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RUSSIA.

Pay and allowances of officers and men Rations of seamen .... Clothing .....

Central administration and outports Naval instruction schools. Medical depnrtment Hydrographic ditto Shipbuilding ....

Steam factories and miscellaneous expenses

Roubles

4,934,390

927,750

761,841

1.612,660

380,525

521,560

172,833

5,797,693

421.297

The iron-clad fleet of war consisted, at the commencement of 18G8, of 24 vessels, with an aggregate of 149 guns, as follows: —

2 frigates, one of 18 and one of 24 guns.

3 floating batteries, of 14, 16, and 27 guns 2 corvettes, of 8 guns each

1 1 turret ships, of 2 guns each 6 monitors, of 2 guns each

Total 24 iron-clads, with.

Guns 42 57 16 22 12

149 guns.

The largest of these iron-clads are two armoured frigates called ' Sevastopol,' and ' Kniaz — Prince — Pojarski.' The first of these, the oldest iron-clad of the Eussian navy, was launched at Cronstadt, August 24, 1864. The ' Sevastopol ' nearly equals the British iron-clads ' Black Prince ' and ' Warrior ' in her dimensions, and exceeds those of the French ' Gloire ' and ' Nor- mandie.' At the line of flotation the ' Sevastopol ' measures 300 feet in length, and her greatest breadth is 52 feet 3 inches. The ship draws 26 feet at the poop and 24 at the chains. Her plates are 44/ inches thick, fastened to a double coating of teak from 6 to 9 inches thick. Her engines have a nominal force of 800 horse- power, and she is armed with steel guns of the greatest calibre. Her prow has a beak of a formidable kind attached to it. The next largest iron-clad vessel of the Russian navy is the ' Pojarski,' built bv English engineers at the naval yard of St. Petersburg, and launched in September 186G. The ' Pojarski ' is 280 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 31 feet deep. The armour-plating is 44/ inches thick, and extends the entire length of the vessel from the depth of 5 feet below, and 6 feet above the line of flotation : the armour is laid on a backing of East India teak 18 inches thick. The ' Pojarski's ' armament is placed in a central battery occu- pying about 80 feet on the length of gun deck, both sides and ends being completely armour-clad : the armament consists of eight 300-pounder steel guns, four on each broadside. The iron hull is