Feb. 22.-New-York, New-Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island and Illinois associations played annual tournament. March 7.-Albin and Delmar match ends. Score-Albin, 5; Delmar, 2. March 31.-Brooklyn Club defeats City Club in team match by 13% to 10% games. April 7.-South of England beat North of England in team match on 108 boards by 64% to 43%1⁄2 games, London. match April 10. -Hodges-Showalter ends. Score-Showalter, 7; Hodges, 6; drawn, 5. April 14.-Newark Club defeats Paterson Club in team match by 12% to 7% points. April 16.-Cambridge-Oxford Intercollegiate Tournament won by former, 4 games to 3. May 7.-Brooklyn Club defeats Newark Club in team match by 14 to 6 games. May 14. Showalter-Hodges second match begins at Brooklyn Chess Club. June 9.-Metropolitan Chess Club of New-York City formed. June 10.-Paris-St. Petersburg Club match begins, moves made by telegraph. June 25. -Showalter-Hodges second match ends. Score-Hodges, 5; Showalter, 3; drawn, 1. Aug. 1.-Dr. Siegbert-Tarrasch and C. A. Walbrodt begin match of 7 games at Nuremberg. Aug. 10. Tarrasch-Walbrodt match ends. Score-Tarrasch, 7; Walbrodt, 3; drawn, 1. Aug. 17.-Showalter wins "New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung" Challenge Cup, presented OCEAN to the New-York State Chess Association. Showalter, for the Manhattan Club, won 4 games; Pillsbury, Brooklyn Club, 3: Albin, Metropolitan Club, 22; Farnsworth, Buffalo Club, 2. Sept. 3.-International tournament, with eighteen competitors, begun at Leipsic. Sept. 15.-Leipsic tournament ends. Score Tarrasch (first prize), 131⁄2 games; Lipke (second prize), 13; Teichmann (third prize), 12; Blackburne and Walbrodt (fourth and fifth prizes), 11% games each; Janowsky and Mario (sixth prize), 10%1⁄2 each. Sept. 24. Albin-Showalter 10-game match begins at Manhattan Chess Club. Oct. 20.-Masters' Tournament of City Chess Club begins, eleven contestants. Oct. 23.-Metropolitan Chess League formed by City, Manhattan, Metropolitan, Brooklyn, Newark and Staten Island clubs. Nov. 6.-A. Ettlinger and A. Schroeter begin match of five games at Manhattan Club. Nov. 8.-Mrs. J. W. Showalter and Mrs. Harriett Worrell begin a match of seven games for Ladies' Championship United States. of Nov. 16.-Steinitz wins first prize of Masters' Tournament, with 8142 games; Albin (second prize), 62; Showalter and Hymes (third and fourth prizes), 6 games each. Nov. 16.-Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. Chess Club team defeats Staten Island Club team by 5% to 2% games. RECORDS. In the last fifty years the time of a transatlantic steam voyage has been cut down more than half, the size of the ships has been multiplied by 12, and the carrying capacity by more than 50. In 1840 the Acadia was a crack ocean liner. Her tonnage was 1,150, and her horse-power 425. The tonnage of the Campania is 13,000, and her horse-power 25,000. The Great Eastern, which was built in 1858, was 680 feet long and 83 feet breadth of beam; but her horse-power was only 7,650. The record of a transatlantic voyage from Queenstown to New-York has, since 1866, when the Scotia made the then remarkable time of 8 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes, been brought down to the Lucania's present record, 5 days, 7 hours, 23 minutes. The Baltic was the first to reduce the time of passage below 8 days, making the trip in 7 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes in 1873. Not until 1882 was the record reduced to less than 7 days, when the Alaska astonished the world by coming across in 6 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes. The following table