=Henry Tyrer & Co.=—Mr. Henry Tyrer, the sole partner in this firm, commenced business in 1878, in Liverpool, and in 1892 opened a branch office at Preston. The Albert Edward Dock at Preston, was opened by the late Duke of Edinburgh in June of that year, and immediately after the opening ceremony, the steamer LADY LOUISA, chartered by Messrs. Henry Tyrer & Co., commenced discharging, being thus the first steamer to unload in Preston Dock. This firm has continued from that date to be closely associated with the steam trade of Preston. In 1899 Messrs. Henry Tyrer & Co. built the steamer PRESTONIAN, the first steamer to bear that name, shortly afterwards disposing of her to Messrs. John Bacon, Limited, in whose service she is still employed. The following year (1900) Messrs. Henry Tyrer & Co. purchased the steamship HERMANN, of about 1,300 tons deadweight, which is regularly employed in the firm’s wood pulp trade from Baltic ports. The small steamer PRINCESS was purchased the same year for employment in the firm’s regular London and Preston general cargo trade. In 1901 the steamer PRESTONIAN, the first, was replaced by a new steamer of 1,600 tons deadweight, also named the PRESTONIAN, and which, like the HERMANN, is regularly engaged in the firm’s wood pulp trade. During the present year (1903) the firm bought the steamer MINTERNE, and re-named her the NANCY LEE. She is a large steamer of about 4,750 tons deadweight, and has proved herself to be an excellent sea boat. A remarkable incident in connection with this ship is, that she has been chartered for six years, to run consecutive voyages between the Saguenay River (Canada) and the U. K., at a fixed rate of freight covering the whole period. In addition to their offices at Liverpool and Preston, Messrs. Henry Tyrer & Co. have also branch offices at London and Manchester, in connection with their extensive and largely developing wood pulp trade. [Illustration: Steamship] INDEX. AARON MANBY (1822), first iron steamboat, 39 Abbé Arnal and Marquis de Jouffroy (1781), 8 ACCOMMODATION, first Canadian steamboat, 9 ACHILLES (Holt Line), Remarkable steaming powers of, 136 Adelaide Steamship Co., Limited, 315 ADRIATIC (Collins Line), 114 African Steamship Co., 167 ALASKA (Guion Line), 111 ALASKA (ex FARRALONES, ex MASSACHUSETTS), 92 ALBION (1816), Clyde Steampacket, 29 Allan, James (Messrs. Wilcox & Anderson), 49 Allan Line, 147 AMERICA (National Line), 109 ANCIENT BRITON (1816), 24 ARCTIC (Collins Line), 95 ARCTIC (Collins Line), Loss of, 101 ARGYLE (1813), re-named THAMES, 12 ARIZONA (Guion Line), 112 ASIA (Cunard Line), 98 ATALANTA (1836), 49 ATLANTIC (Collins Line), 95, 96 Bacon (John), Limited, 315 BALTIC (Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co.), 55 BALTIC (Collins Line), 95 Belfast, First steamer to and from Greenock and, 26 Belfast, First steamer to and from Liverpool and, 33