Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-19
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.


italy is trying to encourage her shipping
ami shlpbundng enterprises by an elaboS
rate system OF bountics. According to a law
rasssd this year. II a shiphuiller builds a
merchant vessel in an Italian yard the gov
ernmcpt will give him n construction bounty
OF Il lire per ton (groSs tonnagel u the hull
be OF iron or steel and 1850 lire per ton II
the hun be OF wood, 70 encourage the ma
tional iron and steel industries, the govern
mcnt makes Il condition OF eligibility te
the whole bounty that thrce-tourth of tht~
material in the case Of iron or steel hulls
shall be OF national origin; otherwise the
bounty will be reduced by 10 per cent and
there will be an additional reduction of Il
per cent If the machinery and boilers are
OF foreign construction On machinery
and boilers constructed in italy for use iu
navigation bountiCs are Iwarded-on ma,
chimes at the rate OF 1850 lire per horse
power on boilers at the rate OF $50 lire
per quintai. So, also there is a construc
tion bounty OF II lire per duintal on the
auxiliary apparatus of vessels. SO much
for the Shpbuildcrs. The navigation boun-
tics are equally muni0Cent, They are too
complicated for brief description, but they
include 4 bounty Of so 'vartimes per ton Of
gross tonnage per 1000 miles nayigatcd for
the first three years of the ships age. In
return for these favors the government has
the right to requsition the vessels in case
OF war, cpidcmics, or other extraordinary
circumstances, and steam vessels In receipt
of the bounties must carry the letters and
parcels of royal mail free.
Some interesting particulars concerning
tho development OF Japanese commercial
navigation have been printed in Vienna.
During the war with China the Japanese
government collected large fleet of steam
ships for transport service. and these ves-
sells are now to be applied to trading pur-
poses. One new line has been opened be-
tween Japan and Australia both OF them
being under the management of the Japa-
neSe Mail Steamship company. while a third
will ply between Nigata and VladivoStok,
and fourth between llakodate and Korso-
kof the two latter being in private hands.
The sailings of all four will be mCnthly.
The opening of several other lines is in
contemplation In connection with them
navigation companies are in course of for
nation with capitals varying from 1000 900
to 600 yen The execution of these
projects is delayed only by the difficulty of
getting together the capital required for
native enterprise, as the government is not
yet in position to afford the subsidies
it is authorized to grant Meanwhile, the
construction of docks is being pushed
actively. The Nlgasaki docks, owned by enc
OF the japanese companies, are undergoing
important extension, and three new steam
ers are on the stocks The Yokohama Dock
company is also opening large new dock
Many plans for the construction of new
harbors are under consideration. one of
them, which is likely to be carried out
soon, is for Osaka, the so-called Manchester
of Japan. IL will cost about 5000 600 yen.
The Automobile club OF France has Just
issued the program of competition which
is likely to be of far more practical utility
than the Paris -Marseilles motor carriage
race. The competition which is to begin
on the Isl of July next year, and will be
open to all motor cars, whether French or
foreign, is to be organized with view to tho
creation of regular motor car services for the
of passengers in towns the con-
veyance of passengers and luggage from rail-
way stations to outlying localities, aud for
the delivery of goods. The motor cars to be
admitted 10 this competition must be ca
pable of carrying at least ten passengers
with thirty kilogrammes of luggage each.
The motor cars for the delivery OF goods
must be able to carry at least one ton The
will last six days during which
each motor car will have to accomplish twice
the following program: A journey of forty
kilometres, with a stoppage every kilomctre,
a journey of fifty kilometres, with stop
page every five kilometres. and a journey
Of sixty kilometres, with a stoppage every
ten kilometres. Some of the stopping places
will be purposely fixed on steep hills and at
other incOnvenient spots
An officer of the Turkish navy has told
the Constantnople correspondent of a Lon
don newspaper that all the defcnces of the
Bosphorus are perfectly we'll known to
the Russian naval commanders. He says