shows the record-holders for the past 10 years and their fastest trips. These are western records. by the Lucania, The biggest The eastward record between this port and Queenstown is held which, in September, 1894, made the trip in 5 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes. day's run ever made was made by the Lucania, which, from noon October 5, to noon October 6, 1893, made 560 knots, or 6451⁄2 miles. The record for the greatest average speed from port to port is held by the Campania, making the average of 22.78 knots westward per hour from Queenstown to New-York. The record for a Southampton and New-York is held by the New-York, of the American Line, made the voyage in September, 1894, in 6 days, 7 hours, 14 minutes. tween Havre and New-York is held by the French line stemer La Touraine which, in July, 1893, crossed the ocean in 6 days, 17 hours, 30 minutes. BEST TIME OF SAILING SHIPS. 1854-Red Jacket, Sandy Hook to Liverpool, 3,017 miles 1855-Mary Whitredge, Baltimore to Liverpool, 3,400 miles.. 1859-Dreadnought, Sandy Hook to Liverpool, 3,017 miles.. 1860-Dreadnought, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,760 miles. 1867-Thornton, Sandy Hook to Liverpool.. YACHTING VOYAGES. 1966-Henrietta, Sandy Hook to Needles, 3,053 miles... 1869-Sappho, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,857 miles. 1869-Dauntless, Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,770 miles... trip between which The record be The best day's run of a sailing ship on record is that of 375 knots, clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas. The Flying Cloud in 1851, on a New-York to San Francisco, made 374 knots in 24 hours. The best Dreadnought was 367 knots. REMARKABLE VOYAGES AROUND CAPE HORN. Days. Hours. 1852-Northern Light, San Francisco to Boston, 13,950 miles 1853-Flying Fish, New-York to San Francisco. 1853-Flying Dutchman, same route and return, discharged and loaded. wharf to wharf, 27,220 miles... 1854-Flying Cloud, New-York to San Francisco.. 1860-Andrew Jackson, New-York to San Francisco.. 1853-Contest, New-York to San Francisco.. 75 84 87 76 92 .6 months 21 days 1853-Trade Wind, New-York to San Francisco... 75 1857-Flying Dutchman, same route, to off Staten Island, inside 1870-Young America, same route, to Sandy Hook Lightship 1888-Henry B. Hyde, same route, to Sandy Hook.. 80 80 87 95 109 106 1887-Henry B. Hyde, San Francisco to Liverpool, 15,000 miles On December 11, 1866, the schooner yachts Henrietta, Fleetwing and Vesta sailed The Henfrom Sandy Hook to the Needles, Isle of Wight, for a stake of $90,000. rietta, owned by James Gordon Bennett, won in 13d. 21h. 55m.; average of 9% knots for 3.106 miles. Among the previous ocean runs were: H. M. S. Newcastle, N. Y. to Falmouth, 11 days; clipper ship Independence, N. Y. to Liverpool, 13d. 15h. On July 4, 1870, the schooner yachts Dauntless and Cambria started from Old Cambria won in Kinsale Head, Ireland, for Sandy Hook Lightship for a £250 cup. 23d. 5h. 17m.; Dauntless's time, 23d. 7h. On March 12, 1887, the schooner yachts Coronet and Dauntless started from Bay Ridge for Queenstown for stakes of $10.000 a side. Coronet' time, 14d. 23h. 30m.. 46s.; Dauntless, 16d. 1h. 43m. 13s. The Coronet's owner was the late Rufus T. Bush, of Brooklyn. The Dauntless was sailed by Captain Samuel Samuels, of the old clipper Dreadnought, and owned by Caldwell H. Colt, of Hartford. AMERICAN TINPLATE PRODUCTION. From official report of Special Treasury Agent Ira Ayer, showing amount from American and foreign black plates (in pounds). 