PACIFIC LINERS.
The Empress of India, the firsb of three toagnificenb steamers ordered by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, has jusb been launched at Barrow (England).
Her dimensions are : Length, 485f b overall: breadth, 51ft; depth, 36fb ; engines, 10,000 h. p. ; average speed, 18 knots. She will run between Vancouver, China, and Japan. She can be converted into an armed cruiser very readily. She is a type of the class of vessel thab the Railway Company are prepared to build for the Vancouver-Aus-tralian service when the Australasian Governments make up their minds that
they require and are prepared to pay for a
Pacific service that can carry mails and passengers from England to Australia in 2ST_ft_y__
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1890, Page 4
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