The height of the foremost port above the water-line is 12 feet 9 inches, the height of the middle port 10 feet 6 inches, and that of the after port 12 feet 5 inches. She can stow 700 tons of coal in her boxes, and 72 tons of water.
She has seen active service, having been engaged in suppressing the insurrection at Jamaica, and having destroyed the batteries on Cape Haitien after the loss of the Bulldog. Her behaviour in the hurricane which she met off St. Paul's during her late cruise, proved her to be admirably adapted for rough weather. A list of her Officers is given in the Appendix, (A).
His Royal Highness was accompanied on board by his Equerries, the Honorable E. C. Yorke, and Arthur Balfour Haig, Esq., R.E., and by M. Chevalier, an artist.
She carries 530 souls, viz.: Officers 46, Petty Officers 65, Seamen 305, Boys 40, and Marines 74. "The clear bright looks worn by all, fore and aft," struck the attention of a reporter who visited her soon after she anchored, and all who saw her agreed with him that the Galatea is worthy of the British Navy and of her Royal Captain.
After Divine Service on board, the Prince and his suite landed, and spent the remainder of the day at Government House with His Excellency Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, C.B., Lady MacDonnell, and a limited number of guests, including his late Commanding Officer, Admiral the Honorable Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., and a few Officers of the Galatea.
Monday, November 1st.—His Royal Highness considerately postponed his Public Official Landing till Tuesday morning, as that important event in Hongkong life, the departure of the mail for Europe, was close at hand; and during the day, both on shore and on board the Galatea,