1893. WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER, CALENDAR YEARS 1891, 1892 AND 1893. (Kilogram of gold, $664.60. Kilogram of silver, $41.56. Coining rate in United States silver dollars.) Silver. Dollars. | Kilos. Dollars. 35,955,000 1,866,595 77,575,700 35,688,600 637,800 26,507,000 1,305,300 1,380,116 57,357,600 Silver. 14,478 Germany a2,359 1,567,800 a186,636 7,756,600 3,141 2,087,600 212,116 Austria-Hung'y. 2,106 1,399,600 52,019 2,161,900 2,260 1,502,000 55,082 Sweden. 110 73,100 3,658 152,000 88 58,500 53 2,200 93 62,000 4,471 185,800 Norway. 5,665 235,400 4,495 186,800 £4,495 186,800 Italy...... 142 94,300 37,123 1,542,800 137 91,400 39,853 1,656,300 176 117,000 28,885 1,200,500 Spain..... a46,279 1,923,400 a46,279) 1,923,400 a62,632 2,603,000 Greece.. g2,025 84,200 82,025 84,200 2,025 Turkey. g10 7,000 g6,334 263,200 g10 7,000 g6,334 263,200 10 7,000 6,334 84,200 France. a204 135,900 a64,173 2,667,000 195 129,700 92,700 3,852,600 f195 129,700 192,700 3,852,600 Great Britain. 1011 67,000] 6,150 255,600 77 51,200 5,270 219,000 64 42,300 7,886 327,700 Dom'n of Canadi 1,400❘ 930,600 9,7741 406,200 a1,365 907,600 a10,748| 446,700 a1,395) 927,200 a7,734 321,400 196,586 130,650,000 4,267,880 177,352,300 220,133 146,297,600 4,757,955/197,740,700 236,574 157,228,100 5,033,042/209,165,000 a Estimate of the Bureau of the Mint. b Estimated the same as officially communicated for 1887. c Estimated the same as offici- 998,200 e1,502) 998,200 73,000 59,257 2,462,700 e1101 141,600 a213] 141,600] 163,500 48,123 b2,000,000 511,700 154,986 2,285,200 e246 163,500 4,993 3,318,300 918 606,300 5,738 884 HIGHEST, LOWEST AND AVERAGE PRICE OF SILVER AND COMMERCIAL RATIO OF SILVER DOLLAR, TO GOLD BY 1886-'87..47 1-8 42 58.312 $1.27826|$1.28247 $0.98865 16.17 56.875 1.25127 .96777 16.52 52.750 1.15184 1.15954) 54.812 1.20154) 1.20191] 52.562 1.15222 1.15257 50.812 1.11386 1.11616 52,218 1.14436 1.14397] 51.937 1.13852 1.13508 151.812] 1.13623] 1.13817] 51.023 1.11826 1.11912) 150.791 1.11339] 1.11529] 49.843 1.09262 1.09226| 47.038 1.03112 1.03295| 44.843] .98301 Austria-Hungary. 130,000,000 81,000,000 40,000,000 121,000,000 1.25022 Netherlands.. 27,600,000 53,400,000 3,100,000 .89087 17.94 Norway.. 7,300,000 1,900,000 .92931 17.20 .89116 17.94 .86152 18.55 .88509 18.06 .88057 18.15 .87880 18.19 Sweden.. 6,500,000 4,800,000 14,200,000 5,400,000 455,000,000] 48,000,000 56,500,000 1,900,000 4,800,000 5,400,000 48,000,000 Turkey.. 50,000,000 0,000,000 10,000,000 40,000,000 Australia. 105,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 Egypt... 120,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 .86490 18.48 Mexico...... 5,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 .86115 18.56 .84507 18.92 .79750[20.04 Cent. Am. States.. 500,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 .98148 .7649 21.02 So. Am. States. Japan.... India............ 40,000,000 30,000,000] 30,000,000 1889-'90..49 42 1890-'91..54 1-2 43 7-8 1891-'92..46 3-8 39 1892-'93..40 3-16 30 1-2 1893-'94..34 7-8 127 1887-'88..45 3-16 41 5-8 43.675 .957411 1888-'89..44 1-4 41 15-16 42.499 .93163 .93510 [44.196] .96883 .96839 147.714) 1.04195) 1.04780] 42.737 .93648 .93723 38.375) .84123] .84263] 31.247 .68136) .68117) .95617] .74008 21.59 China... 750,000,000 750,000,000 .72055 22.18 The Straits.. 115,000,000 115,000,000 .74932 21.33 Canada... 14,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 .80588 19.83 Cuba..... 18,000,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 .72430 22.07 .65063 24.57 Haiti..... 2,000,000 2,100,000 800,000 2,900,000 Bulgaria. 800,000! 8,400,000 3,400,000] 6,800,000 .52608/30.33 Total. 3,965,900,000 3,435,800,000 619,900,000 4,055,700,000 |