.