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JUNE 20,1891 THE COLONIES AND INDIA 25 to a maximum limit of a year for an Indian service not exceeding ten years, and a year in any other case. Mr. Charles Frederick Farran, Barrister-at-Law, has been appointed a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, in the place of Mr. John Scott, who has vacated that office. Major Rivers Howe, C.V.R., Chief Superintendent of the Office of the Comptroller-General in India, has been promoted into the Enrolled List of the Financial Department, and has been appointed Assistant Accountant-General of the Punjab.

Major Howe has rendered yeoman service to the department, and his promotion will give general satisfaction. By his transfer, the Calcutta Volunteers will lose a good officer. The appointment has been made as a special mark of satisfaction by the Government of India. Lieutenant Viscount Kilcoursie, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, now at Bermuda, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lord Stanley of Preston, Governor-General of Canada. Mr.

C. 0. Knollys, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Barbados, was a passenger by the last incoming mail. Mr. Knollys has been administering the government of St.

Lucia for some time past, and it was generally anticipated and desired in the Colony that he would be confirmed in the appointment. Major L. F. Knollys, Inspector-General of Police and Prisons in Jamaica, will succeed Sir G. W.

R. Campbell, C.M.G., as Inspector- General of Police in Ceylon. Major Knollys has seen considerable service in various Colonies, having acted at different times as A.D.C. to the Governors of Mauritius, Fiji, New Zealand, and Ceylon. He received his present appointment in 1886.

Major Knollys arrives in England by the next mail, and the duties of his office will be assumed by Inspector W. McLeod, of the St. James Division of the Jamaica Constabulary, who has acted on former occasions. The value of the office now rendered vacant is per annum. Leave of absence having been granted to Mr.

R. Balten, the Collector-General of Jamaica, his duties will be performed by Mr C. Goldie, the Collector of Customs, whilst Mr. B. C.

OrgiH, Supervisor of Revenue Officers, will perform the duties of Collector of Customs at Kingston. In Trinidad the question of abolition of office is engaging the attention of the Legislative Council, inasmuch as when the mail left the Hon. J. Bell Smyth had given notice of the following That inasmuch as the Secretary of State had been pleased to appoint Colonel Mclnnes to an office in Demerara, this Council deems it expedient that the office of Inspector-General of Police and Colonel Commandant of the Volunteer Force be amalgamated." Mr. H.

E. W. Grant has arrived in England, having resigned his appointment as Private Secretary to Sir William Robinson, the Governor of Trinidad. The office of Comptroller of Customs of the Gold Coast Colony, which became vacant last year by the retirement of Mr. W.

WoralJ, has been offered to and accepted by Mr. C. Riby Williams, who at present occupies the position of a District Commissioner of the Colony. Mr. Williams entered the service in 1884 as a Supervisor of Customs on the Gold Coast, and in 1886 accompanied a special mission to Aquamoo and Crepee, being in the following year appointed a District Commissioner.

Recent Gazette M. Perkins, C.B., Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, to be lieutenant-general, vice E. C. S. Williams, CLE.

(late Bengal), removed to the Unemployed Supernumerary List. and Col. G. Newmarch, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, from the Indian Supernumerary List, to be major-general, vice 2E. Perkins, O.B.

Raja Ram Singh, Commander-in-Chief of the Kashmir State Troops, is granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. Col. W. S. Clarke is transferred to the Unemployed Supernumerary List of the Indian Staff Corps.

The undermentioned Deputy Assistant-Commissaries, Bengal Establishment, are granted the honorary rank of R. Horniman, R. Giltrap. The Duke of Connaught has been pleased to appoint Colonel A. W.

Becher, Bengal Cavalry, late Equerry to His Royal Highness, to be Extra-Equerry. G. A. French, C.M.G., of the Royal Artillery, from colonial military employ, to be lieutenant-colonel, vice Col. A.

I. Maclaverty (late Madras) retired, with seniority next to'and below R. J. Hezlet. OFFICIAL TBIAIi TRIP Off THE "SCOT." The Union Steamship Company's splendid new twin-screw steamer Soot has justified the sanguine expectations in regard to her speed which were aroused by her general behaviour during the recent run from the Clyde to Southampton.

