Chiyoda (old type). Niitaka.
Itsukushima. Yaeyama.
Matsushima (old type). Tsushima.
Shikishima (old type). Kashima.
Asahi. Katori.
Hatsuse.
Mikasa.
Yakumo.
Azuma.
Iwate.
Idzumo.
Takasago.
[Illustration: NICLAUSSE BOILER.]
The Japanese boiler under experiment is the Miyabara, the invention of
the Engineer-in-Chief of the Japanese Navy. It is to be fitted to the
Otawa, and probably some other ships. It is also in the Hashidate. The
inventor recently produced a paper showing its all-round advantages
over every other type of water-tube boiler; but this, of course, may
be taken _cum grano salis_. However, there is little doubt but that,
should it be in any way successful, natural national vanity will lead
to its general adoption in preference to European types, just as the
2½-pounder gun has been.