All the steamers of the Lamport and Holt fleet are fitted with the most modern appliances for the rapid and effective handling of general cargo. The operations of the Company are varied and extensive and comprise the following regular services:—From Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool to Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Santos, fortnightly. From London and Antwerp to Rio de Janeiro and Santos, every ten days. From New York (carrying first and third-class passengers) to Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Santos, fortnightly. Also to the River Plate from Liverpool, fortnightly; from Glasgow, monthly; from London and Antwerp, fortnightly; and from New York at frequent intervals. A regular monthly service is also maintained between Liverpool, Glasgow, and West Coast ports in Chili, Peru, and Ecuador. The steamers of this Line have always been very popular with shippers, who are able to depend upon regularity of service, and careful handling of their goods. =H. & W. Nelson, Limited.=—This remarkably successful Company was founded in 1889, by Messrs. Hugh and William Nelson. The pioneer steamer of the fleet was the steamer SPINDRIFT, now the HIGHLAND SCOT, which sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage on the 12th December, 1889. [Illustration: HIGHLAND BRIGADE S.S. H. & W. Nelson, Limited.] A few months later (May, 1890) the second steamer of the line, the HIGHLAND CHIEF, was launched, and the following year three additional steamers were built for the Company, and named respectively the HIGHLAND GLEN, HIGHLAND LASSIE and HIGHLAND MARY. Since that date, nine vessels (including three now building) have been added to the fleet, which consists of fourteen powerful modern steamships of large carrying capacity. These steamers are all very similar in design (though several are much larger) to the HIGHLAND ENTERPRISE, of which particulars are given below. The HIGHLAND ENTERPRISE was launched in January of the present year (1903). She is 385 feet long, between perpendiculars; with 45 feet beam, and draft laden 23 feet 6 inches. She has a carrying capacity of 6,500 tons. Like her sister ships, she is insulated throughout for carrying frozen meat, and fitted with the latest type of refrigerating machinery, as well as the most up-to date appliances for the effective handling of general cargo. Accommodation has been provided amidships for about a dozen passengers. Her engines, which are of the triple-expansion type, propelled her on her trial trip at a speed equal to 13¾ knots per hour. In addition to a regular fortnightly service between Liverpool and Monte Video, Buenos Ayres and Rosario, the steamers of the Nelson Line sail at regular monthly intervals from London and Newport (Mon.) to the River Plate. FLEET.