The official trial trip took place over the measured mile in Stokes Bay on June 8, and was attended by a number of press representatives and Government officials. The small party from London travelled down to Southampton by the train leaving Waterloo Station at 9.5 a.m. On the arrival of the guests, the signal was given for unmooring, and in a very brief space of time the great vessel, with the assistance of a tug, was gliding slowly out of dock. Upon reaching Southampton Water her comparatively little assistant left her to her own resources, and almost Imperceptibly the twin propellers began to revolve and to urge the ship onward. There was a stiff breeze blowing, as the Scot proceeded rapidly on her way under a leaden-hued sky that threatened the passengers with a deluge of rain.

The little sea running imparted absolutely no motion to the huge bulk of the vessel, and one of the oldest salts" aboard expressed his settled conviction that she would prove a splendid seaboat. The opinion, although unscientific, was an expression of that almost invariably accurate instinct born of long experience which old sailors often display in estimating the qualities of a vessel, and as such is by no means to be despised. Sir Donald Currie, apparently in the best of health and spirits, walked the hurricane deck with a vigorous stride, and Mr. Giles, the chairman of the company, with a grey travelling cap pressed well down over his ears and a thick coat buttoned up to the chin, took up his stand near the bows, braving the freshening breeze. Captain Travers and his officers walked the bridge, and the frequent ring of the electric bell was the only evidence of the numerous orders passing down to the engine room.

The good ship continued to steam steadily on towards Stokes Bay, leaving in her stern a troubled wake, which widened out and burst in surf on the shore. The mile was measured by means of posts on land, and as she approached the first two every eye was directed towards them, for all on board knew that when they appeared as one her first trial had commenced. A rapid ringing of the electric bell was followed by a corresponding vibration all over the vessel as the powerful engines, concealed deep down in the hull, exerted their utmost might, and the Scot was soon steaming at a tremendous pace, dashing the water from her sharp and lofty bows with terrific force. Four times was she subjected to the ordeal, and on each occasion was her performance satisfactory. With a steam pressure of 170 lbs.

to the square inch the port engine developed 5,813 and the starboard engine 5,843 horse-power, making a total of 11,656, while each of the screws performed 80 revolutions per minute, enabling her out of four runs to attain a mean speed of 18 8 knots per hour, the contract being for 18-5. The total displacement proved to be 9,520 tons, the vacuum 26 inches, the draught forward 22 feet inches, and aft 23 feet inches. After the trial the whole party sat down to a substantial luncheon elegantly served in the saloon, and, judging by the rapid disappearance of the viands, the sea air had evidently sharpened the appetites of the visitors. When Mr. Giles rose to propose The Health of Her Majesty the Qaeen," the Soot was once more in dock.

On the principle that brevity is the soul of wit," the speeches were of the briefest. Mr. Giles announced that the directors had decided to avoid lengthy remarks, and the toast of the Queen having been duly honoured, he proceeded to give "The Health and Success of the Builders and Engineers of the Soot." He and his co-directors were particularly satisfied with the performance of the ship. Under the most adverse circumstances she had done more than could be expected. Wind and tide had been against her, and although the contract with Messrs.

Denny Brock had been for knots, she had done just within 19 knots on the measured mile, developing power, with 80 revolutions of each of her twin screws per minute. He need hardly point out that this was quite equal to their expectations. There could be no doubt of the future of Messrs. Denny and he was sure that everyone would join with him in drinking to their success. Mr.

Brock, in responding, begged to return his very best thanks for the cordial reception with which the last toast had been met. It was always a pleasant thing for shipbuilders to receive an order for a ship; but it was a still greater satisfaction when, upon delivering that ship, it met with the approbation of the owners and to know that all they had been able to do met with appreciation. He thanked all present once again for the hearty reception of the toast proposed by Mr. Giles. Mr.

Denny, having expressed his regret that his good friend Captain Dixon, the superintendent of the Union Company, was absent, remarked that the Scot had done 194- knots on the Clyde. He might as well explain that Mr. Brock and he had arranged to give her 19 knots. He wanted to offer this explanation, because some people might think it foolish to give for the same money knots where the contract was for 18J knots. They had never had more pleasure in building a ship for anyone than in building the Scot for the Union Steamship Company.

Mr. Scotter followed. He said that all present would be very remiss in their duty if they passed over the toast which "had been proposed by Mr. Giles, and responded to by the builders of the ship, without drinking to. the Union Steamship Company.

Nothing was wanting to make the Scot a success. Great credit was due to the Union Steamship Company for trying to make Southampton a great port, for it was capable of much development, and for building and bringing in to.