Capt. Troup, now manager of the B.C. coast steamers, was a “swift-water” man whose early training among the rapids of the Columbia River served him in good stead on the Columbia and Kootenay lakes. He has made a wonderful success of our coast fleet, and is still going strong. His able assistant was Capt. Gore, who is now pensioned. Capt. Rudhlin, who was of the original crew of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s _Beaver_, the first steamship to ply the waters of the Pacific Ocean, served many years with the C. P. Navigation Company, and after amalgamation with the C.P.R., he was the first commander of the crack _Princess Victoria_. Capts. Hickey and Griffin keep the boats on the triangular run going with such regularity in all weather that residents of Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle set their watches by the _Princess_ boats. Of the transpacific officers, Capt. Marshall brought the _Empress of India_ out in 1890, and after successfully sailing her for many years was appointed an Elder Brother of Trinity House, the highest honor open to men of the mercantile marine. Capt. Lee commanded the _Abyssinia_, when first chartered for the China trade, and took the _Empress of Japan_, when built in 1891, and had great success with her until his retirement on a well-earned pension. Capt. Harry Mowatt fitted out the _Athenian_ for the Skagway trade when the Klondyke firs opened up. He made a wonderful record for his ship as a horse and troop transport to the Philippines during the Spanish-American war, and went to Liverpool as marine superintendent when the Atlantic Steamships Line was inaugurated in 1903, where he did yeoman service during the early anxious years of the new venture. Capt. William Stewart, a fine example of the old school North Atlantic skipper, was in command of the _Lake Champlain_ when first acquired by the company. He took over the _Empress of Britain_, when built. Originally a ship’s carpenter, he helped to build and was the first commander of the barque _Lake Simcoe_. She was also his first ship. Going home on the _Britain_ on his last voyage before retirement a vessel on fire was sighted. Approaching closer, the barque was found to be abandoned but was identified as the _Lake Simcoe_. He and his first ship ended their career together. Capt. Frank Casey, first commander of the _Empress of Ireland_, with a humorous cock to his eye and the most delightfully soft Irish brogue, was popular with passengers and greatly beloved by his brother officers. Crossing the banks of Newfoundland in dense fog he could always smell ice, and while he took regulation soundings his officers say it was only a matter of form for he would call the depth and bottom before it was officially reported. Capt. Murray, who succeeded to the _Empress of Britain_, was very popular, highly respected and is deeply regretted. He was killed in the Halifax explosion while engaged in war transport work for the Government.