CHAPTER XXI.—Steamships in Chinese waters—SCOTLAND (1860)—ROBERT LOWE[2] (1863)—Alfred Holt Line, 1865 134 ERRATA.— CHAPTER XXII.—Remarkable History of the Glasgow Steamer FERRET 137 CHAPTER XXIII.—Anglo-Canadian Steamship Companies—McKean, McLarty and Lamont—Allan Bros. & Co.—Canadian Pacific Railway Co.—Dominion Line 147 CHAPTER XXIV.—Railway Companies as steamship owners—South Eastern and Chatham Railway—London Brighton and South Coast Railway—London and South Western Railway—Great Western Railway—London and North Western Railway—Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway—Stranraer and Larne Service—Caledonian Railway—Glasgow and South Western Railway—North British Railway—Great Central Railway—Great Eastern Railway 152 CHAPTER XXV.—Turbine Steamers—TURBINIA—KING EDWARD—QUEEN ALEXANDRA—QUEEN—EMERALD—Allan Liners 157 PART II. PAGE CHAPTER I.—Elder, Dempster & Co. 161 ” II.—African Steamship Co., Limited 166 ” III.—British and African Steam Navigation Co., Limited 171 ” IV.—Imperial Direct West India Service, Limited 174 ” V.—City of Dublin Steampacket Co., Limited 178 ” VI.—British and Irish Steampacket Co., Limited 195 ” VII.—Bibby Line 203 ” VIII.—Cork Steamship Co., Limited 207 ” IX.—Cunard Steamship Co., Limited 221 ” X.—Houston, R. P., & Co. 237 ” XI.—Houlder Bros. & Co. 244 ” XII.—Laird, Alex. A., & Co. 251 ” XIII.—Langlands, M., & Sons 261 ” XIV.—Little, Jas., & Co. 268 ” XV.—MacBrayne, David 274 ” XVI.—MacIver, David, & Co. 282 ” XVII.—MacIver’s Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers 287 ” XVIII.—Sligo Steam Navigation Co., Limited 290 ” XIX.—Waterford Steamship Co., Limited 293 ” XX.—White Star Line 300 ” XXI.—Adelaide Steamship Company, Limited—John Bacon, Limited—R. Burton & Sons, Limited—Fletcher, Woodhill & Co.—T. & J. Harrison—W. S. Kennaugh & Co.—Lamport & Holt—H. & W. Nelson—R. & J. H. Rea—John S. Sellers—Henry Tyrer & Co. 315 FOOTNOTES: [1] On page 127 read 1886 instead of 1896. [2] On page 134 this vessel is called the ROBERT BRUCE in error. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.