In 1881 the PARISIAN was launched, a steamer which has always been a favourite on the route. She has accommodation for 200 first, 100 second, and 500 third-class passengers, and is popularly known as the “ladies’ ship,” a title bestowed upon her because she is credited with having carried a larger proportion of lady passengers than any other line. The three crack boats of the present fleet are the twin-screw steamers BAVARIAN, TUNISIAN, and IONIAN. The first of these sailed on her maiden voyage to Canada in August, 1899, and she was followed by the TUNISIAN in April, 1900. The IONIAN, the latest addition to the passenger fleet, is a twin-screw steamer of 9,000 tons. So far as outward appearance and internal arrangements go these are sister ships, though the TUNISIAN is 10,576 tons, against the 9,000 tons of the IONIAN. The dimensions of these magnificent steamships are as follows:—length 520 feet, beam 60 feet, and depth 43 feet. All the passenger vessels of the Allan fleet are lighted by electricity, and they are being fitted with the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy. The new ship (to be named the VICTORIAN), now being built for the line in Belfast is to be supplied with Turbine Engines. She will be the first transatlantic liner to be fitted with marine engines of this type. By its recent purchase (1903) from Messrs. Elder, Dempster and Co., of fifteen large and full-powered ocean steamships, the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has placed itself in the front rank of steamship owners. Prior to this deal, it owned the steamers ALBERTA, ATHABASKA, MANITOBA, MICHIGAN, and ONTARIO, all of which plied on the great inland lakes of Canada as adjuncts to its train services. These steamers ranged from 498 tons net register to 2,768 tons. In 1891, the Naval Construction and Armaments Co., at Barrow, built three magnificent mail and passenger steamers for the Canadian Pacific Railway. These steamers, the EMPRESS OF CHINA, EMPRESS OF INDIA, and EMPRESS OF JAPAN, are almost identical in measurement, capacity and speed. They are each 455 feet 6 inches in length; 51 feet 2 inches beam; and 33 feet 1 inch depth of hold. They are propelled by twin screws driven by a pair of triple expansion engines of 1,167 horse power. These three steamers have maintained since 1891, a regular mail service between Vancouver, B.C., the Pacific terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Japan and China. The steamers TARTAR and ATHENIAN, two smaller and less powerful boats are despatched, as intermediate steamers, at regular intervals. From Liverpool to Hong Kong—over sea and over land—the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. stretches a long unbroken line nearly 12,000 miles in length.